at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. another 69 were wounded, four of them critically, in what istanbul s governor described as a terrorist attack . officials say some 15 foreign nationals were killed in the shooting at one of the city s most popular nightspots. the attack marks a bloody end to a year that saw ankara and istanbul targeted by several attacks carried out by the so called islamic state group, and separately, kurdish rebels. mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration. one of istanbul s top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two. they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. another camera showed people cowering as the attacker struck before he stormed the club. inside, his killing spree continued turks and foreigners murdered, others jumping in
back at a dollar versus year in film, from hollywood superhero stuff home grown hits. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a second girl injured in a fatal hit and run collision in oldham on new year s eve has died. ii year old zaneta krokova died in hospital this morning as a result of her injuries. her 12 year old cousin helina kotlarova died at the scene on saturday night. police are appealing for information and have released one of the five men they had arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. our correspondent peter harris is in oldham for us now. peter, that news emerging of the second tragic death in the last short while. that s right. as you can see behind me, the flowers and tributes continue to build here beside the road where the girls was struck by the car on new year s eve. that confirmation that this is now a double tragedy came earlier this afternoon with the death of zaneta kro kova. afternoon with the death of zaneta krokova. she was 1
singapore, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. welcome. it is midnight in london, 7am in singapore, and 2am in moscow, where the us secretary of state has been trying to improve faltering relations between two of the world s biggest powers, but in the end, there was no hiding the differences. after nearly two hours of talks with his russian counterpart and even vladimir putin himself, sakho tim rex tillerson said there was a disparity between the two countries. we will get the view from washington a little later on newsday, but first of all, from a place in moscow, here is our reporter. the last time he was in russia, rex tillerson was an oil man, doing multi million dollar deals with the kremlin, drinking champagne with vladimir putin. he even got an award from him. but in moscow, today, it was a political deal secretary of state tillerson was seeking over syria, not easy with us russian relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. he met his russian counterp
8:00am in singapore, and 3:00am in moscow, where the us secretary of state has been trying to improve faltering relations between two of the world s biggest powers, but in the end, there was no hiding the differences. after nearly two hours of talks with his russian counterpart, and president putin himself, rex tillerson told his russian counterpart there was a disparity between the two countries. we will get the view from washington a little later on newsday, but first of all, from a place in moscow, here is our reporter. the last time he was in russia, rex tillerson was an oil man, doing multibillion dollar deals with the kremlin, drinking champagne with vladimir putin. he even got an award from him. but in moscow today, it was a political deal secretary of state tillerson was seeking over syria, not easy with us russian relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. he met his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. then, behind closed doors in the kremlin, president
president trump and his secretary of state are both saying relations with russia are at an all time low. rex tillerson‘s talks in moscow with president putin and his foreign minister were never going to be easy, but it now seems clear the kremlin has not budged in its support for syria s president assad, despite last week s chemical attack. the us and russia are poles apart on pretty much everything, from syria to the many questions about russian interference in the us election. from moscow, steve rosenberg. the last time he was in russia, rex tillerson was an oil man, doing multibillion dollar deals with the kremlin, drinking champagne with vladimir putin. he even got an award from him. but in moscow today, it was a political deal secretary of state tillerson was seeking, over syria, not easy with us russian relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. he met his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. then, behind closed doors in the kremlin, president putin. there