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World Service,26 Aug 2014,55 mins

France's Cabinet Dissolved

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France enters a state of political limbo, as President Francois Hollande dissolves his government. Struggles over austerity measures and economic policies appear to have taken their toll, with several French ministers quitting their posts. Will Grant reports from Mexico where drugs are now thought to account for $16.5 billion each year. And we hear from Afghanistan, where an audit of votes for the presidential elections has still not been completed, five months after the poll. Guests include David Kuo in our Singapore bureau and from New York Jesse Eisinger.

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