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Apr 2025
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Russian missile strike in Ukraine kills ...

Bbc World Service
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More than 30 Ukrainians killed in Russian missile attack on Sumy. Also: Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City's last functioning hospital, presidential elections in Ecuador and Gabon, and scientists grow human teeth in a lab.

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