all the people here for the foreign office in london. having a ball nobly were these were foreign office people just to be fair my old employer they were number they were number ten people which was different i mean there's a culture in government that the top dog barks the loudest that everybody has to make way and that was a culture that unfortunately seemed to inform their behavior in even in such a sensitive and tragic situation as the families gathering together after nine eleven and you know we have to clear away we have to make sure everything's right he's going to get this pew to hell with the whole poloi they can wait outside in the rain except in that case the hard to lawyer with families of people who've been killed in the attack so it was a particularly egregious experience now on this anniversary why do you think today's race still refuses to give access to information regarding saudi connections to sort of the eleventh two thousand and one i don't know but i can only speculate what seems to me to be absolutely over years wh

is what you say to people in the foreign office today but it's a career where i think people in the commentary. believe we are the good guys on north korea yeah in this go to korean crisis. everybody thinks they're the good guys that's the trouble. and i think in the british government like all western governments but i suspect in all governments people are surrounded by people telling each other. a narrative that they're doing the right thing and it is one of the reasons i'm convinced that creating an elite of people to run affairs according to a different moral system is a profound mistake and it is why i believe in their philosophy of amec is a most people governing themselves without such institutions and because at the moment tens of thousands of refugees escaping a country with a defacto leader. was one of the good people we know there's a debate in israel israeli arms for the me and government to see the situation. as a part of the analysis i think i think is a very good example be it a nobel peace prize or suchi was all operated by the kind of bad all celebrities. group

he said the foreign office will be sending a tea m foreign office will be sending a team from the departmentmaica, barbados international development which was already onjamaica, barbados and anguilla assessing the damage. they are also assisting in the evacuation of antigua and barbuda in anticipation of hurricane jose of antigua and barbuda in anticipation of hurricanejose which is following closely on the heels of hurricane irma. it's worth pointing out the foreign office have told british citizens in the part of hurricane irma that they should either follow local evacuation advice or in some cases stay in their hotel. they have set up a hotline for anyone who might be concerned about relatives all be affected by the hurricane. but phone number is 0207 008 0000. and you can keep up with all the latest on hurricane irma on our website — at bbc.co.uk/news. plenty of detailed information on hurricane irma and the other two hurricanes on our website. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has found buyers and discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minori

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foreign office have set upa so she is there. a helpline for those affected, encouraging people to call that if they have concerns about friends, family or loved ones and that number is 0207, 00 wait, 00, 00. that is the foreign office helpline number. thank you very much indeed. we were talking about some of the criticism of the government. let's hear some of that now. josephine gumbs connor is a barrister and advisor to the former chief minister of anguilla. she joins me now on webcam. they do so much for being here. and you are critical of the british aid effort. thank you so much. i hope that it effort. thank you so much. i hope thatitis effort. thank you so much. i hope that it is understood in the outside world that might analysis and my criticism is meant to be constructive because at this point, we need constructive effort to ensure that we can be put back together again. the reason why i have levelled that criticism is because we are here on the ground and we can see and test for ourselves the lack of effectiveness that

the foreign office helpline number. thank you very much. e in london. ronald jackson is executive director of the caribbean disaster emergency management agency — who is in charge of coordinating the aid effort for islands affect by hurricane irma. he joins me on webcam from the capital of barbados, bridgetown. give us an initial sense of your estimate of the destruction caused by hurricane irma. well, what i can say, it is certainly significant and may be catastrophic, if you put it in the local context of the countries that were affected. certainly, those countries that would have been in the eye of irma oi’ would have been in the eye of irma or very close, the north east quadrant. so much of the british overseas territories sustain the tremendous amounts of damage. the island of barbuda, anguilla, the british virgin islands and now we have established communication with turks & caicos islands and they have indicated there is damage, to what extent they are now trying to get out on the ground to do an initial situation overview of what tha

