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End to Driving Ban for Women in Saudi Arabia
For the first time, women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to drive.
The King of Saudi Arabia has issued an order allowing women to get driving licences. This should start taking place in 2018. We'll speak to a woman who's campaigned for this for years.
We'll go to Kolkata where millions of Hindus are celebrating Durga Puja, but has the festival become too commercial?
And we'll report on the accusations that the Ethiopian government has carried out renditions of opposition activists who have sought asylum abroad.
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