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Myanmar military junta asks for earthquake aid
At least 144 people have died and 732 have been injured so far in the country/
Myanmar’s military government has asked the international community for aid after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country. We hear from rescue workers in the Mandalay area, close to the earthquake’s epicentre.
Also on the programme: US Vice President JD Vance visits Greenland, without an invitation from the Greenlandic government; and the singer Dua Lipa is cleared of accusations of plagiarising elements of her song ‘Levitating’.
(Picture: People look at damaged house in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, 28 March 2025 Credit: NYEIN CHAN NAING/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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