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An Iranian nuclear physicist has been killed in Tehran – a killing the government is placing squarely on the shoulders of the US and Israel. The US has denied this calling it absurd. Massoud Ali Mohammadi was leaving for his job at Tehran University, when a bomb placed on a motorcycle near his house went off. Al Jazeera’s Alireza Roneghi reports from Tehran (12 Jan 10).

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, is expected to sign a landmark trade deal with Syria in Damascus later on Wednesday.

Five years after the two countries signed a free trade agreement, traed volume has reached nearly $2bn a year. Officials are now aiming to double that figure.

Rula Amin reports on the growing presence of Turkish business in Syria.