27 April 2022
Episode 2748
30 minutes
Will Moscow’s decision to cut gas supplies to major European nations force the West to wean itself off Russian energy? Plus: Germany finally authorises tank deliveries to Ukraine, Beijing expands coronavirus testing and novelist Dorothy Koomson surveys the Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.
27 April 2022
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