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19/09/2019 GMT

Trudeau apologises for 2001 'brownface' photo

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Mr Trudeau said he "deeply regretted" his actions and "should have known better"

Mr Trudeau said he "deeply regretted" his actions and "should have known better".

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore 'brownface' at a private school gala nearly two decades ago, a photo obtained by Time Magazine shows; a Japanese court has delivered its verdict in the trial of  three former energy executives accused of responsibility for the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They've been acquitted; and in South Africa tackling the growing problem of violence against women has found a new champion - teenage boys, who are pledging to be 'men that people run to and not from'.

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