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Radio 4,28 Jul 2016,45 mins
UK goverment wants more time to consider EDF nuclear deal
The World TonightAvailable for over a year
The French energy giant, EDF, says it is ready to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset. But has the UK government got cold feet? Russia says unarmed rebels and civilians will be allowed to leave besieged areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo. We hear from the UN humanitarian chief and the US State department. And the poet and broadcaster, Clive James, reads his latest poem for us. Picture: Diggers at the site of the new proposed nuclear power station. Credit: Andrew Matthews/ PA wire.
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