Ahmed has been blind from birth, along with four of his siblings and hes growing up near a front line in a city under siege. Its very scary, he tells me. We are afraid of gunshots. When fighting starts we cant go to the park or the valley, or anywhere. When was the last time you heard fighting and explosions . Last night, he says. It is quiet now, but there is danger in the hills where houthi snipers are most active after dark. Ahmeds father, abdel, says theyre are about 600 metres in front of us. A gun shot away, he tells me. For ahmed, school has always been a refuge, of sorts. This was our first been a refuge, of sorts. This was ourfirst glimpse been a refuge, of sorts. This was our first glimpse of him been a refuge, of sorts. This was ourfirst glimpse of him in january 2021, leading Morning Assembly at his primary. It was bombed by the Saudi Led Coalition when it was occupied by houthi forces. The classrooms exposed to the sun and the rain. Young minds getting an education in war.
I am not guilty of any of these allegations. His death was announced while a multimillion pound Police Investigation into his activities is ongoing. Much is unknown about Freddie Scappaticcis life in the shadows. Butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the states books. This is a story of a spy who got away with murder. West belfast in the 1980s. An irish republican enclave where many were subject to the iras rules. Such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. Archive charlie mcllmurrays body was found in this van on sunday. Charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspected of being a tout slang for an informer was shot dead in 1987. I think that mr mcilmurray, like anyone else living in west belfast, knows that the consequence for informing is death. I mean, if republican activists, who know what the repercussions are for going over to the other side, in fact go over to the other side, then they more than anyone else are totall
Now on bbc news. Click this week, were at the Biggest Tech Show in europe for phones, fashion and ffffreaky robots robot speaks with australian accent , an exciting time to be alive. Are you alive . When is an airport not an airport . When it becomes a tech hub for green start ups. Cheers thank you. And as we save the world one broken item at a time, the award for the most profound question of the week goes to. Who comes to an exhibition with a broken Vacuum Cleaner . Cackles. Hello, desdemona. How are you . Hi there. Im doing great. Just learning and exploring the world around me. How about you . Im good, thank you very much. Actually, iam having a whale of a time. Ive made it no secret that in the past, robots like this have left me very cold. They were misleading, speaking pre prepared answers, and giving the impression that were on the verge of an ai revolution. However. Its definitely an exciting time to be alive. Are you alive . Depends on your definition of alive. Im certainly
Political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. A conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. Paul nowak is the new General Secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade Union Congress meets in his home city of liverpool. And it meets at a time when there are more strikes than there have been for many years and at a time when paul nowak says, working people are fighting back after the longest sustained squeeze on their incomes in two centuries. Paul nowak, welcome to political thinking. Thank you. Now another thing you once said. Oh, dear. I fit every stereotype of a daily mail Trade Unionist. Im a slightly overweight, Balding Scouser who gets a little too aerated. I think it is an accurate description, dont you . Well, we will see, shall we . What gets you aera
Hello, im rich preston. We start in morocco, where Search And Rescue crews are trying to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday nights powerful earthquake. More than 2,000 people are now known to have died. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. This is the small town of asni in the atlas mountains, about 30 miles or 45km south of marrakesh. Very few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 lets show you some live pictures from amizmiz, near the epicentre. It is about 55 kilometres south of marrakesh. You can see Heavy Machinery and diggers have marrakesh. You can see Heavy Machinery and diggers have been brought into work through the rubble as they search for survivors. The popular Tourist City Of Marrakesh has reported a lower death toll than other areas, but there was considerable damage to buildings. The un says around 300,000 people have been affected in marrakesh and the surrounding area. 0ur correspondent Anna Holligan is there. This is a unesco Wo