Now on bbc news, simon mccoy reports from the cornish port of penzance Kurdish Forces in syria say theyve pulled out of a key strategic town in the northeast, after a temporary truce put an end to fierce fighting. Turkey says its attempting to create a 20 mile safe zone in areas of kurdish control, after President Trump pulled us troops out of the area. Kurdish fighters are now reported to have left ras al ain, on the syrian side of the border, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. Our correspondent, aleem maqbool, has sent us this report from inside Northern Syria. Souad mohammed is numb. Shes been that way since seeing in a morgue the mutilated body of her daughter. The brutal killing of havrin khalaf, a kurdish politician, by Turkish Backed militants, is now being investigated as a war crime. I feel i want to burn down this home, she tells me, because the memories of my daughter are everywhere, and its too hard to bear. Her whole life is playing like a movie in my mind. She
Kurdish forces in syria say theyve pulled out of a key strategic town in the northeast, after a temporary truce put an end to fierce fighting. Turkey says its attempting to create a 20 mile safe zone in areas of kurdish control, after President Trump pulled us troops out of the area. Kurdish fighters are now reported to have left ras al ain, on the syrian side of the border, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has sent us this report, from inside Northern Syria. Souad mohammed is numb. Shes been that way since seeing in a morgue the mutilated body of her daughter. The brutal killing of havrin khalaf, a kurdish politician, by Turkish Backed militants, is now being investigated as a war crime. I feel i want to burn down this home, she tells me, because the memories of my daughter are everywhere, and its too hard to bear. Her whole life is playing like a movie in my mind. She told me she blamed turkey and america for her loss. It was the announcem
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Its been a day of violent Anti Government protest across iraq. Reports now say at least a0 people have been killed, after Security Forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. Eight died in the capital, baghdad, the rest in clashes in the south of the country. In the city of nasiria, the authorities have imposed a curfew. The protests, which began two weeks ago, have been against corruption, lack ofjobs and Economic Hardship, as Aleem Maqbool reports. Gunshots. Antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets of baghdad in their thousands. Surging towards the green zone. But as they did, they were met by tear gas and clashes with the police. The violence marked exactly one year of the current government. Another year filled with Economic Hardship for iraqis, spiralling unemployment, and poor provision of basic services. Already this month, nearly 200 protesters have been killed across the country in a brutal response by the state to the dem
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Its been a day of violent Anti Government protest across iraq. Reports now say at least a0 people have been killed, after Security Forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. Eight died in the capital, baghdad, the rest in clashes in the south of the country. In the city of nasiriya, the authorities have imposed a curfew. The protests, which began two weeks ago, have been against corruption, lack ofjobs and Economic Hardship, as Aleem Maqbool reports. Gunshots. Antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets of baghdad in their thousands. Surging towards the green zone. But as they did, they were met by tear gas and clashes with the police. The violence marked exactly one year of the current government. Another year filled with Economic Hardship for iraqis, spiralling unemployment, and poor provision of basic services. Already this month, nearly 200 protesters have been killed across the country in a brutal response by the state to the de
Hello, welcome to the programme. Police in the uk have arrested a fourth person following the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry east of london on wednesday. A bbc investigation has discovered several of those who died could be vietnamese. One Family Member has described receiving distressing Text Messages apparently sent from the back of the truck. Ed thomas reports. This is pham thi tra my. Shes 26 and from vietnam. Tonight, shes missing. Her family fear she was one of the 39 people to lose their life in the refrigerated container found in essex. At the exact time the container was crossing from zeebrugge, she sent this disturbing message. I m really, really sorry, mum and dad. My trip to a foreign land has failed. I am dying, i cant breathe. I love you very much. Her brother wanted to broadcast this appeal on the bbc. Translation my sister went missing on the 23rd of october on the way from vietnam to the uk and we couldnt contact her. We are concerned she may be in that trailer. We