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Political climate change?

Reality Check: Ukraine's far right; UK's far right; UN climate change conference; Russia and the anti-ISIS coalition; Arianna Huffington.

Ukraine: Far right

With all the problems in East Ukraine, the far right movement in the country has disappeared from the headlines. The Kremlin has long tried to portray the Ukrainian government in Kiev as being riddled with fascists and many of the separatists in East Ukraine see their fight as a fight against fascism. We take a look at the current state of the far right in Ukraine with political analyst and blogger Anton Shekhovtsov.

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US actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at the UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York

Climate Change

Hundreds of thousands of environmentalists took the streets of the world’s capitals last weekend ahead of Tuesday’s UN Climate Change Conference in New York. Although nothing much was expected to come out of the conference, there does seem to be a certain optimism in the air. We try to find out if the political climate is really changing regarding climate change

UK: Far right

The far right in the UK, it seems, is becoming more active. The current wave of Islamic extremism, particularly the activities of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the willingness of many young Brits to go and fight for it, has given Britain’s far right new impetus. We speak to Vidhya Ramalingam from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Russia and the anti-ISIS coalition

The USA - in coalition with Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar – has, for the first time, launched air strikes against Islamic State positions inside Syria. What is Russia saying about this? While the Kremlin has a strong interest in fighting Islamic terrorism it is also a staunch ally of Syria’s President Assad and is suspicious of a US hidden agenda.

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Arianna Huffington speaking in Vienna, 23 Sept. 2014

Arianna Huffington

She is a successful author and journalist and is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the extremely influential online news site the Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington is in Vienna and in conversation with FM4

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