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Sanders tells Russia “stay out of American elections”

22/02/2020 GMT

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Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders condemns Russia for reported campaign interference

Mr Sanders said on Friday that US officials had told him last month about Russian efforts to aid his campaign. He claimed Vladimir Putin’s government has "used internet propaganda to sow division in our country".

Also in the programme:  There has been a sharp rise in coronavirus infections in South Korea. And: A seven-day “reduction in violence” between the US and the Afghan Taliban has begun.

(Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd against a Rocky Mountain backdrop at the University of Colorado in Boulder October 10, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking)

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