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Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge President Putin’s power? Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russian news editor Famil Ismailov gives us his vision of the future for Ukraine.

Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge President Putin’s power? Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russian news editor Famil Ismailov gives us his vision of the future for Ukraine.

Machismo in Mexico is alive and kicking, but it looks like the country’s heading for its first female president. South America correspondent Katy Watson analyses what this might mean for women’s rights and society as a whole. Plus, after more than a decade in South Africa, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent Andrew Harding reflects on the highs and lows and his hopes for the nation’s future.

Producer: Pandita Lorenz and Ben Watt

(Photo: Russia's President Vladimir Putin waves as he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured) in Russia, 13 September, 2023
Credit: North Korea's Korean Central News Agency/Reuters)

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