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Weekend: Eleven killed in Russian bombing in Kharkiv

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26/05/2024 GMT

Eleven killed in Russian bombing in Kharkiv

BBC World Service - Weekend, Eleven killed in Russian bombing in Kharkiv

Eleven people are killed after Russia bombs shopping centre in Kharkiv

LONG   Ukrainian officials say at least eleven people are now known to have been killed in a Russian attack on a busy DIY store in Kharkiv.
Also today: why the African National Congress in South Africa is trying to convince young voters to vote in the upcoming elections; and scientists discover starfish can clone themselves.

Today’s guests are Verashni Pillay, a South African journalist and founder of the Explain news portal, and Marco di Nunzio, Associate Professor in Urban Anthropology at the University of Birmingham in the UK.


Photo: the general scene following the shelling of the hypermarket in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 25 May 2024 amid the Russian invasion.

Credit: Sergey Kozlov /EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock.

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