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Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 18:00 GMT, April 12, 2018 to 08:00 GMT, April 13, 2018.

Russia requests UNSC meeting over Syria

Russia requests a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the threat of US-led military action in Syria.

US decision on Syria

The White House says US President Donald Trump has not yet made a final decision on Syria after a meeting with his top national security advisors. The White House press secretary says the United States continues to assess intelligence and is in contact with its allies regarding last week’s alleged chemical attack in Syria. On Thursday, the US president said an attack on Syria could happen very soon or not soon at all. Earlier, Trump had threatened Syria with a missile attack, saying they will be coming.

France protests

Continued protests and strikes in a range of sectors indicate that France is headed for a long period of social unrest. Sweeping reforms introduced by President Emmanuel Macron is facing intense opposition, and neither side is backing down. Press TV correspondent Ramin Mazaheri has more from Paris.

OPCW experts in Syria

Experts from the international chemical weapons watchdog start work in Syria on Saturday as Damascus reaffirms willingness to fully cooperate with the organization.

Boko Haram kidnappings

The United Nations children's agency UNICEF says it has documented over one thousand children who were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terror group in Nigeria's northeast since 2013. UNICEF says the actual number of abductees might be much larger. The agency says Boko Haram militants have regularly taken youngsters to spread fear and show power. In February, one faction kidnapped more than 100 schoolgirls from the town of Dapchi. Also, the group kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in 2014. About 100 of the abductees still remain unaccounted for. More than 20-thousand Nigerians have been killed since the onset of Boko Haram's militancy in 2009.

Israel Gaza reinforcements

Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip are bracing for the third consecutive week of peaceful demonstrations, dubbed the Great March of Return. Thousands are expected to participate in the third Friday of the rallies. As this Friday’s theme, protesters plan to burn Israeli flags and wave Palestinian ones. This comes as the Israeli regime is deploying snipers and tanks ahead of the mass protest. People of Gaza began their six-week protests on March 30. Thirty-three Palestinians have been killed during clashes with the Israeli forces in the first two weeks of the rallies. Israel’s deadly violence against the peaceful demonstrators has drawn international condemnation. Rights groups have urged the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into the case.

Russia warns US of war

The Russian ambassador to the UN warns that any US military strike on Syria could lead to a war between Russia and the US.

UK Syria policy

The leader of the British opposition Labour Party has demanded the government press for an independent probe into the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma. Jeremy Corbyn accused the UK prime minister of waiting to take instructions from US President, Donald Trump, with regards to taking a military action against the Syrian government. Corbyn urged for a parliament consultation before taking any such measure. The reaction comes after Theresa May won a backing from her senior ministers to take unspecified action with the US and France against Syria.

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