Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Speaks to BBC

We dont often hear from the syrian government itself, but our Chief International Corresondent - Lyse Doucet - has been talking to Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad.

Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years after testimony from nearly 160 of his victims. The judge dismissed Nassar's attempted apology as insincere, saying he would "be in darkness the rest of his life".

The new president of Zimbabwe – Emmerson Mnangagwa - has told the BBC that he gave his predecessor - Robert Mugabe - and his wife a "lucrative retirement package".