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World Service,05 Jul 2019,23 mins

Groundbreaking procedure reverses paralysis in arms and hands

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Nerves inside paralysed people's bodies have been "rewired" to give movement to their arms and hands, say Australian surgeons. Sudan's governing military council and protest leaders have agreed to take part in a power-sharing transitional government to lead the country towards elections. The BBC has uncovered new evidence that children in China's Xinjiang region are being systematically separated from their families and placed in secure state schools.

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