Charity Appeals For Sick Children In Syria

British advisers for an international medical charity in Syria say that President Assad is considering their appeal for an urgent evacuation of seven children with cancer trapped in a besieged area. We hear from one of the organisers, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.

Also on the programme: BBC radio comedy quiz show 'Just A Minute' marks 50th anniversary; Egyptian singer, Sherine Abdel Wahab, facing trial for 'inciting debauchery' in music video; and Yemen cholera cases reach one million.

(Photo: Syrian baby Karim Abdallah who lost his left eye and his his mother being held by his brother in the rebel-held town of Beit Sawa, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Credit: Getty Images)