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Reports say the security forces were ambushed as they tried to arrest a former officer in connection to his role at the notorious Saydnaya prison, close to the capital Damascus. 14 of the soldiers were killed.

Memorial events are being held across the Indian Ocean to commemorate the tsunami twenty years ago which killed more than 226,000 people.

We hear how Christmas has been upended for one Ukrainian woman and her loved ones, separated by the war with Russia.

(Pic: Rebel fighters sit together in Homs countryside; Credit: Reuters)