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Deadly Clashes as Bangladesh Goes to the Polls

Violence erupts between supporters of the government and opposition

The opposition in Bangladesh has accused the government of unprecedented intimidation and vote-rigging during today's parliamentary elections. There's also been deadly violence. We’ll have the latest from our correspondent there.

Also in the programme: presidential elections are under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And the relative of a famous Uighur comedian, now missing for two months, describes what his family thinks has become of him.

(Photo: A Bangladeshi military vehicle on a street near a polling station in Dhaka Credit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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  • Sun 30 Dec 201813:06GMT

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