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Newshour: 15/10/2021 20:06 GMT: British MP murdered

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British MP murdered

15/10/2021 20:06 GMT

15/10/2021 20:06 GMT: British MP murdered

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Sir David Amess, an MP with the ruling Conservative Party, has been stabbed to death.

Sir David Amess, an MP with the ruling Conservative Party, has been stabbed to death at work.

Sir David Amess, a member of parliament for the ruling Conservative Party,  has been killed in a stabbing attack in Essex, England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Also on the programme: a deadly suicide attack on a mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and what baby frogs can teach us about the healing power of algae.

(Image: A photograph of Sir David Amess in St Peter's church in Eastwood, Essex, at a Catholic mass held following the death of the Conservative MP who was stabbed multiple times at a meeting with constituents. Credit: Ansell/PA Wire)

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