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Summary: The US, Japan and 10 other countries bordering the Pacific have agreed to create the world's biggest free-trade zone – but why did China opt to stay out? We're also live in Kiev as Ukrainian forces start to withdraw from the east of the country – and we assess Henning Mankell's legacy in Nordic noir.