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and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international stu...

killed the leicester city chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha in 2018 and four other people on board has found the crash was "inevitable" after a sequence of mechanical failures, and that the pilot could do very little to save all those on board. in the last couple of hours leicester city football club have released a statement. to golf, and rory mciroy says hes optimitic about europes chances of winning back the ryder cup when they take on the united states in rome later this month. mci...

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This week on world stories. Protests against moscows waste. Homosexuality in the us and the Stonewall Riots but we begin on the greek island of some of those conditions in the refugee camp there are catastrophic many locals dont like the refugees but some greek citizens are there to help every day at Noon Maria Macro yani waits for guests and they arrive on time refugees from the nearby camp on the island of samarra. This time its 2 young men from somalia. Maria has prepared pastor with chicken ...

This week on world stories. Protests against moscows waste. Public sexuality in the us and the Stonewall Riots but we begin on the greek island of some of those conditions in the refugee camp there are catastrophic many locals dont like the refugees but some greek citizens are there to help. Every day at Noon Maria Macro yani waits for guests and they arrive on time refugees from the nearby camp on the island of sun most. This time its 2 young men from somalia. Maria has prepared pastor with chi...

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