officially, all of aleppo, the northern city of aleppo, the country's second city is now in the hands of the syrian government. moving on... retinitis pigmentosa is a rare inherited condition which causes blindness. until now, there's been no cure. but now nhs england says it will fund further testing of a so—called bionic eye implant, which surgeons say can make a real difference to sufferers. here's our correspondent keith doyle. bionic eyes have been around for a long time in the world of science fiction but it's only now they've been used in the everyday real world. keith has been blind for over 20 years. a genetic illness called retinitis pigmentosa meant he gradually lost his side but now he's got some of it back. thanks to this bionic eye. it gives you more than interest, instead of walking about total darkness everywhere, and sitting in total darkness, you've got all of these shapes to work out what they are, windows, lights, people, cars, everything. with a contrast in colour you can try and make out what the shapers. surgeons have had success with trials of this which is a

the evacuation of civilians from eastern aleppo has resumed — after three days of delays, according to un reports. the trade secretary liam fox says britain could remain a member of the eu customs union after brexit. the leader of the rmt has denied that the union is using the dispute with southern rail to take on the government. thousands of commuters have been affected by the strike action over who should control train doors. andy murray wins sports personality of the year for a record third time. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin lipton, deputy head of sport at the sun and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. we will go through the review in a moment. let's look at the front pages. the daily telegraph claims that royal mail staff, as well as rail and airport workers, may strike over christmas, leaving theresa may facing pressure over "industrial chaos." the paper also notes andy murray's third sports personality victory. the guardian also celebrates murray's win, but focuses on c

as the fall of aleppo changed the political picture and lead to these situations? definitely it has. the fall of aleppo was the first significant time when russia and turkey collaborated to achieve a ceasefire and that actually allowed the evacuation of tens of thousands of people trapped in the city of aleppo in the east. that actually paved the way for the possible ceasefire that officials are trying to strike at this moment. yesterday turkish officials were saying that they were trying to expand ceasefire that was reached to the whole assyria. today, the turkish foreign minister has said that they are aiming to maintain, to strike this ceasefire deal by the end of this year, which means that in two or three days' time we will probably hear from turkish three days' time we will probably hearfrom turkish or three days' time we will probably hear from turkish or russian officials whether this deal is struck or not. thanks very much. dozens of children who lived in the calais "jungle" camp have launched a legal challenge against the home office over its handling of

andrei karlov was shot several times in the back and head, shouting, don't forget aleppo, and revenge. turkey has described it as a file and —based crime. earlier i asked our correspondent about the meeting being held between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his turkish counterpart. we have just seen the initial encounter between the turkish and russian foreign minister is here in moscow where they laid flowers in front of a photograph of andrei ka rlov, front of a photograph of andrei karlov, the diplomat, the ambassador shot yesterday in ankara. the turkish foreign minister described what happened as a vile and —based crime. and he vowed that he would do everything possible to find those responsible. russia has sent investigators. they have already landed in ankara to work alongside the turks. russia also saying they wa nt to the turks. russia also saying they want to find out who was responsible. president putin said this was an act of provocation, trying to tell russia and turkey apart in their efforts to you work together to end the conflict in syria. —— to

evacuations of trapped civilians in the syrian city of aleppo resume after three days of delays. and could these ice cores from the antarctic tell us something about the future of the climate on earth? live from london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and the philippines where there's a new twist in the controversy surrounding president rodrigo duterte. a philippine senator, who's calling for the impeachment of president duterte, has told the bbc she fears for her life, but won't be silenced. leila de lima, a former justice minister, said she'd taken on extra security since she began criticising the president's war on drugs. greg dawson reports. it was the promise to rid the philippines of its drug trade that help president to do to powerjust six months ago. but his ruthless crackdown has led to reports of torture, disappearances and even brutal murders. now a senator in the philippines is calling for the president to be kicked out of office after he admitted last week that he had personally killed three suspects while he wa

