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The Week: Immigration, Diplomacy and….Tolstoy?

Adam, Chris, James and Caitriona discuss a frantic week of news.

Today, the UK is in talks with other countries to set up overseas “return hubs” for failed asylum seekers.

Adam and Chris are ed by Caitriona Perry chief presenter for BBC News and diplomatic correspondent James Landale. They also discuss the will they, won’t they of the last 24 hours over a meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelensky.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren and Joe Wilkinson . The technical producer was James Piper. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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