BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight

European Central Bank agrees to increase emergency funding to Greek banks

Athens preparing to ask for 6 month extension of bailout loan

Rebels surround hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in strategic town of Debaltseve

Cairo urges EU nations to join fight against IS in Libya -- or face new terror threat

BBC learns that the man didn't file tax return or pay income tax between 1987 and 2011

Deal brokered at marathon session in Minsk with help of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

We'll ask why Barack Obama has sought a new mandate from Congress

Bashar al-Assad says Syria has had "indirect contact" with the US in battle vs. IS

Obama says the US is considering supplying weapons to Ukraine if diplomacy fails

A special edition, presented by the BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen.

Ukraine's president: new plan for ending conflict gives hope of ceasefire.