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15/07/2018 GMT

Syria: Aid To Deraa Being Blocked

BBC World Service - Weekend, Syria: Aid To Deraa Being Blocked

Aid agencies are stuck at the Jordan/Syria border.

The Syrian national flag is now flying in the main square of Deraa, the southern city where the uprising began seven years ago. Aid agencies are calling for urgent access, but convoys are being blocked at the border with Jordan. We also go to Sweden, a country where walkers and foragers can go where they please thanks to "Everyman's Right," the freedom to walk where you choose. And it's the last day of the World Cup. Either France or Croatia will be holding the coveted Jules Rimet trophy. We look forward to an exciting day of football. 

(Picture: A woman holds a Syrian flag in Deraa, Syria. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)

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