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Syrian Troops in Manbij

The Syrian government says its troops have entered the northern city of Manbij for the first time in 6 years.

We'll get the BBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience to explain the situation in Manbij, in northern Syria after Kurdish military controlling the area invited Syrian forces to retake the city.

Also today:
We’ll find out why the Internet has been deliberately slowed down by the authorities in Bangladesh ahead of Sunday’s elections.
And another report from our partner station KQED in the US; we’ll look back to the stories around Facebook in the year 2018.

Photo: A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel rides on a truck at Manbij countryside. Credit: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

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53 minutes