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With increasing calls for more UN forces in Somalia and Mali to combat terrorism, we take a look at peacekeeping operations in Africa. We also criss-cross the Frieze fair in London, check in with our Bangkok correspondent and hear how the wine industry has changed in the last decade.
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James Schneider of Think Africa Press sets the day’s agenda. We also examine German attitudes to instituting a minimum wage – a key stumbling block of in coalition talks – before going in search of El Dorado with a preview of a new exhibition that opens today at London’s British…
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Ethan Ilzetzki of the London School of Economics assesses the likelihood of an agreement on the debt ceiling by the deadline tomorrow. Jane Kinninmont sets the day’s agenda with a focus on the Middle East and Matthew Kneale tells us about his new book, An Atheist’s History of Belief.
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We set the day’s news agenda with ABC’s London correspondent Jeffrey Kofman, discuss why the Mo Ibrahim Prize was unable to find a winner for the fourth time in five years, and talk with self-styled “future archaeologist”, Daniel Arsham, whose new exhibition opens today in London.
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Author and academic, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, joins us to set the day’s news agenda, we’re in Berlin to consider Angela Merkel’s coalition-building options, and we also find out about a new publication of Russian children’s literature from the early days of the Soviet Union.
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We discuss the flaws and deep corruption in Kenya’s public services, accused of abetting terrorism. We are on piste in North Korea and piste off in the South, as we get the lowdown on a new ski resort east of Pyongyang and examine South Korea’s changing attitude towards bad language.…
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We ask whether the UN should be granted immunity in the leagal case demanding compensation for cholera victims in Haiti, examine how artists contribute to our perceptions of conflict with curator Sara Bevan, and head to Istanbul where entire neighbourhoods known as Gecekondu spring to life overnight.
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We hear from Serbia’s young and ambitious finance minister as Belgrade gears up to announce some brutal austerity cuts, discuss the first public speech by the head of MI5 with Raffaello Pantucci of RUSI, and head to the We Love Mandela exhibition in London.
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We assess the chances of Afghanistan’s potential presidential candidates for its upcoming election, wonder whether Nicolas Sarkozy is likely to return to politics now that criminal charges against him have been dropped, and slip on our deck shoes to head to the to the 53rd International Boat Show in Genoa.
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We head to Egypt, where deadly clashes have opposed police and pro-Morsi supporters for the 40th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli war, we discuss the parallel US raids in Somalia and Libya and we hear about the “non-flying Dutchman” – Britain’s football star David Bergkampf.
