17 November 2021
Episode 2083
40 minutes
Quentin Peel and Mary Dejevsky discuss the suspension of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the latest on the Poland-Belarus border crisis and the row over UK MPs’ second jobs. Plus: Istanbul’s taxi chaos.
17 November 2021
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