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World Service,24 Sep 2022,26 mins
What happened to Russian intelligence on the battlefield?
Unspun World with John SimpsonAvailable for over a year
This week John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's experts analyses how Russia’s war is turning in Ukraine’s favour with security correspondent, Gordon Corera; looks at the way in which the world paid its respect to the Queen with diplomatic correspondent, James Landale; explores the future of the commonwealth with chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet; examines the way Iran’s women are responding to the increasingly brutal crackdown on the way they dress with BBC Persian correspondent, Rana Rahimpour, and Italy correspondent, Mark Lowen, explains the lure of the right in the nation's upcoming elections. 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: President Putin. Credit: Reuters)
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