The World This Week - 14 October

François Picard’s panel explains how fast-shifting battle lines in the wider Middle East may have brought about that prisoner swap deal for Gilad Shilad; Also, Paris and Berlin promise a plan to fix the Eurozone and how an African Spring may be sooner than you think.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

Sylvie KAUFFMANN. Editorial director, Le Monde;
Christopher DICKEY. Paris Bureau chief, Newsweek Magazine;
Danna HARMAN. Europe correspondent, Haaretz;
Tunde FATUNDE. Journalist, Lagos Guardian Newspaper.

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François PICARD

Presenter

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