BBC World Service - Weekend, 'If we're going to die, we're going to die in our houses' The story of one town caught up in the war in southern Lebanon

The tragedy of war in Lebanon
from min 25 here

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Weekend - Iranian writer Mahsa Mohebali: "I hope this war ends very soon" - BBC Sounds A prominent Iranian contemporary writer, Mahsa Mohebali, reflects on three weeks of war

One of Iran’s most prominent contemporary writers and literary critics, Mahsa Moebali, reflects on three weeks of war in an interview with Weekend's Celia Hatton

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Weekend - "This is not the way to change the Middle East" - BBC Sounds Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister of Egypt, reflects on the US-Israeli war with Iran

Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister of Egypt and a former Arab League Secretary General, reflects on the US-Israeli war with Iran with Weekend's Julian Worricker.

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Weekend - The Detective and the Long-Lost Siblings - BBC Sounds 50 year old unsolved murder leads to the discovery of long lost brother and sister

The extraordinary story of 2 siblings reunited after 63 years by a police detective while investigating an unsolved homicide from 1971.The victim turned out to be their mother.
Weekend's Julian Worricker spoke with detective Wade Zufall& Marie and Chuck Sharkey

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Weekend - The Detective and the Long-Lost Siblings - BBC Sounds 50 year old unsolved murder leads to the discovery of long lost brother and sister

The extraordinary story of 2 siblings reunited after 63 years by a police detective while investigating an unsolved homicide from 1971.The victim turned out to be their mother.
Weekend's Julian Worricker spoke with detective Wade Zufall& Marie and Chuck Sharkey

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Weekend - State of Emergency declared in Israel - BBC Sounds Iran launches retaliatory strikes

If you missed attacks on Iran live on the radio this morning you can listen back as the story unfolded in real time: Trump’s statement, descriptions of the jets & bombs over Tehran, live updates from Jerusalem from Joaquin Floto and Lyse Doucet tying it all together👇

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Weekend - A Ukrainian tennis-player-turned-soldier reflects on four years of war - BBC Sounds Sergiy Stakhovsky once defeated Roger Federer. He's now been a soldier for four years.

On Weekend this morning we marked 4 years of war in Ukraine.

Julian Worricker caught up with former tennis pro player Sergiy Stakhovsky who’s been fighting for his country from the very first days of the Russian full scale invasion

An extraordinary account

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Weekend - A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein - BBC Sounds Marina Lacerda first met the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14.

On Weekend this morning we turned the spotlight onto those who suffered at Epstein’s hands and who helped bring about his downfall.

Julian Worricker spoke to Marina Lacerda who met Epstein in New York in 2002 when she was just 14.

A very powerful interview

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Weekend - A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein - BBC Sounds Marina Lacerda first met the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14.

On Weekend this morning we turned the spotlight onto those who suffered at Epstein’s hands and who helped bring about his downfall.

Julian Worricker spoke to Marina Lacerda who met Epstein in New York in 2002 when she was just 14.

A very powerful interview

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Weekend - A Ukrainian tennis-player-turned-soldier reflects on four years of war - BBC Sounds Sergiy Stakhovsky once defeated Roger Federer. He's now been a soldier for four years.

On Weekend this morning we marked 4 years of war in Ukraine.

Julian Worricker caught up with former tennis pro player Sergiy Stakhovsky who’s been fighting for his country from the very first days of the Russian full scale invasion

An extraordinary account

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BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the service

BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie

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War crimes prosecutors seek 45 years' prison for Kosovo ex-president International war crimes prosecutors said on Monday Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci controlled ethnic Albanian guerrillas and should be convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 45 years in pris...

War crimes prosecutors seek 45 years' prison for Kosovo ex-president

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Weekend - 'All of our gowns were bloodied,' says Iranian doctor caring for injured protesters - BBC Sounds An Iranian doctor describes the struggle to care for injured protesters.

'All of our gowns were bloodied”
An Iranian doctor recounts the scenes from her clinic during the violent crackdown of protests in the country in early January.
For her security she is not being named. Her words are spoken by a translator.

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Weekend - Japan heads to the polls, as PM hopes to increase power - BBC Sounds Polls suggest Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading for a big victory

Our legendary colleague Anthony Loyd of the Times speaking to Julian Worricker on war and peace in Ukraine live from Donbas. From min 27 here 👇

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Weekend - President Trump cares more about 'Don' than 'doctrine': former Washington insider - BBC Sounds John Bolton says Donald Trump's foreign policy strategy is pursuing self-interest

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It’s been one of those days in the office…

BBC World Service - Weekend, Epstein survivor: DOJ partial files release 'sucks' Marina Lacerda says powerful men were being protected

Epstein survivor: DOJ partial files release 'sucks'

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Peroni fontana in London

Ornella Vanoni - L'Appuntamento YouTube video by Mszicky94

RIP Ornela Vanoni

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Gorgeous autumn day

BBC World Service - Weekend, WWI message in a bottle found on Australian beach Century-old messages in bottle penned by WWI soldiers washes up on remote Australian beach

A message in a bottle- written by 2 Australian soldiers on their way to fight in the WW1 in 1916 in Europe- has been found 109 yrs later.Weekend’s Julian Worricker spoke to Deb Brown, her daughter discovered the bottle &Ann Turner, the granddaughter of one of soldiers
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Weekend - How Lynsey Addario became a war photographer - BBC Sounds Lynsey Addario on being in front of the camera, rather than behind it

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario is the winner of two Pulitzer prizes and many other awards for her work over the past couple of decades. She has covered conflicts from Libya, to Afghanistan, Sudan and Ukraine. Her storied career is now subject of a new film “Life+War”.

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Weekend - Twenty-five years since the fall of Slobodan Milosevic - BBC Sounds Yugoslavia's notorious former president still casts a shadow over Serbia

Twenty-five years ago, pro-democracy protests took place in Belgrade and forced the Serb authoritarian leader Slobodan Milosevic to step down.

Srdja Popovic, one of the leaders of the student protest movement Otpor spoke to Weekend's Julian Worricker.

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Summer skies

Kallas says any deal between US and Russia must include Ukraine and EU European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that any deal between Washington and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine must include Ukraine and the EU, adding that she will convene a meeting of European foreign ministers on Monday to discuss next steps.

Kallas said today that any deal between Washington and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine must include Ukraine and the EU, adding that she will convene a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday to discuss next steps.

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Weekend - White House says Ukraine could be involved in the peace talks - BBC Sounds A senior US official and three people were briefed on internal discussions - news reports

Polish FM Sikorski says that changing of borders by force “has resonance for every European. We fought two bloody wars over the issue of national minorities across international borders . . . Putin has sent tanks in and that should not stand”
His interview on Weekend👇

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Weekend - Woody Guthrie home recordings released for the first time - BBC Sounds More than half a century after his death, unheard music by the folk icon has been released

Never-before-heard home recordings of Woody Guthrie, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century, are released, more than half a century after his death. Weekend spoke to Guthrie's granddaughter Anna Canoni& his daughter Nora about the new album.
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Weekend - A tribute to Awdah Adhaleen - BBC Sounds The Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra on the life and death of Awdah Adhaleen

Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Local residents allege the shooter was an Israeli settler.
Basel Adra, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" pays tribute to his colleague and friend, Awdah.
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Weekend - A tribute to Awdah Adhaleen - BBC Sounds The Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra on the life and death of Awdah Adhaleen

Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Local residents allege the shooter was an Israeli settler.
Basel Adra, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" pays tribute to his colleague and friend, Awdah.
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