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De Mistura calls for jihadist rebels to leave Aleppo

The UN Syria envoy offers to personally escort Al-Qaeda-linked fighters out of Aleppo, but will the militants listen to him?

The UN Syria envoy offers to personally escort Al-Qaeda-linked fighters out of Aleppo, but will the militants listen to him? Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband tells us it's a measure of how UN officials are feeling about a crisis that's plumbing new depths. Also - we hear from Haiti about the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, and from Florida about how people are preparing. And Jonathan Head remembers a forgotten student massacre in Thailand.

Picture: Staffan de Mistura
Credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson.

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Thu 6 Oct 2016 22:00

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