in syria they're helping each other achieve their goals — russian and regime control of aleppo, turkish influence in the north and, lacking many other allies at the moment, turkey and russia need each other. andrei karlov was one of russia's most seasoned diplomats, called softly spoken and professional. the russian embassy street here will be renamed in his honour. both countries have painted this as an attempt to derail ties. president erdogan said he and vladimir putin agreed it was a provocation. turkey's foreign minister has even suggested the gunman had links to the plotters behind the recent attempted coup. turkey's pliant press found its own conspiracies. some called it a cia operation, others a job by the west. the russian president said an investigation was under way into a treacherous murder and he urged solidarity. could the killer have been brainwashed in the police? these on line videos seem to show policemen made to chant nationalist, islamist slogans. one theory is that perhaps hatred was stirred up here. was he a lone wolf, a jihadist sympathiser? either way, a 22—yea

pushing for a nationwide ceasefire, particularly since the collapse of the key rebel stronghold in aleppo. in a statement, the syrian army said the comprehensive ceasefire agreement was the result of recent military successes. the syrian government and rebel groups agreed the ceasefire from midnight tonight local time. russia and turkey, which have backed opposing sides, will act as guarantors. speaking at a meeting with the russian defence and foreign ministers, president putin announced a number of agreements have been signed and said they were fragile and needed special attention. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is a set of measures on control over the ceasefire regime and the third document is a statement on readiness for the start of peace talks on the syrian settlement. the syrian army says some groups, including so—called islamic state, will not be covered by the ceasefire. turkey says foreign fighter groups, i

bearing in mind the pictures of a heavily bombed aleppo we want to reiterate how important and correct it was that our country in the last year helped those who genuinely required our protection to find a foothold here and to integrate. damien mcguinness has more details from berlin. she talks about the three terror attacks germany suffered over 2016, all three of which were connected to people pretending to be refugees or asylum seekers. now she said it was particularly shocking and repulsive was the word she used, that these attacks were committed by people who had come to germany looking for help. i thought what was particularly interesting about her speech is that she actually stands by her policy on refugees, she said when you look at the pictures of bombings in aleppo, that shows it's particularly important to show compassion and she said that the only way to fight terror is with compassion and she was adamant she's going to stick by what she sees as european values of openness and freedom and tolerance. it's quite interesting in that regard, it didn't show any sort of step back

your air forces been involved with the syrians in the most ferocious bombardment of aleppo that we have seen in more than five years of the syrian conflict. why are you deploying, for example, these bunker—busting bombs which reach down into basements, kill civilians where they are sheltering, and are also — and we know this from multiple sources — hitting hospitals. no, this is out of the question. these are false information. there is no possibility that russian air force can be involved in this kind of activities. understandably, the war is going on and understandably the cessation of hostile activity is not active right now and we are too far away from a situational ceasefire in aleppo. in 2016, we tried to give voice to the survivors of conflict, particularly and predictably, women. from those oppressed by so—called islamic state to those victimised by one of africa's most violent militant gangs. you were held for three months, in that time did you have conversations or any normal conversations with these men who are holding you? you have come through the most terrible trau

the killer urged the world to remember the syrian city of aleppo. he'd been seen in the background as ambassador karlov addressed a meeting. moscow said the murder was an act of terrorism. let's take a look now at tomorrow's papers, many of them lead with the events in berlin. with me are the broadcaster, natalie haynes, and rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent. ‘massacre at the market‘ is on the metro front page. the story of a fatal lorry crash, in central berlin dominates tomorrow's front pages. the daily mirror are calling it ‘the berlin bloodbath‘. it's leading the guardian front page, which is reporting that nine people have died. the daily express report the lorry crashed into shoppers at a speed of a0 miles per hour. the i confirm the lorry driver has been arrested, and that a passenger on board died at the scene. the times report that the lorry belonged to a polish delivery company. and a powerful image dominates the daily mail front page, showing the smashed windscreen of the lorry covered in christmas decoration

under the agreement people are moved out of east aleppo into relative safety a nd out of east aleppo into relative safety and it is crucial to remember that where they're moving to is not a purely safe space. in idlib earlier this week one of our partners was hit by an air strike. and the volunteer was also killed at that time. so it is relative safety at this point. what they can get there is what they need urgently, food supplies and blankets, other crucial things for their survival. potentially we are going to see the same problems being replicated in idlib, if the syrian government and their russian backers decide to go after that rebel held province. their russian backers decide to go after that rebel held provincelj think that is why it is crucial but the international community take steps to ensure it does not happen. on monday we had the security council passing a resolution to ensure that the un monitors the remaining part of the evacuation. but the international community must not fail again to protect civilians and do all it can to ensure you are protected and kept safe. t

