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. Demonstrators held a lie in today, outside the white house, in support of gun control. Laura westbrook reports. Cassie bernall, 17. Steven curnow, 1a. This was a message to those in power. 17 students laid 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 is going to see in our eyes that were not going to back down, no matter what. We are 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 those buying guns. Its a shift in position for a president who has the endorsement of the powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle association. One of the senators behind the bipartisan bill tweeted the president s support was a sign that politics of gun violence are shifting but this one bill alone isnt enough. The shooting suspect, nikolas cruz, did buy his guns legally. The 19 year old appeared in court for a status hearing. Its emerged that leading up to the shooting, he had as many as ten rifles in his possession, despite being examined by Mental Health workers. Chant enough is enough enough is enough anger among those who are the targets of School Shootings is still acute. More marches are planned in the coming weeks. While many of these students cant vote yet, soon they will do and they represent the largest voting bloc in the united states. They are hoping their numbers will get lawmakers to finally listen and take action on gun control. Laura westbrook, bbc news. Syrian state media is reporting that pro Government Forces are going to enter afrin, in the north of the country, to support kurds fighting Turkish Forces. Theres no sign yet theyve been deployed. The turkish government regards the kurdish fighters, just across its border, as terrorists and launched a big offensive last month. A bbc arabic crew are the only International Broadcasters to reach the area. Rami ruhayem reports. Inside afrin, the newest front line in syrias civil war. The city is the focus of an attack by the turkish army. As they vent their anger, protesters carry pictures of abullah ocalan, hes 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 turkeys 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 and scary. The kurdish fighters are resisting the turkish advance. They have been putting out videos showing their attacks on turkish positions. Translation so far, militarily, the turkish army is in crisis. Yes, they have entered syrian territory, there are clashes in border villages, but they cannot say they have consolidated their presence anywhere. But the Turkish Military is presenting a very different picture. These shots show a kurdish unit tracked by a turkish drone, and then destroyed. Turkeys aim is to prevent the creation of a continuous kurdish region on its southern border. For the moment, the fighting is concentrated around afrin. Turkeys next objective is further east, but it is notjust Kurdish Forces based in manbij, the us is there as well. It has supported the kurds in their fight against is, and that put a strain on its relationship with turkey. This has pushed it to breaking point. We have all this been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the Syrian Democratic forces would be limited, Mission Specific and provided on an incremental basis to achieve military objectives only. As to afrin, we call upon turkey to show restraint in its operation to minimise the casualties to civilians and avoid actions that would escalate tensions in that area. Back inside afrin, the conflict was taking its toll. 21 fighters are being laid to rest. Help may be on the way, but at a cost. The regime will be fighting to extend its sovereignty while the kurds will be fighting to defend their dream of self rule. Rami ruhayem, bbc news. A surge in attacks by 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. The first is this little book. Every baby injapan gets one. It will trace her development from the womb until she is six years old. Second, she gets lots of mandatory checks. The first stage, until six months of pregnancy, i go its about once in four weeks. After that, i go two times in a month. And now, im the last month of pregnancy, and i go once a week. This is a truly remarkable Success Story for japan because just 70 years ago, in 1950, japans infant mortality rate was 50 deaths per thousand live births. Today, for the first time, with these new figures being published, japan is the first country ever recorded to go below one death per thousand live births. In india, where a fifth of all the worlds babies are born, the chances of survival are much lower than injapan. On average, 60 newborns die in this country every hour. This woman gave birth to a baby girl three weeks ago. Shes been in this specialist unit in bhopal ever since. Many babies end up here because their mothers are malnourished and dont get proper medical care during their pregnancy. The situation is worse in remote areas. Six hours north, i meet this mother with her young son. Last month, she gave birth to his sister. When she was born, she would vomit every time i tried to breast feed her, she told me. One hospital turned us away. Another asked for more money. By the time we went back to get the payment, she died. It was the second baby she had lost. Access to Quality Health care is a key factor when it comes to newborn deaths here in india. For many people, its still simply out of reach. You only have to come to rural areas to see the impact thats having. Doctors say these specialist units are improving survival rates, but in a country where so many babies are born, too many are still dying. This is agnes. Being born in malawi means she has a much better chance of survival. Newborn deaths have nearly halved in 16 years. Simple changes have helped, like discouraging woman from giving birth at home. Translation the difference is huge. Here, you are supported. Because at home, you could be losing blood. But here, if you are losing blood, they give you an injection and if there are any other problems, the doctor can help. Premature babies are especially at risk. Here, doctors are teaching mothers the kangaroo method, which helps keep these underweight babies warm using body heat. Child marriage and the resulting pregnancies are a particular problem and can lead to early birth. 