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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: The new threats to global peace and security, 80 years after D-Day

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The new threats to global peace and security, 80 years on from D-Day

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The new threats to global peace and security, 80 years after D-Day

BBC World Service - Unspun World with John Simpson, The new threats to global peace and security, 80 years after D-Day

Plus, why did the ANC fail to win a majority in South Africa?

On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day campaign to liberate Western Europe, John Simpson considers new threats to global peace and security.

John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, examines the new threats to peace and security on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day campaign to liberate Western Europe, asks why the African National Congress Party has failed to win a majority in the South African parliament after 30 years in power, and considers why immigration is a key issue in elections this year in many countries.

(Photo: King Charles III, President of France Emmanual Macron, Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron ahead of the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Picture date: Thursday June 6, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story MEMORIAL DDay. Eddie Mulholland/The Telegraph/PA Wire)

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