Gunmen attack South African house party
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Gunmen attack South African house party

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202629 min
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  • Politics

Gunmen kill 11 people after storming a house in KwaMakhutha township near Durban in South Africa. Police are investigating links to a feud between rival groups, as the nation grapples with sky-high murder rates and violence. Also: the IMF warns that record global debt requires urgent fiscal action, urging economies such as the US and UK to reduce borrowing. China's plans for the future of AI. The family feud over Dolly Parton's estate involving the country music star's nephew Bryan Seaver. Astronomers discover the youngest planet on record, Elias 2-24 b, about 450 light years from Earth. And could the lost...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. the shame of your teacher. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday 23rd September.

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Gunmen kill 11 people at a house party near Durban as South Africa struggles to combat violent crime. Fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia is to ground fighters battle government forces. and the head of the IMF warns advanced economies to reduce their debt burdens. Also in this podcast,

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China is growing. We are now leading the world. This is no longer the China from the 1960s. No sign of a slowdown on AI in China.

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