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Newsday episode 0806

02/01/2019 GMT

Two Indian Women Make History

BBC World Service - Newsday, Two Indian Women Make History

The women entered an Indian temple, after months of protests against women getting in.

Two Indian women in their 40s have made history by entering a prominent Hindu shrine in the southern state of Kerala.

The Chinese President has said Taiwan "must and will be" reunited with China.

And the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara tells us about her life, including running away from home as a teenager.

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