Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were taken.
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The last time Nick Pelham tried to leave Iran he was detained and held in the country for seven weeks. Six years later he decides to go back.
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Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, how Washington may help or hinder the development of AI
We weigh up the options
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The country’s best security minister in years must contend with drug cartels, Donald Trump and assassins’ bullets
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