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Refugees on Nauru

What is life like for refugees detained by Australia in the Pacific island nation?

What is life like for refugees detained by Australia in the Pacific island nation? They are some of the people at the centre of a refugee resettlement deal between Australia and the United States. President Trump has now cast doubt on the deal after a reportedly abrupt phone call with the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

We speak to people whose job it is to kill animals. The law in Taiwan is about to change so that vets can no longer kill animals that are abandoned. It became a big discussion after a vet took her own life there last year.

Also, we reflect conversations about anti-government protests in Romania and about the pregnancy picture posted by Beyonc茅. Why has it become the most popular picture ever on Instagram?

Picture: A refugee supporter in Sydney, Australia, holds a placard raising awareness of refugee protests in Nauru.
Credit: Peter Parks / AFP / Getty Images

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Thu 2 Feb 2017 16:06GMT

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