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The advance of rebel forces in Syria accelerated at pace this afternoon, weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power with each and every foothold lost. 

TV audiences in Ukraine are as captivated by reality shows as they are anywhere else in the world.

The search for the person who shot and killed the chief executive of a major US health insurance company has continued in New York.

Foreign correspondent Secunder Kermani is in Lebanon looking at how Hezbollah plans to rebuild now a fragile ceasefire is in place.

We spoke to Hamza Al Kateeb, a Syrian doctor and activist, who lived through much of the siege of Aleppo.

Syrian insurgents have taken the city of Hama after days of intense fighting against government forces.

The French President Emmanuel Macron has addressed the nation, the day after his pick for Prime Minister was forced to resign after losing a no confidence vote.

More political uncertainty – this time in Scotland, where the minority SNP government unveiled its budget. 

People have taken to the streets once again in South Korea to demand the resignation of the President Yoon Suk Yeol after he was forced to overturn his own attempt to bring in Martial Law. 

So what are the wider implications of what’s happening in France?

Michel Barnier has lost a no confidence vote, becoming the shortest serving French prime minister ever

In the US, Donald Trump’s nominees for key positions in his next administration have been pressing the flesh in Washington, as they seek to persuade Senators they can be trusted with the most powerful jobs in the land.

An Israeli airstrike has hit a refugee camp in Southern Gaza, killing at least 17 people according to medics.

Despite attempts to appease the far-right, Prime Minister Michel Barnier could not convince opposition parties to back his budget, designed to save €60 billion through tax rises and cuts to services. 

Palestinian officials say Hamas and Fatah are getting close to an agreement to appoint a committee of technocrats to run Gaza after the war.