Those who left that the grass is greening back home. Hello, thank you for joining us. Aid agencies are in a race against time to get vial food and medicine to besieged towns in syria where people are starving. As winter sets in families have been burning furniture for warmth and eating leaves, cats and dogs. Sources say an agreement has been made in agreement. In return aid will be allowed in two opposition held areas in the in order. What is your name . Nua. How long have you have you been without food . Four days. What have you taken from the hospital to survive . This packet. This packet of salt . Well, a spokesperson for the worl aid to the middle east spoke. Well have aid trucks carrying food for the 47,000 people who are besieged in the town. In addition there will be other how man tearan supplies on this convoy. Hopefully also on sunday well be reaching for areas that will clue baby food, water purifiers, american supplies. Well, syrian state receive said that the government is
Province. A former president of the world athletics governing body is in the line of fire, as the extent of corruption in the organization is layed bear. Survival the residents leave the oscars race with 12 nominations, Leonardo Dicaprio finally win his First Academy award . I will have all the days sport, including south africa has a tough time on the opening day of the test in johannesburg. Ban kimoon said all sides in the conflict has committed atrocious acts prohibited under international law. Badgeky moon says the people are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. Where at least five people have died of starvation. Our diplomatic editor joins us live now from the United Nations, in new york, where of course ban kimoon made that speech. How significant is it that he used the words war crime . Them, clearly ban kimoon is the head of the United Nations, his words carry real weight. Very very careful the language they use, it is nearly five years of the war, i have heard, numero
Song to top the israeli charts. The turkish government said a young syrian suicide bombers was behind an attack in the Historic District of istanbul. Ten are dead, among them german tourists. Turkeys government will share details of the attack with berlin. We have this report. Its the heart of istanbul and one of its most popular tourist spots. This is the square, less than an hour after an explosion, the site cordoned off and security tight. Schwa it was a suicide bomb. I saw it. It was chaos, everyone was running around. Police didnt see this coming. They were upset, and trying a evacuate the area because they said a second bomb could go off. It is the biggest city in turkey with a major attraction for tourists and turks alike. Thousands visit every day. The district is also home to the museum and the blue mosque. Some in turkey had been expecting attacks since turkish borders launched an offensive against isil, as well as kurdish p. K. K. Fighters. In october, at least 102 people we
A report says corruption was embedded in world athletics governing body and the leadership must have known. Plus. Box office hit mad max makes the running with ten oscar nominations. The United Nations secretarygeneral says the starvation of people in the besieged town of madia amounts to a war crime by the syrian government. Ban kimoon criticized all sides in the conflict for committing atrocious acts. Bank kimoon said the people were in desperate need and are treated worst than hostages. A Second International aid convoy arrived in the town. They needed supplies and they made their way to the area in 44 trucks. News came of the death a 3monthold baby of malnutrition in a village near by. Lets go live to our diplomat mattic editor at the United Nations in new york. Very Strong Language indeed from baniec kimoon. Absolutely. Almost five years of war in syria now, and ive been listening to many of his speeches over nearly five years. I think in my ways this is one of the strongest comme
Argentinas robin hood why thousands flock to the grave of a soldiers turned outlaw for blessings. Tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in three syrian towns will have to wait at least another day before help reaches them. Aid agencies hoped the trucks with food and medicine would arrive on sunday. Some are so desperate that they are eating leaves and grass. Aid agencies have supplies of food and medicine ready to leave damascus, and hope that the first trucks arrive, besieged by the government. Supplies will be delivered to two towns 250km away. Opposition groups are surrounding the towns. There are many areas not included in the deal. In eastern ghouta, 176,000 are said to be cut off. 9,000 are trapped in the damascus suburb of dahlia, and in the western town of zab u darny. And i. S. I. L. Fighters cut off some 200,000 people in parts of the eastern city of deraa zor. Now we go live to beirut. Why is it taking so long to get this desperately needed aid to these peopl