the united nations estimates that more than half a million people have been displaced over the past two months — 80% of them are women and children. it took years of fighting and a massive international effort to defeat the islamic state group. but is was a different type of terror group — its fighters didn't travel alone, but brought entire extended families with them. the result is that there are now 70,000 is followers, including 10,000 children being held in the middle east. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman darren conway travelled to north—eastern syria to meet some of the children of is fighters, brought from their homes in indonesia — and now detained without much hope of return. the detention camps of the islamic state group aren't just a stain on syria...

..they‘re a black mark on the conscience of the world. in this desert of good and evil, there are the guilty... ..and the innocent. few countries have bothered to sift and separate what is left behind. nada fedulla is being punished for the sins of her father. along with her grandmother, he brought the family here in 2015. there's one person that's responsible for bringing you all the way here, for taking you out of school, from stopping you becoming a doctor. it's your father. yeah. can you forgive your father? yeah, because he's a human being, you know? every human being can make a mistake. but he's already apologised to me about what he did.

he apologised to me and tried to make everything better, but he can't do anything because he's in prison. it's the craziest thing in my life, that i bring all my family to syria. now in prison, nada's father says he's full of regret. and then, in the beginning, everything is running so clear. you must have seen the videos that the islamic state put out. there were videos notjust of a paradise and a great place to live if you're a muslim, but there were videos of beheadings, of murder, of enslavement, of terrible cruelty. you would have known when you left indonesia that this was no ordinary country you were moving to. yeah, we know that. but everybody made a mistake, right? maybe you made a mistake in your life. you made a mistake in your life, everybody made a mistake in their lives, and this

is a big mistake in my life. syria was never a safe place to lock up dangerous men. amid these hard—core is supporters, children are packed in, in prison uniforms too big for them. 10,000 kids from 80 countries cling on here, betrayed by their parents and their governments don't seem to care either. it's the orphans who have truly been abandoned by humanity. here, we met farouk, youssef and nasser. translation: rocket attacks happened and i don't know. iran away and i didn't see anyone from my family. translation: the aircraft bombed and then everyone went missing. then i found farouk.

what happened to your brothers and sisters and to your mum and dad? translation: they were killed. youssef, when you leave here, where do you want to go, what do you want to do? translation: i reckon i'd die. i would stay here. these children are blameless, yet there are no plans to return them to indonesia. and what do you say to people in indonesia, do you want to go home? yeah. because i'm really tired in here. so... we're thankful if there's people who want to... forgive you? yeah.

..and for receiving us back, we're thankful for it. and we just hope we can get out from here and come back to our country. that was a special report by quentin somerville. iowa in, the caucasus descended into chaos. software designed to have the figures fail. what happened ? designed to have the figures fail. what happened? this was less caucus and more kock up. it was calamity. the democrats wanted to show that competency and said they could not organise an election in a small

state. 62% of precincts have declared and pretty big surprises. 0ut declared and pretty big surprises. out in front is pete buttigieg, the 38—year—old mare from indiana. in second place bernie sanders, the vetera n second place bernie sanders, the veteran senator for vermont. third place elizabeth warren and fourth place, the big surprise, joe biden. i suppose the big winner from last night was donald trump because this went so badly for the democrats, donald trump saying look at them, they may be running the country in november unless you vote for me. tonight it is the state of the union and he will be hammering home those points as forcibly as you can. —— state of the union. up until the 19805, state of the union. up until the 1980s, couples who had a stillborn

child really got time to say goodbye to their baby or even find out where their child would be buried. now, a cross— party their child would be buried. now, a cross—party group of mps is calling on the government to take steps to help thousands of parents find out what happened to their babies. every marker represents a loss baby. taken away from their parents after a miscarriage or stillbirth decades ago. most of their families have no idea where they are. why didn't i hold him? why didn't i look at him? but it was too late, he'd gone. a0 years ago, yvonne's baby was stillborn. he was taken away. she never saw him. all i had was a priest come to see me and just say that he will have a proper burial. the next morning, ready to go home. that was it. i've always wished i knew

where he was to go to a grave. quickly removing a baby's body was common before the 1980s, to avoid traumatising a mother further. medical practice has completely changed now, but it meant thousands of families didn't get a chance to say goodbye. paula jackson traced her friend's twin sister, who died just nine hours after she was born 60 years ago. piecing together old records, she realised her experience could help other bereaved families, so she now does it forfree in her spare time. "thank you so much, paula, for finding my baby after 48 years." we have traced almost 800 babies. from 1935 up to the ‘90s. it was a very different time. we have had families where the mother was literally told her baby had died, and then she was told to stop crying. paula's work tracing babies' graves has been recognised by a cross—party group of mps. it's led to a debate in the commons

