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Public marriage proposals

Is a public marriage proposal romantic or indecent? There have been three at the Rio Olympics.

Is a public marriage proposal romantic or indecent? There have been three so far at the Rio Olympics and there has been a lot of online discussion about such gestures after Chinese diver He Zi was proposed to by Qin Kai moments after she received her silver medal. Also, we hear from the United Arab Emirates after the US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees there. And Paralympians discuss the whereabouts of their funding for the Rio Paralympics.

Picture: Chinese diver He Zi and boyfriend Qin Kai
Picture credit: Reuters

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Tue 16 Aug 2016 16:06GMT

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