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World Service,20 Aug 2020,53 mins

Harris becomes first black female VP nominee

Newsday

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At the Democratic Party national convention Kamala Harris has formally accepted the party's nomination for the vice presidency of the US. Amid the continuing political crisis in Belarus - we'll hear from inside and outside the country as opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko grows. South Korea has recorded the largest numbers of Covid-19 infections since March - we'll consider if it can shut the spike down as it has done in the past.

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