Kurdish forces in syria say theyve pulled out of a key strategic town in the north east after a temporary truce put an end to fierce fighting. Turkey says its attempting to create a 20 mile safe zone in areas of kurdish control, after President Trump pulled us troops out of the area. Kurdish fighters are now reported to have left ras al ain, on the syrian side of the border, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has sent us this report from inside Northern Syria. Souad mohammed is numb. Shes been that way since seeing in a morgue the mutilated body of her daughter. The brutal killing of havrin khalaf, a kurdish politician, by Turkish Backed militants, is now being investigated as a war crime. I feel i want to burn down this home, she tells me, because the memories of my daughter are everywhere, and its too hard to bear. Her whole life is playing like a movie in my mind. She told me she blamed turkey and america for her loss. It was the announceme
Deaths after a shooting. It happened in el paso which is located in the far west of the state, right on the border with mexico at the cielo vista shopping centre. Details are still coming in but local authorities in el paso say there up to 20 casualties, and and at least one suspect is in police custody. Lets get the lastest from peter bowes whos in los angeles. What is the latest . We are beginning to hear from what is the latest . We are beginning to hearfrom some what is the latest . We are beginning to hear from some eyewitnesses who have been describing the chaos, the pandemonium as this began to happen. And the first that some people knew that there was something wrong was when police were swarming on the scene to tell them to get down, protect their heads and try to get to safety. There are now confirmed reports by the local police that there are some fatalities. We dont know how many. 22 is the number of people we understand that have been taken to people we understand that hav
Bit more changeable as we go into next week. All the details in a few moments. Its sunday, the 7th ofjuly. Our top story the white house has been described as uniquely dysfunctional and inept in leaked memos from the uks ambassador in washington. Sir kim darrochs private communications, which were obtained by the mail on sunday, describe president Trumps Administration as insecure and incompetent. Our reporter andy moore is outside the Foreign Office this morning with the details. Good morning, andy. Have we had a response from the Foreign Office on this . Yes, we have. Ill get to that ina this . Yes, we have. Ill get to that in a little while but let me tell you about the substance of these e mails first. It is unusual to get such a substantial cage of documents like this, they date from 2017 to the present. Most of the comments are the present. Most of the comments a re pretty the present. Most of the comments are pretty unflattering about trumpet. Sir kim darroch says it is unlikely
Good morning. A lot of fine weather on the way across the uk this weekend. But a little bit of a change in the way things feel. Some fresh air blowing in from the north. More on the way things are looking inafew more on the way things are looking in a few moments. Its saturday the 6th ofjuly. Our top story murderers who refuse to reveal the location of a victims body could be forced to spend longer in prison under a new law. The legal change, known as helens law, follows campaigning by the mother of Helen Mccourt, who was killed in 1988 but whose body was never found. Ben ando reports. For 31 years, Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian sims. He has never reveal the whereabouts of helens body. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remains bent longer behind bars. In 2016 mp5 remains bent longer behind ba
For contempt of court after filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media. Now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6. 30pm tonight. We will be like at wimbledon on day five of the championships with defending championship djokovic backend action. We will see coco gauff after two hugely impressive victories and we will have the latest from andy murray teaming up. Thats coming up. Now though it is time for the film review. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases is mark kermode. 50 mark, what do we have this week . We have midsommar which angle to tell you in advance is not a horror film. It has horror elements but not a horrorfilm. We have spider man four from a horrorfilm. We have spider man fourfrom home. Spider man far from home. And ibiza the silent movie. Last week was my first week back 50 you are really nice and now. Midsommar is the new movie by ari aster who made hereditary. I tho