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Mar 2025
47m 28s

Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 1,0...

Bbc World Service
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Amidst all the death and damage caused by the earthquake in Myanmar, the UN said they have had reports the military government is still launching air strikes on rebel-held areas.

More than 1,000 are now known to have died in Myanmar and thousands more injured after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday.

Also on the programme: the opposition protests in Istanbul continue to attract huge crowds; and an author who has conducted interviews with young men who call themselves involuntary celibates in many countries tells us what she discovered about the incel movement.

(Photo: People look at the collapsed Maha Myat Muni Pagoda following an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. Credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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