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What's going on at the top of Chinese politics?

What's really happening at the top of Chinese politics? Is Russia finally gaining ground in East Ukraine? Plus - ancient DNA reveals secrets of Pompeii victim

This week John explores what's going on at the top of Chinese politics with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s China editor, Howard Zhang; the progress and the cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s security correspondent Frank Gardener; the threat of famine and the impact of climate change in East Africa with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa's Mercy Juma; if Colombia might be poised for its first left wing president with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring’s Luis Fajardo and the extraordinary DNA evidence retrieved from the ruins of Pompeii with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s science correspondent, Victoria Gill.

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.

Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) arrived with Premier Li Keqiang (right)
Credit: Reuters

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27 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sat 4 Jun 2022 10:32GMT
  • Sun 5 Jun 2022 04:32GMT
  • Sun 5 Jun 2022 18:32GMT