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World Service,22 May 2020,53 mins

Concerns over Chinese plans for a new security law

Newsday

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Nearly 3,000 delegates from across China have gathered in Beijing for the annual session of parliament which was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil has reported a record daily number of coronavirus deaths - taking the overall figure to more than 20,000 as officials in Sao Paolo are moving public holidays forward to keep people away from work. In New York - the state with the highest death toll from coronavirus in the United States - middle class families have found themselves relying on food banks for the first time in their lives due to the economic lockdown.

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