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From London, I'm Jason Palmer.

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Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The inauguration of Gabriel Borich as Chile's president is another sign that Latin America

is marching to the left as a previous string of right-leaning leaders is voted out.

We examine the varying agendas of a new so-called pink tide.

And body-worn cameras have become a mainstay of rich world policing.

But in Britain, to the consternation of privacy activists, they are increasingly being used

against a new target, rude customers.

First up though.

Russia's war on Ukraine has entered troubling new territory.

Over the weekend, Russian air strikes hit a military base in the country's west, less

than 15 miles from the border with NATO member Poland.

At least 35 people were killed and 134 injured.

In another Strident Video Address, Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky said it was only

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