Syria has accused the Us Led Coalition of war crimes, after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for the Syrian Government killing around 100 fighters. The confrontation was the deadliest between the two so far. The bombardment happened in syrias eastern dair thor province. Heres how the pentagon explains it the Us Led Coalition acted in self defence after a base where us advisers were stationed came under attack. Heres the pentagon chief spokesperson. We have the right to defend ourselves and we have seen a build up for over a week, which was unprovoked. We are comfortable and the secretary is comfortable with the secretary is comfortable with thejudgment of the secretary is comfortable with the judgment of our commanders on the judgment of our commanders on the ground. Heres what syria says this is a brutal massacre, american aggression which amounts to a war crime. Lets show you why dair uzhor matters so much. 0ur map shows the parts of syria held by the government, and then over to the east, over the buffer zone of the euphrates river, the territory held by the rebel Syrian Democratic forces backed by washington. Its also worth knowing that there are both oil and gas fields over there valuable sources of cash. What we are seeing, both sides, the americans and the syrians, trying to do marco reus, the syrians are saying they are trying to recapture trying to d mark areas. Saying they are trying to recapture trying to dmark areas. And that is the key, much of this territory was held by the self styled Islamic State and if they are pushed out there is something of a vacuum. Exactly. Both sides are trying to exert control and the us allies on the ground, they want to establish autonomy in the north and they have the support of the americans while this is happening, but the syrians, the Syrian Government and its allies, would like to recapture all of the syrian territory and we have been watching them do this over the last seven years, and as they are inching slowly slowly, this is what we have been seeing, especially in dair uzhor. We showed our viewers the line of the river, the buffer zone between the sides but is a bit worrying to realise the russians are backing those on the west and the americans are backing those on the east, theres the potential something dangerous to happen. Absolutely, but we have seen this interaction and rising tensions before, last summer we saw it further to the east where we had the us allied forces on the ground and the syrians and their allies including the russians advancing towards the syrian iraqi border and we saw a similar clash between the two said this is something that needs to be taken into consideration. So this. It is not that important but it can be considered a land grab by either side, this area. Well, going back to our map over here you can see the area of Eastern Ghouta and as these pictures show its under siege by Government Forces whove been bombarding it for four days now. More than 200 syrians have been killed. What the Syrian Government is trying to do, they are trying to work on this area in terms of the local reconsideration reconciliations they havent been doing in other areas, and because this hasnt come to fruition, what they do instead, they conduct air strikes and we have seen that, and in response we have seen that, and in response we have seen a seen that, and in response we have seen a number of casualties in damascus as a result of water shelling mortar shelling so we are seeing injuries in these pacific areas. are seeing injuries in these pacific areas. s pacific. In these specific areas. There is peace talks trying to happen, but this is actually happening on the ground for top the peace the police initiatives have resulted in very little, we have seen slow reconciliations from the initiatives that have resulted ta ken resulted taken place, but that has got to be specific to these areas. It is unable to happen, this piece, because neither side are willing to make this a reality. The Us Government could shut down again unless Congress Agrees on americas budget today, with votes expected later in both houses of congress. This time yesterday we told you Senate Leaders were celebrating reaching a deal. Well, not so fast. In the lower house, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi was outraged that the agreement left in limbo the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers currently under threat of being deported. What nancy did next was extraordinary. Heres the start of it. Everyday courageous patriotically lose their status and as members of congress we have a moral responsibility to act now to protect who are the pride of our nation and oui who are the pride of our nation and our american in every way but on paper. I used is built to are used this bill to push further on this. Nancy pelosi carried on telling the stories of these immigrants and their families. And on. For eight hours. Setting a record for the longest speech ever made in the house breaking the previous record set in 1909. Lets go back to her. For the last eight hours i have had the privilege of reading the testimony of so many dreamers, i still have more. Applause i thank all of you. