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French Police 'Hero' Dies
A police officer who swapped himself for a hostage being held by a suspected Islamist gunman in France has died of his injuries. His cousin pays tribute to him. Also in the programme: protesters gather in the United States to call for stricter gun laws; the first non-stop flight between Europe…
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France Shooting
A French policeman who swapped places with a hostage during an Islamist attack is fighting for his life in hospital. The gunman is dead. Also in the programme: We profile President Trump's new national security advisor, John Bolton. And we hear about the challenging composer, whose work has been...
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Several Dead in French Hostage Situation
A man has taken a hostage in the town of Trèbes, southern France. Three people are believed to be dead. Also in the programme: John Bolton is to become the new US national security advisor and the changing face of the spy business. Picture: French gendarmes block access to Trèbes, where a man…
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President Trump Announces China Tariffs
The US plans to impose tariffs on about $50bn in Chinese goods and limit the country's investment in the US in retaliation for years of alleged intellectual property theft. Also in the programme: Syrian rebels and their families have begun leaving Syria's Eastern Ghouta, and meet the 106-year-old...
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Russia Brands Boris Johnson's Putin-Hitler Comparison 'Disgusting'
Russia has hit out at Boris Johnson for likening Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, calling it "utterly disgusting" and "unacceptable". The Foreign Secretary suggested the Russian President will "glory" in this summer's World Cup in a similar way to the German dictator during the 1936 Olympics in...
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Zuckerberg: Facebook 'Made Mistakes' in Data Scandal
Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, admits the giant social network's made mistakes over the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal and promises changes. How far is the European Union about to change the game? Also in the programme: What deal did the Nigerian authorities strike with Boko Haram…
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Facebook Data Row: Cambridge Analytica Academic a 'Scapegoat'
An academic who created an app which harvested data from 50 million users says he has been made "a scapegoat" for Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Also in the programme: People in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Dapchi are celebrating the return of most of the school girls kidnapped by Boko...
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Xi Jinping Lays Out China Vision
Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a nationalistic closing speech to parliament, painting China as the rising global power. Mr Xi said "achieving total unity" was the "collective hope of all Chinese people" and any attempts to divide it were "doomed to fail". Also in the programme: A…
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19/03/2018 GMT
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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What Does Putin's Victory Mean for Russia and the World?
International observers have made a string of criticisms of the Russian elections that have given President Putin another six years in power. We discuss what his victory means for Russia and the rest of the world. Also in the programme: Britain and the EU have announced a "decisive step" towards…
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Putin Wins Landslide Victory
With over three-quarters of the vote, Putin wins a clear fourth term as Russia's president. We hear from a supporter and from a chemical weapons consultant ahead of the visit to the UK by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Image: Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a...
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Kurds Ousted From Afrin City
Turkish troops and their Syrian allies have taken the city of Afrin in northern Syria after a two-month battle. More than 150,000 people have reportedly fled Afrin in recent days, most moving south towards territory controlled by the Syrian government. Also in the programme: Russia insists it…
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UK Diplomats Pack Their Bags in Tit-for-tat Expulsions
UK diplomats are preparing to leave after they were expelled in the row following the attack on the former Russian double agent. We'll hear from someone who was expelled from Moscow back in 1985. Also in the programme: US officials launch an investigation into a firm accused of mishandling…
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Britain Blames Putin For Nerve Agent Attack
The British foreign secretary says President Putin himself must have ordered the use of a nerve agent on British streets. We hear from our correspondent in Moscow and the Secretary General of NATO. Also in the programme: We hear from a resident in Eastern Ghouta as the Syrian government launches...
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Syria War: Russia Orders Humanitarian Pause
In rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, which has faced intense bombardment by pro-government forces for more than a week, President Putin has called for the shelling to stop for five hours every day, so civilians can leave the enclave. Also in the programme: China's Xi Jinping and women in the Saudi army...
