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UK Criticised Over Change in Death Penalty Stance on IS suspects
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
The British government has been criticised for dropping its opposition to the death penalty for two Islamic State suspects who may face trial in the United States.
Also in the programme: A sprawling settlement in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has been demolished to make way for a new road, making 30 thousand people homeless; and what do Iranians make of tough talk out of the White House?
(Photo: Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces. Credit: Reuters)
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