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Radio 4,22 Oct 2024,45 mins

Should Russian deserters be welcomed in UK?

The World Tonight

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As France becomes the first EU country to openly welcome Russian military deserters - we speak to one of the initial group to arrive. The former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps tells us Britain should now also take in Russian soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine. Also on the programme: We hear how today's mass prisoner release went down - and ask whether it'll be the last. The former boss of one America's biggest clothing chains - Abercrombie and Fitch - has been arrested on sex trafficking charges. We ask: can the company survive? And the musician Hak Baker on his journey from the Southwark Cathedral choir - via prison - to Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall.

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