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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: 'I saw a robot today… it wanted to kill me.'

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"I saw a robot today… it wanted to kill me."

05/11/2022 GMT

'I saw a robot today… it wanted to kill me.'

BBC World Service - Unspun World with John Simpson, 'I saw a robot today… it wanted to kill me.'

How does a journalist secretly record family life under Russian occupation and stay safe?

What is President Putin's military strategy now in Ukraine after so many defeats on the battlefield and will the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt deliver results?

The BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson speaks to security correspondent, Frank Gardener, about what President Putin's next move in Ukraine might be now; climate editor, Justin Rowlatt, about what the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt will deliver; North America correspondent, Anthony Zurcher, about why the midterms in America are so important on the domestic front and internationally and Albina Kovalyova, director and producer of BBC Eye documentary Occupied, about how a local journalist secretly filmed his family while under Russian occupation in their hometown of Kherson - and stayed safe. 

To watch Occupied in the UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001dl6h/occupied 
To watch Occupied elsewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSzVW6ZYOA

Unspun World offers a deeper insight into global news stories with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson and the BBC's unparalleled range of experts.

(Photo: Dmytro's wife, Lidia, and daughter, Ksusha, in their flat in Kherson. Credit: Dmytro Bahnenko)

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