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Turkey vows legal action over Erdogan cartoon

The Charlie Hebdo cartoon depicts Turkey's president lifting the dress of a veiled woman.

Turkey has said it will take legal and diplomatic actions over a cartoon of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in French magazine Charlie Hebdo. This is just the latest in a row between Turkey and France, after French President Emmanuel Macron's pledged to defend secularism after the murder of a French teacher who showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in class. We'll hear how Muslims in France and around the world feel about what's been happening.

Also, we continue to hear the conversations had by Americans ahead of next Tuesday’s presidential election. Today we return to one of the issues that has been forefront of the conversation in the US this year, the relationship between African-Americans and law enforcement. Philadelphia is the latest US city to see protesters and confrontation on the streets after the shooting dead of a 27-year-old black man by police. We reunite three people who we spoke to during Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year to hear how the issue of racial justice has featured in this election campaign.

We'll explain and hear the impact of Covid-19 on people's lives. In Europe, the story is of rising case, further restrictions and impositions on people’s movements and businesses, which in some places has led to protests. We’ll speak to restaurant owners in Italy and Spain who have been protesting against restrictions.

And every day we invite a medical expert to help us understand the latest news about coronavirus and to answer audience questions. Today, we will be joined by Dr Maria Sundaram from Toronto.

(Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his partys group meeting 28/10/2020. Credit: European Photopress Agency)

53 minutes

Last on

Wed 28 Oct 2020 16:06GMT

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  • Wed 28 Oct 2020 16:06GMT

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