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Welcome to the latest Global News recorded at 23:30 GMT on Monday, the 5th of May. I'm Jackie Leonard, with a selection of highlights from across BBC World Service News today. Coming up;

The United States is to allow the Syrian opposition coalition to open a formal diplomatic mission in Washington. The former Egyptian army chief, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said that Muslim Brotherhood will no longer exist if he becomes president. We'll hear from the US and Egypt on those two stories. ... More violence in eastern Ukraine as government troops renew attempts to __ control to pro-Russian militants. "It is very very dangerous for the people who are stuck here in the city, who can't move out and get away from the fighting. What's not at all clear once you've come in here, is, quite who is winning." That's our correspondent in Slavyansk. And we ask the head of NATO what his organization is prepared to do. Also in the podcast; South Africa prepares for elections. Is it becoming a one-party state? The opposition certainly thinks so. / The ANC __ incumbents are starting now to use the same practice as we've seen in other African states, more specifically even in Zimbabwe." And; The case of the Mi__ man who __ reformed before he was sent to jail thirteen years late. Don't worry. This __ happy ending. ...