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Thousands throng the streets of Iran's capital to mourn former President Raisi

Funeral rites for Raisi and others started on Tuesday with processions through Tabriz and Qom.

Armies of young insurgents are changing the course of Myanmar's forgotten war.

A British man has died and seven are in a critical condition after the Singapore Airlines flight they were travelling in hit "sudden extreme turbulence".

The main official funeral ceremonies for the country's former president Ebrahim Raisi have commenced in Tehran.

Also in the programme, a stark warning has been issued about the fate of the world's mangroves. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) concludes in a new study that half of them are at risk of collapse by 2050.Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, tells us why.

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  • Wed 22 May 2024 06:06GMT