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World Service,09 Mar 2020,53 mins

Covid-19: 16m people in lockdown in Italy

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One of Europe's richest areas and its 16 million inhabitants in lockdown but with planes and trains still running, what exactly is going on in northern Italy. Collapsed OPEC talks have caused the biggest one day fall in oil since the Gulf War - 28.1% is the latest overnight figure. And the latest on the ceasefire in Idlib in northern Syria - is it holding, or will it be what some are calling it: a killer ceasefire.

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