The Inside Story Podcast

It's the biggest single-day loss of Turkish soldiers in Syria's civil war.

33 of them were killed on Thursday by government air strikes in Idlib, the last rebel-held province.

Turkey retaliated with attacks on Syrian army positions.

It also appears to be putting pressure on allies in Europe to respond.

Ankara says it won't stop Syrian refugees who want to cross border points into the European Union.

If this happens, it would go against a 2016 deal for EU funds in return for hosting refugees.

Could this tension trigger a new humanitarian crisis?

Presenter: Kamahl Santamaria

Guests:

Mehmet Celik - managing editor of the Daily Sabah English language newspaper in Turkey

Wilf Dinnick - spokesman on Syria for the humanitarian aid organisation Mercy Corps

Fadi Hakura - Consulting fellow in the Europe programme at the international think-tank Chatham House

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From a wildlife market in China's Wuhan city, where the coronavirus is believed to have emerged, to the city of Qom in Iran.

The disease is sweeping around the globe and health experts are warning we could be on the brink of a pandemic.

More than 80,000 people in over 40 countries have been infected.

The number of new cases inside the country at the centre of the epidemic - China - has been overtaken for the first time by new infections outside.

Now the focus of the outbreak is shifting to Europe in particular, and the Middle East.

In that region, Iran appears to be the centre of the spread of the disease.

Cases in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman have been linked to patients who traveled to Iran recently.

So, how do we prepare for a pandemic??

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests

Dr. Patrick Tang, Division Chief of Pathology Sciences at Sidra Medicine.

Dr. Abdhalah Ziraba, Medical Doctor and Research Scientist at African Population and Health Research Center.

Dr. Dominic Wilkinson, Medical Doctor and Director of Medical Ethics at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at University of Oxford.

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From a wildlife market in China's Wuhan city, where the coronavirus is believed to have emerged, to the city of Qom in Iran.

The disease is sweeping around the globe and health experts are warning we could be on the brink of a pandemic.

More than 80,000 people in over 40 countries have been infected.

The number of new cases inside the country at the centre of the epidemic - China - has been overtaken for the first time by new infections outside.

Now the focus of the outbreak is shifting to Europe in particular, and the Middle East.

In that region, Iran appears to be the centre of the spread of the disease.

Cases in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman have been linked to patients who traveled to Iran recently.

So, how do we prepare for a pandemic??

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests

Dr. Patrick Tang, Division Chief of Pathology Sciences at Sidra Medicine.

Dr. Abdhalah Ziraba, Medical Doctor and Research Scientist at African Population and Health Research Center.

Dr. Dominic Wilkinson, Medical Doctor and Director of Medical Ethics at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at University of Oxford.

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Thousands of Indians have been protesting for months against a controversial law they say discriminates against muslims.

But the tension around the Citizenship Amendment Act has taken a dangerous turn.

The capital New Delhi has seen days of violence between communities, considered some of the worst in decades.

Hindu crowds have been accused of attacking muslims on the streets.

Dozens of people were killed in three days of confrontations that started on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for calm,

His government has been under pressure since it passed the law that provides citizenship to immigrants from neighbouring countries, but excludes muslims.

Modi's critics accuse him of using a set of anti-muslim measures to steer the country towards becoming a nationalist hindu state.

So, with the ongoing violence, could the government consider withdrawing the law?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Karuna Nundy, an advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a human rights lawyer.

Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia Director at Human Rights Watch.

Shruti Kapila, Indian Historian and Lecturer in History at University of Cambridge.

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Thousands of Indians have been protesting for months against a controversial law they say discriminates against muslims.

But the tension around the Citizenship Amendment Act has taken a dangerous turn.

The capital New Delhi has seen days of violence between communities, considered some of the worst in decades.

Hindu crowds have been accused of attacking muslims on the streets.

Dozens of people were killed in three days of confrontations that started on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for calm,

His government has been under pressure since it passed the law that provides citizenship to immigrants from neighbouring countries, but excludes muslims.

Modi's critics accuse him of using a set of anti-muslim measures to steer the country towards becoming a nationalist hindu state.

