following the death of 16 year old brianna jie in warrington. and a big revealfrom rihanna during last night s super bowl half time show confirming that she s expecting her second child. more on all the super bowl action from sport at half past. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s now a week since devastating earthquakes hit parts of turkey and syria, causing massive damage and destruction. almost 36,000 people are now known to have died, as rescue workers continue to search through collapsed buildings. the head of the un s relief mission says the death toll could more than double, with the rescue phase in syria now coming to a close . and he s warned that people in parts of rebel held north west syria are being failed by a lack of support and aid. these pictures are coming to us live from gaziantep in southern turkey, not far from the epicentre of the first quake that hit a week ago. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker is in the turkish ci
and syria are dwindling. tonight with the context, tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent and amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director. we begin tonight in the skies over north america, where no less than three unidentified flying objects have been shot down in the last three days. the us says it has not yet been able to identify the objects but wreckage recovery operations are continuing. but after a military commander said he could not rule out that the objects were extra terrestrials over the weekend today the white house sort today the white house sought to address the question on everyone s minds. there is no, again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. again, there is no indication of aliens or aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. we wanted to make sure that the american people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say that from
Data on saturn after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. And coming up in the sport on bbc news Maria Sharapova is labelled a cheat by fellow player Eugenie Bouchard, as she returns from her 15 month doping ban with a win in stuttgart. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Foreign Secretary has suggested britain could take Military Action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. Borisjohnson said it would be very difficult to say no if President Trump asked for british help in punishing the Syrian Regime for another chemical weapons attack. Meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the Election Campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the Labour LeaderJeremy Corbyn. Hes called him a mutton headed old mugwump. Heres our Political Correspondent, alex forsyth. Smith will strike on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against Syrian Government forces, he responds to a Chemical Attack which killed c
Wimbledon sportsday, im katherine downes. Heres a taste of whats coming up tonight. We had four, but could we make it five brits into round three . Kyle edmund certainly tried on a hot and humid centre court. No sweat for djokovic. Hes through to round three after demolishing Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic in straight sets. And there was plenty of hot stuff on day four of the championships well bring you the best of the rest. And well bring you the rest of the days sports news, including a great day for the new england cricket captainjoe root. Its been a realjacket off day at wimbledon. Temperatures pushing upwards of 30 celsius, and over the last few days the british tennis has been pretty hot. Yesterday we would talking about four british players through to the third round for the first time in 20 years, today kyle edmund had the chance to become the fifth. But although the british mens number two put up a fight, he eventually succumbed to number 15 seed gael monfils in straight
It was huge night for celtic as they needed a win against rosenborg to stay in the champions league. Find out how their third round qualifier went in norway. Good evening. Theres new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in Human Embryos. They used a process known as gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly Heart Condition. But critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. Our medical correspondent, fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious. To eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in Human Embryos. So how is it done . Inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. It is the Instruction Manual for life. The scientists were targeting a faulty gene