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Hundreds of Syrians are meeting in Damascus for a two -day dialogue to try to chart the country鈥檚 political and economic future. We'll speak to a former leader of the Democratic Union Party, which says it has not been invited to the conference.

France's president Emmanuel Macron says a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia could be weeks away. Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities have increased, forcing close to two-hundred thousand people to flee their homes in the east of the country the past six months. We鈥檒l get more on that from a humanitarian aid organisation.

A former surgeon is standing trial in France, accused of assaulting or raping close to three-hundred people, the vast majority under fifteen years of age. We'll turn to our correspondent covering the trial.

(Photo: Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, Damascus, Syria, December 23, 2024; Credit: Reuters)