Games. Hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week we look at the continuing carnage in syria, and discuss the latest twists in the brexit debate. My guests this week the conservative political commentator alex deane, marc roche of le point, the American Writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and the columnist for the gulf based newspaper the national, and arab weekly rashmee roshann lall. Barrel bombs, air strikes and shelling by Syrian Government forces have killed nearly 500 people this week, many of them children. Eastern ghouta the beseiged area on the edge of the syrian capital damascus, has been described as hell on earth. The un has called for a cease fire. Rashmee, youve been following this nightmare, do you see an end to the suffering of people in syria . I think the response to that question should certainly not be along the lines of what the United Nations Childrens Fund issued. Its institutional heart was so heavy that it could not descri
Describe the suffering of the people of Eastern Ghouta, and it simply issued a bank statements, saying the truth is beyond language, there is nothing further to say. A blank statement. I would say, one has two recognise words can have the quality of deeds. Lets look at the facts, lets use words to do that. The fa cts o n lets use words to do that. The facts on the ground art, syrians president bashar al assad, as long as he checks in with moscow, he can pretty much do what ever he wants in the country. As long as he has robust foreign support. There has been a stand off with the un with much of the world trying desperately to get this very small concession which is a humanitarian halt to the siege and staff strike strategies that assad is using. They cant do it because the russians are stopping it. The facts on the ground are that the Syrian Regime is there, its not going away, and one finds its very ha rd to going away, and one finds its very hard to understand the rational basis of w
Im carrie gracie. This week, we look at the continuing carnage in syria and discuss the latest twists in the brexit debate. My guests this week the conservative political commentator alex deane, marc roche of le point, the American Writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and the columnist for the gulf based newspaper the national, and arab weekly, rashmee roshann lall. Thank you. Welcome to you all for coming in. Barrel bombs, air strikes and shelling by Syrian Government forces have killed nearly 500 people this week, many of them children. Eastern ghouta, the besieged area on the edge of the syrian capital damascus, has been described as hell on earth. The un has called for a ceasefire. Rashmee, youve been following this nightmare do you see an end to the suffering of people in syria . I think the response to that question should certainly not to be along the lines of what the United Nations Childrens Fund issued. Its institutional heart was so heavy that it could not describe the suf
And discuss the latest twists in the brexit debate. Team gb is celebrating its best ever performance at a Winter Olympics, after winning a fifth medal. Billy morgan claimed bronze in the mens big air snowboard event, with a jump hed never previously completed. The medal takes them past the four won in 2014 as paul frostrick reports. The penultimate day of action and the chance for the big jumpers to show off their skills. An imposing 49 metre ramp for british hope billy morgan in the big airfinals. Complex tricks and a clean landing required to impress the judges. Morgan only disqualified for the final but on second of three attem pts final but on second of three attempts he looked every bit the part. And he holds it up, yes it was huge and depict the nose grab on it, the hardest grab. Yes, billy that left one last chance to secure a spot in the medal positions. That is massive. Canada was the biggest threat to walking away with bronze but on his finaljump it walking away with bronze b
Match at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london with carrie gracie. Hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week we look at the continuing carnage in syria, and discuss the latest twists in the brexit debate. My guests this week the political commentator alex deane, marc roche of le point, the American Writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and the columnist for the gulf based newspaper the national, and arab weekly rashmee roshann lall. Welcome to you all. Barrel bombs, air strikes and shelling by Syrian Government forces have killed nearly 500 people this week, many of them children. Eastern ghouta the beseiged area on the edge of the syrian capital damascus, has been described as hell on earth. The un has called for a ceasefire. Rashmee, youve been following this nightmare, do you see an end to the suffering of people in syria . I think the response to that question should certainly not to be along the lines