US Expected to Leave Cold War Arms Treaty
The Intermediate range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed with the Soviet Union in 1987.
US officials are expected to confirm they are suspending participation in a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia that has been a centrepiece of European security since the Cold War. The Intermediate range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was signed with Russia in 1987.
Also in the programme: Germany bans brown coal; and 40 years on from the Iranian revolution.
(Photo: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan sign the Intermediate range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Credit: AFP)
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