so the syrian army is definitely entirely motivatedm again, so the syrian army is definitely entirely motivated. it is not strong enough, but it islamic state has no ability to hold onto towns and villages in the country, they are not able to challenge the syrian government in that way, it was only really islamic state that could mount a challenge to the syrian government troops. and their allies. back to the resignation of zimbabwe leader. this article runs down the arguments are him being a hero or villain. if you take the later view, one of the things set me that he is blamed for is ruining them but i's economy. this is a tweet from the financial times... let's look at some of those grass from the financial times. this one interesting, it shows the gdp per capita of a lot of african countries and then the same countries in 2016. the obvious example thatjumps out here is zimbabwe. look at the figures from 1997 and look at the degree to which the economy has shrunk in those intervening years. we also have a lot of statistics to tell you. in 2011, 201% of people we re tell you. in 201

they'd been hired by the kurdish—led syrian democratic forces. it was the longest journey of their lives. their trucks were rigged with is bombs, in case the deal collapsed. they'd been told they were picking up only a few hundred civilians, that it would be a quickjob. they ended up driving day and night for three days. everybody‘s been saying only a couple of hundred, at the absolute maximum, is fighters left raqqa. you took them out, tell us how many you transported. translation: we were 47 trucks and 13 buses, and is militants took their own vehicles, as well. our convoy was 6—7 kilometres long. we took out around 4000 people, including women and children. tell me about the foreigners that were on the trucks, where were they from? translation: france, turkey, azerbaijan, pakistan, yemen, saudi, china, tunisia, egypt. there was a huge number of foreigners. this couldn't look like the islamic state's escape to victory, so the sdf insisted there would be no flags and no banners. instead, is fighters sat boldly on top of the trucks. the axle

besieged by syrian government forces and their allies. in recent weeks we have seen the government forces step up their pressure on the enclave, carrying outair pressure on the enclave, carrying out air strikes and other attacks and more of the same today, various sources talking about air strikes beginning sunday morning, and heavy artillery fire, looks to be three or four areas within the east that were targeted, and there have been these civilian casualties, part of a pattern we have seen in recent weeks. even allowing for the people who have died or been injured because of our attacks, easy movie if it is under siege, the humanitarian situation must be getting terrifying? it is absolutely dire, this area under siege for a long time but for years it was relatively easy for smugglers to come and go, bringing supplies, trading across the front lines, using a network of tunnels. in the course of the summer, july, august, government forces tightened their grip on the perimeter, after that, the human terrain situation, the supply of food an

syrian state media blamed rebel shelling in damascus. the russian ambassador has dismissed criticism of his country's decision to veto a un security council resolution which would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. this is the 10th time moscow has used its veto powers at the united nations in support of its ally since the start of the conflict. the lebanese politician saad hariri, who shocked his country when he resigned as prime minister, says he will return to beirut within days. he's in paris, where he's been holding talks with president macron. mr hariri announced he was standing down while in saudi arabia a fortnight ago, and he hasn't been home since. mr hariri says he'll be in beirut to celebrate lebanon's independence day on wednesday. search teams say they have detected failed satellite calls from a submarine which disappeared three days ago. the sanjuan, which has a crew of 44 on board, last made contact on wednesday. international help in the form of american planes and a british res

at least 19 civilians are reported to have been killed in more syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists monitoring the conflict say towns in the eastern ghouta district have been subjected to air strikes and artillery fire and conditions for the enclave's 400,000 people are dire. with me is alanjohnston, our middle east analyst. earlier we spoke with alanjohnston, our middle east analyst. what is the military situation? we are talking about a large area, on the eastern edge of damascus, a tract of towns and villages and farmland, home to hundreds of thousands of people, but very much in rebel hands, all through the syrian war. in recent weeks we have seen the government forces step up their pressure on the enclave, carrying out air strikes and other attacks and more of the same today, various sources talking about air strikes beginning sunday morning, and heavy artillery fire, looks to be three or four areas within the east that were targeted, and there have been these civilian casualties, part of a pattern we have seen in recent weeks. ev

