Penalties for corruption. And the town of tadcaster in North Yorkshire will be reunified today when its only road bridge reopens, more than a year after it was destroyed by severe flooding. Good morning. Its friday 3rd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. First to paris where there has been an attack at the Louvre Museum in the heart of the city. Its been described the french Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as being of a terrorist nature. Police say a man carrying two machetes and two backpacks shouted allahu akbar and tried to enter the underground Shopping Area outside the museum. A soldier opened fire and the man was seriously wounded. The backpacks did not contain any explosives. A huge Security Operation is underway, and the louvre has been evacuated. Its the latest Security Alert in a city which has become well used to them. The Louvre Museum houses some of frances most famous works of art, and is one of pariss most iconic landmarks a place which is a must
Over 100,000 people have beenpurged from turkeys military, courts, universities, and civilservice in the government crackdown after last julysfailed coup. Failed coup. So fearful are the officers andtheir families of what may happen if they return to turkey,many have applied for asylum in belgium. On strict conditions ofanonymity, a few spoke with or reporter about their plight. Reporter these two women and their families have lostvirtually everything. A few months ago, their husbandswere wellpaid, wellrespected military officers representingturkey at nato headquarters in brussels. Now, they are in hiding from that government, accused ofbeing terrorists. They fear retaliation. I never imagined that couldhappen to us. We have even told our childrennot to speak turkish in public anymore. Reporter a couple months after the failed military coup, theywere ordered to return to turkey, accused of having linksto those who tried to overthrow president recep tayyip erdogan. Of course, it was sho
Over 100,000 people have beenpurged from turkeys military, courts, universities, and civilservice in the government crackdown after last julysfailed coup. Failed coup. So fearful are the officers andtheir families of what may happen if they return to turkey,many have applied for asylum in belgium. On strict conditions ofanonymity, a few spoke with or reporter about their plight. Reporter these two women and their families have lostvirtually everything. A few months ago, their husbandswere wellpaid, wellrespected military officers representingturkey at nato headquarters in brussels. Now, they are in hiding from that government, accused ofbeing terrorists. We have to disguise theiridentities because they fer retaliation. I never imagined that couldhappen to us. We have even told our childrennot to speak turkish in public anymore. Reporter a couple months after the failed military coup, theywere ordered to return to turkey, accused of having linksto those who tried to overthrow president
Over 100,000 people have beenpurged from turkeys military, courts, universities, and civilservice in the government crackdown after last julysfailed coup. Failed coup. So fearful are the officers andtheir families of what may happen if they return to turkey,many have applied for asylum in belgium. On strict conditions ofanonymity, a few spoke with or reporter about their plight. Reporter these two women and their families have lostvirtually everything. A few months ago, their husbandswere wellpaid, wellrespected military officers representingturkey at nato headquarters in brussels. Now, they are in hiding from that government, accused ofbeing terrorists. We have to disguise theiridentities because they fer retaliation. I never imagined that couldhappen to us. We have even told our childrennot to speak turkish in public anymore. Reporter a couple months after the failed military coup, theywere ordered to return to turkey, accused of having linksto those who tried to overthrow president
Thefts take the gaming Industry Annual awards. Hello everyone vienna first of all where two days of talks of world powers on the crisis in syria have cautious optimism that these talks would yield something especially because of irans presence, but no decisive agreements. Mohammed jamjoom records. They were two entirely long days, but at the conclusion of the talks u. S. Secretary of state john kerry was happy to announce the points of Understanding Reached on syria. Sierras unitesyrias unity r character is fundamental. We agree that syrias state institutions will remain intact. We agree that the rights of all syrians regardless of ethnicity or religion religious denominatt be protected. While these bolstered the efforts of diplomacy, it did nothing to end the conflict. 25 were hit claiming at least 80 more lives. Just one more reason the opposition activists gathered outside the negotiations were so angry. Chanting against syrian president Bashar Alassad while expressing how distrustf