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Humanitarian Situation in Syria Worsens

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UK and France call for UN air drops; Baby swap in El Salvador; Buhari in Ogoniland

UK and France call on UN to start air drops; Baby swap in El Salvador; Buhari in Ogoniland

In a sign of mounting international impatience with the Syrian government, the United States, France and Britain have urged the UN to start air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas. The Security Council will meet on Friday to consider the failure by the government in Damascus to support widespread humanitarian access.

A couple who were given the wrong baby by a hospital in El Salvador a year ago, have finally been allowed to travel home with the correct child. Rich Cushworth and his wife, Mercedes Casanellas were only given a birth certificate for their son Moses a few days ago. They landed back home in Dallas, Texas this week where they have been speaking exclusively to our correspondent Matthew Price.

Ogoniland in the Niger Delta is one of the most impoverished and polluted areas in Nigeria. The United Nations says the region could take up to 30 years to fully recover from the damage caused by years of oil spills. Today President Mohammadu Buhari starts his first visit to the region since taking office - and he will formally launch a long-awaited clean-up programme.

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