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IS Detonates Multiple Bombs in Baghdad
Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for major attacks in Istanbul and Baghdad
The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for major attacks on two cities: first the shooting in a night club in Istanbul and today a series of explosions in Baghdad.
Also on the programme, France introduces a new law to make people opt out of organ donation; and why you no longer need to carry cash to help the homeless.
(Picture: Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad"s Sadr city. Credit: EPA/Ali Abbas)
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