idlib duty meeting headlines on russian shelling on civilians. but turkey's influence and control over the idlib province is something that is been vastly underreported and sort of overlooked, not by you. so take us back five years ago, ahmet, the time in which you were still in turkey. .. not yet from the beginning. also a greater opportunity. he is understanding is a shiite and over 70%. the continued operation. it had a grand influence. the second is -- he realized they were fighting against or the white in syria. it deemed them enemies. the only person that would believe that in there. speaking to people in egypt, tunisia and other continents or in europe the neck interesting how you are talking about the leader, but he was the one who said no more. [laughter] >> yes. shifting from those times today. >> not only the terrorist that took them to syria. also, the influence operations. my organization led an aid operation. while at the same time, how's al qaeda for the corporation. in fact who carries out an operation against from the city with t

he was killed in idlib. what was he doing in idlib, al—baghdadi? it could be very significant.g to form alliances wider than isis, with al-qaeda, with other groups there. so i agree, like us all,thatjust picking off one man is not going to actually defeat isis. and in fact, the americans continue. whoever the leader is, they will go after them. if they offer enough money, in the end, they can probably kill whoever is in the leadership position. but they will not kill the group. you can pick off the leaders ad infinitim. it will still continue as the circumstance which has arisen and has given birth to it. there is a point that has to be made in fairness to trump's role in this. it did follow from his disastrous move to remove american troops from the syrian—turkish border. but he made that move, in effect saying that he did not want to spend, pointlessly spend, any more american military lives in pursuit of unattainable objectives. and you'd have to say that this whole circumstance rather makes that point for him. but in doing that, he betrayed the kurds, who had been — who hav

she managed to escape to nearby idlib and eventually was granted refugee status in turkey, but not everyonelucky. what happened to some of the staff who stayed? >> some of them were arrested. one, i know two doctors, one of them now in prison, and other one, they arrested him and when we went. and they killed him in the prison. >> reporter: dr. ammani, you have seen so much. and you're out, now you're safe. how do you deal with those memories? >> yeah. i have lot of memories. most of them are bad memories. i dream a lot of these things sometimes. i woke up at midnight scaring, because i hear bombing or something like that. and it's very bad situation now in syria. too many countries, they want benefits from it. >> reporter: president trump made headlines when he announced the troops were pulling out of syria. trump would later send several hundred troops back to protect oil reserves. >> keep the oil. >> reporter: many experts view the syrian conflict as a proxy war of sorts, with several nations' interests at play. russia backing syria, the u.s. backing the rebels, while iran and turkey, lo

there is still no solution for the situation around idlib.t depends on the fragile relationship between turkey and russia. "al jazeera," moscow. thousands of of antigovernment protesters rallying in pakistan's capital demanding prime minister imran khan and his government resign into days. they say his leadership is illegitimate and propped up by the military. we have more from islamabad. reporter: tens of thousands of protesters from all over pakistan gathered on the outskirts of islamabad. the striped flag is dominant because it represents a party that leads hundreds. he began the march from karachi and made stops on the way, gaining people and momentum. they encourage people to reject the results of last year's election and what he called a selective government. opposition parties say because of the ineptitude of the government the economy is weak. and there is more unemployment among the youth. >> change will come. it will bury the politics of magic, superstition, lies. reporter: participants have been told to converge from the main gate.

. >> yesterday they rush into the idlib province. the work they do the wte helmets and james have earned the hatred of the kremlin and syrian regime. last week the russian foreign ministry of church -- accused him of being an mi6 agent. >> the russian charges that came out that he was a spy categorically untrue. he was a british soldier. he had been to the place, but he wasn't a serving soldr when he founded may day and the white helmets. he was a humanitarian. the world and syria is poorer for his loss. >> whatever the circumstances, friends and colleagues say h will be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. anchor: you are watching bbc world news america. water worries hit new jersey, how is the latest city suffering from dangerous levels of lead. anchor: our selling agent spoke exclusively to roger federer, rafael nadal and novak dkovic ahead of the atp finals in london. they talk about what it takes to be the best and if they will ever retire. ♪ we are used to seeing you at wimbledon rather tha on the river on a boat

