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Tributes Paid To Former Presidential Candidate McCain

26/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Tributes Paid To Former Presidential Candidate McCain

The Vietnam war hero and six-term senator dies after halting treatment for a brain tumour

US Senator and Vietnam war hero John McCain has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office.

He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and had been undergoing medical treatment.

Also in this hour: the latest from Dublin as Pope Francis continues his two-day visit to Ireland and we reflect on the anniversary of the beginning of a mass exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh

(Photo: John McCain, Credit AFP)

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