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Newshour: Syria Says Chemical Weapons Experts Reach Attack Site

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Syria Says Chemical Weapons Experts Reach Attack Site

17/04/2018 GMT

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Syrian authorities say inspectors arrive in Douma to investigate suspected attack

Syrian authorities say inspectors arrived in Douma to investigate suspected chemical attack.

Syrian authorities say inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have arrived in Douma to investigate the suspected chemical attack on April 7th. But the US State Department says the OPCW have yet to enter the site.  

Also in the programme: PM of Antigua and Barbuda calls on UK to compensate Caribbean immigrants whose right to live in country was wrongly questioned; and there have been protests in Armenia after parliament voted to allow the country’s president to remain in power. 

Picture: General view of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus on April 17th 2018. Credit: Getty Images

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