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Battle for Aleppo

Battle for Aleppo

FromFrom Our Own Correspondent


Battle for Aleppo

FromFrom Our Own Correspondent

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ian Pannell visits a school which has become a morgue for children in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
James Harkin meets a Syrian whose chosen weapon, in his battle against the Assad regime, is a mobile phone rather than a gun
John Sweeney's in Belarus. It's ruled, he says, by a regime so cocky it can't even be bothered to rebrand its secret police. They're still known as the KGB.
Senegal's become the latest African country to grow melons for Europe. Susie Emmett joins workers who find time to take a break for a game of football.
And is it more Lord of the Flies or Swallows and Amazons? Laura Trevelyan travels to the state of Maine to investigate the phenomenon that is the US summer camp.
Released:
Jul 28, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie and Pascale Harter.