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07/12/2019 GMT

Indian rape victim dies of her injuries

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An Indian woman who was set on fire by men she prepared to testify against has died

An Indian woman who was attacked and set on fire on her way to testify against her alleged rapists has died of her injuries.

An Indian woman who was set on fire by a group of men as she prepared to testify against two she'd accused of rape has died of her injuries. The 23-year-old was travelling to court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday when she was set upon. 

Also on the programme: we speak to one of Ukraine's best known writers about prospects for peace with Russia as Ukrainian President Zelensky gets ready to meet Vladimir Putin; and The Vienna State Opera stages an opera by a woman for the first time in its 150 year history. 

(Picture: People hold a candlelight vigil in support of sexual assault victims and against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, in Bangalore on 6 December 2019. Credit: Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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