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World Service,02 Dec 2021,49 mins
WTA suspends tennis tournaments in China over Peng Shuai case
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Peng Shuai disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing former Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. WTA chief Steve Simon said he had "serious doubts" that Peng was "free, safe and not subject to intimidation". "In good conscience, I don't see how I can ask our athletes to compete there," he said. The latest on Ugandan troops carrying out strikes against a rebel movement in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. And Alec Baldwin has given his first major interview after the fatal shooting of a colleague on a film set.
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