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Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 Sales On Hold

Samsung Note 7; Syrian child brides; Haiti Hurricane

The electronics giant Samsung has urged owners of the Galaxy Note 7 to turn off the phone while it investigates reports that battery problems are causing some devices to catch fire.

Find out more about the desperate Syrian refugees who marry off their daughters in northern Lebanon. Some of the brides are as young as twelve.

And in Haiti, the country's interim president says Hurricane Matthew has left destruction on an apocalyptic scale on the island.

(Photo: A South Korean employee provides a replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone at a shop in Seoul in September 2016. Credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)

50 minutes

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Tue 11 Oct 201604:06GMT

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  • Tue 11 Oct 201604:06GMT