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18/03/2019 GMT

NZ cabinet backs stricter gun laws

BBC World Service - World Update, NZ cabinet backs stricter gun laws

NZ PM: gun law reforms will come within days following Christchurch shootings

PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's cabinet has backed gun law changes "in principle" after the Christchurch shootings.

Fifty people were killed and dozens wounded in attacks at two mosques on Friday.

Also on the programme: Venezuela's President Maduro wants his entire cabinet to resign so he can re-structure his government; and a look at the life of American guitarist Dick Dale who has died aged 81.

(Photo: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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