We have a special report on how months of unrest have changed what was once one of latin americas most stable nations. The United Nations estimates that nearly a quarter of a Million People have fled syrias Idlib Province in the past three weeks. The government and Russian Forces are intensifying their attacks on what is the rebels last stronghold. The un says the Maaret Al Numan region in Southern Idlib is now almost empty, as the bbcs tim allman reports. Before the war, more than 50,000 people lived and worked and thrived here, but now it looks more like a ghost town. The streets almost empty, the houses deserted. Convoys of cars and vans and lorries snaking out of this town and others like it, as the people of idlib flee for their lives. From the end of april until the end of august, we had more than 400,000 people displaced, at that time. So the latest displacement figures comes on top of that, so what we have is one crisis compounding another. These are desperate times, people tak
Is set to return to the boxing ring against x for time World Champion royjones junior. And going, against x for time World Champion royjonesjunior. And going, going, gone, the cigarette impersonality gifted from king george the six is sold at auction has proved more popular than expected. 1. 3 billion tonnes of Plastic Waste could be dumped into the environment in the next 20 years, unless there is a global effort to reduce Plastic Waste. Thats according to a new report thats just been published by a global team of experts. The breaking the plastic wave report a collaboration between teams including the Pew Charitable trusts, university of oxford and university of leeds sets out to measure the scale of the global plastic pollution problem and forecast how much worse it would get. A separate scientific paper on the computer model underpinning the findings has been published in thejournal science. Researchers warn that the amount of plastic ending up in the worlds oceans could nearly tri
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 300,000 around the world. In italy nearly 800 people have died within the past 2a hours from the virus by far the worst single day total worldwide since the pandemic began. And it brings the total number of deaths in italy to 4,825. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports from rome. No children, just empty playgrounds in romes largest park. Even tougher rules that have come into force today say people cannot go into them to try to curb the outbreak. Here, for several weeks, schools have already been closed. The only noises that you can hear are the bells, you know, the church bells, which is nice. But the other noise is the ambulances. Thats the only two noises that you hear. In lombardy, the worst affected region, teachers say some children felt lost without social contact, but virtual lessons are helping. To begin with they were scared, i think. Their reality had been taken away from them. Being able to
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