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World Service,30 Mar 2019,23 mins

Myanmar on the march

From Our Own Correspondent

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Marching bands in Myanmar as the army celebrates, but it is an army accused of genocide. Nick Beake arrives at the dead of night to witness the festivities. Manuela Saragosa introduces this and other stories from around the world. Jill McGivering reports from Kathmandu on a dark and disturbing side to western tourism in Nepal. In Kazakhstan the country's founding president has just stepped down. They have renamed the capital in his honour, but Rayhan Demytrie asks what his real legacy is. And in Los Angeles, it doesn't rain but it pours. Dan Johnson reports from LA Torrential. (Photo: Myanmar troops marching on Armed Forces Day, 2019. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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