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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: Reporting from inside Russia

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What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?

10/06/2023 GMT

Reporting from inside Russia

BBC World Service - Unspun World with John Simpson, Reporting from inside Russia

Steve Rosenberg on the challenges for journalists still there

Steve Rosenberg on the challenges for journalists still in Russia. Plus, did Covid originate from a lab in Wuhan after all?

The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, asks Russia editor Steve Rosenberg what the mood is like in Russia as the war gets closer to home; finds out from South Asia editor Rebecca Henschke why no one is taking any notice of the brutal civil war in Myanmar; and asks Balkans correspondent Guy Delauney why tensions are flaring up again in Kosovo. John also speaks to former Beijing correspondent John Sudworth, to find out if Covid really originated from a lab in Wuhan after all.

Photo: Participants gather near a screen showing Russian President Vladimir Putin, who delivers a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 17, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo

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