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Protests over downed plane continue in Iran
Iran's leaders face more protests after admitting military shot down a passenger plane.
Iran's leaders faced a second day of protests after their admission that the military accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, which caused the death of 176 people on board.
Also in the programme: the threat of Islamist attacks in the Sahel; and the man whose job it was to write Elton John's life story
(Picture: Iranians protest to show their sympathy to victims of the downed Ukrainian airliner in front of the Amir Kabir University in Tehran. Credit: Epa/Abedin Taherkenareh)
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