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What do Russians know about the war?

What do Russians back home know about the conflict? Why are Russian mercenaries in Mali? Plus - the economic crisis looming large over Lebanon's elections.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ world affairs editor John Simpson speaks to: Famil Ismailov, news editor for the Russian service, about how Russians feel about the war; James Landale, diplomatic correspondent, about the future of NATO and the dilemmas that may lie ahead as the war drags on; Beverly Ochieng, Africa specialist for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring, about the Russian mercenaries in Mali; Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent, about what the anti-abortion challenge to Roe v Wade means for US politics; and explore the economic crisis looming large over this week's parliamentary elections in Lebanon with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic correspondent, Carine Torbey.

Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s world affairs editor John Simpson and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s unparalleled range of experts.

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27 minutes

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Sun 15 May 2022 18:32GMT

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  • Sat 14 May 2022 10:32GMT
  • Sun 15 May 2022 18:32GMT