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New Zealand to ban semi-automatic weapons

The moves comes after the Christchurch attacks

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that assault rifles and military style semi -automatic weapons are to be banned. The move comes six days after fifty people were killed by a lone gunman at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.

Kazakhstan's capital, Astana has a new name. From now on it'll be called Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday.

We get the latest about the relief operations in Zimbabwe, nearly one week after the country was hit by Cyclone Idai.

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