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Radio 4,10 May 2018,45 mins

British government apologises to Libyan dissident

The World Tonight

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Abdul Hakim Belhaj's kidnap and torture in 2004 was aided by Britain's security services President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet on June 12th in Singapore. Jeremy Bowen reports from Mosul, as Iraq prepares for key elections and why money still talks loudest in American politics. (picture: Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj speaks after receiving a letter of apology from the UK government; credit - AFP/Getty Images)

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