Syrian President says Aleppo not under siege

Fighting between Syria's warring parties has resumed on almost every front as President Assad denies that the city of Aleppo is under siege;
Egyptian authorities say they have recovered 42 bodies from the Mediterranean, but hundreds more migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat sank; the big business of the wine industry.

(Photo: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking in July 2016. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)