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World Service,29 Oct 2022,26 mins

The world reacts to the UK's new Prime Minister

Unspun World with John Simpson

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This week the BBC World Affairs editor, John Simpson, speaks to: James Landale, diplomatic correspondent, about the challenges and opportunities facing the UK's new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on the world stage; Yana Lyushnevskaya, Ukraine specialist for BBC Monitoring, about what everyday life is like for Ukrainians as the winter draws close; Katy Watson, South American correspondent, about the most important election in decades in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva square off amid deep political and cultural polarisation and Nick Beake, Europe correspondent, about the effects of climate change in northern Norway. 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: Rishi Sunak becomes new PM. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

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