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Driver arrested after 39 die in truck in England

British police investigating the death of 39 people in a container on the back of a truck now say it arrived in a port to the east of London.

British police investigating the death of 39 people in a container on the back of a truck now say it arrived in a port to the east of London. The foreign ministry in Bulgaria has said the truck is registered in the city of Varna. Also in the programme: Google says it's taken a quantum leap into the future of computer science, and the first black leader of South Africa's main opposition party resigns in a row over race.

(Photo: Police and forensic officers investigate a truck in which 39 bodies were discovered, on October 23, 2019 in Thurrock, England. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Wed 23 Oct 201920:06GMT

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