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Reality Check: The challenges facing NATO, the book that is shocking France

NATO summit

NATO leaders are meeting in Wales today with Ukraine and the Islamic State topping the agenda.

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Ukraine, ISIS and funding will be under discussion in Newport, South Wales

Defence analyst, Paul Beaver, gives his views on the challenges facing the alliance, and what needs to be achieved at the two-day meeting which, he says, it the most important NATO has ever held.

France shocked at former first lady's revelations

A book by the former partner of French President, Francois Hollande, Valerie Trierweiler, accuses the president of disliking the poor, despite his public image, and reveals scandalous details about their break-up.

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Hugh Schofield reports from Paris on reactions to her book "Thank You for This Moment".

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