Welcome to bbc news. Aid workers and syrian volunteers have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebel held suburb near damascus. The first of the critically ill patients were taken out of the Eastern Ghouta overnight by the International Committee of the red cross and syrian arab red crescent. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. Lina sinjab reports. A moment of relief for imji. The seven year old is suffering from haemophilia. She is amongst the first four patients to be evacuated from the besieged Eastern Ghouta region. But many are still waiting. Three month old karim was hit in a mortar strike during shelling by Government Forces in october. He was only one month old when he lost his left eye. His skull was broken and his mother is gone forever. A Worldwide Campaign started in his support. Civilians and World Leaders joined the call for his evacuation. He needs critical medical attention, so he doesnt lose the sight in his right eye. Translation karim
Dijk willjoin liverpool when the transfer window re opens for £75 million a world record for a defender. And at 11 30 well bring you the paper review, with the independentsjosie cox and tom bergin from reuters. A very good evening to use and welcome to bbc news. The met office has issued 15 snow or ice warnings tonight, covering Northern Ireland, all of wales, and most areas of england and scotland. It follows a day of disruption in much of the uk with dangerous conditions on major roads and the rac warning that things could get worse. The runway at Stansted Airport was closed twice during the day with a number of flights cancelled. And thousands of homes have been left without power, as our correspondent phil mackie reports. Horn blasts. The motorway at a standstill. Its always busy here anyway, but throw in five centimetres of snow and youve got chaos. 0n the a14 things were even worse. This lorry span out of control, leaving drivers stranded. Good morning. Its just gone past ten oc
Complaints of rotten and rancid turkeys sees tesco apologise to its customers. And, current and former presenters look back at hardtalk over the last 20 years. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill children from a rebel held suburb near the syrian capital, damascus. Four patients were reportedly taken out of ghouta overnight. Another 25 are expected to be evacuated in the coming days, although hundreds more are in urgent need of treatment. Some 400,000 residents have been under siege by Government Forces there since 2013. Matthew thompson reports. A wave, a smile. And for eight year old imjy a chance, at least, at life. 29 seriously ill civilians are due to be evacuated from this besieged suburb of damascus. Many others were not so fortunate. Eastern ghouta is one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the forces of president bashar al assad. It has been under siege by Government Troops sinc
Now vital for her to use that moral capital and that authority to make the point about the suffering of the people being persecuted. Nobody wa nts to people being persecuted. Nobody wants to see, nobody wants to see a return to military rule. In burma. Nobody wants to see a return of the generals. But its also vital that the civilian governments and that is, for whom i say, i have a great deal of admiration, but it is vital for her now to make clear that this is an abomination and that those people will be allowed back. Those people will be allowed back. Those people will be allowed back to burma, and the preparation is being made, and that the abuse of their human rights and the killings. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, that the killings. First, with respect to the administrations of the nuclear deal with iran, the Trump Administration is continuing to review and develop its policy on iran. Its under way. There have been several discussions internally among our nsc along with discus
Of Amazon Studios, roy price, resigns over allegations of sexual harassment. Well find out later how much wages are going up, but with prices now rising at their fastest rate in five years it means were all likely to feel a bit worse off. In sport, the biggest away win for an english club in Champions League history. 7 0 for liverpool. Manchester city win too, while spurs draw with reigning champions real madrid. Andy carroll has the weather. Good morning. Rain today across south Eastern England. For the rest of us, quite a bit of cloud around, but equally there will be sunny spells as well. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The nhs is failing to meet Key Performance targets in hospitals across the uk according to a major analysis of data by the bbc. The research looked at how often Health Organisations achieved targets for Cancer Treatment, accident and emergency, and planned operations. It found that nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland ha