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Radio 4,27 Jun 2019,28 mins

An Executive Order from the White House

From Our Own Correspondent

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Washington insiders are scratching their heads over the President Trump's modus operandi on Iran. Barbara Plett-Usher pieces together what's going on. Vladimir Putin has cancelled Russian flights to Georgia after anti-Russian protests in Tbilisi. Rayhan Demytrie assesses the impact of President Putin's warnings to Russians holidaying there. India's Chennai once had a thriving Armenian community running many of the city's businesses. But the Armenian population has dwindled. Andrew Whitehead attends a church service in the city with those that remain. The residents of the southern Iraqi city of Basra continue to endure power cuts, rubbish strewn streets and job shortages. Years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Lizzie Porter finds not much has improved for the local population in the region. The Netherlands has long touted its green credentials, but, thanks to its coal-fired power stations, it is one of Europe's biggest carbon emitters. But Amsterdam wants to position itself as a new hub for green businesses. David Baker has been finding out more.

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