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The World Tonight: 19/10/2011

19/10/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 19/10/2011

With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis.

Turkish troops have fought rebels from the PKK in Northern Iraq, in response to one of the most deadly attacks by the Kurds in decades. 

Protests against cuts in Greece on the first day of a 48-hour-strike have turned violent. What alternatives are the demonstrators offering to deal with the Greek debt crisis? 

A new island is being formed by an underwater volcanic eruption in the Canaries. Are there reasons to fear a major eruption?

On the World Tonight, with Ritula Shah.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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