Yemen yemenese city of adan. Yahoo pulls out of china. Well look at whats behind the move. And why letter writing is making a comeback among students in nairobi, as the bbcs School Report goes global. Hello. Thanks for joining us. The tunisian Authorities Say the countrys Intelligence Services did know about one of the two gunman who carried out the attack at the prestigious bardo museum in tunis. Its now been confirmed that 23 people were shot dead 20 of them Foreign Tourists. Were just focusing right here on the bardo museum there, adjacent to the Tunisian Parliament. There were tourists terrified, running from the museum. Two gunmen were killed by Security Forces. Three people two of them Foreign Tourists actually spent the whole night hiding out in the building. Thats emerged in the course of the last few hours. Well tunisias president has promised to wage what hes calling a merciless war against terrorism. The socalled arab spring began here in tunisia, where theres been a by and large stable transition to democracy. We spoke to someone who was in the Parliament Building at the point at which the attack began. Yes, we were scared, because its really not usual at all for a public building to be targeted in tunisia. We know that terrorism is a problem here for many years, but until now its never went into the city. And especially not the public buildings. So, yes, we were scared. Does this change tunisia . No it doesnt. Its convinced us more than afterever that we need to hold this big fight against extremism. But at the same time, we are convinced that our democratic model is actually the best against terrorism. Well, she joins us from the capital tunis. Perhaps, first of all, you could just give us a bit more if you can, about the increase in the number ofs s numbers of those killed. It seems according to the health ministry, more people have died after this attack. I did not manage to attend the conference. One of my colleagues managed to attend. But from what i understand, people have died after being injured. I know that people were undergoing surgery, over the last 24 hours, and the death toll has gone up to 20 tourists now. I suppose its significant, where they actually came from. Do we know . I have to say, its quite hard to verify this. Theres a different account going around even from government ministries. So at this point, i would not want to speculate on that. Okay. Well leave it at that for the moment. But we have had some extraordinary word coming out of some people who are in the museum, taking refuge hiding somewhere or other, and actually ending up spending the whole night there, presumably simply too frightened to come out. Yes, thats what i understand. I spoke to two policemen here who were saying that two spanish tourists as well as a tunisian employee of the museum were terrified and in hiding for, again, almost 24 hours, because they couldnt believe that this siege was over. They were taken out by the Tunisian Security forces just over an hour ago, and there was an ambulance here as well. So im not entirely sure in what state theyre in. I have been told they were not injured. And but they have been taken to one of the hospitals that is looking after people here. Its worth making the point, isnt it that given the number of casualtyies and the fact that they do come from quite a wide variety of countries, these gunmen have hit a target which will be a very raw nerve for the government which, of course depends a great extent on bringing tourists into tunisia. Yeah as you say, they have hit they have killed tourists from all over the world. Colombians, japanese australians, so it is a terrible time for the country, as it was hoping to attract more tourists and more people to invest in this country. Many people believed in these small foreign investments. They want to show tourists the rest of tunisia. So it comes at a very difficult time at a very early stage of this political transition that so far, as you said has gone quite well. And people are really wondering what this will mean for the rest of the transition. Thank you very much indeed bringing together the latest strands on that story. In fact, just confirmed from the British Foreign secretary, phillip hammond, he has acknowledged hes in nairobi at the moment and acknowledged that one British National was killed in the museum incident. A british woman and her family has been informed. Heavy night in southern yemen has closed international in the port city of adan. Several were killed there. Yemen has been in political limbo since the president and the government resigned in january. Well mohammad is the bbc arabic editor. He gave me the latest. The army units that are allied to the president , are joined by militias who support him, have managed to repel this attack on the airport in adan in south yemen, by this special forces police unit that is allied to the former president , who is allied to the Houthi Rebels who now control the capital. So, you, just in that last sense, have given a sense to have the complexity of what were having to deal with. Is there any sense that one side or the other is getting the upper hand at the moment or is the government sort of clinging on . Well the Houthi Rebels who come from the north of the country. They took over the capital in january and they basically tried to said that they are now in control. They put the president under house arrest. He managed to flee last month to his hometown of south yemen, where he comes from originally and hes trying to consolidate his power there. He has this militia thats allied to him, and because the army is part of the army is with him, but in adan there is who are allied to the former president , who is coordinated for the rebels. And theyre trying to isolate him there, while hes trying to consolidate his power. Now britain is concerned that it has sent some military trainers to the south of ukraine to help the government in its