Young and old, they seek to escape poverty, violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told. Instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80 million. The majority of these people are displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories ever make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens, they have a powerful effect. None more so than the tragic fate of 3yearold alan kurdi. The tragic exodus of the kurdi family ended at this beach near the turkish village of akyarlar. The mother, father, and their two children, were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rububber boat. [rushihing waves] but ththe boat capsized. Little alan, hisis brother, ghalib, antheir r mother rehanna drowned. Only abdullah kururdi survive. The boat capsized after people stood up. I held my wifes hand. We had l life jackets and d td to keep our children out of the water, but
As she urged supporters to give him a chance. World leaders congratulate donald trump, offering to work with his administration when he takes office in january. Good evening. He has done the world and defied the odds. Donald trump has defeated his heavily favored rival, Hillary Clinton, in the u. S. Andidential election, trailing in the opinion polls for months, he pulled up a major battlegrounding states such as pennsylvania and iowa that had twice back barack obama. Despite losing the statebystate electoral battle, Hillary Clinton is forecast to have narrowly beaten trump in the nationwide popular poll. His fouryear term will begin on january 20 and he will enjoy a republican georgies in both chambers of the u. S. Congress. Here is what it jubilant trump had to say last night. Mr. Trump america will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We are going to dream big and bold and daring. We have to do this. We are going to dream of things for our country, and beautiful things,
As she urged supporters to give him a chance. World leaders congratulate donald trump, offering to work with his administration when he takes office in january. Good evening. He has done the world and defied the odds. Donald trump has defeated his heavily favored rival, Hillary Clinton, in the u. S. Andidential election, trailing in the opinion polls for months, he pulled up a major battlegrounding states such as pennsylvania and iowa that had twice back barack obama. Despite losing the statebystate electoral battle, Hillary Clinton is forecast to have narrowly beaten trump in the nationwide popular poll. His fouryear term will begin on january 20 and he will enjoy a republican georgies in both chambers of the u. S. Congress. Here is what it jubilant trump had to say last night. Mr. Trump america will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We are going to dream big and bold and daring. We have to do this. We are going to dream of things for our country, and beautiful things,
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1000 for the First Time Sincejune. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light at the end of a tunnel. It still needs to be approved and there are questions about how long it will last. The uk may have its first jab by christmas. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. I know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. Early results for the first effective vaccine show it could prevent more than 90 of people from getting covid, with the main