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Jan 2024
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Gunmen storm Ecuador TV studio during br...

Bbc World Service
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Footage shows armed men wearing masks surrounding journalists in the Guayaquil-based newsroom. Also: US judges sound sceptical of Trump's immunity defence, and one of the biggest names in Indian classical music, Rashid Khan, dies aged 55.

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