mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. have: thousands of yemenis attended a mass funeral for the children who were killed in an airstrike by the saula-led coalitio week. at least 29 children were among those who died in the attack on a bus. the bbc's international correspondent orla guerin reports. orlaoften after coffin borne aloft. the unbearable weight of the lightest bodies, little boys killed on their school bus. these are the victims ofhat udi arabia has called a legitimate airstrike against houthi rebel fighters. but it was youth and innocence being buried today. even for yemenis inured to bloodshed and suffering, this is a devastating loss. on the streets of the rebel stronghold, grf and rage against the saudis and their western lies. "your brutality has been exposed to the world," said the rebel leader, "and this crime goll not be fen." but the outcry in yemen is not echoed by the british government. >> our silence on this is deadli for yeivilians. it suggests to the saudi and emirati-led coalition that they can

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.covered pretty much every twist and turn of the greek financial crisis at. if you visit oui’ financial crisis at. if you visit our website you will see this move away from financial emergency measures. something we will discuss later in the programme as well. we will look at the greek press, what they are saying on this day with regards to how greece is now following the eurozone bailout and also the german press has a very different take on the bailout on greece, as you can imagine. dozens of south koreans have arrived in north korea to be reunited with family members they've not seen for more than sixty years. the eighty—nine south koreans, many of whom are now elderly and frail, were separated from their relatives by the korean war. the brief reunions are the first for three years, reflecting a thaw in diplomatic tensions between the governments of the two koreas, as laura bicker reports from seoul. kim hyun—sook remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 6

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. macau. fears for their safety has been hitting headlines worldwide after asia's only legal dog—racing track closed down last month and the former owners of the track failed to find the dogs new homes. there's also been widespread concern at the conditions the dogs have been kept in. albano martins is the president of macau animal welfare group anima. hejoins me live from macau. thank you so much forjoining us, mr martins. first of all, there were about 650 greyhounds, but more than 100 of them have already been adopted. what happens now to the remaining 530, is there any interest to adopt them? well, we have now exactly 532 greyhounds, and we have coal operation between anima, the government and the former track owner “— government and the former track owner —— cooperation. and we are trying to get them adopted in asia, australia and also in europe and the united states. is there certain criteria, mr martins, for the adoption, or do you give them away when someone adopt them? no, we h

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.hes is the chief market analyst at the brokerage firm axi trader. we have heard about turkey now. the fear among traders is that what is happening in turkey could spread to european banks. we have already seen european banks. we have already seen european banks. we have already seen european banks falling back what is going on with them? there is so much pressure and the big banks that have said to have the biggest exposure are banks in italy, spain and france. those banks were the ones that maybe be the biggest exposure but the talk about contagion and there is discussion about is it going to happen? it almost becomes a self—fulfilling prophecy because you get these movements in banks and then you get the market nervousness that takes over. those jitters then cause of the banks to fall. some of the german and uk banks started to fall aggressively. that is the because they had the same level of exposure, just because the banking sector as a whole has the exposure and it drags others. t

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.se government has been obliged to deny that it's operating a network of extra—judicial detention centres, to hold ethnic uighurs. the united nations has heard evidence that up to a million uighurs, who are mostly muslim, may be detained in the xinjiang region in the west. it's very rare for china to address security and humanitarian issues, publicly. here's our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell. the chinese government is making no apologies for the way it is running xinjiang. it has told the un that there has been a major crackdown there in order to rein in violent islamic extremism and those who would separate xinjiang from the rest of china. critics of the policy, though, say that a lot of ordinary uighurs are being caught up in this very same crackdown. however, the chinese government again says this is not being targeted at any ethnic group and is not designed in any way to stop people from practising their normal religious beliefs. a court in new mexico has heard that a young

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.fraser hit another major retailer today. shares in mulberry, which makes luxury handbags, plunged after it said it was owed up to £3 million by the department store chain. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. so, the collapse of house of fraser is clearly causing further ripples... yes, that's right. mulberry has concessions in 21 house of fraser stores, so house of fraser is really important and is a big source of sales for mulberry. is one of hundreds of suppliers who were owed money by house of fraser when it went into administration. the amounts are extraordinary. if you add up all the unsecured creditors, including landlords and suppliers, you get to nearly half £1 billion worth of debt. here is the thing, when a company goes into administration and is then bought by someone else, those debts are effectively written off, there is no legal obligation for the new owner to pay those debts. and of course thatis to pay those debts. and of course that is what happened when m

