Federer’s farewell, migrants at Martha’s Vinyard and kinky chess rumours
16 September 2022 |
11:22 am
We take a look at the tributes to tennis great Roger Federer, who is retiring next week. We also discuss how the Chinese and Russian press are covering the talks between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan. We then find out about the history of sending migrants from the south to the north of the US.
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