Chaos as migrants moved off beaches in Ceuta
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Chaos as migrants moved off beaches in Ceuta

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202625 min

Police in Spain's North African territory of Ceuta fired rubber bullets into the air to control crowds as hundreds of migrants were moved from beaches to the port where a tent city has sprung up. South Korea's president says he will not be sending troops to help the US in its war in Iran - defying growing pressure from the Trump administration. People in Russia are voting in the first parliamentary election since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has formed a taskforce to investigate a spate of brutal killings that has sparked a nationwide...

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I'm Anko Desai and at 13 Hours GMT on Friday 18th September, these are our main stories. There's been chaotic scenes in Spain's North African territory, Saota, as police began moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches to a tent city in the port area. 70,000 mostly Moroccans flooded across the border in a sudden surge in late July.

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South Korea has brought up sending any troops to Iran, despite coming under pressure from President Trump in recent weeks. A car bomb attack on a mosque in Pakistan's northwest has left at least 16 people dead, including five policemen. Also in this podcast, as Russia goes to the polls in the first parliamentary

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