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jeremy: this is the center of damascus. as part of the capital could not look more different to the east side of aleppo. there is huge war damage a few miles away and across the country. this is the regime showcase. president assad would have had to move listened -- would have had to have listened, but right now he does not. in aleppo issad far from over. these are civil defense workers in rebel held used aleppo racing to save casualties in tuesday's attacks, which reports say contained chemical chlorine gas. one syrian general has said the war could get much longer, perhaps another 10-years. jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. katty: another 10 years. for more on the situation inside syria i spoke with the former state department official and u.s. ambassador to nato, nicholas burns. ambassador burns, do you think we are inching to the stage where the west will have to accept that president assad stays in power in order to stop the scenes we are seeing almost daily in aleppo at the moment? amb. burns: that appears to be where
jeremy: this is the center of damascus. as part of the capital could not look more different to the east side of aleppo. there is huge war damage a few miles away and across the country. this is the regime showcase. president assad would have had to move listened -- would have had to have listened, but right now he does not. in aleppo issad far from over. these are civil defense workers in rebel held used aleppo racing to save casualties in tuesday's attacks, which reports say contained...
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bbc news, damascus. katty: stories from aleppo are increasingly grim. police in italy have arrested 21 people on suspicion of smuggling refugees into germany, austria, and france. the suspects charged $500 per passenger to take migrants north using a network of vehicles registered to fake companies. the world health organization has revised guidance to those who have visited parts of the world affected by the zika virus. those who have visited your practice safe sex or assonance for six month regardless if they are trying to conceive. hurlingg pushes to nasty insults in the direction of the president of the united states, the president of the philippines seems determined to make an impression. his rude language led to the cancellation of a meeting with president obama at the summit. reporter: this is diplomacy, duterte style. he was due to make his first foreign trip as a new leader. the focus shifted to dampening the controversy that he created. >> the president explained at the press reports that president obama would lecture him on thatjudicial killi
bbc news, damascus. katty: stories from aleppo are increasingly grim. police in italy have arrested 21 people on suspicion of smuggling refugees into germany, austria, and france. the suspects charged $500 per passenger to take migrants north using a network of vehicles registered to fake companies. the world health organization has revised guidance to those who have visited parts of the world affected by the zika virus. those who have visited your practice safe sex or assonance for six month...
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this is the fragile link between damascus and aleppo. it reaches the aleppo suburbs. they were only driven back by syrian troops on the weekend. shelling was still going on, artillery hitting rebel positions. it has been a long, hot, and dangerous summer in aleppo. you can see it in the fabric of the city, the damage being done. the cease-fire is meant to stop all of that. since the fighting started in 2012, the west side of the city has been in their hands. -- government hands. armed opposition groups controlled east. four years of fighting have devastated aleppo. this gives an idea of the firepower of the syrian army and russian backers who have in -- been making gains around aleppo. one of the big questions is whether they are prepared to give their enemies a chance to rest and regroup. on the rebel side, there are also doubts. groups backed by the americans have been told they need to separate for more radical militias who they regard as allies. and another important rebel group, which is backed by saudi arabia, has already rejected the cease-fire agreement. >> th
this is the fragile link between damascus and aleppo. it reaches the aleppo suburbs. they were only driven back by syrian troops on the weekend. shelling was still going on, artillery hitting rebel positions. it has been a long, hot, and dangerous summer in aleppo. you can see it in the fabric of the city, the damage being done. the cease-fire is meant to stop all of that. since the fighting started in 2012, the west side of the city has been in their hands. -- government hands. armed...
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katty: years ago aleppo was a rival to damascus, a thriving commercial city. today it looks much more like hell on earth. humanitarian aid has reached other areas of syria that have received nothing for six months. the international committee of the red cross said convoys brought food and medical supplies for 60,000 people for towns near damascus and villages in the idlib province. united nations suspended deliveries across syria for 48 hours after a deadly attack on an aid convoy. tonight, an historic peace deal will be signed in colombia, ending more than 50 years of conflict between the government and rebel group the farc. during that time, more than 200,000 people have been killed and 8 million driven from their homes. the u.n. secretary-general, the u.s. secretary of state are there to witness the occasion, as is the bbc's lyse doucet. set the stage for us on this extraordinary day for lumbee in history. -- colombian history. lyse: what an next ordinary day, a peace deal signed between what had been at 2 bitter enemies, the government of colombia and the
katty: years ago aleppo was a rival to damascus, a thriving commercial city. today it looks much more like hell on earth. humanitarian aid has reached other areas of syria that have received nothing for six months. the international committee of the red cross said convoys brought food and medical supplies for 60,000 people for towns near damascus and villages in the idlib province. united nations suspended deliveries across syria for 48 hours after a deadly attack on an aid convoy. tonight, an...
