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12/10/2019 GMT

Clashes continue on Turkey-Syria border

BBC World Service - Weekend, Clashes continue on Turkey-Syria border

The human cost of the fighting on the Turkey-Syrian border; US impeachment enquiry

As clashes continue on the Turkey-Syria border, what about the human impact of the fighting?

Also in the programme:  The latest from the presidential impeachment enquiry in the US, where the former ambassador to Ukraine has been testifying.

And, Poland on the eve of elections.

Joining Rebecca Kesby to discuss these and other issues are Nathalie Tocci, director of the Institute of International Affairs in Rome, and Quentin Peel, former Financial Times Foreign correspondent and international affairs editor.

(Image: Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, on the Turkish side of the border in Ceylanpinar. Credit: AFP)

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