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08/04/2018 GMT

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Scores die in Ghouta bombing; Lula goes to jail; Helping refugees in northern Greece

Scores die in Ghouta bombing; Lula goes to jail; Helping refugees in northern Greece.

Rescue workers and medics in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta say at least 70 people have died in a chemical attack. The Syrian government denies carrying out such an attack.

Also in the programme: Brazil's former president, Lula da Silva, hands himself in to police to begin serving a 12 year jail sentence for corruption; and giving trauma therapy to the families of refugees in northern Greece.

Picture: Smoke billows in the town of Douma on April 7, 2018. Credit: Getty Images

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