the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al assad and his allies to terrorise communities a charge the regime denies. the foreign office says no final decisions have been made, but it is warning there are tough decisions ahead because of the pandemic. our middle east correspondent quentin somerville reports. to be a parent in syria is to carry the world on your shoulders. forabu, his burden is constant vigilance. for years he s watched the sun set and rise from this hilltop, waiting for the next attack. he s a flight spotter, a one man early warning system, protecting the village below where his wife and five children live. at the end of another long shift, he calls home. he knows firsthand the fear a
now on bbc news, stephen sackur talks to american author, stephen king, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. he s written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if you re not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me all films based on his stories. he s been writing for half a century. how has our appetite for fear evolved? stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s nice to be here. i wish we could do it in person. me too. but nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. and let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, all over the world in florida, in the uk, all over the world are living with, and that is covid 19. has that inv
hello and welcome. uncertainty over stocks of covid vaccines is causing growing tension between the uk and the european union. with around 25 million britons vaccinated, authorities here are warning there ll be a significant reduction in available vaccines next month. astrazeneca and pfizer have both tried to play down those of vaccine produced in the uk and europe. another step closer to normality. gps like this one in lincolnshire, thousands have been given vaccines this week. in total, more than 25 million have now beenjabbed. for the next fortnight, there should be plenty of doses to go around. after that, there is more doubt. a letter sent by the nhs to local health services warned of a significant reduction in supply next month and said no further appointments for those should be ablated to booking systems in april. systems in april. vaccine alwa s systems in april. vaccine always lumpy systems in april. vaccine always lumpy and - systems in april. vaccine always lum
As we see this splits. Yes, let me walk you through Donald Trumps strategy over the next three days to do the ten state splits. We are calling that Hillary Clintons blue firewall, the states of wisconsin and pennsylvania. Thats one region and then you know donald trump has to be able to win the mustwin florida and North Carolina. If he does not win any of those states, this race is over. He has to be able to hone onto that. He wants to be able to go out to the west and see if he could pick off a state like colorado, for example, that helps him out. Just to kind of show you then, you know, Hillary Clintons
holds. Pennsylvania is critical to that. Michigan is critical to that. Thats a reliably blue state and she will be here later today. And campaigning later on tonight with jay z, shes adding a stop this weekend. The polls are all tied up. Shes battling for every vote and not taking any vote for granted, thomas. Kristen, standby, lets go to our katy tur. This rhetoric that trump is usin
Protesting after the Supreme Court threw out a petition to delay tamars vote with the country deeply divided there are fears of violence here in kenya with the latest also coming up a surprising twist in the case of a german human rights organizer on trial in turkey prosecutors are reportedly demanding he be released. And a german president can call their steinmeier says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president Vladimir Putin as part of his visit to russia will ask our correspondent in moscow what kind of reception he received. Also the Anti Semitism scandal rocking italian soccer fans of romes club a lot c. O. Left stickers in their stadium and frank wearing a rival teams jersey will examine their reactions. City of it and you cough which happened recently but he also pointed out that dialogue is important and he pointed out these store called ties that russia and germany share and now it was similar with putin he also said there were difficulties