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Zuma Under Mounting Pressure to Step Down
President Jacob Zuma continues to defy appeals to step down over corruption allegations, as the governing party holds emergency meeting on his future. Also in the programme: Alleged computer hacker with Asperger's syndrome wins appeal against extradition to US; and chlorine-filled bomb reportedly...
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Republican Memo Accuses FBI of Abuse of Power
A secret Republican memorandum has been published that accuses the FBI of abusing its own powers to spy on President Trump's election campaign. Mr Trump, who approved the declassification of the memo, said it told a disgraceful story. Also in the programme: more migrants perish in the…
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Banned Russian Athletes Could Compete in Pyeonchang Games
Russian athletes could compete at the Winter Olympics in South Korea after lifetime bans handed to them by the IOC were overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Also in the programme: UN special rapporteur to Myanmar says reports of mass graves in Rakhine state "bear the hallmarks of...
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Top Kosovo Serb Politician Shot Dead
A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, has been shot dead outside his party offices in the Serb-run north of Mitrovica in Kosovo. Also in the programme: Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed a two-year plan for the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees; and an Australian father's instinct...
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Putin Foe Barred from Election
Opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been barred from standing against Vladimir Putin. Also on the programme: the Pope's Christmas message focuses on finding peace in the Holy Land, and this year's Newshour Christmas Quiz pits the best minds in international news against each other. (Photo:...
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Could US Return to Paris Deal on Climate Change?
Bankers, businessmen and world leaders meet to discuss the financing of the climate change deal commitments made two years ago. French President, Emmanuel Macron has hinted that the US could return to the Paris Agreement. Also on the programme: the US soldier who defected to North Korea dies; and...
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Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI
US President Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia. Also in the programme: Zimbabwe's new information minister and the latest on the football World Cup draw. (Photo: Former US National Security Adviser Michael…
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N Korea Says New Missile Can Hit Entire US
Another intercontinental ballistic missile test from North Korea: What options are there now to stop the country from becoming a full nuclear power? Also on the programme: President Trump has used his Twitter account to share several anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British group; and a…
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Mnangagwa Sworn in as Zimbabwean President
Zimbabwe's new president has used his inaugural speech to lay out his plans to rebuild the economy. He promised to create jobs, cut down on corruption, and welcome foreign investment. We hear from the jubilant crowds inside Harare's main stadium and the opposition stronghold criticising the new...
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Lebanon - the Battleground of the Middle East?
As Saudi and Kuwaiti nationals are ordered to leave Lebanon, we examine the country's place among current conflicts in the Middle East; also, a former US ambassador to Beijing on President Trump's trip to China; and the island traded for Manhattan (Photo:aerial view of Beirut, Lebanon in 2013....
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Iraqi Forces Enter Central Kirkuk
Iraqi forces take over key buildings in Kirkuk three weeks after an independence referendum. Also on the programme: the fate of the American soldier who wandered away from his unit, was captured by the Taleban, and later swapped for foreign fighters by President Obama, pleads guilty to desertion;...
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Trump Decertifies Iran Nuclear Deal
The US President says he is no longer prepared to sign a document saying Iran is complying with the nuclear deal it struck with the world's big powers. Donald Trump says Iran is not abiding with the spirit of the agreement. Also in the programme: Kenyan opposition candidate Raila Odinga explains...
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Hamas and Fatah reach Gaza deal
The rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over governing the Gaza strip after a decade-long rift. Also in the programme, the former EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton warns the US against imposing new conditions on the Iran nuclear deal. And new legislation in the...
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President Ghani: Nato Troops Can Leave Within Four Years
We have an exclusive interview with president Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan about future of Nato troops and peace talks with the Taliban. Also on the programme: the British author Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and a report from northern Iraq where there has been...
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US to end 'Dreamer' migrants scheme
DACA, a scheme introduced by President Obama to assist undocumented people who came to the US as children to become fully fledged US citizens, is to be scrapped by the Trump administration. We hear from a recipient of the scheme. Also on the programme, following the victory of President Assad's...