fight against the prorussian rebels. Russias support for the separatists will be discussed later by European Union leaders. Theyre gathering in brussels. Ive been speaking to tom burridge, whos in southern ukraine. I asked tom how significant this latest british involvement is. Reporter i think its symbolic. I dont think anyones suggesting that it will shift the military balance in the east of ukraine in any real ways but these instructors have arrived and have been working for a few days can ukrainian troops training them in first aid and military tactics. And that tallies with the fact that the west have only supplied nonlethal military aid to the Ukrainian Army things like sleeping bags, laptops gps system, the u. S. Is providing radars and surveillance drones. Its a symbolic move but well received, of course by the ukrainian public government and military. I think, though there is a debate here in ukraine and there are calls for the west to go that one step further and to arm the ukrainian military. But, of course countries like britain havent taken that option off the table. For now, they dont seem like doing it anytime soon. Weve come to see this as a sort of east versus west conflict havent we . And, in fact is it a little bit more nuanced, particularly i guess, for those people right on the front line of this conflict. Reporter yeah, weve been in the east over the last few days traveling on both sides of the divide. Theres a front line of course which divides the area, controlled by prorussian rebels from the area controlled by the Ukrainian Government but the people, families are divided on either side of that line. In war, you rarely witness a scene like this. Allah is reunited with her daughter and grandchildren. Theyve been living on different sides of the fighting in Eastern Ukraine. Im so happy the kids have come back. I havent seen them for six months with a fragile ceasefire here, the family are moving back home to a neighborhood in the town of debaltseve now controlled by prorussian rebels and badly damaged by recent shelling. Shelling. We want to go back to school to go to work. When i heard my granddaughter took her first steps and i wasnt there to see it that was very hard. Reporter not far away on the ore side of the divide people who are desperate to see family and friends are forced to wait. Outside this local government building. She tells us she cant get to her home in debaltseve. She says this is the seventh time shes come here and if she finally makes it inside shell hope to get a precious pass which people here now need to cross into rebelheld territory. Checkpoints mark the only road thats still open between ukrainianheld territory and the rebels. Fueled by what they see in the prorussian and ukrainian media, People Living on either side of this divide see the war in very different ways. Friends and family are separated physically and by their beliefs. She has decided to leave her house and her husband in rebelheld territory. She now shares this room with her daughter on the ukrainian side. Her husband is prorussian, but elena supports the Ukrainian Government. Its very hard. For me i have nothing to lose anymore. My home is 300 kilometers from here. My family is divided. And all i have is my work my daughter. At Ukrainian Army positions, the guns are generally quiet, but they still point east towards a front line that separates families and tears the relationships apart. Well there is a ceasefire agreement, but there isnt a ceasefire in the strictness sense of those words. The fighting continues. Theres been a lull but theres fighting on either side. And the political solution to the crisis in Eastern Ukraine seems a long way off. How will they hold elections . How will the two sides, the prorussian rebels and the ukraine government decide on how elections will be held in the east of ukraine . And what will be the status of that region in ukraine in the future, if its not independent of course. Thats what some of the rebels want. So the dialogue in recent days has been far apart on either side and without the political solution, an effect lating in the fighting just looks more likely. Thats tom burridge. There is that side of course. Is it enough to change the European Unions mind about sanctions . Alice is here. Thats the big question that theyve got to decide in the next day or two, really. Absolutely right. Deciding whether the russian economy has already suffered enough. Its our top story. The economic pain being inflicted by western sanctions on the russian federation. Eu leaders will be discussing that issue in a twoday summit that begins later in brussels. Some countries want the sanctions kept in place, until the end of this year. Others argue they should be eased now that there is a ceasefire in place in ukraine and that russia is suffering enough already from those plunging oil prices. Lets go with a quick look to see how much. The Russian Central Bank says that the countrys economy should shrink by as much as 4 this year. Inflation, thats running at 17 and the rouble the currency has fallen by 45 against the dollar since this conflict. There are fears that economic weakness will spread into neighboring countries. Now a big story on Financial Markets today. U. S. Stocks having surged and the dollar slumping after the Federal Reserve signaled its not in a hurry to raise interest rates. There hasnt been a rise in rates in the u. S. For a decade so a very big deal for global markets. At its monthly meeting, the u. S. Central bank opened the door for a rate hike since early june but janet yellin made it very clear, the committee needs to see more jobs created and inflation first. And that caused big gains on wall street. Now lastly internet giant yahoo is closing its china office as part of a worldwide consolidation aimed at cutting cost. Its the only remaining physical presence in the country, after it sold its chinese operations to alibaba in 2005. A spokesman said around 350 jobs would be eliminated. Well have more on those stories for you in World Business report throughout the day. Now back to david. Alice, thanks very much indeed. Thanks for watching bbc world news. Stay with us if you can. We have Something Special coming up. Well be talking live to one of the pilots of the solarpowered plane attempting to fly right around the world. Its coming en route to myanmar. Will twizzlers mixed berry bites ever end their rivalry with jolly rancher filled gummy bites . Not today. Bites. Little greatness. Youre watching bbc world news. Im david eades. The latest headlines. 