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent in washington jane obrien. I asked her whether the threat of a Government Shutdown is behind us. It shows how conflicted democrats really are over this budget compromise because although there is a lot in it that they like increased spending for domestic programmes like childhood and Health Insurance and Disaster Relief and tackling the crisis, but democrats went to war with republicans in the white house over immigration and in particular these dreamers, young immigrants brought to the us as children and now facing deportation, if the congress cannot come up with legislation to fix it. This is why nancy pelosi says she cant support the bill but she is significantly not telling other democrats how to vote. If the senate and the house vote. If the senate and the house vote yes to a deal, is that the end of the budget crisis . Pretty much, yes. There is a stopgap funding measure included in the bill which Means Congress will have another six weeks to come up with a longer funding measure but more importantly this will set spending levels for two years and raise the debt ceiling for two years so it will create a level of stability, financial stability, that the Us Government hasnt seen in years. Another big story, white house chief of staff john kelly is shocked by allegations. He said he is shocked by allegations against an aide to president trump, rob porter thats him on the screen whos resigned amid Domestic Abuse claims. This is mr porters first wife, colbie holderness, a Us Government analyst. She says mr porter kicked her on their honeymoon in 2003, and punched her two years later, giving her this black eye. This is mr porters second wife jennifer willougby. She said she filed a protective order against mr porter after he allegedly punched in and broke the glass of a door at their home. Mr porter has already said the claims are outrageous and simply false. Jane obrien with more. Very awkward, because it is pretty clear thatjohn kelly as chief of staff did know about these allegations because they were holding up mr porters security clearances from the fbi. What new allegations he is talking about is not clear that really the crux of the matter becausejohn really the crux of the matter because john kelly as chief really the crux of the matter becausejohn kelly as chief of really the crux of the matter because john kelly as chief of staff isa because john kelly as chief of staff is a pretty important focal point of white house operations and he was brought in to put out these fires and he seems to be fanning the fla mes and he seems to be fanning the flames and that is not a good look for someone as integral to white house operations as he is. It is not quite clear where this goes next but certainly it is embarrassing for the white house and also in the me, too, moment, it puts them out of step with what much of america is thinking about at the moment. Tech giants in the us today pushed back against the idea that their platforms were used by russia to meddle in the brexit referendum. British mps were holding the first ever hearing of a Parliamentary Select Committee outside the uk. The purpose was to grill the us companies about outside interference in the brexit campaign. Heres the chair of the digital, culture, media and sport parliamentary committee, damien collins, questioning two twitter executives. We are talking about lies, someone who is deciding to spread lies about someone who is deciding to spread lies about someone else, by not harassing or inciting violence but they are spreading lies and by using the anonymity of twitter to do that and theres nothing you can do about it . The anonymity on our platform is not a shield against breaking our terms of service. Telling a lie on twitter would not require action to be taken against the account holder . We do not have rules based on truth. Earlier i spoke with the bbcs aleem maqbool, in washington he says its notjust twitter in the firing line. No, it wasnt, and the hearing is still going on in this room to my right. It was youtube, google, facebook, and all of them were asked in this so called fake news inquiry, but the phrase does not give a real sense of the breadth of questioning that these Tech Companies faced. They faced questions about whether the information about us that they gathered was used for political purposes and they were asked about what they do to stop access to hate websites but also about what they we re websites but also about what they were doing about those who were trying to influence elections. Every single tech company was asked by the chair Damian Collins mp as to what they had found in terms of russian interference in the brexit referendum and they all said they had found nothing or very little. For twitter, they said they had closed down 49 accounts that had tweeted fewer than a thousand tweets ahead of the referendum, but there is evidence to suggest from others independently that there was more influence from russia ahead of the referendum but the question is, what can mps do about it . They are questioning these Tech Companies and saying there is a problem but at the moment all they have had back is assurances and i cant get anything more concrete from these Tech Companies as it stands. They cant. Did you feel you had companies as it stands. They cant. Did you feelyou had heard anything new . It was interesting, some of the research cited when it came to youtube, that hate videos, it was found that 70 of the viewership to far right videos was generated by youtubes owned up next features, recommended if you watch one video, it will recommend the next hate video. Many mps said, that is something you can do something about, but menu these conversations came down to the fact that these Companies Want us to spend more time on their platforms and that is the interest but many of these conversations. Unless something is done where it is legally binding where they have to do something about it, it is clear by not minded to do quite as much as the mps would like them to do. By a not minded. 