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World Service,11 Feb 2022,26 mins

World leaders discuss protecting the oceans

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The summit has seen international commitments to protect the ocean and reverse its declining health - we get details from Louise Guillot, a sustainability reporter for Politico. Also in the programme, Argentina's government and the International Monetary Fund have been renegotiating the terms of a 2018 loan issued to the country. The package had been vaunted for its commitment to protecting the most vulnerable in society, but as the BBC's Ed Butler reports, the reality has been painfully different. Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol in the northern city of Kano. The BBC's Nkechi Ogbonna explains the background. Plus, ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl between the LA Rams and Cincinnati Bengals the BBC's Michelle Fleury reports on the rising number of cryptocurrency adverts expected on TV. And with the event returning to Los Angeles for the first time in almost 30 years, we examine the likely economic impact on the city with Matt Dangelantonio of LA's KPCC radio. (Picture of a wave via Getty Images).

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