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Tension as Britain decides whether to join in air strikes on Syria

14 April 2018

9:00 AM

14 April 2018

9:00 AM

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Parliament was in recess when Theresa May, the Prime Minister, agreed with America and France that the international community should respond to the chemical attack reported from Syria. It was not certain in any case that Parliament would back direct action by Britain. Yulia Skripal, who with her father Sergei was poisoned in Salisbury on 4 March, was discharged from hospital and taken to a safe place.

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