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Gunmen 'take 20 hostages' in Bangladesh cafe

Gunmen in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have killed two policemen and taken a number of hostages in a cafe in the diplomatic quarter of the city.

Gunmen in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have killed two policemen and taken a number of hostages in a café in the diplomatic quarter of the city. We get the latest. As Adnan Syed, the central character in the hit podcast Serial, is granted a retrial, we speak to his biggest supporter, Rabia Chaudhury. And BBC 6Music's Cerys Matthews on Wales' historic Euros victory.

Picture: Police in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Credit: EPA/STRINGER.

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