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Aug 2021
39m 20s

Space Wars

THE TIMES
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Matt Chorley speaks to Chair of the Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood MP, and experts in the field of space defence to find out what threats countries pose to each other in outer space. 


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The Times' David Aaronovitch and the Spectator's Katy Balls discuss the day's news.



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