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World Service,28 May 2019,53 mins

Violence spreads through Brazil prisons

Newsday

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At least forty-two prisoners have been found strangled to death in four separate jails in Brazil. Officials said the killings appeared to have occurred in clashes between rival gangs. Daniel Gallas is in Sao Paulo. In the UK, the battle is on for the top job in politics. After Theresa May announced she's resigning as Prime Minister, many of her Conservative MPs are throwing their hat into the ring. The Egyptian military and police forces have been accused of serious and widespread abuses against civilians in the Sinai Peninsula.The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch has produced a report which says some of the abuses amount to war crimes.

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