China’s President Xi Jinping tightens grip on power - a podcast by BBC World Service

Top communist leaders discuss China’s political future. The gathering is expected to approve a resolution to praise the Communist Party's achievements. Also: the UN warns of a dire humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, and we look back 13 billion years with the help of a massive new telescope.

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