80 of malawians live in rural areas, which means if you are going to have your baby in a clinic, youve got to walk. But the Bigger Picture is things have got better. Unicef says its because malawi has been open to new ideas. And other developing countries may want to follow that path to give newborns a better chance in life. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news senior oxfam executives will be questioned by british members of parliament on tuesday, as the charity apologises, formally, for the first time, to haitis government over the prostitution scandal involving its workers. The bbc has been told how oxfam drivers were forced to deliver prostitutes to the charitys compound in haiti, after the 2010 earthquake, or risk losing theirjobs. A court in peru has ruled that the former president , alberto fujimori, must face trial for allegedly ordering right wing paramilitaries to kill six farmers in 1992. Judges ruled that mr fujimoris recent pardon on Health Grounds did not apply in the case. Canadas Prime Minister is on a visit to india promoting trade and investment between the 2 countries. Justin trudeau has been holding talks with indian Prime Minister narendra modi, dominated by trade and education. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come kfc without the c the fast food chain closes hundreds of its restaurants across the uk and ireland after running out of chicken. 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. Im terrified of the repercussions in the streets. 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 their new Generation Space station with a spectacular night launch. Theyve called it mir, the russian for peace. This is bbc news. The latest headlines students protest outside the white house, demanding action on gun control. President trump is now saying hes supportive of tighter background checks on people buying guns. As fighting between kurds and Turkish Forces escalates near the syrian city of afrin, pro Government Forces are now heading towards the area. A University Lecturer described by us officials as the worst Child Exploitation offender theyd ever found on the internet has been jailed for 32 years. Matthew falder from birmingham in the uk had admitted 137 offences, including sharing extreme child pornography, and encouraging the rape of a child. Sima kotecha reports. So, what, what what was it ive done . What is it im supposed to have. . Dr Matthew Falder being arrested at his workplace last year. The 29 year old spent years posing as a female artist online to trick his victims into sending him naked pictures of themselves. It sounds like the rap sheet from hell. Distributing indecent images of children. He then researched their profiles on social media and used that information to blackmail them into sending him more obscene images. He even installed secret cameras in peoples homes to film them in the shower and using the toilet. Falder contacted more than 300 people worldwide. One of his victims told us she can no longer trust anyone. I was ashamed of what ive done. All relationships broke down. You cant be friends with someone that doesnt trust you and i didnt trust them. Even though they did nothing wrong and i did nothing wrong, there was no trust anymore. Last year, he pleaded guilty to 137 charges, including encouraging the rape of a child and possessing a paedophile manual. Today, he was sentenced to more than 30 years. The feeling of helplessness that he embodied in the victims and then took them to a place where they never wanted to go is truly horrific. And, i mean, you know, those videos will be with me and the team probably for the rest of our lives. Falder was under surveillance for several months during a 4 year investigation. The cambridge graduate was identified by the National Crime agency. It worked with Partner Agencies across the world, including the Australian Federal police and Homeland Security in america to find the man who was behind the messages. Falder was one of the most prolific Child Exploitation offenders and blackmailers wed ever seen in the uk or even in the us. So it just became. The volume of victims and the techniques that were employed and the discipline that was employed by falder on the internet to not be identified and not be caught was something we had never seen before. Falder lived in this block of flats. He worked at birmingham university. Now, officers say his motivation was power and control. He wanted his victims to feel embarrassed and humiliated and he was confident he could outwit the authorities. He contacted Vulnerable People seeking work on websites. He then used names such as 666devil and evilmind on the dark net to communicate with other paedophiles. Have you sent pictures of your blackmail victims to the parents. No comment. Of the victim, the grandparents . No comment. When questioned, falder didnt co operate. Today, thejudge called him an internet highway man who robbed his victims of their security and dignity. The paedophile showed no remorse or emotion throughout the proceedings. Sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. Now lets catch up with the winter olympics. In the half pipe freestyle event, canadas Cassie Sharpe led the field in the last qualifying round. The american Maddie Bowman will be the one to watch she won gold in 2014, and even though she qualified in sixth place shes the woman to beat. In the figure skating competition, the canadian dancers tessa virtue and scott moir have it in their grasp to clinch the gold. They set a world record on day ten, scoring 83. 