will that have any impact on the evacuation from the east of aleppo? many people feel the rebels are behind this. they have taken to social media seeing that. but there is also believe that it could be an islamist group. but thousands of people are trapped in the east of aleppo for this evacuation process and it is believed that other buses are under way to replace those which we re are under way to replace those which were set on fire. but this will delay the process. we cannot confirm that this was the action of rebel sympathisers. the situation is extremely complicated. it is very fragile. if it was an islamic group which had burned these buses to try and evacuate government forces from the, it once again highlights how fractured this conflict is and how the various groups are working against one another at times. indeed. not only against one another, but also against civilians. there were calls for people to leave the eastern part of aleppo and they we re very the eastern part of aleppo and they were very angry when the parent that the situation ha

in syria they're helping each other achieve their goals — russian and regime control of aleppo, turkish influence in the north and lacking many other allies at the moment, turkey and russia need each other. andrei karlov was one of russia's most seasoned diplomats, called softly spoken and professional. the russian embassy street here will be renamed in his honour. both countries have painted this as a plot to derail ties. turkey's president said he and vladimir putin agreed it was an perfidious attack and provocation against turkish—russian relations. turkey's press found its own conspiracies. some called it a cia operation, others a job by the west. could the killer have been brainwashed in the police? these online videos seem to show policemen made to chant nationalist, islamist slogans. hatred perhaps stirred up here. was he a lone wolf, a jihadist sympathiser? either way a 22—year—old policeman became an assassin and russia wants answers. we can talk to steve rosenberg in moscow. steve, these sorts of incidents could unleash all sorts of tensions. how is the kremlin handling

of the red cross in syria says the operation to help people leave the remaining rebel—held parts of aleppo is in its final stages. in a bbc radio 4 ‘thought for the day‘ broadcast, the prince of wales has warned of the growing danger of religious persecution comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look

we endured endless bombardment in aleppo. we have managed to escape the destruction because our house was reduced to rubble. i would like to say thank you to all those who have been asking about our news. also able to escape today was this group of a0 orphans who had been group of 47 orphans who had been trapped by the fighting, some critically injured. they, too, had used the internet to make a last—ditch appeal for help. this video going viral. translation: please let us to evacuate aleppo. we wish to leave so we can eat and drink. we love peace. but it is notjust the people of east aleppo being taken to safety today. these buses are carrying hundreds of villagers who have been surrounded by rebel fighters in the nearby province of idlib. allowing these people to escape was a key part of the agreement reached at the weekend. translation: this agreement is a humanitarian one. those evacuated include injured or sick individuals, as well as elderly people. today, there is hope that most of these civilians caught up in the fi

translation: this reflects the reality that after aleppo's liberation the situation is now different. there is a real opportunity to reach a political solution for the crisis in syria that ends the bloodshed and establishes the roots for the future of the country. but it is syria's key ally, russia, which is leading this push for an end to the five—year civil war. a chance for president putin to portray himself as a peacemaker, although he admits the ceasefire is fragile. and already some rebel groups are disputing the terms of the truce. osama abu zeid of the free syrian alliance insisting that the ceasefire applies to the whole country and all rebel groups, including islamist extremists, which the syrian army says it will continue to target. two ceasefires agreed by russia and the united states earlier this year did fall apart quickly. but this time the americans and other western powers have been completely excluded, with russia working instead with turkey and iran. and so far this latest ceasefire has held in many parts of the country, although there have been some government ai

ina the key rebel stronghold in aleppo. in a statement the syrian army said the comprehensive ceasefire agreement was a result of recent military successes. the syrian government and rebel groups agreed the ceasefire from midnight local time. russia and turkey which have backed opposing sides will act as guarantors. speaking at a meeting with the russian defence and foreign ministers, president putin announced a number of agreements have been signed and said they were fragile and needed special attention. translation: three documents have been signed, the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is measures on control over the ceasefire regime and the third document is a statement on readiness for the start of peace talks on the syrian settlement. the syrian army says some groups including so—called islamic state will not be covered by the ceasefire. turkey says foreign fighter groups including hezbollah will ne

