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Syria: Russian strikes hit Aleppo

The Syrian army has confirmed that it sustained casualties as its forces were driven by Islamist rebels from most of the city of Aleppo.

Syria's military has acknowledged that parts of Aleppo have fallen to Islamist rebels and that it's sustained dozens of casualties. It said it was withdrawing from parts of Syria's second city in order to regroup ahead of the arrival of reinforcements. Thousands of civilians cars have been leaving.

Also in the programme: We speak to a Ukrainian woman who's just lost three generations of her family in a Russian missile attack; and archaeology and commuting meet in Thessaloniki's new metro system.

(Photo: Rebels drive on the international M5 highway, a route into Aleppo, Syria. Credit: Getty Images)

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