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Nigerian court bars opposition candidate two months before election

In tonight's edition: A Nigerian court disqualifies a leading presidential candidate, adding fresh complications to the electoral process two months before the vote. Also, tens of thousands of people have fled across the border into Kenya as deadly ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia intensify. Plus having fled conflict and violence, members of the first Refugee Youth Olympic Team are chasing Olympic dreams in Dakar.

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French protests: 'It's only when public, private sector act together that you can make changes'

“You can be as repressive as you want. The grievances are still here.” With this stark observation, Ariane Bogain, lecturer in French and politics at Northumbria University, captures the central dilemma confronting the French government: how can political authority be restored when the social and economic grievances driving public anger remain unresolved? Bogain and French politics editor Marc Perelman join Delano D'Souza to examine a protest movement that has evolved beyond its initial demands over purchasing power, fuel prices and education into a broader challenge to the French government.

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