and the duke of edinburgh returns home and is said to be in good spirits. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with harrowing testimony from one community in syria, one of the many shattered by the conflict, which started a decade ago this week. tens of thousands had taken to the streets, calling for change. the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have died in syria's conflict, although the true number could be much higher. at least 6.2 million syrians have been forced from their homes. another 5.7 million have left the country, and, now, a decade on, after all the bloodshed, president bashar al—assad is still in power. in aleppo in 2013, iqra school was bombed by a fighterjet. some children were killed instantly. 0thers died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed. a bbc panorama team were filming nearby when the attack happened. cameraman darren conway has returned to aleppo to meet survivors and relatives. we must warn you that darren�*s powerful report has scenes of terrible injury and suffering, which some viewers may find distressing. anniversaries are all about memories. but for this person, they are full of pain. this person scars act as a constant reminder. and this person will always be remembered by her father. person will always be remembered by herfather. these people all went to iqra school, in the aleppo countryside. 0n the 26th of august, 2013, the syrian regime dropped a bomb on the school courtyard. 11 were killed. many more were left with horrific burns. nearby was a children's hospital. i was there filming for the bbc that day when the injured, with clothes and skiing hanging off them, started to arrive. this person received burns to 65% of his body and has had 25 operations, so far. he is never without the discomfort of his injuries all the pain of his loss. here is 0mar arriving at the hospital. he was 17. and this is younger brother, mohammed. he is 15. translation: this is i am a's last memory of his little brother. the shot of them ifilmed of them his little brother. the shot of them i filmed of them walking into the hospital to date — us together. into the hospital to date - us together-— together. his brother died eiuht together. his brother died eight days _ together. his brother died eight days later. - together. his brother died eight days later. omar - together. his brother died | eight days later. omar has together. his brother died - eight days later. omar has left eight days later. 0mar has left syria and is trying to move on with his life but what of his classmates left behind? this is mohammed. he suffered 85% burns. he lives in idlib but he dreams of leaving syria, too, so he can pursue the career he craves and get the surgery he desperately needs. for this 2a—year—old, the future is not bright. ina in a decade of conflict, almost 25,000 children have been killed and thousands of schools destroyed. the syrian regime denies targeting civilians. this person is determined to make sure that these children get the education they deserve but imagine how hard it is to send his sons to school, when this happened to his daughter. she was sitting in her maths class in iqra school when blast ripped through the window. her injuries were so severe that she was rushed to hospital in turkey. her body was broken. her voice was weak but her message to the world that day was strong. she died one month after begging the world to stop the suffering in syria. that was almost eight years ago now. no—one knows the risks of sending their children to school here more than her father. the grief and loss in aleppo. that special report by darren conway and we'll have more on the decade of syria's warwithjeremy bowen and quentin sommerville in the days ahead. sweden and latvia are the latest eu member states to suspend use of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine following concerns about possible side—effects like blood clots. in france, where cases are soaring, prime minister jean castex says he would be happy to take the vaccine once it's proved to be safe. that could come as soon as thursday when the full results of an investigation by the european medical agency will be available. but the agency has already said today there's no indication that the astrazeneca vaccine causes blood clots. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, has more details. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and, yet, in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid... germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended using the astrazeneca jab. why? the concern is blood clots. astrazeneca says there have been 37 incidents of blood clots in the uk and eu, but that is following 17 millionjabs. in germany, seven rare clots in the brain and three deaths have been recorded. the european medicines agency is investigating each case, but says the overall rate of clots is no higher than you would expect in the general population. at present, there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. they have not come up in the clinical trials and they are not listed as known or expected side effects with this vaccine. germany's health ministry said it won't be responsible to keep using the astrazeneca vaccine without a re—evaluation, but the eu safety regulator says the suspension is unnecessary. we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine in preventing covid—19, with its associated risks of hospitalisation and death, outweigh the risk of these side effects. take up of covid vaccines here is among the highest in the world. and scientists hope public confidence will not be undermined. i think it's very important that people don't worry at the moment, i mean this, this is being sorted out, it's being looked into, but at the moment, there doesn't appear to be any signal that