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World Service,03 Aug 2020,53 mins

BBC investigation finds higher Covid death rates in Iran

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Documents provided by a whistle-blower suggest there have been three times as many deaths as previously announced by the government. We go to Australia, where an early success against Covid-19 is now a distant memory. A number of areas of the country are back into lockdown. And Mexico's most wanted man - nicknamed "el Marro" (the Sledgehammer) - has been captured by security forces shortly after releasing a bizarre, tearful video.

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