to stay severely restricted the face of mass deportations back to their country we'll go live to islamabad for the latest. and the top brigs of negotiated today on views of dr treaty that's likely to new arguments with britain and time is running out the u.k. is set to leave the bloc in less than a year. i don't welcome i'm. a temporary truce ordered by russia has taken effect for a second day in eastern huta a monitor group says a barrage of airstrikes preceded the ceasefire pushing for with the advance of syrian government troops on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold they have also been reports of ground battles in the hours since the truce began this still no sign meanwhile of civilians evacuating or aid getting through. the skies over eastern ghouta were supposed to fall silent but a five hour humanitarian pause brought little relief to be seized residents in the rebel held enclave strikes were reported during the pause and observers say that syrian government will planes resume their bombing as soon as it ended. up but we pray to god for help what kind of ceasefire is this without

a year this most recent that line has come amid increasingly hostile relations between kabul and islamabad pakistan says the presence of on refugees is not only a dream on resources but is also a way for terrorists to infiltrate the country from across the border. who are living as aliens here and work up to about thirty percent of the collapse seventy percent of the outside the suburbs of bridges cities adult ships. to which we should be able to check as to who. is to disprove his so. it is a good point for really right when pushed about whatever method you use would lose that i've learned is fun has recently seen a wave of deadly attacks. for the safety of those who returned u.n. officials also say the repatriation of so many refugees is an unrealistic toss to undertake by this latest deadline they're hoping talks with the government may help them buy time. any loss returns from pakistan. will have significant humanitarian impact. here are the challenges. in some places there are a lot of situation reduce your satisfaction. was. educational livelihood challenges you know what is the. the

islamabad is looking in another direction. china is investing tens of dollars in the country. the planning minister has high hopes that this will turn the nation around. he spoke with my colleague barbara plett-usher. >> this has brought new momentum, it has created new job oprtunities, it has revive our construction industry. it has been a game changer by bringing new opportunity, optimism, and attracting world investors towas pakistan. barbara: with such chinese support, can pakistan afford to ignore president trump's decision to suspend aid?ry >> unfortunately, we were not receiving heavy military aid i cent years. net we certainly look forward to having a strong pahip with the united states. barbara: but a strong economicip relationith china does take the pressure off, doesn't it, if the u.s. decides to cut aid or take certain actions? >> well, i think it does not take the pressure off, but it brings great strengt pakistan's economy, because pakistani foreign investment in big scale. barbara: are there people in the pakistani government assigned to watching president trump

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.wer of the murdered labour mpjo cox, has resigned from two charities set up in her memory after sexual assault allegations were made against him. the mail on sunday has published claims made by a former colleague when they worked at the charity, save the children. mr cox said the allegations against him had been exaggerated, but he admitted he had behaved "in a way that caused some women hurt and offence." our political correspondent susana mendonca has the latest details of the allegations. we understand a former colleague who worked with him back in 2015 claimed that he drunkenly harassed female employees, there is an allegation in the mail on sunday about holding somebody by the throat and making a lurid comment. there are accusations that he forced himself on to a woman during a trip to harvard university in the us. we have had a response from him. he says in terms of the allegations in the us, he doesn't accept those allegations, and in terms of his time at save the children, he s

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.ake a look at some of the other stories making the news. 14 people are now known to have died when a helicopter carrying mexican politicians travelling to inspect damage from an earthquake crashed onto a group of survivors. the military helicopter came down at night—time in oaxaca state, hours after the region was hit by the quake on friday. it hit two minibuses packed with villagers who had been camping out because of damage to their homes. brendan cox, the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, has resigned from two charities set up in her memory after sexual assault allegations were made against him. the mail on sunday has published claims made by a former colleague when they worked at the charity, save the children. mr cox said the allegations against him had been exaggerated, but he admitted he had behaved "in a way that caused some women hurt and offence." our political correspondent, susana mendonca, has the latest details of the allegations. we understand a former colleague

on that report by journalist notion of blushing now joins me live from the pakistani capital islamabad no she is it likely that afghan refugees may go back voluntarily for example demanding a report and that's a lot but that doesn't want to go back. absolutely the official statements have been that. from the government and you. can the. entirety and with dignity however when i spoke to refuse on the ground story is different just like you saw with it is the most of them pakistan is the only country that they've ever seen that been on hand it children i had a studying they had dreams and hopes for their children in this country so it seems very difficult at the moment and a lot of refugees feel like going back to afghanistan is a very difficult option in some areas security is not good and cannot make opportunities us and why augusten stepping up efforts to send back a scan refugees now. so there are many elements to this this isn't something that's happened overnight pakistan has been working on this that had actually planned. also now pakistan is fears also that many afghan refugees w

