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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Naomi Ruckam from CBS. Now, let's see if you can hear the similarity. This is our first song...
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
That's Adele's hit from 2015, Million Years Ago. And now listen to this. That's Mulieres, a Brazilian composer who said Adele had ripped off his earlier samba hit. A Brazilian judge seems to agree with him. He's just ordered Adele's song to be pulled from all radio stations and streaming services around the world because he deemed it to be plagiarism.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Our America's regional editor, Leonardo Rocha, told us more about how it's come to this.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Leonardo Rocha speaking to Nick Miles. A BBC investigation has found reports of at least 565 children being killed or wounded by crude bombs in the Indian state of West Bengal over the last three decades. The homemade devices have been an issue in the region for years, as New Persona reports.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
New Persona reporting. The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said he's devastated by the death of the actor Marisa Paredes, praising her as one of the most important actresses our country has produced. Paredes, who was 78, started acting as a teenager and appeared in dozens of films.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
She became an international name after she starred in several films by Pedro Amoldavar, as well as Roberto Benigni's Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful. Gilles Jacob, former president of the Cannes Film Festival, paid tribute to Paredes for her calm grace and that gentle cheerfulness she ignited with one look of her pale eyes.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
The Spanish Film Academy has said Spanish cinema is left without one of its most iconic actresses. Our Europe regional editor Warren Bull has more on her life.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Warren Ball. It's the busiest time of year for many postal services around the world. Presents need to be delivered, Christmas cards sent, and that's alongside all the usual letters and parcels. In the UK, Royal Mail says mistakes are rare, but they do happen. But one letter which arrived in Wales was delivered almost 17,000 kilometres away from its intended destination.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
It arrived in Penarth in South Wales instead of Penrith in New South Wales, Australia. Here's Keith Georgiou, who was a bit confused when it arrived at his house.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
And Keith said he did forward that letter onto its intended recipient. We hope it finds its way there before Christmas. And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later on. If you'd like to comment on this podcast, do send us an email. It will arrive, we promise. Our address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Is the assumption by residents there that Ukraine did this? Because I know there are claims from within the security forces of Ukraine that this was carried out by the Ukrainian side.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
You can also find us on X. We're at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Stephen Bailey and the producer was David Lewis. Our editor is Karen Martin. I'm Chris Barrow. And until next time, thanks for listening. Goodbye.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
And is this, it sounds like, a significant blow to Russia's war effort and organisation at the top?
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
A powerful earthquake flattens buildings and cuts communications on the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. And the pop star Adele has been accused of copying a Brazilian composer. Also in the podcast... Christian worship continues in Syria but how are people feeling after a tumultuous week in the Middle East?
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
A powerful earthquake has hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, damaging and even flattening some buildings in the capital Port Vila. Communications have also been affected after the magnitude 7.3 quake, which was followed by tremors. The BBC managed to get through to Dan McGarry, a journalist based in Port Vila.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Chris Barrow, and at 14 GMT on Tuesday 17th December, these are our main stories. A Russian general sanctioned for using banned chemical weapons in Ukraine has been killed in a bomb blast. Kiev said they carried it out. We have the latest.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Our correspondent Katie Watson is monitoring events from Sydney.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
How usual is it for Vanuatu to get extreme weather events? Because it sounds like, from what Dan McGarry was saying, that they do happen, but just not to this extent.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Katie Watson. The leader of the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime is calling for sanctions against the country to be lifted. Ahmed al-Sharah, who's now Syria's de facto leader, told a visiting British envoy that it was important to end restrictions imposed during the rule of Bashar al-Assad so that displaced Syrians could return home.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Some HTS fighters and families are returning to the western city of Homs. Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette, made regular trips there throughout the war and has just returned to the city.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
We start in Moscow in an ordinary neighbourhood just a few kilometres southeast of the Kremlin where in the early hours of this morning a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a scooter went off outside the entrance to an apartment block. This local resident Yulia was nearby.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Lise Doucette. Researchers in Germany say they've deciphered an inscription which could be the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Europe. The writing is on a scroll in an 1800-year-old silver amulet, which the archaeologists digitally unrolled. Sophie Smith reports.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
The blast killed a senior Russian general, Igor Kirillov, who was in charge of Russia's chemical weapons as well as his assistant. The attack comes a day after Ukrainian prosecutors accused the general of using banned chemical weapons. The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg is in Moscow and gave me the latest.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
That was Sophie Smith.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
And you're looking and then just confused. The letter that was delivered to the wrong address 17,000 kilometres away. Let's turn to Wisconsin now where at least two people have been killed and six others wounded in the latest school shooting in the United States. A female student opened fire inside a classroom of the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday morning.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
The police chief, Sean Barnes, gave details about the suspect.
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Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast
Naomi Ruckham from our partner broadcaster CBS gave us the latest.