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World Service,22 Feb 2016,49 mins

US & Russia Announce Planned Truce in Syria

Newshour

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The US and Russia have announced that a planned truce in Syria should come into effect in five days time; The British prime minister, David Cameron, has urged MPs to back the campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union; After twenty years, the battle over a cellar in Jerusalem's Old City is finally over. (Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin's address, on 22nd February 2016, on US and Russia's agreement to enforce ceasefire in Syria. Credit: EPA.)

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