Russian diplomats say theres no agreement, and western diplomats say this delay gives Syrian Government forces more time to attack the rebel held area. Dozens more people have been killed in a fifth day of strikes which have already killed hundreds. This report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. It does contain graphic images. More air strikes, more bombs and more casualties. It is not letting up. Across Eastern Ghouta, rescue workers sprint into broken and burning buildings before the dust of their destruction settles. This was another attack a few miles away. A temporary ceasefire is under negotiation, brokered by russia, egypt and turkey. Even if it happens, the horror of these days will stay with the survivors for a lifetime. Two sisters, alaa, aged eight, and moor, 11, were in their home war planes bombed our building. Now. Ghouta. Look at home. This was sent to us by their mother. Please help us. Please save our children here in east ghouta. Where is the humanity . I ask yo
Programme with some breaking news. Australias deputy Prime Minister barnabyjoyce is holding a News Conference as he fights to save his political career after an allegation of Sexual Harassment. Hes speaking in armidale in new south wales. Small towns, the best opportunity in this current cacophony of issues has to be put aside. I think it is responsible, my responsibility to do my bit to make sure that it happens. Now, might i say with the last allegation that was in the paper today, i have asked that they refer the police. I have asked for the right of the person who has made the allegation and have asked my right of defence that that be referred to the police. But it is quite evident that you cannot go to the dispatch box with issues like that surrounding new so i cannot enter any discussions about that, as you all understand, if it is going before the court, it is going before the court, but what i will say is that on monday, morning at the party room, i will step down as the leader
We ask if it is a gift or a right . Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london, and 8pm in the eastern United States where the american gun lobby has lashed out against calls for tougher weapons limits. Relatives and friends of the 17 students who died in florida have called for the measures to stop another School Shooting. But the head of the National Rifle association said it was an elitist plot to infringe american freedoms. Wayne la pierre said teachers should be armed instead, an idea supported by President Trump. Heresjon sopel. Will the Florida School shooting come to be seen as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage, and rage led to action . Neveragain the vociferous students who have taken to the streets are bringing change. But not always in the way they wanted. The president , making clear that he thinks the way to make schools more secure is to tra
Im stephen sackur. This is munich, a city emblematic of germanys prosperity and small c conservatism. Right now, german politics looks anything but steady, sta ble politics looks anything but steady, stable and predictable. Angela merkels new grand coalition with the social democrats is very fragile. The biggest Opposition Party is the far right alternative for deutschland. My guest today is the influential afd mp, peter baranka. How will his party try to exploit the weakness of Angela Merkel . Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us start with a big picture of german politics today. In some ways, nothing much has changed. Here we are again facing a grand Coalition Led by Angela Merkel with the christian democrats together. Actually, things quite different this time . We are not even there. We dont have that coalition yet. We will have that pretty soon. And having said that, i would agree that it is no longer at the same. We have a coalition of official losers. They have l
And western diplomats say this delay gives Syrian Government forces more time to attack the rebel held area. Dozens more people have been killed in a fifth day of strikes which have already killed hundreds. This report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen it does contain graphic images. More air strikes, more bombs and more casualties. It is not letting up. Across Eastern Ghouta, rescue workers sprint into broken and burning buildings before the dust of their destruction settles. This was another attack a few miles away. A temporary ceasefire is under negotiation, brokered by russia, egypt and turkey. Even if it happens, the horror of these days will stay with the survivors for a lifetime. Two sisters, alaa, aged eight and moor, 11, were in their home when it was hit. Warplanes bombed our building. Now. Ghouta. Look at home. This was sent to us by their mother. Please help us. Please save our children here in east ghouta. Where is the humanity . I ask you in the name of motherhood,