on for days to come. mishal husein there. earlier, i spoke to hamish de bretton gordon. he s a former commander of the uk and nato cbrn, that stands for the chemical biological radiological and nuclear defence forces. using his experience in syria, i asked him to describe how the russian forces have been operating in ukraine. it is absolutely the syrian playbook that we are seeing here that the russians went in there five or six years ago when things were going badly. they then seem to aim to attack civilians because if you break the civilians will and morale when they surrender and we saw that so often in serbia but what they did as they attacked hospitals so those civilians knew if they were injured they wouldn t be patched up. the attack schools, which was just unbelievably shocking and they also, and the syrian regime, started to firebomb towns and cities using white phosphorus like some kind of
after nearly a quarter century in isolation, burma s opposition leader, aung san suu kyi, makes an historic address in bangkok. another massacre in syria. opposition activists say 13 factory workers are ordered off a bus and shot dead. police in canada say the man wanted in connection with a gruesome murder may have fled the country. hello. welcome to bbc world news. i m tim willcox. also coming up in the program the fastest time in the world this year. usain bolt wins the 100-meter. and i m michelle hussein live at buckingham palace. britain is gearing up for four days of celebration to mark the queen s diamond jubilee, 6 owe years on the throne. 60 years on the throne. hello. after almost a quarter of a century, aung san suu kyi has returned to the international stage. she addressed the world economic forum in bangkok on her first trip outside burma since 1988. she said burma needed to take its place in a more prosperous and peaceful world, but warned there were