Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 25 March 2022

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1. West warns Putin on chemical weapons

Joe Biden has pledged that Nato would respond “in kind” if Vladimir Putin used chemical weapons against Ukraine. The US president said “the nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use”. Boris Johnson said the West’s reaction would be “very, very severe” and the consequences of Putin launching a chemical strike would be “catastrophic for him”. Earlier, a Western official had said it is “highly unlikely that Nato would go directly into conflict with Russia”.

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