Nuclear tensions between the US and Russia are rising

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin is threatening to restart production of intermediate range nuclear weapons. This is in response to plans by the US to position long-range missiles in Germany. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from Riga, Latvia, on escalating tensions between the US and Russia.

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