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. a phone call from the president expressing what she says is a tape of a phone call from the president expressing surprise at her dismissal last year. omarosa manigault newman, who is publishing a memoir tomorrow, has already accused the president of using racist language. but in a tweet, president trump has called her a lowlife and the white house has dismissed the book as the work of a digruntled former employee. our north america editor jon sopel reports. omarosa manigault newman had zero policy expertise and absolutely no political experience when she was appointed by donald trump to be one of his senior advisers at the white house. but she had been on the apprentice, the reality tv show that he had hosted. they were the perfect coupling. i like omarosa. omarosa is a good person. she is also black, in a white house that lives up to its name as being, well, very white. donald trump is a con. and with herfiring and book that she's now touting, the reality tv genre has come to the whi

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mark lowen, bbc news, athens.established six years ago, as our health correspondent nick triggle reports. this shows you, top to bottom, that your injuries... tom locke was inspecting pigeon nests on his roof last october when disaster struck. he fell from his ladder on his balcony, breaking his leg, arm, wrist, shoulder and every bone in his face. he was taken by air ambulance from his home on the kent coast to king‘s hospital in london. while not the nearest hospital, it‘s the region‘s major trauma centre and had the staff and equipment that saved his life. i felt totally safe, secure and confident in everything that was being done. he‘s one of at least 1,600 people who are alive, thanks to a new way of providing trauma care in england. since 2012, the most seriously injured are taken to one of the country‘s 27 designated regional trauma centres where there are specialist staff and equipment, so they can be treated immediately. the study analysed care given to 110,000 trauma cases between 2008 and 2017. that is

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.r authority was facing a financial crisis. the payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire county council, but the authority insists all payments were transparent. staurt ratcliffe reports. may 2015, and the b—17 bomber performs a fly—past in northamptonshire. the cost of this flight, nearly £a000, all paid for by a company owned by the county council. that company, northamptonshire enterprise agency properties, which was set up to promote the county as a business destination. the company also paid £2700 for a heritage dinner and £80,000 was spent at northampton saints, including £20,000 for a hospitality box. 0pposition councillors say at a time when the council knew it was facing severe financial problems, these costs are shocking. i think like most councillors, i thought that anything in the service of the company was going back to the council. i did not really believe it or think that there was money being held back and being spent on all sorts of weird and wonderful

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.nd members of the public outside parliament six days ago. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car at pedestrians, cyclists and police officers before crashing into a security barrier. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. it was last tuesday at 7:37am when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he is charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament

the country can now borrow again on international markets, as mark lowen reports. in 2010 greece was gripped by unrest. threeyhigh deficit led to bailouts totaling 300 billion euros. as austerity hit, despair turned to rage. greece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. this once-famous tile producer was an iconic h bankruptcy, greece crashed. but from an economic wasteland, the country is slowly building itself backp. humce ibeginning to again. after the factory closed, the workers took over part of it,gr now producing eener products, soap and cleaning liquid. starting again bottom-up -- a metaphor for greece's economy. hit -- whenptcy edge of a cliff, you either fall off for you grip it and hold on. we suggle not just for ourselves but for oer countries. it saved our minds and a lives. mark: this country is overcome so much adversity in its long history. e greek spirit is rising again, helped by record tourist numbers. yleneath the idyllic -- the idc scenes like ones that will take long to heal. but a ray of hope is beginning to flickr here. rajin

our correspondent mark lowen was based in greece during the financial crisis and he's been back to assess the impact. modern greece has ruins of its own. shuttered factories are temples to the worst financial crisis in living memory. this once famous tile producer was an iconic bankruptcy as greece crashed. but from an economic wasteland, the country is slowly building itself backup. greece is beginning to hum again. after the factory closed, the workers took over part of it. now producing greener products. soap and cleaning liquid. starting again from the bottom up — a metaphor for greece's recovery. translation: when bankruptcy hit we contemplated suicide a lot. when you reach the edge of a cliff you eitherfall off or grip and hold on. so we said no. we struggled, not just for ourselves but to see this new model copied in otherfactories. this saved both our minds and our lives. from 2010, greece was gripped by unrest. revealing its skyhigh deficit led to three bailouts totalling over 300 billion euros. the price was austerity, with daily protests after pensions and salaries were slashed

from istanbul, mark lowen reports. in his 37 years of work, this man has never seen it this bad. huge losses. from selling 40 pairsa is making huge losses. from selling 40 pairs a day, he is selling two. translation: banks used to beg me to give me loans. now i'm begging them. i'm cancelling my order to try and sell what i have now and in three months i will see if i have to close down. turkey is in a full-blown currency crisis — the lira crashing by 18% on friday and still falling. for long, there were warnings the economy was overheating. fuelled by credit and construction. but the colla pse credit and construction. but the collapse was sparked when donald trump hit turkey with sanctions and ta riffs over trump hit turkey with sanctions and tariffs over its continued detention ofan tariffs over its continued detention of an american pastor. president recep tayyip erdogan is stoking conspiracy theories with talk of foreign plots. reject an interest rise, he instead hit out at the us. translation: on the one hand you're a partner, on the other hand you shoot yourself in the foot.

