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Welcome to episode 420 of Five in the Eye Colourful Radio’s weekly news review show.

Phil’s away this week so we’re joined by an old friend of the show Olu Alake ..and he’s a now job - CEO of the Africa Center which amongst many things is the home of Colourflul welcome so before we start the show proper we have to find out Olu’s new role as CEO of the Africa Centre

MICHAEL

Thanks for that so let’s start the show…

Our top story this week is the launch of the social media app from Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Instagram  Threads -  does it mark the end of Elon Musk’s Twitter ?

OLU

For story number two The Australian state of Victoria has pulled out of hosting the Games less than three years before the start, citing spiralling costs. Now cities across the Commonwealth are lining up to say ‘no’ to staging the event Is this the end of the ‘Friendly Games’

MICHAEL

And story number three is climate change really happening as Europe heatwave: Nearly all major Italian cities on red heat alert what should we be doing ?

OLU

Story number Four Are you Barbie or Oppenheimer ? This weekend two Hollywood block busters are released on the same day. Which would we be going to and why ?

MICHAEL

Our final story this week is advise for the Hong Kong minister of health to Hong Kongers who urges folk to stare at smokers in a disapproving way to help create a tobacco-free city.

OLU

So we can stop behavior we disapprove of with a  stare - really ! That’s this week’s Five in the Eye.

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