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Radio 4,31 Aug 2018,45 mins

America prepares to say goodbye to John McCain.

The World Tonight

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We hear from the Russian dissident who'll be carrying his coffin. The European Commission is drawing up proposals to abolish clock changes in the EU. Growing concern over the fate of asylum seekers on the island of Nauru. and Aretha Franklin's funeral service takes place in Detroit.

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