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World Service,14 Dec 2021,49 mins

Record payout for US gymnastics abuse victims

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We get reaction from a woman who waived anonymity to accuse Larry Nassar and blow open an abuse scandal affecting hundreds of young gymnasts. Why would members of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's own party vote against his plans to tighten restrictions around Covid? And a court in Belarus is set to deliver a verdict in the case of Sergei Tikhanovsky - the husband of exiled the opposition leader charged with planning mass disorder during the 2020 presidential election campaign.

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