called it a blatant murder, violating international laws and norms, jamal a child begins our coverage with this report. oh, don t shoot the messenger unless you re in his really soldier. in that case, you re seemingly okay with shooting a reporter who s clearly identifiable as a journalist and poses no threat. should he in a barclay, is the latest reporter to be killed by the israeli military, which has a long history of targeting journalists and news outlets. particularly al jazeera should in a veteran reporter who spent her life covering events and occupied palestine was among a group of journalists, documents, who knew what was happening in janine early on wednesday. according to our witnesses and video footage, she was wearing a safety breast and helmet, both of which clearly identified her as a member of the press home. despite this or maybe because of its short, he was shot and killed. and we were going to filmed is really army operation. and suddenly they shot us witho
A footballing icon and a pioneer in the fight against racism in sport. Im in the Worlds Largest refugee camp, where british doctors are part ofan camp, where british doctors are part of an effort to try and bring an outbreak of deadly diphtheria under control. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news Manchester United legend ryan giggs speaks of his pride as hes named the new wales manager. He replaces chris coleman, who stepped down in november. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. You name it, carillion does it. The financial collapse of a company that had government contracts in everything from School Dinners to hsz, has left its own employees and so many more who work for it indirectly, facing a worrying future. Arillion itself employs some 20,000 workers in the uk. The company has a50 government contracts thats a massive portfolio. No wonder it sub contracted thousands of small firms to do some of that work. Carillions demise has raised questions for government about the
Of disease among Rohingya Muslims in the worlds biggest refugee camp. Im in the kutupalong refugee camp, where people are living in the most and many tributes for cyrille regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain hes died at the age of 59. Its five oclock. Our main story is the collapse of carillion, the Major Construction and outsourcing group which is involved with some of the biggest public building projects in the uk. The business, which employs 20,000 people in the uk, went into liquidation with debts of £900 million. Its involved in projects such as crossrail and the h52 rail link, as well as cleaning and maintenance contracts for schools, prisons and hospitals. The Cabinet Office minister David Liddington has told mps that protecting those services would be the governments priority. Labour is asking why the government awarded major contracts to carillion even after it was clear the company was in difficulties. 0ur correspondent Simon Gompertz has the lates
But well start with the Winter Olympics action from pyeongyang where lightning unfortunately struck twice for elise christie. Four years ago she was disqualified in each of her three events in sochi. This morning it was the 500 metres short track speed skating final. Our correspondent David Ornstein reports from south korea. Elise christie arrived in pyeongchang with high hopes of redemption following triple disqualification from sochi four yea rs disqualification from sochi four years ago and now a triple champion. The world record holder in this event the 500 metres. She sailed through the heat and the quarterfinal earlier today, the semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy race and she finished second and then disaster struck in the final. Not a great start and then on the penultimate lap with her in third place she slipped off, she said that she was pushed into the hoardings and left on the ice. Afterwards she spoke to the bbc and sh
As the tears flowed, she tried to make sense of her seemingly endless misfortune. I know its short track and i know im supposed to be prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know. Obviously, its still almost a week until my best distance, so thats the positive. I dont know, right now i just cant see living with this feeling, you know. I just. But, i mean, its out of my control, i got knocked over and thats that. Commentator christie. Oh, theyve gone down those memories of sochi four years ago, though, may now prove hard to erase. She crashed in the same final there, but her team are urging her to stay positive. I think you could all see she tried to put everything out there to try and get gold. She wasnt going for anything else. You know, thats the nature of the sport. You know, crashes do happen, unfortunately. The question now, though, is whether britains biggest medal hope can pick herself up again on a desperate day of deja vu. Andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. Here on bbc one