The World this Week - August 10th, 2012 (part 1)

In Syria, as rebels prepare a counter-attack for Aleppo, the British government says it's upping its assistance to the opposition. Annette Young and our panel of journalists also discuss how being the member of a feminist, punk band in Moscow can land you in jail, if there is a possibility of life on Mars and with the Olympics about to end, what will be the defining element of these London games.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

Greg Viscusi, Journalist, Bloomberg News
Alberto Romagnoli, Correspondent, Rai TV
John G. Keating, Bureau chief, Kuwait News Agency
Marcus Mabry, Editor-at-large, International Herald Tribune
Watch the second part here

Programme produced and prepared by Célia Caracena, Sara Bertilsson and Mary Colombel

François PICARD

Presenter

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