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World Service,08 May 2019,53 mins

Pompeo visits Iraq amid tensions with Iran

Newsday

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unscheduled, fleeting visit to Iraq, amid growing tensions with Iran; we look at the invention of a new device that could enable the detection of bacterial infections in just 30 minutes; and the name of Alexander the Great still resonates in the Balkans with two nations battling over his legacy.

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