hospitalisation and death outweigh the risk of the side effects. outweigh the risk of the side effects. police in the us state of georgia arrest a man accused of killing eight peple, at three different spas in atlanta. and — a world first — uber drivers in the uk will be classed as workers, not self—employed, with big implications for global employment rights. we start with harrowing testimony — from one community in syria — one of the many shattered by the conflict which started a decade ago this week. it began when tens of thousands had taken to the streets — calling for change — the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have died in the conflict, although the true number could be much higher. at least 6.2 million syrians have been forced from their homes — another 5.7 million have left the country. and now, a decade on, after all the bloodshed, president bashar al—assad is still in power. among the victims of the war are at least 25000 children. thousands of schools have been attacked. in aleppo in 2013, iqra school was bombed by a fighterjet. some children were killed instantly, others later died of their injuries. a bbc team was filming nearby when the attack happened. cameraman darren conway has returned to aleppo, to meet survivors and relatives. we must warn you that darren�*s powerful report has scenes of terrible injury and suffering which some viewers may find distressing. anniversaries are all about memories but they can also be about pain. mohammed's scars act as a constant reminder. this woman will always be remembered by her father. this woman will always be remembered by herfather. 0mar, mohammed and another all went to a school in the countryside. 0n the 26th of august 2013 the syrian regime dropped an incendiary bomb on their school courtyard. 11 were killed and many more were left with horrific burns. nearby was a children's hospital. i was there filming for the bbc that day when the injured, with clothes and skin hanging off them, started to arrive. 0mar received burns to 65% of his body. he has had 25 operations so far. he is never without the discomfort of his injuries or the pain of his loss. healy is arriving at the hospital. he was 17. and this is his younger brother mohammed. he is 15. this is his last memory of his little brother. the shot that i filmed them walking into the hospital together. mohammed died eight days later. 0mar has left syria and is trying to move on with his life but what of his classmates left behind? this is mohammed. he suffered 85% burns. mohammed lives here but he dreams of leaving syria, too, so that he can pursue the career that he craves and get the surgery that he desperately needs. for 23—year—old mohammed, the future is not bright. ina in a decade of conflict, almost 25,000 children have been killed and thousands of schools destroyed. the syrian regime denies targeting civilians. this man is determined to make sure his children get the education they deserve but imagine how hard it is when to send the sons to school when this happens to his daughter. she was sat in her mouth class when the blast ripped through the window. —— maths class. her injuries were so severe that she was rushed to hospital in turkey. her body was broken. her voice was weak but her message to the world that they were strong. she died one month after making the world to stop the suffering in syria. that was almost eight years ago now. no one knows the risk of sending this children to school here more than herfather. the grief and loss in aleppo, that special report by darren conway, and we'll have more on the decade of syria's war, withjeremy bowen and quentin sommerville, in the days ahead. the respected public health institution in brazil, fiocruz, is reporting that the country is experiencing the collapse of its hospitals and health service — the biggest in the country's history. brazil reported a record number of deaths from coronavirus on tuesday. researchers say covid— 19 units in almost all 27 27 nearly 3000 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours. the country's largest city sao paulo is particulalry affected. the area reported 679 deaths tuesday. while across the country nearly 84 thousand people became infected. now all of this is taking place while brazil will have its fourth health minister since the start of the pandemic. marcelo queiroga is the president of the brazilian cardiology society. he has spoken in favour of vaccinations and has asked brazilians to wear masks and wash their hands. but he stressed he would follow presidentjair bolsonaro�*s lead. the health ministry executes the government's policy. michael fox is an independent journalist based in brazil. i asked him what brazilians are hoping to expect from this new new health minister. it is definitely an improvement. the man before had no health experience before becoming health minister. so it is a step up. as you said, this man is the president of brazil's cardiology association and that is huge. he has supported science and he has supported science and he has supported vaccines, like you said. so there are big expectations because that is really what the brazilian government now in the brazilian people want to focus on is this question of vaccines. there are still many, many questions. he said yesterday that he is going to defer to bowl scenario and his policies. he said hisjob is not the policies. that is his territory. is a little concerning but we are going to see how these roll—out in the coming weeks. see how these roll-out in the coming weeks.