they'd been hired by the kurdish—led syrian democratic forces. it was the longest journey of their lines. —— it was the longest journey of their lives. their trucks were rigged with is bombs, in case the deal collapsed. they'd been told they were picking up only a few hundred civilians, that it would be a quickjob. they ended up driving day and night for three days. everybody‘s been saying only a couple of hundred at the absolute maximum is fighters left raqqa. you took them out, tell us how many you transported. translation: we were 47 trucks and 13 buses, and is militants took their own vehicles, as well. 0ur convoy was 6—7 kilometres long. we took out around 4000 people, including women and children. tell me about the foreigners that were on the trucks, where were they from? translation: france, turkey, azerbaijan, pakistan, yemen, saudi, china, tunisia, egypt. this ceuldn‘tlseklikeg to victory, so the sdf insisted there would be no flags and no banners. instead, is fighters sat boldly on top of the trucks. the axle on one lorry brok

they are both foreigners and syrians. there are some french brothers from our group were left from france to carry out attacks in what would be called the day of reckoning. the caliphate is gone but the islamic state is still out there. you can find more on quentin sommerville's and riam dalati's exclusive report on raqqa's dirty secret by going to our website. you can also download the bbc news app. at least 450 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that's struck the northern border of iran and iraq. another four thousand were injured and casualty figures are expected to rise, on both sides of the border. rescue operations have been hampered by landslides and power cuts. the quake — magnitude 7.3 — was centred just under 20 miles south of the city of halabja. one of the worst hit areas was sarpol—e zahab, as james robbins reports. the moment the earth starts shaking violently. a man runs for his life from the control room of this dam, as massive boulders are hurled around outside. the dam wall was not br

will there ever be a day of reckoning for the syrian president, basharal—assad? twice last week, russia vetoed a move by the un security council to extend the investigation into use of chemical weapons in syria. in thanks, perhaps, the syrian president paid a surprise visit to sochi yesterday to hug vladimir putin — literally. mr putin is taking full credit for mr assad remaining in power, saying the russian army saved the syrian state. this year, more than 80 people were killed in a sarin attack on the rebel—held town of khan sheikhun — an attack that prompted president trump to launch 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a syrian airbase. thejoint report from the united nations and international chemical weapons inspectors determined that assad was responsible, and yet russia continues to defend him, to the incredulity of those sitting at the un table. i'm frankly astounded. this third veto in a month clearly exposes, if it wasn't already obvious, russia's determination to protect their syrian ally, whatever the harm that causes, to the ban on the use of chemic

the eighth round of syrian peace talks begins tomorrow. syria's government will not attend. this long, bloody and seemingly intractable civil war has now been going on six years. you could be forgiven for having lost your way in the twists and turns of this conflict. a brief reminder then of how we got here. the pro—democracy protests of the arab spring erupted in 2011. security forces opened fire on demonstrators and by the end of that year the violence had escalated into war. casualties are estimated to be over a00000 and the un believes there are some 5 million syrian refugees. the unrest allowed the so—called islamic state to rise in the region. by 2015, the country was split between the government, anti—government forces and isis. one of the bloodiest battles centred around aleppo. government forces surrounded the rebel—held city. ordinary civilians, unable to escape. many starved until an evacuation corridor was agreed. since then, isis has been in retreat. the assad regime in the ascendant but there are areas still held by the rebels. one is eastern ghouta, ju

syrian state media said dozens province. syrian state media said d oze ns of province. syrian state media said dozens of people gathered on the eastern bank of the river and had been killed or injured. on friday, i is lost control of the city, its last remaining stronghold in syria. the ousted head of the catalan government, carles puigdemont, has urged ‘all democrats' to unite, ahead of snap elections in catalonia. a spanishjudge has issued european arrest warrants for mr puigdemont and four of his allies. they went to belgium after the catalan parliament declared independence, and madrid reacted by imposing direct rule. commenting on social media, mr puigdemont called for the release of political prisoners. eight former members of the regional government are being held in custody in spain. so what chance is there that belgium will send mr puigdemont back to spain? nick vamos is a former head of extradition at the uk crown prosecution service and now partner at peters and peters law firm. there has to be a judicial process now in belgium to decide whether the warrant

