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World Service,19 May 2026,49 mins

DRC Ebola outbreak spreads over a wider area than originally thought

Newsday

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The World Health Organisation says the more it investigates the ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the more it's finding evidence the disease has spread. Selling children to survive as Afghanistan is facing one of the most severe hunger crises in the world . we bring you a report from there. As the ceasefire between lebanon and Israel has been extended further, we hear from the Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon of what does this mean. (Photo: A Congolese health worker checks the temperature to screen a traveller at the Grande Barrier border; Credit: Arlette Bashizi/Reuters)

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