if he is to compete at augusta. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. any parent who takes their child out of school in england during term time could be fined, or even face prosecution. that s the ruling of the supreme court after a father lost his case that he could take his daughter out of school as long as she attended regularly. jon platt who s from the isle of wight had refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday. the high court had originally ruled in his favour but the supreme court has now overturned thatjudgment saying parents need to act within school rules. here s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. the dad who took on the system and today lost. jon platt refuse to pay a fine for today lost. jon platt refuse to pay afine fora today lost. jon platt refuse to pay a fine for a term time holidays. highest court in the land has ruled against him. i say this, the legal battle is not over. there is no right of appeal o
mr corbyn has proposed covering the cost by introducing vat on private school fees. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll have the latest in florida where president trump will meet his chinese counterpart for the first time, in a high stakes summit for both leaders. with some parents facing the prospect of jail with some parents facing the prospect ofjailfor with some parents facing the prospect of jail for taking with some parents facing the prospect ofjail for taking their children out of school into overtime, will be talking about the implications. and we will be looking ata implications. and we will be looking at a children s author. continuing discussions about the chemical attack in english province. a blip. there have been heated discussions at the united nations. we are hearing that britain, france, and the united states are pushing for a vote in the un on the issue of the chemical attac
Syrian conflict. we have the offensive in idlib which could kickoff soon. over the weekend, it is interesting after the summit we covered on friday with the turks and russians and iranians where no deal was reached for a cease-fire. there were more strikes on idlib province over the weekend. oppositions say civilian targets were hit and the government saying it was the groups affiliated with al qaeda hit. there is grave concern that a lot of people could be at risk. the estimates are 3 million people still inside idlib province. civilians inside idlib province. the united states is very concerned about them. again, warning russians and syrians if they take military action in idlib province, they have to make sure somehow those civilians are protected. at this stage, it is difficult,
The syrian army announced it s completely retaken the ruined city adding that they have quote, liberated it from terrorism and terrorists. evacuations now ending with the last remaining rebel fighters and civilians who wanted to leave doing so. about 40,000 people just since last week. despite all of this, though, the more than six year long civil war is not over. rebel groups are holding other parts of the country, including as you see there the city of idlib which president assad has promised to retake. at least 23 people are dead after a car bomb exploded in mosul, iraq, yesterday. 15 civilians and 8 police men are confirmed to have died. it occurred in the area of the city which iraqi forces previously liberated from isis, and is the deadliest bombing in that area since that time. and a passenger on a on board a jetblue flight claims he was removed from the plane after an incident involving vancouver ka trump, donald trump s daughter. vancouver ka, her husband jared kushner a