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World Service,29 Jan 2018,26 mins

Fitness App Exposes Military Bases

World Business Report

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A fitness tracking firm has shown exercise routes of military personnel around the world. Margi Murphy is technology reporter at the Daily Telegraph, and tells us why the data revealed by Strava has raised security concerns. Also in the programme, Australia wants to become one of the world's top ten exporters of military hardware. Francis Tusa is the editor of Defence Analysis, and explains whether the country's ambitions are achievable. Milos Zeman has won a second term as president of the Czech Republic. We find out why some consider him to be Europe's answer to Donald Trump. We have a report from Bandung in Indonesia about the city's ambitions to become the next Silicon Valley. Plus BBC Africa regional editor Will Ross discusses the launch of three new BBC language services producing radio programmes for Ethiopia and Eritrea, which launch today. (Picture: A heat map of Bagram air base, Afghanistan. Picture credit: Strava.)

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