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The World This Week

UK makes its move

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

The new government put its Brexit proposals to the EU. Will it get approval from Brussels - and parliament? Also in this edition: Ukraine tries to unfreeze its frozen conflict; China marks the 70th anniversary of Communist rule - as Hong Kong protests; why crowds are staying away from the world athletics championships; and the low slow retreat of the United States from world affairs.
(Picture: first page of the letter from the British prime minister Boris Johnson to the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.
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