amar kanim, seriously injured in a napalm attack in iraq, spent 30 years believing he was an orphan,e attack. he was brought to the uk for treatment in 1992 by the former mp emma nicholson. but a bbc investigation has discovered amar‘s mother is still alive. 0ur correspondentjon kay travelled with amar back to iraq to see the family reunion. amar kanim is heading back to iraq, to be reunited with his mother. 30 years ago, he left the country as an orphan and came to live in britain. everyone believed his family had been killed in a napalm attack. this is the first time he's returned. extremely exciting, you know, i can't wait. it is a big day and i don't know if i'm going to sleep tonight. amar is waiting. zahra is on her way, with her husband and youngest son. it was 1991 when amar was found alone, burned and close to death. his rescuers and doctors thought his family had all perished. but bbc news has confirmed that amar‘s mother survived the bombing after all. we tracked her down and proved the link with dna. the purpose of this journey is just purely for her, you know. nothing el

amar kanim spent thirty years believing he was an orphan after a napalm attack in iraq.2 by the former mp emma nicholson. but a bbc investigation has discovered amar‘s mother is still alive. 0ur correspondentjon kay travelled with amar back to iraq to see the family reunion. amar kanim is heading back to iraq, to be reunited with his mother. 30 years ago, he left the country as an orphan and came to live in britain. everyone believed his family had been killed in a napalm attack. this is the first time he's returned. extremely exciting, you know, i can't wait. it is a big day and i don't know if i'm going to sleep tonight. amar is waiting. zahra is on her way, with her husband and youngest son. it was 1991 when amar was found alone, burned and close to death. his rescuers and doctors thought his family had all perished. but bbc news has confirmed that amar‘s mother survived the bombing after all. we tracked her down and proved the link with dna. the purpose of this journey is just purely for her, you know. nothing else, just purely for the woman... my mother, shall i say

amar kanim spent 30 years believing he was an orphan, after a chemical attack in iraq.d her that his entire family had died. but a bbc investigation has discovered that amar‘s mother is still alive. 0ur correspondentjon kay travelled with amar back to iraq, to see the family reunion. amar kanim is heading back to iraq, to be reunited with his mother. 30 years ago, he left the country as an orphan and came to live in britain. everyone believed his family had been killed in a napalm attack. this is the first time he‘s returned. extremely exciting, you know, i can‘t wait. it is a big day and i don‘t know if i‘m going to sleep tonight. amar is waiting. zahra is on her way, with her husband and youngest son. it was 1991 when amar was found alone, burned and close to death. his rescuers and doctors thought his family had all perished. but bbc news has confirmed that amar‘s mother survived the bombing after all. we tracked her down and proved the link with dna. the purpose of this journey is just purely for her, you know. nothing else, just purely for the woman... my mother, s

amar kanim, still stunned by news that his mother is alive. 30 years ago, amar was found alone, unconsciousome, his whole family. the mp emma nicholson brought him to the uk for surgery after being told all his family had been killed. he settled with her in devon. but now a bbc news investigation has confirmed that amar‘s birth mother survived the attack after all. their reunion in iraq, after three decades apart, will be shown on tonight's panorama. it feels wonderful, really. almost unreal to believe, and it's going to take time to build the relationship, and it'sjust been incredible, you know, from travelling to iraq to meeting my mum. it's something i'll never forget, really. it was earlier this year that we tracked down amar‘s mother in iraq. zara told us she only recently heard that her son could be alive in the uk, and she was desperate to see him again. she showed us a birth certificate and photographs. amar. so, the results have come. but it was a dna test that finally confirmed the link. that's for you. she is my biological mother. over the moon, really happy about this. you've go

amar kanim is heading back to iraq, to be reunited with his mother. 30 years ago, he left the country everyone believed his family had been killed in a napalm attack. this is the first time he's returned. extremely exciting, you know, i can't wait. it is a big day and i don't know if i'm going to sleep tonight. amar is waiting. zahra is on her way, with her husband and youngest son. it was 1991 when amar was found alone, burned and close to death. his rescuers and doctors thought his family had all perished. but bbc news has confirmed that amar‘s mother survived the bombing after all. we tracked her down and proved the link with dna. the purpose of this journey is just purely for her, you know. nothing else, just purely for the woman... my mother, shall i say now? i've got to start getting used to saying my mother. it's hard to believe but, yeah, my mother. now, three decades after a terrible mistake in the confusion of war, a reunion. they speak arabic she calls him her brave lion, her superhero. so many years to catch up on. but mother and son soon relax in each other‘s company. and

amar kanim was adopted by a british mp and made a new life here in the uk.e story. he was the little boy who lost everything in a napalm attack. and for 30 years, amar has believed he is an orphan. but could everything he knows be about to change? the british politician emma nicholson found amar close to death in a refugee camp in 1991. she was told all his relatives had been killed when the iraqi dictator bombed his own people in basra. doctors advised her to take him to london, where he underwent 27 major operations. after surgery, he stayed in the uk, moving to devon with the mp who'd rescued him. and that's where we found him three decades on, settled but still haunted by the loss of his birth family. but could it be that, in the confusion of war, a terrible mistake was made? a year ago, he received this extraordinary message — a video clip of a woman in iraq interrupting a tv broadcast appealing for her lost son. someone watching wondered if it could be the same little boy who was taken to the uk all those years ago, so he tracked down amar on social me

when amar kanim was nine, he was brought to britain after being burnt in a napalm attack in iraq.credible discovery. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the prime minister is promising to end what she calls a postcode lottery of support for those escaping domestic abuse. councils in england are being told they need to give more protection to thousands of women seeking refuge from abusive relationships. charities say the moves are positive, but want to know how much money will be provided. local authorities have been obviously squeezed over the years and have been looking for cuts, easy cuts to make. and unfortunately refuges have been one of the main casualties of that. so the real beauty of this, of putting a legal duty on local authorities to provide refuge spaces, means that they are going to have to do that. talks between senior conservative and labour politicians will resume later in an effort to reach a deal on brexit. it comes as the shadow brexit secretary warned that almost two thirds of labour's mps would reject any agreement that faile

amar kanim, still stunned by news that his mother is alive. 30 years ago, amar was found alone, unconsciousin. is a complete orphan. he's lost everything — his life, his home, his whole family. the mp emma nicholson brought him to the uk for surgery after being told all his family had been killed. he settled with her in devon. but now a bbc news investigation has confirmed that amar‘s birth mother survived the attack after all. their reunion in iraq after three decades apart will be shown on tonight's panorama. it feels wonderful, really. almost unreal to believe, and it's going to take time to build the relationship, and it'sjust been incredible, you know, from travelling to iraq to meeting my mum. it's something i'll never forget, really. it was earlier this year that we tracked down amar‘s mother in iraq. zara told us she only recently heard that her son could be alive in the uk, and she was desperate to see him again. she showed us a birth certificate and photographs. amar. so, the results have come. but it was a dna test that finally confirmed the link. that's for you. she is my biolog