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World Service,29 Jun 2020,53 mins

Coronavirus: death toll hits 500,000 worldwide

Newsday

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Half a million people have now died in the coronavirus epidemic - we'll hear from the US state of Arizona where rates are still rising; why the coronavirus pandemic is helping the resurgence of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq causing fear in the detention camps holding IS families; and France's Green party and its left-wing allies have made significant gains in a second round of local elections.

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