her loved ones in northern iraq are in mourning. her father spoke to the bbc.the whole world talks about europe is a place that is calm. is this what calm means? around 30 people dying in the middle of the sea? this is sin to put people through this. so what could have gone wrong? translation: possibly a collision| with a large tanker or it was caught in the wake of a supertanker, which is like a tsunami overcoming these boats. the third hypothesis is a design flaw in these ships. maryam's friend has this message for migrants. no one should try this, no one. no one deserves to die this way. but the appetite to cross from france remains. i have an aim to go to london to read there, to study. i want to study. my brother is also in london. despite the very hostile environment. the agent told me i would be in three days here across the channel but he is a liar, he is lying. he takes money and he, you know, he runs. to help solve this crisis, france has invited belgium, german and dutch ministers as well as the european commission to talks in calais on sunday, but t

in obvious distress, alarmed ahmed hama occurred from northern iraq. i am not an email word from i believe, and in an i c. u. bed on identified and unconscious, a 3rd man suffering the effects of prolonged exposure to cold weather. these men have been on a terrible journey drawn to bella roost by the promise of safe passage to the u. you unwitting victors in a cynical standoff in which neither side much cares about their welfare. they may be signs of this crisis easing of conditions on the other side of the border, improving of diplomacy working. but for the individuals in this hospital, on the polish side of the border, at least one of them lucky to be alive while they're stuck in a nightmare. and it's still unfolding. here's why the presence of human rights activists matters. polish border guards arrive to take the men away. danny, going to the okay. i'd say okay. so just be nice to them. be nice. okay. okay, and don't, let's nervous poland is not a welcoming place for asylum seekers and there are frequent reports of refugees and migrants being pushe

murad shishani, bbc news, northern iraq.tton virgil abloh has died of cancer. the 41—year—old founded the brand off—white and had worked with some of the industry's biggest names, including kanye west. he came into the bbc in 2019 and spoke to radio one dj benji b about breaking barriers and his creative approach. it took me that sort of period to, like, question myself and be like "am i going to believe in the myth that i can't be a designer at the highest level?" "am i going to believe that i'm supposed to make printed t—shirts that are called �*streetwear�* or am i supposed to believe that i'm only going to dj clubs that are willing to pay me whatever and to play whenever?" and i was like, "yeah, i'm gonna do that and i'm gonna keep doing it for a long period of time, till the one opportunity that comes across, say yes or no, and i'm gonna say yes, i'm gonna show up on time, i'm going to do my best, and then that's gonna lead to some other opportunities" and i hope that through my narrative, people see that in themselves,

he northern iraq was crossing to the uk to meet her fiance.een messaging him when the boat began to lose a. in her last message she tried to reassure him that help was coming. in iraqi kurdistan herfamily�*s that help was coming. in iraqi kurdistan her family's anger assured through their grief. translation: going to britain is very difficult. she tried to go legally twice, she went to the embassy but the process was delayed. she was forced to go the way she did. one of herfriends the way she did. one of her friends has also been speaking about her death. her humanity was _ speaking about her death. her humanity was so _ speaking about her death. he: humanity was so good, always advising me. she was like someone i looked up to for advice, so no one should try this, no one, no one deserves to die this way. this disaster has _ deserves to die this way. this disaster has changed - deserves to die this way. this disaster has changed little in the minds of people living in migrant camps here. they arejust minds of people living in migrant camps her

murad shishani, bbc news, northern iraq. let's get some of the day's other news.minary results show the leftist candidate xiomara castro is ahead in presidential elections. she's bidding to become the country's first female president. but the governing national party said its representative nasry asfura was on course for victory, without producing any evidence. fiji is to send 50 peacekeepers to the solomon islands following three days of unrest. the violence began on wednesday when protestors stormed parliament in a bid to topple the prime minister. australia and papua new guinea have already sent in peacekeeping forces to the pacific island. northern peru has been hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake with tremors felt more than i,000km from the epicentre. hundreds of buildings were damaged, but there have been no reported deaths. courtney bembridge reports. this is the moment the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit. it was just before 6:00 in the morning and people woken by the tremors rushed out into the streets. translation: i was able to wake my wife and pick| up my ch

in northern iraq, the anger of the family showed through their grief.le. translation: going to britain is very difficult, she tried to . get to britain legally twice. she went to the british embassy but the process was delayed. she was forced to go the way she did. herfriend, iman, left to absorb the news of her death. her humanity was so good, always advising me and she was like someone i looked up to for advice. no one should try this. no one. no one deserves to die in this way. but this disaster, it has changed little in the minds of people living in migrant camps here. they are waiting for the right weather conditions to make the samejourney, take the same risks. there has been a lot of finger pointing across the channel over who is to blame for the growing crisis. european interior ministers are due to meet tomorrow to discuss the problem, but the british home secretary has been dis—invited, in the middle of a diplomatic feud between the prime minister, borisjohnson, and the french president, emmanuel macron. investigations have begun to identify t

