Correspondent frank gardner. Homs is roughly halfway up the country, it is under government control, it is a fairly major city. This is a Military Academy near the centre of town were Officer Cadets were graduating. Theirfamilies had come to watch them. It was supposed to be a proud moment. The Syrian Defence minister was attending the ceremony, but when it entered he left ten minutes later this multiple drone attack came out of nowhere. It was clearly at carefully planned and precisely targeted attack which is making a lot of people rather curious as to how this could have happened because there is no precedent for this amongstjihadist precedent for this amongst jihadist groups, well, precedent for this amongstjihadist groups, well, a small precedent, in 2017, but it has been a very long time since anyone done anything like this. These are multiple drones, believed to be iranian made. The iranians are the allies of the Syrian Government regime. Nevertheless, the Syrian Government has
Won the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election, in whats being seen as a key test of the partys ability to regain seats in scotland. Its candidate Michael Shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the total for katy loudon of the snp, who came second. The poll was triggered by the removal of the former snp mp Margaret Ferrier after she broke covid lockdown rules. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon was at the count. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,000. Cheering. This was a stunning victory, widely forecast but not with a swing as big as this. It forecast but not with a swing as big as this. ,. ,. ,. , as this. It is time for change. That chan. E as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come fast as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come fast enough. | as this. It is time for change. That Change Cannot come fast enough. But one
Over 100 empty homes forjust £1. Houses like these. I will look at whether this is one way we can solve the housing shortage and i will take you inside some of the houses. And in sport from the farm to the curling sheet. Great britains men beat switzerland in their opening match. Tea m team gb won silver four years ago, but this is a new team, all of them farmers. Theres black and then theres one of the blackest substances known to man. What can vantablack be used for . Well tell you later. And we have the dark lord himself on the weather forecast. We can bring a bit of colour to your forecast. Lots of frost and sunshine to begin with, but rain and hill snow on the way. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story a committee of mps has said there is a pervasive lack of trust among disabled people in how their welfare claims are assessed. The commons work and Pensions Committee said reports by private contractors were riddled with errors and quality targets had b
Services have acted any faster on the night of the Manchester Arena bomb . I said we need paramedics, we need paramedics now. How life after top level sport can be traumatic. When you are part of the team it is brilliant, and going away from that had a massive impact on me. And why liverpool is the start of a new hollywood movie. I just liverpool is the start of a new hollywood movie. Ijust want liverpool is the start of a new hollywood movie. I just want to liverpool is the start of a new hollywood movie. Ijust want to go back to liverpool. Say it again. Liverpool. Wow. In may, a suicide bomber killed 22 people at Manchester Arena. Hundreds more were injured. Inside out has learned that some of the most seriously wounded victims had to wait over an hour before receiving expert medical treatment. One of the first reporters on the scene that might also explores why are firefighters were held back the nearly two hours. For nearly two hours. On the 22nd of may, salman abedi made his way t
Us and destroyed. If you have been with us this morning thanks for your company throughout the morning. Now on bbc news its inside out. Hello and welcome to inside out. Tonight, could the Emergency Services have acted any faster on the night of the Manchester Arena bomb . I said we need paramedics, we need paramedics now. How life after top level sport can be traumatic. When you are part of the team it is brilliant, and when that got pulled away from me it had a massive impact on my Mental Health. And why liverpool is the star of a new hollywood movie. I just want to go back to liverpool. Say it again. Liverpool. 0h. Wow. In may, a suicide bomber killed 22 people at Manchester Arena. Hundreds more were injured. Inside out has learned that some of the most seriously wounded victims had to wait over an hour before receiving expert medical treatment. Colin paterson, who was one of the first reporters on the scene that night, also investigates why firefighters were held back for nearly two