warand rebel hands all through the syrian war and besieged by the syrian government forces and their allies. in recent weeks we have seen the government forces death up the pressure on the enclave carrying out air strikes and other attacks, and more of the same today. various force is talking about air strikes beginning on sunday morning and heavy artillery fire and there looks to be several areas within eastern ghouta that were targeted. part of a pattern we have seen in recent weeks. even allowing for the people who have been injured and died because of the air attacks, presumably if it is under siege the humanitarian situation must be getting terrifying. it is dire. this area under siege for a long time but for yea rs area under siege for a long time but for years it was relatively easy for smugglers to come and go bringing supplies, trading across the front lines if you like, using a network of tunnels but in the summer, around july, august, government forces tightened their grip on the perimeter and after that the humanitarian situation, the supply of food and medicine and so on

they are both foreigners and syrians. translation: there are some french brothers from our group who left for france to carry out attacks in what would be called a day of reckoning. the caliphate has gone, but the islamic state is still out there. quentin sommerville, bbc news, istanbul. more than 400 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that's struck the northern border of iran and iraq. another 7,000 were injured and the casualty figure is expected to rise on both sides of the border. a major rescue operation is underway, but it is being hampered by landslides and power cuts. the epicentre of the quake, which measured 7.3, was just under 20 miles south of hala bja. one of the worst—hit areas was sarpol—e zahab, as james robbins reports. the moment the earth starts shaking violently. a man runs for his life from the control room of this dam, as massive boulders are hurled around outside. the dam wall was not breached. but, elsewhere, devastation. in iran, the border town of sarpol—e zahab was hit hardes

the syrian army says it has taken back the city of deir al—zour, while the iraqi town of al-qaim has been captured by government forces. iraqi soldiers say they have also driven is from the last border post it held between the two countries. malta has observed a day of mourning for the funeral of the murdered anti—corruption campaigner, daphne ca ruana galizia. the blogger, who had made allegations of corruption against leading politicians, was killed by a car bomb last month. you can find much more on all of the stories that we are following here by going to which is all at bbc.com/news. you also have the option of downloading our news app. _by option of downloading our news app. —— by going to our website, which is all out. —— at. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: metropolitan police investigate an alleged sexual assault by the hollywood actor kevin spacey while he was working in london. the conservative party has suspended the mp for dover, charlie elphicke, after receiving what's been described as "serious allegations" that have been referred to the police.

syrian state media blamed rebel shelling in damascus. the russian ambassador has dismissed criticism of his country's decision to veto a un security council resolution, which would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. this is the 10th time moscow has used its veto powers at the united nations in support of its ally, since the start of the conflict. the french—tunisian designer azzedine alaia, whose figure—hugging gowns which helped define the look of the 1980's, has died. alaia worked in many of the famous fashion houses in paris, before winning his reputation in the 80's as the ‘king of cling' for his close—fitting designs. supermodels cindy crawford and naomi campbell have walked the catwalk in his designs and he had many celebrity clients including former first lady michelle obama. search teams say they have detected failed satellite calls from a submarine which disappeared three days ago. the sanjuan, which has a crew of 44 on board, last made contact on wednesday. international help

syrian state media blamed rebel shelling in damascus. the russian ambassador has dismissed criticism of his country's decision to veto a un security council resolution, which would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. it's the 10th time moscow has used its veto powers at the united nations in support of its ally since the conflict began. the argentine navy says it has so far failed to find any trace of a submarine with forty—four crew on board after searching almost 80% of the sea area where it disappeared. the sanjuan has not been in touch since early wednesday. heavy seas and high winds have been hampering the operation. gerry adams, the leader of the irish republican party, sinn fein, says he plans to stand down next year, after thirty—four years at the forefront of republican politics. through his leadership of sinn fein at the height of the conflict in northern ireland, gerry adams became seen as the political voice of the ira. he made the announcement at his party's conference in dublin

