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Dec 2022
50m 10s

Argentina win the World Cup

Bbc World Service
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Argentina win the football World Cup in Qatar. Also in the programme: delegates at the UN biodiversity conference COP 15 discuss a draft framework agreement; and the German girls’ choir that is changing a thousand-year-old tradition. (Photo: Lionel Messi holding the trophy surrounded by teammates and Argentine football supporters after winning the 2022 Wo ... Show More
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