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World Service,06 Jun 2024,26 mins

The new threats to global peace and security, 80 years after D-Day

Unspun World with John Simpson

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John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, examines the new threats to peace and security on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day campaign to liberate Western Europe, asks why the African National Congress Party has failed to win a majority in the South African parliament after 30 years in power, and considers why immigration is a key issue in elections this year in many countries. (Photo: King Charles III, President of France Emmanual Macron, Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron ahead of the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Picture date: Thursday June 6, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story MEMORIAL DDay. Eddie Mulholland/The Telegraph/PA Wire)

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