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World Service,22 Sep 2020,53 mins

US Covid-19 deaths near 200,000

Newsday

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The US is close to a grim milestone with the number of deaths from coronavirus approaching 200,000 - can the authorities there turn the tide? A BBC investigation finds that Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, controls companies that have donated millions of dollars to a controversial settler organisation in Israel. And why has Arctic ice shrunk to the second lowest level on record this month and what does that mean for the environment?

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