the syrians only lost to australia in the play—offs. he also scored ten goals for his saudi arabian club al—hilal as they reached this year's asian champions league final — where they were beaten by urawa red diamonds. sam kerr — who plays her club football in the usa for sky blue was named the nwsl‘s most valuable player. she also helped australia win this year's "tournament of nations". the man in charge of delivering a successful world cup in russia next year has told the bbc, that fans travelling to the country have nothing to be afraid of and don't need to take any special precautions. alexy sorokin says police will treat supporters as they are used to being treated when in any city in europe. he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan ahead of the draw for russia 2018 that takes place in moscow on friday. it will show a new and democratic russia. it will show how serious we are taking football, how serious we are taking football, how serious we are about our place in world full all and how much effort we can invest i

syrian state media blamed rebel shelling in damascus. the russian ambassador has dismissed criticism of his country's decision to veto a un security council resolution, which would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. this is the 10th time moscow has used its veto powers at the united nations in support of its ally, since the start of the conflict. the french movie and designer azzedine alaia has died. he worked with many famous fashion houses in paris before making his reputation as the king of clinging. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come: after more than 30 years as an irish republican leader, gerry adams says he'll be stepping down as president of sinn fein. the family of gaia pope say they are absolutely devastated after police said they were confident a body they found, was the missing teenager. the discovery, in dorset, was made by search teams, close to a coastal path near swanage. adina campbell reports. the search for gaia pope has been going on for 11 days. but tonight that se

syrian state media blamed rebel shelling in damascus. the russian ambassador has dismissed criticism of his country's decision to veto a un security council resolution which would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. this is the 10th time moscow has used its veto powers at the united nations in support of its ally since the start of the conflict. the french—tunisian designer azzedine alaia, whose figure—hugging gowns which helped define the look of the 1980s, has died. supermodels cindy crawford and naomi campbell have walked the catwalk in his designs, and he had many celebrity clients including former first lady michelle 0bama. the lebanese politician saad hariri is in france where he has confirmed that he will be going back home in the next few days. france has said it is "ready to organise a meeting of the international support group for lebanon". mr hariri announced he was standing down as prime minister while in saudi arabia a fortnight ago. lucy williamson reports. having the president

many of the syrian government which did not fight ice is very much at the start, but for the rebels, then it has entered this battle later as it has entered this battle later as it has entered this battle later as it has to some extent seen off most of the threat from the rubble thanks to the russians. so they have moved over into the east as well, and so it is syrian government forces and their allies who are taking the last town that has left there. interestingly, they actually announced yesterday that they had taken this town, fully captured. they said it shows the collapse of the isis project, but they had not taken it. the isis project, but they had not ta ken it. we the isis project, but they had not taken it. we know from reportedly had not gone in, but surrounded it. they will take it, it is a done deal. why did they say they had taken a? it might be able sign to other groups in the area, don't come around, we have taken this. mr trump and mr putin may have tried to address this in this brief communique. they both have influence in the region in different degrees and to diffe

syrian state media said dozens of people gathered on the eastern bank of the euphrates river had been killed or injured. on friday, is lost control of deir az—zour city, its last remaining stronghold in syria. australian prime minister malcolm turnbull has rejected an offer from new zealand to take in asylum seekers from the manus island offshore detention centre in papua new guinea. hundreds of refugees are refusing to leave the detention centre, which has now been closed, and has no power or water. donald trump's former campaign manager paul manafort has offered to pledge $12 million in real estate and life insurance assets, and limit his travel in a bid to avoid continued house arrest, according to us court documents. court documents say he also offered to limit his travel to new york, washington and florida. typhoon damrey has killed at least 19 people in central and southern parts of vietnam. rescue teams say more than 33,000 people have been moved from their homes and at least a dozen are missing. caroline davies reports. twisted, broken, flattened, buildings that cannot stand

