
British MP killed in a stabbing attack
Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been killed in a stabbing attack
British MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed earlier today. A Conservative backbencher for nearly 40 years, the 69-year-old father of five entered Parliament in 1983 as the MP for Basildon. We'll hear more about who he was and what he was known for.
We'll bring you the latest from Afghanistan as reports come in of an explosion at a mosque in the city of Kandahar. More than 30 people have been killed.
We'll also spend some time speaking to our reporter Poonam Taneja who has been reporting on the situation with wives and children of Islamic State's foreign fighters who are being held in camps in Northern Syria.
(Photo: Emergency services at the scene near the Belfairs Methodist Church in Essex, where Conservative MP Sir David Amess was killed. Credit: Press Association)
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