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World Service,07 Jan 2020,53 mins

Iran: Final day of public mourning for General Qasem Soleimani.

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Huge numbers of black-clad mourners have turned out to pay their final respects to Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of his burial. An aquarium and engineering firm have teamed up to monitor whales from space. The US company SpaceX has launched a third batch of sixty mini-satellites into orbit, as part of its plans to create a broadband internet system that covers the world.

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