The democratic republic of congos symphony orchestra. Another decisive day. Lechester draw closer to the title. Turkeys decision to seize control of the countrys largest newspaper and reopen it under state control as been met with criticism from within and throughout the country. Police used tear gas and plastic bullets to Disperse Protesters gathered in support of the paper aligned to a u. S. Based cleric accuse offed of treason. Extremely worried about the incident, sayingtie niece to respect press freedom. Its not the first instance of the government using a heavy hand with the media. The committee to protect journalists is accusing turkey of being one of the worst for journalism worldwide. Since the early 1990s, the cpj says at least 23 have been killed. Representatives from turkeks ruling party say many of those in prison arent there for reporting but because they are accused of what they call terrorism charges. Caroline malone now reports. Police used tear gas and plastic bullets
Former or gun tin vinnie president ahead of a Court Appearance on Money Laundering charges. I will be here with all the days sport including real madrid and Manchester City of the English Premier League book their spots in the semifinals of the Champions League. There has been a surge in fighting in syria just a day before a new round of indirect talks gets underway in geneva. Syrian Government Forces and their allies have launched an offensive to retake the strategic down south of the city of aleppo. It lies along the highway between aleppo and the capital damascus. ProGovernment Forces say they have made advances but alnusra front has managed to remain in control of the area. Turkish government, meanwhile, says its forces have responded to a crossborder rocket attack. Turkey fired shells against isil targets after a rocket struck a town. The latest in the series of attacks against turkey from isilheld territory. Representatives from syria option opposition have now arrived in geneva
Year than first thought. We will tell about sri lankas plan to tbe the first country with complete 4g internet coverage. We start, though, with developing news out of beb anon. A bomb attack at the pal stan ref uming e camp in south lebanon. We have heard this has killed a member of the fatah movement. It is believed an explosive device was placed on his car. Two others who were with him at the time have been injured. This is a bomb at a Palestinian Refugee camp in lebanon which killed a member of the fatah movement. These are the first pictures we are getting from the region in south lebanon. We will bring you more as soon as we can. Two stories out of syria. Russia says one of its attack helicopters went down in Homs Province killing the two pilots. The other news is the turkish army has targeted kilns. Charles stratford, we will go to him in a moment. We will start with Rory Challands in moscow. I understand what you know is little enough but what you know about the helicopter thats
Propaganda broadcasts over the border. The love story that has been banned from schools in israel, but is now topping the bestseller list. Hello, im in doha, and ill have all of your sport, including the thoughts of this nan as he looks ahead to his first match as coach of real madrid. The u. N. Says at least 400,000 syrians areallying under siege, completely cut off with no access to food or medicine. It says both the government and opposition are stopping vital supplies from reaching people who desperately need them in different areas of the country. Some in the town of madaya are so desperate that they are resorting to drastic action to stay live. Caroline malone reports. Reporter a protest less than ten kilometers away from towns under siege. They are marching in solidarity with the people inside. Translator we came to lebanon because of the regime air strikes. They destroyed our homes, burned our fields. There is nothing left. The people fled with their families to madaya. They pu
Briefed the media against them secretary. This, along with many other claims, is completely false. A historic moment for afghanistan the us and the taliban sign a deal that will see the withdrawal of thousands of american troops. Including a much needed victory for west ham against southhampton. Its been revealed by the department of health that three more people in england have tested positive for coronavirus. They had all recently returned from abroad two from italy, and one from asia. That means that the total number of cases in the uk has risen to 23. Public Health Officials are trying to establish how a man from surrey become the first and so far only known person to contract coronavirus within the uk. That patient is being treated at a specialist nhs infection centre in london. A pub in haslemere, in surrey, has closed as a precaution against the virus and is undergoing a deep clea n. And this afternoon following talks with the heath secretary and the chief medical officer, boris