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A family of Syrian refugees from Homs talk about daily life in the besieged city.

A family of Syrian refugees from Homs talk about daily life in the besieged city, their flight to Lebanon and why they still don't feel safe.

The Global Reach is a new weekly programme, presented by Katie Derham, which aims to shine a light on international affairs through the personal stories of those directly involved in the making of history. 

This week, a family of Syrian refugees from Homs talk about daily life in the besieged city, their flight to Lebanon and why they still don't feel safe.

The Russian journalist and documentary maker Alexander Korobko tells us why he thinks the western media has got it all wrong about Vladimir Putin.

Also, an exclusive interview with Constantino Davidoff, the argentinian scrap metal dealer whose business deal to dismantle three whaling stations in South Georgia led to the Falklands War.

And we go rodent hunting with Ma Dayong, a multimillionaire Chinese ratcatcher.


Producer: Will Yates
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

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