UN Pleads For Truce In Syria

The UN Security Council is expected to vote later today on a resolution, which calls for a thirty-day ceasefire in Syria. We hear from Iran's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, who says he is concerned at the human cost of the Syrian government's offensive on Eastern Ghouta. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has described the rebel enclave as a "hell on earth".

Also on the programme: A rare report from Venezuela about food shortages, hyperinflation and many parents' daily struggle to feed their children; and a major scientific study finds that anti-depressants work but will it end the debates about their use?

(Photo: Civil defence help an unconscious woman from a shelter in the besieged town of Douma. Credit: Reuters)