Growing International Impatience with the Syrian Government

In Syria millions of people are living in towns and villages without food, water and medicine, as the civil war continues four years on. In a sign of mounting international impatience with the Syrian government, the United States, France and Britain have urged the UN to start air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas.

The German parliament, the Bundestag, is due to consider a resolution declaring the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War One a genocide.

And in Ghana the Food and Drugs Authority has said it will ban the sale of skin whitening creams that contain the bleaching ingredient hydroquinone. The ingredient has been linked to cancer but skin whitening is popular in the country.