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The government has announced a ban on some social media platforms for under-16s. It’s a move that echoes a similar ban introduced by the Australian government, which came into effect in December. So what are teens actually looking at on social media? And will a ban help?

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Guest: Mark Sellman, technology correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Harry Bligh.
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Clips: The Times, Times Radio, Revealing Reality, BBC News, Sky News.
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Donald Trump has announced that his much trailed peace deal with Iran is to be signed this Friday, bringing an end to hostilities between the two countries and opening up the strait of Hormuz. With the fine print still to be worked out, many questions about the deal remain. Can it bring some stability to the world economy? And will it actually bring peace to the Middle East in the long term?

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Guests:

Mohamed El-Erian, economist and former International Monetary Fund Deputy Director
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, former US ambassador and president of the Middle East Policy Council, now senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Hosts: Jane Garvey and Fi Glover.
Producer: Hannah Quinn.
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Read more: Trump’s deal with Iran will make the world’s tyrants smile
Further listening: “Everyone hates you now” - Could Lebanon cost Trump his Iran deal?
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The annual G7 summit starts today in France. The normally stuffy, formal affair has been shaken up in recent years by Donald Trump, who has sparred with nearly all of America’s allies. So is the G7 still the powerful, united global force it once was? And with China building its own alliance, how should it respond?

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Guest: Catherine Philp, world affairs editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Micaela Arneson.
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Read more: How the G7 will look by 2050 — and what it means for us
Further listening: Could China become the world's policeman?
Clips: Arirang News, Al Jazeera, BBC News, The Hill, Dawn News English, PBS.
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Following months of police inaction over the disappearance of British tourist Lorna McSorley, we reveal a high-tech breakthrough. A new digital trail reveals potential suspects who might hold the answer to what happened - and seems to confirm the worst of local fears.

This is the final episode of a special three-part investigation.

WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of murder and violence.

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Host: Jane Flanagan.
Producer: Harry Stott.
Executive Producers: Taryn Siegel and Kate Lamble.
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Read more: Disappearances stoke fear of more ‘witchcraft murders’ after Briton vanished
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With the South African police’s search for missing British tourist Lorna McSorley gone cold, locals take matters into their own hands. Their investigation uncovers extraordinary and deeply troubling facts about her disappearance, linking it to a string of other missing people in the area.

This is part two of a special three-part investigation.

WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of murder and violence.

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Host: Jane Flanagan.
Producer: Harry Stott.
Executive Producers: Taryn Siegel and Kate Lamble.
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Read more: Disappearances stoke fear of more ‘witchcraft murders’ after Briton vanished
Clips: Newzroom Afrika / Youtube.
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