this is douma in eastern ghouta, the last major rebel enclave to fall.of the syrian army and its russian allies was overwhelming. the heavy guns have been moved to other battlefields. no—one shoots now when you walk past the empty ruins. life never stopped here, but now they can live it in the sun. when the war was being fought they retreated underground into cellars and a network of tunnels. they were built to last by skilled engineers. the regime says prisoners of the rebels were forced to do the digging. some tunnels are wide enough for vehicles. one area, used as a car park, was burnt out in the last days of the siege. in this section the system goes down four levels into deep concrete basements. there are jail cells, and close by the command centre forjaysh al—islam, which was the dominant rebel group. the commanders down in this bunker thought that they were going to win and for a while it looked as if it might happen. but in 2015, the russians intervened and since then everything has changed. president assad and his generals, who have been ostraci

going underground in eastern ghouta.emy bowen discovers the hidden tunnels below what was once a rebel stronghold in the syrian war. and gareth southgate on why england's young lions may never have a better chance to make it to a world cup final. in wales: celebrations, including a royal visit, to mark the 70th birthday of the nhs. but what does the future hold for the service? warnings it may not reach its 100 birthday unless there are radical changes. good evening. police say the couple who are fighting for their lives after being exposed to a nerve agent in wiltshire fell ill after touching a contaminated item. dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have been poisoned by novichok — the same nerve agent used on the former russian spy, sergei skripal and his daughter in march. the home secretary, sajid javid, has once again pointed the finger at russia and said that britain must not be used as a dumping ground for poision. public health england says the risk to the public remains low. june kelly reports. this is dawn sturgess

eastern ghouta in april after a siege that lasted several years around half a million people live there but very little aid has made it in joshua landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says that the french move opens the door for others to engage with the asad government small amount of aid but it indicates that france is willing to engage with russia and with us in order to supply aid. many policymakers that said we're not going to do this no reconstruction no engagement with a side it will legitimize him it will legitimize the russians it will legitimize the iranians they want to roll back iran they want to squeeze our side and bring about regime change hence big economic sanctions but this little feeler on the part of the french to engage with the russians and with assad and just a small amount of aid many people are going to be hoping that it's going to open the doors towards greater acceptance of the fact that assad has won and we've seen yes with you with trump's meeting with putin with the israelis telling the russians that t

syria russia has agreed to use one of its planes to make the delivery government forces we took eastern ghoutafrom rebels in april after a season last in several years. protesters have returned to the streets of nicaragua's capital managua has months of political unrest pick up more momentum anti-government demonstrators want president daniel ortega to step down and call fresh elections dozens of wildfires are raging across sweden it's going through its worst drug for seventy four years it comes after months of high temperatures sweden's asking for help from other european nations there's another ring of fire in the waters off hawaii on the streams of lava flowing into the ocean from the kilauea volcano that first erupted eleven weeks ago more than seven hundred homes have been destroyed by the volcanic eruptions india is scrapping taxes and sanitary pads in what's being called a significant boost for girls' education the pads had previously been taxed at twelve percent of the protests when the tax was imposed last year. the mascots for the twenty twenty olympics and paralympic games in tokyo

at this point france is sending fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern ghouta in syria russia has agreed to use one of its planes to make the delivery of government forces we took east and go to from rebels in april after a siege which lasted for several years. protesters have returned to the streets of nicaragua's capital managua as months of political unrest pick up more momentum anti-government demonstrators are demanding president daniel ortega steps down and calls fresh elections donald trump has accused his former lawyer of potentially acting illegally after it emerged he secretly recorded the us president discussing payments to a former playboy model recording was seized during an f.b.i. raid on michael cohen's office earlier this year and that according trump reportedly discusses paying money to cat and mcdougal who claims they had a ten month affair campaigning has begun in pakistan and for wednesday's general election been a while bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party has held a rally in the southern city of karachi is the son of form

