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Dutch PM Celebrates Election Win
European leaders congratulate Mark Rutte for defeating anti-EU candidate Geert Wilders
European leaders congratulate the Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, after his party won more seats than the anti-EU, anti-immigration party led by Geert Wilders. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, described it as a "very pro-European result."
Also in the programme: President Trump's new travel ban blocked and coral death at the Great Barrier Reef.
(Photo: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte makes a speech following his victory in the Dutch general election; Credit: Getty Images)
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