French far-right leader Jean Marie Le Pen dies
The founder of the National Front Party has died aged 96
The founder of the far-right National Front party, who shocked the country when he made it to the second round of the presidential election in 2002, has died aged 96.
A powerful earthquake in China's Tibet region has killed scores of people and injured many more. Rescuers are trying to find survivors in the rubble and are helping provide shelter to families in sub-zero temperatures. Many houses collapsed in mountain villages around the city of Shigatse, which is holy for Tibetan Buddhists.
And Donald Trump Jnr has arrived in Greenland, two weeks after his father repeated his desire for the US to take control of the autonomous Danish territory. We'll get reaction from residents.
Presenter: Mark Lowen
(Photo: The leader of the French far right party Front National, Jean Marie Le Pen, poses for photographers during a boat cruise near Nice, France in 2003. Credit: Miguel Villagran EPA/EFE)
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