so we've got carnage in syria, terrible things going on in aleppo. we have the us president thinking the kremlin tried to interfere in the us elections this year. what did this summit do? i think it should have gone further. we extended quite rightly the sanctions in terms of the ukraine for six months. but did not toughen them. i believe we should have toughened them, however, in terms of syria, we should have imposed sanctions on russia in terms of their action in syria and aleppo. we have seen intolerable suffering, with people being bombed out of their homes and their local communities. those sanctions, by the way, it should not be against the russian people, it should be against the oligarchs, the oil companies, the people actually taking the decisions in putin's government. what did the summit achieve? very little. there are always eu summits happening. on syria, everybody shares the deep concern about the suffering going on. but the point i would like to share with you is that the eu is not the right structure to attempt to do anything about i

in syria they're helping each other achieve their goals — russian and regime control of aleppo, turkish influence in the north and, lacking many other allies at the moment, turkey and russia need each other. andrei karlov was one of russia's most seasoned diplomats, called softly spoken and professional. the russian embassy street here will be renamed in his honour. both countries have painted this as an attempt to derail ties. president erdogan said he and vladimir putin agreed it was a provocation. turkey's foreign minister has even suggested the gunman had links to the plotters behind the recent attempted coup. turkey's pliant press found its own conspiracies. some called it a cia operation, others a job by the west. the russian president said an investigation was under way into a treacherous murder and he urged solidarity. could the killer have been brainwashed in the police? these online videos seem to show policemen made to chant nationalist, islamist slogans. one theory is that perhaps hatred was stirred up here. was he a lone wolf, a jihadist sympathiser? either way, a 22—year

don't forget about aleppo, about syria. they were in mourning today in ankara at the russian embassy. but heavy security here meant it took some time to deliver the wreaths. as russia mauled the murder of one of its ambassadors, the country's leadership remains determined not to allow this assassination to harm relations with turkey or two we can muster‘s resolve to fight terror. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. donald trump has named a strong critic of china to head a new white house national trade council. the economist peter navarro will also direct trade and industrial policy in the new trump administration. mr navarro has written several books on china including "the coming china wars" and "death by china". mr trump's transition team said the appointment showed his "determination to make american manufacturing great again". doctors involved in trials for a new treatment for multiple sclerosis have described it as a landmark development. the disease, which affects the brain, can cause progressive difficulties with m

translation: this reflects the reality that after aleppo's liberation the situation is now different. there is a real opportunity to reach a political solution for the crisis and giving the regime an opportunity to negotiate a ceasefire from a position of strength. translation: this reflects the reality that after aleppo's liberation the situation is now different. there is a real opportunity to reach a political solution for the crisis in syria that ends the bloodshed and establishes the roots for the future of the country. but it is syria's key ally, russia, which is leading this push for an end to the five—year civil war. a chance for president putin to portray himself as a peacemaker, although he admits the ceasefire is fragile. and giving the regime an opportunity to negotiate a ceasefire and already some rebel groups are disputing the terms of the truce. 0sama abu zeid of the free syrian alliance insisting that the ceasefire applies to the whole country and all rebel groups, including islamist extremists, which the syrian army says it will continue to target. two ceasefires ag

eastern aleppo is out of options. translation: as soon as the patient arrived, i told the red cross that the patient needed emergency surgery but there was no answer because the evacuation is still suspended. some of the sick made it out of here on thursday but not nearly enough. after 2a hours, the ceasefire collapsed. there are now 100 badly injured people trapped here. he has been stuck here for three days, says this man. he has a head injury. we have tried to leave but they stopped us. and here is one of the hold—ups. rival factions attacked buses that were meant to free trapped sick and injured in shi'ite villages. only when they are freed will be regime allow convoys to again leave eastern aleppo. and only after aleppo‘s misery would you consider this salvation. this is a camp in idlib. evacuees are brought here. when they arrive, they have nothing. the buses that bring them are so crowded there is no room for luggage, but here, there's relief. translation: rockets, russian jets and warplanes all bombing us,

what are the consequences of the fall of aleppo? and does it merely show that russian policy, however horrific the consequences, is at least coherent, whereas western policy has made little sense, and is failing? first of all, this is a very big moment, yes? it is a very big moment. it is a turning point, not only in syria but the whole of the middle east. it proves that russia has got the upper hand. russia is winning and the west is losing on the middle east. this is the turning point. the west, there are a lot of cries saying we should do this, but you can't do anything. any intervention could drag us to a third world war. here, putin is determined to come back to the middle east strongly. it's not only syria, he will move to most of the region. now he's got, iran and iraq. syria, god know what will happen next. what will happen next in syria, it will be the battle of idlib. now, they have managed to gather those islamists, or the al-qaeda and isis members in idlib. now the next step that the russians and assad will say is they a

