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Containing the Beijing blast

Reality Check: bomb blast in Tiananmen Square, the tunnel under the Bosphorus, new faces in parliament, censoring the Internet

Beijing has been shocked by a the fatal car crash in Tiananmen Square, the police suspect may have been a suicide bomb.

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Police are carefully monitoring traffic in Tiananmen Square following the blast

Jörg Winter repors from the Chinese capital on the highly unusual event, and the official response to it.

• The tunnel under the Bosphorus

Today sees the inauguration of a railway tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait, that will link the European and Asian continents in a way first proposed over 150 years ago. Christian Schüller in Istanbul explains the significance of the project, and the timing of the inauguration.

• New faces in the Austrian Parliament

Eric Frey of Der Standard discusses some of the new faces in key positions in the new parliament, particularly the new parliamentary party chiefs.

• Censoring the Internet

Nadim Kobeissi addressing TEDxMonstreal

Censorship vs privacy, computer wizard Nadim Kobeissi discusses the arguments against censoring the Internet, and the implications for privacy.

FM4 Reality Check

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