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Sep 2023
31m 23s

Nagorno Karabakh exodus: More than half ...

Bbc World Service
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Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says, in the coming days, there will be no Armenians left in the enclave. Also: safer brain surgery using AI possible in two years and, remembering Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon who has died aged 82. 
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