0ften like them to do. By a not minded. Often these Companies Say they are just a platform but the point has been made that they write the algorithms. That is right. We have heard a lot of talk about algorithms and right now in the second session there are two additional reporters and editors from the us traditional. They are talking about their problems, they are sort of on their problems, they are sort of on the same side, saying social media platforms need to do much more to stop false news and misinformation being disseminated but ultimately the algorithms work for the companies in terms of us spending more time on their platforms and it was about gearing those algorithms towards a responsible way of disseminating information. Stay with us on 0utside source still to come. The latest superhero film from marvel with an all black cast of actors playing the heroes. Interest rates have been held at 0. 5 but theres speculation the next rise could come as soon as may. The bank of england has signalled that rates could rise earlier and faster than it thought three months ago with the Global Economy expanding at its fastest pace in seven years. In order to return inflation to the target, in order to bring it back to target, in order to bring it back to target over a more conventional horizon which means moving it in from that three horizon, it will be necessary , from that three horizon, it will be necessary, likely to be necessary to increase Interest Rates, to a limited degree, in a gradual process, but somewhat earlier and to a greater extent than we had thought in november. This is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story syria has accused the Us Led Coalition of war crimes after a series of attacks kill a hundred pro Syrian Government forces. Bermuda is the first country in the world to repeal same sex marriage. The british 0versees territory had legalised the unions in may last year, following a Supreme Court ruling. Same sex couples who married in recent months will not have their marriage annulled. Indias Supreme Court has ordered the government to produce a Long Term Plan for protecting one of the countrys most precious landmarks, the taj mahal. The World Heritage site faces a range of challenges, including smog and the impact of millions of visitors. Heres a story catching a lot of peoples attention the Norwegian Olympic Team in korea received a delivery of 15,000 eggs they had asked for 1500. The chefs blamed a translation error, but it could be down to a typo. Either way, they were able to return most of the surplus. Its the social media mammoth that has never turned a profit until now that is. Of course, were talking about twitter. Its reported its latest numbers in the three months to the end of december it made just over 91m. But the firm is struggling to attract users it reported 330 million active monthly users no higher than the previous period. Twitter blamed this on a clamp down on automated or so called bot accounts we were talking about those controversial accounts with aleem just a few minutes ago. Lets go to new york. And our correspondent there, joe miller. Whats the reaction to twitters latest figures . Positive at last. The reaction on the stock market has been buoyant, at one point their shares were up over 20 and the reason for that is that if you bought twitter shares when they first listed on the stock market in 2013, you have had to wait a long time for any profits and this is the First Quarter believe it or not where twitter has posted a profit. The reason is video advertising, they have brought in reve nu es advertising, they have brought in revenues excessively with that, but another reason that hasnt been getting so many headlines is a twitter like many other companies, it likes to give its employees Stock Options in the company as well as their salary and the problem is, you have got to put that again shall profits and it was bringing down their profits year after year against your profits. That is important to know. On a wider question. And tell us more about the mood in wall street, still nervous . Yesterday it looked like the dust was beginning to settle on wall street but today the volatility is back and the dowjones dropped over thousand points and that is almost mondays levels, almost 4 and now we are in the region that we call the real market correction. It looks like what has happened here today, investors have been looking at Us Government debt, treasury bonds, and seeing the prices drop to a four year low, and what is happening, the future Interest Rate rises being priced in and they are looking at that, worried about Interest Rate rises and beginning to dampen the economy and they have started the sell off again. Dampen the economy and they have started the selloff again. Joe, thanks forjoining us. Another business story. 19 topjapanese bosses have met with british Prime Minister theresa may, seeking clarification on the uks industrial strategy for the time after brexit. After the meeting, the japanese ambassador to the uk explained the threat to Japanese Companies if the uk did not secure a frictionless trade deal with the eu. If there is no possibility of continuing operation in uk, not japanese only, but no private company can continue operation. As simple as that. This is all high stakes simple as that. This is all high sta kes that i simple as that. This is all high stakes that i think all of us need to keep in mind. The latest superhero film from marvel has its european premiere tonight in london its called black panther it hasnt opened in the us yet. But heres an easy way gauge its significance. Times new cover behind the revolutionary power of black panther. The film features an all black cast of actors playing the heroes. