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Apr 2025
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Benjamin Netanyahu visits Hungary despit...

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Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is visiting Hungary this week, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over war crimes. How should Europe react to Viktor Orbán’s decision not to comply with the order? Also on the programme: we assess what role China wants to play in bringing the Ukraine-Russia war to an end, hear about the response of Bangkok’s governor to the recent earthquake and profile a new print title published by ‘The Kyiv Independent’. Plus: J-pop wants to follow K-pop and go global – but can it do it?

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