Surprise Honour For US Vice President Biden

President Obama awarded an emotional Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honour. Both men are preparing to leave office when Donald Trump is inaugurated on 20th January.

Also in the programme, an attack on a military airport near Damascus and Iraqi armed forces make gains in Mosul, we get an update from BBC Arabic.

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(Image: President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to Vice-President Joe Biden in the White House. Credit: Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)