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Chinese Consulate Attacked in Karachi

At least seven people are dead after a suicide attack.

At least seven people have died after three suicide attackers tried to storm the Chinese consulate in Karachi. The Balochistan Liberation Army, which opposes Chinese infrastructure projects in Pakistan's south-west province of Balochistan, said they carried it out.

Also in the programme: a prominent Syrian media activist, Raed Fares, has been been shot dead by gunmen; and could injecting sulphate particles into the stratosphere help tackle global warming?

(Photo: a police officer walking past the wreckage of cars after an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi. Credit: EPA/ Shahzaib Akber)

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Fri 23 Nov 201815:06GMT

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