Today’s main stories: Today sees the UK Labour Party begin voting in perhaps the most bitter leadership contest in living memory. As both Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith argue that they are fighting for the very soul of their party, we put the question of what happens next to Labour’s former Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish.
For the first time in history an individual has been tried at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of cultural vandalism, for the destruction of sites of holy and historical importance in Timbuktu, Mali. We speak to Dr Mark Kersten, Director of Research at the Wayamo Foundation.
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