putin said the russian military had seized the syrian state. and the message from these two leaders, it is time to push forward with political solutions for syria. just by the fact those men were standing side by side in russia, saying that, that suggest that al—assad sees himself as part of the political future going forward. extremely complex negotiation already under way. i think the idea is that would now accelerate. it is the first time in two years putin has welcomed al—assad to russia. what can we read into the timing? the conflict in syria, but also the domestic agenda. on that note, it is almost the beginning of the election campaign in russia for the presidential election in three months. putin expected to run. to be able to announce essentially russian victory in syria is an important plank. it is also part of the russian grandstanding, pushing itself as a global peacemaker, pivotalfigure in terms of the middle east but broadly syria. in terms of the peace process an important meeting tomorrow when putin hosts both the turkish an

syrian troops have taken the last city in which isis had a presence, and the group is now reduced to two small enclaves in western syria, and a section of the euphrates river valley spanning the border of syria and iraq. that's not to say isis is over, but it is not the force it was, a fact for which many are thankful. and it means we can now find out more about what life was like when isis was in control. as it has retreated, it has left thousands of women and children behind. some are the abandoned families of is fighters, others are being held as prisoners or slaves. there are also boys who were forced to fight for is. the goal now is to reunite families and to rehabilitate those whose minds have been stolen by the group. tim whewell reports now from iraq on the children left behind by the fighters of islamic state. you might find some of the testimony upsetting. # if you're happy, happy, happy # clap your hands...# in a classroom in northern iraq, they're singing to overcome their memories. these nine and ten—year—olds were all captives of so—called islamic state, where mus

earlier, the syrian army took full control of the eastern city of deir az—zour. that is it from me. duncan will be here at two a.m.. but now on bbc news it is time for click. goodbye. this week, we're talking emojis with weather stations, xbox, and andy serkis. if it feels like the weather is getting weirder, that is because it is. in many parts of the world, meteorological records seem to be coming year after year. and as gets more erratic and extreme, the need for accurate forecast becomes vital. this is the bbc‘s weather centre at new broadcasting house. this is where they take their best guess at what the next two days will look like. we kind of thing at the granted, these days, but as you would expect, there is an awful lot of numbercrunching that goes on. that is what that is doing right now. hello ben. you might recognise them from the television. ben is taking raw data from the met office on the screen and then it into something more akin to what we see on the television. it all goes to make other familiar weather map that we and love. in the uk, each four kilometres squar

nearly 250,000 people fled the city during the military offensive by syrian groups to recapture it. ahmed is one of them. this is his story. my house was hit. my whole family were inside. the air strike didn't differentiate between is militants and my family. i tried to help. i managed to pull my wife from under the rubble. but i was not able to save my son. and my little boy, mohammed. we arrived at the meeting place. there were about 300 of us. we got to a crossroads on the way out of the city. we could see the opposition troops on the other side. we started walking towards them. suddenly, a landmine explodes. i go deaf. there are body parts flying around me. a doctor shouted, take him to the operating theatre. we need to amputate his legs. i hear that, and i pass out. i wake up three days later. thank god i'm still alive. i ask the nurse for a glass of water, then i ask her about my family. she tells me they are waiting for me at the refugee camp. later i find out my wife and my son were killed in the landmine explosion. all i have left in the world is my daughter. a russian extr

syrian state media blamed rebels shelling in damascus. the russian ambassador has dismissed criticism of his country's decision to veto a un security council resolution, which would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in syria. it's the 10th time moscow has used its veto powers at the united nations in support of its ally since the conflict began. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come... we will look at tributes for the ac/dc guitarist, malcolm young, who has died at the age of 64. police looking for 19—year—old gaia pope say a body has been found on land near swanage. officers made the discovery at 3pm today near the coastal path where items of her clothing were found. she went missing in ii items of her clothing were found. she went missing in 11 days ago. three people arrested on suspicion of her murder have been released. her sister said the teenager was the light of her life and a cousin gave a statement. this afternoon the emergency services found giaia's body. we are devastated and unabl

