The latest short-form news audio from FSN Bureaus worldwide.
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Farmers' protests in India continue after a second round of talks with the government failed to break the deadlock.
Tens of thousands of farmers continue their agitation against the new farm laws.
The government says it could revisit some provisions but will not roll back the law.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1204-Farmersmeeting-ig-generic.mp3
China's deputy ambassador to Australia says Prime Minister Scott Morrisons reaction to an inflammatory tweet by a Chinese official may have further damaged relations between the two countries.
Wang Xining told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that Mr Morrison, in calling for an apology from China for the tweet, has caused more chinese people to be aware of the contents of the Brereton Report into alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.
Shaun Bindley reports
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Legal experts in Hong Kong say the city's courts may tighten bail conditions for anti-government activists, after a prominent former opposition lawmaker announced he had fled the city to avoid prosecution.
Former Democratic Party legislator Ted Hui made the announcement from Denmark, and said he would go to the UK soon.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
IN: Ted Hui
OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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California is set to impose stay at home orders where intensive care units are close to filling up.
This comes as cases and hospitalisations are soaring in the state, and the city of Los Angeles has imposed its own stay at home order.
Rachel Silverman has this report from Oakland.
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4 people have died in an explosion at a waste water treatment works in South West England.
Emergency services launched a major incident after they were called to the scene near Bristol this morning.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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Facebook says it will remove false claims about coronavirus vaccines from its platform.
It comes as three former presidents say they would be happy to show themselves getting vaccinated to try and boost public confidence.
Our US Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more.
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World governments and vaccine developers are convening in a historic virtual United Nations session on Covid-19 to seek a collective recovery response.
With multiple vaccines on the horizon and money flowing into recovery efforts, the U.N. says this is an opportunity to bring the world together to get things right, and leave no one behind.
UN correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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There is a glimmer of hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries after the development of a new HIV treatment for children. The new formulation is a strawberry-flavoured dispersible tablet, which is expected to substantially reduce the annual cost of treatment. Leon Solomon reports.
LINK: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1203africatogetnewhivdrug-ls-gen.mp3
IN: Uganda is among six African countries that will access the new formulation
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DUR: 1min 02 sec
New report says at least 18 Burundians were disappeared from refugee camps in Tanzania over the past year.
Daniel Kijo reports
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