the foreign office has set up reports. the foreign office has set upa reports.up a hotline for people affected by the disaster, or any friends and family who would like to keep in touch with what is going on. that number is 0207, 008, 00 00. some travel companies and operators are beginning to make amendments, their schedules are offering free cancellations and amendments, things like travel waivers. the key advice is to check with your tour operator oi’ is to check with your tour operator or your is to check with your tour operator oryourairline and is to check with your tour operator or your airline and keep up—to—date with what is going on on twitter, and with the foreign office too. adina — thank you. it's been more than three months since 22 people were killed in a terrorist attack at a pop concert in the manchester arena. the venue has been closed since then, but tonight will host its first event since the incident. joining us now is heather and her daughter molly. they were at at the ariana grande concert and are going to the "we are manchester" gig tonig

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he said that the foreign office would be sending a team, that's a team that would be joining a team thateing sent by the development of international development to assess the damage there. they have also been helping with the evacuation of antigua and barbuda. it is worth reminding you that the foreign office has set up a hot line for anyone that might be affected or concerned about the welfare of friends and relatives. 02070080000, the foreign office hot line number. and you can keep up with all the latest on hurricane irma on our website :at bbc.co.uk/news some quite significant news about the m6 in cheshire because we're hearing that it is closed in both directions after a tanker crash that spilled thousands of litres of chemicals across the carriageways. so this happened earlier on this afternoon actually, after ipm, if you're in the area, this happened between junctions i8 and i9, you're in the area, this happened between junctions i8 and 19, south of manchester and cheshire fire service telling us that 18,000 litres of a possibly corrosive chemical has leaked from a tanker. lots o

mps and peers express their concerns over north korea's nuclear tests and a foreign office ministerfacesriticism from his own side over the government's response to plight of the rohingya muslims in myanmar. which sounded deep close to doubling for the blame of this ethnic cleansing on the victim community. but first... just where has the uk got to in its negotiations over our exit from the eu? at a news conference following the last round of talks both the uk and eu expressed frustration at the pace of the talks and continued disagreement over the size of the uk's "divorce bill". eu negotiator michel barnier said "no decisive progress" had been made on key issues. but the brexit secretary david davis said the uk had a "duty to our taxpayers" to "rigorously" examine the eu's demands. updating mps david davis wasjeered by the labour side as he gave an upbeat initial assessment. while at times do negotiations have been tough it is clear we have made concrete progress on many important issues. laughter he insisted progress had been made on citizens rights including in areas such as healthca

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absolutely and the foreign office has been working on this, reaching out to british citizens, touristsour governors who have been doing a heroicjob in terms of trying to piece back together communications networks that have been destroyed, on top of logistical issues in terms of providing communications and support, so the foreign office are doing that, on top of the aid, the food, water, shelter, we have sent over half a million water purification tablets in addition to food and hygiene kits, we have thousands of items of aid relief going out to help brits but also the communities that have been devastated and i should finally say we are continuing to send equipment, i have planes leaving today and we will have other planes leaving tomorrow, so we are committed to the long haul in terms of humanitarian relief and also long—term reconstruction. of humanitarian relief and also long-term reconstruction. four britons who feel they are stranded and want to be helped to leave, be airlifted out, what would you say to them about when they can expect that to happen? we are working with the for

finally, the foreign office has set up finally, the foreign office has set upa finally, the foreign officewho might have loved ones affected. they encourage you to call any time on 0207, 008, o 000. you to call any time on 0207, 008, o 0 0 0. that you to call any time on 0207, 008, o o o 0. that is the foreign office headline —— hotline for anyone who might be affected. matthew, thank you for that. disaster equipment supplies are held in readiness at costwold airport at kemble in gloucestershire. our correspondent phil mackie is there. obviously a very busy scene behind you there. tell us what's happening. this is a massive warehouse, as you say, at the cotswold airport in gloucestershire. huge palette all over the place carrying all sorts of kit that is sent over to disaster zones. this is going out to the caribbean, it's going to be loaded onto trucks, driven out to gibraltar where it will be loaded onto hms ocean. this solar lantern also provides power, so you can charge your phone etc. buckets, this, which is called a water box. it goes in this end that comes at the other end clea n th