syrian state media said dozens of refugees gathered on the eastern bank of the euphrates river have been killed or injured. on friday, is lost control of deir az—zour city, its last remaining stronghold in syria. mr trump's former campaign manager paul manafort — who's been charged with money laundering — has offered to post bail of $12 million in assets, in an effort to avoid continued house arrest. court documents say mr manafort also offered to limit his travel to new york, washington and florida. lawyers for the us soldier, bowe bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to abandoning his post in afghanistan, say they'll appeal the sentence he was given by a militaryjudge on friday. bergdahl was spared a custodial term, but given a dishonourable discharge, a $10,000 fine, and a demotion to the rank of private. his lawyers had argued that he was suffering from mental conditions and shouldn't face prison. we spoke earlier to eugene fidell, the lead defence counsel for bowe bergdahl, who also teaches military law at yale school of law. he confirmed he would appeal and gave his reaction to presi

at least 23 civilians are reported killed in the latest syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists say towns in the eastern ghouta district have been subjected to air strikes and artillery fire. the un says after years of siege, conditions are dire for the 400,000 people living in the enclave. officials in china say two people have been killed and more than thirty injured in a big explosion at a factory in the port city of ningbo, south of shanghai. windows more than a kilometre away were reportedly shattered by the blast. -- 30. police say the cause is unclear. cambodia's prime minister, hun sen, has asked to shut down one of the country's main human rights groups. the n60 founder is an opposition leader who is now injail. earlier this month the supreme court dissolved the main opposition party. this means mr hun sen will run potentially unopposed in next year's election. more details are emerging about the mosque attack in egypt on friday, the worst the country has suffered in recent memory. three hundred worshippers, including dozens of ch

city of raqqa when it fell to us- syrian city of raqqa when it fell to us— backed forces. labour's collings was concerned. these fighters have gone somewhere. there is a threat to neighbouring countries. what assessment has the government done in terms of the threat to neighbouring countries and particularly countries that are fighting daesh and what assessment has the minister made on fighters on our ability to hold the kernel —— these criminals to account? the withdrawal from the city happened under the gaze of the coalition. britain was said not to have been involved in the agreement with the aim had been to minimise civilian casualties. we are continuing to work with the coalition, 73 countries including several neighbouring countries, to ensure that those are seeking to leave. but they are held accountable. and that those foreign fighters seek to return to the uk, that there is due process. that they are held to account for their crimes abroad. the government should honour the controversial promise on the side of the birch leave campaign bus, saying millions of po

seven years into the syrian crisis, its protracted nature continues to challenge us all. jordan today hosts over1.3 challenge us all. jordan today hosts over 1.3 million syrians, almost 21% of our jordanian population, over 1.3 million syrians, almost 21% of ourjordanian population, pushing our capacity beyond its limits at a time when jordan continues to set a regional and global model to dealing with the syrian refugee crisis. and carrying out a global public good on behalf of the world. and add to that the total number of registered refugees with unhcr, this would make jordan the largest host of refugees in the world in absolute number as well as proportional to its population. in that respect, allow me to extend our sincere appreciation, madam prime minister, to the uk's invaluable support to the humanitarian development and host community's needs and priorities over the past few years. we are also appreciative of the uk's support to the paradigms shift we adopted through the jordan compact to turn the refugee challenge into an economic development opportunity which was endorsed i

to all intents and purposes, deir al—zour is under the control of syrian forces. this is a significant moment. if we go back three years ago, the so—called islamic state controlled large part of syria and iraq in what was seen, and what has been seen in the last two years is then seeing a rollback in iraq, and are now in deir al—zour. it's close to oilfields, deir al—zour, so it's significant, and close to the iraqi border. the big question is now what will be what happens to so—called islamic state. then they no longer have a caliphate and they no longer controlled towns and cities but there are still estimated to be thousands of fighters believed to be in border areas in iraq and syria. let's not forget, the group still has an appeal and that inspired attacks in europe and america. so the so—called islamic state, the self—styled caliphate could be over but the ideology is not. thank you. still to come. cutting the time patients have to wait for some of the newest medicines. we will hear from two people with serious medical conditions who hope they ca

