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Mar 2022
30m 19s

One million refugees

BBC News
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At least a million people have fled Ukraine in the space of a week, according to the UN. Adam is joined by David Miliband from the International Rescue Committee to examine the humanitarian crisis unfolding in eastern Europe.

The BBC’s Jessica Parker tells us what it’s like on board a NATO surveillance plane monitoring activity around Ukraine.

And sports broadcaster Isabelle Westbury reflects on the life of Australian cricketing superstar Shane Warne, following his death at the age of 52.

Today’s Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg with Tim Walklate, Ben Cooper and Alix Pickles. The studio director was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.

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