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Radio 4,29 May 2018,45 mins

Global stock markets tumble over political uncertainty in Italy.

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Talks to establish a new government have been suspended until tomorrow. One of Russia's best-known investigative journalists is killed in Ukraine. Hungary sets out legislation which targets groups who help asylum seekers. And researchers say more than 4000 people died when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico - not the 64 first recorded. (picture: European Commission Berlaymont building in Brussels; credit - AFP/Getty Images)

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