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24/06/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Egypt's Controversial Island Handover

Egypt's President Sisi ratifies a controversial handover of islands to Saudi Arabia

Egypt's President Sisi ratifies a controversial handover to Saudi Arabia of two islands in the Red Sea

Egypt's President Sisi gives the go ahead for the handover of two islands to Saudi Arabia; Mozambique has failed to prove how loans worth millions of dollars have been spent; Chinese rescue teams search for survivors trapped by a landslide; A gay rights march in Turkey is blocked by authorities. (Image: Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, seen from the Egyptian coast. Credit: AFP/Getty)

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