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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez, and we're going to begin today in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the city of Goma, which sits right on this vast country's eastern border next to Rwanda.
It is a vital hub, commercially and strategically, and a major prize for the group of rebels known as M23, who've been edging ever closer to capturing it over the past few days.
It's also home to nearly 2 million people, perhaps half a million of which are people who fled the fighting as the rebels advanced.
They're now caught up in the thick of it once again, with conditions in Goma deteriorating fast.
A meeting between the presidents of Congo and Rwanda, which backs the rebels, was meant to take place today in Kenya, but now looks like it's off, despite growing international calls for a ceasefire.
Shortly before we came on the air, I spoke to Vivian Van der Pere, who's in Goma.
She is deputy head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the drc.
And I asked her, who controls Goma right now?