this week that aims to help families gain some sort of closure. it's so important that they are able to commemorate, that they have to know where these babies are. we do owe these mums an apology, and the system was wrong, and now we have an opportunity to make sure that we make amends for the damage that we caused. lovely to see you. thank you. after making contact online, yvonne and paula are meeting for the first time. it took four months of searching through records, but in the corner of a graveyard, amongst the bushes, is her son's grave. thank you. it is sad. i'll cut the bushes down, don't worry. i'll keep him clean now. she found him for me, and i'm so happy. i think for parents, the worst thing is not knowing. yeah. thank you very much.

but this is just one family. there are so many other children waiting to be found. frankie mccamley, bbc news. that work will be going on and we will give you update here on abc news. the new head of the premier league has said the virtual refereeing system does need improving but it will not be abandoned. richard masters denied the system had been damaging to the league despite wide criticism since it was introduced. the chief executive has been discussing that with our sports editor, dan rowan. for years the premier league has gone from strength to strength, both on and off the field. but as well as the triumphs, there are now a number of challenges. step forward this man, having been overlooked three times for the role, interim chief richard masters has

now landed one of sport's biggest jobs on a permanent basis. and there's plenty to tackle. commentator: no penalty! rarely a week goes by without controversy or confusion over var. today a poll showing that 60% of fans now feel the system is working badly. obviously there are issues. there are issues with consistency of decision—making. there are issues with delay, which people don't like. should we just scrap the whole system? just do away with it? no, i don't think that's an option. what we have to do is try and make var better. and we are going to have a debate in april with the clubs about what sort of var they would like next season. i don't think it's been damaging. but i accept it needs improvement. ultimately we can't stop individuals harbouring racist or homophobic thoughts coming into our grounds. or even sharing them with people around them. it's our responsibility to make sure those people know that if they do that, there are consequences. and also to put the proper systems in place to deal with the situation when it happens. but you accept there is work to be done? yes, there is always more work to be done.

with the government reviewing gambling laws, today it emerged the bookmakers are considering a voluntary ban on shirt sponsorship and pitch side advertising. but masters has defended his club's close links with the betting industry. we welcome the betting with you, we are participants in that. we welcome the betting review, we are participants in that. i don't think the answer should be that if you are looking at solving the issues of vulnerable people and betting, that the answer should be that the clubs cant have betting partnerships any more. commentator: salah charges in towards him, to score! here we are in early february and liverpool are 22 points clear, it's a procession, does that concern you? it doesn't. my view is that last year we had the most incredible title race and i always back the premier league to provide a story, if you like, that gets fans excited. we are seeing one of the premier league's great sides and we should celebrate that. liverpool's long wait for the title now looks all but guaranteed. but for the premier league, the are still plenty of issues to be resolved.

dan roan, bbc news. that's it, a little later than usual. now it is time for the news where you. —— are... —— are...

good evening. you're watching bbc news. all british citizens in china have been told that they should leave the country to minimise the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. that's the official advice published by the foreign office today. according to china state television, a79 people have now died from the virus, with all but two in mainland china. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has the latest from beijing. in wuhan, they have turned this stadium into a hospital. state media using images like these

to reinforce a message. china's getting things under control. but the deserted airports and cancelled flights show it's fear that seems to be winning. now the uk, along with germany, france, and new zealand, are advising those who can to leave. it has prompted some to try to bring their flights forward. the british government advice has not really been that helpful because you cannotjust take a flight out. if the flights are not there, they are not available, so, yes. lydia, did it add to your sense of worry when you heard governments telling people to get out if they can? a little bit. the biggest worry was that the city would get locked down because we were in the second worst province after hubei, chongqing. so there have been cities in the province that

have been quarantined and when you are quarantined, you're stuck. this is more than 500 miles from wuhan, residents kept indoors, transport shutdown. these scenes are driving fears in foreign capitals that the virus may not be contained. the advice to 30,000 britons in china to head to the airport is extraordinary. the world's second largest economy, deeply integrated into global supply chains and transport networks, now essentially deemed too risky. but it's not easy for all brits to leave. little baby atlas doesn't yet have a passport. it seems to be that the news is saying that the elderly and the young are the most vulnerable to viruses generally, so we're a little bit anxious about that.

