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Nov 2021
31m 53s

Fresh Airbnb

BBC News
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Are we going through the biggest change in travel since the invention of the aeroplane? The boss of Airbnb pops in on Newscast...

Adam bumps into the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley, who is having a very good day.

And we find out what’s going on with the Belarus-Poland border crisis (and how the implications are trickling down the political pipeline) with the BBC's Nick Beake.

Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Georgia Coan, Alix Pickles and Serena Tarling. The studio director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.

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