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Last week in our segment on RN breakfast you heard about a referendum result in Switzerland that will ban face coverings, including the burqa.
On Sunday, the government of Sri Lanka announced it too is looking at banning the full-face covering worn by some Muslim women. It’s also moving to shut down hundreds of Muslim schools.
Minelle Fernandez is Sri Lanka bureau chief for Al Jazeera.
Presenter: Andrew West
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By the end of his presidency, Barack Obama s administration had killed almost 38 hundred people in 540 drone strikes, mainly over South Asia. That’s according to the Council on Foreign Relations, which monitors this activity.
The Trump administration expanded the programme, especially in Yemen and Somalia, but it was less transparent.
Now a new generation of so-called “swarm drones” is raising major ethical questions about the ease of killing in war.
Presenter: Andrew West