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World Service,13 Aug 2026,49 mins

Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever

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The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. We speak to our reporter in the DRC, and hear from an aid worker. One of the biggest dating apps, Bumble, has announced on Tuesday that anyone in a match can now sent their first message, ending the women-message-first requirement. We speak to some dating apps developers about the future of dating apps. And in an exclusive interview with our Russian Editor Steve Rosenberg, the Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dmitry Muratov says Vladimir Putin can only "destroy Ukraine but not conquer it." Three men are due to be executed in different US states on Thursday -- the first time in 16 years that three people have faced the death penalty in the country on the same day. Presenter: Luke Jones. (Photo: Volunteer health workers attend an Ebola emergency-response training session conducted by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) at its simulation centre in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, Kenya, 05 August 2026. Credit: Daniel Irungu/ EPA)

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