would make us feel concerned about risk of clotting. i would be much more worried about not being vaccinated than being vaccinated. the european medicines agency also publish its safety review on thursday. if it gives the astrazeneca jab the all clear, france has said it will start reusing it immediately. but the fear is the pause may increase vaccine hesitancy, and that alone could cost lives. fergus walsh, bbc news. myanmar workers evacuated themselves from a chinese industrial zone in yangon�*s suburbs on tuesday after factories there were attacked. workers streamed out on motorbikes and in taxis, filling the roads with traffic. arson attacks on sunday against chinese—invested factories prompted china's strongest comments yet on the turmoil gripping its neighbour, where many people see beijing as supportive of the coup. the united nations world food programme has warned that the crisis could damage food security and risk making people hungry. let's speak to stephen anderson, the world food programme's myanmar country director, in yangon. thank you very much for your time. i am sure you are a very busy man. what most worries you and what is to be done about it? ~ ., ~ ., ., ., it? well, from the world food progamme — it? well, from the world food progamme perspective, - it? well, from the world food progamme perspective, while| it? well, from the world food i progamme perspective, while it is still too early to understand in detail, we see that there are rising prices of basic staples, including in urban areas, and also rising fuel prices, and this is on top of many income losses sustained by many households because of covid last year and we are increasingly concerned that this will tip many people in the poorer parts of myanmar, particularly in urban areas, into deeper hunger. obviously i'm not defending _ into deeper hunger. obviously i'm not defending what - into deeper hunger. obviously i'm not defending what the . i'm not defending what the military is doing in myanmar but i suppose they would be and say it is not asked who is doing it but it is a protest against the rule which is the economy? it against the rule which is the economy?— economy? it is true, it is a very complex _ economy? it is true, it is a very complex situation. . economy? it is true, it is a very complex situation. it| economy? it is true, it is a l very complex situation. it is economy? it is true, it is a i very complex situation. it is a political crisis but what we are seeing is that this is now starting to have an effect on prices and, ultimately, this will affect the poorest and most vulnerable, who are struggling to, to live meal to meal and so it is for them that we are extremely concerned. and if this trend continues, we can only expect the situation to worsen. i only expect the situation to worsen. ~ ., ~ ., ., ., worsen. i know the world food progamme _ worsen. i know the world food progamme has _ worsen. i know the world food progamme has been _ worsen. i know the world food progamme has been building l worsen. i know the world food progamme has been building a contingency of feedstocks. what chance is there that you can get people through this or do you see real problems coming up with malnutrition? we you see real problems coming up with malnutrition?— with malnutrition? we are in the process _ with malnutrition? we are in the process of _ with malnutrition? we are in the process of building - with malnutrition? we are in the process of building a - the process of building a contingency stock of feed, worth about $12 million, two firstly, sustain our existing operations, because we are already feeding 360,000 people in conflict affected areas, along the borders in rakhine, and other states, but we want to be ready in case there is this situation were to be sustained and there were to be new humanitarian needs we need to respond to. new humanitarian needs we need to re5pond te— to respond to. thank you so much for — to respond to. thank you so much for talking _ to respond to. thank you so much for talking to - to respond to. thank you so much for talking to us. - stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the 99—year—old duke of edinburgh returns home to windsor after a month in hospital. today we have closed the book on apartheid, and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself is on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. this was an international trophy and we understand now the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph of the christian democrats i of the west, after- reunification as quickly as possible, and that's. what the voters wanted. this is bbc news — our main headline: the bbc revisits aleppo. after a decade of conflict in syria, we hear the harrowing testimony of those whose lives were torn apart by war. after four years of donald trump's �*america first�* foreign policy, the biden administration says it wants to rebuild trust with traditional allies. in that spirit, president biden�*s secretary of state antony blinken and his secretary of defense lloyd austin visited japan and are now heading to south korea to discuss among other issues how to handle north korea's nuclear ambitions. mr blinken will also meet with his chinese counterpart in alaska on thursday on his way back to the united states. ankit panda is the stanton senior fellow in the nuclear policy program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. he's in new york. clearly there were unprecedented developments between the us and north korea under mr trump stop it's not clear how much actual progress there was. what you would would expect now? but there was. what you would would expect now?