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News Wrap: Chemical weapon killed Kim Jong Un's half-brother

Clip: 2/24/2017 | 5m 1s

A chemical weapon was used to assassinate the half-brother of Kim Jong Un.

In our news wrap Friday, Malaysian toxicologists have determined that a chemical weapon was used to assassinate the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Also, more than 60 people are dead after a pair of bombings by Islamic State militants near a northern town in Syria, which Turkish and Syrian fighters retook just yesterday.

02/24/2017 | Rating NR

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