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Brazil's Supreme Court to Hear Lula Corruption Charge

Corruption allegations against Brazil's former president will be heard by the Supreme Court; US and China oppose North Korea's nuclear programme; 3D map of Zika virus

Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that it will hear a corruption case involving the former President, Lula da Silva, because he accuses a federal judge leading an anti-corruption probe of unfairly targeting him.

President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have presented a united front in opposition to North Korea's nuclear programme.

Scientists in the United States have produced the first three dimensional map of the Zika virus, which may perhaps help explain why, and how, it attacks certain cells.

50 minutes

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Fri 1 Apr 201602:06GMT

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  • Fri 1 Apr 201602:06GMT