when was the last time barack obama mentioned aleppo? aleppo will haunt him forever. what we have seen in aleppo, the monumental carnage is unique that never before -- we have seen it streamlined live, heard killed on youtube, their cries, and there is incredible indifference. katty: use at a level haunt the obama administration, and it should haunt everybody, what happens to the rebels trapped in that city? does the fall of aleppo push them further into the arms of extremists? that webody believes were abandoned. there is a sense of abandonment. and thedonment of jews, city of aleppo. aleppo, in our collective memories as arabs, is one of the great cities. damascus, cairo, aleppo. it is like athens, rome, london. it is part of my collective memory as an air of growing up. i see the city being pulverized. in aleppo, you see one layer of civilization above the other. jews, arabs, christians. that city has been up -- has been obliterated. doing it for their own strategic interests, not to help the syrians in their fight to end power themselves to fight for democracy, fo

relief for the people of aleppo. convoys of civilians and wounded fighters reach rebel-held territory outside the syrian city. thousands of people could be evacuated after government forces secure a major victory did we will talk to you one official who monitor the up -- a u.n. official who monitored the operation. >> how prior that our priority today's making better on the ground. brent: sanctions on russia been extended but observers are expecting nothing more than a strong statement on the recent bloodshed in syria. we will get more from our correspondent in brussels. and u.s. tech company yahoo! hit by the biggest security breach in hisistory. over onene billion e-mail accous have been hacked. what can customers do, and will the company be able to recover? brent: i am brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight they are finally leaving. another group of evacuees has made it out of aleppo and into rebel-held territory beyond the city. in total, over 1000 people escaped the city today under the terms of our

-- in aleppo? there have been reports that syrian forces are going door-to-door, executing, killing, men, women, and children. have you heard or seen anything to confirm that? elizabeth: we have no verified reports beyond what we are hearing from the social media. i cannot say anything about it because we don't have information aside from what we read on the social media. brent: and what about where you are in terms of safety? who or what is guaranteeing the safety of where you are tonight? elizabeth: [indiscernible] there are rockets coming from areas outside of aleppo.. there is military activity in east aleppo. brent: and what kind of help, elizabeth, can the world health organization provided to the people in eastern aleppo at this moment? are your hands basically tied by this situation? elizabeth: [indiscernible] also for thehe people who o are stayaying in their homes are unr besieged. there are 50,000 to 100,000 people they are trying to respond to. we are providing medicine and medical supp

here lies aleppo. it is a headline as epitaph. it is the last of the rebel neighborhoods to fall to forces loyal to bashar al-assad. another is leaving with a different angle. tankan see a syrian army rolling through what was a rebel controlled zone. al-assad bashar triumph in the ruins of aleppo, reads the headline. headline, the desire to act, it is a damning piece about the consequences of western action in syria. obama's redline turned out to be not much of a redline at all. powerly international choosing to act in any meaningful way in the civil war was russia. and of course, to devastating effect. cartoon on that theme. we see bashar al-assad sitting on vladimir putin's shoulders as he wades through streets flooding with blood and corpses. long live free of aleppo, says bashar al-assad. to the u.s., where donald trump is trying to shore up support for his choice of secretary, rex tillerson. >> amid growing concerns that rex tillerson is to close the-- o cozy to vladimir putin. the interesting thing is a lot of these people,

shipments into eastern aleppo. the last time requests were made they refused to do that for a for a long time. why do you think the syrian regime is saying yes now? guest: we have a holistic, comprehensive approach to syria when it comes humanitarian delivery of aid. we have a plan for over 21 locations in syria. there are many other locations that are besieged or hard-to-reach or encircled. we need to reach all of these people in those locations. in total in syria today, we have about 4.5 million people who live in such part to reach locations -- hard to reach locations. brent: we know efforts will start soon hopefully to evacuate eastern aleppo. where will they find shelter? do they have a place to go? guest: the u.n. and the humanitarian partners working on the ground in aleppo have already received over 26,000 people in the southern part of the industrial area. where the u.n. and partners are moving in quickly to repair and prepare shelters, provide winter clothes. we have distributed over 12,000 winter kits. w

