The Last of the Founding Fathers
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie introduces dispatches from around the globe. This week, Kevin Connolly in Jerusalem recollects his last meeting with Shimon Peres, and assesses the late president’s legacy; John Sweeney, trying to cover the bloody conflict in Syria, calls on unorthodox sources in Aleppo to do it; Mary-Ann Ochota explores the reality of contemporary life amid the yaks and motorbikes in the thin air and vast expanses of Tibet; Nick Thorpe in Budapest considers this Sunday’s referendum in Hungary on EU migrants and how likely it is the country’s prime minister will win the vote he has called; and Mary Margaronis travels to the Western Pyrenees to learn about the language which has so many words for rain.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading from our own correspondent. |
| 0:03.4 | This edition was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday the 1st of October 2016. |
| 0:09.1 | It's introduced by Kate Edy. |
| 0:11.6 | Hello. Today, the war in Syria is proving nigh impossible for Western journalists wanting to bring |
| 0:19.0 | eyewitness reports. |
| 0:21.1 | So we hear how our correspondent is getting the news in a more roundabout way. |
| 0:26.8 | You may twitch at the thought of another referendum, but this time it's in Hungary, and this |
| 0:32.1 | one involves the views of the two-tail dog party. |
| 0:36.5 | In Tibet a traditional way of life is under pressure as the yach-herding nomads face a world of brickhouses and motorbikes. |
| 0:44.9 | And how many words do we have for rain? |
| 0:47.6 | Not as many as the Basks we hear. |
| 0:51.2 | First to Israel, where heads of state and government leaders gathered for the funeral of |
| 0:55.3 | Sherman Perez yesterday. |
| 0:57.8 | When Mr Perez passed his 90th birthday, still in the office of President, Kevin Connolly was our correspondent in Jerusalem. |
| 1:05.0 | Returning this week for the funeral he reflected on his last encounter with Mr. Perez |
| 1:11.0 | at a children's football tournament in front of diplomats aimed at bringing young people |
| 1:16.0 | from Arab and Jewish communities together. |
| 1:19.5 | The President's People buzzed and fussed and busied and organised as President's people do. |
| 1:25.8 | There were pictures to plan, inevitably the President with his foot resting nonchalantly |
| 1:30.1 | on top of a football in the center circle. |
| 1:33.0 | The microphones for the children's violin orchestra were too near the instruments. |
| 1:38.0 | Beyond footballers were too far away from the cameras. |
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