Ive lived in this city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. And now, bbc world news america. Katty this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. This was the birthplace of the syrian revolution, but the last rebels are leaving what remained of home. It is a victory for president assad. Going inside the deathly colombian drug trade. We are given access to operations aimed at keeping cocaine off of the streets of britain and america. Angela merkel is the time person of the year for handling crises, one after another. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Was oncen city of homs the home of the protest against president assad. It is now in ruins. The rebels withdrew from the last district they had been holding, and the first convoys of aid in more than a year were allowed in. The ceasefire means the city is back under government control. Lyse doucet sent us this report. Lyse st
The worlds biggest ship set sail. The second in command of the Yemenbased Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula has been killed but a spoke been confirmed the death ofsaid alsh iri, a Saudi National who had been released from guantanamo bay. He was killed in a u. S. Led drum strike in yemen. Al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is described by washington as one of the most dangerous wings of the global al qaeda network. In the last two years the u. S. Has intensified the use of unmanned drones to target the group. Joan strikes in yemen nearly triple last year from the year before, according to the new america foundation, a washingtonbased think tank. According to the bureau of investigative journalism, there have been up to 154 strikes by u. S. Drones in yemen since 2002 and killed almost 800 people. Including keep it. Like shirhri and clerics like im one ill a lucky guess clerics like anwar alawlaki. As a report, mostly civilians being injured or killed. In yemens rugged and barren countrysi
The first contaminated container had shrimp bound for Spain. Upon the alert of sniffing dog Basil, agents from the Police Ports and Airports Investigation Unit proceeded to a thorough search of the interior and found 1,245 rectangular-shaped packages in 19 bundles that tested positive for cocaine hydrochloride, Ecuadorian daily El Universo reported.