from aleppo to berlin, we know your pain, someone has pleaded that there. and this one as well. stay tuned to bbc news for all the latest developments, from berlin and all the other main news stories. from here in london, thank you for watching. we have been forecasting some pretty rough weather and that has already arrived. not to stormyjust rough weather and that has already arrived. not to stormy just yet. rain and wind, but by friday that is when the weather could turn very nasty, particularly across northern parts of the british isles, and could be some disruption. it is worth paying attention to the weather forecast over the next 48 hours because it may affect your travel plans around christmas. this is what the satellite picture looks like. those clouds are racing across the atlantic, pushed by a powerful jet stream. here is the leading edge of that bad weather. it has been moving across north—western parts of the british isles during tuesday, shocking day in northern ireland, heavy rain and feeling cold. through wednesday some of that rain left over from the front is m

for the cause that this killer was espousing because russia has been bombing innocent civilians in aleppo and this ambassador is a representative of his country. so the point is that international events have an impact on people who are totally events have an impact on people who a re totally removed events have an impact on people who are totally removed from that part of the world. and what you need to do is make sure, however, that you maintain your rule of law in your country. of course there may be reasons why people... they may hold those views. but that does not give you a right to shoot anybody. and turkey does have a problem with terror and it has been worse than it has been for many, many years this year. the other front page story that we picked out is looking at christine lagarde being found guilty of negligence back in 2008. the whole no punishment, it would seem. the imf rallies around her. i have a great respect for her, she is a very bright and intelligent young lady. however to be found guilty of negligence when you are in charge of, all leading one of the last major fina

now the crisis in syria and in the city of aleppo and last remaining rebel held zone. the un security council has called for the immediate deployment of international observers in eastern aleppo, in a rare show of unanimity. they'll monitor the mass evacuations and the plight of any civilians who remain trapped. thousands more people left the enclave overnight. the red cross says 25,000 in total but it's not clear how many are left. meanwhile, rebels have continued to allow people to be moved out of the besieged shiite towns of kefraya and al—foua, which largely support the regime as part of the shaky deal to evacuate eastern aleppo. foreign ministers from russia, turkey and iran are meeting today to discuss the crisis in syria, despite yesterday's assassination of moscow's ambassador in ankara. turkey's foreign minister was on a plane to the russian capital when news of the attack broke yesterday, but the three countries say the summit will go ahead anyway. the russian foreign minister said the killing should, force us to fight more decisively against terrorism. in

you will get a briefing on aleppo so i will not go into much. certainly a recognition of the work with efficiency and dedication. the un has a team there and we will elaborate more on that and many ngos including turkish ngos who have been doing big, hard work and are still doing big, hard work and are still doing it, on evacuation. we may be seeing today, that is what we have been hearing but we need to verify fa cts been hearing but we need to verify facts which are crucial in the ups and downs of goodness and news, weather today may be a crucial day for the evacuation of civilians and fighters. ijust for the evacuation of civilians and fighters. i just wanted for the evacuation of civilians and fighters. ijust wanted to make a point, because you are being all involved and you are part of it and you have been part of it. when i say you, all of you. on october six, you have been part of it. when i say you, all of you. on 0ctobersix, i did, here in geneva, on behalf of the un, make a special press conference and it was about aleppo, and it was t

he said, don't forget aleppo, don't forget syria. we will not let you be safe over here until all syrians are safe. he also said some words in arabic. there are discussions about it on social media. some turkish journalists are saying it is related to some chants of al-qaeda or al—nusra, but some say it is just phrases from the koran. most people are talking about what he meant by saying these words. inevitably people drawing comparisons and saying these are the kind of incidents that start wars. the first world war, for instance. but it is also drawing russia and turkey closer together. president putin has said and emphasised they were working closely with turkey, and the attack is against this cooperation. the turkish president also said we were working together with russia so this attack is against relations between turkey and russia. so, yes, there are comments saying maybe the relations may be worsening after this incident, but they are stronger comments about this issue saying that turkey and russia will be co—operating mor

