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Hundreds Feared Dead in Myanmar Violence

02/09/2017 GMT

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400 people are feared to have died as thousands flee across the border to Bangladesh

Military sources in Myanmar say almost 400 people have died in violence in the west of the country, triggered by attacks on security forces by insurgents from the Rohingya ethnic minority, as thousands of Rohingya fled across the border to Bangladesh.

Also on the programme: the Indian government says it wants all vehicles sold to be electric by 2030.

(Image: a demonstrator cries during a protest against the persecution of Muslim ethnic minority Rohingya in Myanmar. Credit: Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images)

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