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World Service,16 Sep 2021,49 mins

China has denounced a new defence accord between the United States, Britain and Australia

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The US, Britain and Australia announce a security deal over concerns about China's growing military might in the Indo-Pacific region. China has denounced the move saying it was part of a Cold War mentality. British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, reshuffles his top ministerial team as, in the words of one newspaper, he "sacks blundering cabinet allies". What will the UK's new female foreign secretary change? A special report from the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif on life there under the Taliban. And to Lebanon suffering one of the world's worst ever economic crisis - has seen a collapse of it's medical services.

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