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Singapore mourns its founding father

Reality Check: Singapore mourns, France and the far right, Yemen, Ebola

Singapore in mourning

The founder of the city-state of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, has died at the age of 91.

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Lee Kuan Yew was Singapore's first Prime Minister, and held office for 31 years, in which time the city state was transformed from a small port into a key international hub.

Our Asia correspondent, Tony Cheng looks back at his remarkable achievements which paved the way for Singapore to become one of the worlds richest, and most multi-cultural countries.

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Marine Le Pen was upbeat about the results - maybe too upbeat.

France and the far right

Marine Le Pen's Front National took around 25% of the vote in yesterday's local elections, trailing behind the conservatives, but well ahead of the ruling socialists.

Our Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield, looks at the changing face of French politics.

Yemen's downward spiral

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The mosque attacks shocked Yemeni society

UN Special Envoy, Jamal Benomar, says the conflict in Yeman could become "protracted in the vein of an Iraq, Syria, Libya combined scenario'' - or simply put, all the worst conflicts in the region, put together.

Yemen expert, Peter Salisbury, gives his analysis of the current situation....

... and the complex and sinister background to last Friday's deadly attacks on two Houthi mosques.

A year of Ebola

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Ebola.... is not over yet.

It's 12 months since the ebola emergency was officially declared, and a new report from Medecins Sans Frontieres says local governments and the international community did not act quickly enough to get the outbreak under control. Marcus Bachmann of MSF Austria, describes the current situation in in Sierra Leone.

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