To avoid drawing a veto from russia, which is an ally of the syrian government. French president Emmanuel Macron and german chancellor Angela Merkel will speak by phone on sunday with russian president vladimir putin, to push for the truce to take hold in the coming days. Nick bryant reports. The people of Eastern Ghouta woke up this morning to continued aerial bombardment and the news from new york that the Security Council remained deadlocked. And still couldnt Reach Agreement on how to bring about even a temporary halt to the killing. Delay in syria always brings more death. At least 120 children have been killed since sunday, according to human rights activists. Hospitals overwhelmed by the number of casualties have been targets of the governments bombing. On the fringes of the Security Council, the tensest of negotiations. But always a sense of urgency from the backers of this resolution and always the unresolved question would russia allow it to pass . I would call upon those who
Suddenly at the age of 5a. Making the weight, we hear how jockeys who use extreme methods such as starving themselves to keep their weight low are being encouraged to use safer practices. And in half an hour here on bbc news dateline london looks at the continuing violence in syria; and the latest twists in the brexit debate. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The shadow brexit secretary has confirmed labour will make a shift on policy on brexit. He says the party will adopt the policy of keeping britain in a Customs Union after brexit. He says a new treaty would have to be drawn up to do the work of the existing agreement. And that labour had long championed the benefit of a Customs Union. The policy shift marks a clear difference with theresa may, who is committed to leaving the eus customs arrangement and the single market. Our Political Correspondent emma vardyjoins me now. This is quite an important change by labour. Each shift of policy on the Customs Union. There have been mo
So you can see how deep and cold that air is. So for the middle of next week onwards, the wind chill becomes quite severe, we could have disruptive snow, of course, before then. Bitter winds. Yes, there will be sunshine, still best in the west, but the warnings are there are on our website. This is bbc news. The headlines the Un Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a 30 day humanitarian ceasefire across syria. It follows a week of intense bombardment of the rebel held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in the suburbs of damascus. The truce would allow for aid and medical evacuations. Parents who fear their daughters have been abducted by boko haram jihadists in nigeria have released a list of more than a hundred names. Up to now, it hadnt been clear how many girls were missing following the attack on a boarding school. President Muhammadu Buhari has called it a national disaster. Democrats in the Us House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that counters prev
Could join us, its midnight here in london and 7am in singapore and we start in berlin where it was all smiles earlier as Angela Merkel played host to le keqiang. He is the second east asian leader to receive the Red Carpet Treatment in berlin this week after indias Prime Minister on tuesday. The more positive mood, a change on last week when the g 7 countries meeting in sicily saw a split with the United States taking a different position to the rest on issues such as Climate Change and free trade. The bbcs joe mellor Climate Change and free trade. The bbcsjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. Its tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. Of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and its true to say Press Officers of either delegation if you take a look at the Trade Numbers between china and europe they are improving as y
Could join us, its midnight here in london and 7am in singapore and we start in berlin where it was all smiles earlier as Angela Merkel played host to le keqiang. He is the second east asian leader to receive the Red Carpet Treatment in berlin this week after indias Prime Minister on tuesday. The more positive mood, a change on last week when the g 7 countries meeting in sicily saw a split with the United States taking a different position to the rest on issues such as Climate Change and free trade. The bbcs joe mellor Climate Change and free trade. The bbcsjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. Its tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. Of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and its true to say Press Officers of either delegation if you take a look at the Trade Numbers between china and europe they are improving as y