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The Great Escape

Could a massive refugee programme offer relief to besieged Syrians?

Sam Heller, an expert on Syria, thinks that the US should evacuate the country’s residents.

Also: a physicist who always dreamed of working in the US says it’s no longer the ‘global centre of science’; we revisit Orlando, Florida, one year after the Pulse nightclub shooting; a grandmother from Queens, New York, shares a shocking personal secret; and an orchestra conductor turns the fence on the US-Mexico border into a musical instrument.

(Image: Idleb is a city in north western Syria. Credit: Omar Haj Kadour/Getty Images)

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27 minutes

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Mon 19 Jun 2017 01:32GMT

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  • Sat 17 Jun 2017 04:32GMT
  • Sat 17 Jun 2017 21:32GMT
  • Sun 18 Jun 2017 10:32GMT
  • Sun 18 Jun 2017 19:32GMT
  • Mon 19 Jun 2017 01:32GMT

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