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World Service,05 Aug 2019,53 mins

Hong Kong’s chief executive denounces the pro-democracy protest

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Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, has said her administration will stand firm in maintaining law and order, as pro democracy activists try to enforce a general strike. We try to find out how a Canadian citizen - who had been in jail in Iran for more than a decade - managed to escape. And Uganda starts a vaccine trial against Ebola.

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