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08/04/2018 GMT

Douma Chemical Attack

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About 70 reportedly die in Syria; Lula turns himself in; post elections in Sierra Leone

At least 70 reportedly die in suspected chemical attack in Syria eastern-Ghouta; former Brazilian president Lula turns himself in; post-election politics in Sierra Leone

At least 70 people are thought to have died in a chemical attack on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta in Syria; Brazil's ex-president Lula turns himself in to begin a 12-year prison sentence; post-election political manoeuvering in Sierra Leone.

(Image: Duma town of eastern-Ghouta in Damascus, Syria. Credit: Getty Images)

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