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There has been a shooting in Moscow near the headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

At least three people were killed in the incident.

The suspect has been "neutralised", according to authorities.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen has more from Moscow.

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The annual review by Reporters Without Borders says most of the 49 reporters killed were covering the wars in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen.

But while fewer journalists are being killed while doing their job, more are being imprisoned.

The Paris-based watchdog says says 389 journalists were locked up this year - almost half of them in China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

And at least 57 journalists are held hostage mostly in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Ukraine.

Many others are facing just as much danger in in supposedly peaceful countries, including in South America.

So is it the message or the messenger that's unsettling so many world leaders?

Presenter: Martine Dennis

Guests:

Sabrina Bennoui - Head of Middle East desk, Reporters Without Borders

Robert Gutsche - Associate Professor, Lancaster University

Yusuf Kanli, Director of Media, Media for Democracy Programme

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The crisis in West Africa's Sahel Region appears to be getting worse.

At a meeting on Monday, the UN Security Council expressed alarm over the recent increase in violence and called on governments to provide more help.

There are already thousands of French, UN and African troops in the region...

Yet despite this, the Sahel's vast area that runs between five countries, has seen a sharp rise in attacks by ISIL and Al Qaeda linked armed groups.

Hundreds of people have been killed and many more forced to seek safety in camps.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have suffered some of the worst attacks against their militaries - including an attack last week that killed 71 soldiers from Niger.

Regional leaders have also held meetings this week - appealing for greater international help.

So how can the international community secure the Sahel?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Marie-Roger Biloa, President and CEO of the Africa International Media Group.

Stig Jarle Hansen, Author of 'Horn, Sahel and Rift: Fault-Lines of the African Jihad'.

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Eight months ago, warlord Khalifa Haftar's forces defiantly marched towards Libya's capital, Tripoli.

Their aim - to unseat the internationally recognised government of Fayez Al Serraj.

But after several bouts of fighting, the battlelines haven't shifted much - and at least a thousand people have been killed and many more displaced.

Now, Haftar says he is launching a final push to tip the balance.

That offensive could lead to both sides getting more military support from different countries in violation of a UN arms embargo on Libya.

Turkey says it's ready to send troops to boost Sarraj's forces.

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Mustafa Fetouri, an independent Libyan academic and contributor to Al-Monitor.

Mehmet Celik, Managing Editor of the Daily Sabah newspaper.

Ludovico Carlino, Senior Analyst for Middle East and North Africa at IHS Markit.

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The style of the UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is frequently compared to that of U.S. President Donald Trump.

And now that Johnson has won a resounding victory in the UK's general election - U.S. politicians are paying close attention to what happened.

And it's the Democrats who're mostly concerned.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden blames the liberal platform of Johnson's main opponent, Jeremy Corbyn for Labour's defeat.

And he's warning his party against moving far too the left ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.

He and others argue Britain's election result should serve as a wake up call for their party.

But is this really true?

Presenter: Julie MacDonald

Guests:

Lincoln Mitchell, an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University's Saltzman Institute

From London, Thomas Gift, Lecturer of Political Science at University College of London.

From Washington DC, Eric Ham, a political analyst and contributor to the Washington Diplomat newspaper.

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It's the biggest victory for the Conservative party in decades, in an election that's been called the UK's most important vote in a generation.

Boris Johnson's Conservative party is confirmed with 364 of the 650 seats in parliament.

He says this shows a clear mandate to get Brexit done.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn plans to step down after his party's worst defeat in more than 80 years since 1935.

Jo Swinson has quit as Liberal Democrat leader after losing her seat to the SNP's.

The Scottish National Party had a successful night after taking most of the seats in Scotland with 48 seats.

So what's next?

Johnson has vowed to 'get Brexit done' by January 31st but can he get a trade deal with the EU before the end of the transition period in December 2020?

Presenter: Peter Dobbie

Guests:

Giles Kenningham, founder of Trafalgar Strategy and former director of communications for the UK Conservative Party

Kevin Graig, media adviser and donor to the UK Labour Party

Gemma Loomes, teaching fellow of comparative politics at Keele University

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Two years ago, Myanmar's military launched its crackdown on the Rohingya after attacks on its soldiers by members of the mainly Muslim minority.

The UN described what happened next as a 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing'.

The army was accused of rape, torture and murder, and villages were burned to the ground.

Almost three-quarters of a million Rohingya were forced to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, where they live in the world's biggest refugee camp.

The Gambia wanted Myanmar's military tried for genocide, and went to the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

But Aung San Suu Kyi, Head of Myanmar's government, and a Nobel peace laureate, dismissed the case as "misleading and incomplete."

Why is this one-time champion of human rights defending the army that kept her under house arrest for years?

Presenter: Stan Grant

Guests:

Brad Adams - Executive Director of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch

Kyaw Win - Executive Director at Burma Human Rights Network

Priya Pillai - International lawyer and Head of the Asia Justice Coalition.

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The relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea could be summed up in two words: War and Peace.

At least 100,000 people were killed when the neighbours fought a two-year war over a disputed border region 20 years ago, followed by a tense military standoff.

However, things began to change last year.

Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed agreed to accept an international ruling that sided with Eritrea on the border dispute.

He launched a peace initiative with Eritrean leader Isaias Afwerki that resulted in diplomatic relations being restored.

Abiy Ahmed has now been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

So, what message will this send? And why wasn't the Eritrean leader honoured as well?

Presenter: Stan Grant

Guests:

Tsedale Lemma - Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Addis Standard, which focuses on Ethiopian news and politics.

Selam Kidane - Human Rights Activist who specialises on Eritrea.

Sanusha Naidu - Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, a South African Think Tank.

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According to some opinion polls, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party is leading over its main contenender, the Labour Party.

The upcoming election will decide the country's future vis-a-vis the European Union

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised Brexit by the end of January. If he wins the majority in next parliament, he will be able to pass Brexit through parliament.

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sayid he wants to negotiate a new deal with the EU and put to a referendum in six months.

On this special Inside Story from London, an in-depth discussion on the future of the UK as it's trying to break the Brexit deadlock

Presenter: Peter Dobbie

Guests

Claire Fox, Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament.

Tim Bale, Deputy Director at The UK in a Changing Europe.

Ross Greer, Member of the Scottish Parliament

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The lower house of India's parliament has approved a controversial law that the government says offers a home for people fleeing religious persecution but which opponents say undermines the country's secular identity.

The bill, which must still be approved by parliament's upper house, would bring sweeping changes to India's 64-year-old citizenship law by allowing illegal migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to obtain Indian nationality, but only if they are members of religious minorities in the countries they fled. Thus, it would offer protection to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, Bhuddists and Christians - but not to Muslims.

Critics say it is the latest effort by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to move modern India away from its secular roots and toward an explicitly Hundi-nationalist agenda.

Are the foundations of India's secular democracy crumbling?

Presenter: Halla Mohiedeen

Guests:

Harsh Mander, Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi

Ronan Lee, Queen Mary University, London.

Sreeram Chaulia, Jindal School of International Affairs

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