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Turkey threatens to attack Syrian forces
Turkish president Erdogan has issued a stark warning to the Syrian regime threatening a rapid military response if any further damage is done to Turkish soldiers.
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a stark warning to the Syrian regime threatening a rapid military response if any further damage is done to Turkish soldiers. We hear from Idlib and from the UN on the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Also in the programme: a Wuhan volunteer on fighting Covid-19; and the Pope's decision on Amazon celibacy.
(Picture: Internally displaced Syrians from western Aleppo countryside, ride on a vehicle with belongings in Hazano near Idlib. Credit: Reuters)
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Wed 12 Feb 202014:06GMT
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