To him and the other prisoners with stephen sackur. He is being held with. Is there any avenue you can get information through about jack . Can you contact, for example, British Government officials welcome to hardtalk, or canadian government officials, becausejohn, you are a canadian im stephen sackur. Citizen and jack has dual citizenship, or at least he did alongside the humanitarian until the british fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, citizenship was revoked . There are grave security concerns. We get a little bit of consular not least, what will happen access in syria and we know nothing. To the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned thats all they say, and same with the british side, so no one informs us of anything. By Syrian Kurdish forces . The only thing we can rely on is social media orjournalists on the ground. My guests today, john letts there have been reports he has been and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner taken by the am
News, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alongside the humanitarian fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, there are grave security concerns. Not least, what will happen to the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned by Syrian Kurdish forces . My guests today, john letts and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner british born jack letts. He left the uk in 2014 to live in the so called is caliphate. Since then hes had his british citizenship revoked and his parents have been convicted under uk anti terror laws for sending him money. What will become what should become ofjack letts . Sally lane and john letts, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. You are in a very difficult situation right now because your son jack is, as far as we know imprisoned, held by Kurdish Forces in northern syria. Those forces currently under attack from the turkish army. What is the latest information you have about what is happening to you
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alongside the humanitarian fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, there are grave security concerns. Not least, what will happen to the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned by Syrian Kurdish forces . My guests today, john letts and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner british born, jack letts. He left the uk in 2014 to live in the so called is caliphate. Since then hes had his british citizenship revoked and his parents have been convicted under uk anti terror laws for sending him money. What will become, what should become of jack letts . Sally lane and john letts, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. You are in a very difficult situation right now, because your sonjack, is, as far as we know imprisoned, held by Kurdish Forces in northern syria. Those forces, currently under attack from the turkish army. What is the latest information you have about what is happening to your son . Well, w
Good morning amd welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and victoria fritz. Our headlines today as ten people remain in custody over the death of pc Andrew Harper, the home secretary says more needs to be done to support families of Police Officers injured or killed on duty. A suicide bomber targets a wedding reception in kabul more than 60 are dead and around 200 injured. Official warnings of food and fuel shortages after a no deal brexit have been leaked as borisjohnson prepares to visit paris and berlin for talks. Its the final day of the second ashes test, and any result is still possible after a day of wickets and huge scare at lords for steve smith, the australian batsmen hit on the neck byjofra archer. The day is not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and guess what . The same for the start of the week. Hello, good morning. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story. The home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the familie
Its the final day of the second ashes test, and any result is still possible after a day of wickets and huge scare at lords for steve smith, the australian batsmen hit on the neck byjofra archer. The day not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and the same for the start of the week. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of Police Officers who are killed or injured at work. Pc Andrew Harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. Charlotte simpson reports. Colleagues, friends, and the local community, pay tribute to Police Constable Andrew Harper, where he lost his life. Almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. He should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. A postmortem showed he died from multiple injuries. Detectives are still trying to establish why are called to investigate a burgl