if ever there was an example needed of how ordinary, innocent victims, especially those in aleppo, there you go. . he was an official policeman who used his identity badge to get into the gallery. and while perhaps the aim, given what he was shouting, was to try and distance turkey from russia and russian attacks in syria, ironically it could bring the countries closer together in terms of cooperation. you can see that, can't you, strongman turning against the west and peace and president erdogan will seize on this to unite against terror. they have the tension when turkey shot down the russian airliner and they came together closer after that, so there is no reason to think this incident would disturb the relationship i think. it is striking that the sun has gone with the assassin, rather than what happened in germany, which is closer to home and affected many people, and this appears to be a terror at, as we said, and would resonate stronger with british readers, but this picture is, it is just extraordinary, isn't it, holding the gun, pointing it in the air, and it is quite incredible

i wish i could go back to aleppo, go back home. i want to live in my house, because i love it, even if it had been bombed. i love my house. we shall overcome some day. before saying goodbye, bana sang us a song about childhood and stolen freedoms. # i am a child with something to say...# 0ne voice, raised for countless others, who often go unheard. 0rla guerin, bbc news, ankara. the funeral of the russian ambassador to turkey, who was shot dead three days ago in ankara, has been held in moscow. andrei karlov was murdered by an off—duty policeman while giving a speech in the turkish capital. president putin was among the mourners at a special ceremony, before the burial with full military honours. here, the planned strikes by british airways cabin crew on christmas day and boxing day have been suspended. members of the unite union were due to walk out as part of their dispute over pay. but talks have led to a revised offer, which will now be put to a ballot. more than 60 prisoners have taken control of a wing at hmp swaleside, on

children, mentioning those who faced hunger, danger on migration routes, and bombing in syrian cities like aleppo. there was heavy security, and people taking part in the service inside st peter's basilica had to pass through metal detectors. president obama has delivered his last christmas message from the white house. sitting alongside his wife michelle he said it had been an honour to serve as america's president. merry christmas, everybody. one of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with obese people in your life. and for me, that is getting some help from my best friend for our annual weekly address. given how our first weekly address went, i realised barak needed all the help he could get. this is our first address and we... laughter stop! you have got to stop it! get it together, you're going to have to pull it together. celebrating the holidays in the white house over the past eight years has been a true privilege. we have been able to welcome over half a million guests. our outstanding pastry chefs have baked over 2000 holiday cookies and barack has treated the american

the final phases of the evacuation of aleppo, the syrian city where 3000 people were stuck in an enclave overnight has begun. we will be getting the very latest about this from save the children. we will be reporting live from berlin after the manhunt for a suspect who used a lorry to career into a christmas marketing berlin. dr neil entwhistle is a geography lecturer at the university of salford and has used drones extensively in his work. and at 10:45 and 11.30 this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me are lucy fisher, senior political correspondent for the times, and commentator henry bonsu. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello. i'm olly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight. saints are off the hook but north's knock has put concussion back at the top of the rugby union agenda. kvitova's operation goes well after the knife attack, but the double wimbledon champion won't play again for six months, and holland leaves the blues for the three lions. he'll team up with southgate full time at the end of the season. northampton saint

already people in west aleppo are celebrating this event. we saw pictures of locals dancing around a christmas tree. this really is a big moment for the government to be able to say that the whole of aleppo is back under their control. it is important to say the war isn't over. all the actors that are still funding and rolling this war on from outside of the country and inside, are still very much engaged in it. so the war will continue. but the war in aleppo anyway seems, seems, to be drawing to a close. james, thank you very much. james longman for us in beirut. the little girl who caught the attention of the world, the seven—year—old syrian who tweeted about life inside rebel—held east aleppo has met turkey's president. they sat on the president's knee in the presidential complex in ankara. the president sent a special representative to syria to collect bana and her family after they fled from east aleppo and her plight came to light after she joined the social media platform in september. police say victims in the national football

presumably the fall of aleppo has been the spark that has perhaps produced this or whether it will stick that is a difficult question, from mr putin‘s angle that was a very important step, wasn‘t it? from mr putin‘s angle that was a very important step, wasn't it? of course. i think he is interpreting thatis course. i think he is interpreting that is a huge success of assad and russian military efforts which were supporting president assad. after they took the strategic point, of course they were quite profitable situation in order to conduct those peace talks. the fact that the us administration is changing, a new president, who is giving additional strong points to mr putin during this because the asians and that is one of the reasons —— during these negotiations. that is why the reasons why it is so successful the russia. just a few have been speaking we are getting from the turkish buyers foreign ministry and the thing that the ceasefire agreement excludes groups to un deems terrorist organisations and it hardly a surprise because the one wa nts to hardly a surprise because

