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With China and Russia agreeing to build a new gas pipeline through Siberia, we take a look at its global economic impact and what it could mean for the two countries as they become ever more reliant on each other.
Elsewhere, Ed Butler discusses the economic forces driving the brutal civil war in Myanmar while visiting a rehabilitation centre inside Thailand where wounded rebel soldiers go to recover.
We hear from farmers in Nigeria investing in solar power to keep water running to their farms.
And Hannah Mullane hears how a supermarket in France is upsetting bakeries by undercutting them on price.
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With China and Russia agreeing to build a new gas pipeline through Siberia, we take a look at its global economic impact and what it could mean for the two countries as they become ever more reliant on each other.
Elsewhere, Ed Butler discusses the economic forces driving the brutal civil war in Myanmar while visiting a rehabilitation centre inside Thailand where wounded rebel soldiers go to recover.
We hear from farmers in Nigeria investing in solar power to keep water running to their farms.
And Hannah Mullane hears how a supermarket in France is upsetting bakeries by undercutting them on price.

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