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Brussels on High Alert

23/11/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Brussels on High Alert

Brussels still in security lockdown, Russian leader visits Iran, Mali mourns dead

Schools, businesses and public transport remain shut in the Belgian capital, Brussels as the police continues to hunt suspects who may be planning a repeat of the Paris attacks. Journalist Tim King has described Belgium as a failed state - we ask him what he means. We hear too from correspondents in Brussels and Paris. 

Also, Vladimir Putin goes to Iran to talk about Syria, Kenyan athletes protest against corruption in the sport, and Mali mourns its dead from last week's hotel attack as security forces look for suspects.

(Photo: Belgian soldiers patrol a shopping street in central Brussels. Credit: Reuters)

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