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World Service,12 Jun 2023,26 mins

Rescuing children in Sudan

Happy News

Available for over a year

Happy News, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, a daring mission to rescue hundreds of children who were trapped by fighting in Sudan, the brain implants helping a paralysed man walk again, and an extraordinary boost in clean energy in Finland, and why - for a while there - the cost of electricity was less than zero. Presented by Jackie Leonard. Music produced by Iona Hampson.

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