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The bbc news at one. A man has been shot dead by police in a pre planned operation near the m62 motorway in huddersfield. He has been named as yasser yaqub. West Yorkshire Police say an officers gun was fired and five people have been arrested. They also say the operation was not related to terrorism. The independent Police Complaints commission has sent investigators to the scene. Well our correspondent danny savage is at ainley top in west yorkshire. It is only in the last few minutes yasser yaqub has been named locally as the man shot dead here last night. We understand he is in his late 20...

Fighters. if you look at the area of southwestern syria and what has been going on there next door in the provinces, that is where the regime offensive has happened for a month. they re-captured that area with the exception of one isis pocket there that they have been battling to try to recapture for days with intense bombardment and fighting. perhaps the attempt by isis to divert regime troops away from the isis pocket, but a reminder that the group, while it lost 98% of the territory as u.s. officials say, it still possesses the ability to carry out the devastating attacks. >> jomana karadsh...

Amman, jordan. she's been speaking with women trapped in eastern ghouta. how are they surviving, jomana? >> reporter: well, you know the situation is absolutely horrific. a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding inside eastern ghouta. when you talk to the aid agencies. and when you talk to people inside. they are really terrified of what is going on right now. you've got this regime offensive. the regime is closing in on different parts of eastern ghouta, and people are really concerned about what's going to happen to them. we spoke to one woman who is desperate for the world to hear her voice ...

Overnight on parts of that enclave and also barrel bombs raining down on other parts this morning. reports of more casualties. of course, it's very difficult for us to verify and independently confirm these casualty figures. so we depend on medical workers, rescue workers there, and also local activists who are reporting more than 250 people killed since in uptick in violence that began on sunday with this regime offensive. hundreds of others have been wounded. and it is so difficult to treat the wounded. according to the united nations and other aid groups, hospital after hospital have been t...

Bill: there is new video out of syria today showing the civil war moving closer to the heart of the capital city damascus. those are government warplanes pounding rebel-held areas near the city. troops loyal to the president are fighting the rebels for control of a strategic road that links the city with the main airport. the fighting is part of a larger regime offensive to clear out rebels from the strongholds around damascus. martha: well, some new numbers just out show president obama on the fast track to becoming one of the most polarizing presidents in u.s. history. how do they figure tha...