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Jan 2023
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US joins Germany in announcing tanks for...

Bbc World Service
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The United States has joined Germany in announcing it will send tanks to Ukraine. President Biden said 31 M1 Abrams tanks would be delivered, in a significant policy reversal. Also in the programme: battling Covid in rural China; and the film documenting the campaign against America's opioid epidemic (Picture: The US army unveils its new Abrams M1A2 Syste ... Show More
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