Olympics. And in half an hour here on bbc news, is seeing really believing . Click investigates deep fakes and software used to swap faces in video. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The United Nations Security Council is due to vote this evening on a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in syria. It was due to be held yesterday, but was delayed by disagreements over the wording. The Syrian Government is continuing its bombardment of the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta, near the capital, damascus. Activists say about 500 civilians have been killed in the last week. Richard galpins report contains distressing images. The relentless bombing which began a week ago has shattered whole neighbourhoods in Eastern Ghouta. And shattered the lives of hundreds of people, many of them children. Besides those who have been injured, at least 120 children have been killed since last sunday, according to human rights activists. The number of casualties are overwhelming hospitals, so
A thirty day ceasefire across syria. As they dragged out the negotiation the bombs from assads fighter jets continued to fall but that agreement was hard forth with fiery exchanges between the u. S. And russia also ahead. Trumping trump democrats release their own memo regarding surveillance of a president ial aide during the twenty sixteen campaign. And nigerias president calls the plight of missing schoolgirls a National Disaster and sends more troops to search for them. So after days of heated to go. Consul has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a month long truce in syria and this comes after a week of government led strikes on the rebel held and place of east and which have killed more than five hundred civilians the resolution calls for an immediate end to hostilities for thirty days thats meant to allow window for much needed aid to be let into besieged areas including east and would also allow medical evacuations in just a moment well get the latest on the situation in
And more than 20 years after they first formed, be spice girls have confirmed they are getting back together. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A controversial republican memo has been released which accuses the fbi of bias in its investigation into possible collusion between President Trumps Election Campaign and russia. Democrats had opposed the documents publication, saying some of the allegations were untrue and aimed at discrediting the inquiry led by special counsel robert mueller. But after approving its release, mr trump said the four page memo told a disgraceful story, and a lot of people should be ashamed of what it revealed. I think it is a disgrace what is going on in this country. The memo was sent to congress who was declassified. Congress will do whatever they are going to do, but i think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country. And when you look at that, and you see that, so you look at that, and you see that, so many other things what is going on. A lot o
Came at the request of the democrats and the f. B. I. Themselves others included minor edits and grammatical fixes. But. Now leading House Democrat nancy pelosi says that releasing the document poses a significant threat to National Security intelligence is that its the cia the d. N. A. At the end i. National defense everybody has their element of it and sources and methods must be protected. And. If you absolutely cannot stand the message go after the messenger and it never hurts to throw russia into the mix is it possible that the republican chair of the House Intel Committee has been compromised by the russians as a possible russian agent running the House Intel Committee on the republican side i hope thats not the case i mean this is behavior speak of that i mean im not the first person whos raised this he. Behaving like someone whos been compromised now keep in mind this whole big stir is over just for pieces of paper but those four pieces of paper contain Vital Information inform
Substances while the understands that this decision will cause dismay and frustration among athletes the agency supports the i. O. C. Is intention to analyze these decisions very carefully and consider all options including an appeal to the swiss federal tribe you know. On thursday the court of arbitration for sport decided to lift all sanctions imposed on twenty eight russian athletes and reinstate the olympic medal some have won eleven others will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics inside korea but their lifetime bans were overturned and sanctions partially lifted however the decision had disappointed some athletes from other countries who were hoping to move into medal positions retrospectively from the sort twenty fourteen games. But anything else this is a very very very dark day for the olympics and this is a very very very dark day for clean sport if there is such a thing when. People are saying they cant prove they were dirty in the same breath you can prove that they were innoc