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Weekend: Second Women’s March Draws Crowds Across America

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Second Women’s March Draws Crowds Across America

21/01/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Second Women’s March Draws Crowds Across America

Women’s marches held in US to coincide with anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration

Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, claiming they are members of the YPG militia, whom Turkey classes as a terrorist organisation. 

Also in the programme: Is Breton independence a pipedream or a possible reality? And managing plastic waste on a global scale.

(Image: An explosion is seen after Turkish jets attacked targets in Afrin, Syria, on 20th January 2018. Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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