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Nov 2021
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The fourth wave: What's behind Europe's ...

THE TIMES
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Europe is being battered by a fourth wave of Covid. Today we speak to our correspondent in Berlin, to find out how the German-speaking parts of Europe became the epicentre for both the fourth wave of the virus and a wave of antivax riots sweeping the continent.

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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Euronews, France 24, DW News, ABC News Australia, CNN, Bloomberg, Channel 4 News.

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