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World Service,20 May 2021,53 mins

Rockets on Israel and airstrikes on Gaza

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US President Joe Biden has called for a de-escalation of the violence between Israel and Hamas. Can this and diplomatic pressure from elsewhere stop the continued attacks? Vaccine equality is back on the agenda after a campaign group says the pandemic has produced a pharmaceutical boom and created a crop of new billionaires. And will the Olympics go ahead this year in Japan? There is growing opposition and anger over the games not being cancelled

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