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India makes history with south pole Moon landing
India's Chandrayaan-3 has become the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon
India's Chandrayaan-3 has become the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon.
Also on the programme: Pakistani police have arrested the owner and operator of the cable car which was stranded high above a riverbed on Tuesday; and we hear from the Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma in his first international interview after ten years in jail.
(Image: Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on the Moon. Credit: Getty)
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