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World Service,22 May 2026,49 mins

Angry crowd sets fire to a hospital in the eastern DRC

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The BBC understands relatives stormed the facility - located near the city of Bunia - and tried to remove the body after health workers refused to release it. The rebel M23 group confirmed its first case in South Kivu province, raising fears about the virus' spread in areas affected by armed conflict. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has said Cuba is a threat to national security and that the likelihood of a peaceful outcome is not high. President Trump says he will speak to Taiwan's president in break from protocol. We get the view from one of Taiwan's senior diplomats in Washington. (Credit: Congolese women mourn the death of a victim of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain; Credit: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters)

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