Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. The extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. Across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. In raqqa, us backed fighters of the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves Islamic State. Here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. A noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. Wha
Its too many. This is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. I love it down here. We used to come here when we were kids. Mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. It was great. Dad was a good dad. He was very much a family man. Loved his kids, there was three of us. Im the baby, the youngest. We didnt have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. My dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. He looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. He was a good looking bloke as well. Thats where i get it from its not the same anymore though, dads not here. Its nearly two years since dad passed away. Because of sepsis. I just thought, where did this come from . And what is sepsis . I had never heard of it. I know its kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. Dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. While in hospital he developed se
Its too many. This is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. I love it down here. We used to come here when we were kids. Mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. It was great. Dad was a good dad. He was very much a family man. Loved his kids, there was three of us. Im the baby, the youngest. We didnt have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. My dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. He looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. He was a good looking bloke as well. Thats where i get it from its not the same anymore though, dads not here. Its nearly two years since dad passed away. Because of sepsis. I just thought, where did this come from . And what is sepsis . I had never heard of it. I know its kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. Dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. While in hospital he developed se
Im derek brockway. If youve seen me on the tv before, its probably because ive told you about the weather, or about the best walks in wales. But tonight im going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. Well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. I still miss him now. Its not the same, is it . No. Sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. People of all ages, across wales. I meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. Anyone is at risk of sepsis. Anybody could fall to this silent killer. Doctors on the wards, who tell me how we could save more lives. If i was brought in with sepsis, what sort of treatment would i get . A survivor determined not to let sepsis win. I want my life back. You know, it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. Its taken more than enough, i think. And i discover the shocking scale of it. We could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that
Im derek brockway. If youve seen me on the tv before, its probably because ive told you about the weather, or about the best walks in wales. But tonight im going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. Well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. I still miss him now. Its not the same, is it . No. Sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. People of all ages, across wales. I meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. Anyone is at risk of sepsis. Anybody could fall to this silent killer. Doctors on the wards, who tell me how we could save more lives. If i was brought in with sepsis, what sort of treatment would i get . A survivor determined not to let sepsis win. I want my life back. You know, it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. Its taken more than enough, i think. And i discover the shocking scale of it. We could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that