, after the trip, ms patel suggested using british aid money to help the israeli army treat wounded syrians in the occupied golan heights, an idea the foreign office vetoed because the uk doesn't recognise israel's annexation of this area. an idea theresa may did not know about until the bbc reported it this morning. all this, labour insisted, was a clear breach of the ministerial code of conduct. does the minister accept that it's time the secretary of state either faces a cabinet office investigation, or does the decent thing and just resign? some mps say that in normal times, with a strong prime minister with a healthy majority, priti patel would have had no choice but to resign. but these are anything but normal times. the prime minister's spokesman says she still has full confidence in ms patel, but labour sensed blood and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person. james landale, bbc news. that is a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it is time for newsnight. government 2017? anotherfine mess... 0r two. th

stories this hour: a bbc investigation has revealed a deal to allow so—called is fighters to escape the syrian city of raqqa. asian leaders edge towards a deal on the disputed south china sea at the asean summit in the philippines. the church of england is telling its schools that children should be free to explore their identity and that both boys and girls should be free to dress up in a tutu, a tiara or a tool belt, withoutjudgement. the updated guidelines aim to prevent children being bullied because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. here‘s our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir. dressing up is notjust a favourite activity for the reception class at this london church primary school, it‘s also part of a curriculum designed to encourage individuality and discourage bullying. the church of england has updated its advice for its a700 schools to protect children who may be considering transition from one gender to another. being an individual is very important and respecting everybody‘s right to be an individual is important to was so if children aren‘t themsel

a bbc investigation reveals a deal to allow so—called is fighters to escape the syrian city of raqqa. at least 400 people have been killed and thousands injured following a powerful earthquake in iran. a huge rescue operation is under way. and coming up on newsnight, on august 30 this year and massacre occurred in a village in myanmar, our team has been looking at what happened that day. testimony makes ita happened that day. testimony makes it a disturbing but important film.

, after the trip, ms patel suggested using british aid money to help the israeli army treat wounded syrians in the occupied golan heights, an idea the foreign office vetoed because the uk doesn't recognise israel's annexation of this area, an idea theresa may did not know about until the bbc reported it this morning. all this, labour insisted, was a clear breach of the ministerial code of conduct. does the minister accept that it's time the secretary of state either faces a cabinet office investigation, or does the decent thing and just resigns? some mps say that in normal times, with a strong prime minister with a healthy majority, priti patel would have had no choice but to resign. but these are anything but normal times. the prime minister's spokesman says she still has full confidence in ms patel, but labour sensed blood and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person. hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: kenyan olympic gold medallist jemima sumgong is banned forfour yea

he nearly was killed as he was launched into an attack just five months ago, over the syrian border. how is your leg now? who did they say the enemy was? the infidels, the non—muslims. according to isis, his own father is an infidel and, after three years, not surprisingly, part of the boys‘s mind may still belong to the group he was forced to fight for. what do they show, the videos? the two children, returning from their music class, are taking me to meet their mother. mother and daughter were separated from the boy, rayan, when isis captured them. the family later paid a $28,000 ransom for his release. he never had to fight for isis but his mother says that, while he was in captivity, he became attracted to weapons. as for the mother, she suffered the fate of all capturer yazidi women. she was forced to be a domestic servant and sex slave. her capturers‘s wives, she says, were as cruel as the men themselves. and other localfamilies did nothing did nothing to help her or the yazidis. she says many relatives are still in that living hell. now, there are still some family membe

he was nearly killed as he was launched in to an attack over the syrian border. how is your leg now? who did they say the enemy was? the infidels? according to isis, his own father is an infidel and, after three years, not surprisingly, part of the boys's mine may still be long to the group he was forced to fight for. when did they show the videos? these two children returning from their music last taking me to meet their music last taking me to meet their mother. they were separated when isis captured them. the family paid 28th there is in dollars for his release. he never had to fight for isis but his sister says that while in captivity he became a track did to weapons. —— 20 acres and —— $28,000. as for the little girl, she suffered the fate of all women. she was forced to be a domestic servant and sex slave. the wives we re servant and sex slave. the wives were as cruel as the captors themselves. they did nothing to help. she says many relatives are still in living hell. now, there are still in living hell. now, there are still some family members mis