in places like aleppo plays a role. in the meantime, the suffering continues. thousands are still trapped in the rebel-held areas. five buses that were supposed to carry wound to do safety were set on fire over the weekend. there is, however, some good news to report. you might remember the heart-wrenching message from an aleppo orphanage. we're told all the children have been evacuated to safety, and the 7-year-old who has been tweeting about aleppo has been evacuated from her town. she and her family can start a new life in turkey. they're the few lucky ones as the people in aleppo are facing a new uncertainty now. a special correspondent for the los angeles times has been writing great stuff from aleppo itself. thank you for joining us. what can you tell us about the evacuations right now? >> reporter: well, the fact that they're still going on, and that's a good thing. that in and of itself is an achievement. that wasn't the case for the last four days now. every time they tried to do this, it just sput ttered and c

idlib is the next aleppo. reporter: for those evacuees that go further, turkey has said it will provide shelter and humanitarian aid for residents leaving aleppo. brent: i am joined by a security analysis. -- analyst. it is hard to get the truth here. had eight agencies saying 6500, maybe 8000 have left east aleppo. russia is saying the evacuation is completed, it is over, no more. what is the truth? >> we don't know. even the number of those evacuated, it is differing. some 8000, some 9500. and 52 -- the wide range tells us that even in the nations, they are not sure. it is fair 50,000 of 100,000, only a minority is fighting rebels. but actually we don't know how many civilians are still trapped. brent: we have tried to to verify if any vetting is taking place, if people are being taxed . we have been told -- if people are being checked. so far we have been told they are not. russia and aleppo are planning these talks. the human will not be involved -- the u.n. will not be involved. >> we see a new coalition

aleppo has followed. the syrian army has full control of the devastated city after the last rebels and civilians were evacuated. we are starting this in italy where the interior ministry says police of killed the man suspect did of karen at the attack on na christmas markrket in berlin. 12 people died when a truck herald into the credit market monday evening. arresthad issued a warrant for anis amri. let's hear from the italian interior minister. the person killed was found after a lengthy investigation, which is customary in these cases. without a shadow of a doubt, it the perpetrator of the berlin christmas market attack. we are going to germany now for the latest on the story there. what is the latest from the german authorities? the latest we have is we know from the german governments spoke person that anglo merkel is due to speak by phone to the president on the matter of rejected deportation. if anis amri had been rejected -- that will likely be high on the agenda. earlier we heard from the german

we see residents of aleppo fleeing the city. residents have called for a five day truce to allow the evacuation of civilians. they have been joined by the u.s., britain, france, italy and canada. genie: those have been feed out by russia and china -- vetoed by russia and china. >> that's right. here we see members of the un security council sitting around a table with a pool of blood in the middle. we see someone desperately reaching out for help but the people sitting at the table are just looking away. you can see one of them putting probably because he is vetoing the cease-fire. notu.n. was blamed for doing enough to protect citizens and aleppo and in particular standing up against russia which has been accused of war crimes by western powers. genie: many of the papers in france are focusing on this massive peak of pollution we have. >> that's right. you can see the famous golden dome but you cannot see much apart from that. cloaked interally smog. this is having an impact on public health. the headline says smoking kills. ge

but this is today, and this is aleppo. official evacuations hadn't even started yet when these images were filmed. an all too brief breath of calm in the storm of violence that has wracked to the city for weeks. the evacuation order applies to civilians and rebel fighters. thousands have already fled their homes. >> in this situation, still very bad. a woman -- [indiscernible] everyone in aleppo city is dependent on russia and department to protect them from being killed or captured. reporter: east aleppo was a major urban stronghold for rebel fighters, and now seems to be slipping out of their grasp. the human toll of this battle has been simply catastrophic. >> people are being killed and injured every day. people are fleeing in chaotic and catastrophic conditions, leaving everything behind, taking huge risks to seek safety. reporter: whether the evacuation deal will hold or not, people continue to flee. they have no other option. eastern aleppo is falling, and who knows what the future will hold? brent: i am joined by a

save aleppo. save humanity. >> many people are killed. many peoe now are being killed and just kept in the street and no one can help them. no way. no hospital. don't believe anymore in united nations. don't believe anymore in the international community. >> the u.n. estimates about 50,000 people are trapped in the city. there's widespread international concern about the humanitarian situation there. >>> a u.s. government official says north korea conducted a ground test of a submarine launched ballistic missile or slbm earlier this month. the official told nhk that the u.s. confirmed during its monitoring activities that north korea had tested the slbm at an experimental facility pl the test was aimed at developing a way to fire missiles using pressurizedd gas or air without igniting fuel inside a submarine. this is known as cold launch technology. north korea test fired slbms in april, july, and august. the missile in august traveled about 500 kilometers. u.s. military officials have been increasing surveillance operations as they belie

