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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is fighting for his life in hospital today after being shot in the back and neck while giving a campaign speech in the south of the country.

Abe, 67, who is Japan's longest-serving PM having held office from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020, was shot around 11.30am local time in the city of Nara - near Osaka - while speaking outside the train station.