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After a decades-long clampdown on journalism in Syria, the era of censorship has ended, and the media is being rebuilt.

We must know what we will do with this freedom.

I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler, also the latest on the catastrophic crash of a plane in India.

Plus, mounting fear over Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Threats of an Israeli attack on Iran have the region on alert ahead of negotiations this weekend.

The diplomatic option is not yet exhausted.

And Russia's chief negotiator agreed to talk to a Western journalist with that conversation revealed.

There's one person who makes decisions in Russia, and that's Vladimir Putin.

Plus a musical appreciation of Mars.

They're kind of our forgotten insects, you know?

That's why I wanted to shine a light on them.

Those stories and more ahead on the world.

This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thanks for joining us this Thursday.

Of the 240 passengers who boarded an Air India flight from Amnabod to London, just one survived this morning's plane crash.

The aircraft, a Boeing 787, went down five minutes after takeoff.

This is Rundir Jaiswal from India's Ministry of External Affairs.

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