11 months ago. She is 4 years old. Her father brings her to this government Cancer Hospital in basra for chemotherapy treatment but the drugs needed to keep her along it are often in short supply and. We dont know whether she will get better im very afraid because i see many children who come to this hospital dying of cancer the number of chemotherapy sessions varies each month but sometimes we have to delay coming because there is no bed available. Around 70 children are being treated for cancer in buses childrens hospital. Experts say pollution from surrounding oilfields is one of the reasons why basra has the highest rate of cancer in iraq iraq used to have some of the best hospitals and medical expertise in the middle east but decades of war conflict and political instability means those days are long gone the situation at this Cancer Hospital is so bad that doctors here say they have to rely on cash donations to buy up to 75 percent of the chemotherapy medicine they need every mon
Records on religious tolerance in a new Us Government report on moral freedom across Party Commission on International Religious freedom censured me on march saying that the range of Muslim Minority is persecuted widespread killings and other atrocities of forced war the 900002 flee into neighboring bangladesh china is condemned for its detention of nearly 2000000 muslims in socalled reeducation camps the commission accuses saudi arabia of discriminating against the shia minority norm was lims women and prisoners of conscience reports also highlights attacks on places of worship in the Central African republic where fighting for resources and territory has increased religious and ethnic divides to fill part is a professor of Political Science at the university of knox author of the book religious freedom is in islam he says the report reflects a why the u. S. Strategy on the issue of religious freedom. Well we have a u. S. Ambassador for International Religious freedom who. You know tr
President trump says he is imposing more sanctions on iran to stop it developing nuclear weapons. But he says military action is still on the table. Iranian forces shot down an american surveillance drone on thursday. Mr trump then ordered three air strikes in response. But he says he called them off with minutes to spare because too many people would have died. He told reporters its now up to iran to stop the tensions escalating further. If the leadership of iran behaves badly, then it is going to be a very, very bad day for them, but hopefully they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people and not themselves and hopefully we can get iran back to an economic track that is fantastic, where they are a really wealthy nation which would be a wonderful thing. All those things i want to do but if they are going to be foolish, that is never going to happen. Our correspondent Chris Buckler is in washington. What was mr trump trying to achieve with his comments today . He has b
England will face the United States in the semifinals of the world cup. Thats after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. Good morning. We are likely to see the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures across southern and Eastern England up to about 3k degrees. It will be cooler in the north west with a few showers. The full forecast coming up shortly. Its saturday the 29th ofjune. Good morning to you. Our top story the heatwave continues. Today parts of the uk could experience the hottestjune weather in more than 60 years. Temperatures could reach 3a celsius, edging close to the hottest ever june day, recorded in 1957. It follows extreme heat across europe, with Health Warnings still in place in france after record breaking temperatures yesterday. Our reporter leigh milner is in camden park for us this morning. Very good morning to you, leigh. Tell us exactly why you are there today. Good morning. It is certainly heating up, when i last checked it was 19 de
Nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, the british motherjailed in tehran, has ended her Hunger Strike after 15 days her husband has also ended his own Hunger Strike outside the Iranian Embassy in london. Parts of the uk are set to see the hottest day of the year today and in europe a heatwave continues to break records. 0ne, one, two, three, four. Storming it stormzy makes history by becoming the first black british solo artist to headline glastonbury. England will face the United States in the semi finals of the world cup thats after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. And at half past eleven, join us for dateline london where Carrie Gracie and her guests will discuss the significance of the decision by the us and china to resume trade talks. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The 620 summit has ended in osaka, with President Trump committing to resuming trade talks with china. Mr trump said he wouldnt impose any further sanctions on beijing. President trump also revealed