rami ruhayem, bbc news. the syrian government and its allies has killed 71 people in the rebel area of eastern ghouta in the past 2a hours. the syrian observatory for human rights says strikes, rocket fire and shelling has injured 325 people in the besieged suburb of damascus. every year at least 2.5 million newborn babies around the world fail to live for more than a month. and many of those deaths are preventable, according to a report published by unicef. rates of mortality vary dramatically — it just depends where those babies are born. in a moment, a report from rajini vaidyanathan, in india. and our correspondent lebo diseko in malawi. but first rupert wingfield—hayes in japan. this is a beautiful 4—day—old baby girl. in the lottery of birth, she has just hit the jackpot. injapan, the chance of a baby dying in its first month of life is the lowest in the world. hello. please come in. it helps that her mum lives in a rich country with excellent health care. but there are two things that set japan apart.

rami ruhayem, bbc news.nment and its allies has killed 71 people in the rebel area of eastern ghouta in the past 2a hours. the syrian observatory for human rights air said strikes, rocket fire and shelling on the besieged suburbs of damascus also injured 325 people. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: the priest undertaking a daily test of faith in the ethiopian mountains. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded th

rami ruhayem, bbc news. restaurants across the uk and ireland, after delivery problems meant a shortage of chicken. kfc said it had been let down by a logistics company that took over its supply chain last week. jon kay has the story. no! when you've been promised kfc as a half—term treat, but there is no chicken. nine—year—old maxine is not happy. angry. sad. and disappointed. and hungry? very hungry! are you more hungry or angry? hungry! it's notjust maxine's local outlet. hundreds across the uk are shut because kf has no 'c". they've run out of chicken. pretty shocking, really, to be fair. pretty shocking. especially when you're hungry, like, do you know what i mean? kfc have blamed teething problems with the new delivery contract. they switched to dhl last week, who say operational issues have disrupted the supply. it's a chicken place, so they should have enough chicken. they should be able to store it. it's a big chain, so it does seem unbelievable, really. all the chicken... there's farmers, surely th

rami ruhayem reports. inside afrin, the newest front line in syria's civil war.sh army. as they vent their anger, protesters carry pictures of abullah ocalan, he's jail leader of the pkk, the kurdish group which has waged a decades—long war inside turkey. the syrian 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 arriving here. there was no attempt to stop them. despite its own misgivings about kurdish separatism, it seems damascus is even more incensed by turkey's actions. it has just announced it will send troops to help repel the invasion. as turkish warplanes attack border villages, civilians flee towards afrin. this dark cellar is all the shelter this woman could find for herself and her children. translation: on that day there was bombing. the planes came over our village, it bombed the area. we were frightened and we left. my daughter was crying. we came here to this cave. you can see, it is dark a

rami ruhayem reports. inside this area, the newest front line of the syrian civil war.nomy 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 flee towards arfin. this dark shell is all she could find for herself and her children. translation: on that day there was bombing. the planes came over our village. it bombed the area. we were flight -- village. it bombed the area. we were flight —— frightened and we left. my daughter was crying. we came to this cave. you can see it is dark and scary. the kurdish fighters are resisting the turkish advance. they have been putting and video showing their attacks on turkey ‘s positions. translation: so far militarily the t