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World Service,22 Feb 2021,53 mins

Myanmar protesters call for general strike

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We're live in Myanmar where the growing protest movement has been spreading out across the country’s cities after the military’s coup earlier this month. EU foreign ministers are discussing sanctions against Russian officials behind the crackdown on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his supporters. And the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani speaks to the BBC about the NATO troop presence in this country and the peace deal with the Taliban.

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