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Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?
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Jun 10, 2023

The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, asks Russia editor Steve Rosenberg what the mood is like in Russia as the war gets closer to home; finds out from South Asia editor Rebecca Henschke why no one is taking any notice of the brutal civil war in Myanmar; and asks Balkans correspondent Guy Delauney why tensions are flaring up again in Kosovo. John also speaks to former Beijing correspondent John Sudworth, to find out if Covid really originated from a lab in Wuhan after all.

Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt

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Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?

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