in raids have been launched idlib this week. activists say households and schools have been hit. the government did declare a cease-fire in late august, but airstrikes have continued. to the gaza's border fence after the worst day of violence in months. it happened after an airstrike killed a senior leader of the palestinian armed group islamic jihad in gaza. were sent rockets from gaza toward israel. that led to more israeli airstrikes, killing another eight palestinians. -- mediators are working to restore calm. correspondent: killed as they slept in this building in gaza. the airstrike was long in the planning. repercussions just starting to play out. a very senior figure in what israel claimed -- blamed for a series of rocket attacks. >> these actions have started this morning after the crimes committed by israel. rockets were fired toward tel aviv and islamic jihad with all resistance groups continuing to target safe places. islamic jihad said israel crossed all redlines, but promised a bigger response than usual. one rocket exploded on a busy highway near gaza. a near miss

dozens of hospitals and clinics in idlib province have been struck since. and syrian medical workers live in constant fear of the next strike. russia continues to act with impunity. not only did it bomb another hospital in idlib last week, russia is using its sway at the united nations security council where u.s. leadership has diminished significantly under this administration to limit the scope and the impact of a u.n. inquiry into these bombings. such atrocities go beyond the pale of violating the geneva's conventions and laws of war. they demonstrate just how ruthless putin and his regime are and the lengths they're willing to go to assert russia's influence in the middle east. and the tragedy is this administration is allowing it to happen. under this administration we have seen u.s. leadership erode in multila -- and multilateral institutions deteriorate to the point where the u.n. is powerless to hold russia accountable for these atrocities. i cannot emphasize enough that this administration is not only failing the american people with regard to our

brmy motheght me to idlib. they took me here witoout me wantin come.n: stephen, like others, .dreams of returning home his father is waiting for him. the british children didn't choose the islamic state. they are now free from i suffering. but for thousands more, the hardship continues. quentin somerville, bbc news. nada: two men using metalto detectorook for treasure in the u.k. have been jailed for stealing a vikinhoard of coins fd jewelry worth millions dollars. they did not declare the more00 thanyear-old find, and sold it to dealers. was jailed for 10 years andwell layton davies was sennced to eight and a half years. robert hall reports. robert: the treasure stolen by a viking invader. link in the birth of a nation. what we have is coins minted in two neighboring kingdoms, wessex, everything south of the thames, d mercier, which extends from the thames. this dates from the very moment that england as a single kingdom is taking shape, so you could argue this is england's first hoard. we don't know w the viking loot was buried here, but it laid undi

when turkey entered idlib last month they see as -- [inaudible] so it's very, very wrong among the turkish intelligence and security community that turkish intel and turkish ministry intel have deep connection. >> quickly. >> thank you. i'm the founder of three advisor in washington, d.c. following up on the connection with the muslim brotherhood. there are a lot of talks about the turkish invasion of northern syria that it's really all about setting up muslim brotherhood states. similar to gaza strip. would that be viable idea or do you think it is being intimate as we speak right now? >> i don't think it is viable. they might think about it, but for erdogan and turkey to hold on to that plan for a long time, it might be very problematic. there are going to be a lot of terrorist activities. of course erdogan intends to hold that piece of land for a long time. he's establishing his different services. the future will show but i think it's too early to talk about it at a don't have any direct information site don't want to speculate. >> ahmet, pleasure talking to you as always. great questi

i neverjoined them, it's just my mother brought me to idlib. they took me here, without me wanting to come. steven, like others, dreams of returning home. his father is waiting for him. the british children didn't choose the islamic state. they're now free from its suffering, but for thousands more, the hardship continues. the pain they've already experienced is more than any child should bear. quentin sommerville, bbc news. now on bbc news: the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show. this week, we are coming to you from rwanda. i am in the capital kigali to meet the people determined to make the country one of east africa's cultural hotspots. how do i look? good? cat's in copenhagen, skiing on the roof of a power plant. i just want to make it down without falling over. and simon calder‘s back with his tips on how to take a new train link to the world's coldest city. yakutsk in north—east siberia is now easier to reach. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025, the danes hope this will become the world's very first carbon neutral ca

