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World Service,19 Sep 2019,53 mins

Canadian PM apologises after a photograph emerged showing him wearing skin darkening make-up

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The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has apologised for wearing skin darkening make-up and a turban at an Arabian nights themed party almost two decades ago; a court in Japan acquits three former executives at the company that runs the Fukushima nuclear power facility; and in the Middle East countries like Jordan are having to face up to the problem of dwindling water supplies.

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