19 October 2017
Episode 1518
30 minutes
We profile New Zealand’s new prime minister Jacinda Ardern, discuss the future of Catalonia and ask whether the US will help rebuild Raqqa. Plus: why an Air Berlin pilot recently went freestyle in an Airbus A330.
19 October 2017
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