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Grief & controversy in Japan for Shinzo Abe's state funeral
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Grief & controversy in Japan for Shinzo Abe's state funeral

Ian Bremmer reports from Tokyo, Japan, following the state funeral of Shinzo Abe, the prime minister who was assassinated some 80 days ago. An astonishing couple of weeks for the world: early last week, the funeral for Queen Elizabeth, by far the most important figure for the United Kingdom in the post-war period. Then the United Nations General Assembly, where the entire world comes together in New York, and now the first state funeral held in Japan in 55 years for Abe Shinzo, who is by far the most important figure in Japan in the post-war period.

A damaged section of a highway in Nuwakot, central Nepal
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Devastation in Nepal and China after flash flood, Tanzania’s political infighting tests its political stability, French presidential candidates face off in first debate

A massive wall of mud and rock crashed into a river along Nepal’s Himalayan border with Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept away bridges, destroyed buildings, swamped roads, and killed over 300 people.