Russia 'to veto new UN call for Syria ceasefire'

Russia has announced it will veto a French-drafted UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the Security Council should instead rally around the proposal made by UN envoy Staffan de Mistura for an al Qaida-linked militant faction to leave Aleppo in exchange for a halt to Russian and Syrian government bombardment.