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
we have a special report on a yazidi family suing an islamic state leader s widow for abuse and sex trafficking. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in new york, where the united nations security council has voted in favour of an american resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire by israel and hamas in gaza. 1a countries voted in favour, with russia abstaining. speaking after the vote, the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, said the fighting could end now if hamas accepted the three phase plan. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is monitoring events for us, and sent us this update. the united states, i think, it s no surprise that this resolution, the vote, coincided with antony blinken s trip to the region. and what we heard from the united states was that this was the best possible way to secure a durable end to the war, saying that it really is a deal that was israel s initiative, it outlined thr
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Europe-bound Syrian migrants travel via eastern Libya on a carrier that was recently taken off EU sanctions list. The Libyan National Army’s Military Investment Authority pockets fees to issue security clearances and allows them into the country.