— see how these roll-out in the coming weeks. the president's oli or coming weeks. the president's policy or along _ coming weeks. the president's policy or along seems - coming weeks. the president's policy or along seems to - coming weeks. the president's policy or along seems to be - policy or along seems to be that the risks to the economy to lock down a more severe than the risks for the pandemic. it the risks for the pandemic. if that's still the case and what are the consequences of that? well, yes, he has been saying that from the very beginning and continues to repeat it. a weeks ago he was lashing out at governors again who are instituting lockdown is and we have several cities in sao paulo that have instituted strict lockdown for the next five days as cases are spiking which is a shock because cities are interested in doing this lockdown measures. he is giving that same tone but he has lowered the level of antagonism just a little bit and we saw him unmask last week signing a law to expedite the purchase of vaccines into effect and so he is lowering the antagonism a little bit and trying to focus on this vaccination campaign. in europe where covid deaths are rising regulators have repeated the advice that the risks of the disease are so grave that it wants all countries to carry on using the astra zeneca vaccine. but sweden and latvia are the latest to pause using it — over concerns about possible side—effects such blood clots. the european medicines agency has already said there is �*no indication' that this vaccine could be the culprit. there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. they have not come up conditions. they have not come up in the clinical trials and they are not listed as no one or expected side effects with this vaccine. in clinical trials, both vaccinated people and the people who received the placebo have shown small, some very small numbers of blood clot development. the number of events overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than that seen in the general population. police in the us state of georgia are investigating shootings at three different spas on tuesday that left at least eight people dead(tx officials say that 4 people were killed at a massage parlour in acworth, a suburb of atlanta, and four more at two spas in the state capital itself. police said the four atlanta victims were women and appeared to be asian. a suspect has been arrested — he's been named as 21—year old robert aaron long, who lives in cherokee county let's get the latest on this from peter bowes, our north america correspondent, who is in los angeles. what else do you have? well, this started in cherokee county which is just north of atlanta. and the police were called to a spa, to a massage parlour and they discovered five people that had been shot. two died at the scene and two died later in hospital and the fifth was injured. about an hour later the police were called to a suspected robbery in the city of atlanta at another massage parlour. there they found three people dead and they were told of a shooting across the road at yet another spa, another massage parlour where one person had been killed. a total of eight people have lost their lives and as you said, four of those, for women are believed to be asian. we understand at least two others from the first shooting were white, a man and a woman. the police say that the is video evidence to suggest that the shootings were indeed connected. the man who was arrested was actually held after a police chase. he was apparently identified, his vehicle was identified through security camera footage from the first shooting and he was arrested about two hours south of atlanta so quite a distance away. again, she said, he has been named as 21—year—old robert long. we been named as 21-year-old robert long-— been named as 21-year-old robert long. been named as 21-year-old robert lonu. ~ ., ., ., ., robert long. we have no word on any charges _ robert long. we have no word on any charges or— robert long. we have no word on any charges or his _ robert long. we have no word on any charges or his first _ robert long. we have no word on any charges or his first court - any charges or his first court appearance. thank you very much. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: realistic — attractive but artifical — the next breed of robots that could be indistinguishable from their human creators. today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter... cheering and applause more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a chance for the christian democratsl of the west, offering i reunification as quickly as possible, and that's. what the voters wanted. the bbc revisits aleppo — after a decade of conflict in syria — we hear the harrowing testimony of those whose lives were torn apart by war. officials in brazil say the healthcare system is overwhelmed with coronavirus cases and facing the worst crisis in its history. the united states is facing the highest number of migrants at its southern border with mexico for 20 years. that's according to homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the growing crisis has meant thousands of unaccompanied children are being kept in government—run detention facilities that critics say are inhumane. as of march 1k, us customs and border patrol agents were housing 4,200 children in detention that's a 31% jump from a week earlier. in that time, the number of children being kept over the three—day limit more than doubled. after 72 hours, children are supposed be taken to refugee shelters, which are better equipped, with play areas, classrooms and counselling services. rebecca kitson is us lawyer working with immigrant families along the border. i asked her how old the unaccompanied children were and why they had crossed to the us. in general, the primary age group of children that come through the border tends to be teenage children. 