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Oct 2022
48m 57s

Xi Jinping opens Chinese Communist Party...

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President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of continued economic and military development at the start of the Chinese Communist Party Congress. Also in the programme: The Iranian authorities say four people died in last night's fire in Evin prison, the cause of which remains unclear; and one Russian man's journey to Turkey to avoid being drafted into ... Show More
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