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World Service,24 Sep 2020,26 mins

Coronavirus: Israel tightens second lockdown to avoid 'abyss'

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Israel is tightening its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown as case counts rise. Mehul Srivastava is Israel bureau chief for the Financial Times in Jerusalem, and explains the government's latest moves. And we hear how Israel's businesses could be impacted from Uriel Lynn, president of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. Also in the programme, all this week we've been examining issues affecting voters in key US battleground states ahead of November's presidential election. Today Rahul Tandon finds out what is at the front of people's minds in Texas. Plus, research from Cranfield University warns once again that the boardrooms of the UK's biggest firms don't look much like the UK itself, when it comes to female representation. Professor Susan Vinnicombe is founding director of the Cranfield International Centre for Women Leaders, and discusses the findings of the 15th edition of its Female FTSE Board Report. (Picture: A sculpture in Tel Aviv encouraging Israelis to wear masks. Picture credit: EPA.)

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