her loved ones in northern iraq are in mourning. her father spoke to the bbc.from germany she went to france, translation: from germany she went to france. and _ translation: from germany she went to france. and in — translation: from germany she went to france, and in france _ translation: from germany she went to france, and in france got— translation: from germany she went to france, and in france got into - to france, and in france got into this slaughterhouse. the whole world talks about europe is a place that is calm. is this what khan means? around 30 people dying in the middle of the sea? this is sin to put people through this. so what could have one people through this. so what could have gone wrong? _ have gone wrong? translation: , , ., , ., translation: possibly a collision with a large _ translation: possibly a collision with a large tanker— translation: possibly a collision with a large tanker or _ translation: possibly a collision with a large tanker or it _ translation: possibly a collision with a large tanker or it was - translation: possibly a

how a kurdish father of three in northern iraq fears his whole family were among those who drowned in the english channel. and snow from storm arwen cuts off a pub in northern england. we'll be there as customers spend their third night at the bar. live from our studio in singapore— this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in south africa, where president cyril ramaphosa has condemned the decision by countries including the us, europe, and parts of asia to ban flights from southern africa after the confirmation of the presence of the new omicron variant of covid—19. the variant was first identified by south african scientists, although it isn't known where it originated. mr ramaphosa has called the moves unjustified. he said increased vaccination was the best way to tackle the new variant. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. the only

also coming up: how a kudish father of three in northern iraq fears his whole family were among those drowned in the channel. in the wake of storm arwen, tens of thousands of homes are still cut off from power supplies. seven wins for frank williams�* team. and the founder of one of the great formula one teams — sir frank williams — has died. good evening. the health secretary says he wants to expand the uk vaccination programme as a matter of urgency, because of the new omicron variant of coronavirus. with a third case of it now detected here and more expected, ministers say they have acted swiftly in response. in england, masks will be required again in shops and on public transport — and tonight there's new guidance on masks in schools too. we'll be looking at the latest science and the impact on travel in a moment but first here's our health correspondent anna collinson. with the emergence of a heavily mutated covid variant, boosters are seen as more important than ever. queues, like here in slough, could soon include people as young as 18, with the programme expected to be expand

how a kurdish father of three in northern iraq fears his whole family were among those who drowned inhe channel. frank williams team... and the founder of one of the great formula one teams — sir frank williams — has died. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and one in the morning in south africa, where president cyril ramaphosa has slammed the decision by some countries including the us, europe and parts of asia to ban flights from southern african countries following confirmation of the presence of the new omicron variant of covid—19. mr ramaphosa called the moves unjustified. he said — increased vaccination was the best way to tackle the new variant. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. the only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the effected countries and undermine the

no—one on the line and only photos to hold on to: how a kurdish father in northern iraq fears his wholeamily were among those drowned in the english channel. as rebel fighters claim they're advancing on the ethiopian capital, the government releases footage apparently showing the country's prime minister on the front line. and the creative director of louis vuitton dies from cancer, aged 41. we look at the life and the work of the trailblazer virgil abloh. hello, thank you very much for joining us. several more countries around the world have detected cases of the new coronavirus variant known as omicron. it's the most heavily mutated version of the virus discovered so far and early evidence suggests that it has a higher risk of re—infection. canada and france have become the latest countries to report infections and a third case has been detected in the uk. at least 13 cases have been confirmed in the netherlands. they were all on flights coming from south africa where scientists first identified the variant. omicron is responsible for most of the infections found in gauteng province i

people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24—year—old maryam nuri mohammed from northern iraqi could be free in america... and the legendary us composer and songwriter stephen sondheim, who was behind some of broadway's best—known musicals, has died at the age of 91. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the united states, australia and brazil have joined the growing list of countries to impose travel restrictions on southern african countries in response to warnings about a new covid—i9 variant known as omicron. an increasing number of world leaders have announced tighter border controls since south african scientists identified the strain. the world health organisation has called it a variant of concern due to the number of its mutations and because early evidence suggests that it carries a higher risk of infection. but the who has also said it would take a few weeks to understand the new variant�*s impact. amid the concern, the uk government has added six african countries to the travel red list: south africa, namibia, zimbabwe, botswana, lesot

