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Mar 2023
28m 27s

Turkey-Syria earthquakes one month on

Bbc World Service
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UN says millions of people still homeless and living in fear. Also: Elon Musk mocks BBC report about abuse on Twitter, South Korean plan to resolve wartime labour dispute with Japan and Toblerone loses iconic Swiss mountain logo. 
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