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Mar 2025
46m 27s

Aftershock hits after earthquake in Myan...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Two days after a devastating earthquake, an aftershock hits as we speak to someone in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city.

Rescue teams from around the world are continuing operations to search for survivors and recover bodies in the conflict-hit country and in neighbouring Thailand.

Also in the programme: We'll hear a report on how articial intellgence is being used in films in Hollywood; Syria's Islamist president appoints cabinet members from the country's minorities; and we'll hear how basketball is being used as a force for peace in Haiti.

(Photo shows commuters drive past a building that collapsed in Mandalay, Myanmar on 30 March 2025. Credit: Reuters)

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