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01/07/2025 09:01 GMT
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Composer and musician Anoushka Shankar
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01/07/2025 10:01 GMT
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Joachim Trier: The making of Sentimental Value, part 2
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01/07/2025 11:01 GMT
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11:50 - 12:00
Witness History
Cecil the Lion
In 2021, a huge container ship, the X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank off the coast of Sri Lanka, releasing hazardous materials, toxic chemicals and more than 1000 tonnes of microplastic pellets into the sea. The UN called it an environmental catastrophe. Today, Sri Lanka is still counting the cost. Leana Hosea visits Sri Lanka to investigate the legacy of the disaster, and find out why, four years on, there’s still a battle for compensation.
Reporter: Leana Hosea
Producer: Alex Last, local producer: Saroj Pathirana
Sound mix: Neil Churchill
Assignment series editor: Penny Murphy
(Image: Container ship X-Press Pearl on fire. Credit: Sri Lanka Ports Authority)