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Millions of masks distributed to students in 'gas chamber' Delhi
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Five million masks are being distributed at schools in India's capital, Delhi, after pollution made the air so toxic officials were forced to declare a public health emergency.
Also in the programme; a Barcelona court's decision to acquit five men accused of gang-raping a 14-year-old girl of the charge of sexual assault has provoked outrage. And; Tens of thousands of demonstrators have converged on the streets of Algiers as Algeria marked the 65th anniversary of its war of independence from France.
(Photo: A man jogs along a street under smoggy conditions in New Delhi. Credit: Getty).
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