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Jul 2024
30m 52s

In Venezuela Nicolas Maduro wins a third...

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The opposition has denounced the official result of the presidential election as fraud. Also: Germany and other countries have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately, ahead of an expected response by Israel to a deadly attack it has blamed on Hezbollah, and Turkey debates a new law to curb its large stray dog population.

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