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World Service,10 Oct 2026,49 mins

India 'cockroach' party says its leaders detained ahead of march

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The leader of India's Cockroach Janta Party has been arrested, along with hundreds of others, as he tried to protest against revisions to the electoral roll. Abhijeet Dipke was detained on his arrival in the Indian capital. Thousands of security forces are enforcing the ban on the gathering. Also, we talk to the stars of a new film about one of the Irish Catholic Church's biggest historical scandals. And music building bridges between communities, even in Israel, three years on from October the 7th. We speak to Israeli musician Kobi Farhi, known to some as the Jewish Muezzin. Joining Paul Henley on the panel are Latika Bourke, Australian author and journalist, and Steve Erlanger, chief diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times in Europe. (Photo: People who have managed to reach the protest site are being detained. Credit: Getty Images)

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