what is going on inside eastern aleppo? the effectuation is -- evacuation is suspended, the rebels and the government blaming each other. today and earlieier tododay, sea thousand peoeople were e ken to safety, but many are still trapped in the syrian city. how many remains unknown. and also coming up, barack obama holds his final press conference of the year with a promise to reretaliate against russia for hack attacks. we will go to washington for more. and an attempted terror attack here in germany, a 12-year-old boy tries to set off a bomb at a christmas market. investigators believe he may have been radicalized by islamic propaganda. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. no one is leaving aleppo, at least not at this hour. the evacuation of people from rebel held areas has come to a halt, a day after it began. both sides, accusing each other of breaking the terms of a cease-fire and the attack on the convoys. an estimated 8000 to 10,000 people have been taken out of aleppo so far. >> explosions can be heard in the background. th

aleppo was syria's biggest. merely civilians trapped by the siege of these aleppo, round 100,000 were children. only last year rebels looked as if they might encircle the regime-held western side of the city. now their hopes are as a smashed as the streets good as the guns fell silent russian troops helped civilians near tv cameras. moscow rejects the accusation by britain and others that it's meant has been supporting slaughter. the regime's victory is also one for its allies russia and iran. they got the condemnation of the siege of east aleppo by the west, it's arab allies, and nations who had no say in the evacuation deal. and agreement that has been made in direct talks between the parties to this more. -- this more. we were not part of it, and we were only invited this morning to monitor. anti-assadse were rebels in aleppo earlier this year. the fighting groups facing the president have formed shifting coalitions ranging from men supported by the west and their arab allies to jihadists close to al qaeda. f

these days, it is been focusing enentirely on aleppo where there is no aleppo. there's a group called the institute for the study of war, which puts a very interesting map once meant to show her the bombardment is. russian the bombardment. you can see ththese little explosives around aleppo and one or twowo around rocket war palma -- raqqa or palmyra. not onus of assad i is isisis. that i is their choice. for me, the issue is how they fight the war. professor cohen says, i'm just making this up, they're targeting civilians. look at the hospitals. they are a good illustration. until september 2015, at a point where it was just the syrian air force and the skies, they were using the so-called barrel bombs which were imprecise weapons. canisters filled with shrapnel ththat would tumble to earth. since the russians enter the war, they have got precision weapons. you talk to the doctors, which i've done repeatedly, and they describe much more precise hits on hospitals. this is not a mistake. this is over and over until the hospital is destroyed. there's no question t

genie: 4500 more syrians aleppo after days of delays. many more wounded are still waiting to get out. the u.s. electoral college gets set to officially formalize donald trump's win, but not without protest against both the president elect the electoral system itself. and china chokes under toxic smog. 23 cities across the country have issued red alerts for pollution with forecasters saying the worst is yet to come. time now for our business news with delon of desousa -- you are starting with apple and ireland teaming up to take on brussels. >> this comes four months after the tech giant was slapped with a 13 billion euro back tax order. apple was ordered to pay the amount by e.u. competition authorities for reporting its european profits through ireland. ireland is expected to argue that it is perfectly legal to levy less tax on profits than s.her apple calls it a convenient target. ireland are gearing up to appeal any you commission ruling requiring the company to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes. the tech giant says it has been singl

aleppo is being evacuated. can i ask what cost? the newspaper reminds us that the evacuation operation comes after weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and syrian warplanes, which has killed thousands if not tens of thousands of innocent civilians. people -- a lot of people are asking, what is happening next? where are they going? >> some could be held in camps in turkey. others could be staying in the province of it lip. you would hardly call it a save place. bush al-assad oust to recapture the area. the biggerok at picture, though. does the fall of aleppo mark the end of the syrian civil war? >> news. unanimous in are saying that this represents a new phase of the conflict. the full of aleppo is undoubtedly a major situation. it is not the end of the war by any means. bashar al-assad plans to recapture all rebel held areas in settling. he cannot do it alone. he has had to rely on help from russia, of course. but also shiite militias and even iranian special forces. >> you mentioned the key role that russia has played in retaking

