Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson with today's UK Column News including:

START As the Syrian military takes the remaining sections of East Aleppo, focus shifts to Palmyra and western media goes nuts ... 04:05 ... yet say nothing about Mosul 06:40 BBC launches charity fundraiser for Yemen 09:25 Merkel calls for more sanctions against Russia over Ukraine ... 10:00 ... while Ukraine builds an army of 250,000 and spends 5% of GDP on it 11:20 Michael Fallon confirms extension of British "soft power" to the Middle East, Asia and Africa 18:55 Alan Duncan attends EU Foreign Affairs Council while Boris in Middle East 20:55 Federica Mogherini identifies Africa as the focus of EU Foreign Affairs for 2017 23:05 Tony Bliar begs for more personal protection money; doesn't get it 25:40 More comms from Melanie Shaw - outrageous!!! 27:50 Brexit lie exposed as more EU regional devolution establishes itself 39:40 State trafficking of children regionalised