Russia has vetoed a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution to set up a new expert body that would assign blame for chemical attacks in Syria. The vote on Tuesday came amid an escalating war of words between Washington and Moscow following a suspected gas attack on the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma on Saturday.

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