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BBC OS: 2021/12/06 16:06 GMT: Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to jail

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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to jail

2021/12/06 16:06 GMT

2021/12/06 16:06 GMT: Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to jail

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to jail

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Myanmar's military rulers are facing international condemnation, after the deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was given a four year prison sentence, later reduced to two.  Our reporter has the latest on the story and we hear reaction from people in Myanmar.

Our regular health expert, Dr Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health answers your questions on the coronavirus stories of the day.

We go to the US where Kentucky`s Congressman Thomas Massie posted a Christmas photo of his family posing with military style rifles.  The post has been condemned by families affected by gun violence, plus figures on both sides of politics.

(Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi. Credit: Reuters)

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