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Detentions in China after Covid protests

There are reports of a heavy police presence in the cities where protests took place.

We focus on the weekend's unprecedented protests across China against Covid restrictions. We explain the rules that are fuelling public resentment and hear from the Chinese about how their everyday lives are being disrupted. We also speak to a global health expert about why China鈥檚 low vaccination rate and fragile health care system would make it difficult for the authorities to change xero-Covid approach.

Somali forces have been battling to regain control of a hotel seized by militants in the centre of the capital, Mogadishu. We get an update from our correspondent.

With a lot of focus on the concerns over LGBTQ+ rights in Qatar, we are looking at what life is like for LGBT communities in other parts of the world with similar concerns. Today we hear from countries where homosexuality is illegal or not tolerated.

(Photo: Security guard in a protective suit keeps watch behind a barrier at a sealed residential area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, November 28, 2022. Credit: Aly Song/Reuters)

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Nov 2022 16:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Nov 2022 16:06GMT

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