how about the foreign office? i have given their names. call you back with information. i don't have any information. i know they are on a list. i've had, luckily i have some friends that actually work in these different agencies and they have said yes, we have seen your children and your fiancee are on a list. laura, it's a desperate story and we're so, so sorry that you're in so much, obviously so much pain at the moment wondering what on earth is happening? we hope you manage to contact them soon and safe journey when you fly. thank you very much... we have to get out and this is why, in the beginning nobody cared about talking to the ins, but we realised that it's going to be oui’ we realised that it's going to be our struggle to get our families out and wejust our struggle to get our families out and we just had to tell you most importantly, please the government needs understand that an evacuation needs understand that an evacuation needs to happen, not relief, an evacuation is the only way forward. laura elliot, thank you very much

so foreign office minister saying £12 million is available at many immediately for disaster relief toe said anguilla had received the full blast of the damage is severe in places and critical in other parts of the island. whilst it has been swiped by. island. whilst it has been swiped by, yesterday but the initial fear over damage was that it was not as severe as first feared. the british virgin islands were also not spared hurricane irma's the full force. and the turks and caicos also expected to be affected. the government says it will do its utmost to help those affected in the caribbean. some news just coming into us in the last few moments while we were listening to what was going on in the house of commons. this relates to the killing of seven—year—old katie injanuary who was found stabbed and asphyxiated in a playing field in york in january. asphyxiated in a playing field in york injanuary. the teenager who killed her has been given an interim hospital order to assess her mental health. the 16—year—old, she was 15 at the time, can't be named for legal reasons but admitted the

you have the foreign office crisis centre, they have been running the many days now, working to get the messages out to holiday—makers, the people on those islands about what they need to do. you have across government, a group coordinating with the mod, the response of this government to the crisis. it took 24 hours before help reached those islands, is it fast enough? they had to deal with hurricane winds blowing through. it was difficult to deliver helicopters and aeroplanes in the way the islanders would have wanted. i have been talking to the governor of angola. he said it was an incredible morale boost is the british helicopters overhead yesterday. and that will continue, bringing supplies and comfort to those islands. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson islands. the foreign secretary, boris johnson reacting islands. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson reacting to the criticism of the british response to hurricane irma. now it's time for newswatch, presented by samira ahmed. this week, the bbc expands its services in other languages. welcome to newswatch. coming up... after recent

i was calling the foreign office expecting an emergency line, nothing at all.ponsibilities and the response is pretty well—established, is it? i think we all thought so but it was clearly not the case because today finally we've had a promise of funds. that took to this afternoon to come through, $12 million. then a promise of a ship, but the ship is two weeks away, and of additional ship. finally this evening the promise of $32 million —— an additional ship. these islands have been devastated. i return from them ten days ago and the pictures i have seen have made me weep. they're facing another storm on saturday. there's no chance of getting themselves hurricane ready as much as they would want to because they've already just gone as they would want to because they've alreadyjust gone through this huge hurricane, unprecedented. how does the response of france to its protectorates differ? it's night and day, it's absolutely night and day. if i say the french and the dutch... the dutch had marines already on their territories reporting back before the storm star

the foreign office, too, has said it acted correctly under the circumstances.r picture for the island remains grim. a downturn in tourism will affect ordinary people, many of whom are already hurting badly as they wait for the floodwaters to recede. will grant, bbc news, cuba. as we've heard hurricane irma lost much of its destructive power as it travelled up florida's west coast. so, is that the end of it? ben rich is here. it feels like we've been watching this one for days. this storm has been on quite a journey. as we've watched irma moving up the atlantique, the storm has travelled approximately 3700 miles. it has spent 11 days at hurricane irma strength. it brought sustained winds of 185 mph. as it made landfall across the islands of barbuda during the middle parts of last week. it lost some of strength as it crossed the caribbean but only some and it was a majorfor the caribbean but only some and it was a major for category storm macro. those wins helping to whip up sea water. there was the rain as well. even reports of tornadoes. the storm has now we ca

