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US Defends Syria Strikes

08/04/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, US Defends Syria Strikes

Will President Trump's new and more forceful stance against President Assad continue?

The United States defends its missile strike on a Syrian air force base. But the Trump administration insists the move doesn't represent an end to a less "interventionist" foreign policy.

Also on the programme, Swedish police detain a man in connection with the lorry attack in Stockholm that killed four people.

And -  new research indicates that puffin couples that roam together, produce stronger pufflings together.

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