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reminds us, panama, northern iraq, kuwait, somalia, bush 41 was not afraid to use military force when he believed the cause was just an in line with the international framework that he believed would give it the credibility and the authority, yes the humanitarian leadership but he was no shrinking violet when it came to a muscular diplomacy a foreign policy when necessary. >> used more military force in any other present particulate up for ear. i'm sorry. >> he came at those challenges with empathy. he had been in the war. the last president to be in world war ii, injured, a hero, all that kind of stuff. also practice remarkable restraint. when we help to liberate kuwait he did not fall to the seduction of going all the way to baghdad. he built coalition, he worked with the rest of the world to keep saddam hussein under wraps. i think that was tremendous restraint. what he did in panama was really quite restrained. he would after 1% rather than the people of panama with the military and made a difference. there is not much written in the book here about what happened in panama. obviou

reminds us, panama, northern iraq, kuwait, somalia, bush 41 was not afraid to use military force when he believed the cause was just an in line with the international framework that he believed would give it the credibility and the authority, yes the humanitarian leadership but he was no shrinking violet when it came to a muscular diplomacy a foreign policy when necessary. >> used more military force in any other present particulate up for ear. i'm sorry. >> he came at those challenges with empathy. he had been in the war. the last president to be in world war ii, injured, a hero, all that kind of stuff. also practice remarkable restraint. when we help to liberate kuwait he did not fall to the seduction of going all the way to baghdad. he built coalition, he worked with the rest of the world to keep saddam hussein under wraps. i think that was tremendous restraint. what he did in panama was really quite restrained. he would after 1% rather than the people of panama with the military and made a difference. there is not much written in the book here about what happened in panama. obviou

. >> [speaking foreign language] >> in the next cubicle, he occurred from northern iraq. >> i am notmal. i want to work my dream. >> in an icu bed, unidentified and unconscious, a third man suffering prolonged exposure to cold weather. these men have been on a terrible journey drawn to belarus by the promise of safe passage to the eu. unwitting victims in a cynical standoff in which leaders site cares about their welfare. there may be signs of the crisis easing if conditions on the other side of the border improve after diplomacy but the individuals in this hospital on the polish side of the border are lucky to be alive. they are stuck in a nightmare and it is still unfolding. here is why the presence of human rights activists matters. polish border guards arrive to take the men away. >> sit. don't panic. it is going to be ok, i pray. ok? just be nice to them, ok? ok. don't get nervous. >> poland is not a welcoming place for asylum-seekers border. that is much harder to do now that they have equal representation. -- legal representation. >> we are going to start to make sure the peop

reminds us, panama, northern iraq, kuwait, somalia, bush 41 was not afraid to use military force when he believed the cause was just an in line with the international framework that he believed would give it the credibility and the authority, yes the humanitarian leadership but he was no shrinking violet when it came to a muscular diplomacy a foreign policy when necessary. >> used more military force in any other present particulate up for ear. i'm sorry. >> he came at those challenges with empathy. he had been in the war. the last president to be in world war ii, injured, a hero, all that kind of stuff. also practice remarkable restraint. when we help to liberate kuwait he did not fall to the seduction of going all the way to baghdad. he built coalition, he worked with the rest of the world to keep saddam hussein under wraps. i think that was tremendous restraint. what he did in panama was really quite restrained. he would after 1% rather than the people of panama with the military and made a difference. there is not much written in the book here about what happened in panama. obviou

is quite frankly replaced, but there been some big thunderstorms recently and flash flooding in northern iraq and northern syria and they shall probably move across and towards iraq. this is the start of the change of season. it just hasn't come very far south, yet for the weather, sponsored by katara always in the country with an abundance of results for the trade already won indonesia, his friends for me, we moved full to grow and fraud. we balance with real economy, blue economy and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs, investment. let be part when the, the, his growth and progress in indonesia. now, ah ah, your geology era, her reminder of our top story is the south world leaders are arriving a glass of the un climate conference at a g 20 meeting today early early it is agreed to take greater action to limit global warming. although there were few firm commitments more than 5000000 people have now died from covered 90. that number comes from johns hopkins university, but the world health organizatio

its 1st up was the northern iraq, the city of bill. most of the passengers were iraqi kurds, from the autonomous region close to the border with turkey. many had been stranded on the poland beller roost border for more than a week before giving up on reaching the e u. m. around con reports now from the airport in bill. as they arrive at, you can see the exhaustion in their faces while some a glad to be home. other say the return, but i'm going back. i'm ready to try 100 times again next. so my tend to go. the kurdish regional government of which our bill is the capital released a statement blaming people smugglers for jupiter rockies into going to bella luce, the statement promised to crack down on them in the last few days, they say they were us to 10 members of a criminal smuggling gang, some of those returning thursday described a horrific experience. those of her i will not be to hear. the situation is so bad, the smugglers using people i've seen people dying before my own eyes. i will not try to travel again. i will not go with a

