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US to Re-Impose Iran Sanctions
The White House has announced the first phase of sanctions against Tehran will go in to effect overnight.
The White House has announced that the United States is re-imposing sanctions on Iran, following its withdrawal from the nuclear deal. The first phase of sanctions will go into effect overnight.
Also in the programme: We hear from a close collaborator of Joel Robuchon, the "chef of the century", who has died at the age of 73; and the BBC speaks to two British men accused of belonging to an Islamic State cell which murdered foreign hostages.
(Image: Donald Trump speaking to reporters in May 2018. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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