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America said it launched self-defense strikes against Iran hours after Donald Trump blamed
the country for shooting down an Apache army helicopter and vowed retaliation.
America's Central Command said it was a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.
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Protests broke out in Belfast, Northern Ireland, after a man was seriously injured in a stabbing.
Police urged calm as demonstrators set vehicles and bins on fire.