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From Our Own Correspondent: Salvini and The Sardines

25/01/2020

Salvini and The Sardines

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Salvini and The Sardines

The anti-nationalist protesters in Italy and the man they are trying to stop.

The anti-nationalist protesters and the man they are trying to stop. How a local election in Italy could decide who leads the country. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories.

The anti-nationalist protesters in Italy and the man they are trying to stop - Mark Lowen meets members of the Sardines as well the hard-line politician Matteo Salvini who is hoping to become Prime Minister.

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In Cape Verde, Colin Freeman finds out why Europe’s drug problem is also a problem for the  Atlantic islands. 

In Greece, Tulip Mazumdar visits the Lesbos migrant camp built for 2,000 people and now home to more than 18,000.

In China, Yvonne Murray gets to know her new neighbours - rats. According to the Chinese zodiac, they are thought to be ambitious and clever, hard-working and imaginative but she finds them a little less appealing. 

And Fergal Keane reflects on heroism,  compassion and the remarkable story of a women who sheltered a man who plotted to kill Adolf Hitler.

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