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World Service,07 Nov 2019,53 mins

Nine jailed in China for smuggling opioid to US

Newsday

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China has jailed nine people for smuggling fentanyl into the United States, after a landmark joint operation against a drug that has killed thousands of Americans. Transgender woman Caitlyn Jenner, who won Decathlon gold at the 1976 Olympics, as Bruce Jenner, speaks to the BBC about her life and what she thinks of transgender athletes competing at next year's 2020 Olympics. Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan have agreed to work towards a mid-January resolution of their dispute over a controversial mega dam being constructed by Ethiopia on the River Nile.

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