Record snowfall on the u. S. City of erie burying homes and cars under deep drift. [laughter] you know, its a little ridiculous, but i keep pecking away at it. Sharanjit and barack obama urges responsible use of social media in his first interview since leaving office, speaking to prince harry here on the bbc. Militarystyle tactics to chads elephantarry population against ivory poachers. We have a special report. Sharanjit hello, and welcome to bbc world news. Aid workers and syrian volunteers have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebelheld suburb near damascus. Last Week International aid agencies made an appeal to president assad to allow the evacuation of seven children with cancer. The first of the patients was taken out overnight by the red cross and the syrian arab red crescent. More patients should be evacuated in the coming days as part of a deal between the government and rebels. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. The medical situation for Pe
Back to rebel held territory. Andrew plant reports. In the war torn east of ukrainian, carried on buses, hundreds of prisoners are headed home, some after yea rs of prisoners are headed home, some after years of captivity. More than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap in september last year, arriving with no belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free so be translation i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. Translation i want to believe people are tired of all this. They must find strength to engage ina this. They must find strength to engage in a dialogue, because without that, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. The prisoner trust boards arrived in the early hours in the east of ukrainian. Transports. It happened watched by tight security. Ukrainian armed forces on one
Record snowfall on the u. S. City of erie burying homes and cars under deep drift. [laughter] you know, its a little ridiculous, but i keep pecking away at it. Sharanjit and barack obama urges responsible use of social media in his first interview since leaving office, speaking to prince harry here on the bbc. Militarystyle tactics to chads elephantarry population against ivory poachers. We have a special report. Sharanjit hello, and welcome to bbc world news. Aid workers and syrian volunteers have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebelheld suburb near damascus. Last Week International aid agencies made an appeal to president assad to allow the evacuation of seven children with cancer. The first of the patients was taken out overnight by the red cross and the syrian arab red crescent. More patients should be evacuated in the coming days as part of a deal between the government and rebels. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. The medical situation for Pe
Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The mayor of houston had a message for his constituents in the nations fourth largest city today please, stay off the roads. The warning came as Hurricane Harvey still classified as a Tropical Storm dumped torrential rainfall on the texas coast along the gulf of mexico. Two days after making landfall as a category four hurricane friday night, harvey has weakened, but with little relief for millions of texans. At least five deaths are blamed on the storm. An estimated 300,000 texans are without power today. Parts of Southeast Texas expect a cumulative 50 inches of rain, the most ever recorded in the
The most recent session of the Australian Parliament went from may 22 through june 1. Heres an update on what happened during the session from sky News Australia political reporter. Tomlinson welcome to question time wrap for the Australian Parliament. The terror attacks in manchester certainly had an impact all the way down here in australia. The Prime Minister asked about his thoughts, including keeping australians safe. Thank you, mr. Speaker. My question is for the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the house on the manchester terror attack . What the government is doing to keep australians safe, including in my area. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the honorable member for his question. Mr. Speaker, i spoke with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, teresa may, last night. And conveyed to her the Heartfelt Sympathies, the condolences of the australian people to the people of britain and to the victims of this shocking criminal attack and their families. I reaffirme