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UN Votes on Syria Ceasefire Deal
The UN to vote on a new ceasefire deal in Syria among further reports of deaths in the region of Eastern Ghouta.
The United Nations are due to vote on a new ceasefire deal in Syria among further reports of deaths in the region of Eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held enclave that lies on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
Also in the programme: How powerful is America’s National Rifle Association?; and Venezuela’s failing health care system.
(Image: The remains of a rocket in the rebel-held town of Douma in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on 23rd February 2018. Credit: Hamza al-Ajweh/AFP/Getty Images)
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