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Newshour: Security Council to Discuss Syria Resolution

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31/12/2016 GMT

Security Council to Discuss Syria Resolution

BBC World Service - Newshour, Security Council to Discuss Syria Resolution

Russia asks UN to approve Syria ceasefire.

Russia asks UN to approve the ceasefire in Syria it has brokered with the help of Turkey. The Security Council is expected to discuss the resolution later on Saturday.

Also on the programme: remembering the last king of Rwanda who died this October; and hospitals in The Netherlands plan to build bigger rooms for obese patients.

(Photo: A street in Aleppo, Syria, a day after the announcement of a ceasefire deal. Credit: EPA/STR)

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