Canberra capers with Laura Tingle; India's direction; E.H Palmer's Sinai expedition
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The return of the Climate wars. India has experienced nationwide demonstrations since the introduction of Citizenship Amendment laws last December, sparking violence, deaths, mass detention, and internet blackouts. Reportedly these laws are meant to fast track citizenship for refugees fleeing into India, but they include all religions, except Islam, sparking fears it could leave millions of Muslims without citizenship. In 1882 Edward Palmer, a British archaeologist, leads an expedition into the Sinai desert. But this is no ordinary quest for historical knowledge, relics or treasure. Instead, the ill fated expedition has a hidden agenda.