Robin Lustig
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Robin Francis Lustig (born London 30 August 1948) is a British journalist and radio broadcaster, who has presented programmes for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.
Lustig was born in Stoke Newington in London. After graduating in politics from the University of Sussex, he became a foreign correspondent in Madrid for the London-based news agency Reuters. He later moved to Paris and Rome in this capacity. He then worked for the British Sunday newspaper The Observer for twelve years, where he was Home Affairs Editor, Middle East Correspondent and Assistant Editor.
He joined the BBC in 1989, presenting programmes such as The World Tonight, Newsstand, Stop Press, and File on 4 for Radio 4, and Newshour on the BBC World Service. On 31 August 1997 Lustig presented a special news programme covering the sudden death of Diana, Princess of Wales, just hours after the announcement was made. From its introduction in 1998 until 2006, he also presented the global phone-in programme Talking Point (later renamed Have Your Say), which was transmitted simultaneously on BBC World Service radio, BBC World TV and online. His guests on the programme included Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo, Hugo Chávez and Tony Blair.
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