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Wit, erudition and insight from around the world, taking in western China, Sierra Leone, ‘forgotten France’… and the New York Subway.

Wit, erudition and insight from around the world. Carrie Gracie looks at China’s war on terror, Lucy Ash visits ‘forgotten France’, Olivia Acland samples Sierra Leonean palm wine … and John Mervin saves a life on the New York Subway.

(Image: A #6 train stops in the Brooklyn Bridge station. Credit: Getty)

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Sun 26 Mar 201721:06GMT
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    BBC World Service except News Internet
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    BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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    BBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean & News Internet
  • Sun 26 Mar 201721:06GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa