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as storm arwen hits parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24 year old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraq. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan says he s sorry for all the hurt azeem rafiq went through during the yorkshire racism scandal. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it is nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world.
with her partner. lucy williamson reports. it is a face that will haunt both sides of the channel. 24 year old maryam nuri mohamed amin from northern iraq was crossing to the uk to meet her fiance. he told the bbc she had been messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in her last message she tried to reassure him that help was coming. in iraqi kurdistan herfamily s anger showed through their grief. translation: going to britain is very difficult. l she tried to go legally twice, she went to the embassy but the process was delayed. she was forced to go the way she did. one of her friends has also been speaking about her death. her humanity was so good, always advising me. she was like someone i looked up to for advice, so no one should try this, no one, no one deserves
a video from her engagement party less than a year ago, still stored on her relatives phones. maryam nuri mohamed amin tried several times to get a visa tojoin her partner in the uk, before deciding to surprise him by trying to get there another way. she was messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in erbil, in northern iraq, the family s anger showed through their grief. her mother and sister inconsolable. translation: going to britain is very difficult. l she tried to get to britain legally twice. she went to the british embassy, but the process was delayed. she was forced to go the way she did. her friend iman left to absorb the news of her death. her humanity was so good, always advising me. and she was like someone i look. ..look up to for advice. so no one should try this.
lucy williamson reports. it is a face that will haunt both sides of the channel. 24 year old maryam nuri mohamed amin from northern iraq was crossing to the uk to meet her fiance. he told the bbc she had been messaging him when the boat began to lose air. in her last message she tried to reassure him that help was coming. in iraqi kurdistan herfamily s anger showed through their grief. translation: going to britain is very difficult. l she tried to go legally twice, she went to the embassy but the process was delayed. she was forced to go the way she did. one of her friends has also been speaking about her death. her humanity was so good, always advising me. she was like someone i looked up to for advice, so no one should try this, no one, no one deserves