the tamil tigers destroyed as well. the tamil tigers were a listed terrorist organisation.cape the siege zone and the area became smaller until it was just a patch of a few hundred square metres. a symbolic moment. sri lankan units meeting today and cutting the tamil tiger ‘s last hope of escape. we had been caught between these two opposing sides, enemies who were bitterly intent on destroying each other and the un was stuck in the middle. it was an experience that never leaves you. that was the former united nations official gordon vice. you can watches every on bbc news or catch up watches every on bbc news or catch up on all our norms along with over a thousand radio programmes in our online archive stop search online for bbc witness history. now to a story of triumph over injustice. for over 200 years, soldiers from the small south asian country of nepal fought and died for the british armed first —— forces. the soldiers are known as gurkhas and over 200,000 ford in the two world wars that it only in 2009 that they were given the right to settle in the uk. them we reme

easter sunday attacks came as the country was recovering from a nearly three decade war with the tamil tigerms. that has had an impact on visitors, particularly from the middle east. but, forjilan and those like him, their livelihoods depend on people coming back to these shores. some of the challenges being faced by sri lanka there. you have been watching newsday. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we'll be looking at the new tariff war, this time between the us and the eu over illegal subsidies for plane makers airbus and rival boeing. we will see what is happening next and what is at stake. and before we go, we would like to leave you with these pictures. this is an orphaned baby elephant who is being hand—reared by the staff at a camp in myanmar. the four—month—old elephant was found with a severely injured leg after being caught in a hunter's snare last month. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello there. what a changeable week of weather it's been so far. if we look back to tuesday, a typical weather watcher looked somewhat lik

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