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Sep 2024
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Russia launches a deadly missile attack ...

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At least forty people are killed in a deadly Russian missile attack as President Putin visits Mongolia - where he could be arrested. Also: the boss of Volkswagen goes on trial and we hear about Sikh superheroes.

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