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Israel Removes Security Measures at Jerusalem Holy Site
Muslim leaders have lifted a boycott of Islam's third holiest site in East Jerusalem after the last remnants of Israel's recently installed security apparatus were taken away. Also in the programme: the leader of Japan's main opposition party announces her resignation after only a year in the…
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Berlin-Ankara Rift Deepens
In a deepening rift, Turkey has told Germany that their relations cannot be based on blackmail and threats. The Turkish foreign ministry accused the German foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, of having a one-sided and distorted approach to their relations. Mr Gabriel earlier announced measures...
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New Report on German Choir School Abuse
A report into a world-famous Catholic choir school in Southern Germany has found that more than 500 pupils were subject to physical or sexual abuse over a period of nearly 50 years. We hear from Alexander Probst who was a pupil at the choir school and was one of the first people to speak publicly...
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Trump Goes to Paris
US President is in France for a 2-day visit but do he and Macron have anything in common? Also in the programme: the ethics of the case of baby Charlie Gard and the gamblers who practise "edge-sorting" (Picture: US President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks form Air Force One with First Lady...
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Turkey Protest March
Huge crowds have joined a 450 kilometre anti-government march from Ankara to Istanbul. It has been organised by the opposition CHP party and was prompted by the imprisonment of one of their MPs. Also in the programme: A ceasefire in south-western Syria, and Russia's Bolshoi theatre cancels a…
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Top US Court Partially Unblocks Donald Trump's Travel Ban
US President Donald Trump has called a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated a "victory for our national security". The Justices said they would consider in October whether the president's policy should be upheld or struck down. Also in the programme: leading…
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London Residents Evacuated Over Fire Risk
Thousands of residents of north London tower blocks are evacuated over a fire risk after the Grenfell blaze last week. Also on the programme: The British opposition Labour party leader speaks to large crowds at the Glastonbury music festival, but not everyone is happy; An audit uncovers $1…
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Is President Trump Feeling The Heat?
As leading US Democrats issue a formal demand for an independent commission to investigate links between Russia and the Trump administration, President Trump has said he's been treated worse than any politician in history, especially by the media. Also on the programme: Chelsea Manning, who was...
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White House Defends Trump's Intelligence Sharing
Donald Trump's National Security Adviser says the president in no way compromised any sources or methods in a meeting with Russia's foreign minister last week. H R McMaster defended Mr Trump's conversation with Sergei Lavrov as "wholly appropriate". So what is a US president allowed to share?…
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Le Pen Accused of Speech Plagiarism
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising a speech made by defeated rival François Fillon, but was it plagiarism or homage? Also in the programme: could Britain make trouble for EU if Brexit negotiations don't go its way? And, scientists decode the genome of the...
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What Does Russia Think of Trump?
Just what is Russia's view on the US presidential race and why does Putin favour Trump? Just how strong is so-called Islamic State? New research says there are four separate species of Giraffe. Picture: a woman wears a shirt reading "Trump Putin "16" while waiting for Republican presidential...
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Russian Helicopter Shot Down in Syria
A Russian military helicopter has been shot down over Syria, killing all five people on board; Turkey's security forces have captured a group of fugitive soldiers suspected of involvement in last month's failed coup attempt; the president of Taiwan has formally apologised to the indigenous...
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Scores Killed in Nice Bastille Day Attack
A lorry ploughs through crowds in the south of France killing more than 80 people. Pciture: A crime scene investigator works on the truck which crashed into the crowd during the Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, France, 15 July 2016. Picture: EPA/IAN LANGSDON
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EU: No Compromise on Freedom of Movement
The European Council meets without Britain for the first time after Brexit vote; Scientists discover an escape tunnel used by Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust; The world's biggest uncut diamond goes on auction. (Photo: A United Kingdom name card at the EU Summit in Brussels. Credit:...
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