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Tobias Lindner, the German Federal Foreign Office Minister of State and Special Coordinator for Syria, has told Weekend that he expects Syria鈥檚 new leaders to implement an inclusive transition process.

Also in the programme: the US Surgeon-General, Vivek Murthy, has proposed that alcoholic drinks should carry warnings about the risks of cancer; and a State of Emergency has been declared in Trinidad and Tobago over escalating gang violence.

Joining presenter Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories are Paul Melly, Journalist and consulting fellow for the Africa Programme, at the Chatham House think-tank, in London and Isabel Hilton ,journalist and founder of Chinadialogue.

(Picture: People gather to celebrate the opposition takeover of Damascus, following the Friday prayers, at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, 13 December 2024. Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani called on people across the country to celebrate 'the victory of the revolution' on 13 December, following the capture of Damascus and the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad on 08 December 2024. Photo by MOHAMMED AL RIFAI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)