— expect now? but now the north koreans like — expect now? but now the north koreans like the _ expect now? but now the north koreans like the biden - koreans like the biden administration are focused in words. they are dealing with the pandemic and the leadership is clear they are worried about the economy, fixing their internal affairs first but that's not to say their nuclear weapons programmes don't remain a concern. meanwhile the united states is conducting a policy review, looking up and down, and that review should be completed by the middle of next month, but certainly in seoul, secretary blinken and secretary austen will be discussing with the south korean counterparts how to deal with the north korean problem. mr how to deal with the north korean problem. mr blinken is very experienced. _ korean problem. mr blinken is very experienced. have - very experienced. have you seen hints of what to expect? at very experienced. have you seen hints of what to expect?- hints of what to expect? at the summit, hints of what to expect? at the summit. on — hints of what to expect? at the summit, on the _ hints of what to expect? at the summit, on the top _ hints of what to expect? at the summit, on the top of- hints of what to expect? at the summit, on the top of the - summit, on the top of the agenda will be the us south korea alliance. after several years of acrimonious cross sharing talks under the trump administration, the two sides have come to agree on a final figure of south korea,'s contributions to the us military presence and that will be announced and it will be a good moment for the two countries to reset the alliance and put behind them a few years of bad blood so to speak and apart from that, i focus on the pandemic north korea certainly and behind closed doors, conversations about how south korea may or may not be interested in sorting efforts to contain china.— interested in sorting efforts to contain china. all to contain china. china looms all over this. _ to contain china. china looms all over this. the _ to contain china. china looms all over this. the us - to contain china. china looms all over this. the us can - to contain china. china looms all over this. the us can at i all over this. the us can at least find common ground with china on climate change. that is an important source of change, the administration has been quite clear that it will look to co—operate with china on climate change but that it won't allow climate change to hold hostage other issues on the us china agenda so it has never been easy to do for us administrations in practice in the past and for the current administration, rather than the other. the big meeting is the one in alaska on thursday? absolutely. that meeting will be watched around the world to set the tone for us china relations under the biden administration. most of us are expecting that meeting to be fairly rigid, notjust because the location in alaska, the biden administration has continued a lot of policies, most significantly refused to revisit the trump administration designation of what is happening to the uighurs in xinjiang is that genocide and joe biden will draw their lines and the chinese are looking to reset the relationship but frankly speaking, both sides will view this as an opportunity to lay down the gauntlet and effectively set the tone for the next four years will hold. thank you. from wednesday, more than 70,000 uber drivers across the uk will be classified as workers instead of being self—employed. it's a far—reaching change following a ruling in the uk supreme court which gives the drivers the right to holiday pay, a pension and the minimum wage. uber had tried to limit the changes to those who were involved in the court case but that's now changed. the ruling could have huge implications for the so—called gig economy the part of the service industry mostly involving freelance or temporary positions. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has the story. it was the company that shook up the system, but today the system seems to have caught up with uber. after last month's verdict by the supreme court, it's announced that from tomorrow, all of its drivers will be classed as workers. foryears, politicians and unions have said that you have been playing fast and loose with employment rights. does this not prove that they were right all along? i think the situation for employment in the uk has been ambiguous for some time. you've taken advantage of those ambiguities, haven't you? we have worked as hard as we can to try and provide drivers with a good way of earning, the flexibility that they want and the protections that they have. but we can now go further than we've gone before because of the clarity that the supreme court ruling brings us. drivers will still be able to work when and where they want, and the company's minimum wage only applies once a driver accepts a ride. this will be costly to you? we are not expecting to rise prices and we want to remain price competitive. this will come out of the driver's income instead? 0ur expectation is that we can grow the business by treating and also by growing with cities as they unlock. don't you think that workers want to know that they're going to get a minimum wage for the amount of hours that they are out trying to get work, notjust the amount of hours that they happen to be able to pick up a ride? tonight, one driver's union was pleased. i wish they had done this a few years ago, but this is a tremendous victory for people in this country. this decision could have big implications across the gig economy. uber is probably the biggest player in the gig economy and others will be looking closely at this and thinking, after six years of litigation, uber to give in to the inevitable and agree that their drivers were workers, so they will need to do the same. this movie is a fundamental change, one which will be closely watched around the world. russia has said it has threatened to block twitter with a stand—off with telecommunications media generally. nokia is cutting jobs by 2023, with over 10,000 positions to be act. the company currently has 90,000 employees around the world. the duke of edinburgh is back twhome at windsor castle, having left hospital this morning, after a month—long stay. prince philip — who's 99 — has been treated for an unspecified infection and a heart condition. his stay coincided with the controversial interview given by duke and duchess of sussex when allegations of racism and a lack of mental health support were levelled at the royal family. