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The Syrian civil war

First-hand accounts of the 2013 chemical weapons attack in Syria; plus, the outlawing of lynching in America, the Queen's coronation and the opening of the Sydney Opera House.

Max Pearson introduces first-hand accounts of the 2013 chemical weapons attack in Syria and the opening of a refugee camp for Syrians fleeing the civil war. Plus, how lynching was finally outlawed in America, the opening of the Sydney Opera House and the Queen's coronation.

PHOTO: A UN inspector at work in Ghouta, Syria in August 2013 (Reuters)

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Mon 6 Jun 202223:06GMT
BBC World Service

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