This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Monday,

the 8th of May, these are our main stories.

Washington has criticized a decision by Arab foreign ministers

to allow Syria to rejoin the Arab League

after 12 years in the diplomatic cold.

Nearly 400 bodies have been found following severe floods

and landslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

And Belarus is to introduce patriotism lessons for children

from the moment they start kindergarten.

Also in this podcast...

A spectacular concert has been held at Windsor Castle near London

to mark the coronation of King Charles.

Syria is back in the influential Arab League.

12 years after being thrown out for its repression

of pro-democracy protests at the time of the Arab Spring,

which evolved into a civil war.

That war is still going on.

Half a million are estimated to have lost their lives.

Millions more have been displaced or forced to flee the country.

The country's readmittance to the League

was approved at a closed meeting of foreign ministers

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