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Jordan strikes back

The stories behind the world's headlines, from Jordan, Ukraine, Mali, Canada and Finland, with Pascale Harter.

Paul Adams in Jordan reports on how the country has turned against Islamic State in the wake of the murder of the Jordanian air pilot and Sarah Rainsford in Ukraine meets civilians who have had to flee west as the front line between government and rebel troops keeps moving.

Alex Duval Smith in Mali asks whether Timbuktu's thousands of ancient manuscripts can be saved or at least digitised; in Canada Sian Griffiths meets homeless people trying to survive in temperatures of minus 36 degrees Celsius while Christine Finn enjoys a Sami film festival in the frozen far north of Finland.

(Photo: Jordanians demonstrating and holding up posters of the pilot murdered by IS. Credit: Jordan Pix/ Getty Images)

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25 minutes

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Sun 8 Feb 2015 22:05GMT

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  • Sun 8 Feb 2015 01:05GMT
  • Sun 8 Feb 2015 09:05GMT
  • Sun 8 Feb 2015 22:05GMT