Of the dark days of the 1930s. And the words of a child who moved thousands we speak to seven year old bana who took to social media to describe the bombing of aleppo. Coming up in the sport on bbc news. After one win in 11, palace give alan pardew the christmas sack. Sam alla rdyce is favourite to replace him at selhurst park. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The owner of a Haulage Company and his mechanic have been found guilty of the manslaughter of four people, who died when a tipper lorry ploughed into them in bath. The court heard that the vehicle had been poorly maintained on the day of the crash its brakes failed. The driver, philip potter, who had onlyjust started working for the firm, was cleared of the charges he faced including causing death by dangerous driving. Three men and a four Year Old Girl died in the crash in february last year. Jon kay is at Bristol Crown court. Jon . Jon . George, the court heard that this truck was in such a bad state that the cr
that s exactly what the red cross says was happening today and that explains some of the delays. you mentioned that 7-year-old, bana, she is no longer in syria, she is now in safety in turkey. she met with turkey s president yesterday, erdogan, and she gave a video interview today. here s some of what she said. translator: there was bombing and our house was bombed but we survived. we felt afraid and went down to the basement. there was a lot of stones and dust. we were about to die but thank god we survived. my school was bombed. i miss my house. john, very captivating story there from bana alabed. as you know, you covered syrian conflict, you see how complicated it can be. she has hundreds of thousands of fans on twitter. certainly very captivating, opening a window on life in eastern aleppo. some critics say look, she s just a 7-year-old girl, she should be allowed to live like a
muhammad lila joins me from the turkish/syria border with the latest on that. also, we are hearing from the 7-year-old bana who inspired the world with her communications from inside aleppo. well, that s right, she s given a new video interview today and we ll get to that in a second. earlier, john, you mentioned about the weather conditions and we know what happened when there s rain and there s snow, it usually lead to a lot of mud. very quick anecdote, according to the red cross, they say that part of the agreement to evacuate rebels and civilians from eastern aleppo was they d be able to take their own vehicles. why would you want to get into a bus run by the syrian government when you ve been fighting them? but the problem was, as they were taking their own vehicles, they were getting stuck in the traffic because the weather was creating mud on the road. imagine waiting months to be evacuated from a war zone where you re being bombed almost every day only for your car to break d
it s, you know, it s it s how we live our lives. and you you can t you can t tell that from somebody s race. somebody s religion. you know. people have to act it out. they have to live those lives, and so that was the blowback, and then i thought, okay, well let me live my life out loud. so that people can then see and then judge for themselves. and that s what i want young people to do. just live your life. out loud. live it out loud. in our next hour, mrs. obama will talk about her recent meeting with melania trump. still to come in the newsroom, she captured the world s attention by tweeting while trapped inside wore torn aleppo now with thousands evacuated from eastern aleppo we ll show you how 7-year-old bana was rescued.