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Syrian Government Accused of Chlorine Attacks

Syria attacks; Zika warnings; World's oldest man?

Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters on a suburb of Aleppo, injuring 80 people. Volunteer emergency workers say people suffered breathing difficulties after an attack on the Sukari area.

People returning from any area where the Zika virus is circulating should practise safe sex for at least six months to avoid the risk of spreading the disease, says the World Health Organization. It comes a few weeks after doctors discovered the virus in the sperm of an Italian man six months after he first had Zika symptoms.

Mbah Ghoto believes he is the oldest man in the world at age 145 and says he has official documents which show his birth date as 1870. We speak to Rebecca Henschke who went to meet him on the island of Java in Indonesia.

50 minutes

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Wed 7 Sep 201604:06GMT

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  • Wed 7 Sep 201604:06GMT