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Jun 27
30m 19s

US insists attack on Iran was a success ...

Bbc World Service
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The US defence secretary insists their strikes undermined Iran's nuclear plans. Also: Journalist Anna Wintour is to step down as US Vogue editor, and a man whose crimes helped create the term Stockholm Syndrome has died.

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