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21/03/2017 GMT

Former IRA Leader McGuinness Dies

BBC World Service - Newshour, Former IRA Leader McGuinness Dies

Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister and ex-IRA leader has died in hospital

Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister, an ex-IRA leader turned politician, has died in hospital.

From senior commander in the Irish Republican Army to key peacemaker and politician: Martin McGuinness has died. 

Also on the programme: The BBC's Steve Rosenberg travels to the Crimean capital Simferopol to gauge the mood, after three years under Moscow's rule.

And the US bans passengers flying from specific airports in the Middle East and North Africa from carrying laptops in the cabin of US-bound flights. 
(Photo: Martin McGuinness in 2015 at Stormont Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Credit: Getty Images)

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