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Iran launches missile attack on US air bases in Iraq
The attack was in retaliation to the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani.
The two air bases housing US and coalition troops were targeted in response to the assassination of General Qusem Soleimani.
Also in the programme: a Ukrainian plane crashed outside Tehran with more than 170 on board; and Finnish scientists have produced a protein from 鈥渢hin air鈥� as an alternative to soya.
(Picture: A screengrab from a video released by Iranian state TV showing rockets launched from Iran against a US military base. Credits: EPA/ IRIB handout)
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