reporter: children under attack in aleppo. the u.n. says at least 13 children have been killed by pro-government forces since monday. trapped underll rubble as they continue to face heavy bombardment by syrian and nes.ian airpla >> we've heard horrific stories of six children who were orphaned, the oldest 17 years old, who were found two days after their parents had been killed in an airstrike, and they hadn't had anything to eat in two days. children have borne the brunt of violence in aleppo. human rights groups believe they make a part of civilian casualties. schools and hospitals have been targeted by the syrian government and hundreds of families have been separated. food and water is a daily struggle. last food aid was distributed over a month ago now, so we have children who have been malnourished to begin with, in the last few weeks with the intensification of the bombardment, we understand now that all of the medical facilities have been destroyed, so even getting medical attention to the children and civilians and others who

lyse doucet, bbc news, aleppo. fory: a desperate few weeks the people in east aleppo. i spoke with former state department official that is now the dean of the john hopkins school of advanced studies. a few years ago aleppo was a beating commercial heart of syria. one of the most prosperous cities in the middle east. dan syria ever be rebuilt when you see scenes like that? did it the a country that is whole, unified, and lives together? a it is hard to imagine country that has unity under that current of saud regime, but the physical wreck construction -- physical reconstruction is a tall order. the gulf countries are not likely to give it the money. the international community has no commitment to the rebuilding of aleppo. it looks like stalingrad after world war ii, but there was a plan by the united states which funded the reconstruction and those cities were built back up stone by stone. that does not exist for syria. katty: do you think president of side is right, the end is getting nearer? >> it is more of a signal. with the defeat of the rebels and aleppo, north

reporter: aleppo is still under heavy fire. syrian fighter planes are bombing eastern parts of the city continuously. on the ground, syrian troops are pushing further into rebel-held areas. the rebels are putting up a tough fight but it is looking increasingly hopeless for them. they have lost more than one third of their territory in just a few days. now the rebel-held art of the city is being split into -- in two. one area in the south and one in the north controlled by syrian kurds. for civilians, the situation is catastrophic. food and medical supplies are running out and nowhere is safe. tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. >> they opened a road crossing this morning and my family and i came. i brother was shot by terrorists and injured his foot. we have stayed here for four months without food or drink, only bread. whoever does not have food or drink will die of hunger. reporter: reports say some people are being killed by government troops while trying to escape. they are fleeing to the kurdi

is it all over now if aleppo falls? with you.etely agree it really is a decisive moment in the western campaign. i think -- and here we are in the speculation about the future. putting syria together as a unified nation -- in other words, reasserting assad's control over the territory of the old syria, i think that is unlikely. russia will assure -- russia will in sure that assad stays in power. what happens in the east, where isis still predominates over most of the city is an open question. and an extremely, one because in that situation, the issue is going to be a regional one, which talks to the relationships between sunni and shia population in the whole region. what is going to happen in eastern syria is an open question. basharis unlikely that al-assad will have the power to throw back insurgent groups in that area. i have no doubt that the u.s. will want to have a significant say in what occurs. genie: we are seeing that already, this move into aleppo by the syrian army, opening up opportunities. the syrian regi

government says it has reta ken aleppo and the syrian government says it has retaken aleppo and 35,000 people left in the last week. that was achieved with russia's help. today, the commander to russia says they are doing a live trine exercise. this is not the conduct of a nation that wants to be a superpower. the fingerprints of the man suspected of the berlin attack have been found inside the truck that was used. donald trump has sent tweets saying the us must strengthen its nuclear weapons. if you want to get in touch you can use our hashtag on the screen and my social media contacts as well. in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom , in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom, this claim came through from the syrian government, that it had from the syrian government, that it ha d reta ke n from the syrian government, that it had retaken aleppo entirely, as the last group of rebel fighters had been evacuated. we understand this group who were notjust the fighters but theirfamilies group who were notjust the fighters but their families as well, had been holed up in a small enclave in

