Russia Responds to US Sanctions

The Foreign Ministry has called for 35 US diplomats to be expelled, equalling the number of Russian diplomats being sent home from the United States amid allegations of hacking by Russia.

Also in the programme, is the ceasefire in Syria holding? We hear from BBC Arabic and speak to the International Red Cross in Damascus about the
humanitarian challenges ahead.

And what technology should we look forward to in 2017?

(Image: File photos of Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin from December 2016. Credit: Saul Loeb, Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images)