and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it s the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me, because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people will who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your mask on, mate. you all right. yeah, good to see you. thank you. it s early may 2021. come on, we ll have a seat. yeah, that s fine. ..and i m meeting mike. you look younger in person than on. yeah. my god, i almost look like your granddad. yeah. we ve spoken before on zoom, so i already know he has plenty of troubles. it is now time for a brew. thanks so much, that s br
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But theres no sign of that happening at this point. A video showing two hostages, including an american, was released on saturday by hamas. In other diplomatic moves, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is due in saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. This is palestinian president mahmoud abbas appealfor the us to urge israel against any offensive in rafah. Translation and | say here, | what is happening now in gaza, and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it is only one small strike that would force them to flee the gaza strip. And here, the biggest catastrophe would happen. We hope israel will not attack. We call on the United States of america to ask israel to not carry out the
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Welcome to The Programme. We start in the middle east, where the palestinian president says only the us can prevent an Israeli Attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. Mahmoud abbas is at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. He will be joined there on monday by the us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken. Other Key International figures are expected in the saudi city and Sideline Meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. That could include further Ceasefire Talks a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. This is the appeal from palestinian president , mahmoud abbas, to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. Translation and i say here whats happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and its only one small strike tha