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Up All Night: 25/07/2012

25/07/2012

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 25/07/2012

The latest from Syria as the violence continues to escalate.

As fighter jets bomb Aleppo and attacks continue on Damascus, Up All Night brings you the latest from a country on the edge of civil war.

With violence increasing across Syria, Up All Night brings you the latest from the country, including analysis from the Royal United Services Institute on the future of the Assad regime.

We're also in Ghana as the country swears in a new president, following the sudden death of his predecessor. Our correspondent speaks to us as John Dramani Mahama makes his inaugural speech in the background and leaves the building to the strains of the national anthem.

Ryan Parker from the Denver Post speaks to Rhod about how he broke the story of Christian Bale's private visit to the victims of the Colorado shooting in Aurora. He tells us this was a personal decision by the actor who didn't want the media to find out.

And just a couple of days before the London Olympics officially begin, Rhod speaks to Martin Smith about his book 'The Telegraph book of the Olympics' which examines how the paper has covered the Games over the past 100 years. He shares stories from the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics to modern day games, when we witnessed Paula Radcliffe's pain at having to pull out of the Athens marathon in 2004.

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