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so we went to the exxon and we were living there for about four years and islamabad they were trying to take me out of the country it was possible and i was twelve by then and they had to send me alone and i had to pretend that i am backsliding because they had made a fake pakistani passport for me it was quite scary is that that was something that i would never forget that my life and what i had to go through you know if we finally got together after many many years but again i consider myself a somebody really lucky reward on the lucky ones who actually got out of afghanistan due to tux. to work yes i came back with of with a concert as soon as i got out of the airport and i saw people poorer than what the war years ago and the country being in a worse situation that i was i kind of he told my tears but i was happy i was happy to be home and that is to decide that i have to come back to discovery and i have to work here i have to do something for these people you know who are in need of these people need happiness these people need you know a moment of hope. article wrong but also

those broadcasts were heard in islamabad where a mob stormed the american embassy, killed a marine guardthe embassy. >> the mob was screaming "kill the american dogs" in islamabad. this is the third major event in the muslim world in the last 24 hours. >> in tehran this morning, millions of people are shouting "death to the shah, death to carter." that is followed by the cry "god is great." >> these groups are very hard to dissuade. these people believe that god is on their side. that is a very powerful form of delusion. >> by the end of the year, it was clear that the united states was so ill prepared and failed to recognize the extraordinary change that had happened in the '70s. >> new year's eve, end of the decade but not yet of the deadlock. >> in 1979, we take a deep breath and realize we're on the precipice of an entirely new era of terrorism. >> the crisis goes well beyond the u.s. embassy walls in tehran. >> rather than catching our breath, we should have been thinking, how can this get worse? >> it sounds like the most futile observation possible, but i'm going to make it anyhow

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in islamabad pakistan's capital we come to a rally condemning india's presence in kashmir. it's run by a group india and the us consider a terrorist organization. firing off the crowd is how feast of dual run then mark leader of. a group the un says is a front for lashkar e tayyiba responsible for deadly attacks in india something the group has always denied. is. as the rally breaks up we make our way back stay there to try and speak with maggie . by the us has put a two million dollar price on his head. it's not surprising that that he's well guarded can you truly say you're not sending fighters weapons into kashmir or beyond into india can you truly say that. there's a home you're manic go big you see good neighborhoods are bought out give our military here heavy equipment nor not for just for example down the borneo. many get back i'm done i'm into. but indian officials say mack used group is far from peaceful. they accuse them of masterminding the deadly attacks on indian soil. in two thousand and eight heavily armed gunman entered the city of mumbai killing one hundred

skype from islamabad to talk more about this case now this was a story of course that sparked a nationwide anger when it happened what role did the public pressure play in this in this particular case to getting to the. result that that's happened today well it certainly looks that it was entirely in response to the pressure that any good at all. because as as by the other or to the. cases that have been saudi it was. well case of this nature that out just on the part that. state so the fact that this would happen over the time of your sleep and for some. it was a lovely body of young children did not stir the american arch of already. this twelve months or you know you only because the your reaction across the country was just love and so. but of course our thoughts and is going to take something like this to to change things in the future i mean as far as child protection what will there now be a push for for better child protection in terms of law enforcement of law. look you know it's not so i don't know if you particularly or exceptionally negative but this case was that opportunity a

let's go straight to our correspondent he joins us from islamabad so security is extremely tight where this verdict is being issues come out why is this such a sensitive case. well it did extensive gave because in all fifty seven people were arrested and they of course have been facing a trial and an antiterrorism court it was my child khan who was the victim his father basically you osteo tortured gauge that the proceedings of this case should be moved away from our don because of their security and the fact that so many people were in water showed a kid who was moved to a hearty food which is about thirty three kilometers flying distance and about two hours drive from islamabad dead child was underway and the word david has now been read out all fifty seven of the accused were president andy and did general jim called there was heavy security because of the number of people involved their relatives were all outside and showed their government wanted to avoid any incident but the court botched their work day one of the accused who is said to have mitral khan will be sentenced to death

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this is one of the busiest maternity wards in the pakistani capital islamabad several babies are born here every day but the odds of survival for infants across pakistan is some of the worst in the world according to the u.n. children's charity unicef one in twenty to die within the first month of life the mothers don't have access to. the hospital they don't have access to look and birth attendants the mothers are malnourished they are an american and it is the lack of awareness among us is cool big the mother build a hospital or a head get on their way to their time of their delivery the situation globally isn't much better every year more than two and a half million babies died before turning one month one million of them take their first and last breaths on the day they are born another two point six million are stillborn central african republic afghanistan somalia and list so far round out the top five nations were infants struggle to stay alive there has been some success in reducing child deaths the number of dying before their fifth birthday has halved over the past twenty fi

