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What's Left of Iraq's Nimrud?

As the ancient city is recaptured from IS, what's left of the historic site?

The ancient city of Nimrud in Northern Iraq has been liberated from Islamic State control, but how much damage has been done during the two year occupation? Dr Mark Altaweel discusses the situation.

Also in the programme, which books make it into US prisons? As Donald Trump vows to deport or imprison millions of illegal migrants, a group of volunteers for a charity called Books through Bars in New York discuss the letter requests they get from prisoners and how they work out which books will make the cut.

After extremist violence in Bangladesh this summer, co-founder of the Dhaka Literary Festival Ahsan Akbar describes what it's like organising a books festival in a city where writers have been threatened.

Novelist Sandip Roy explains why the current conflict between India and Pakistan has taken a cultural turn.

With Tina Daheley.

(Photo: Destruction at Nimrud Credit: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

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27 minutes

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Sun 20 Nov 2016 10:06GMT

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