the foreign office says it's providing support and assistance for the families of the people involveds to stress the uk's commitment to the defence of europe at an eu summit in estonia today. she will meet the german chancellor, angela merkel on the sidelines of the event. the prime minister will tell eu leaders that as preparations for brexit continue, she wants to build a new security partnership with brussels. ahead of the talks, she'll address british troops in estonia. millions of older people are putting themselves at risk of falls because they are failing to maintain their strength. the chartered society of physiotherapists says nearly a quarter of those over the age of 65 don't do any strengthening exercises. falls among the elderly cause the vast majority of hip fractures and cost the nhs around a billion pounds each year. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, has more. come back in. rest yourfoot come back in. rest your foot down. just three more. keeping up your strength as you age may feel like a challenge. lift your knee up! but as this simple exercise class in north

office. i think it will be an ongoing process, as challenges rise and we find the need to have more foreign service officers, civil service officers that particular posts. >> let me shift gears here a little bit, mr. secretary. the last administration fought to lift sanctions against burma and give the country gsp status. but violence has raged on and we're going be having, thanks to the leadership of chairman specializes yoho a hearing on that this week. how is the state department actively responding to the ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims in burma and how will they protect this persecuted community? >> our outreach started at the top with secretary tillerson and our ambassador is working very hard, looking to go up to the region this week. we committed already $32 million to address the crisis, more to follow and a lot more intensive effort for our department because this is, as i testified earlier, it's not a burma problem, it's not a problem for bangladesh or the united states, it's a global problem. the scale is programmingic. >> i agree. and timely also as we've seen 400,000 refuges in t

the foreign office says it's providing support and assistance for the families of the people involvedmps are calling for theresa may to cap energy bills for the millions of households on standard variable tariffs. 76 tory backbenchers are among the 192 mps have signed a letter to the prime minister asking her to deliver on the election promise to cut energy prices. ukip will name a new leader today as it tries to reinvent itself after a disastrous general election that saw it lose more than 3 million votes. it could prove a pivotal moment for the party. some members have threatened to resign if anne maria waters becomes the leader. french experts say a charcoal drawing of a new woman could be a sketch for of the mona lisa —— of a nude woman. experts say it is almost certain a preparatory work for an oil painting and is truly remarkable quality. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30am. and some breaking news about uber who say their new ceo is set to meet tfl commissioner next week to discuss the decision to strip its licence. this comes 2a hours after theresa may calle

andy moore is outside the foreign office this morning.uba. —— british. some have been moved to other areas. the advice now from the travel companies is to stay inside your hotel, that is the safest place, because these buildings are designed to withstand hurricanes. some tourists in florida are being flown home early. there are being flown home early. there are no tourist is going out to florida, or there won't be, because all the international airports there are shutting down on the weekend. there was some criticism of the government response in connection to aid getting there, equipment and help and supplies, coming out to some of those very badly affected areas. what is happening now? first of all, there are £32 million earmarked in disaster relief, and then there is the military assets either in the regional rhomb away there. we have a royal fleet auxiliary ship, mounts bay, that is off anguilla. that is already delivering aid to the island. it has helicopters aboard. the first element task group will set out from raf brize norton tod

the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested. were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. several hundred volunteers have joined the search for a nine—year—old girl who vanished during a wedding in the alps a week ago. two magistrates have opened a case into the suspected kidnapping of a child in south eastern france. prosecutors say the priority remains finding the girl. sarah corker reports. police divers search a pond in the french alps, looking for any clues about what happened to missing nine—year—old maelys de araujo. she was last seen at 3am on sunday the 27th of august at a family wedding in this hall at pont—de—beauvoisin, a village some 50 kilometres north of grenoble. on saturday, hundreds of volunteers combed nearby woodland. this citizens' search was organised via social media and co—ordinated by the police. translation: i'm a father of three children. my eldest daughter is nine, so it really resonates with me. i live 60 kilometres away, but i had to do it. it was important

