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Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Rape Activists
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in war.
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two campaigners against sexual violence in war - the Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, and the Yazidi human rights activist, Nadia Murad.
Also in the programme: The head of Interpol has gone missing, last seen taking a plane from France to China; and Newshour's Tim Franks is in Brazil ahead of the presedential elections.
Picture: Nobel Prize for Peace 2018 winners: Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad and Doctor Denis Mukwege. Credit: Reuters.
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