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. The free cinema trip would have been welcome enough for these american schoolchildren, their sheerjoy is because the movie is black panther. Such is the films significance, people around the world are crowd sourcing money to give black children in particular the opportunity to watch it on the big screen. People like this actress from peckham in london, she has so far raised around £11,000. I think its just a film you dont really see, you dont see black superheroes in the big blockbusters. The positive representation is good for people growing up in this area but i think all over the world. Black panther is being seen as a cultural milestone. A predominantly black cast leading a big budget blockbuster. People making it a reality for kids who maybe wouldnt be able to go to the movies and experience it, i think it is beautiful, man. Its the kind of film many have been waiting decades for hollywood to make, not only a host of black role models but also Strong Female characters at its heart. Black panther is a moment and hopefully its one. It will obviously exist for long after this particular moment. We want the momentum to keep going. I dont think it is black panthers responsibility to change the world. How important was it for you making sure this was primarily a piece of entertainment, even with this huge amount of social responsibility that was inevitably going to come into the equation . Thats what it is. Its not a political lecture, you know what i mean . Its a movie. Its got to work as that. And that is a movie expected to have one of the biggest openings ever, and more importantly, show others in the film world how lucrative diversity on screen can be in the 21st century. Much more to come. But a reminder of oui much more to come. But a reminder of our top story. Syria has accused the Us Led Coalition of war crimes, after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for the Syrian Government. Assads government accusing the us ofa assads government accusing the us of a massacre in this area over tim on. of a massacre in this area over tim on. Dair uzhor. And to the east of the region, our correspondent has said this. The war isnt ending, he has said. We are staying across the action. So many people involved. Do stay with us. Good evening. That time of day but we have a look at what the weather is doing around the world and is quite active at the moment. When we have a look. The cold air digging in bahai, it is there on friday digging in behind. We might have more snow in the north and that will combine later friday and into the weekend so more disruptive rain and freezing rain and snow potentially, and no sign of any much needed rain across the california area. Maybe a few showers into the beginning of next week but until then it looks dry and warm. As we head into africa we havent had much rain in the last three years in cape town and there isa three years in cape town and there is a dangerous drought but there could be some relief on friday with rain moving in, lasting until saturday. An unusual picture with low pressure in southern parts of africa, that will bring more significant rain compared to what we normally see, and further north, arsenal getting into the 405, but in the north west, quite cold for the time of year temperatures getting into the 405. It is cold in china andjapan and into the 405. It is cold in china and japan and parts of career, we have had disru ptive and japan and parts of career, we have had di5ruptive snowfall in japan korea. The risk of further flooding for indonesia. You can see the dip in lana for tokyo, about average for hong kong the dip in temperature. It is building the heat but they will be 5torms a5 temperature. It is building the heat but they will be 5torms as well generated from the heat and further west, and then after last weeks Stormy Weather, that we had in new zealand, it looks wet and windy across the north island for the next couple of days. Wellington, heavy shower5, thunderstorms, but try weather in perth, and the high temperatures in sydney dry. We might have more di5ruptive snowfall through friday acro55 part5 might have more di5ruptive snowfall through friday acro55 parts of france and the low countries. It will affect the northern part of iberia and there are warnings out. And then the system coming out of the north of africa, that is what is keeping casablanca and algeria and morocco below average and that could bring Stormy Weather and also very heavy rain and mountain 5now bring Stormy Weather and also very heavy rain and mountain snow to pa rt5 of italy heavy rain and mountain snow to parts of italy and the balkans and grace, as well. Greece. Back home, nasty weather this weekend, we have the details later. Ally 5ee. Thi5 this is 0ut5ide source. The5e this is 0ut5ide source. These are the main stories here in the bbc news room. Syria accuses the Us Led Coalition of war crimes, after a series of attacks kill 100 pro government fighter5. The uns calling for a cea5efire russia says its not going to happen. We would like to see a cea5efire but the terrorist, i am not sure they are in agreement with what is proposed. Trying to avert another Us Government shutdown, with the deadline just hours away, can the politicians reach a budget deal . Twitter po5t5 its first ever quarterly profit, sending its share value surging. And an 18 month old boy with down syndrome has become the face of food maker gerber as its spokesba by for 2018, an action hailed by advocates for people with the genetic condition. Welcome to outside source. North korea has held a military parade a day before the opening of the Winter Olympics in the south. You can see both kimjong un and his wife ree sull choo were there. The timing was somewhat provocative, as the annual parade usually happens in april. Still, it was smaller, shorter, and shown on north Korean Television a5 a recording, not live. And there have been, as weve been reporting, several recent signs of a thaw in inter korean relations. Heres Stephen Mcdonnell in pyeongchang. What i think has happened here is the North Koreans are trying