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Two brothers - one in Iran, one in the US - share their hopes post-nuclear deal.

We talk to two brothers - one in Tehran, the other in California - about what a nuclear deal means for a family separated by sanctions. Then, we head to Mike’s Place for a story about love, blues, and terror in Tel Aviv. And, we drop by Little Saigon to visit the office of the oldest Vietnamese language newspaper in the United States, the Nguoi Viet Daily News.

Also, why generations of Dutch citizens still trek to the graves of US World War Two soldiers. And ‘a man walks into a bar', or is it ‘a man walked into a bar’?

(Photo: Iranians took to the streets of Tehran to celebrate the announcement of a nuclear deal. Credit: AFP)

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27 minutes

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Sat 18 Jul 2015 19:32GMT

Chapters

  • Nuclear Agreement

    Two brothers - one in Iran, one in the US - talk about what the nuclear deal means

    Duration: 04:59

  • Mike’s Place

    ‘This was a perfect metaphor of what life could be like in an idealistic Middle East’

    Duration: 05:04

  • Forever ‘Saigon’

    For the oldest Vietnamese language newspaper in the US, the past is always present

    Duration: 05:49

  • Margraten Cemetery

    The small Dutch village where residents adopt the graves of fallen US soldiers

    Duration: 04:08

  • Historical Present

    Why do some historians talk about the past in the present tense?

    Duration: 05:07

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 Jul 2015 04:32GMT
  • Sat 18 Jul 2015 13:32GMT
  • Sat 18 Jul 2015 19:32GMT

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