Obama. And his wife, michelle obama, coming down the steps of the helicopter. Issuing the umbrella thatis helicopter. Issuing the umbrella that is on offer. He has told americans that he will be quiet for a moment now, he and his wife will Ta Ke A Moment now, he and his wife will take time and sit back and not be heard from, leaving space for the new president to take over and command the international and national spotlight. They say goodbye to people who have served them for the last 80 as, many who they will know personally, the military and oui know personally, the military and our Force Personnel there. Know personally, the military and ourForce Personnel there. He had seen the president of from Andrews Air Force base as he has gone on foreign trips. He has worked with these people for eight years, and now he says goodbye to them, thanks them for their services. This is a tradition of departing president s will stop they have moments, all the white house staff will be gathered at
Justice for his wife, six years on. The husband of a woman murdered on their honeymoon in Mauritius Returns to the island, after Police Launch a fresh investigation. New Research Suggests that firefighters have a higher heart attack risk because of a Long Exposure to high temperatures. Good morning, its tuesday the 11th of april. Imjoanna im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. At least 58 people are reported to have been killed in a suspected gas attack in syria. The british based Monitoring Group says either Syrian Government or russian planes carried out the bombing in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the rebel held province of idlib. The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights believes the dead are mostly civilians, among them children. At least 60 people are thought to have been injured. The Syrian Government has denied using Chemical Weapons. These are the latest pictures in the aftermath of the attack. The syrian army hasnt made any comment on the reports, damascus has repeate
Later in the hour on bbc news, well look ahead Tonights Premier League fixtures including Manchester Uniteds match against everton, asjose mourinhos team try to stay in touch with the top four. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. At least 58 people have died, with many more injured, in a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. Eyewitnesses say victims were left choking, fainting and frothing at the mouth, and many of the dead are children. The un claims the attack came from the air, and the Foreign Secretary borisjohnson says if chemical weapons were used, then President Assad is guilty of a war crime. Syria and russia deny any involvement. The attack happened in the north west of the country, in the rebel held province of idlib. Un War Crimes Investigators say theyve opened an inquiry. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. There are distressing images from the start. He is alive but he is struggling to breathe. Around him, other children are already on
From the labour party for two years. He has already served one year of his suspension. Now it is time to catch up with the business news, with mariko oi. From delhi to mumbai, we track the agenda of Philip Hammond on his india visit. And thailands property sector, 20 years after the Asian Financial crisis. Welcome to Asia Business report. We are live from singapore. British Finance Minister Philip Hammond Heads To Mumbai today as part of the uks trade push to show that there a world of opportunity for britain outside of europe. His first stop in delhi on wednesday saw him meet with indias Finance Minister. The uk wants to attract the brightest minds. Thats what Philip Hammond told founders from indias Start Up Community at a cafe in central delhi. His discussions with the Finance Minister included trade, Financial Services and infrastructure and talks focused on a post except trade deal. Big uk plans to tighten immigration, but this didnt come up. Business leaders seemed optimistic abo
Seriously tonight. A short time ago, the u. S. Central command, the coalition, announced it is opening a formal assessment into whether on march 17th, in west mosul, it may have dropped bombs that killed a significant large number, perhaps, perhaps hundreds of civilians. So issue right now, nobody knows exactly what happened. All of this began to emerge over the last couple of days as Social Media Activists in the area began to report large numbers of Civilian Casualties due to bombings in west mosul where there is very tough fighting against isis. The picture has been pretty murky because theres so many conflicting reports, and the u. S. Doesnt have anybody on the ground there that can put eyeballs on the situation and really verify it. But the pentagon, the coalition today, a short time ago, said that theyve been able to
determine that, yes, they did conduct the air strikes in one of these areas where the allegations have emerged from on march 17th. Iraqi officials on the ground are