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Assad "attempting to save face"

Reality Check: Air strikes on Syria, Iraq refugees, UN climate conference, Inequality and the 1%, the health time bomb

Air strikes on Syria

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A cruise missile is launches from a US missile carrier in the Arabian Gulf

As the coalition led by the United States starts air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, President Assad says he is willing to cooperate with any international anti-terrorist action. Analyst, Shashank Joshi, gives his reactions to the latest developments.

Iraq refugees

Walter Hajek of the Red Cross describes the plight of Iraqi refugees fleeing from Islamic State. Their desperate situation is the subject of an appeal by Nachbar in Not.

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Climate change protesters blocked key streets in New York

UN Climate Conference

As the United Nations Climate Conference opens in New York amid huge protests around the world, Priscilla Huff looks at how the attitude to climate change is changing among the elite of the United States.

Inequality and the 1%

Danny Dorling, author of "Inequality and the 1%", talks about the increasing gap between rich and poor in some countries, and how some other countries are successfully combating it.

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Fahy says smoking remains a key challenge that needs government intervention

The health time bomb

Health system consultant, Nick Fahy, explains why governments need to put more emphasis on providing choice rather than becoming "nanny states".

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