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Deaths and floods as quake hits Turkey and Greece

A review of the week with the latest news.

Rescuers have spent the night searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the Turkish city of Izmir, looking for survivors of Fridays’s powerful earthquake. Twenty people have been confirmed dead and at least seven-hundred were injured. The quake struck the Greek island of Samos too, where two teenagers were killed.

Also in the programme: A crackdown on political dissent in Cambodia; and why tourism bosses in Kazakhstan are now embracing the iconic film character, Borat!

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues: Azadeh Moaveni, Iranian author and Crisis Group's Gender Project Director, and James Rodgers, writer and lecturer in international journalism.

(Photo:Rescuers and local residents are frantically searching for survivors in Izmir. Credit: Reuters)

53 minutes

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  • Sat 31 Oct 202006:06GMT