angus crawford follows the path of madagascar‘s poor — who flock to the country's remote forests to illegallypphires — and reports on how the wealth they seek comes at a price. a handful of raw sapphires. beautiful and valuable. but they also pose a threat to this, the indri lemur, one of the rarest animals on earth. poor people in their thousands have invaded the animal's home, seeking their fortune in the remote forests of madagascar. are you rich? no, not yet. not yet? laughs. not yet rich! they mine the land, but for little reward. very hard, the life here. in the rush for sapphires, there's a price to be paid. in ocotober 2016 in eastern madagascar, there was a chance discovery of sapphires, sparking a gem rush. tens of thousands of people flocked to the area. and we are now following the route they carved out. when the road ends, we walk. about one hour in, six to go, and i'm carrying half the weight these guys are. but in these hills there are hidden dangers. disease, bandits. and everyjourney to the mine has its risks. time to visit the vatto mesina, sacred stones. an offering to ance

that was angus crawford.o have been killed. the fourth is reported to be barricaded on the top floor of the office building. turkey, along with fighters from the free syria army began an assault on kurdish forces on the other side of the border with syria on saturday. it believes the kurdish militia is a terrorist group. our correspondent and his team are the first international journalist given access in north and syria. this is helped by the turkish military. you can see the kind of assistance and presents of the turkish military. this town used to have a population of about 50,000. actually it has now swelled to about 300,000 goes it has taken in a lot of refugees from the fighting in italy —— idlib. fighting the kurdish militia, the wide pg. —— ypg. you occasionally get some incoming artillery or missile fire into here. turkey has been training and aiding the syrian police and opposition fighters here to work arm in arm as part of this operation. turkey insists the ypg is linked to the pkk. they want to p

he denies murder and attempted murder. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is at woolwich crown court.en said? the evidence presented today claimed mr osborne repeatedly sought out far right material in the weeks before the attack. he set up a twitter account. we know on the 3rd ofjune, 16 days before the attack in finsbury park itself, he received a direct message from the leader of britain first. we don't know the content britain first. we don't know the co nte nt of britain first. we don't know the content of that message. we have been told he sought out information from the english defence league and on one occasion received a direct message, probably an e—mail from on one occasion received a direct message, probably an e—mailfrom an account linked to its founder, tommy robinson. this message warned about the creation of a new nation within the creation of a new nation within the uk and it is built on hatred, violence and on islam. remember, this was weeks after the terrorist attack on the manchester arena. the message continued and it said, it is time to stand up and say, no more.

angus crawford has been following the case at woolwich crown court. the prosecution made clear todayds and act of terrorism to intimidate government and the muslim community. darren ‘s bernd denies one account of murder and one of a tented murder, but the —— darren osborne. but the plan was that he had been trying to kill as many people as possible. we believe he hired a van in south wales, he left south wales on 18th ofjune last year, left south wales on 18th ofjune last yea r, drove left south wales on 18th ofjune last year, drove directly to london, where he planned to drive it into a march, which was planned to take place that day. when he couldn't get near that march, he then drove around for several hours, until he arrived in north london late that night, eddie came across a man who had collapsed on the street. it was the month of ramadan, he had just left a n the month of ramadan, he had just left an islamic community centre and was on his way home, so a group of other men in muslim dress who had just left the mosques around had come to help him. they were all in a crowd aroun

angus crawford is here. sorry, i do apologise.iry after campaigners said it had a conflict of interest. our correspondent angus crawford is here to tell us more. fill us in on the background here. this is an acutely sensitive area. we all know since the fire on 14th june last year there has been great anger and great frustration on behalf of those most affected and huge scepticism about the behaviour of the authorities from the local council to central government and anyone in between and there is great concern amongst those who lost loved ones and have been forced out of their homes and are hopeless now. so what we found out was that the g re nfell what we found out was that the grenfell inquiry due to start taking evidence probably at easter this year, possibly an interim report by the end of the year, lots of concern about it, whether it was representative or not, but also it appears that they hired kpmg, one of the biggest auditing firms in the country to carry out some, if you like back office functions. what they didn‘t poss

angus crawford is following the case.nity. darren osbourne has denied one count of murder and attempted murder. the prosecution continued, they say that in his attack he planned to kill as many people as possible. what happened? we were told that on 18th june last year he hired a van in cardiff. he drove it all the way to london. his initial target, thejury heard, was to be a march taking place that day but he couldn't get close. he drove around the area for hours until he came to finsbury park. there he saw a man who collapsed on the street, he was unwell, he had within —— he had been attended to by a group of men in muslim dress, they had been attending prayers. the prosecution say he swerved his van off the road, driving into mrali, killing him and injuring seriously several others. we will leave it there, thank you very much. nhs england has been asked to explain changes to the way hospitals calculate their figures for accident and emergency treatment times. the uk statistics authority says the alterations could have

our correspondent angus crawford joins me from outside the court now.d alone to finsbury park where he was to meet both men. park where he was to meet both men. they abandoned their plans because they lost their nerve. they lost their nerve. people killing one man, seriously injuring many others. injuring many others. and what did he say under cross—examination? and what did he say under cross-examination? he say under cross-examination? this was extraordinary. was extraordinary. had given a character reference to a suspect in a sex offences case. suspect in a sex offences case. said that he remains and still is a target. target. said, in his words they wanted more cause you it is. cause you it is. tackle the al-qud march and said in part to killjeremy corbyn. part to killjeremy corbyn. that would mean one less terrorist on the streets. on the streets. sadiq khan had been there too, it would have been even better. ‘far from perfect‘. while some women and men will be paid more. our media correspondent david sillito has the details. it was in protest abou