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04/05/2013
The UK Independence Party has emerged as the big winner in the local elections. What does this mean for British politics, and are there parallels elsewhere in the world?
UKIP won over 140 seats at this week's local elections, and its leader Nigel Farage is now claiming the party represents a credible alternative in British politics. We ask if there are parallels in Europe and North America.
President Obama has said he can't foresee any scenario in which he'd send ground troops to Syria.
What's in a name? The Internet giant Google has changed the tagline on the homepage of its Palestinian edition from "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine".
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Sat 4 May 201301:00
BBC Radio 5 Live


