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Newshour: Chemical Weapons Inspectors Enter Douma

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21/04/2018 GMT

Chemical Weapons Inspectors Enter Douma

BBC World Service - Newshour, Chemical Weapons Inspectors Enter Douma

OPCW inspectors take samples from Douma in Syria, 2 weeks after a suspected attack there

OPCW inspectors take samples from Douma in Syria, 2 weeks after a suspected attack there.

A team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have finally inspected the site of a suspected assault in Douma, Syria. But given two weeks have elapsed, how valuable will any evidence they collect be in determining the nature and perpetrator of any attack?

Also in the programme: anti-government protests continue on the streets of Nicaragua; Iran's morality police under the spotlight after video emerges of a violent confrontation involving a young woman; and Zimbabwe counts the cost to its citizens' health after the mass sacking of nurses.

Picture: The OPCW at The Hague has shown the kind of bullet-proof vests and helmets used by its staff on missions. Credit: AFP.

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