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World Service,24 Jan 2022,49 mins

Burkina Faso: Shots heard near presidential palace

Newsday

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Shots are heard close to the Presidential palace in Burkina Faso amid reports of a mutiny by soldiers unhappy with the way the Islamist insurgency is being handled. The US has ordered the relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave amid reports that Russia is planning significant military action against Ukraine. And nine days after a volcanic eruption in Tonga, we see how the recovery operation is progressing.

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