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.ek, which left 17 people dead, have been taking part in a rally demanding tighter laws on gun control. protestors in fort lauderdale chanted "no more guns" and attacked politicians. it comes as pressure mounts on the fbi over the agency's failure to act on a tip—off that nikolas cruz. one student who survived the attack took aim at president trump in a speech to protestors. there was only signs that the florida shooter was erratic. neighbours and classmates knew he was a big problem. we reported him, time and time again. since he was in middle school. it was no surprise to anyone who knew him to hear that he was the shooter. those talking about how we should have not ostracised him, you didn't know this kid. 0k, we did. we know that they are claiming that there are mental health issues, and i am not a psychologist, but we need to pay attention to the fact that this is not just a attention to the fact that this is notjust a mental health issue. he wouldn't have harmed that many stu d e

secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad.from the british geological survey — they show the tremor which was a magnitude of 4.4. the epicentre was around 12 miles outside swansea and tremors could be felt as far as chester and bournemouth. tremors on this scale are only felt in the uk every two to three years. while all eyes are focused on this year's winter olympics, one of the most hotly—tipped films for tomorrow night's bafta awards is i, tonya, based on events linked to the winter olympics of 1994. it's a biopic about the american figure skater tonya harding, who became notorious for her link to an attack on a fellow skater. margot robbie plays the disgraced tonya, and allisonjanney her mother — and both have received bafta nominations. our arts editor will gompertz has been to meet them. i was the best figure skater in the world at one point in time. 4.8. how do i get a fair shot here? it wasn't about telling the tonya harding story. the haters always say, tonya, tell the truth. we have all these unreliable narrators tel

our correspondent secunder kermani is following the story for us from islamabad.world, and particularly in the city where the awful murder happened. it was the latest in a spate of killings by one man, it seems. that man was imran ali, a 24—year—old who lived in the city of kasur. the trial lasted only four days and took place in a special anti—terrorist court, set up inside of a jail in the city of lahore. during proceedings, imran ali confessed to having killed zainab. he was arrested about two weeks after her body was found on the basis of dna evidence. he also confessed to having assaulted, or killed, eight other young girls in the same neighbourhood of the same city. the conviction today relates only to the case of six—year—old zainub, and he was given a total of four death sentences. the verdict was welcomed by zainub‘s family who have called on him to be publicly executed. that is not likely to happen. although he is likely to face another trial in relation to the killings and assaults that he has admitted to carrying out against other young girls. but he d

the officer who led the operation has been relieved of his duties come on high the reports from islamabad. be purged from the tribal areas of north and south where leaders consisting of mainly the midfield tribes men . boarding tribes who have gone brigade and they will be here for the next few days threatening to dig their protest in front of parliament and even the general headquarters where did the military men know. they're demanding for. people who have gone missing and they warned the. one who had gone into hiding on water. and therefore the government unable to i read them but. they're worn for young people. and. they want. their densham and their killing of their tribal people are the. stronger and then after friday prayers the crowd likely to grow even bigger and broader loud and clear. palestinian president mahmoud abbas is set to deliver a rare address at the un security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move will put an end to any possibility of future peace talks follows tensions over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital dip

the region between two thousand and seven and two thousand and nine come on hyder has more from islamabad. well the reports coming are. also just about ten kilometers from the center of swat valley which means over the attack area a suicide bomber who penetrated into a ground inside a military camp where the soldiers were playing while they bought it and then dead they're naked and we're gold. eleven soldiers including a captain with. thirteen. member dead back in two thousand and some of the pakistani military has been now that's what the dollar bond from. the get the. sense there and on the military. who were there meeting this what they thought the bar is now the overall commander of the city good progress on there have also taken response ability for today the time the palestine liberation organization has moved to come ties with israel p.l.o. leaders met a normal in the occupied west bank on saturday they voted the palestinian government to draft a plan to cut off political economic and security contacts it's been growing tension since december when u.s. president donald trump recogn

corruption the decision could spell the end of his political career has come out hi deborah ports from islamabad. for the second time debuggers county has you ruled that mr and i was sure the flu was the country's prime minister and earlier disqualified by the supreme court after corruption allegations against him in the panama papers however. the ruling party was then able to board doors legislation through parliament making amendments through the election act of parliament whereby you know why sheriff would be illegible to go ahead days party despite an earlier ruling by the supreme court that he. saw a major setback for the ruling party the spokesman for the government saying that they were expecting there were days but it appeared that the ruling party is on a collision course red bugger started your dishy i know why cherie who is also facing serious charges of corruption is also facing trial in a national accountability court indeed a landmark war date for the prime minister which cold spell trouble for pakistan muslim league now watch led by the cherie. at the winter olympics opening cerem