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Myanmar Civilians Flee Fighting

Renewed fighting between Myanmar’s army and Kachin rebels.

Assessing the humanitarian situation in the makeshift camps on Bangladesh's borders, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have been taking shelter for months.

Also in the programme: George Orwell’s years on the island of Jura; and advice on what to do when you’re nosing through an unreadable book.

(Image: Rohingya refugees gather in the “no man's land” behind Myanmar's border lined with barbed wire fences in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state, bounded by Bangladesh on 25th April 2018. Credit: Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Sun 29 Apr 201805:06GMT

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  • Sun 29 Apr 201805:06GMT