On Paris Live today, we start with a look back at some of the cultural high-points here in France over the course of 2019
There's also how cookery and cooking being used as a conduit to break down cultural barriers
We cross live to Lebanon for the latest on moves towards the formation of a unity government in the wake of Pope Francis' Christmas call for harmony amongst the country's religiously diverse population.
In Focus on Africa we hear how Christmas has been celebrated in a politically and financially austere Zimbabwe.
There's all the sports news with Paul Myers
And in World Music Matters, Alison Hird speaks to Ghana's Golden Voice of West Africa, Pat Thomas and his Kwashibu Area Band
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