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The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, uses his experience and expertise to examine the most important international stories.

The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, uses his experience and expertise to examine the most important international stories. Drawing on the unique local knowledge of the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, he goes beyond the headlines to get to the unspun truth about the world.

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Unspun World with John Simpson: Is the US on the brink of civil war?

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Is the US on the brink of civil war?

09/07/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Unspun World with John Simpson, Is the US on the brink of civil war?

Why is the US so divided? And what’s it like to be imprisoned by the Taliban?

John Simpson finds out if politics in the US is permanently broken and what it’s like to spend time in an Afghan prison. Plus could Algeria be the answer to Europe's fuel crisis?

This week John Simpson asks if politics in the US is permanently broken with the BBC’s North America editor Sarah Smith; examines the Russian targeting of civilians in the Ukraine war with Olga Malchevska, correspondent for the BBC’s Ukrainian service; analyses the strategic importance of Algeria as Russian oil becomes less attractive to Europe with Hicham Yezza, Middle East analyst for BBC Monitoring; asks if democracy is under threat in Hong Kong with Hong Kong correspondent, Danny Vincent, and speaks to Peter Jouvenal, the former BBC cameraman, about what it’s like to be held captive by the Taliban in an Afghan prison.

Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson and the BBC's unparalleled range of experts.

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