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09/08/2016 GMT

World's Longest Hunger Striker Ends Fast

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Indian political activist Irom Sharmila Chanu now plans to run in local elections

Indian political activist Irom Sharmila Chanu ends her 16 year fast, saying she's decided to changed her protest by contesting local elections.

Indian political activist Irom Sharmil ends her 16 year fast, saying she's decided to changed her protest by contesting local elections. We hear from our correspondent who's spoken to her family. Turkey's President Erdogan is on his first foreign trip since an attempted military coup. He's in Russia to meet President Putin, he says he wants to turn a new page in relations with Russia. And images of red dots over athletes at the Olympics in Rio, what exactly is cupping and does it hurt?

( Image: Political activist and hunger striker Irom Sharmila Chanu Credit: BBC)

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