To date, which is difficult, as fast as this situation is moving. This hearing today is intended to assess the geopolitical and humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, determined how best to salvage u. S. Interests moving forward and evaluate the state of u. S. turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, its important to recall the path that brought us here. To begin, the Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies, and other entities. Over the course of this eightyearlong conflict, syrias brutal dictator, ai bar shal ai said, with the support of russia and iran, has relentlessly bombed cities and towns across syria, resulting in over 500,000 deaths and leaving over 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware that many confirmed uses of chemical weapons by the russiabacked assad regime, adding to the humanitarian suffering in violations of
Killing its even in some major us we still investigating the case says Human Rights Violations because we believe that the person is an authority the one know it and the rest and killings if this very clear that its the police who killed those victims was it over. 7 17 year old sheila may assume and her family fled their village soon after her older brother who was shot dead by state forces she says she no longer goes to school because shes being watched. We meet her in the evening at a safe. Place to meet the horror began when Police Arrived to the home earlier. One morning in december last year. You find that out there 5. You need. To see a. Bunch. Of money and a. Little money. Sheila mays brother jesus the soup had turned 27 on Christmas Day just 2 days before he was killed he was a construction worker and the main breadwinner for the family. His mother do you know was working in the fields when she heard the gunshots and ran back to the house. Go up. And im not. Going to no one and
Morning from hampton pull in south west london on what is going to be the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record, about 400 people are about to start a triathlon here. I guess on a day like this you want to start early, but do it quick. Thats the plan, anyway. All of your weather is coming up. Good morning. Its monday the 26th of august. Our top story a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale. The fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating not just for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. For president macron in france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix a Common Threat that requires collective action by the worlds m
Release of detained demonstrators. Militarys Ruling Council says it has to suspend schools until further noticed here they have fired my ammunition further notice. They have fired live ammunition. It is not clear who was behind the killing. Morgan reports now. Thousands of demonstrators, most high school and university students, came out on tuesday in the capital and other cities, protecting the deaths of fellow protesters on monday. Out hikes came in transportation prices. Security forces killed several and injured dozens others. Acceptill never anything but justice. We salute everyone for standing for the sake of the nation. It is an epic moment in our countrys history. They must stop killing our people, the students in the streets. This military council is nothing but remnants of the on regime and they must step down. Metrter protesters were with tear gas and live ammunition, with doctors reporting several injuries as a result. The protesters are demanding justice and accountability
Fireworks. We want to thank katy perry for her song, aptly perfect on a day like today. 88,753 days ago, guess what happened. The United States became a country . Exactly. July4th, 1776. Okay. We all gather at my brothers house and if there is no fog or clouds, we get a good view of berkeley fireworks, San Francisco but rosemary, i know you had your fill of people asking you, it is awfully cloudy now. Lets look ahead about 12 hours. It may look a little like what were seeing right now, gasia. San francisco in jeopardy of the the clouds and fog just in time for the fireworks. We are seeing just a few bits of blue at this point. The clouds are beginning to break just some. We have folk heading out on the water. We see a sailboat leaving out of this water heading for perhaps the bay. We are looking at a very, very mild day ahead of us. The change expected as we roll through your afternoon today with mostly sunny skies away from the coastline. As we get into the numbers, temperatures wont