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From Our Own Correspondent: Running Out of Road For A Two-State Solution

06/01/2024

Running Out of Road For A Two-State Solution

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Running Out of Road For A Two-State Solution

Political options prove elusive in the Middle East, ahead of US Secretary Blinken's visit.

After a turbulent week in the Middle East, political options are fading as the US Secretary of State begins his latest visit to the region.

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, Guatemala, The Philippines, Greece and the Faroe Islands

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in the Middle East for another round of crisis diplomacy. After the assassination of a senior Hamas leader this week, there are now concerns the conflict will widen. Tom Bateman has just left his post in the Middle East and is now covering US foreign policy from Washington - which as he reflects - might have to draw on some lessons from history. 

Ahead of his inauguration next weekend, Bernardo Arevalo, Guatemala's President-elect, has had to contend with a series of attempts to prevent him from taking power. His victory in elections last year confounded all expectations, and was widely seen as a repudiation of Guatemala's political elite, which has been dogged by corruption allegations for many years. But, the country's democratic future is still hanging in the balance, says Rory Sullivan.

Linda Pressly meets with a Catholic priest and a forensic pathologist in the Philippines, who are exhuming the remains of victims of Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. In the process they discover evidence that points to a very different version of events to the official line.

Heidi Fuller-Love visits the Greek island, Antikythera, whose remote and idyllic setting is its greatest allure for visitors, but it also poses its biggest challenge for the small number of residents there. Now the Greek government is paying people 500 euros to live there. 

And finally - Tim Ecott reports from the Faroe Islands of the North Atlantic where residents are trying to conserve their land and traditions in the face of an influx of tourists.

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