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Aug 2023
33m 59s

Oceans hit hottest recorded temperature

Bbc World Service
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The average global sea surface temperature reaches 20.96 degrees Celsius with grim implications for the planet. Also: The Commonwealth Games suffers another blow as a Canadian province cancels a bid to host it weeks after Australia pulled out, and the would be rapper who's pleaded guilty to laundering billions of dollars of bitcoin. 
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