his army has dealt the rebels major defeat in aleppo. mr assad is stronger now than ever and his great ally, russia, is the majorforce behind the truce agreement. translation: this reflects the reality that after aleppo's liberation this situation is now different. there is a real opportunity to reach a political solution for the crisis in syria that ends the bloodshed and establishes the routes for the future of the country. those who want the truce to hold worry about the part played by these men, rebels from what used to be called the nusra front, which had links to al qaida. they have rejected the ceasefire deal and the syrian military says they are still a target. but if it goes after these men in the depths of rebel territory, the truce could unravel. but across this shattered land, on its first day, the ceasefire appears to be largely holding. despite reports of scattered clashes and some airstrikes, many syrians will desperately hope that the truce will endure. translation: the ceasefire is good, it is good for the people to get

aleppo, though, looks to be a turning point. tonight, the foreign secretary of britain said that bashar al—assad must go again. but the downfall of the president looks like a hollow tree it. the president has not done it. earlier in the war there was a chance to do it, but that chance is gone now that he is russia's man. it will not be easy to move to victory in syria, but now they have the momentum. jeremy bowen, bbc news. vladimir putin has called donald trump to call for better relations. the russian president said he did not want a new arms race to the west after donald trump suggested he would expand the nuclear arsenal of america. he also rejected allegations they intervened in the election. he is always confident, but is he a little confused? as vladimir putin met the worlds media today, there was mixed signals from across the atlantic. donald trump, sabre rattling one moment and stalking friendship the next. the kremlin leader said he hoped he and america's new president would work together to improve relations. it is

also coming up: the syrian government has declared victory in aleppo, after the last rebel

in syria, the evacuation of eastern aleppo starts again. but north of the city, buses brought to move supporters of the regime have been burned. the trade secretary, liam fox, says britain could remain a member of the eu customs union after brexit. ahead of another strike by southern rail conductors tomorrow, the rmt leader, mick cash, denies accusations his union is using the dispute to take on the government. will there be more success for great britain's rio heroes at tonight's bbc sports personality of the year awards? the winner is chosen by the public. and sportsday will bring you the day's premier league action in half an hour, including southampton's victory over rivals bournemouth.

i am from aleppo. from the rubble of aleppo to the red carpet in ankara, bana alabed and herfamily are now being hosted by the turkish government, which opposes the syrian regime. when we met, this child of war told me how her own home was flattened by a bomb. translation: we were playing happily and planning to go out, and suddenly it landed. so we got scared and ran to the basement. when our house was bombed, we got out of the rubble safely. but we were about to die, because the house was collapsing. her updates from inside aleppo echoed around the world, with help from her mother, who manages her twitter account. but some have questioned whose views were being shared. when your mum was tweeting, was she tweeting your words or tweeting her words? me and mum. together? yes. her mother, fatima, insists the twitter account was bana's idea, but admits it is a way to combat the regime. i think there now was a big fight out there. and i think our twitter was a weapon. your twitter was a weapon? yes. but th

hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians, have resumed their evacuation from eastern aleppo. a convoy of buses has now left the rebel held areas, and aid groups say the last hospital patients have now left. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week — eye robot. robo chef. and some loud, noisy animals meet the locals. shouting the design museum in london has moved into a new home, and it's suitably stunning. i have come to see fear and love, an exhibition of 11 designers‘ reactions to our increasingly complex world. the most animated star on show has to be an industrial robot arm, which its owner hopes will present a more friendly face to robotics, and even maybe help us empathise with mechanoids of the future. it senses where you are and comes bounding over to see you, but if it gets bored, it will turn its attention to someone else. it is a bit like an excitable puppy, actually. who knows, installations like this may help to allay our fears of being around giant machines like this. i have to say, it will still be a while before i trust this thing with a scalpel, th

