Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. In this weeks programme. Football on the front line. Richard conway reports on syrias world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. Football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. At least for 90 minutes. The plight of the people of western mosul. Orla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, struggling to feed up to 500,000 survivors of the so called islamic state. They say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies, and people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they have been able to get some. Returning to crimea after three years after Vladimir Putin annexed the region. Steve rosenberg finds out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. Moscow insists that most of the people who live here are happy to
The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go through, in good faith, trying to do something, but north korea would be the one cheering, and all of us and the one cheering, and all of us and the people that we represent would be the ones at risk. And so weve a lwa ys be the ones at risk. And so weve always said that the United States thinks its important to defend the citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend our friends, citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend ourfriends, our allies and the rest of the countries tha
The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go through, in good faith, trying to do something, but north korea would be the one cheering, and all of us and the one cheering, and all of us and the people that we represent would be the ones at risk. And so weve a lwa ys be the ones at risk. And so weve always said that the United States thinks its important to defend the citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend our friends, citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend ourfriends, our allies and the rest of the countries tha
Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. In this weeks programme. Football on the front line. Richard conway reports on syrias world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. Football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. At least for 90 minutes. The plight of the people of western mosul. Orla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, struggling to feed up to 500,000 survivors of the so called islamic state. They say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies, and people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they have been able to get some. Returning to crimea after three years after Vladimir Putin annexed the region. Steve rosenberg finds out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. Moscow insists that most of the people who live here are happy to
Also on the program, aarons here of course talking about the companies that has wall street salivating. Its the burger joint taking america by storm. And what started as one hot dog cart in new york city 14 years ago is now a global chain, valued at 745 million. So, yeah well take a look at the shake shack shares as they start trading today on the new york stock exchange. Hello. Its 12 00 noon in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington 2 00 p. M. In south africa where the notorious apartheid era death squad leader eugene de kock has been granted parole. Hes been in prison for 20 years. The government says that its decision will help the process of national reconciliation. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, Mike Wooldridge reports. Reporter the Police Officer was highly decorated by the Apartheid Regime he served with a ruthlessness that earned him a prison sentence totaling more than 200 years. Eugene de kock with officials of south africas truth and Reconciliation Commission ins