to believe it or not, down play their own military parade. That is because i think the parade had been organised a long time ago, before they decided to send the team to the 0lympic they decided to send the team to the Olympic Games here, and now they have decided to put all their effort into coming to the olympics with kim jong uns 5i5ter into coming to the olympics with kim jong uns sister and like, i think that want the focus to be on that. They to have the parade. They are too embarrassed to call it off. I think they are hoping that no one will pay much attention to it and the focus will be back on their effo rt5 the focus will be back on their efforts here in pyeongchang for the winter Winter Olympics. Efforts here in pyeongchang for the winter Winter Olympics. Let us see what other people aring of that parade. Journalistjean lee calls it one of those high level talks will be with this woman, kim jong uns sister, kim yo jung. Shes part of the north korean delegation and will meet south koreas president on saturday. Us Vice President mike pence has already met with moonjae in. He touched down in seoul today and will head onto pyeongchang next for fridays opening ceremony. Americas position on the north korean Charm Offensive has been pretty clear. Mr pence reiterated it today. The United States will cant to stand shoulder to shoulder, in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear, on north korea until that time comes, when they finally and permanently and irreversibly abandon their nuclear and Ballistic Missile ambitions. Lets talk more about this now with Professor Robert kelly, who you may know is an expert on the relationship between the two koreas. The parade first, they move it, and then they held it but it was smaller, what did you make of it . Then they held it but it was smaller, what did you make of mm was a strange choice, the idea of putting it before the olympics seemed to signal this was a threat 01 seemed to signal this was a threat or intimidation, you had this big event of global comedy and the day before you have the sort of soviet style imdimitri parade. Then they chose not to show it. I suppose the next thing we have to look at we have the Winter Olympics starting but there is talks going on, potentially as well with the first sister how important do you think she is . I am scepticalthat sister how important do you think she is . I am sceptical that will the 0lympics mean a great deal. It is good, right, north korea is the most dangerous country in the world and with Nuclear Weapons they are more dangerous. We should talk to them. It is good you have elites meeting and we have a move 789,er and maybe there will be the aura of good feeling rolling over. But they are canny negotiators, i dont think they are suddenly going to roll over on something important to them, because they feel like you had a mood or interethnic, inter korean up lift. I dont see them negotiating that way. I am sceptical. Lift. I dont see them negotiating that way. I am scepticallj lift. I dont see them negotiating that way. I am sceptical. I think it is shared by many in south korea, who feel well, not least the business of kind of accommodating the athlete but they are wondering is president moon in the south going source far . Certainly the conservative press has hit back hard, which was predictable. There has been a lot of hype in south korea, a bit too much. I am worried are about expectations management, that the media is getting carried away. We have had pseudobreakthroughs away. We have had pseudobrea kthroughs but it away. We have had pseudobreakthroughs but it didnt happen, then it falls apart and that would be my be diction what will happen this time. I am concerned people are getting carried away and thinking it is a big breakthrough. It is another of those gapes of multi dimensional chess in which the american president , if he gets impatient has he has a tendency to do, you might say all bets are off with diplomacy. I think the americans are overreacting. I dont understand why Vice President had to throw cold water on this. It is athletes. Do you think it makes it look as if the North Koreans are pulling their strings. What a matters is when the south koreans and North Koreans sit down at the table and Start Talking about things we are concerned about. That is what we are concerned about. That is what we need top talk about and the rest of this is just fluff, the we need top talk about and the rest of this isjust fluff, the kind doe dressing before the real show, that is what matters. What matters might be the stuff we dont get to see at all. I am concerned that everybody is getting carried away. Maybe, maybe, but i am really sceptical, the North Koreans arent those kind of negotiator, they are tactical, gritty, they get into the weeds. I would be surprised if they roll over and give us something we want because it goes well. Thank you. That was a dose of realism from you. Sorry. That is important especially with north korea, before we go, i have to say we have been talking about your other incarnation of bbc dad, known from your daughter coming in. Making you world famous for that reason. And you were awarded or there was an award last night for this being the moment of the year. That is right. How did that feel . We won the key moment of the year from the broadcast association, it was, that was good. It is nice, my wife andi that was good. It is nice, my wife and i are happen it has made people so and i are happen it has made people so happy. We find it amazing this keeps going. It was 11 months ago, and people keep writing to me and sending us e mails but it is nice that you know, in a year of tough news, and things like isis and stuff like that people have a moment of cheer. That is how we have tried to ta ke cheer. That