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'Neurotoxic' attack in Syria

Medecins Sans Frontieres says doctors have treated about 3,600 patients in Syria with 'neurotoxic symptoms' and that 355 of them died. It suggests there are strong indications that chemical weapons have been used.

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ITV News footage shows Syria 'gas attack' horror

World leaders are facing diplomatic deadlock over Syria, caught between video evidence that strongly suggests a chemical attack, and the absence of concrete evidence.

Footage obtained by ITV News shows the aftermath of the alleged attack: Men, women and children lying dead where they fell.

Whatever killed them will have dispersed quickly, meaning that their bodies are likely to be the only evidence about its nature.

ITV News correspondent Paul Davies reports:

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