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About BBC News
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Mar 2024
- Latest episode
- 23 Oct 2026
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[…] The epicentre of the quake was nearly 400 kilometres northeast of the capital Lhasa. Our China correspondent Laura Bicker is following developments from Beijing. It's a region that sits around 4,800 metres, so very, very high, very difficult to get to, steep valleys, very sparsely populated. Now, it is worth pointing out that rescuers in China are very experienced when it comes to this kind of event. The Tibetan plateau is prone to earthquakes. There was one back in January 2024 in the Tibetan region and the teams were mobilised within a few hours. This seems to have happened Again, so we'll keep an eye on it. […]
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