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23/12/2018 GMT

Death Toll Rises in Indonesian Tsunami

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The search for tsunami survivors in Indonesia; another high profile US resignation

Rescue teams in Indonesia are searching for survivors of a deadly tsunami triggered by the erupting Krakatoa volcano

Brett McGurk, the US special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to defeat Islamic State, has resigned, citing strong disagreement with the President

To discuss these and other issues, Paul Henley is joined by Ruth Dudley Edwards, British-Irish crime novelist, journalist and historian, and William Gumede, executive chairperson of the Democracy Works Foundation in Johannesburg.  The foundation is a non-profit organisation that campaigns for democratic change in Africa.

(Image: A ruined tractor sits in the water after a tsunami hit Sunda Strait in Indonesia. Credit: EPA)

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