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World Service,07 Oct 2021,49 mins

New malaria vaccine 'a historic development'

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News of a vaccine against malaria is celebrated around the world - and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, the worst-affected area. We'll hear what sort of difference it will make - and whether it will be affordable enough to roll out widely A judge in the US has halted Texas's controversial near-total ban on abortion - so what happens next? And our correspondent looks into allegations of abuses carried out by the Taliban against members of the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan.

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