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World Service,14 Oct 2026,49 mins

Ukraine again accuses the US of failing to share intelligence

Newshour

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Britain's prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised to speed up the delivery of British-made air defence missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv has expressed concern that it did not get advance warning from allies ahead of a wave of missile strikes coming from Russia. It said it also experienced restrictions on its access to the Starlink communications network. Also, a British orthopaedic surgeon currently supporting medics in Gaza tells us there isn't enough basic medical equipment,including dressings. She says people are still coming into the hospital with fresh gun shot wounds, a year after a ceasefire was agreed. And award-winning Turkish writer, Elif Shafak tells us about her new novel, set in 19th century France Plus how in China you can hire-a-friend for a chat! (Photo credit: Getty Images) and the oldest ship wreck in the world - at more than 4 thousand years old

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