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Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un to meet

Will Russia and North Korea become close allies?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia to meet president Vladimir Putin. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Seoul Correspondent, Jean Mackenzie discusses what the two leaders want from their first get together in four years and whether the West should be worried.

Ukraine is one of the most heavily land-mined countries in the world with over 170,000 square kilometres of its territory being covered in them.
The Halo Trust are helping Ukrainians remove thousands of landmines and its CEO James Cowan talks about the challenges that they鈥檙e facing and we hear from Volodymir, a Ukrainian soldier, who lost his foot on a mine during the counteroffensive.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko with Frank Gardner.

The producers were Clare Williamson, Arsenii Sokolov, Josh Jenkins, Sam McLaren and Niamh Hughes. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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