this comes a day after the us released footage of the raid in syria's idlib province that killed al—baghdadi barham salih has said in a televised address that the prime minister has agreed to resign if political parties can agree on his replacement. it comes as tens of thousands of people take part in anti—government protests, and more than 250 have been killed in clashes with security forces. wildfires spreading across california reached near los angeles on thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. the region faced a second day of winds that fanned flames and displaced thousands of californians. the us national weather service said conditions were "extremely critical and life—threatening". four men have been arrested in australia after police found over $200 million worth of drugs hidden inside imported hot sauce bottles. the authorities searched a consignment of chilli sauce that was shipped from the us to sydney and discovered 400 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine. scientists believe measles is even more dangerous than they thought because it can make children vulnerable to o

seen here just yesterday, the white helmets rush into danger in idlib province, the last area of theo, the white helmets and james le mesurier have earned the hatred of both the kremlin and the syrian regime. 0nly last week, the russian foreign ministry accused him of being an mi6 agent and of having links with terrorists. the russian charges against him, that came out of the foreign ministry, that he was a spy — categorically untrue. he was a british soldier, he'd been to sandhurst, but above all he wasn't a serving soldier when he founded mayday and the white helmets, he was a real humanitarian, and the world and syriaa in particular is poorer for his loss. whatever the exact circumstances of his death in istanbul, friends and colleagues say he'll be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the ‘climate defenders‘ — personal stories from people looking for solutions to global warming. also on the programme, meet the pig easing passengers‘ travel anxieties at san francisco inter

this comes a day after the us released footage of the raid in syria's idlib province that killed al—baghdadirea is reported to have tested two short—range missiles, pyongyang says it has also successfully conducted a test of super—large multiple rocket launchers. the korean news agency said the rocket launchers were able to totally destroy a group target. the tests come as talks between north korea and the us have ground to a halt. an investigation by bbc news arabic has found women being put up for sale online in kuwait as domestic workers. a un expert has described it as "an illegal online slave market". the investigation found that instagram, which is owned by facebook, along with apps available on google and apple, are being used to trade people without their knowledge or consent. one app user even offered to sell a 16—year—old girl to the bbc‘s undercover team. jess kelly reports. in the gulf, women employed as domestic workers are being sold online via apps approved and provided by google and apple. bbc news arabic went undercover in kuwait to expose this shocking and disturbing online

lib. , and now his sister was found in a turkish controlled area on the syrian— turkish border —— idlibnce to say look what we have found, because it makes them look like they are part of this effort to decapitate isis and defeat the organisation, as opposed to facilitating travel into syria like turkey has done since 2013. this is a developing story, so it's really good to get this initial analysis from you. thank you so much for joining us. thanks for having me. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the thai folk band claiming asylum in france. they say it is too dangerous for them to return home. also on the programme: we speak to a political cartoonist to find out how he captures the main events of the day in art form. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results

this comes a day after the us released footage of the raid in syria's idlib province that killed al—baghdadi have tested two short—range missiles, pyongyang says it has also successfully conducted a test of super—large multiple rocket launchers. the korean news agency said the rocket launchers were able to totally destroy a group target. the tests come as talks between north korea and the us have ground to a halt. the world organisation for animal health is warning a global outbreak of african swine fever could kill a quarter of the world's pig population. they say it's the biggest threat to commercial livestock in a generation with food shortages and rising meat prices likely. imogen foulkes has more. swine fever originated in africa, but for months now it has been raging across asia. it's not harmful to humans, but it's catastrophic to pigs — spreading rapidly, almost always fatal. there is no treatment, vaccines are at a very early test phase. right now the only way to stop the spread is containment and the culling of infected animals. in china, the world's leading pork producer, over a m

