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World Service,25 Jun 2022,26 mins

What lessons have we learnt from the pandemic?

Unspun World with John Simpson

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This week John Simpson examines what lessons can be learnt from the Covid pandemic, with Fergus Walsh, the BBC's medical editor; what damage Brexit has done to Britain 6 years on with Mark Easton, home editor; why Ukraine is the real test for the International Criminal Court as it tracks down evidence on the ground with Anna Holligan, the BBC’s correspondent in the Hague; why the nuclear deal that Iran wants doesn’t exist with Rana Rahimpour, a presenter for BBC Persian and what Colombia’s first left-wing president means for the nation’s international relations with Katy Watson, South America correspondent. Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson and the BBC's unparalleled range of experts.

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