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Gaddafi's Son Saif 'Freed'

11/06/2017 GMT

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Son of late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi reported to have been freed from six year captivity

Son of late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi reported to have been freed from six year captivity.

The son and reputed heir apparent to former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have been freed from prison. Seif al-Islam had been held by a militia group in the western town of Zintan, Libya.

Also in the programme: French voters go to the polls and Catwoman on the death of Adam West.

(Photo: Saif al-Islam Kadhafi. Credit: IMED LAMLOUM/AFP/Getty Images)

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