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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: What horrors happened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha?

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What horrors happened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha?

16/07/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Unspun World with John Simpson, What horrors happened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha?

What war crimes were committed in Bucha and why is Biden visiting the Middle East?

John Simpson asks what war crimes happened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and why Biden is visiting the Middle East? Plus - the world of work has changed so much but will it last?

John Simpson speaks to Fergal Keane, special correspondent, about the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers in the small Ukrainian town of Bucha; finds out what next for Sri Lanka with Ranga Sirilal from the BBC's Sinhala service; asks what President Biden might stand to gain from visiting Saudi Arabia and Israel with the BBC's Middle East correspondent, Anna Foster; asks Hugh Pym, the BBC’s health editor, if the principle of free healthcare can withstand the added stress of dealing with pandemics; and the world of work has changed dramatically since Covid but can it last with the BBC's business editor, Simon Jack.

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.

(Photo: The burial site of unidentified bodies killed in the Bucha district during Russia's occupation, Ukraine. Credit:  Photo by Roman Pilipey /EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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