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Feb 2024
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US approves plan for strikes on Iranian-...

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US officials tell CBS News that the strikes in Syria and Iraq will take place over a number of days. Also: WHO predicts that global cancer rates will rise by more than 75% by 2050, and the F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari in 2025.

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