22 April 2019
Episode 1951
01 hour
We’re live from Sri Lanka, where explosions on Easter Sunday left more than 290 dead. Plus: actor Vladimir Zelensky wins Ukraine’s election, Putin prepares to meet Kim Jong-un and climate-change protests hit London.
22 April 2019
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