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The World Tonight: Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona attacker

Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona attacker

21/08/2017

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona attacker

Spanish police believe the network behind the terror attacks have been killed or arrested.

12-man network responsible for Barcelona and Cambrils attacks 'neutralised'.

The Spanish police believe the terror network behind the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils have now been killed or arrested - we hear the latest. 
Also: an assessment of the great science fiction writer, Brian Aldiss, who has died aged 92, from fellow novelist Michael Moorcock. 
Are overly difficult English language tests exacerbating the chronic shortage of nurses in the UK? 
And why the largest migration of people in US history - which had been predicted in advance of the total eclipse of the sun - may not have materialised.

(Picture: An armed Spanish policeman stands guard following the shooting of the Las Ramblas attacker; Credit: AFP).

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