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Mar 2023
29m 48s

Greek PM: 'Unprecedented' train collisio...

Bbc World Service
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The transport minister resigns and three days of mourning are declared after more than 40 people are killed in a rail disaster. Also: Guinea and Ivory Coast are sending planes to evacuate their citizens from Tunisia following inflammatory remarks by the president against sub-Saharan Africans, and the singing legend Joni Mitchell is honoured by the US Librar ... Show More
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