the headlines: the evacuation of civilians from eastern aleppo is hit with another setback, as buses which were due to help people leave two pro—government villages north of the city were set ablaze. the trade secretary, liam fox, says britain could remain a member of the eu customs union after brexit. the leader of the rmt has denied that the union is using the dispute with southern rail to take on the government. thousands of commuters have been affected by the strike action over who should control train doors. personalities across the sporting world are celebrating this year's sports personality of the year tonight, with a record 16 contenders being shortlisted for the final award. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm james pearce. 0ur headlines this evening: crisis? what crisis? manchester city beat arsenal to go second in the premier league. yet another good day for india against england. the tourists‘ chances of winning the fifth test are fast receding. and an upset in the european champions cup as scarlets hold on to secure a famous victory over

aleppo is now a synonym for health. asi aleppo is now a synonym for health. as i told the security council three days ago we have collectively failed the people of syria. meanwhile, the chair of the un's task force on humanitarian access in syria, jan egeland, said the world had failed those living in aleppo. world civilisation was not where to assist the people of aleppo when they needed us the most. joining me from new york is david miliband, the former foreign secretary, now president of the international rescue committee. good to have you with us. thank you for joining good to have you with us. thank you forjoining us. the question i suppose, for all of those people coming out of aleppo and heading towards id lib, a fear that the violence will follow them. what are your people on the ground telling you? you are exactly right. the terror that people have felt as they left their home city, they now fear that terror will follow them. we are about 25 kilometres to the west of aleppo. and what they are seeing is families who have left everything, sometimes eve

top story this hour: after days of delay and disagreement, it looks as if the evacuation of eastern aleppo has resumed. 350 people are reported to have left the besieged enclave overnight, but many thousands more are still trapped. welcome to the programme. our other main stories this hour: the president of the democratic republic of congo is refusing to step down today, and security forces are locking down the capital. hello, darlings. i'm zsa zsa. and the original showbiz celebrity, hollywood actress, tabloid star, and socialite, zsa zsa gabor, has died at the age of 99. i'm sally bundock. in business.

a horrible scenes we have seen in aleppo this year, that won't be repeated because aleppo was the showpiece battle, the showpiece conflict. now that has been won from putin's perspective and assad's perspective, the rebels will not have a strong negotiating position. because a couple of years ago, if the international community had talked about peace talks, there would have been plenty of countries who said president assad can't be pa rt who said president assad can't be part of these talks. but things have shifted dramatically and he is absolutely part, and russia is key as well. they've shifted so dramatically that the turkish foreign minister was part of these talks on tuesday. turkey is still opposed to asad but the russians wa nt to opposed to asad but the russians want to get turkey participating in the evacuations. turkey isn't far from aleppo in northern syria. the turks are in a position where they are sitting with the iranians and russians on opposite sides of this issue of whether president assad should stay or go. the west will no longer be able to say that assad should go. othe

but we no longer are only talking about eastern aleppo. the government side has said that if rebel supporters are to be evacuated from that enclave, then pro—government supporters in two other smaller towns must be evacuated. they have been enduring a protracted rebel siege. now, we are looking at a fairly complicated parallel choreographed evacuation effort between both aleppo on one hand and these two towns some 60 kilometres away. we have mentioned that we are looking ahead to this boat by the un security council on whether observers should be sent to see what is actually happening with these evacuations. what prospect of success does a resolution have? that's right. this whole aleppo crisis goes back, once again, to the security council. the french delegation will put forward a suggestion that un observers be immediately deployed to the rebel enclave. many in the west are very concerned that that large civilian population that is still languishing in the enclave, and the evacuation process may take some considerable time, there are m

translation: the two halted the fighting in aleppo. translationzlj the two halted the fighting in aleppo. translation: i describe this attack on russia's ambassador as an attack on russia's ambassador as an attack on russia's ambassador as an attack on turkey, an attack on tu rkey‘s attack on turkey, an attack on turkey's state and nation. after the incident i talked to mr putin and we agreed it was a provocation and there isn't any dispute. president putin called the attack a ploy to wreck the syrian peace process. syria's war has killed hundreds of thousands. it's just had another deadly impact. tonight, more reports are coming out about the gunmen including some reports he worked as a bodyguard at some of president erdogan‘s rallies. there has been international condemnation from the white house. turkish and russian presidents say they will open a joint investigation to look at this killing. they both used similar language tonight, saying provocation, vowing that the merger would not derail turkey— russian relationships, and n