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Newshour: Syria War: Ghouta Pounded as UN Tussles over Ceasefire

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Syria War: Ghouta Pounded as UN Tussles over Ceasefire

23/02/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Syria War: Ghouta Pounded as UN Tussles over Ceasefire

The UN Security Council is meeting to re-examine a resolution for a ceasefire in Syria

The UN Security Council is meeting to re-examine a resolution for a ceasefire in Syria.

The United Nations Security Council is meeting on Friday to re-examine a draft resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria, as the government offensive on rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta continues for a sixth day.

Also on the programme: more missing school girls in Nigeria; and the medical impact of Venezuela's economic crisis.

Picture: A Syrian man in the besieged Eastern Ghouta. Credit: Getty Images/AFP

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