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News Wrap: Trump vows retaliation for U.S. deaths in Syria

Season 2025 Episode 347 | 3m 01s

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump vowed to avenge the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter ambushed in Syria, Belarus freed more than 100 prisoners after the U.S. said it would lift sanctions on the country’s potash exports, Russian strikes across Ukraine left more than 1 million people without power, and comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday.

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