Hello and welcome to bbc news. Its been a day of violent Anti Government protest across iraq. Reports now say at least a0 people have been killed, after Security Forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. Eight died in the capital, baghdad, the rest in clashes in the south of the country. In the city of nasiriya, the authorities have imposed a curfew. The protests, which began two weeks ago, have been against corruption, lack ofjobs and Economic Hardship, as Aleem Maqbool reports. Gunshots. Antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets of baghdad in their thousands. Surging towards the green zone. But as they did, they were met by tear gas and clashes with the police. The violence marked exactly one year of the current government. Another year filled with Economic Hardship for iraqis, spiralling unemployment, and poor provision of basic services. Already this month, nearly 200 protesters have been killed across the country in a brutal response by the state to the de
and a criminal investigation is still ongoing of the slow response by law enforcement. our north america correspondent will grant first reported from the scenes of the massacre last year, and has gone back to revisit the parents of ten year old alithia ramirez. just a warning, some viewers may find this report distressing. we wanted to make this room alithia s room. alithia ramirez s parents are recreating her old bedroom in their new home. such was the pain of living in uvalde, the city where she was murdered in her classroom a year ago with 18 classmates and two teachers, they decided to move away. this is our reality, and we re going to be carrying this for the rest of our lives. the memories of their vivacious daughter are everywhere, and anything can transport them to that awful, heartbreaking day. just hearing an ambulance, anything with sirens is just. school buses kind ofjust triggers us sometimes where it brings us back to that day where we re trying to figure out wh
the us born singer songwriter tina turner has died at the age of 83. she was known as the queen of rock and roll. in a statement, her representative says, tina turner, the queen of rock and roll, has died peacefully today at the age of 83. that was after a long illness in her home in zurich near switzerland. with us, david cilento looks back on her life. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. 1966, river deep mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate, pop perfection. however, in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years before tina turner truly made it. anna mae bullock grew up in nutbush, tennessee. her family were sharecroppers. she started singing in ike turner s band when she was a teenager. and poor, largely abandoned by her parents, it was, she hoped, her escape. but it was an escape into a different sort of misery. # rolling down a river powerful woman on stage. but, the acid quee
Perilously. Rescuers are searching for people trapped inside. Two have died and about 200 are injured. About 150 have been rescued from pa rtially colla psed buildings in the city of hualien, a popular tourist destination. These are the latest pictures just coming in. When we look at this hotel, in the long shot, you can see ina hotel, in the long shot, you can see in a moment that it is tilting at an extraordinary level. What looks like the ground floor is in fact the third floor. The rest of it has sunk below ground. Until recently we were told there were several people trapped inside. 1 man was rescued largely because he had his phone with him and he could shine a light from the phone. Rescuers, they knew then that someone was inside and they were able to zero in on the light. | they were able to zero in on the light. I think they were able to zero in on the light. I think we can speak now to indie, who was following events from taipei. To cindy lui. Well, there have been several af
Of extraordinary Political Drama on capitol hill, as the republicans tried and failed to put their health ca re tried and failed to put their Health Care Legislation to a vote, early morning, The Big Question was, did they have the support to get the bill across the line . After intense last minute discussions between Speaker Paul Ryan and donald trump, just minutes before the planned vote, the president called the speaker and told them to pull it. A little earlier, donald trump had this to say we had no democrat support, no votes from the democrats, they were not going to give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to do. Give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to dolj give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to do. I have been saying for the last year and a half, the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode, it is exploding right now. Many state have big problems, almost all states have big problems. I was in tennessee