is how we have tried to take it. People sort of found spontaneity of children, that is how we see it too. It is our kids being like little cards are. It is cute. Ina like little cards are. It is cute. In a world of news you have to take something that makes you smile. You area something that makes you smile. You are a good sport. Thank you for talking to us again about the two koreas. The former Prime Minister of bangladesh, now leader of the opposition, has been sentenced to five years injailfor corruption. Khaleda zia denied all charges and said they were politically motivated. Thousands of her supporters took to the streets to protest. The verdict was read out in a cour in the bangladeshi capital dhaka. It means ms zia will be barred from running in this years parliamentary election. The bbcs Akbar Hossain in dhaka has more. It is very significant move, and this verdict is very important for bangladeshs politics as well, because khaleda zia, while she was out of the court, she held a press conference yesterday, where she said that the government is using the judiciary in an attempt to keep her aside from the up coming general election hand her supporters believe that, but the government is saying that, but the government is saying that you know, this is a corruption charge, when khaleda zia became the Prime Minister in bangladesh in 1991, then she received some donations from kuwait organisation which is amounting to 1. 2 million at that time, those money was given for helping orphans in bangladesh, but the money was not used for targeted people, rather half of the money was diverted to personal cant of khaleda zias elder son who is staying in london now, and ultimately, he formed a Charitable Trust which was named after his father. His father was bangladeshs former president. What the court says the way money was being handled, it was not properly being used. Prime minister the being the Prime Minister, it was not used for the targeted people. That is why they cannot avoid the responsibility. That is why the court has given her five years imprisonment. Now i started this half hour talking about the Winter Olympics if you want more you can head to our website. There is a day by day guide to all the sporting action to all the sporting action. The number of People Killed in an earthquake that struck off the eastern coast of taiwan on tuesday has risen to ten. The magnitude 6. 0 quake caused several buildings to partially collapse in hwa lyan city, which is close to the epicenter. Cindy sui reports from taipei. Nearly two days after the earthquake, rescuers are racing against time to find people strapped inside. In one of the of effected buildings, that building has been dissident republican tipped dangerously and is leaning towards the ground. It has been propped up by beams, as rescuers go through every for a, once again to try and see if there are any more survivor, they are also using sniffer dogs to search through the rubble of the second floor, to see if there are any signs of people still inside. Among those still missing are seven people who are believed to be tourists staying at the Backpackers Hotel on the second floor. They include five chinese tourists, including a 12 year old boy. Questions are being raised on whether poor construction quality may have led to the building partially collapsing. Experting looking at the rubble from the collapsed floors saying a build ermay have used more water and less cement. 0ther ermay have used more water and less cement. Other experts point out there werent enough pillars in the building and those that were there we re building and those that were there were too weak. 0ne experted said that if an earthquake were to hit the capital, which is densely populated, it would topple more than 12,000 buildings. That is because many of the buildings in taiwan are very old, they were built decades ago when construction quality was poor and government monitoring was lacking, many residents are unwilling to or unable to retrofit their buildings. This is a problem in taiwan, notjust their buildings. This is a problem in taiwan, not just for the government but the people to deal with, especially as aftershocks continue to happen since the earthquake struck. Many are predicted to happen in the coming two weeks as people gather to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. So called Islamic State has released footage, which shows female fighters alongside men, on the front lines in syria. Mina al lami from the bbc Monitoring Team picked up on that. minalami isis5 video supports the groups october 2017 u turn on the role of women injihad, when it said jihad was a duty on women just as it was on men during times of intense fighting and threat. Here is mina al lami from bbc monitoring explaining the change. The group in the past maintained that the role of women was confined to their homes, to raise children, and serve the men, however, in 0ctober, and serve the men, however, in october, 2017, assism s was under intense pressure in raqqa, in syria, it shifted its past rhetoric on the subject, and said actually woman had a religious duty like men to do jihad, from the video itself which is trying to promote this idea of women being on the front line, it only features a few women. Three at most. Through that footage we are not sure, we cant ascertain these are women because they are dressed from top in bottom in black clotheses, their faces are covered. This image it depicts of the female warrior, would have you more appeal probably among isis supporters round the world than the image of the subservient muslim woman whost only there to serve her husband and children. In terms the of reaction so children. In terms the of reaction so far, isis supporters have use it asa so far, isis supporters have use it as a recruitment tool. They have said it shames men who are not taking part injihad. They are using this shame element to get men to join it p quite a disturbing story. Now i want to turn from is to boko haram in nigeria. Last year, 133 children were used by boko haram in attacks in north east nigeria, and two thirds of them were girls. Bbc has been speaking to one 14 year old who was forced into becoming a bomber. Her name is faltima and her story recreated and animated in this specially commissioned project. Is only there to serve they didnt have guns. I had no idea they were boko haram fighter, they give you a choice. Marry a fighter. 