Russia Reacts To Doping Allegations

The head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory, Grigoriy Rodchenkov, has resigned, after a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency accused Russia of widespread cheating in athletics.
A small group of Syrian soldiers under siege at a base near Aleppo have been freed.
Germany has been reacting to news of the death, aged 96, of former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.