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From Our Own Correspondent: On Board Air Force One

23/04/2016

On Board Air Force One

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, On Board Air Force One

Flying on board Air Force One, and other stories from around the world.

Presented by Kate Adie. Flying with US President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One, and stories from the West Bank, Libya, Nepal and China.

The plane where even the paper napkins sport the presidential seal, and where exclusive little boxes of chocolate sweets feature a picture of Barack Obama: it's America's presidential Air Force One, and you're only allowed on board if you're in "the bubble". In the West Bank a roundabout encapsulates what's going on, and going wrong, in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. 
Libya has seen much chaos and suffering in the last five years. But one family now wants to embrace the future optimistically again, despite losing several of their relatives in the fighting. The beautiful trekkers' destination with tea houses and stunning mountain landscapes that was turned into a sea of rubble. For the survivors of the Nepalese village obliterated by the earthquake a year ago, the suffering is still raw. 
And on a trip to China to take tea in a picturesque garden and haggle with antiques dealers, our correspondent's local guide lets slip more than she had perhaps planned.

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