70% of the kids who come to the border are teenagers. and typically their reasons for coming into the united states involve the rampant violence and poverty that we see, the primary sources these children are the northern triangle countries of el salvador, guatemala and honduras. very difficult conditions quite often at home. teenagers a pretty broad spectrum. mainly 15—18, perhaps? it is possible for them to travel unaccompanied but still pretty tough and to turn up in a country where you know nobody?— turn up in a country where you know nobody? absolutely. they are incredibly _ know nobody? absolutely. they are incredibly challenging - are incredibly challenging circumstances for anyone and of course even children who are 15-18 course even children who are 15—18 years of age are still children. and these journeys are very difficult even for adults are these children have been too often unspeakable challenges along the way fighting cartels in mexico and lots of different horrors along the way. in lots of different horrors along the wa . , ., , . the way. in your experience what are — the way. in your experience what are the _ the way. in your experience what are the calculation - the way. in your experience what are the calculation by| the way. in your experience i what are the calculation by the parents, that they themselves may not get through but the children probably will when there is a chance at least of a life, is that how it works? yes. parents who have two come to this decision, it is incredibly difficult decision. parents in these countries are the same as parents anywhere in that if they reach that decision to send the children are a difficultjourney they believe they have no other choice and this is the only way that they can potentially save the life of their children. children being able to make it to the united states. children are being allowed in by families and single adults are not. ~ ., families and single adults are not. ~ . , ., families and single adults are not. . . ., not. what you say to the republican _ not. what you say to the republican argument - not. what you say to the | republican argument that not. what you say to the - republican argument that this is a crisis of mr biden's making and he should not have let their men?— let their men? you know, this is an issue _ let their men? you know, this is an issue that _ let their men? you know, this is an issue that we _ let their men? you know, this is an issue that we have - let their men? you know, this is an issue that we have been | is an issue that we have been seeing throughout successive administrations so apart from, you know, the 0bama administration dealt with surges along the border and the same under the trump administration and even under the most restrictive policies. even a light family separation we saw a significant increase in may of 2019 so this is a long deep—seated ongoing problem that we have seen in these countries accelerated by these countries accelerated by the pandemic and natural disasters happening in these countries so i don't think that we can pinpoint two months of the administration as being the sole reason that these children are fleeing to the united states. a declassified us intelligence report has concluded that russia tried to undermine joe biden's campaign to become president. it says moscow's methods included undermining confidence in the voting system but that there was no evidence of vote tampering. some media reports suggest washington is expected to impose sanctions on moscow as soon as next week because of the allegations tiger woods has left hospital and is recovering at home — three weeks after his car crash. the 45—year—old golfer broke both legs in the accident in california last month. 0n twitter he thanked his medical team as well as his fans for their well wishes scientists believe they've found out what happened to the water that flowed across the surface of mars billions of years ago. writing in the journal science, they say vast quantities of liquid became trapped in minerals below the planet's crust. researchers have been trying to solve the mystery for decades. the evidence comes from rovers on the martian surface and orbiting spacecraft. from wednesday more than 70,000 uber drivers across the uk will be classified as workers instead of being self employed. it's a far—reaching change , following a ruling in the uk supreme court, which gives the drivers the right to holiday pay, a pension and the minimum wage. the ruling could have huge implications for the so—called gig economy. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has the story. it was the company that shook up the system, but today the system seems to have caught up with uber. after last month's verdict by the supreme court, it's announced that from tomorrow, all of its drivers will be classed as workers. for years, politicians and unions have said that you have been playing fast and loose with employment rights. does this not prove that they were right all along? i think the situation for employment in the uk has been ambiguous for some time. you've taken advantage of those ambiguities, haven't you? we have worked as hard as we can to try and provide drivers with a good way of earning, the flexibility that they want and the protections that they have. but we can now go further than we've gone before because of the clarity that the supreme court ruling brings us. drivers will still be able to work when and where they want, and the company's minimum wage only applies once a driver accepts a ride. this will be costly to you? we are not expecting to rise prices and we want to remain price competitive. this will come out of the driver's income instead? 