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Fire Guts National Museum of Brazil

BBC World Service - Newshour, Fire Guts National Museum of Brazil

Most of the 20 million items housed there are believed to have been destroyed

The museum, in Rio de Janeiro, housed 20 million items - most of which are thought to have been destroyed. 

Also in the programme: two Reuters journalists are sentenced to seven years prison in Myanmar after investigating violence against the Muslim Rohingya minority; and former British foreign minister Boris Johnson says PM Theresa May's plans for Brexit will leave the UK with "diddly squat".

Picture: The National Museum of Brazil burns. Credit: Reuters.

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