in a moment, special correspondent simona foltyn will report from northern iraq on some who've returned. but first, producer ali rogin starts with the situation in belarus. >> reporter: on the belarus side of the border with poland, migrants who once hid in the woods are now stacked in government warehouses. theylamor for electrical outlets. they use outdoor hoses to bathe in the freezing cold. it beats sleeping in the forest, but not by much. despite the shelter, the migrants are still left out in the cold; caught in a power play by europe's last dictator, alexander lukashenko. >> lukashenko has orchestrated the migrant crisis on the border, and it's retribution for e.u. sanctions. >> reporter: melinda haring is the deputy director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council, a nonpartisan think tank. she said that as lukashenko became more authoritarian and more isolated in the west, he sought ways to appear legitimate. >> so he is saying, i control the migrants. i'm in charge of the situation here, and you're going to have to negotiate with me. >> reporter: his regime used social m

one area the travel firms are operating in is in northern iraq.aveled there and spoke to one person involved. >> if you have passports, we send you to belarus tourism companies. they sent us invitations. >> when people come to you, you know they are not going to belarus on holiday. you know they are going to europe. >> lukashenko denies claims he is sending people as revenge for sanctions and has hit back at the eu with this threat. >> we have increased the volumes of natural gas pumped by belarus. the pipeline is full. we are heating europe and the are threatening they will close the border. what if we block the supply of natural gas? if they impose additiol sanctions on us, indigestible and unacceptab for us, we must respond. >> the european union is considering sanctions against airlines transporting migrants to minsk. one is aeroflot. here is the kremlin on that. >> such hopes of possible sanctions, let's consider such crazy ideas hoaxes. we have seen the statement by the company that it does not provide migrants trafficking. moreover, even if

fully operational again now. reporting was possible from a bill capital of the kurdish region of northern iraq. but he, lemme, and al jazeera was able to cover isolate expansion from syria into iraq. iso took control of fallujah remedy and muscle in mid june 2014. it defeated the iraqi army and its leader declared the establishment of the caliph it or his la mc state. in libya, al jazeera stopped working in the east of the country, following a split between the east and the un recognized government of the national transitional council. it covered exclusively the armed clashes between forces of the government of national accord in western libya and fight as loyal to retired general putty for hafta. the government forces defeated half there in the west of libya, in 2020 mass graves were discovered in tahoe. city collette lewellen with alyssa has still currently moved it up. but i shuttle shuttle, cutty badge, and then when left of connected to seattle, did that it. kellen mac, to be present the lat till cost of while can cause fun. yo, me and good. no, not the o caught maria b, a holes maddie at

but it's office in bill and the kurdish region of northern iraq remained open, enabled al jazeera to continue covering iraq. us will have our daughter misses and most of my, my home i was asked and i love, we went to my home when i say that in the system a little and out of clear to absolutely have a way of to if i leave that up lower and then honestly, le meconium for job cadillac and looking for job will, is alika, who knows how to move a shot of him by the job. these allegations were on the fruit, but al jazeera had to get used to criticism from all sides. the u. s. government accused it of endangering the lives of american troops when reporting on attacks by al qaeda. and the americans didn't like its coverage of events in mafia, south of baghdad. before you as soldiers wrapped in a rocky teenager and then killed her and her family. like the soldiers trying to cover it up, they were later tried in the us and found guilty. oh, for a rocky president. saddam hussein went on trial in baghdad. in march 2006 and al jazeera followed the story closely. saddam was found guilty of crimes ag

theirfaces to avoid being recognised on arrival in erbil, the capital of the kurdistan region of northern iraqnor has halted the execution of prisonerjuliusjones, hours before he was due to be put to death. jones was sentenced to death in 2002, for killing a man in a carjacking incident. he maintains his innocence. his sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment without parole. there had been an outpouring of appeals and hundreds protested to halt the excution. rescue teams in canada are trying to reach 18,000 people stranded by floods and mudslides in the western province of british columbia. although water levels are starting to recede, entire towns remain cut off and many roads are blocked. there are fears that the flooding could cause nation—wide shortages. germany has announced tough measures to exclude the unvaccinated from certain public events. healthcare workers and employees in care homes will be obliged to get the vaccine. germany's lower house of parliament approved new measures, including restricting access to public transport and workplaces to people who have been vaccinated

maryam nuri mohamed amin was a 2k year old kurdish woman, from northern iraq, who was travelling to beh her partner. now on bbc news, it's the travel show — with lucy hedges. this week on the travel show: i am in dubai, with visions of the future at the delayed expo 2020. if i scan this image here, i get augmented reality view of what south korea deems to be the future of mobility. and that includes flying cars. woo! i take a dip and tumble... laughs. and i discover an artificial rainforest in what was once a desert. 0h, hello! 0h here we go! but first, in a difficult couple of years in the global travel calendar, there has been one giant mega event looming. and of course, fitting for a giant mega event, that was happen in this city of superlatives, dubai. nobody knew for sure it would happen, but here it is. hello, expo 2020, orshould that be expo 2021. it was delayed by a year, and for a place that relies so heavily on tourism, dubai needed this to happen. in fact, it is probably not too much of a stretch to say the entire international tourism industry needed this to happen. well, i