hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m shaun ley a. security forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon, and after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. our diplomatic correspondent. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. they have built themselves barricades, they have fashioned makeshift shields. but when the security forces opened fire, there was nothing to do but run. this was the scene in myanmar s biggest city, yangon, where more than 20 people are reported to have died. some here see china as supporting myanmar s military rulers, and several chinese owned factories we
Well look ahead to a really important night for celtic as Brendan Rogers side head to norway to take on rosenborg in the second leg of their Champions League qualifier. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. There is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists have successfully re pa i red a faulty gene in Human Embryos. The us and south korean team used a process known as gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly Heart Condition. The Contraversial Technique is still at the Early Research stage, but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders, which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious, to eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in Human Embryos. So how is it done . Inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is ou
Also tonight Security Alert Electronic Devices will be banned and north african countries. Food and fuel prices are blamed for a sharp rise for more than three years. And the man who created inspector morse, the writer colin dexter, has died at his home in oxford at the age of 86. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News Gareth Southgate says striker jamie vardy is in a good frame of mind, despite the leicester striker receiving Death Threats following the sacking of claudio ranieri. Good evening. Tonight following the death of Northern Irelands former deputy he was 66. The ira commander turned Peacemaking Politician was thought to be suffering from a rare heart condition. Leading figures in the Peace Process paid tribute to the role he played in securing the Good Friday Agreement. Buckingham palace said the queen, who finally shook hands with him in 2012, was sending a private message to his widow. The families of some of the iras many victims said they could neverforgive him. Our irela
ill, that she had some sort of problem that could have become serious and they decided to go in. and we now know this is what president obama was talking about in the washington state of the union coverage, and you hear him say good job tonight. to panetta. to panetta, right. they were working for a danish company called danish refugee council, and they were helping people in somalia deal with land mines. in essence, they were teaching. they were telling them how to defuse mines and make harmless these mines. it s not an easy job, as you can imagine, and in that area, i ve been talking with some aid organizations that work in that area. some parts of somalia are relatively okay, but this was right on the border of areas that could be dangerous. and they have fighting on the ground, there is al shabob, which is a terrorist organization, then you have just the general mayhem of groups like this who want to kidnap people and make a lot of money in doing that. jill daug