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23/12/2018 GMT

Indonesian Tsunami Kills and Injures Many

BBC World Service - Weekend, Indonesian Tsunami Kills and Injures Many

Death and injury in Indonesian tsunami; US government shutdown; Cuban baseball in the US

We'll hear the latest from Indonesia as the authorities say they expect casualty figures to rise.

Also, more on the partial shutdown of the US government

And why Cuban baseball players can now play in the Major League in the United States.

And to discuss these and other issues, Paul Henley is joined by Ruth Dudley Edwards, British-Irish journalist, historian and crime writer, and William Gumede, chair of the Democracy Works Foundation in Johannesburg.

(Image: An Indonesian man sits down among the ruins of houses after a tsunami hit Sunda Strait, Indonesia. Credit: EPA)

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