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Syria: Inside Captagon drug factory which funded Assad’s brutal regime
It’s been called the poor man’s cocaine. Captagon: the drug that funded Bashar al-Assad’s brutal rule in Syria.
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Captogan trade will ‘spill over’ outside Syria, says expert
We spoke to Caroline Rose, who’s Director of the New Lines Institute think tank.
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‘It couldn’t be more critical at this time’: WHO on Syria funding gap
The UN says humanitarian needs are growing in Syria – with thousands of people displaced across the country following the collapse of the regime.
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Syria: Mourners gather for activist Mazen al-Hamada funeral
He was the Syrian activist who became a symbol of the Assad regime’s brutality. Mazen Al-Hamada was one of tens of thousands detained and tortured after the 2011 uprising against Assad’s rule.
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‘Mazen represented every era of revolution’, says activist’s friend
We spoke to Khaled Alkordi, a Syrian activist who was detained by the Assad regime and was a friend of Mazen al-Hamada.
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Labour to force councils to hit house building targets
More building will be allowed on the green belt under a major shake-up of the planning rules unveiled today by the Prime Minister.
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Debate: More housebuilding or protect the green belt?
We spoke to Lizzie Bundred Woodward, a planning policy manager at the Campaign to Protect Rural England; and Sam Stafford, who’s Planning Director of the Home Builders Federation.
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Sara Sharif: New details revealed over 10-year-old’s case
A day after the father and stepmother of Sara Sharif were found guilty of her murder, a report has revealed that 485 children were killed or seriously harmed by abuse or neglect in England in the year to April.
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Revealed: The cycle of homelessness, hospital admission and discharge
Hospital bosses are desperate to free up beds, but some are occupied by homeless people, who can’t be discharged without somewhere safe to go.
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Liverpool library torched by rioters reopens
One of the buildings torched during the riots this summer was a Liverpool library. The Children’s Laureate described the attack as an “assault on the truth”.
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Syria: how to rebuild a ‘corrupted narco-state’
It’s a matter of days since Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria was toppled by a lightning-quick offensive led by the rebel group Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – and Syrians are still in a state of euphoria at their newfound freedoms, but also horror as evidence of Assad’s torture chambres are revealed.
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Syria: Inside Captagon drug factory which funded Assad’s brutal regime [DUBBED]
It’s been called the poor man’s cocaine. Captagon: the drug that funded Bashar al-Assad’s brutal rule in Syria.
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Syria: Mourners gather for activist Mazen al-Hamada funeral [DUBBED]
He was the Syrian activist who became a symbol of the Assad regime’s brutality. Mazen Al-Hamada was one of tens of thousands detained and tortured after the 2011 uprising against Assad’s rule.
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Poland accused of pushing migrants back to Belarus
Human Rights Watch claims that Polish authorities have been “unlawfully, and sometimes violently, forcing people trying to enter the country back to Belarus”.
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Can Shia and Sunni Muslims live in peace together in Syria?
The Zaynab shrine in Damascus is revered by Shia muslims around the world.
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Saudi Arabia wins World Cup bid despite human rights fears
Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host of the 2034 men’s football World Cup finals – despite its dismal human rights record.
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Social care system facing collapse in UK say providers
The social care system in England could be facing collapse, according to a group of six large providers.
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‘Focus on rebuilding Syria’ says White Helmets rescuer
We spoke to Ismail Alabdullah from the White Helmets, which is the volunteer emergency rescue service which has been operating in opposition-controlled areas of Syria.
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How young Syrians feel about the fall of Bashar Al-Assad
How young Syrians are reacting to the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.
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What next for Syria? – interview with HTS member
The most powerful militant group in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham or HTS, swept Bashar Al-Assad from power at the weekend with its lightning-quick offensive.
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HTS promise ‘salvation government’ for Syria with Assad gone
Syrians are continuing to celebrate the fall of the regime that oversaw every part of their lives for more than half a century.
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Sharif murder: ‘No-one expects families to harm children’ says expert
We spoke to Dr Julie Taylor, Professor of Child Protection at the University of Birmingham.
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Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother found guilty of murder
When she died at the age of just 10, Sara Sharif had 71 external injuries, including bruises, burns and human bite marks. Before fleeing to Pakistan, her father Urfan Sharif left a handwritten confession saying he’d “lost it” and killed her. During the trial he lied for six days, before finally accepting full responsibility for her death.
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Why the West has to start caring about Syria – Omid Djalili
Comedian Omid Djalili talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about Syria, Israel, Gaza and the Iranian regime, and why the West should care about the Middle East, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Inside Sednaya: Blood stained nooses and giant iron press (dubbed)
The leader of HTS has vowed to pursue officials responsible for torture and war crimes during Assad’s violent regime.
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Israel attacks hundreds of military targets in Syria (dubbed)
Two days after the collapse of the Assad regime, the new de facto government is slowly taking shape.
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CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione charged with murder
After a week in which his death became a lightning rod for many Americans’ frustration with their healthcare – and his suspected killer became a cult hero for some on the internet – a 26-year-old man is now in custody and charged with murder.
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Chancellor’s spending crackdown explained
Here in the UK, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised a crackdown on ‘waste’ within government departments – insisting they find savings of five percent in the next four years.
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‘Syrian returns need to be voluntary’ – David Miliband
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee joins us from New York.
