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Syria: Assad pays Putin a visit

Reality Check:Assad in Moscow; NATO maneuvers; Hinkley Point; Myanmar's Rohingya; Superforecasting

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Assad in Moscow

Syrian president Bashar al Assad has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with President Putin. It’s thought to be Assad’s first trip abroad since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011. We speak to political analyst Shashank Joshi on the importance of the visit.

NATO: Mediterranean maneuvers

36,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen from 30 countries, over 200 ships and more than 60 ships; NATO’s Trident Juncture exercises in the Mediterranean Sea are the largest the alliance has carried out in 13 years and, as our Brussels correspondent Jack Parrock explains, they come at a significant time.

Xi Jinping in the UK

The Chinese premiere’s state visit to the UK is set to bring billions of pounds in investment for the British economy. Among the projects involved is Chinese investment in a French plan to build a controversial nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point on the south west coast of Britain. Correspondent Natalie Powell explains the deal and Reinhard Urig from the Environmental group Global 2000 explains why Austria is against it.

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Rohingya refugees rest in their room at a temporary camp in Aceh, Indonesia,

Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees

The world’s attention has been focused recently on the flow of refugees from Syria. We shouldn’t forget, however, that other parts of the world are facing their own refugee crises. One such area is S. E. Asia and the plight of the Rohingya people. We get an update from Amnesty International.

Superforecasting

Intelligence gathering agencies, financial institutions and media pundits all try to forecast how particular situations will develop – and often get it wrong. There is, however, a group of ordinary people, superforecasters, whose forecasts are often much more accurate than the so-called experts but their opinions are hardly ever sought. Why? Reality Check speaks to Dan Gardner co-author of the new book “Superforecasting”.

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