elisabetta from radio 24. — backwards. elisabetta from radio 24, thank _ backwards.thank you for - backwards. elisabetta from - radio 24, thank you for keeping us up—to—date on that story. thank you. us up-to-date on that story. thank vom— us up-to-date on that story. thank yon-— us up-to-date on that story. thank you. let's turn to japan now. japan is preparing to hold a state funeral for former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot dead during an election rally injuly. political leaders from across the world are set to attend, including us vice president kamala harris and indian prime minister narendra modi. in the last few weeks however, opposition to mr abe's state funeral has grown withinjapan. many of those who oppose the honour say during his eight years in power, mr abe illegally trashed japan's pacifist constitution. from tokyo rupert wingfield—hayes reports. shouting. shinzo abe does not deserve a state funeral. most of these people are pacifists. they believe that when he was prime minister, mr abe trashed japan's pacifist constitution, and that he did s

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