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Radio 4,08 Jan 2025,45 mins

Los Angeles wildfires most destructive in city’s history

The World Tonight

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Strong winds have fanned the wildfires and hampered the efforts of emergency services. We speak to a man who fled his home in Los Angeles last night and has just found out it has been destroyed. Also on the programme: The US government says Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries in Sudan are committing genocide; and research suggests the risk of Alzheimer’s could be increased by head injuries awakening dormant herpes virus in the brain.

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