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The Aftermath of the Pittsburgh Shootings

28/10/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, The Aftermath of the Pittsburgh Shootings

Flags at half-mast for victims of synagogue shootings; political test for Angela Merkel

Flags are flying at half-mast at the White House in memory of the eleven people shot dead in a synagogue in Pittsburgh; another difficult political test for Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition in the German state of Hesse; and why young children sleep so easily through alarms.  Paul Henley discusses these and other topics with Chitra Nagarajan, a Nigerian writer and human rights activist, and by Matthew Green, a British writer and journalist for Reuters.

(Image: A vigil participant holds a "Love Trumps Hate" sign in front of the White House.  Credit: Getty Images)

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