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UN: Real risk of civil war in Myanmar

The United Nations warns of civil war in Myanmar; Armenians head to the polls.

The UN envoy to Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, says there's a real risk of a large-scale civil war in Myanmar. We ask if there's any way to stop the supply of arms into the country.

Plus, Armenians head to the polls, to face a choice between an embattled prime minister and a former strong man president, following defeat in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are Sanam Vakil, deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the Chatham House international affairs think tank in London; and Rafael Behr, a British political commentator and columnist for the Guardian newspaper.

(Image: Christine Schraner Burgener, United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar. Credit: EPA)

50 minutes

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Sat 19 Jun 202106:06GMT

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  • Sat 19 Jun 202106:06GMT