lina sinjab, bbc news, beirut.pportive of improved background checks for people buying guns, according to his spokeswoman. since the deadly high school shootings in florida last week, the president has largely focused on mental health issues and criticising the fbi for missing warning signs about the gunman. but a campaign led by school students, survivors of the parkland attack, seems to be gathering pace. laura westbrook has the latest. cassie bernall, 17. steven curnow, 1a. this is their message to those in power. 17 students lay down in front of the white house, the same number of children murdered in the school in florida last week. they are demanding congress take action on gun control. one of the survivors of the shooting had this to say to donald trump. he's going to see in our eyes that we're not going to back down, no matter what. we're not going to stop until this country changes. it appears the president is listening. the white house says donald trump supports efforts to improve background checks on tho

lina sinjab has more from beirut. 13 medicalfacilities 13 medical facilities have 13 medicalfacilitiesn roads and even ambulances. rescue workers are not able to help, they are running out of medical equipment and themselves being targeted. people inside eastern ghouta described the situation as hell. there were mortars falling into damascus. the government and russia are determined to clear the area from what they describe as terrorists, but eastern ghouta has been besieged forfive years and completely sealed off for 50 days. unicef has issued a statement saying they are running out of words to describe the situation, and the un special envoy said to might be seeing another aleppo scenario. aleppo was also bombed out and seized until the moment where both rebels and civilians gave up and were bussed out of their own hometown towards idlib in the north, where it is also being bombarded. for the people in eastern ghouta, they have been living the walk the seven years, they are tired of the bombing, the procedure meant, they want safety and beginning to end. —— they have been living the

lina sinjab in beirut.'re hearing from people now is that they are trying to hide in basements, whatever basements are available so that can take cover from the continuous shelling. we are hearing that today the government and the air force has resumed the attack on eastern ghouta. people are pleading for help. the un made an announcement that this should stop immediately. the international committee for the red cross also called on this to stop immediately. to protect civillians. so far the last 2a hours have been the worst that eastern ghouta has faced in years. people are really struggling to seek safety basically. the attacks yesterday targeted for hospitals, targeted ——four hospitals, the main roads that would allow people to run away or ambulances to rescue. that is causing a higher number of injured and a higher number of people dead. unfortunately for syrians on the ground and for civilians trapped there, the government and russia have the upper hand. russia yesterday announced that we are probably

lina sinjab, bbc news, beirut.branch, as a response to growing calls for independence from the kurdish population in the region. a bbc arabic crew were the only international broadcasters to reach the area. rami ruhayem reports. inside this area, the newest front line of the syrian civil war. the city is the focus of an attack by the british army. as they vent angen the british army. as they vent anger, protesters carry pictures of the jailed leader of the kurdish group which has waged a decade—long war inside turkey. kurds have been pushing for autonomy and turkey has grown increasingly nervous. invading northern syria was their response. a bbc arabic crew travelled through territory controlled by the syrian army before they arrived here. there was no attempt to stop them. in spite their own misgivings about kurdish separatism, it seems damascus even more incensed by the actions of turkey. it has just announced it will send troops to help repel the invasion. as turkish warplanes attacked border villages, civilians

you cannot imagine it. 0ur correspondent lina sinjab has reported from ghouta. from beirut in neighbouring lebanon. in both those cuts, the noises, the sounds of explosions in the background while those interviewees we re background while those interviewees were being spoken to. it illustrates the horrendous conditions that people are in living in ghouta. they say they don't feel a anyone is listening to them. what is the international community doing about this? as you mentioned, people are desperate for help, but they don't have any hope that the international community can help. the un have condemned it and have said they have no words to describe the situation, that it no words to describe the situation, thatitis no words to describe the situation, that it is beyond imagination, but still they don't have any means to stop this horrific attack. the syrian government and russia say that they want to clear the area from what they describe as terrorists, but from all the images and reporting we have seen on the ground and the videos that are coming up, it is bas

secretary—general, has described eastern ghouta as hell on earth. 0ur middle east correspondent lina sinjab expect later today. well, syrians inside ghouta are hoping that the un resolution would be voted for a 30 day ceasefire but from previous experience throughout the war there has been so many vetoes, mainly by russia, on any un resolutions that they do not approve on itand resolutions that they do not approve on it and even the un special envoy was a bit sceptical, although really hopeful that it will happen. you said it will be difficult and uphill but it is necessary and important. the situation is really terrible inside eastern ghouta. it has been five days of continuous shelling and bombing, with many civilians, as you mentioned, dying. also there were many mortars fired by the opposition fighters into the capital damascus. there have been people injured yesterday there but it is not comparable to the situation in eastern ghouta. when it comes to the region more widely, there is concern that this latest intense bombardment is really just playing that this latest intense bombardment