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Samoa prime minister apologises after Nazi salute video surfaces

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Samoa PM has apologised after a video of him resurfaced, showing him leading a Nazi salute and saying ‘Heil Hitler'.

What the coverage shows

Both outlets focus on the apology and the same leaked video, with each quoting or paraphrasing the prime minister’s claim that it does not reflect his beliefs. The South China Morning Post alone adds that the footage was from a family gathering nearly 20 years old and was never meant to be public, and it also describes him as pro-Israel. Al Jazeera keeps the framing narrower, simply identifying him as Samoa’s leader and dating the clip to 2007.

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