It was hoped the daily ceasefire would let aid in and civilians out. But on day one, civilians among the thousands trapped there say there were more air strikes from Syrian Government forces, supported by the russians. President assad and his allies blame the rebels. Nearly 400,000 people are trapped in the area, to the east of the syrian capital, theyve been under siege from Government Forces since 2013. This report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. It was supposed to be a chance to get some aid into Eastern Ghouta, but the temporary ceasefire, at best, was ragged. No civilians left down the newly designated safe corridors. Once again in syria, the russians are setting the pace. This russian officer, stationed in the humanitarian corridor, claimed armed opposition groups were stopping civilians leaving. The day turned into a demonstration of russian power in syria. Theirjets were in the sky, and their soldiers, alongside the syrians, were on patrol and they showed off clinics f
Is this the start of the plastic free revolution . Are you embracing the change or hanging onto your plastic bags . Come and be part of the conversation and tell us what you think. The row between britain and the Europen Union over whether therell be a hard border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic, is set to intensify today. The eu will publish a draft of the brexit withdrawal treaty setting out in legally binding text the proposed terms of the uks departure. The document is expected to say that Northern Ireland will have to follow the rules of the eus Single Market, if other solutions cant be agreed to avoid a hard border with the irish republic. Our europe editor katya adler reports from brussels. This document is about the European Commission putting into legally binding text the agreements that have been reached between the two sides, so remember those divorce issues, citizens rights, the brexit bill on the irish border and also the transition agreement, that is what
Hello, welcome to bbc world news. One of Donald Trumps former Campaign Aides, rick gates, has admitted to conspiring against the United States and lying to investigators. Gates was a Deputy Campaign manager for trump during the 2016 election. Special Counsel Robert Mueller had been investigating him as part of his probe into alleged russian meddling in the election. Gates was facing other more serious charges, before entering his guilty plea earlier today. I spoke to the bbcs Laura Trevelyan from washington a short time ago, and began by asking her what rick gates has pleaded guilty to. Well, he was actually pleading guilty to charges which are unrelated to the 2016 campaign and whether there was collusion with russia, it is to do with Money Laundering and tax evasion, but what is significant is that in return for potentially a reduced sentence on those charges, he is agreeing to co operate with the special counsel into what the special counsel is really interested in, which is whether
Health officials in the rebel syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta say several people have suffered symptoms consistent with chlorine gas exposure during attacks by pro government forces. Although, the Syrian Government has always denied using chemical weapons. Earlier, france and germany appealed to president putin to pressure the Syrian Regime to honour the un brokered ceasefire. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports you may find some of it distressing. This was inside Eastern Ghouta. In almost seven years of war in syria, real ceasefires have been rare, ineffective and short. The un couldnt agree on a start time for the ceasefire. The best they could do was to say, without delay. Thats elastic enough to wreck this ceasefires chances. Today is the first day of the ceasefire resolution. Still theres warplanes in the atmosphere, there is still shelling. The level is less than before. Civilians are still being killed. Civil defence workers dug a badly injured baby out of this bombsi
Declared only yesterday by the russians, has already collapsed. It was hoped the daily ceasefire would let aid in, and civilians out. But on day one, civilians among the thousands trapped there say there were more airstrikes from Syrian Government forces, supported by the russians. President assad and his allies blame the rebels. Nearly 400,000 people are trapped in the area, to the east of the syrian capital. Theyve been under siege from Government Forces since 2013. This report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. It was supposed to be a chance to get some aid into Eastern Ghouta, but the temporary ceasefire, at best, was ragged. No civilians left down the newly designated safe corridors. Once again in syria, the russians are setting the pace. This russian officer, stationed in the humanitarian corridor, claimed armed opposition groups were stopping civilians leaving. The day turned into a demonstration of russian power in syria. Theirjets were in the sky, and their soldiers, alo