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12/11/2025: Why Pokrovsk Matters, Rebuilding Gaza, and Quantum Shifts

Unspun World with John Simpson · Season 5 · Episode 20
John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses why Russia is so keen to capture the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, explores the challenges of rebuilding Gaza, and looks at how quantum computing could change the way we solve some of the world's biggest challenges.

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Season
5
Episode
20
Air Date
12/Nov/2025
Air Time
Runtime
26 min

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John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses why Russia is so keen to capture the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, explores the challenges of rebuilding Gaza, and looks at how quantum computing could change the way we solve some of the world's biggest challenges.

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