france is sending fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern ghouta in syria russia has agreed to facilitate the delivery government forces reach the east and it's a region from rebels and people. for several years. protesters have returned to the streets of nicaragua's capital managua months of political unrest pick up more momentum anti-government demonstrators demanding president daniel ortega steps down and call fresh elections. a group the rescues migrants in the mediterranean will file a manslaughter complaint against the libyan coast guard the group says three migrants including a child were intentionally left stranded and died as. a desperate rush to save lives it's the moment to rescue one percy stranded migrants in the mediterranean a forty year old woman from cameroon a storm of life but for another woman and a toddler it's too late but the difficulties we've experienced to save just one single life have been unbelievable aid group rock the vote open arms found the migrants and say the deaths were no accident it's accusing libya's coast guard of man

normal but much better than it was during the years of militant occupation in these places like eastern ghouta like eastern aleppo and now looking at northeastern syria this is also one of the final regional enclaves in syria that needs to be stabilized and brought under state control i don't know how sustainable this u.s. military occupation is in northeastern syria and certainly this is going to be a topic of discussion between the russian president and the u.s. president one would hope so indeed and if those right decisions are made in order to stabilize the country what kind of timeline do you think we're looking at two way to tackling europe's my grip my one crisis. well i think the dynamic has changed a lot recently as well turkey is in a much different place diplomatically and visa v. its relationship with russia for instance the istana process in terms of deescalation and reconciliation that russia is involved in and leading as well is iran as well as turkey and the syrian government is going for all intents and purposes very successful so in terms of the migrant crisis the best thing

country has said material to government controlled areas with moscow's help government forces eastern ghouta in april after a siege lasting several years around half a million people live but very little aid has made it in. a truce appears to be holding on both sides of the israeli gaza divide funerals have been held for hamas fighters killed in israeli airstrikes in gaza on friday dozens of mass positions have been targeted after an israeli soldier was killed four boats loaded with eight are on their way to gaza from the italian port of palermo the freedom flotilla coalition says it wants to bring a peaceful end to the israeli blockade of the palestinian territory it expects to take just over a week to reach israeli waters a group that rescues migrants from the mediterranean sea is planning to file a manslaughter complaint against libya's coast guard pro active open arms says that a woman and child died when they were left stranded and their boat deliberately destroyed. and those are the headlines on to zero i'll be back with more news for you in a little over twenty five minutes after toda

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has sent the tiriel to government controlled areas with moscow's help government forces read to eastern ghouta in april after a siege that lasted several years. and those are the headlines borders on al-jazeera after today's edition of inside story next. what's triggering protests in nicaragua president daniel ortega under pressure to step down off two years impala of the form of evolutionary leader claims of us for the months of turmoil so what's the solution this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i am hashem it's. the man who led the revolution in nicaragua thirty nine years ago daniel ortega and his army of sendin star rebels were victorious in deposing president anastasio somoza the left wing rebel fighters called him a dictator which is exactly what many are calling or taking now the three time president's defied almost four months of protests against his rule at least three hundred protesters killed thousands injured and condemnations from all over the world from both friends and foes many living in fear roam the streets including in former rebel soldier holes. reports fr

the south of france is sending fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern ghouta in syria the aid is being sent on a russian plane the first time that a western country has sent but tiriel to government controlled areas with moscow's help government forces retook eastern goose or in april after a siege that's lasted several years israel's defense minister says the main commercial crossing into gaza will reopen and fishing zones expanded if a cease fire with hamas holds funerals have been held for hamas fighters who were killed by israeli airstrikes on friday dozens of harassed positions were targeted after an israeli soldier was killed at least four palestinians died. a group that rescues migrants from the mediterranean sea is planning to file a manslaughter complaint against libya's coast guard pro active open arms so that a woman of the child died when they were still left stranded and the boat was deliberately destroyed those the headlines on al-jazeera of the viewfinder last of america next. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures acros

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