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17 August 2023

Episode 3124

57 minutes

How will Hawaii get back on its feet following treacherous wildfires? Plus: the significance of South Africa’s meeting on the ‘moonshot pact’, why China’s economy is struggling and swimmers plunge into the Seine for the first time since 1923.

17 August 2023

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Swimmers dive into the Seine for the first time in 100 years

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French journalist and author Agnès Poirier joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the reopening of the river Seine for swimmers in Paris.

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