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US Confirms Nuclear Treaty Exit

The US has confirmed it will pull out of a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty.

Washington says it will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) signed with what was then the USSR in 1987. The US says Russian missile tests have put in it breach of the treaty.

Also in the programme: The Catalan foreign minister discusses the prospect of lengthy prison sentences for nine leaders of the campaign for Catalan independence; and how a no-deal Brexit could hurt the Belgian fishing industry.

(PHOTO: A Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile. CREDIT: Russian Defence Ministry)

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Fri 1 Feb 201914:06GMT

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  • Fri 1 Feb 201914:06GMT

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