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Jun 2023
48m 35s

Four children rescued after 40 days in A...

Bbc World Service
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Four Colombian children who were on a plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle more than a month ago have been found alive. The children - aged 13, nine, four and one - were the only survivors when the Cessna plane they were travelling in with their mother went down in Caquetá. Also in the programme: former US president Donald Trump has made his first spee ... Show More
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