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Italian doctor takes pro-migrant plight to Brussels

02/06/2019 GMT

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Italian doctor takes pro-migrant plight to Brussels; Trump calls for no deal Brexit

Pietro Bartolo, "the doctor of Lampedusa" wins a seat in EU elections, and he plans to take his pro-migration plight to the European Parliament in Brussels.

Also in the programme: on the eve of his state visit to Britain, President Trump has said the UK should leave the European Union without a deal.  We'll be looking at the upcoming trip and remembering his last visit with one of the creators of the Trump baby blimp.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Jacquelin Magnay, the European Correspondent for The Australian based in London, and Rami Khouri, Professor of Journalism at American University of Beirut and senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

(Image: Pietro Bartolo, "the doctor of Lampedusa". Credit: Getty Images)

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