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Impact of air pollution on life expectancy

A study says air pollution can cut average life expectancy by more than two years.

A new report says poor air quality is now one of the greatest threats to human health. The study by the Energy Policy Institute of Chicago says the worst affected region is South Asia. In India, air pollution can take more than five years off the average person's life expectancy. We've been hearing from some people around the world about how air pollution is affecting them, and we speak to our correspondent in Delhi.

The Spanish Football Federation is exploring its options over whether it can sack Women's World Cup-winning head coach Jorge Vilda. He remains in post despite most of his coaching staff resigning in protest against federation president Luis Rubiales' refusal to quit for kissing squad member Jenni Hermoso after their World Cup win on 20 August. We hear more from our correspondent in Madrid.

We talk about the TV drama The Idol which has had some of the worst reviews of the year and has been cancelled.

And we talk about the historic time capsule at West Point Military Academy in the US that turned out to be just mud.

Presenter: Lukwesa Burak.

(Photo: People cover their mouth and nose as they walk along an area surrounded by dust and smoke in Shampur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 29 August 2023. Credit: MONIRUL ALAM/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Aug 202315:06GMT

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  • Tue 29 Aug 202315:06GMT

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