US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria

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The United States has launched airstrikes on Nigeria. President Trump says targets were linked to IS, the Islamic State group, who he claimed were responsible for “viciously killing … innocent Christians”. We consider the extent to which IS is operational in the region where the strikes took place, and why the strikes have happened now. Also on the programme, the changing profile of boxing day sales and shoppers. Plus, after the government pledges to ban trail hunting, could clean boot hunting, where bloodhounds chase human quarries, be the answer?