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Oct 2024
32m 35s

Deadly attack at Turkish aerospace compa...

Bbc World Service
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The Turkish interior minister said that the two attackers, a man and a woman, were killed. Also: two lost ancient cities have been discovered in the mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan.

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