murad shishani, bbc news, northern iraq.tton virgil abloh has died of cancer. the 41—year—old founded the brand off—white and had worked with some of the industry's biggest names, including kanye west. he came into the bbc in 2019 and spoke to radio one dj benji b about breaking barriers and his creative approach. it took me that sort of period to, like, question myself and be like "am i going to believe in the myth that i can't be a designer at the highest level?" "am i going to believe that i'm supposed to make printed t—shirts that are called �*streetwear�* or am i supposed to believe that i'm only going to dj clubs that are willing to pay me whatever and to play whenever?" and i was like, "yeah, i'm gonna do that and i'm gonna keep doing it for a long period of time, till the one opportunity that comes across, say yes or no, and i'm gonna say yes, i'm gonna show up on time, i'm going to do my best, and then that's gonna lead to some other opportunities" and i hope that through my narrative, people see that in themselves,

murad shishani, bbc news. a very powerful report from our correspondence.come on the programme: when one drink down the pub turns into a three—night lock—in — we meet the customers snowed in for the weekend at their local in northern england. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, i just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. i it took the drills just i a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a miner from calais, . was shaking hands. and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his - opposite number from dover. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: health ministers from the world's seven leading economies will take part in

murad shishani there.stern europe, people fleeing conflict and poverty are trying to seek asylum in the european union. since 2018, tens of thousands of migrants have passed through bosnia on their way west. however human rights groups have accused neighbouring croatia of illegally pushing many back across the border. fergal keane reports now on the story of one afghan couple and their young daughter. near the croatian border, a refugee family is waiting to cross. akram was a television engineer in kabul. zarah was a policewoman in herat, but fled in 2016. baby sara was born in greece, where the family had a previous asylum request denied. we are countryless. we are illegally on the border. what should we have to do? they say they've been pushed back from croatia 39 times — once, they allege, with force. they came and hit my husband, and i said, "why are you hitting my husband?" and they hit me also in my face and said, "shut up." who will help us? the life become like hell for us, for all of us. some migr

murad shishani, bbc news, north iraq.with tigrayan rebels from the north claiming they're advancing ever closer to addis ababa as they prepare to clash with government forces near the capital. the conflict, which began just over a year ago, has pitted combined groups from around the country against the prime minister abiy ahmed, who last week announced he would lead his army in battle. it has created a humanitarian disaster and torn the country apart with little sign of any resolution. our africa correspondent andrew harding sent this report. a late night roadblock in ethiopia's capital and a hunt for rebels from the northern region of tigray. these patrols are manned by civilians, volunteers eager to support the ethiopian government at a time of civil war. they've already detained thousands of people under a sweeping state of emergency that's been heavily criticised as arbitrary by human rights groups. "we found a lot of suspicious items, including guns and explosive devices," says this neighbourhood organiser. access to

murad shishani, bbc news, northern iraq. let's get some of the day's other news.minary results show the leftist candidate xiomara castro is ahead in presidential elections. she's bidding to become the country's first female president. but the governing national party said its representative nasry asfura was on course for victory, without producing any evidence. fiji is to send 50 peacekeepers to the solomon islands following three days of unrest. the violence began on wednesday when protestors stormed parliament in a bid to topple the prime minister. australia and papua new guinea have already sent in peacekeeping forces to the pacific island. northern peru has been hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake with tremors felt more than i,000km from the epicentre. hundreds of buildings were damaged, but there have been no reported deaths. courtney bembridge reports. this is the moment the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit. it was just before 6:00 in the morning and people woken by the tremors rushed out into the streets. translation: i was able to wake my wife and pick| up my ch

the bbc�*s murad shishani has the story of one man whose wife and three children are believed to haveews, the uncertainty is almost as difficult as the grief. this man's wife and three children wanted to come to the uk to start a new life. away from their village, in iraqi kurdistan. his oldest daughter had wanted to study to become a doctor. translation: fathers | and mothers try to make their children better. i am a father, i love my kids. i want my children to have a good life. but the last time he heard from them was on tuesday, as they were boarding a boat. he says he called hundreds of times, with no answer. the next day, french authorities pulled 27 people from the water. and because of delays identifying the dead, rizgal does not know if his wife and children are among them. translation: i don't know if they are dead or alive, . i won't believe a thing until i see my children here or i find them in hospital. he had even sold the family house to tape people —— he had even sold the family house to pay people smugglers for the journey. it is an expensive and illegal way to get to

the bbc�*s murad shishani has the story of one man whose wife and three children are believed to havehose waiting for news, the uncertainty is almost as difficult as the grief. this man's wife and three children wanted to come to the uk to start a new life. away from their village, uk to start a new life. away from theirvillage, in iraqi kurdistan. his oldest daughter had wanted to study to become a doctor. translation:— study to become a doctor. translation: ., , ., ., , , translation: fathers and mothers try to make their— translation: fathers and mothers try to make their children _ translation: fathers and mothers try to make their children better. - translation: fathers and mothers try to make their children better. i - to make their children better. i am a father, i love my kids. i want my children to have a good life. but the last time — children to have a good life. but the last time he heard from them was on tuesday, as they were boarding a boat. he says he called hundreds of times, with no answer. the next day, french authorities polled 27 people from the water. and because

murad shishani is there.ese planes carrying 430 people, those just arrived today here in iraq in at airports. some of them will also be carrying on to baghdad. we heard that there are only nine people who will be arriving to baghdad. the thing is the story is evolving in the region of kurdistan that is relatively stable place here in iraq, even though the biggest majority of those people who have been migrated or trying to migrate towards european union through belarus, lithuania and baltic countries where from that region and that comes as a surprise activity which as i said as a relatively peaceful region of iraq and even the economy situation is much, much better than other parts of iraq but surprisingly many of them or most of those people were from that region. more than 24 aid workers have gone on trial over their role in helping migrants reach greece between 2016 and 2018. prosecutors allege that the aid workers monitored the greek coast guard's radio channels and used a vehicle with a fake military li