reporter: the last convoys leaving aleppo. the buses are carrying opposition fighters in the final phase of an evacuation clearing the way for syria's army to retake the city. more than 30,000 civilians have already left east aleppo. special hospitals have been setup, donated by differenen countries involved in n the conflilict. >> more and more peoeople are coming out from certain areas of east aleppo. reporter: russia in turkey have facilitated evacuations of civivilians and f fighters. >> in other w words, i wish we d had in october a much more effective response. we would have avoided so much suffering. but we will see how it ends. reporter: the un security council unanimously decided to deploy monitors to eastern aleppo. a sign of hope. >> now is the time to relaunch the political process in order to make sure that there is momentum based on this renewed unity of the security council. reporter: meanwhile, thousands of people are being transported to rebel controlled areas. there are fears that it could become the next ale

secondly, also on aleppo, you've again made clear your practical disagreements with the... safe zones. and president-elect trump has throughout his campaign, and he said again last night, that he wants to create safe zones in syria. do you feel like in this transition, you need to help him toward implementing that? or is that not something that you should be doing? >> mike, i always feel responsible. i felt responsible when kids were being shot by snipers. i felt responsible when millions of people had been displaced. i feel responsible for murder and slaughter that's taken place in south sudan that's not being reported on, partly because there's not as much social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening, and because of my office, because i'm president of the united states, i feel responsible. i ask myself every single day, "is there something i could do that would save lives and make a difference and spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer?" so that's a starting point. there's not a moment during the co

that appears to be the case in aleppo. last night we understood there was a deal brokered by russia and turkey that would allow hundreds, if not thousands, of people, including rebels and their families, to get on buses and leave the city. those buses were lined up at dawn this morning, but as the sun rose, the cease fire deal collapsed. there was shooting, then shelling. many of the people who thought they would get out had to scatter and run for their lives. and today, well, the shooting and shelling is just increased. i've just heard from a friend and colleague inside aleppo who said all day there's been very heavy shelling. that has continued tonight with explosives lighting up the night sky. it's a terrible betrayal of the people inside eastern aleppo. the u.n. says there was about 50,000 of those in an area probably one square mile. we're still not sure how big it is and how many people are in there, but yesterday we saw some of them, bedraggled, leaving in terrible conditions, leaving the slaughter. we did think mor

to un security council votes send observers to eastern aleppo. people -- usands of and struggling to breathe in china. china issues red alerts on 23 cities. forecasts one the problem will get worse. -- forecasts warned the problem will get worse. first though, at least one person has been killed after a driver plowed a truck into crowds of people at a christmas market in berlin. it happened in the west of the city. local l media says according to police it was most likely and attack. we can go to our correspondent there. what can you tell us? reporter: one person killed and several injured according to a recent police report. a crowd that was gathered in , in ahristmas market large open square. quite a popular shopping district in the western district . at about 8:15 local time, so about 45 minutes ago, witnesses bang heard this large and the truck plowed into the crowd. truck stopped when he crashed into a christmas tree in the middle of the market. truckene is ongoing, the ran over a lot of christmas huts and was said to have hit quite a few pe

and more specifically, aleppo that started yesterday thousands of people we were able to leave aleppo. and ac the international community that was brought to aleppo but the evacuation of the of wounded in eastern aleppo unfortunately has been suspended today because of the syrian authorities that i very much regret we have to stop the operation at this time but to be mobilizing all types of resources and urging of parties to allow a safe resumption and the united nations stands ready to rescue as many people as possible and we have to stop this. >> this is hard to pinpoint but the tendencies, and they don't know the end that the crisis has been continuing six years now with that situation in yemen were all the fires want there is some global solidarity. many people believe that military solutions but also to say there is not a means or the inclusive solution for a sustainable solution. and those tune my member states. one and we also have to understand before compassionate leadership in that looking back at south korea with the secretary general with that nuclear ambition. and that ge

this campaign, this operation for aleppo was waged by russia and iran. assad, although he's the sovereign of all of syria, it's not him that's touring the battlefield, the heads of the kuds force of iran. the symbolism of that will lead to a whole new generation of jihadism. >> a situation to keep a close eye on. thank you both. police in jordan are battling several gunman south of the capital. nine people have been killed since the attack early today near a medieval castle known as a popular tourist spot. a canadian woman and five policeman are among those kids, it appears five gunmen were involved and jordanian security forces stormed the castle where the gunman were holed up and able to free tourists trapped inside. so far no group as claimed responsibility for the attack. as donald trump's relations to russia remains under spotlight, concerns rise, after the break how the leadership strategy could shape/u.s. policy going forward. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox di

