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Putin to replace long-time ally Shoigu as defence minister
Vladimir Putin set to replace Sergei Shoigu as Russia defence minister.
Russia's President Putin removes his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as his defence minister. What does it mean for the war in Ukraine?
Also on the programme: Israel marks memorial day for its fallen soldiers as the war in Gaza grinds on; and a prominent Tunisian lawyer has been arrested in the latest move of a presidential administration that has shown little tolerance for criticism.
(Photo: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Credit: MAKSIM BLINOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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