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World at One: 26/08/2013

26/08/2013

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 26/08/2013

News and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley.

The United Nations says a car carrying weapons inspectors to the site of an alleged chemical attack in Damascus was forced to turn back after it was shot at. We hear from the UN and assess the options open to the government.

The bodies of three of the oil workers who died when their helicopter ditched into the North Sea have been brought back to the mainland. Local MP - Frank Doran - tells us confidence has been lost in the Superpuma helicopter fleet.

As BT announces it will close its dial up internet service - we ask Communications Minister Ed Vaizey what the impact will be for rural internet users.

In anticipation of new arrival at Edinburgh Zoo, we discuss what a panda cub will mean for the city's economy.

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