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Paraguay’s Congress Set Ablaze

01/04/2017 GMT

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Paraguay Congress set on fire amid presidential controversy

Paraguay Congress set on fire amid presidential controversy.

Demonstrators in Paraguay set fire to the country's Congress amid violent protests against a bill that would let the president seek re-election.

Also in the programme:  Hungary’s new asylum laws. And, China’s ban on “Islamic” beards and veils to discourage "religious fervour" in the Xinjiang region.

(Image: A protestor holds a flag outside the Congress building in Asunción, Paraguay after parts were set on fire. Credit: Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images)

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