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World Service,16 Jul 2022,26 mins

What horrors happened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha?

Unspun World with John Simpson

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John Simpson speaks to Fergal Keane, special correspondent, about the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers in the small Ukrainian town of Bucha; finds out what next for Sri Lanka with Ranga Sirilal from the BBC's Sinhala service; asks what President Biden might stand to gain from visiting Saudi Arabia and Israel with the BBC's Middle East correspondent, Anna Foster; asks Hugh Pym, the BBC’s health editor, if the principle of free healthcare can withstand the added stress of dealing with pandemics; and the world of work has changed dramatically since Covid but can it last with the BBC's business editor, Simon Jack. 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. (Photo: The burial site of unidentified bodies killed in the Bucha district during Russia's occupation, Ukraine. Credit: Photo by Roman Pilipey /EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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