in the flashpoint city of hebron in the occupied west bank. palestinian officials have condemned his participation in the ceremony at the contested religious shrine, known as the tomb of the patriarchs to jews and the ibrahimi mosque to muslims. doctors treating the bangladeshi opposition leader, khaleda zia, say they fear for her life if she s not allowed to fly abroad for medical care. ms zia, who s leader of the bangladesh nationalist party, has been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and is in critical care. but she s has been barred from travelling abroad after being convicted on corruption charges in 2018. in other headlines, four days after the bodies of people who drowned in the channel while trying to reach the uk were discovered, the identities of all 27 are yet to be confirmed. many are thought to be kurds from northern iraq and, as the days go on without news, families there fear the worst. the bbc s murad shishani has
he is directing me to a place of his choice, insisting that my time with him should be quick and short. do you regret being in this business after seeing what happened at the english channel? translation: how can i not regret? they are iraqi, they are muslim, even if they were palestinian, iraqi, jordanian, syrian, they are still human beings. whoever it is, it is as though it is my son, or even one of my relatives. it s a crime against humanity. rizgal looks at family photos of happier times as he waits for news. but after five days, he is beginning to lose hope. murad shishani, bbc news. a very powerful report from our correspondence. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: when one drink down the pub turns into a three night
wuhan strain, and that provides very strong protection against alpha, delta, all of the variance, so hopefully it will provide protection against omicron, too. four days after the bodies of people who drowned in the channel while trying to reach the uk were discovered, the identities of all 27 are yet to be confirmed. many are thought to be kurds from northern iraq, and as the days go on without news, families there fear the worst. the bbc s murad shishani has the story of one man whose wife and three children are believed to have been on the boat. for those waiting for news, the uncertainty is almost as difficult as the grief. this man s wife and three children wanted to come to the uk to start a new life. away from their village, uk to start a new life. away from theirvillage, in iraqi kurdistan. his oldest daughter had wanted to
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there is no wheat way we can confirm or deny whether colonel has to say. having said that, he is also part of north korea s story. i think when it comes to being a journalist who covers north korea, i tend to look at all the voices that i can, that come from north korea. he can tell isjust a come from north korea. he can tell is just a little bit about being at the top of the regime. however, he does point to the early years of kim jong un and what he describes as a young warrior leader and also it points to the kind of thing is that the regime has to do to survive. results from iraq s parliamentary elections are expected later today, after sunday s vote saw a record low for voter turnout, just a1% accroding to iraq s electoral commission. the vote is being held in response to mass protests in 2019 over unemployment and failing infrastructure in the country with many areas lacking basic services like electricity. bbc arabic s murad shishani has more from irbil.