20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american led invasion got under way. we ll be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, it s in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham s aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his red card in the fa cup quarterfinal defeat at manchester united. good evening. the catastrophic impact of climate change and fears for the future of the planet have been laid out in a major new report which the united nations has described as a survival guide for humanity . climate experts say there is a closing window of opportunity to build a sustainable future, but they say that will involve rapid cuts to the use of fossil fuels, and maximising the use of clean energy and technology. the repo
government s planned pension reform as demonstrations grow across the country. global financial markets react nervously to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse but are the fears now easing. and turning powder into beer. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine . mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladim
Who wont reveal the wheerabouts of their victims bodies thats what one mum is campaigning for after her daughter was murdered 30 years ago. Strap we will talk to marry mccourt in the next hour. Good morning. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Youve no doubt seen beyonces Surprise Announcement that shes pregnant with twins it has now become the most liked Instagram Post ever. That photo was taken when half a Million People had liked it, we are now up to over 7 million. That is a lot of likes, isnt it . She said she and her husband jay z have been blessed two times over, adding we are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two. She signed it the carters, jay zs real last name. Spit barbara it is an interesting picture. It is an interesting picture, isnt it . Wearing just her bra and knickers and weirdly a veil, and kneeling in front of her local florist. If youve been pregnant with twins, and you took a pic of your belly with your twins inside and
it shock and awe. it was going to make the middle east safe and democratic. but there was no proper plan to govern after saddam hussein. removing him left a security vacuum in the heart of the middle east. iraqis died. the jihadists thrived. at a mass grave in sinjar, near the syrian border, it was clear how the past still blights the present. on august the 3rd 2014, jihadists of islamic state killed dozens of men here from iraq s yazidi minority. they took the women as slaves. identity cards in clothes, left to rot. bones dna tests might give them a properfuneral.
in the heart of the middle east. iraqis died. the jihadists thrived. at a mass grave in sinjar, near the syrian border, it was clear how the past still blights the present. on august the 3rd 2014, jihadists of islamic state killed dozens of men here from iraq s yazidi minority. they took the women as slaves. identity cards in clothes, left to rot. bones dna tests might give them a properfuneral. suad, who was 16 on that day, was taken to syria and sold many times until she was rescued in 2019. translation: islamic state did not spare anyone. - they took us all for themselves.