
Russia and US Military to Hold Talks on Syria
Lavrov and Kerry agree to cooperate; Jamaican repatriation demands; Flying from Sweden to South Africa on Biplane
Hours after the first Russian air strikes were carried out in Syria, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov and the US Secretary of State, John Kerry agreed that their countries should coordinate military efforts in Syria.
Jamaica demands an apology and financial compensation for Britain's role in the slave trade. But during a visit to the Caribbean nation, the British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he wanted to concentrate on the future rather than the past.
And the Swedish pilot who is repeating a unique journey from 1929 and is flying a biplane from Sweden to South Africa.
(Picture: Sept. 30, 2015: Russian military jets carried out airstrikes in Syria for the first time, targeting what Moscow said were Islamic State positions; U.S. officials and others cast doubt on that claim, saying the Russians appeared to be attacking opposition groups fighting Syrian government forces; Credit: Homs Media Centre via AP)
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