67. Thats higher than the previous record they set themselves in october. The canadian pair were olympic champions at the vancouver games in 2010. In curling, there are at least ten sessions scheduled to determine who will claim a semifinal place. In the mens competition former world champions norway are trailing great britain. Earlier, gbs women held off a strong challenge from switzerland and now face japan to secure progress. And in an unusual outcome, canada and germany shared the two man bobsleigh gold medal after their remarkable race finished in a dead heat. Later today, jamaica and nigeria will field their first womens team in the race. Events get under way at 12 gmt. And you can of course stay right up to date with all of the latest updates and results and on our website. Just head to bbc. Com news or download the app. The fast food chain kfc has temporarily closed around 600 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 youve 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 its notjust maxines local outlet. Hundreds across the uk are shut because kf has no c. Theyve run out of chicken. Pretty shocking, really, to be fair. Pretty shocking. Especially when youre hungry, like, 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. Its a chicken place, so they should have enough chicken. They should be able to store it. Its a big chain, so it does seem unbelievable, really. All the chicken. Theres farmers, surely there should be enough chickens. We tried several outlets across bristol today but found no fingers being licked. Almost every store closed. Its lunchtime. Youd expect these hatches to be really busy at this point but the kitchen is empty, the fryers switched off. Chicken with fries, please. Chicken with fries. Its a far cry from this. Tonight, the company is encouraging staff to take holidays until it can meet the demand again. Kfc says its own employees will be paid, but the large majority of restaurants are franchises. It just seems amazing. I thought everything was pretty much automated these days and as they use chicken, mores ordered. Something has gone seriously wrong. The company says its working flat out to rectify the problem. But, for some, that is little consolation. Jon kay, bbc news. Finally, if you think you have a hard time commuting to work, think again. In the remote mountains of northern ethiopia, a lone coptic priest scales a 250 metre cliff each day to reach his church. So what motivates him to undertake this test of faith for nearly two hours, twice a day, every day . So how was your day . This is from the will. It looks at the black wave sweeping up the beach, it is actually a huge number of starlings. It is a mass movement. Flocks of the birds swelling through the skies before settling for the night. Just briefly, that menus for you, President Trump signalled support for efforts to improve background checks on people wanting to buy guns main news. The white house says the president welcomes a bipartisan bill introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background checks. And you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, im bbcmikeembley. Thank you for watching. Once again, ijust want to bring you up to date with how we see the weather developing right across the British Isles in the coming days. And i think there will be something of a transformation for many of us as early as today. A much brighter day for central and western parts compared to monday, simply because mondays weather front slowly but surely is easing its way over towards the north sea but not quite completing the job, and thats quite important because it gives leaden skies for tuesday. The last of the mild air trapped with that weather front, slowly just becoming confined to the east. Out towards the west, underneath clear skies, tuesday will start fairly cool. Western scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales too. There could be a touch of frost if youre very prone. Now, lets see how were going to do for the school run and the morning commute. As i say, with the weather front making its progress over towards the east, there will be brighter skies. Just putting the detail model on here, to show you theres a speckling of showers, particularly over the high ground. They could be wintry across scotland. But dry to start with to the western side of the pennines, through northern ireland, the west midlands, wales and the south west of england. But go that bit further east, anywhere really from about yorkshire down to the far south east, and youre looking at a fair amount of cloud and the prospect of some rain as well, which could, for some, hang around for the greater part of the day. Youve got an onshore breeze as well, along these eastern shores. That combination of the cloud, the lack of sunshine and that breeze, 7 9. But further towards the north and the west, where you get some sunshine at last, will push those temperatures up nicely 10, 11, 12 degrees or so. Now, with High Pressure building in across that old weather front, were left with just a residue of cloud which helps to keep the temperatures up as we start the new day on wednesday but either side of it, where the skies are clear, we will end up with a touch of frost and that is the shape of things to come as we move into the latter part of the week and indeed on into the weekend. High pressure trying to build in and starting to connect us to a really cold continent. We will not be looking to the atlantic, as we have done through monday and tuesday, we will be looking towards the continent and scandinavia. So here is wednesday, with a High Pressure close by to us, keeping the atlantic fronts at bay, but there will be sunshine, yes, there will be a lot of dry weather, but notice the temperatures, after that coolish sort of start its 79d. No more the 10 12, if indeed you ever saw that. Here, we are into thursday and indeed towards the tail end and of the week, and here is the mechanism that eventually draws that cold air towards the British Isles. The High Pressure. Dry, yes, but the temperatures set to drop quite markedly as we get through to the weekend. This is bbc news. The headlines students have been protesting outside the white house, demanding action on gun control, and are planning a march on washington. President trump has signalled he is now supportive of improved background checks for people buying guns, in the wake of the Florida School shooting that killed 17 students and staff. The turkish government has said it will confront Syrian Forces if they enter the North Western district of afrin, to help the kurdish ypg militia repel a turkish offensive. Turkey regards the kurdish fighters, just across its southern border, as terrorists. A british University Lecturer, described by american officials as the worst Child Exploitation offender theyve found on the internet, has been jailed for 32 years. Matthew falder blackmailed victims around the world into sending photographs of themselves carrying out degrading acts, sharing the images on the so called dark web. The former football coach, barry bennell, has been described as the devil incarnate by a judge at Liverpool Crown court
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