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Oct 2024
28m 31s

Spain floods: dozens killed in Valencia

Bbc World Service
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More than 70 people have died in Spain after the country’s worst flooding in decades. Also: China has successfully launched its youngest-ever astronauts into space, and are animals more fond of alcohol than we thought?

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