Sky News Breakfast live: 'Several killed' as US airstrikes hit 85 targets in Iraq and Syria

The US has begun a wave of retaliatory airstrikes targeting militants in Iraq and Syria, officials have told the Associated Press, Reuters and our partner network NBC News.

The initial strikes were carried out by manned and unmanned aircraft hitting command and control headquarters, ammunition storage and other facilities, AP has reported.

Also on Sky News Breakfast the Northern Ireland Assembly will sit for the first time in two years paving the way for a power-sharing government to be formed.

General Secretary of ASLEF Mick Whelan will be on the show discussing train strikes.

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