and danny's wife, viola, is a chinese national without a valid visa. but the uk government's announced that should not matter. i've spoken to the chinese foreign minister and received reassurances that no families that want to return with a uk national will find themselves divided on the basis of dual nationality. china's fighting on, but with so much still unknown about this virus the international community is not taking any chances. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. the number of detected cases of coronavirus in china's central hubei province has risen by more than 3,000 to 16,678. the number of deaths in the epicentre of the outbreak had risen by 65 to 479, the country's state television reported tonight. hubei's provincial capital of wuhan reported 49 new deaths on tuesday, up from 48 on monday.

it has been announced that the uk will chart another flight on sony to evacuate british national and their families from wuhan —— charter. it has emerged that a belgian woman who was on flight the wrought uk citizens back to europe last week and tested positive for the virus. 11 uk citizens and family members we re 11 uk citizens and family members were on the woman's fight. a surgeon in the west midlands was allowed to get away with hundreds, maybe thousands, of unnecessary or mutilating operations because a dysfunctional health system did not tackle his actions. an official inquriy has found that opportunities to stop ian paterson were missed because of a culture of denial and avoidance among staff at nhs and private hospitals. as a result, five health professionals have been referred to their regulatory bodies. west midlands police are also looking at another employee. and the inquiry is recommending that the cases of more than 11,000 other patients should now be reassessed, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports.

ian paterson's malpractice was on a devastating scale. the number of patients affected became clearer today. many of these women were told they had cancer when they didn't and underwent needless operations. others were subjected to untested surgical techniques. they had campaigned for this independent inquiry, which found they had been failed by the health care system at every level. if you were a paterson patient, you were 50% more likely to get a re—occurrence of breast cancer because you had been left with breast tissue, basically a time bomb, in your chest, ready to explode, ready to give you cancer, because he didn't remove it. ian paterson had treated thousands of patients. concerns had been raised about him in 2003, but he continued to practise, both in the nhs and the independent sector, until 2012. he'd moved between hospitals in the west midlands without criticism being shared between the places

where he'd worked. two years ago he was found guilty in a criminal court and his sentence for wounding later increased from 15 to 20 years. today the man who chaired this inquiry said opportunities to stop paterson had been repeatedly missed. my report sets out what can only be described as wilful blindness in relation to paterson's behaviour and aberrant clinical practice. colleagues avoided or worked around him. some could have known, others should have known, and a few must have known. his report makes 15 recommendations. including automatic suspension if a person is investigated and patients are considered at risk. and that the information is passed on to their other places of work. creating a database where patients can check a consultant's previous performance. and making patient safety a top

priority across current regulation. i think ijust hated him from that minute. knowing that somebody in his position could be so devious and nasty. ian paterson subjected judy conduit to three operations she didn't need. she can't understand how he got away with it. if somebody had taken notice when they reported mr paterson, so many people could have been spared what he put them through. but theyjust let him carry on. there was a culture of avoidance, supervisors appeared to wait for others to act. the nhs trust where paterson worked says it supports the recommendations, while spire healthcare admits opportunities were missed. we should have called them sooner, we have changed. spire is changed. we've got much better regulation of consultants today. ian paterson had abused hundreds of patients. the question they've asked

is whether it could happen again. the inquiry acknowledged that some improvements to regulation have been made, but said that patient safety still doesn't come high enough. sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham. the brother of the manchester arena bomber has gone on trial today at the old bailey. in the prosecution's opening remarks, the jury was told that hashem abedi was just as guilty of murdering the 22 people who died as his brother salman, who detonated a bomb during an ariana grande concert in 2017. abedi, who's 22, denies all the charges against him, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. teenage sweethearts chloe rutherford and liam curry died side by side in the manchester arena bomb. today, their mothers arrived together — liam's mum pushing chloe's in her chair. the families of 15—year—old megan hurley and kelly brewster were also there to hear the evidence. they're just four of the 22

people killed in the bomb, aged from eight to 51. 0ther bereaved families were watching the trial by video link. oh, my god... the bomb went off at 10:31 at the ariana grande concert on the 22nd of may 2017. sirens. as well as those killed, 264 were injured. the bomber, salman abedi, was blown to pieces. but today, his younger brother hashem abedi went on trial. the prosecution saying that he was just as guilty of the murder of the 22 people. in the aftermath, police found evidence, the prosecution say, that the brothers had bought 16 litres of sulphuric acid and 55 litres of hydrogen peroxide — chemicals used to make explosives. and they got access to a property on the 12th floor of this tower block, miles from their family home. from mid—february to mid—april, the prosecution say, the brothers rented this flat,

