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Radio 4,18 Nov 2017,30 mins

Versions of Reality

From Our Own Correspondent

Available for over a year

Is this the end of the Mugabe era? Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world. "Which version of reality would you like to read today?" Andrew Harding is asked as he's offered a selection of newspapers in Zimbabwe. Gabriel Gatehouse has been reporting on conflict for more than a decade but the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar has affected him like no other. Caroline Bayley finds a surprising splash of red in a grey Moscow suburb - a strawberry firm turning a profit, not from harvesting fruit but producing houses. Bethany Bell hears memories of the largest forced migration in European history - of the ethnic Germans forced to leave their homes following the Second World War. Their stories have often received little international attention - overshadowed by the crimes of the Nazis. And Clive Myrie has fulfilled a childhood dream - that of visiting Yemen. But the architectural wonders he longed to see have been disfigured by bullets and bombs. Producer: Joe Kent.

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