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Depression, suicide and the Germanwings crash

Reality Check: Suicide and depression, Spanish protest laws, Trevor Noah

Doctor confidentiality, depression and suicide

Following the Germanwings tragedy, the Head of Psychiatry at the Vienna AKH, Dr. Siegfried Kasper, explains the difference between depression and suicidal thoughts.

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A memorial to the victims of the Germanwings crash in Le Vernet, France.

Dr Kasper says that the two conditions are often not linked, and that in the case of murder-suicide, depression is unlikely to be the cause.

Spain's anti-protest laws

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Greenpeace activists in Madrid demonstrate against the new so called "gagging laws"

Our Madrid correspondent, Guy Hedgecoe, reports on the new laws which rights groups are saying are designed to suppress protests and curb freedom of expression.

The laws are being interpreted as the efforts of an unpopular government to silence its critics.

Trevor Noah

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At just 31, Trevor Noah has already made a name in the US and the UK.

Trevor Noah is to take over from Jon Stewart when he leaves The Daily Show later this year.

Joanna Bostock presents a profile of the young, South African comedian who has been chosen to front one of the United States' most popular satirical programmes.

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