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The BBC's world affairs editor examines 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.

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: How nervous are people in Ukraine?

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How nervous are people in Ukraine?

08/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Unspun World with John Simpson, How nervous are people in Ukraine?

President Putin backs himself into a corner and can the UK economy bounce back?

John Simpson finds out what life is like in Kyiv now and what the war is doing to the global economy.

This week - in a special from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv - the BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, explores: how nervous people in Ukraine are about the war now with Kyiv correspondent Hugo Bachega; if the steady defeats on the battlefield are finally posing a risk to the power of President Putin with Sarah Rainsford, BBC Eastern Europe correspondent, expelled from Moscow after two decades; and just how badly the recent mini-budget might damage the UK economy and what the implications are internationally with global trade correspondent Dharshini David.

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.

(President Zelensky on a call to President Biden / Credit: Reuters)

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