the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested.sh, were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. angela merkel is arguably the most powerful person in europe, and she is trying to secure a fourth term as german chancellor. is mrs merkel likely to prevail? our correspondent, jenny hill, has been trying to find out. it is 12 years since she debated her way into the chancellery. and it looks as though angela merkel is about to do it again. her political longevity no surprise for this cartoonist, who has been drawing her since the start of her career. what i concentrated on was her eyes, half closed eyes. i'm still drawing her with half closed eyes, but now i know it's a sign for rationality. you can't look into her mind. that's still my situation after 12 years of merkel, that i still don't know what the woman is thinking. but we do know she is unrivalled. martin schulz, her social democrat opponent, trails behind in the polls. he could win tonight's debate, but he almost certainly won't beat h

she said that the bbc that they acted on the advice of the cuban authorities and the foreign office.evacuate customers to varadero and when that decision was made they concentrated on sloping hotels, more importantly, hotels that could withstand the force of irma. she said it was a dynamic situation and at the time that decision was made they did not know that irma would be passing directly through that part of the world. they are just making sure that people are safe, and as quickly as possible. and talk about other airlines and people due to travel to this region, the caribbean florida, in the coming days. thomas cook is not the only tour operator operating in that region. british airways have come in for some criticism. some customers said their response has not been good enough. in the run—up to hurricane irma they were not given the opportunity to fly out and people had to find thousands of pounds to get off caribbean islands like the turks and caicos islands and other caribbean islands. they say that they are in regular contact with holiday—makers to make sure that they are bei

is part of the remit of a foreign secretary, even if the brexit departments are outside of the foreign officeerview in the sun, he'll so talked about other stuff. he expressed his own view on government policy beyond his cabinet remade for talked about dealing with student debt for university students, for instance. he talked about public sector pay. in conventional times where a prime minister commanded a majority and commanded the full respect of her cabinet, any breach of cabinet collective responsibility, singing publicly from the same hymn sheet, would lead to said cabinet minister being turfed onto the backbenches. these are not normal times given the prime minister approaches the conference humiliated after the general election. we will leave it there. plenty more from you throughout the weekend. at ukip's party conference in torquay, new leader henry bolton has warned that mass immigration is harming british culture — and overwhelming public services. but in a major shift on ukip's position he added there should be no cap on the number of migrants who can come to the country — instead

the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested.hich four people, british and spanish, were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. the soyuz spacecraft returned to earth in the early hours of this morning, a calm end to a hot and fastjourney home. when it entered earth's atmosphere on its three hourjourney from the international space station, it was travelling at a speed of more than 1,700 miles per hour, with temperatures outside the spacecraft reaching a scorching 2,500 degrees celsius. parachutes were deployed to slow the final descent in a remote part of kazakhstan. peggy whitson, one of three astronauts aboard, now holds the us record for time spent in space — a total of 665 days. one of the last british survivors of world war two's most famous prison breaks — the great escape — is celebrating his 100th birthday. jack lyon was a flight lieutenant in the raf, shot down over enemy territory and imprisoned in the stalag luft camp. 76 men got out in 19114 in what was then the biggest brea

but first, the foreign office minister, sir alan duncan, has rejected criticism of the government's effortso help british people affected by hurricane irma. he said hundreds of british public servants were doing their utmost to provide relief. and now, the uk's largest warship in service, hms 0cean, was on its way. the hurricane has caused destruction across the caribbean and in florida, an area spanning over 1,000 miles. british overseas territories devastated by the hurricane include the british virgin islands, where five people have died, and anguila, where four people have lost their lives. the minister said that over half a million british nationals, either residents or tourists, had been in the path of hurricane irma. he told mps the government had planned for the hurricane season, sending a ship to the area two months ago. in addition to the normal crew, the government also ensured that a special disaster relief team, consisting of a0 royal marines and army personnel, was also on board. this prepositioning of one of our most versatile national assets, along with an extra compliment o

