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I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Tuesday the 17th of February, these are our main stories. The former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells the BBC she thinks there's been a cover-up by the Trump administration over the Epstein files, something the White House strongly denies. President Trump believes Iran wants to make a deal, as a second round of indirect talks over Tehran's nuclear program are about to begin.

My mother would have said if you make your bed you'll own it. These are people who went overseas supporting Islamic State. Australia's prime minister says he will refuse to repatriate women and children trying to leave a detention camp in Syria. And there are tributes to the legendary American actor Robert Duvall who's died aged 95.

Missis Clinton was speaking in Berlin to our correspondent Jessica Parker-

Hilary Clinton there speaking to the BBC's Jessica Parker in Berlin. And we put those claims that there have been a cover-up to the White House. The BBC's Katrina Perry got the details from our North America correspondent Helena Humphrey.

Our North America correspondent Helena Humphrey. On Monday, a group of Australian citizens held in a camp in northern Syria for nearly seven years due to their links to Islamic State fighters were released to begin their journey back home. But after being seen boarding minibuses for the capital Damascus, they were quickly forced to turn around, reportedly because of issues with the Syrian authorities. Speaking to ABC, the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused to help the 34 women and children.

We know that they've been in Northern Sierra for nearly seven years. 34 Australian women and children believed to be the wives and children of IS fighters. So they've been stuck in a detention camp because the Australian government has this policy of refusing to repatriate them.

You mentioned why they were meant to be released and then that was halted. We're unclear really about what the future is as a result, but Australia has been very clear, and we heard it from Albanese citing his mother there, that they wouldn't be repatriating people from Syria, that those who returned...

olisivat omistaneet rikkoja, olisivat olleet keskittyneet lainsäädäntöön, mutta mielestäni tämä on asia, ja se oli esitettävä keskustelussa ABC, jossa kuulimme siitä, että onko lapsia osallistunut, ja se on asia, jota kampinjohtaja on toivonut Australiaan, että he voivat ottaa takaisin ihmisiä, joiden lapset olivat kasvaneet kampissa, jotka olivat ympäröivät vaarallisista ideoista ja ideologioista, ja että Australia pitäisi ottaa osallistumisen ihmisiin. Joo, sinä mainitsit lainsäädäntöä. Mitä oikeastaan lainsäädäntö sanoo tästä?

The Australian government has been very clear that it doesn't repatriate people from Syria. They say that they're monitoring, they continue to monitor the situation in Syria to make sure that they are prepared for any Australians seeking to return back here. But they have also made it very clear that if they have committed a crime, if they want to return to Australia, they will be met with the full force of law. But they're also clear in saying that the safety of Australians is paramount, the protection of Australia's national interests, that's the