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Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?

Will Ukraine's counter-offensive be a decisive moment? And, after 12 years of brutal civil war in Syria, is President Assad being welcomed back by Arab neighbours?

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.

This week John explores the ongoing war effort in Ukraine with 麻豆社 Monitoring's Vitaliy Shevchenko; the future of Turkey with international correspondent, Orla Guerin; what President Assad of Syria's rehabilitation will mean for Syrians with Middle-East correspondent, Lina Sinjab, and he speaks to the 麻豆社's science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, about the pangenome. What is it and how can it help humanity?

Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Italy, Rome, 13 May 2023. Credit: Photo by ANGELO CARCONI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt

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Sun 21 May 2023 18:32GMT
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