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World Service,22 Jan 2020,53 mins

Beijing says new China virus could mutate and spread

Newsday

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Chinese health officials have confirmed more than four hundred cases of a new respiratory virus which has killed nine people; they're warning it could mutate and spread. Republicans in the US Senate have rejected repeated attempts by the Democrats to secure new evidence as impeachment proceedings against President Trump continue into the night. And Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni says Africa has failed to protect Libya from western involvement.

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