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Pope Francis encouraged peace talks on the Korean Peninsula during his Easter address

Pope Francis encouraged peace talks on the Korean Peninsula during his Easter address.

Pope Francis has urged world leaders to bring about a swift end to the carnage in Syria.  In his traditional Easter message to Rome and the world, he said the Syrian people had been worn down by an apparently endless war.

Also in the programme: the first Russian diplomats expelled from the United States  have arrived back in Moscow and; ceremonies are taking place in England to mark exactly 100 years since the British RAF became the world's first independent air force. 

Picture: Pope Francis delivers the blessing on the balcony of St Peter's basilica in the Vatican. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.

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