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Syria ceasefire prospects, the Paris art scene, and does Obama still inspire black voters? National and international news and analysis with Roger Hearing.

The UN enoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says a ceasefire has been agreed over the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, but who exactly has he reached agreement with? Also tonight, the BBC's Johnny Dymond reports from Alabama on whether Obama still inspires black voters. And two major art exhibition spaces open in Paris, suggesting a new burst of life in a city long said to have lost its cultural shine. Presented by Roger Hearing.

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