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Matters of Life and Death

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Israel and Germany.

Kate Adie introduces correspondents stories from around the world. This week Gabriel Gatehouse takes a nerve-wracking drive, trying to avoid IS forces in Iraq. Shahzeb Jillani explains what Pakistan's political turmoil is about; John Sweeney comes face to face with President Putin after 14 years of trying. Claudia Hammond discovers that many patients in Israel remain on life support for years; and Steve Evans has the story of how a German board game took off in the trenches of WW1.

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30 minutes

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Sat 6 Sep 2014 11:30

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  • Sat 6 Sep 2014 11:30