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French Police 'Hero' Dies

A police officer who swapped himself for a hostage during an Islamist attack has died.

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 and Australia takes to the air; and can autonomous automobiles be programmed to make moral decisions about who lives and dies?

(Picture: Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, 44, died after helping to bring the siege to an end. Credit: EPA)

53 minutes

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Sat 24 Mar 201813:06GMT

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  • Sat 24 Mar 201813:06GMT

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