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BBC OS: 2021/05/27 16:06 GMT: Macron asks Rwandans for forgiveness over genocide

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Macron asks Rwandans for forgiveness over genocide

2021/05/27 16:06 GMT

2021/05/27 16:06 GMT: Macron asks Rwandans for forgiveness over genocide

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President Macron says France did not listen warnings about the impending genocide

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has asked Rwandans to forgive France for its failings linked to the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died. But speaking at the genocide memorial in the Rwandan capital Kigali he said France was not an accomplice in the killings. We explain the background to the story.

Getting vaccinated against coronavirus is highly effecitive in preventing serious illness from Covid-19 but it is possible, even after having the vaccine, to get infected. We hear from two people who got Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated.

Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion, Naomi Osaka, has announced she is not going to speak to the media during this year's French Open, saying the nature of news conferences puts an undue burden on players' mental health. We hear about the reaction.

(Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath on a mass grave containing the remains of the 1994 Rwandan genocide victims, at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, Rwanda, 27 May 2021. Credit: Eugene Uwimana/EPA)

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