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Now playing Next world news How clean is the air you’re breathing right now? A new interactive map shows air quality in real-time across Europe 17/11/2017
Now playing Next Belgium How Brussels is failing to punish EU states over their deadly air pollution It's primarily the responsibility of individual countries, but critics say the European Commission could do more to make sure they keep to agreed targets on dirty air. 17/11/2017
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