0ur expectation is that we can grow the business by treating drivers well and bringing drivers onto the platform, and also by growing with cities as they unlock. don't you think that workers want to know that they're i wish they had done this a few years ago, but this is a tremendous victory for people in this country. it could have big implications for the gig economy. they are one of the biggest players in the gig economy and others will be looking closely at this and thinking, after six years of litigation, they had to give in to the inevitable and agree that their drivers were workers, so they will need to do the same. this movie is a fundamental change, one which will be closely watched around the world, this move. drivers are working from the moment they turn on the app. are we one step closer to walking, talking robots indistinguishable from their human creators? designers in russia are using polymers and 3d printing to make human attributes on our next breed of androids that could be used in shopping centres, museums or care homes — notjust realistic — but attractive. mark lobel takes a look. with an eye to the future, 3d modeller, sculptor and designer petr chegodaev uses art to humanise robots. translation: i plan to make a 3d modelling centre, - where we developed artificial skin, eyes and teeth for our. hyperrealistic robots, in this rapidly developing market. i this lab, in the far eastern russian city of vladivostok, is developing a prototype of a male humanoid robot called alexia. mass production is scheduled to start by the end of the year. eventually, these robots are intended to have a full body and legs and be able to move. right now we supply robots to the government centresl in moscow and various - russian medical universities. there is also a large i and promising market in the united states, - where universities are also interested, and we have already signed some contracts. - some fear a time when robots overtake humans. this combination of art and technology may hasten the day. right now, they are doing well to be getting haircuts, quite frankly, with so many of us humans in lockdown! but, if one day the mask does slip, perhaps they will at least console us with that very human of sayings, that imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. mark lobel, bbc news. hello. tuesday brought us a very mild day across the uk. in fact, for wales and scotland, it was the warmest day of the year so far, and widely, we had temperatures in the mid to high teens. this is how we ended the day in north somerset. the warmeest spot was in worchestershired where temperatures gotjust shy of 18 celsius. now, it won't be quite as mild as we look through the course of wednesday, but another largely dry settled day for many of us. there will be some spells of sunshine around on wednesday, still a few spots of showery rain, mainly for parts of eastern england. high—pressure is dominating our weather at the moment, but we have got a couple of weather fronts that will be working their way south down the north sea over the next couple of days. so, for wednesday morning, then, we start off on a chilly note, some mist and some4 fog patches possible for parts of midlands, perhaps wales as well. through the day, the cloud will thicken bringing a few splashes of rain, particularly for parts of east anglia, the southeast, but there could be a few showers towards the east midlands as well. now, these northerly winds in the east are blowing over fairly cold sea surface temperatures, only about 6 celsius in the north sea at the moment. so where you are exposed to that wind coming off the chilly sea, temperatures only about 9—10 celsius around that east coast, but away from the east coast, most of us up to about 111—15 celsius. so, anotherfairly mild day. fast forward into thursday, a fairly similar story once again, quite cloudy skies, but there will be some sunshine breaking through. and again, it's across parts of eastern england that we we'll have a few showers. those fairly cool northerly winds keeping temperatures here around 9—10 celsius, but elsewhere, 13—14 celsius once again on thursday. now, as we look towards the end of the week, we have that high—pressure still out towards the west with the winds rotating. they're going to start to come in from a northeasterly direction. you can see those blue colours just pushing in across parts of southern and eastern england, so a bit of a change as we look towards the end of the week, a change in wind direction draws that colder air in across really the southeastern third of the uk. but elsewhere, we have still got a fair amount of cloud, quite a lot of dry weather, we could see temperatures about 13 degrees for the likes of glasgow, but for norwich, stuck at only around about 8 celsius. and it's going to be a southeast—northwest split into the weekend too, where you are exposed to that northerly breeze, it's going to feel quite chilly for the likes of dover, for instance, but it's looking mild or towards the northwest with highs of around 11 celsius. bye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines: the world health organisation has urged african governments not to lose faith in the astrazeneca vaccine — after more than a dozen european nations suspended theirjab roll—out, over a health scare. the eu's medical regulator says they remain "convinced" the vaccine is safe for countries to continue using. health authorities in several of brazil's larger cities are calling for the country's new health minister to impose a national lockdown after the country reached a record number of deaths due to coronavirus. medical staff say the health care system is being overwhelmed and is facing the worst crisis in its history. police in the us state of georgia arrest a man accused of killing eight peple at three different spas in atlanta. the attack has triggered fears that asian—american run businesses are being targeted.