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My name is Lee Hawkins.

I've been a journalist for over 25 years. On my new podcast, What Happened in Alabama,

I get answers to some of the hardest questions about how things came to be for many black Americans and the truth that must come

before any reconciliation can happen. I investigate my family history, my upbringing

in Minnesota, and my father's painful nightmares about growing up in Alabama.

What happened in Alabama is a new series confronting the cycles of trauma for myself, my family, and for many black Americans.

Listen now. Trade is on the agenda as Vladimir Putin arrives in China. Live from the BBC World Service, this is the Marketplace Morning Report.

I'm Luke Wilson, infeliana Byrne. Good morning.

There aren't many world leaders that would greet Vladimir Putin with warm words and a red carpet.

But that's exactly what Xi Jinping has done this morning.

Russia has increasingly relied on China

since its invasion of Ukraine,

and with both facing sanctions trade between the two

...