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Newsbeat: 19/08/2014

19/08/2014

BBC Radio 1 - Newsbeat, 19/08/2014

The day's news including protests continue in the US over police killing of Michael Brown.

The day's news including protests continue in the US over police killing of Michael Brown and the government says violence, suicide and staff shortages are a problem in UK prisons.

Today's news including protests continue in the US over police killing of Michael Brown and the government says violence, suicide and staff shortages are a problem in UK prisons. President Obama has described recent gains by the Kurdish and Iraqi armies as a "major step forward" against the extremist group Islamic State and Max Verstapen, 17, has been snapped up to drive in Formula One by the Torro Rosso team.

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