get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is. the fevered pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as they might want a charge for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for the navy a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region imran khan how does it appear. now at least ten iraqi soldiers have been killed in the attack by eisel finances in the west of the country and it happened in the province of anbar near the border with jordan two car bombs exploded at a military barracks near the city of birth before gunmen attacked. but on confirms number of vital fighters are believed to have been killed by iraqi military as support following this attack now a convoy of eighteen turkish armored vehicles hav

and the foreign office has also set up a hotline for those affected by hurricane irma which friends andtact as well, that is 0207 008800. the experiences of some of the travellers coming back from the caribbean this morning having flown back overnight. let me bring you some breaking news from the national hurricane centre, the us government federal agency which monitors activities, they have got a full—timejob activities, they have got a full—time job with three hurricanes in quick succession in that part of the state. there are now saying that irma has been downgraded to category four hurricane, as a result of a slight lowering of wind speed. doesn't mean anything is over, that is still very serious. but it's not as bad as it was costing originally. the winds have fallen to 155 mph, only two miles per hour lower than the threshold for category five. every possibility that it will go up against the category five, that's what overnight happened when it hit cuba. at the moment it's being treated as a category four hurricane. 155 miles an hour winds, as opposed to 157. if that changes, we

my first port of call was the foreign office here in the uk.. 0bviously called them the night the hurricane hit. obviously it was too soon for them to give me any information. they just said them to give me any information. theyjust said she should follow them to give me any information. they just said she should follow the advice of authorities in st martin. then since then, they've set up a help line. i called them last night and they took her details and her location, but said that they're literally just making lists location, but said that they're literallyjust making lists of people who are abroad and can't give any advice or provide further information. 0bviously because it is dutch and french territory, i've tried to contact the british embassy in paris. i believe it would be theirjob to intervene in this situation. i haven't had anyjoy with that. so i've been following twitter feed, social media, following the news, trying to see what information i can obtain. i haven't been able to obtain anything. at the moment, she'sjust saying what

the foreign office has set up a hotline for those affected by hurricane irma, which friends and familiesmber is 0207 008 0000. i should say that we have spoken to thomas cook who tell us have spoken to thomas cook who tell us that they have acted on the advice from authorities in cuba. a helicopter has air—lifted six dolphins to safety from an aquarium in cuba threatened by the approach of hurricane irma. wrapped in moist towels, the six male dolphins were placed on foam mattresses in a helicopter and — along with their trainers — they were flown away from the storm's path.the dolphins are being kept in a pool but if the weather gets worse, they'll be moved to a salt water pool at a hotel. almost a holiday for them, really. mexico's president has declared a day of national mourning after a powerful earthquake killed more than 60 people. enrique pena nieto was visiting 0axaca state where most of the dead were found in the ruins. he said flags would fly at half mast out of respect for the victims and their families. andrew plant reports. the moment that the earth quake struck off the coast

let's speak now to tristan webb — he's a former researcher at the british foreign office — who's nowjust as we think that the language can't get any more bombastic, it seems too. what is your reading of the situation as it is today? you are right, it is certainly unprecedented to have such exchanges between two heads of state, certainly. kim jong—un has between two heads of state, certainly. kimjong—un has never made such a personal message to donald trump. and we have got a lot to be worried about. if we are looking for glimpses of optimism, we could say that there is some restraint in the details of the threats, so, for example, donald trump has said that, although he is ready to totally destroy north korea, this is if he has to defend the usa or its allies. and for kim jong—un, he has said he is considering what to do next, not that this will definitely happen. we can still hope that there might be some talks between the us and north korea. furthermore, there have, even during the tensions earlier this year, been backroom talks between the us and north korea. we can only hope that

