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BBC OS: 2022/12/13 16:06 GMT: Fusion energy breakthrough

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Fusion energy breakthrough

2022/12/13 16:06 GMT

2022/12/13 16:06 GMT: Fusion energy breakthrough

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US scientists announce a potential source of near-limitless clean energy

A major breakthrough has been announced by US scientists in the race to recreate nuclear fusion, a potential source of near-limitless clean energy.
We bring you the latest news from the press conference, and hear more about the breakthrough from a fusion scientist.

Also on the programme, we head to South Africa, where members of parliament in South Africa are discussing potential impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

And the US authorities have filed eight separate criminal charges against the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States among other things.  We hear the latest updates on the trial.  

We go to Peru, where at least seven people have now died in clashes with the security forces since protests erupted over the impeachment of Pedro Castillo last Wednesday.  We hear from people living there.

(Photo: The interior of the target chamber at LLNL, where nuclear fusion takes place. Credit: Philip Saltonstall)

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