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Egypt: Press freedom in the spotlight

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Press freedom is under the spotlight in Egypt as a newspaper editor is set to go on trial for insulting the president. Next, we meet the Syrian doctors helping refugees in neighbouring Turkey. Finally, our team in Israel went to find out how people there feel about the possibility of war with Iran.

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