A new major ceasefire has been agreed in Syria. But what does it mean for Syria and the Middle East? Hamid Alizadeh discusses the changing balance of power in world relations, which is reflected in this latest deal between the US, Russia, and their proxies

Mother Teresa has been beatified by Pope Francis I, after a series of “miracles” were fished out from her lifelong record running clinics for the poor in India. These years of crisis and revolution have been a lean period for the Catholic Church, which has been forced to churn out saints in order to maintain its appeal.

In a couple of months time, Americans will go to the polls to elect the new president of the United States. But the “choice” facing American will be over which unpopular crook and liar will get to rule them on behalf of Wall Street for the next four years. This is not a choice – it is an undemocratic imposition by a political system set up and controlled by the two-party establishment in defense of capitalism.