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World in brief: February 24, 2023
The US flag flies at half-mast outside the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

UNITED STATES: The crew of a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, had little warning before dozens of wagons left off the track and there is no indication that they did anything wrong, federal investigators said in a preliminary report published on Thursday.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to the crash site and hit back at former president Donald Trump, who had visited the day before and criticised the federal response to the derailment. 

 

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