get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as they moment a chance for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for the navy a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region. on assuming that this goes forward on september twenty fifth and the vote is for independence it's still such a long way from actually happening regardless of what that vote is right. that's absolutely true there are so many issues that need to be figured out the what the referendum actually does. is gave president brazil only a mandate to then take it to the international community and cite why people have voted yes with therefore we want to negotiate a way into the nation states

together and concentrate on the fight against arsenal and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office. across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as their migrant a charge for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for for needing a century however some parties say the time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region iran carved out as a. us military is accusing russia of bombing an area near the eastern syrian city of daraa where it new u.s. backed fighters were operating six fighters from the syrian democratic forces which is a kurdish and arab coalition where wounded the s.d.f. of the russian backed syrian forces are conducting parallel but separate offensives against i so a sob enjoyed has. more than seventy five thousand people need humanitarian aid in syria's oil rich there is or

the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested.july in which four people, british and spanish, were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. tens of thousands of residents of frankfurt have left their homes for the day to enable the diffusion of a world war ii bomb. frankfurt is moving 65,000 people from their homes this morning to allow authorities space to carry out a controlled explosion of a huge world war ii bomb. the evacuation is germany's largest since the war, and officials have warned the financial capital could grind to a halt tomorrow if people don't leave. 0ur correspondent damien mcguiness sent this update. police are unsure so far if everyone has, in fact, evacuated the area. so it seems that most residents have left, and that was carried out pretty smoothly over the past day. some people left at the beginning of the weekend. but police have said now they have found a few more people within this evacuation area who were not aware of what was going on, didn't understand, partly

the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested.ug raid lastjuly in which four people, british and spanish, were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. hospital managers in england have called for an emergency financial bail—out, saying they are bracing themselves for the worst winter in recent years. nhs providers — which represents the vast majority of health trusts — says at least £200 million of extra funding is needed to pay for more staff and beds. but the department of health says the nhs is better prepared for winter this year than ever before. joining me now is dr tony 0'sullivan, the co—chair of keep our nhs public, and a retired paediatric. do these figures, these concerns, ring true? certainly. we have had seven ring true? certainly. we have had seve n yea rs ring true? certainly. we have had seven yea rs now ring true? certainly. we have had seven years now of 3% a year underfunding, compared to what is generally accepted by people with integrity, the kings fund, nuffield trust

the foreign office said it was providing support for those arrested. four people, british and spanish, were held after nearly five kilograms of cocaine was seized. simon clemison, bbc news. tens of thousands of people in the german city of frankfurt have been forced to leave their homes for the day, so that a huge unexploded second world war bomb can be defused. the total was more than 60,000 people. the area included includes —— the area involved includes hospitals, nursing homes and germany's central bank. the evacuation is one of the biggest since the war, and police used heat—detection technology to make sure everyone was out. the operation to defuse the bomb is expected to be completed this afternoon. 0ur correspondent damian mcguinness is in berlin and has this update. police are unsure so far if everyone has, in fact, evacuated the area. so it seems that most residents have left, and that was carried out pretty smoothly over the past day. some people left at the beginning of the weekend. but police have said now they have found a few more people

get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as their moment a chance for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for for nearly a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region iran can be. eighteen turkish armored vehicles have arrived at a crossing on the border with syria under the terms agreed and talks in kazakstan this month turkish forces will move into opposition controlled areas inside syria to create the escalation sones the area near the border crossing around the libbers been held by rebels since two thousand and thirteen. police in london have made a second arrest in the aftermath of the bomb attack on an underground train on friday twenty

get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office. across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as they most want a charge for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for the navy a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region iran come out as it would be. heavy monsoon rains in bangladesh of added to the misery of hundreds of thousands of rain just stuck in makeshift camps refugees living in swamp like conditions having fled a military offensive in myanmar state almost eight centimeters of rain fell in twenty four hours and more rain is predicted over the next two days are also food and water shortages bangladesh government has announced restrictions on the movement of range refugees crossing over f