
Germany shooting: Investigation into 'deeply racist' gunman's links
German politicians have strongly condemned Wednesday's deadly far-right attack in the town of Hanau
We talk about the far-right attack in the town of Hanau in Germany. Chancellor Merkel said racism and hatred were poisoning German society, Nine people with immigrant backgrounds were killed. We reach out to people in the region's Kurdish community, and get some background about the far-right in Germany from our security correspondent Frank Gardner.
South Korea has confirmed 53 new cases of Covid-19, and nearly half of these cases are linked to a church in the city of Daegu. We speak to a reporter in Seoul and to our health expert. We also hear from a woman in China's Hubei province, the centre of the outbreak. She has stayed in isolation for nearly a month.
In Lesotho, police say Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife. The BBC's Southern Africa reporter explains.
(Photo: People attend a vigil for the victims of a shooting in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany, February 20, 2020. Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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