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Mass shooting kills 49 in New Zealand
A gunman shot dead 49 people and wounded more than 40 at two New Zealand mosques.
A gunman shot dead 49 people and wounded more than 40 at two New Zealand mosques, some as they were kneeling at prayer, livestreaming online some of the killings that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as terrorism.
Also in the programme: how North Korea evades sanctions and skipping school for the climate.
(Picture: Christchurch mosque shooting: Armed police officer patrol following a shooting at the Masjid Al Noor, Christchurch, New Zealand. Credit: European Photopress Agency)
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