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moscow and damascus deny any involvement, hinting that the fires eriously started as opposition forces launched attacks elsewhere. last night someone deliberately targeted a vital u.n. supplies to 78,000 people. >> this is full, full, full of blankets from the refugee agency. james: the united nations is outraged, ordering the suspension of all convs to protect aid workers. it is sickening, it is disgusting, and if it is proved to be delivered, it would amount to be a war crime. our hearts go out to those who selflessly tried to get aid to people in aleppo. james: now russia's defense ministry has released drone footage it says showthe aid convoy. moscow said it had a mortar on a pickup truck and there's no evidence of any airstrik this quite separate attack on eastern aleppo was further evidence that the cease-fire is finished. the victims in this rebel life -- rebel-held area bear witness to that. syrian forces declared the cease-fire ove resuming compartment. -- bombardment. all sides have breached the cease-fire, and russians stress the accidental u.s. bombing of syrian troops over
moscow and damascus deny any involvement, hinting that the fires eriously started as opposition forces launched attacks elsewhere. last night someone deliberately targeted a vital u.n. supplies to 78,000 people. >> this is full, full, full of blankets from the refugee agency. james: the united nations is outraged, ordering the suspension of all convs to protect aid workers. it is sickening, it is disgusting, and if it is proved to be delivered, it would amount to be a war crime. our...
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elsewhere, united nations aid convoy did get through to a rebel-held suburb of damascus but so far none has been allowed into aleppo. something the u.n. said had to change. >> please, president assad, do your best to allow us to get to eastern aleppo and other besieged areas. james: in new york, boris johnson told me he had not given up on diplomacy but conceded prospects were fading. secretary johnson: we have seen more bombing of civilians in aleppo overnight, almost certainly by the syrian regime or russians themselves. yes, people would have to say that the kerry-lavrov process is very much in jeopardy. james: the space for dialogue is shrugging. the syrian military has announced a major new offensive on eastern aleppo, after all the people there and across so much of syria have already suffered. katty: james robbins reporting. you have to wonder tonight if the cease-fire ever had a chance ofking or if it was only ever just posturing. 4 men have been arrested in egypt on suspicion of people trafficking after a boat carryingrants capsized off the egyptian coast yesterday. survivors t
elsewhere, united nations aid convoy did get through to a rebel-held suburb of damascus but so far none has been allowed into aleppo. something the u.n. said had to change. >> please, president assad, do your best to allow us to get to eastern aleppo and other besieged areas. james: in new york, boris johnson told me he had not given up on diplomacy but conceded prospects were fading. secretary johnson: we have seen more bombing of civilians in aleppo overnight, almost certainly by the...
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jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. katty: the fighting in syria has been one of the many factors behind europe's migrant crisis, and six months after the eu signed a deal with turkey to reduce the flow of people crossing by boat to greece, people are still coming. the numbers of arrivals are now in the hundreds, not the thousands, each day, but some 60,000 are ready trapped in greece with no prospect of moving on. our europe correspondent reports. reporter: it all looks so calm. the tourists are here, indulging, enjoying their greek summer idyll. in the background, the refugees linger, trapped as europe's crisis festers. out at sea, the boats have slowed. greek coast guards scan the water. but tonight, nothing. europe's deal with turkey is having an effect. turkish patrols deterring more crossings. arrivals now around 100 today, not 1000. it is here on land where the crisis has shifted. this man arrived from homs in syria two months ago. >> no one cares about us. reporter: he is now stuck in a temporary shelter, hoping
jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. katty: the fighting in syria has been one of the many factors behind europe's migrant crisis, and six months after the eu signed a deal with turkey to reduce the flow of people crossing by boat to greece, people are still coming. the numbers of arrivals are now in the hundreds, not the thousands, each day, but some 60,000 are ready trapped in greece with no prospect of moving on. our europe correspondent reports. reporter: it all looks so calm. the tourists are...