US gun control debate

Three weeks after the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, US lawmakers are holding a hearing on gun violence. It comes after the actor Matthew McConaughey spoke out at the White House, making a plea for tougher gun laws. A survivor and parents of victims of mass shootings have testified.

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We talk about India’s diplomatic row with a growing list of countries in the Islamic world over controversial comments made by two senior officials of the country’s ruling party about the Prophet Muhammad.

We speak to people whose relatives were in the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Nigeria when it was attacked on Sunday.

(Photo: Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas as well as a father and a gun owner, becomes emotional as he holds up a picture of 10-year-old victim Alithia Ramirez as he speaks to reporters about the school shooting in Uvalde during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2022. Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)