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World Service,22 Oct 2022,26 mins

Chaos at the top of UK politics

Unspun World with John Simpson

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This week John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, speaks to: Rob Watson, BBC World Service political correspondent, about the political turmoil engulfing the UK government after the resignation of Liz Truss after just 44 days; Vitaly Shevchenko about how Ukraine might respond to Russia's renewed bombardment; Kian Sharifi about how he and his colleagues at BBC Monitoring find and verify content relating to the protests in Iran and Mayeni Jones, West Africa correspondent, about the instability in Burkina Faso and why Russia might get involved. 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: British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns, London, United Kingdom - 20 Oct 2022 / Credit: ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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