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Independence in French Polynesia and the 'Queen of Cuba'

Published: May 17, 2024, 11:30 p.m.

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week\u2019s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

This week, we hear how nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia.

Plus, the story of how the FBI caught Ana Montes, the spy known as the \u2018Queen of Cuba\u2019.

We also talk to Jewish and Palestinian people about the moment the state of Israel was proclaimed in 1948.

Finally, we tell the unlikely story of how a heavy metal rock band emerged during the violent years of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.

Contributors: \nAntony G\xe9ros - President of the Assembly of French Polynesia\nKDee Aimiti Ma'ia'i \u2013 doctoral candidate at University of Oxford\nPete Lapp \u2013 former FBI agent\nHasan Hammami\nArieh Handler\nZipporah Porath\nFiras Al-Lateef \u2013 bass player

(Photo: Antony G\xe9ros. Credit: Getty Images)