Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,27 Aug 2012,45 mins

Available for over a year

The Taliban kill 17 people in Helmand, apparently for attending a party. How strong is the Taliban hold on Afghanistan? A new spike in violence in Syria - can a regional spillover be avoided? And the struggle to keep France's Mont St Michel separate from the mainland. With Felicity Evans.

Programme Website
More episodes