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17/12/2015 GMT

WhatsApp suspended in Brazil

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WhatsApp cut off in Brazil, a peace deal for Libya and Putin gives his annual address

Whatsapp cut off in Brazil, a peace deal for Libya and Putin gives his annual address

Brazil cuts off access to WhatsApp for 48 hours, after a judge ruled it had failed to co-operate in a criminal investigation. Also on the show: A peace deal for rival parliaments in Libya, President Putin gives his annual address, renewed unrest in South-eastern Turkey and why Beethoven's made it onto Google Doodle.

(Photo: Whatsapp App logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Credit: Reuters/Nacho Doce)

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