23 people are now known to have died including 20 Foreign Tourists when gunman attacked a museum in tunis on wednesday. Heavy fighting has broken out in southern yemen between Security Forces and those loyal to a former president. Now heres something. Solar impulse, the solarpowered plane, attempting to fly right around the world, has begun the second leg in a twopart journey from india to myanmar. Two pilots take it in turns to guide Solar Impulse on its circumnavigation of the globe. And so far, theyve covered about 3,000 kilometers in the three segments flown since the beginning of the adventure in abu dhabi back on the 9th of march. Well, the leg to mandalay in myanmar is being flown by Bertrand Picard and he joins me now live on the phone from the planes cockpit. I hope were not disturbing you too much bertrand. First of all just tell me how is this leg of the journey going . Everything has been beautiful. Beautiful, because leaving in india, an early sunrise crystaling the gulf. Arriving in myanmar, beautiful sceneries, very good winds, and flying sometimes 200 Kilometers Per Hour which is a lot for a solarpowered plane, but it was thanks to the jet stream that was behind me. And thats reminded me of the jet stream when i was flying around the world. So it was really a nice way to come back to myanmar. Absolutely. 200 kilometers an hour is pretty good going, isnt it for Solar Impulse. As a pilot, just tell me what is it like to fly the plane . There are two different parts. One is really flying the plane. Its very big, its very light, and its very slow. So its not easy to maintain air in a very stable situation when you have tubulars. Its a little bit bumpy sometimes. But the other part is absolutely gorgeous because the more you fly, the more energy you have. Because you never need to land for refueling. You just take the energy from the sun, it runs your engines, it loads the batteries, so you can even fly at night, until the next sunrise, so no fuel its fantastic. It is exactly how the world should be in a couple of years, its possible. I appreciate it. That is the sort of the key aim of this project. But while the plane might not run out of energy bertrand you might run out of energy if youve got to go for as much as five days across the pacific. How are you going to cope with that . Well you have to make a lot of exercise in the cockpit. My colleague is doing selfhypnosis, as i have learned to do, because im a medical doctor originally. So you move you relax, you sleep by little movements of 20 minutes at a time and you fly the plane, and you know the passion, the energy for the pilot, because weve been preparing this flight around the world with my friend with our entire team for 13 years now. So i tell you, the thing we like the most now is to be in the air, even if the flight allows it. At least we are into the dream that we have set so long ago, and here we are. Well its quite a dream, isnt it . Bertrand, well let you focus on the road ahead, as it were from now on. Great to be able to speak with you here on bbc world news though. Bertrand picard, as he flies Solar Impulse, part of that around the world effort. Great sound quality, too. Now, the bbc School Report is something we do that gives 11 to 16yearolds the chance to make their own news stories. Weve gone global now and weve been getting a view from one school in nairobi. Hello, viewers, welcome to my school, boys center right here in nairobi, kenya. While there are very many interesting things about my school, one is that the students are not allowed to have their mobile phones while in school. So that does beg the question how do we communicate with other students in other schools . We are back to the good old days letter writing. These are well designed and telegraphed by students themselveses. Im sending to a friend of mine. Just to say hi because its been quite a long time. Im writing it to my friend natalie, and its been a long time since ive talked to her and i would like to say hi to her and know how shes doing. Now the letters are collected and handed to a mailman who takes them over. Theyre reading them now, theyve received the letters and from their reaction theyre very excited. Some of them are laughing. Lets ask them about what they think about the letters . I think its nice. People dont use it often. I think its a good way to get to know other people and its interesting to understand to write to people who you dont know. Some people may say that the writing is outdated or old fashioned, but it does work for us. At the end of it one question remains unanswered between letter writing and texting, which is the most efficient way of communication. Your guess is as good as mine. The guessing game isnt it . Lets go over to the school now. The center in nairobi. Its a good story, this moses, what is your view ultimately now about having to write out painstakingly letters to friends rather than a quick text . Yeah, its actually we came up with this because we dont really get to have fun in school, so we find letters much exciting. From writing the letters to making envelopes and delivering them to the postman. Its good to hear that because it feels like a blast from the past almost. But tell me a bit about the whole project, of putting together a tv piece. How have you found that .