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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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More and more countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus.

The World Health Organization is worried that some of the new infections appear to have no direct link to China, where the outbreak was first reported in December.

New deaths have been reported in Iran and Italy, and the number of infected people has doubled in South Korea.

The head of the WHO is warning the window of opportunity to contain the virus globally is narrowing.

The UN agency has been criticised for being slow to act on this epidemic, as well as previous health crises.

Should the WHO change its approach?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Margaret Harris - Spokeswoman for the World Health Organization

Peter Hotez - Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine

Muhammad Munir - Lecturer in Biomedicine at Lancaster University

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More and more countries are reporting cases of the coronavirus.

The World Health Organization is worried that some of the new infections appear to have no direct link to China, where the outbreak was first reported in December.

New deaths have been reported in Iran and Italy, and the number of infected people has doubled in South Korea.

The head of the WHO is warning the window of opportunity to contain the virus globally is narrowing.

The UN agency has been criticised for being slow to act on this epidemic, as well as previous health crises.

Should the WHO change its approach?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Margaret Harris - Spokeswoman for the World Health Organization

Peter Hotez - Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine

Muhammad Munir - Lecturer in Biomedicine at Lancaster University

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Germany's leaders are promising a strong response to the latest racially-motivated attacks.

A gunman killed nine people at two shisha cafes on Wednesdy night in the city of Hanau.

He chose places that are popular with the Turkish and Kurdish communities.

The 43-year old suspect had posted documents with racist and far-right views online.

The Interior Minister says such attacks are a reminder of what he calls the 'growing threat of extremism' in Germany.

So, how should the government tackle this problem?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Abda-ssamad El Yazidi - Secretary general of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany.

Hans-Jakob Schindler - Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project.

Evian Leidig - Centre for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo.

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Germany's leaders are promising a strong response to the latest racially-motivated attacks.

A gunman killed nine people at two shisha cafes on Wednesdy night in the city of Hanau.

He chose places that are popular with the Turkish and Kurdish communities.

The 43-year old suspect had posted documents with racist and far-right views online.

The Interior Minister says such attacks are a reminder of what he calls the 'growing threat of extremism' in Germany.

So, how should the government tackle this problem?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Abda-ssamad El Yazidi - Secretary general of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany.

Hans-Jakob Schindler - Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project.

Evian Leidig - Centre for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo.

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There is a gloabl race for technology leadership, with the U.S. and China in the lead.

Europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene.

Its leaders are concerned about the reliance on foreign-owned tech companies including Microsoft, Apple and Huawei.

They say they want to develop Europe's own technology sector.

To do that, they've come up with a strategy that aims to find domestic solutions that will improve people's lives and the economy.

The EU outlined its approach for data and artificial intelligence on Wednesday.

The proposals seek tougher regulation of the worlds biggest tech platforms and increased spending for the EU's tech sector.

But opponents say more needs to be done to protect private data.

So, will the EU ensure privacy is protected?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Katarzyna Szymielewicz - President of Panoptykon Foundation and Board Member of European Digital Rights, an international advocacy group.

Maria Luisa Stasi - Senior Legal Officer at ARTICLE 19, a human organisation focusing on freedom of expression.

Catalina Goanta - Assistant Professor in Private Law at Maastricht University and Co-Manager of Maastricht Law and Tech Lab.

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There is a gloabl race for technology leadership, with the U.S. and China in the lead.

Europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene.

Its leaders are concerned about the reliance on foreign-owned tech companies including Microsoft, Apple and Huawei.

They say they want to develop Europe's own technology sector.

To do that, they've come up with a strategy that aims to find domestic solutions that will improve people's lives and the economy.

The EU outlined its approach for data and artificial intelligence on Wednesday.

The proposals seek tougher regulation of the worlds biggest tech platforms and increased spending for the EU's tech sector.

But opponents say more needs to be done to protect private data.

So, will the EU ensure privacy is protected?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Katarzyna Szymielewicz - President of Panoptykon Foundation and Board Member of European Digital Rights, an international advocacy group.

Maria Luisa Stasi - Senior Legal Officer at ARTICLE 19, a human organisation focusing on freedom of expression.

Catalina Goanta - Assistant Professor in Private Law at Maastricht University and Co-Manager of Maastricht Law and Tech Lab.

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In 2014, their rivalry resulted in a US-brokered deal to share power, which was punctuated by 5 years of bickering.

And now Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are again disputing an election result.

Ghani is officially the winner - but only just, and that's rejected by Abdullah, who shares power with the president as a chief executive.

He's now threatening to form his own parallel government.

This political showdown couldn't come at a more critical time for Afghanistan.

The U.S and the Taliban appear close to an agreement that could lead to a planned reduction in violence, and if that posture is largely maintained it COULD be a pre-cursor to Afghan politicians sitting opposite the Taliban.

How can any of that happen, until we know: who runs Afghanistan?

Presenter: Peter Dobbie

Guests:

Tamim Asey, Former Deputy Minister of Defense and the Executive Chairman of The Institute of War and Peace Studies.

Simbal Khan, Political and Security Analyst.

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In 2014, their rivalry resulted in a US-brokered deal to share power, which was punctuated by 5 years of bickering.

And now Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are again disputing an election result.

Ghani is officially the winner - but only just, and that's rejected by Abdullah, who shares power with the president as a chief executive.

He's now threatening to form his own parallel government.

This political showdown couldn't come at a more critical time for Afghanistan.

The U.S and the Taliban appear close to an agreement that could lead to a planned reduction in violence, and if that posture is largely maintained it COULD be a pre-cursor to Afghan politicians sitting opposite the Taliban.

How can any of that happen, until we know: who runs Afghanistan?

Presenter: Peter Dobbie

Guests:

Tamim Asey, Former Deputy Minister of Defense and the Executive Chairman of The Institute of War and Peace Studies.

Simbal Khan, Political and Security Analyst.

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Babies and children are dying of cold in Syria's Idlib and their suffering has been described by the UN as the the largest humanitarian horror story of the 21st Century.

It says nearly 900,000 civilians have left since the beginning of December.

The Syrian government offensive to capture Idlib has created the biggest single civilian displacement during the nine-year war.

Despite that, the Syrian President has announced he'll press on with the operation.

Idlib is the last-remaining rebel stronghold and the only de-escalation zone that remains out of his control.

Syrian regime forces are making advances on the ground and that push has put more pressure on those being displaced.

Turkey backs some of the rebels in the province and is not allowing Syrian refugees to cross its border, saying it can't handle the influx.

So, with Turkey and Russia involved, how will this fight play out across the region ?

And why does Idlib matter ?

Presenter: Peter Dobbie

Guests

Mehmet Celik, Managing Editor at the Daily Sabah newspaper.

Mohanad Hage Ali, Fellow and Director of Communication at the Carnegie Middle East Center.

Pavel Felgenhauer, Defence Analyst and Columnist at the Novaya Gazeta newspaper.

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