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07/09/2019 GMT

Rescue efforts underway in Great Abaco in the Bahamas

BBC World Service - Weekend, Rescue efforts underway in Great Abaco in the Bahamas

Rescue teams search the island of Great Abaco; India loses contact with space craft

Rescue teams are searching the island of Great Abaco in the Bahamas for the bodies of people killed by Hurricane Dorian.
Also in the programme: India has lost contact with its lunar mission just as it was about to land on the surface of the Moon.
Joining Rebecca Kesby to discuss these and other issues are Afzal Ashraf, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Nottingham University, and Audrey Carville, Irish journalist and presenter of Morning Ireland - the Breakfast programme on RTE.

(Image:  Residents board a ferry in Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.  Credit: Getty Images)

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