UN Approves 30-Day Ceasefire In Syria

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a thirty-day humanitarian ceasefire across Syria. The resolution follows a week of intense bombardment of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in the suburbs of Damascus.

Also on the programme: UN peacekeepers from Ghana are withdrawn from South Sudan after allegations of sexual misconduct, and a warning to Chinese users of the internet.

Picture: The UN Security Council. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images.