Toothpaste, Mud Bricks and Sparkling Wine
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Ireland and Spain: Jeremy Bowen is in Mosul for the first elections there since the defeat of Islamic State. An exceptional leader is needed to help Iraq recover, he says, though he isn’t hopeful that one will emerge. Rana Rahimpour explores what the US’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal might mean for the people of Iran - including their taste for toothpaste. Simon Maybin visits a Bible camp where one Jewish Ethiopian student is testing Israel’s approach to citizenship. Vincent Woods attempts to unravel the knots of politics, religion, and morality that lie behind Ireland’s upcoming referendum on changes to its abortion laws. And John Murphy meets the independent winemakers of Catalonia trying to escape Cava’s image problem and low prices.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:04.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:05.0 | The international consequences of President Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal |
| 0:11.0 | are on the front pages. |
| 0:12.0 | But for the Iranian man and woman in the street, the impact |
| 0:16.1 | extends to their taste in toothpaste. We hear of shades of Jewishness in Israel as an Ethiopian quiz contestant questions the criteria |
| 0:27.0 | for citizenship. |
| 0:28.8 | While in Dublin, our correspondent wonders why memories of the 1916 Easter Rising are being evoked in the campaign to change Ireland's abortion laws. |
| 0:39.0 | And you've switched to Carver instead of Champagne, why some of the Carver producers are unhappy |
| 0:46.5 | that their bubbles are seen as just a cheap alternative to the French fiz. |
| 0:53.7 | It's election day in Iraq, the first since the defeat of Islamic State there. |
| 0:58.2 | Today, voters will select the 329 members of the country's council of representatives who will in turn elect the |
| 1:05.6 | President and Prime Minister. Coalition negotiations could go on for months if no single group |
| 1:11.8 | can form a majority government. |
| 1:14.8 | Opinion polls suggest that jobs, the economy and security are the main concerns for much of |
| 1:19.7 | the electorate. |
| 1:21.0 | And whoever wins faces quite a challenge, says Jeremy Bowen. |
| 1:25.0 | Two men, Khaleb and Safwan, were dirty and tired after a day of work, |
| 1:30.0 | but they wanted to show off their corner of Mosul's old city. |
| 1:34.0 | They scrambled up a hill of rubble and pointed to a piece of ruined land that was almost rustic. |
| 1:40.0 | It was damage from the |
| 1:45.0 | damaged from the 1991 war between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and a coalition led by the |
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