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Police: British MP's murder a terrorist incident

16/10/2021 GMT

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David Amess was stabbed to death in his constituency

David Amess was stabbed to death in his constituency.

Police declare the murder of British MP a terrorist incident, as tributes are paid to the late David Amess, after he was stabbed to death while meeting constituents.

Also, the family devastated by the street-fighting in Beirut on Thursday.

Plus, we hear why one woman refuses to accept the Taleban's attempts to stop girls getting a secondary school education.

And New Zealand is holding what it's calling a 'Vaxathon', live on television, to encourage more people to get COVID jabs.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are Tom Rivers, a foreign correspondent for ABC News Radio in London, and Shrabani Basu, Indian journalist, author, and historian.

(Image: David Amess with his pugs, Lily and Boat, at the Westminster Dog of the Year competition in London. Credit: PA Wire)

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