i neverjoined them, it's just my mother brought me to idlib.hers, dreams of returning home. his father is waiting for him. the british children didn't choose the islamic state. they're now free from its suffering, but for thousands more, the hardship continues. the pain they've already experienced is more than any child should bear. quentin sommerville, bbc news. the company which bought the package holiday giant, thomas cook, when it collapsed in september, has announced it's to hire an extra 1,500 staff. hays travel, which had already taken on more than 2,000 former thomas cook employees, says it plans to take on another 200 people for its head office in sunderland, while creating further apprentice and foreign exchange roles in its 737 branches. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been charged with criminal offences, including fraud, bribery and breach of trust. mr netanyahu, who is facing three separate corruption investigations, has denied any wrongdoing. the israeli prime minister has been struggling for political survival af

seen here just yesterday, the white helmets rush into danger in idlib province, the last area of the the white helmets and james le mesurier have earned the hatred of both the kremlin and the syrian regime. 0nly last week, the russian foreign ministry accused him of being an mi6 agent, and of having links with terrorists. the russian charges against him that came out of the foreign ministry, that he was a spy — categorically untrue. he was a british soldier. he'd been to sandhurst. but above all, he wasn't a serving soldier when he founded mayday and the white helmets. he was a real humanitarian, and the world, and syria in particular, is poorerfor his loss. whatever the exact circumstances of his death in istanbul, friends and colleagues say he'll be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: feeling stressed? meet lilou — the world's first airport therapy pig. she's hogging the limelight at san francisco airport. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys

i neverjoined them, it's just my mother brought me to idlib.o come. steven, like others, dreams of returning home. his father is waiting for him. the british children didn't choose the islamic state. they're now free from its suffering, but for thousands more, the hardship continues. the pain they've already experienced is more than any child should bear. quentin sommerville, bbc news. a man in the united states has been found guilty of money laundering and fraud for his role in a digital currency scam, based in bulgaria. mark scott was accused of helping the founder of the cryptocurrency, 0necoin, to funnel $400 million of investors‘ money into private accounts. samira hussain reports from new york. investors worldwide were led to believe 0necoin was a legitimate digital currency being run out of bulgaria. prosecutors in new york said it was actually a ponzi scheme that attracted billions of dollars from investors around the world, but has no realfinancial value. its founder, ruja ignatova, has not been seen or heard from since 2017. jurors in

seen here just yesterday, the white helmets rush into danger in idlib province, the last area of thees le mesurier have earned the hatred of both the kremlin and the syrian regime. only last week, the russian foreign ministry accused him of being an m16 agent and of having links with terrorists. the russian charges against him, that came out of the foreign ministry, that he was a spy — categorically untrue. he was a british soldier, he'd been to sandhurst, but above all he wasn't a serving soldier when he founded mayday and the white helmets, he was a real humanitarian, and the world and syria in particular is poorer for his loss. whatever the exact circumstances of his death in istanbul, friends and colleagues say he'll be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. for the sixth year in succession, more than a thousand people have died attempting to cross the mediterranean sea, according to the un refugee agency. the crossing remains one of the the most dangerous migration routes anywhere in the world. people are four times more likely to die than

seen here just yesterday, the white helmets rush into danger in idlib province, the last area of the james le mesurier have earned the hatred of both the kremlin and the syrian regime. 0nly last week, the russian foreign ministry accused him of being an m16 agent and of having links with terrorists. the russian charges against him, that came out of the foreign ministry, that he was a spy — categorically untrue. he was a british soldier, he'd been to sandhurst, but above all he wasn't a serving soldier when he founded mayday and the white helmets, he was a real humanitarian, and the world and syriaa in particular is poorer for his loss. whatever the exact circumstances of his death in istanbul, friends and colleagues say he'll be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. two cannabis—based medicines have been approved for use on the nhs in england for the first time. the drugs advisory body, nice, says the medicines will help people suffering with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. charities have welcomed the decision but say thousands of people who