where police later found traces of the home—made explosive tatp. the allegation is that it was here that the brothers manufactured the explosive and accumulated parts for making the device. just over a month later, salman abedi boarded a tram wearing a backpack, travelled one stop to the manchester arena and detonated the bomb. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. a woman who was the first person to be threatened by the streatham attacker before he went on to stab two other people on sunday has spoken exclusively to the bbc about her ordeal. the 36—year—old was in the shop where sudesh amman stole a knife. rosa, which isn't her real name and is being used to protect her anonymity, says witnessing others being attacked "was a living hell". katharine carpenter from bbc london reports. "i can't sleep. it's very hard

because closing my eyes at night i think of how somebody could have killed me when i was going to the shop. it's hard to think about. i try a lot. i hold my children. this woman came face—to—face with the streatham attacker moments before he stabbed two others. she gone into this shop to buy things to clean her new flat when sudesh amman came in. translation: he came in, he took a knife, and he looked like he was leaving the shop. when he reached the door he pushed me and tried to ta ke the door he pushed me and tried to take the plastic packaging from off the knife, he couldn't. he pushed and stab me but the knife was covered in plastic. -- stabbed. the 36—year—old, his from the dominican republic, then saw a man run outside shouting and waving the knife around as he attacked two others. translation: it was horrible for me. i've spent about 15—20 minutes in hell. living in that moment it was hell. living in that moment it was hell. remember seeing the man on the floor losing a lot of blood. the

woman was on her knees. she was today named as monica, a 51 nurses —— 51—year—old nursery teacher. in a statement, they said she is making a good recovery. within two minutes of his encounter with rosa, sudesh amman was dead, shot by police who had had him under surveillance since his release from prison on the 23rd of january. rosa says that shouldn't have happened and is angry a convicted terrorist had been free to attack again. translation: for me you can't release them, because they always finish the sentence, and when they finish the sentence, and when they finish that sentence they leave to do more damage. she says she still struggling with the trauma of a total stranger trying to take her life. —— she is struggling. katharine carpenter, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john kampfner and sam lister. that's coming up after the headlines in a few minutes.

now it's time for the weather with thomasz shafernaker. hello. well, there's a whole lot of weather heading our way, but not for a few days. in the short—term, it's actually going to be very quiet indeed. we've had some strong winds in the last couple of days. they've died down now. the skies are clearing, temperatures dropping and we've got some frost on the way. this is what the weather map looked like during the course of tuesday evening. and then basically through the early hours of wednesday, the skies will continue to clear. and we've got this cold air sitting right on some of us, but it's not going to last very long. so, through the early hours of wednesday, clearing skies across much of the country, a bit of mist and fog developing here and there and quite a widespread fraud. not a hard frost. in towns and cities, probably just above freezing, but outside of town, i'm sure you'll have to scrape your windscreen. now, this is what it looks like on wednesday itself. the high pressure is notjust established across the uk, but much of western europe. so, windless weather, plenty of sunshine here and across the continent. where the fog lingers during the morning, the temperatures may struggle a little bit,

but on the whole i think for most of us, it's looking dry, sunny, at the worst maybe some hazy sunshine. now, in the north—west of the country, it looks as though it'll be a little more breezy and perhaps a few showers there in the western isles, but that's pretty much it. seven or eight degrees will be the top temperature on wednesday. then wednesday night into thursday, that high pressure has a tendency to slip away little bit towards more central parts of europe, but still very much in charge of the weather. again, thursday morning is going to be nippy. there'll be some mist and fog around, a bit of frost, too. but during the afternoon, it'll be very similar to wednesday. so, both wednesday and thursday across the uk looking absolutely fine. and even looking fine there across north—west of scotland, looking fine here, too. and notice in one or two spots, temperatures struggling just a little bit. friday is probably going to be our last settled day. the high pressure has slipped away towards eastern europe. weather fronts are starting to approach. the winds also starting to freshen during the course of the day across western areas of the uk

as this weather front, heavy rain and gale—force winds approach this island here. but for central and eastern parts of the country, i think friday is looking absolutely fine. after that, a big change on the way. so, from saturday, certainly early as of saturday onwards, we see nasty weather systems lining up there in the atlantic, multiple weather systems, the first of which arriving during the course of the weekend. and from the weekend onwards, we're expecting potentially multiple storms heading in our direction, large waves out to sea, particularly western areas of the uk. we've got high tides, and also a risk of disruption inland because some of those severa gales may well move inland, not just affect coastal areas. and that's because there's a powerful jet stream across the atlantic during the course of the weekend, and this jet stream is basically the wind and rain superhighway