mark lowen reports.igh deficit led to three bailouts totalling over 300 billion euros. as austerity kit, despair turned to rage, running battles consumed central athens. greece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. this once famous tile producer was an iconic ba n kru ptcy tile producer was an iconic bankruptcy as greece crashed. but from an economic wasteland, the country is slowly building itself back up. greece is beginning to hum again. after the factory closed, the workers took over part of it, now producing greener products. soap and cleaning liquid. starting again bottom up, a metaphorfor greece's recovery. translation: when ba n kru ptcy recovery. translation: when bankruptcy hit, we contemplated suicide a lot. when you reach the edge of a cliff, you eitherfall off 01’ edge of a cliff, you eitherfall off orgrip itand edge of a cliff, you eitherfall off or grip it and hold on. soap we said no, we struggled, notjust for ourselves but to see this model copied in otherfactories. this

mark lowen reports from istanbul. in his 37 years of work, hakim akcay has never seen it this bad.turkish lira plunges, he is making huge losses. from selling 40 pairs a day, he's down to two, as the currency fall hits his turkish customers' pockets as well. translation: banks used to beg me to give me loans. now i'm begging to get them. i'm cancelling my order to try and sell what i have now and in three months i will see if i have to close down. turkey is now in a full—blown currency crisis — the lira crashing last friday by 18% and still falling. for long, there were warnings its economy was overheating, fuelled by credit and construction. but the collapse was sparked when donald trump hit turkey with sanctions and tariffs over its continued detention of an american pastor. president erdogan is stoking conspiracy theories among his nationalist base, with talk of foreign plots. rejecting an interest rate rise that could help, he instead hit out at the us. translation: on the one hand, you're a strategic partner, on the other, you shoot yourself in the foot. 0n the one hand, you w

for that is that turkey‘s president erdogan has announced new tariffs on imports from the us as mark lowensmetics, even rice —— hiking taxes. some of them doubled, some of them going up by double in response to the us raising sanctions and imposing sanctions on turkish goods because of that continued detention ofan because of that continued detention of an american pastor. every sign that the rift is deepening, two nato allies at each other‘s throats, with regional implications. the court here voted not to release the pastor and it will go to an up in court but there is little optimism that he will be released. difficult for businesses that have borrowed or brought in items with foreign currency against the lira. it has plunged in value. worrying for turkish people who are trying to travel abroad for their summer holidays, where there lira is buying far less. there is real concern. the core base of president erdogan are rallying behind him because they see him as turkey‘s saviour. when he hits out and the us, calling for economic war, framing it in terms that are really for his nationalist

at that time, as mark lowen reports, the greek capital athens was the scene of major protests.age, running battles consumed is central athens. greece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. a huge bout of tear gas has come up... i covered the story as the athens correspondent and have come back as greece finishes its bailout. this once famous tile producer was an iconic bankruptcy, as greece crashed. but from an economic waste land the country is slowly building itself back up. greece is beginning to hum again. after the factory closed, the workers took over part of it. now producing greener products. soap and cleaning liquid. starting again bottom up. a met aforefor greece‘s recovery. translation: when bankruptcy hit, we contemplated suicide a lot. when you reach the end of the cliff you either fall or grip reach the end of the cliff you eitherfall or grip and reach the end of the cliff you either fall or grip and hold reach the end of the cliff you eitherfall or grip and hold on. so we struggled not just eitherfall or grip and hold on. so we struggled notjust f

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.was initial programme in 2010, 2011, but did not work terribly well and they had another one in 2012 and the third was under the president government of greece in 2015 when we had the grandstanding at the time as the greek finance minister and the prime ministerfired him. what has the impact been in greece? we see, from the report, they may have come to the end of this programme, but there's still a lot to do. the impact has been dramatic on the economy. we know 25% of a fall in output, gdp, and a high level of unemployment predict we of youths. the impact of the programmes has been to bring the greek economy back from the brink and to put it back from the brink and to put it back on a much more stable basis. the public finances have been the source of the problem in the past. they are reasonably disciplined. but what has also been captured under the term austerity is a massive programme of trying to regenerate the supply side the economy, structural policies. how different is the gree