So, with the ongoing violence, could the government consider withdrawing the law?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Karuna Nundy, an advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a human rights lawyer.

Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia Director at Human Rights Watch.

Shruti Kapila, Indian Historian and Lecturer in History at University of Cambridge.

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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed has long been seen as a master of Malaysian politics.

His shock resignation on Monday has triggered speculation over what he may be planning.

He's been resisting pressure to set a deadline to hand over power to his named successor, Anwar Ibrahim.

They put aside their decades-long rivalry in 2018, and that partnership brought Mahathir back into power.

Under the deal, Mahathir promised to hand over the top job to Ibrahim.

Now the ruling government has collapsed and political parties are rushing to forge alliances to form a new one.

So, will Mahathir come back to power through a different political partnership?

And what's motivated this, just two years after a surprise comeback?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests

Bridget Welsh, Political Analyst and Senior Research Associate of the Center for East Asia Democratic Studies at National Taiwan University.

Anto Mohsin, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, focusing on South East Asia.

Ibrahim Suffian, Pollster and Executive Director of the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research.

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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed has long been seen as a master of Malaysian politics.

His shock resignation on Monday has triggered speculation over what he may be planning.

He's been resisting pressure to set a deadline to hand over power to his named successor, Anwar Ibrahim.

They put aside their decades-long rivalry in 2018, and that partnership brought Mahathir back into power.

Under the deal, Mahathir promised to hand over the top job to Ibrahim.

Now the ruling government has collapsed and political parties are rushing to forge alliances to form a new one.

So, will Mahathir come back to power through a different political partnership?

And what's motivated this, just two years after a surprise comeback?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests

Bridget Welsh, Political Analyst and Senior Research Associate of the Center for East Asia Democratic Studies at National Taiwan University.

Anto Mohsin, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, focusing on South East Asia.

Ibrahim Suffian, Pollster and Executive Director of the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research.

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Hardliners are set for sweeping gains in Iran's parliamentary elections, but they seem to have less popular support.

Voter turnout in Friday's polls was the lowest since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

That's despite the supreme leader urging people to cast their ballots as a religious duty, to show resistance in the face of U.S. sanctions.

Now conservatives are expected to have the upper hand in the parliament.

And reformists who had pushed for greater engagement with the west, have been weakened.

Some say many Iranians are unhappy with their government, and felt discouraged from voting.

With more than 7,000 potential candidates disqualified, voters' options were limited anyway.

So, how will Tehran deal with what seems to be growing public discontent?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests

Mostafa Khoshcheshm, Editor-In-Chief of Fars News Agency.

Arron Merat, Iran Analyst and former Tehran correspondent for The Economist.

Mahjoob Zweiri, Director of Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University.

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Hardliners are set for sweeping gains in Iran's parliamentary elections, but they seem to have less popular support.

Voter turnout in Friday's polls was the lowest since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

That's despite the supreme leader urging people to cast their ballots as a religious duty, to show resistance in the face of U.S. sanctions.

Now conservatives are expected to have the upper hand in the parliament.

And reformists who had pushed for greater engagement with the west, have been weakened.

Some say many Iranians are unhappy with their government, and felt discouraged from voting.

With more than 7,000 potential candidates disqualified, voters' options were limited anyway.

So, how will Tehran deal with what seems to be growing public discontent?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests

Mostafa Khoshcheshm, Editor-In-Chief of Fars News Agency.

Arron Merat, Iran Analyst and former Tehran correspondent for The Economist.

Mahjoob Zweiri, Director of Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University.

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'Peace is finally here' - that's the promise from South Sudan's president Salva Kiir after signing the latest power-sharing agreement with his rival.

Riek Machar has, once again, been sworn in as vice president.

Their rivalry triggered a civil war that's killed at least 400-thousand people and displaced millions.

Both sides are accused of recruiting child soldiers, mass rape and starving the South Sudanese people.

After two similar agreements collapsed, have Salva Kiir and Riek Machar finally got it right?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Alan Boswell - Senior Analyst for South Sudan, the International Crisis Group

Nyagoah Tut Pur - South Sudan researcher, Human Rights Watch

Jok Madut Jok - Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University and former South Sudan Government official

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