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back on the columbine massacre which shocked america our world. i started screaming and crying and telling him not to shoot me, and so he shot the girl. he shot her in the head in front of me. screaming. the suspects were not only on a shooting rampage, but they were going to destroy the school, they were going to burn the school. the columbine high school massacre had a seismic impact on america. 13 people died and 2a others were injured before the two killers turned their guns on themselves. i have to take this moment once again to hammer home to all the children of america that violence is wrong. the actions of teenagers eric harrison and dylan klebold made columbine a byword for the phenomenon of school shootings. that terrible day often cited as an inspiration for other attacks. in the aftermath of the tragedy the parents of the two killers came in forfierce criticism. people asked how could they not have known? how could they have missed the signs? now, after 1 ....
of its busiest nights of the year. it s understood that the computer system crashed, meaning calls had to be recorded by pen and paper for several hours. and at 10.30am, witness looks back on five moments in history with people who were there. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the turkish president says the attack on an istanbul nightclub in which 39 people died was designed to create chaos in the country. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul killing 39 people and injuring many more. 16 foreigners are among the dead and around 70 other people are being treated in hospital. the gunman entered the popular reina nightclub and started shooting at about i.30am local time. some reports say he was dressed in a santa outfit. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year s eve celebrations. around 700 people were thought to be at the club at the time. sheref ishler from the bbc turkish service reports. a ne ....
planet gets underway. grabbing the world s attention. good evening and welcome to bbc news. jill saward, the first survivor of rape to waive her right to anonymity has died. she was 51. in 1986 she suffered a violent assault by two men during a burglary at her father s vicarage in west london. at the end of the trial of the rapists, thejudge said her trauma had not been so great . jill saward went on to become a tireless campaigner and many believe her efforts changed the way we now deal with sex crime and its victims. our home affairs correspondent june kelly looks back at her life. jill saward was 21 when, in 1986, she became the victim of a crime which caused revulsion across the country. there was horror that, in a suburban vicarage in ealing in west london, a young woman was dragged into a bedroom at knife point and raped repeatedly by two men. it began to be serious when man 2 took me upstairs and brought me into this room, the spare room, basically. and told ....
the programme prompted criticism from the late pop star s daughter, an on line petition and, today, sky decided to drop the show, as our arts correspondent, colin paterson reports. i sensed danger. this is all that audiences are going to see ofjoseph fiennes playing michaeljackson two clips from a trailer for a new sky show, urban myths. today, sky announced they will no longer be broadcasting the episode. the reason: concerns expressed by michaeljackson‘s immediate family, adding that they never intended to cause any offence, and thatjoseph fiennes fully supports the decision. michael jackson s daughter paris was asked on twitter what she made of a white actor taking on the role of her black father. she said she was incredibly offended, and it made her want to vomit. the scottish actor brian cox plays marlon brando in the show, and thinks the decision for it to be dropped is ridiculous, especially when this year s hottest ticket is hamilton. it is ridiculous. it is ....
occasions at lawyers were delivered. ten communication satellites were delivered. coming up at 10pm, a full round up of today s news, but first, it is our world. this is the story of the extraordinary women who suffered great horrors in the red house and in countless places like it across the philippines. they want to make sure their ordeal isn t forgotten. they want justice. mileng is 85. her sister lita is 83. the sisters have lived their whole lives in mapanique, in the philippines. the second world war changed their lives completely. this woman lives with her sons and grandsons in manila. she s 88 years old and earns a living through sewing. she is still haunted by what happened many decades ago. she was 1a when japanese soldiers bombed her village and kidnapped her. she was held captive and repeatedly raped for ten days. she had become part of what historians believe is one of the biggest operations of sexual violence in modern history, the deliberate enslavemen ....