i neverjoined them, it's just my mother brought me to idlib.eturning home. his father is waiting for him. the british children didn't choose the islamic state. they're now free from its suffering, but for thousands more, the hardship continues. the pain they've already experienced is more than any child should bear. quentin sommerville, bbc news. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been charged with criminal offences including fraud, bribery and breach of trust. mr netanyahu, who is facing three separate corruption investigations, has denied any wrongdoing. the israeli prime minister has been struggling for political survival after two inconclusive elections, and the announcement by the country's attorney general will further undermine his efforts to remain in power. helen mccourt was killed in billinge, in merseyside in 1988. her murderer, ian simms, who was jailed for life, has refused to reveal where her body is. helen's mother has campaigned for years to force murderers to disclose where their victims are, but today she found o

president a few days ago when he was made a surprise visit all the all the outskirts of the province of idlib saying that if turkey does not pull out war he still that ok has him ahead but i thank you well the day after the philippines was struck by a powerful earthquake people are worried about aftershocks the magnitude 6.5 tremor struck the southern philippines on thursday killing at least 5 people some 12000 people are staying in shelters in the island of mindanao and there was another earthquake on friday off the southern coast but no reports of injuries or damage genuine dogon has more from north. very easy to underestimate the devastation like this if you only look at it from the 50000 number perspective with at least about 5 people dead almost around 16 global from the other earthquake last week there is a tendency to underestimate the devastation but when you're actually on the ground and you see the enormity of the devastation then you realize that this is something that's going to last the impact is going to last a lot longer perfect example would be the facilities in florida and st

dozens of hospitals and clinics in idlib have been struck since, and syrian medical workers live in constant fear of the next strike. now, i don't think i even have to say what i'm about to say, but it bears repeating for the record. such atrocities go beyond the pale of violating the geneva conventions and the laws of col. they demonstrate just how ruthless and brutal putin and his regime have been and the lengths to which they will go to assert russia's influence in the middle east. under this administration, we've seen u.s. leadership erode and multilateral institutions deteriorate to the point where the united nations is powerless in holding russia accountable to these aprocessities -- atrocities. and as to holding mr. putin accountable, this administration has made us less safe. let me move, mr. president, to the kurds. the syrian democratic forces led by the kurdish y.p.g. have been steadfast u.s. partners in both -- in counterterrorism operations, as well as in other ways in the middle east. as the united states provided training, intelligence, and aerial support, some 11,000 kurdish

in syria, at least nine are dead following air strikes in idlib. this comes after yesterday's deadly car bomb explosion in a neighboring town along the turkish border which killed at least 18 and injured dozens more. now to the breaking news and something developing right now in hong kong, a hong kong university campus is under siege and the chaos continues at this moment. this is a live picture that you are seeing in the early morning hours. earlier some 200 protestors still hold up inside after using lethal weapons. let's switch over to matt bradley who is on the scene. quite a bit of activity taking place right there in the streets on this monday morning. matt. >> reporter: yeah, the latest that we're hearing here, police have threatened to start using live ammunition against the protestors if they continue to persist in using their own lethal weapons. and you mentioned we're still seeing that use of molotov cocktails, catapults, bows and arrows. one police officer god t an arr that almost went entirely through his calf. and that is very threate

. —— in idlib. apparently to capture more isis fighters who are on the run.anding itself to convey optimism, it tells us. you ready for this? here is the old logo — and this is the new one. it'll be used by the parent company that owns whatsapp and instagram but the facebook app and website itself won't change. if that's clear. help me out. we have got essentially two entities with the same name but different logos? we will have facebook the company, and that is where you will see the all caps, which will be separate to facebook the app, which many people use every day. i will remain using smaller letters a nd day. i will remain using smaller letters and the blue and white colouring we are all so familiar with. facebook is trying to do a few things here. i think it is try to make a differentiation the app also is also taking ownership of the fact that it owns so much of the social media landscape, and i had a look at my own phone before coming to talk to you, and just try to see where it was on whatsapp and instagram that facebook knowledged those platforms.