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NZ cabinet backs stricter gun laws

News and issues making the headlines each day.

PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's cabinet has backed gun law changes "in principle" after the Christchurch shootings.

Fifty people were killed and dozens wounded in attacks at two mosques on Friday.

Also on the programme: Venezuela's President Maduro wants his entire cabinet to resign so he can re-structure his government; and a look at the life of American guitarist Dick Dale who has died aged 81.

(Photo: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Mon 18 Mar 2019 10:06GMT

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  • Mon 18 Mar 2019 10:06GMT

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