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30/09/2017 GMT

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All non-essential staff ordered to leave Havana embassy following suspected sonic attack

All non-essential staff ordered to leave Havana embassy following suspected sonic attack.

All non-essential staff are ordered to leave the US embassy in Havana following a suspected sonic attack which has left people with hearing loss, dizziness and headaches.

Also in the programme: the future for Kurdistan and women drivers in Saudi Arabia.

(Picture: View of the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, 29 September 2017. Credit: EPA)

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