at least 23 civilians are reported killed in further syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave outside damascus. activists say towns in the eastern ghouta district have been subjected to air strikes and artillery fire. thousands of people have been evacuated from the area around bali's mount agung, which has been spewing out ash and steam for the second time in a week. at 10.00pm michelle hussein will be here with a full round up of the day's news. first, our world. 0ver recent months hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims have fled from myanmar to bangladesh, driven from their homes facing terrible violence. gabriel gatehouse tells the story of one massacre in the village of tula toli. this programme contains distressing and graphic accounts and images of violence from the beginning. these people have just crossed the border. they're in no man's land, they've been driven from their homes in myanmar. now, they're waiting for permission to enter bangladesh. the rohingya are a people that neither country wants. what happened in your village? theyjust burnt our houses. these ar

at least 23 civilians are reported to have been killed in syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists say towns in the eastern ghouta district have been targeted by air raids and heavy artillery fire. this report by our middle east regional editor, alan johnston, includes pictures you may find upsetting. after the bombs and the shells have fallen, the medics do their best with what little they have. some seem almost resigned to the horror of it all. others are too young to understand anything of syria's war, all they know is the pain and the fear. there are those for whom nothing can be done. the scene of one of the attacks, it hardly seems worth cleaning up. some things can be patched and repaired, and life will go on. but nobody here will forget what's just happened. translation: there are martyrs, including two children, one of whom was 12 years old. this is a residential neighbourhood. there are no checkpoints here, no army posts or combatants. everyone knows it is a popular residential neighbourhood. these people have lived under siege for

around 350,000 civilians from the syrian province have been forced to flee their homes after weeks of fighting. today the uk government is announcing a new package of aid to try to support those displaced by the conflict. joining us from our london studio is dr lina khatib, who specialises in middle eastern relations and islamist groups. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us how significant this loss of territory is for so—called islamic state ? territory is for so—called islamic state? very significant because it means the end of the so—called caliphate that the terrorist organisation had declared. 0f caliphate that the terrorist organisation had declared. of course loss of territory doesn't mean the end of the group but it is a big blow to their global ambitions. what percentage, they've lost what, 95% of their territory, is it fair to assume that this strategy for power will be abandoned?” assume that this strategy for power will be abandoned? i think we can expect that so—called islamic state is not going to be able to retake the territories it has lost. the days of t

the syrian army says it has taken back the city of deir al—zour, while the iraqi town of al-qaim has been captured by government forces. iraqi soldiers say they have also driven is from the last border post it held between the two countries. malta has observed a day of mourning for the funeral of the murdered anti—corruption campaigner, daphne ca ruana galizia. the blogger, who had made allegations of corruption against leading politicians, was killed by a car bomb last month. the french footballer patrice evra, who plays for marseille, has been suspended after he kicked one of his own fans. the france international, who was a substitute in a europa league game in portugal, was sent off after he aimed a kick at the head of one of his club's supporters, before the match had even started. european football's governing body uefa has charged evra with violent conduct. the us soldier, bowe bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to abandoning his post while serving in afghanistan, has been spared a jail sentence by a militaryjudge. bergdahl has instead been given a dishonourable discharge, had his

putin said the russian military had seized the syrian state. a lot of congratulations. —— saved. and the message from these two leaders, it is time to push forward with political solutions for syria. just by the fact those men were standing side by side in russia, saying that, that suggest that al—assad sees himself as part of the political future going forward. extremely complex negotiation already under way. i think the idea is that would accelerate. it is the first time in two years putin has welcomed al—assad to russia. what can we read into the taming? the conflict in syria, but also the domestic agenda. on that note, it is almost the beginning of the election campaign in russia for the presidential election in three months. putin expected to run. to be able to announce essentially russian victory in syria is an important plank. it is also part of the russian grandstanding, pushing itself as a global peacemaker, pivotal figure grandstanding, pushing itself as a global peacemaker, pivotalfigure in terms of the middle east but broadly syria. in terms of the peace process a