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Radio 4,09 May 2016,45 mins

Philippines' new president 'out-Trumping Trump'

The World Tonight

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The new President of the Philippines, nicknamed 'Duterte Harry', believes corrupt officials should be hunted down and shot. One of the country's leading writers says his victory is the symptom of a failing political system. Also the director of Wolf Hall Peter Kosminsky on why he thinks the BBC is in danger of being converted from public service broadcaster to state broadcaster.

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