The year long arts festival. And in half an hour, i will be looking back at the past 12 months for the royal family, dominated by the celebrations to mark the queens 90th birthday, thats review 2016 the royal year with me, daniela relph. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A huge Police Operation is under way in istanbul to find a gunman who shot dead 39 people at a nightclub. The man opened fire at the reina club at around half past one in the morning local time. Dozens of injured remain in hospital. 15 foreigners from israel, saudi arabia and morocco were among the dead. Our turkey correspondent selin girit has sent this report. We are only seconds away from a new year. One of the most famous nightclubs in istanbul, reina, packed with a jubilant crowd, ready to welcome in the new year. Five, four, three, two. They are counting down to what they hope will be a fresh new start. But then this happens. A man armed with a Long Barrelled Weapon Opens Fire outside the venue. He kills a po
in a packed istanbul nightclub. islamic state said it was responsible. the turkish authorities have released this video of the arrest of a syrian woman they suspect of planting the bomb. police say she has indicated that she was trained by pkk militants. she s among a total of 46 people detained, but as we ve mentioned, pkk has denied involvement. esra yalcinalp from bbc turkish is in istanbul. this morning, there was an official statement by the istanbul police regarding an arrest that they focused as the person who is responsible for planting the bomb on the bench in the busy street this morning. she is of syrian nationality and during her questioning, she reportedly confessed she was trained by the pkk