US diplomats are visiting Syria to hold talks with the new de facto leader. Also: a new attempt to find the wreckage of missing flight MH370, and a controversial new TV game show, Beast Games.
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In the first such visit in more than a decade, US diplomats are in Syria for talks with its new Islamist rulers.
Malaysia authorizes a fresh attempt to find the wreckage of MH370, the plane that mysteriously disappeared 10 years ago.
A BBC investigation reveals that nearly four years after Myanmar's military sparked a civil war with a coup,
it now controls less than a quarter of the country.
Also in this podcast, welcome to Beefcams.
We've got the most players, a new game show with a $5 million prize.
But what's the catch?
We begin in Syria.
The Islamist rebels who toppled Syria's dictator this month are designated a terrorist group by the United States.
But that hasn't stopped President Biden sending top US diplomats to Damascus to hold talks with Syria's new rulers,