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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.

麻豆社 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 麻豆社 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 麻豆社 Arabic correspondent, Carine Torbey.

Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories with the 麻豆社's world affairs editor John Simpson and the 麻豆社'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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