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World Service,28 Feb 2020,53 mins

Growing concerns around the coronavirus

Newsday

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Japan's Prime Minister announces all public schools should close till April, which will affect up to 13million students Roman Polanski, the Oscar-nominated film director is avoiding attending the Cesar Awards, the highest film honour in France, apparently to avoid feminist activists - he's still a wanted man, after admitting molestation of a 13-year-old in the 1970s. And scientists have detected what they say is the biggest explosion in space since the Big Bang.

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