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World Service,20 Jan 2020,53 mins

China’s coronavirus spreads to Beijing and Shenzen

Newsday

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China says a new respiratory virus has been detected outside Wuhan for the first time, with cases in Beijing and Shenzhen. The total number of people infected has trebled. World leaders at a summit on Libya have agreed to stop interfering in the conflict and uphold an arms embargo. And we hear about a beer causing controversy in Mexico; it's named after the drug lord El Chapo.

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