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4 August 2021

Episode 2579

60 minutes

Coronavirus returns to Wuhan and a report in the US gives credence to the lab-leak theory. Then, as an outspoken activist is found dead in Kiev, we speak to the prime minister of Estonia about an anticipated Belarusian refugee crisis. Plus: we return to Beirut on the one-year anniversary of the deadly port explosion.

4 August 2021

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What’s next for Beirut?

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Ben Wedeman, CNN’s senior international correspondent based in Lebanon, looks at the city one year on from the devastating port explosion in Beirut.

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