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Coronavirus: China confirms transmission between humans

BBC World Service - Newsday, Coronavirus: China confirms transmission between humans

Stringent checks are being carried out in China as the government tries to contain the spread of a new respiratory virus. Health authorities around the world have also been stepping up screening. 

We have the story of the two dogs that dug up a skeleton believed to be 197 million years old.

And thousands of gun rights supporters protest against tighter gun laws in the US state of Virginia.

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