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10/09/2016 GMT

The US and Russia Strike Deal on Syria

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US and Russia agree Syria plan; refugees in Sweden; English names for Chinese babies.

Washington and Moscow agree plan to end violence in Syria and begin transition; tensions over Syrian refugees in Sweden; the Chinese who pay for English names for their children.

The Americans and Russians have agreed a plan aimed at ending violence in Syria and beginning a political transition; for the second time in twelve months; despite the warm welcome, there are tensions in Sweden over Syrian refugees; the British student who's made more than 70,000 dollars from helping Chinese parents choose English names for their babies. 

(Picture: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following their meeting in Geneva. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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