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Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol

All elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol.

All elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol according to Russian and Ukranian officials.

Also, the former jailed Brazilian leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has launched his campaign for October's presidential election. And why many Swiss are questioning their country's age-old tradition of neutrality.

Julian Worricker is joined by two guests: Kadri Liik, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations; and Kai Kupferschmidt, science writer and a contributing correspondent for Science magazine.

(Picture: A handout from the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows Russian servicemen and Red Cross volunteers escorting civilians from the Azovstal plan in Mairupol. Credit: EPA/RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE)

50 minutes

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 May 202205:06GMT