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World Service,26 Sep 2014,55 mins

More Airstrikes on Islamic State

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As the US and allies continue airstrikes on IS targets in Syria and Iraq, we hear how the terrorists are making millions from captured oil installations, and Jeffrey White - 30-year veteran of the US Defence Intelligence Agency - tells presenter Jon Bithrey why he thinks we need to prepare for a long haul. Bettina Luescher from the World Food Programme explains why the United Nations will be forced to cut food rations for six million Syrian refugees from next month. In our Hong Kong bureau, Heather Timmons, Asia correspondent at Quartz, on patriotism, Japanese beer and unlimited holidays, and in Washington, Professor Peter Morici talks tax inversion and a sale of sex toys in Kansas.

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