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World Service,08 Sep 2021,49 mins

A new government emerges from the Taliban

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There have been a few protests and deaths reported in Afghanistan on the first day of a Taliban government. Protests appear to be directed at Pakistani influence in the country - we'll talk about that and the make-up of the new Taliban administration. . The trial of 20 accused of being involved in the 2015 Paris attacks starts today. We hear from a father who lost his son. Also as Texas clamps down on abortion rights, over the border Mexico's Supreme Court moves to decriminalise abortion. There's also a business update on El Salvador's bitcoin experiment.

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