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Sep 2023
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Wednesday 6 September

MONOCLE
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A roundup of the latest news from Ukraine, including the country’s reconstruction strategy, Wagner’s designation as a terrorist group in the UK and US military drills in Armenia. Also in the programme: Shahin Ghobadi from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran discusses new information related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Plus: Laura Kramer brings us the headlines from the world of culture.

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