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08/04/2017 GMT

The US launches a missile strike on Syria

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The US attacked Syrian forces this week. Why did Donald Trump change his policy?

US President Donald Trump says he was acting in the national security interest when he ordered a missile strike against Syria after a suspected chemical attack in the country.  Why did a president who promised to focus on America first decide to intervene in a long-running civil war in the Middle East? Our Washington correspondent, Anthony Zurcher, discusses with presenter Peter Hunt. 

Photo:  The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017. (Credit: Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

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