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safely aboard. as the car drove away, photographers caught sight of him sitting in the rear of the vehicle. little has been said by the palace about the reasons for his hospital stay other than he had been suffering from an infection and an unspecified pre—existing heart condition. but the treatment, evidently having been successful, he was on his way to be reunited with the queen at windsor. for the royalfamily, it was welcome news. a vaccination clinic at finsbury park mosque in north london when the news about his father was confirmed. and had he had a chance to speak to his father? the queen has continued with her official programme throughout her husband's stay in hospital, marking commonwealth day among other things, as well as coping with the fallout from the us television interview given by the sussexes. gayle, you spoke with the couple over the weekend. let's break some news. what did they say? on that, the aftermath of the sussex interview, one of meghan�*s friends, a us breakfast tv presenter has been sharing with her viewers what the couple told her at the weekend. i did actually call them to see how they were feeling, and it is true that harry has talked to his brother and his father too. the word i was given was that those conversations were not productive, but they are glad that they have at least started the conversation. fanfare. here the family's focus is firmly on the duke of edinburgh. in less than 90 days it will be his 100th birthday, and it will be a matter of reassurance to his family that his four weeks in hospital are now over and that doctors have decided he is well enough to return home. and before we go, if you've been feeling lonely during this past year — one german farmer has a suggestion: try hugging a sheep. lexa voss is allowing vistors to book an appointment to cuddle with the loveable livestock. she says it's a great chance to hang out in nature — far away from any masks or social distancing. the sessions are free, but visitors are encourged to donate to the farm. a small price to pay for a bit of fuzzy, farmland fun. hello. tuesday brought us a very mild day across the uk. in fact, for wales and scotland, it was the warmest day of the year so far, and widely, we had temperatures in the mid to high teens. this is how we ended the day in north somerset. the warmeest spot was in worchestershired where temperatures gotjust shy of 18 celsius. now, it won't be quite as mild as we look through the course of wednesday, but another largely dry settled day for many of us. there will be some spells of sunshine around on wednesday, still a few spots of showery rain, mainly for parts of eastern england. high—pressure is dominating our weather at the moment, but we have got a couple of weather fronts that will be working their way south down the north sea over the next couple of days. so, for wednesday morning, then, we start off on a chilly note, some mist and some4 fog patches possible for parts of midlands, perhaps wales as well. through the day, the cloud will thicken bringing a few splashes of rain, particularly for parts of east anglia, the southeast, but there could be a few showers towards the east midlands as well. now, these northerly winds in the east are blowing over fairly cold sea surface temperatures, only about 6 celsius in the north sea at the moment. so where you are exposed to that wind coming off the chilly sea, temperatures only about 9—10 celsius around that east coast, but away from the east coast, most of us up to about 111—15 celsius. so, anotherfairly mild day. 0ur fast forward into thursday, a fairly similar story once again, quite cloudy skies, but there will be some sunshine breaking through. and again, it's across parts of eastern england that we we'll have a few showers. those fairly cool northerly winds keeping temperatures here around 9—10 celsius, but elsewhere, 13—14 celsius once again on thursday. now, as we look towards the end of the week, we have that high—pressure still out towards the west with the winds rotating. they're going to start to come in from a northeasterly direction. of southern and eastern england, so a bit of a change as we look towards the end of the week, a change in wind direction draws that colder air in across really the southeastern third of the uk. but elsewhere, we have still got a fair amount of cloud, quite a lot of dry weather, we could see temperatures about 13 degrees for the likes of glasgow, but for norwich, stuck at only around about 8 celsius. and it's going to be a southeast—northwest split into the weekend too, where you are exposed to that northerly breeze, it's going to feel quite chilly for the likes of dover, for instance, but it's looking mild or towards the northwest with highs of around 11 celsius. and it's going to be a southeast—northwest split this is bbc world news, the headlines: a decade on from the syrian conflict,, the world health organization has urged people 0rganization has urged people not to lose faith in the astrazeneca vaccine. the eu medical regulator says it remains convinced the vaccine is safe. the right sharing service airbus there is workers should be treated as workers are not self—employed, and the court has ruled they are entitled to greater benefits.