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World Service,·3617 episodes
02 Jun 2020,·53 mins
01 Jun 2020,·23 mins
01 Jun 2020,·53 mins
The President signs an executive order aimed at removing some of their legal protection
29 May 2020,·23 mins
The President issued an executive order after Twitter "fact-checked" his tweets
29 May 2020,·53 mins
The US president's move comes after Twitter "fact-checked" his tweets
Experts say the actual number of deaths will be much higher than this official statistic
28 May 2020,·23 mins
Experts say the number who've died will be well above this official number
28 May 2020,·53 mins
Experts say there have actually been more deaths - but many haven't been counted
There are clashes as lawmakers prepare to debate the controversial national security bill
27 May 2020,·23 mins
Critics have called the bill a direct attempt to curtail the city's unique freedoms
27 May 2020,·53 mins
We speak to an opposition leader as police flood the city ahead of planned protests
The territory's chief executive, Carrie Lam, says rights and freedoms won't be curtailed.
26 May 2020,·23 mins
So why is Beijing is in such a rush to get the measure through?
26 May 2020,·53 mins
Hong Kong's leader says there's nothing to worry about in controversial new security law
There's anger from the public over Dominic Cummings contravening lockdown rules
25 May 2020,·23 mins
Row continues over Cummings' decision to travel during lockdown - contravening guidelines
25 May 2020,·53 mins
Is time running out for the semi-autonomous region's 'one country, two systems'?
The annual session of the parliament is likely to pass the new sedition law
22 May 2020,·23 mins
China's annual session of parliament was delayed due to the pandemic
22 May 2020,·53 mins
Pro-democracy activists fear 'the end of Hong Kong' ahead of China parliament meeting
The UN agency is especially concerned about the impact on low and middle income countries
21 May 2020,·23 mins
Russia's official death toll is nearly 3,000 people
21 May 2020,·53 mins
Pandemic has now infected nearly five million people worldwide
How has Hong Kong managed to prevent any care home deaths from Covid-19?
20 May 2020,·23 mins
Why are some countries registering a bigger proportion of elderly deaths than others?
20 May 2020,·53 mins
Legal action in Canada, no deaths in Hong Kong, and 'adopt-a-granny' in Bolivia
Australia and the European Union put forward a resolution calling for inquiry
19 May 2020,·23 mins
