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An Italian runner in Iran and Bahraini exiles in the UK

Thursday, 30 August 2018 12:30 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 30 August 2018 12:30 AM ]

First in line is a feature story by Max Civili from Rome about an Italian marathon runner Paolo Venturini who runs across Irans Lut Desert, known as the hottest spot on Earth, setting a Guinness World Record. The athlete managed to run for 75 kilometers on July 21, 2017 when the temperature in the desert reaches about 70 degrees centigrade. Running in temperatures above 50 degrees, the human body enters into a phase of extreme stress. Venturini back to its normal life as vice-superintendent of Italys state police, holds great memories of his Iranian endeavor. He is going to relive them for Press TV. Next you'll watch a report by Amina Taylor from London about exiled Bahrainis in the UK: The al-Khalifa regime in Bahrain have become notorious for using exiling statelessness as a means of oppression on of trying to silence the voices of those who oppose their crackdown on human rights in the Persian Gulf country. It is an eye-opening experience to examine, in some closer detail, the lives of those who have had to flee their homes to live in Britain in exile. Unable to return home to see family, friends, loved ones and - more importantly as far as the regime is concerned- unable to oppose their brutality on home soil. Watch the video to find out more.

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