0rgo on give you a choice. Marry a fighter. 0rgoona give you a choice. Marry a fighter. Or go on a mission. I told them, i dont want to marry, because im still too young. The older girls tell us they dont ca re the older girls tell us they dont care how old you are, if you marry one of them, they will go to you for private affairs day and night. It is an incentive for the young men to remain in this group so they form family movements within the units within the movement a lot of the girls are sent on missions. They we re girls are sent on missions. They were brainwashing them and telling them you are doing this for allah and you are going to go straight to heaven. They have been told if you dont do it, we are going to kill you. Ijust i just like the normal teaching. Ifind their teachings i just like the normal teaching. I find their teachings hard to follow. But even though i dont understand properly, i dont think that killing someone properly, i dont think that killing someone could ever be a lawful act. Act. When your time comes they tell you to look for a place filled with non believers, like a church or a crowded market place. And when you detonate your bomb, they say youll enter paradise. 0n they say youll enter paradise. On my way into town i decided to ask the first people i met to untie the vest but the first people i met were also members of boko haram. I spent a month with another group of fighters in a different camp. Just as before, i refused to marry. They tied their own bomb on me, and sent me right back out. In time, i ran. Ifi ran. If i was caught again i felt i would surely be killed. I ran and ran. And when i stopped ifound myself on surely be killed. I ran and ran. And when i stopped i found myself on a farm. I asked the farmers to help me ta ke farm. I asked the farmers to help me take off the vest and throw it back into the forest. But they were afraid. Of me. There is nobody in the north east who has not had some experience of boko haram, whether directly or indirectly. Almost nobody. Most people have lost somebody result of boko haram. I think they look at the act, rather than the girl, and they think well, this is a young person who is willing to eliminate our whole community, how can we take her back . These are kids first of all and these are victims. So you are taken against your will. You have lived with these people in horrendous condition, away from your pa rents, horrendous condition, away from your parents, guardian, anybody you know. Then you are strapped with explosives, you come back to the community and by the grace of god, it doesnt go off and now the community rejects you. It is very very sad. An extraordinary story and quite a way to show it, to tell the story to you a all. Take a look at that smile, because its just made history. This 18 month old boy with down syndrome has been named this years spokesbaby for the us baby food brand gerber. Hes lucas warren, from the state of georgia, and he is the first child with downs to be named as a gerber baby chosen out of more than 140,000 entries. The companys chief executive said lucas winning smile and joyful expression won our hearts this year, and we are all thrilled to name him our 2018 spokesbaby. Heres how his parents reacted. It is just amazing, i it isjust amazing, i mean, it isjustamazing, i mean, he it isjust amazing, i mean, he gets to spread so much joy and love with everybody, and that is what we are mostly looking forward to. |j everybody, and that is what we are mostly looking forward to. I am excited to see how the world reacts. We can let you know. The world will be fall in love with this baby. It says so much, because the gerber babyis says so much, because the gerber baby is the ideal baby. Lucas you are the ideal baby. Say hi . Are you going to wave . He started already in his new marketing role and is getting lots of good wish, look at this for example from a mother of a two Year Old Girl with ds. Gd also let us talk to allyson. When you saw this, what did you think . |j let us talk to allyson. When you saw this, what did you think . I thought it was a fantastic event, and there arent many brands that have the vision, and the willingness to be this inclusive, and it communicates to the consumer this is a brand that serves babies of all types, notjust babies that maybe a certain ethnicity or a certain capability. As we were saying these had a lot of candidates to choose from. Lots of proud parents sending in pictures, out of 140,000 plus photos the fact they have chosen a baby that is disable add, and challenged, speaks volumes and connected to parents whos you know, may realise that it is ok to embrace a child that isnt, you know, the perfect photoshopped ideal picture, that we have had in the past. We wanted to share at least one of those tweets because it has led toe this outpouring of. Social media does a lot for people in challenging positions, people have wa nted in challenging positions, people have wanted to share their thoughts and photos. Not surprisingly the knock on effect for generaler as a brand will be that parents think this is a brand that is relevant, that understands me, that