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At least 40 people were killed and another 115 injured – most of them seriously – after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort Thursday.
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The President of Switzerland says the fire at a ski resort early on New Year’s Day which killed around 40 people is one of his country’s worst tragedies. Witnesses at the bar in the ski resort of Crans Montana say the entire ceiling was ablaze within seconds. Also in the programme: There have clashes in a number of small towns across Iran, on the fifth day of anti-government protests; China has introduced a series of tax incentives – including levies on contraceptives and exemptions for childcare – to try to boost its falling birth rate; and new tax regulations are taking effect today in forty-eight countries over the personal ownership of cryptocurrency. Plus punk rock is 50 years old this year. Why does this rather simple music keep influencing musicians even now? (Photo: Officials say around 40 people were killed and 115 injured in the fire. Credit: Getty Images)
