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Weekend: Death toll rises after India train collision

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Death toll rises after India train collision

03/06/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Death toll rises after India train collision

At least 288 people are now known to have been killed and 900 injured in a multiple train collision in India's eastern Odisha state, officials say. More than 200 ambulances were sent to the scene in Balasore district, says Odisha's chief secretary Pradeep Jena. The crash is India's worst this century and the minister of railways has promised an investigation.

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Julian Worricker is joined by guests Dayo Forster, a Gambian-born writer now based in the UK and Natalya Vince, an associate professor of the history of France and the Francophone World at Oxford University to discuss the news and features.

(Picture: Belongings of passengers lie next to a damaged coach after a deadly collision of trains, in Balasore district, India. CREDIT: REUTERS/Stringer)

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