is inclusive, and therefore, they are going to win in the market, where it is intensely competitive, a cynical person might say this is manipulative, this is about engaging and looking politically correct. That is not what it is about. It is genuine. Its a statement of againers qualifies. They are getting kudos for this, it is not the First Company to do the right thing, you found out from your mum. So my mum was an actress and model. She was wheelchair bound but brands like in order storm used her in that airads in the like in order storm used her in that air ads in the early 9 05, so in some ways this isnt new but what it did for the brand, was it communicated to people this is a brant that doesnt care what customer we serve, we want to sr customers of all persuasions and types really. So it is a fantastic statement about inclusion. Do you remember the reaction to that . Statement about inclusion. Do you remember the reaction to that7m was fa ntastically remember the reaction to that7m was fantastically positive. Nordstrom was well ahead of their time and putting my mum and others in the store catalogue. Not only did she get fantastic feedback from nordstrom but the customer gave the store chain really great marks. Now it is interesting of course for lucas, on the knees of his parents, he has been on one of the big shows, he has been on one of the big shows, he will go round and meet lots of people. It will be exciting hopefully not too overwhelming for him. Definitely. I he may not realise the celebrity he will now have and the family as well, and gerber as well, hopefully this sparks other brands to say if gerber is doing this maybe we ought to think about it too. That is a good point to end on. We are going to end this edition of outside source, thank you for being with us to watch us thank you for being with us to watch us tonight. Hello, we have seen unusually heavy snow fall in moscow, madrid paris and low temperatures in lanzarote, the blue colours extends across much of europe. In the west, the atlantic these yellow colours are something less cold. It is coming towards us like waves on a crash adds we see the jet stream strengthen and bring slightly slightly less cold air. Cold air is never far away. As we go into friday, cold air is back for many. That gets swept away by outbreaks of rain. A bit of sleet first thing. Then a spell of rain, sleet hail and confined across east anglia for the afternoon. Elsewhere after an icy start sunshine developing, but further snow and sleet showers across much of scotland, Northern Ireland and england. Frost forming friday night, becoming confined to central and eastern areas but the next plume of slightly less cold air moves in with this weather front. It is pushing slightly less cold air moves in with this weatherfront. It is pushing in across cold air on saturday, so there could be a spell of heavy snow, everyone a bit of snow for a time. Turns back to rain as south westerly winds dominate and a well afternoon, driest for longest east anglia and the south east. Turns drier and brighter on saturday, temperatures in double figure, cold in the south east. Through sashed night one to watch, a deep area of low pressure while it crosses the uk through saturday night. England and england and wales prone to that at the moment but a lot of uncertainty. If it is not a massive future it will push off into the north sea on sunday and we tap backin the north sea on sunday and we tap back in to the colder conditions. The showers we see will be of sleet and snow. Good covering of further snow in places, sunshine in between, and temperatures low single figures made to feel colder by the strength of the wind. The winds go more westerly, but it is still a cold air mass. Still some sleet and snow. Mainly to the western half of the country and fewer showers in the afternoon, a bit more sunshine and strengthening south westerly winds, this is the next push of something a little less cold. This could be interesting this one, long way off, as it gets towards us there is a chance we could develop a south easterly wind, if we do we are mixing cold air, that could give a covering of snow anywhere. It is a long way off, one to woolwich. Be are back in to brighter weather by the end of the day but there could be travel problem problems round, sunshine to finish with and takes us into a frosty night. As we go into the rest of next week, half term of course, still have the jet stream and it starts to make a pattern, as it does so we see an area of low pressure developing, this dip in the jet stream, that low pressure becomes slow moving pushing across the country. It is likely to bring us the country. It is likely to bring us not the better, there will be sunshine at times but we stay largely in the cold side. Throughout it could be wint di. 0ne largely in the cold side. Throughout it could be wint di. One to watch, there is a small chance low pressure to the south, west of us and that could bring Colder Weather our way. Tonight at ten, another tough month for nhs england, as accident and Emergency Departments struggle to cope with rising demand. The winter pressure on services, continued into january, which turned out to be one of the worst months since records began. Many people suffered long waits on trolleys, before being admitted to wards, as nurses expressed their frustration. There is a breaking point we wonder how long our hard work and goodwill and our enthusiasm and care and professional attitude, how that can be sustained over a long period of time. Well take a closer look at the figures, and at the problems caused by inadequate social care. Also tonight. Two british extremists, believed to have been executioners for the Islamic State group, have reportedly been captured. The bank of england says interest