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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

World at One: 12/02/2016

Edward Stourton - Radio 4

12/02/2016

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 12/02/2016

Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton.

World leaders have given a cautious welcome to a plan for a ceasefire in Syria agreed at a meeting in Munich. Yet the rancour over who should take the refugees fleeing Aleppo continues. 

The Chancellor is at a meeting of European finance ministers amid suggestions the French are seeking to change the balance of power between the Eurozone and the City of London. We hear from the Conservative MP who represents the City.

And we'll hear the Latin phrases considered essential to daily life in Europe in the Sixth Century.

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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