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Violence reignites in southern Syria

Reports of renewed clashes in villages in Suweida province.

Fighting has again broken out in the southern Syrian province of Suweida between Druze militia and tribal forces. A rights group says more than 1,100 people have died in a week of violence. We will hear from our correspondent from the area, and we will discuss the different approach taken by the US and Israel towards the situation in Syria.

Also on the programme: We’ll hear from the wife of Boniface Mwangi, the Kenyan human rights activist who has been arrested by the government; and the Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk wins again.

(Picture: Bedouin fighters in the village of Al-Mazraa, after days of violence in the Suweida province in Syria. Credit: REUTERS/Karam al-Masri)

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