It takes a good guy with a gun. Chanting no ifs, no buts, no uss pension cuts. Thousands of University Lecturers have started strike action over planned changes to their pensions. And tracey emin talks to us about art, equality, and her legacy. Later in the hour, well have sportsday on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. Good evening. The United Nations has warned of a massacre in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of damascus. Syrian Government Forces have been pounding the suburb for a fifth consecutive day amid reports that more than 350 people have been killed since sunday night, including 150 children. Russia has said there is no agreement in the Un Security Council on establishing a humanitarian ceasefire in the region. This report by our middle east editorjeremy bowen contains some distressing images. More air strikes, more bombs and more casualties. It is not letting up. Across Eastern
Its attention to mars. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news can celtic make it to the last 16 of the Europa League for the first time in m years as they face zenit St Petersburg in russia . Good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. Around 400 people many of them children are thought to have died since sunday on the outskirts of syrias capital as Government Forces continue their bombardment of the rebel held area. Hell on earth is how Eastern Ghouta was described today by the Foreign Office as calls intensified for president assads forces to halt their bombardment of the area, where 400,000 civilians are still believed to be trapped. Tonight the Un Security Council will vote on a resolution calling for a 30 day ceasefire so that humanitarian aid can be delivered. Just a warning, our middle east editorjeremy bowens report contains some very distressing images. More air strikes, more bombs and more casualties, it is not letting up. Armed rebels in Eastern Ghouta have shelled damascu
To thrash out a plan. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Trade and the Trans Pacific partnership are at the top of the agenda for the Prime Minister of australia, malcolm turnbull, and his first visit to washington. How valuable is one celebritys worth . Snapchat is finding out the hard way as its stock falls more than 7 . Good morning, asia, hello, world, it isa good morning, asia, hello, world, it is a friday. Thank you forjoining Asia Business report. We start with malcolm turnbull, the Prime Minister of australia, meeting donald trump very soon at the house. He is very soon at the white house. He is travelling with a large delegation of Business Leaders to boost trade. Australia us trade last year rose to 34 billion. Major australian exports include beef, other meats, and spacecraft. The us is the largest foreign investor into australia, pumping in 672 billion into the economy last year to be i spoke to a professor at the university of sydney, who sa
Decade. However, what it doesnt say is that title is that overall, immigration went up and so we are actually acquiring more people but a lot of them are from outside the eu because restrictions are not going to change necessarily to them, are they . Lets look at the Financial Timesjust quickly. Here they . Lets look at the Financial Times just quickly. Here on the top, a photograph of one of the Many University lecturers who decided to ta ke University Lecturers who decided to take strike action today. It is over changes to their pensions, which they say are going to mean that some people are worse off by tens of thousands of the year. Tens of thousands of the year. Tens of thousands of the year. Tens of thousands of pounds per year. Of course the children still want to make sure they are still getting taught, they are spending £9,000 each a year on tuition fees. The daily mirror is in campaigning mode. Your country needs you. A number of children who have had, or are in need of tran