one day we will return to aleppo. the recapture of aleppo represents a victory not only for president bashar al-assad but for his allies russia and iran. the syrian army was struggling to make inroads against the rebels. now the rebels are on the ropes, pushed out from the country's urban areas as assad solidifies his hold on syria's major cities. lib province is one of the rebels last strongholds. the groups include others contusion -- considered terrorists by the u.s. rest with moscow and tehran. turkey says 14 soldiers were killed and 33 wounded in fighting in northern syria against the islamic state group. the turkish army says close to 10040i.s militants were killed in the operation as well. catherine clifford reports. >> inside these ambulances over 30 injured turkish soldiers return from syria. wednesday marked the highest single day death toll in turkey's four-month campaign inside the war-torn country that resulted in intense violence. the town lies 25 kilometers from the turkish border. it is now under total

. >>> syria's main opposition force announced it will withdraw from aleppo. it's expected to soon declare it has seized total control of the city that has been the epicenter of othe country's more than five-year war. backed by russian air strikes, the government of assad has stepped up its offensive in aleppo, the largest stronghold. the representative of the opposition told nhk tuesday night that russia has agreed to the withdrawal. under the agreement corridors will be set up to evacuate civilian before the withdrawal of opposition fighters. russia's ambassador to the yooup has been told military action in eastern aleppo is over and the syrian government has regained control. the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting. scores of civilians were killed in the battle. >> translator: the immediate test is to do all we can to stop the carnage. as the battle for aleppo concludes, i call on the syrian authorities and their a allies, russia and iran, to honor their obligations under international humanitarian law. >> the opposition forces have vowed to kee

tens of thousands of people are fleeing into west aleppo. the area under government control, taking refuge in shelters like this. but no one can escape the agony. >> i'm concerned about my children and country. i wish syria would return to the way it was five years ago. the country of safety, of prosperity. lyse: in geneva today, the u.n. again called on all sides to protect the people of aleppo, especially those still trapped in the east, where food and medicine are running out. >> russian federation announced that there are 4 humanitarian corridors, that they want to sit down, in aleppo, the people there, to discuss how we use the s to evacuater' people out. lyse: on the streets of west aleppo, a cold winter closes in. you can hear the thud of war. life can look and feel strangely normal on the side. but there is shelling and hardship here, too. what happens here in aleppo has always mattered to the syrian conflict. it was the last major city to be drawn into the uprising. and now as the battle for the city enters what could be the final,

eastern aleppo is out of options. translation: as soon as the patient arrived, i told the red cross that a patient needed emergency surgery but there was no answer because the evacuation is still suspended. in aleppo's final days, all niceties have gone. the baby didn't make it. some of the sick made it out of here on thursday but not nearly enough. after 24 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." they've now run out of room inside, so outside the hospital, the dead and injured are piling up. translation: i've been coming and going forfour days now. in the morning they promised to take us with ambulances and we've been waiting since then, but what else can i do? and here's 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 the regime allow convoys to aga

jeremy: the fall of aleppo does not end this complex, unpredictable war. the fight for syria creates an crisis. the assassination in turkey is the latest, and there is still no coherent international desire to bring peace any closer. laura: jeremy bowen reporting there. from syria to brexit to the u.s. presidential election, 2016 has been a year like no other. just a short time ago, donald trump surpassed 270 votes needed in the electoral college to clinch the presidency. it has been a campaign and your with talk about fake news and post truth politics. here is our special correspondent alan little. alan: how does america get its news? how does it know who or what to trust? traditionally news has come from places like this. it still rolls off the machinery of the predigital age. you find conflicting opinions in its pages, diversity of news. it offers its readers a shared public reality come within which they can disagree, dispute, and challenge each other. but does that guiding journalistic purpose also now belong to a fading predigital age? >> i think of

reporter: the fall of aleppo has been -- aleppo has been under siege since july. diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have repeatedly failed. >> russia is saying teed of different things and constantly lying. on one hand they say let's andtiate, let's negotiate we will reach a cease-fire. on the other hand they continue a total war to make aleppo fall. at what cost? what will be the humanitarian cost? reporter: the youngest are paying the highest price. all of aleppo's children are traumatized. where: going to new york antonio gutierrez was sworn in as the new secretary-general of the united nations. the 67-year-old former prime minister of portugal was chosen in october to take over from ban ki-moon. he was the u.s. high commissioner for refugees. during his first speech before guterresffice, said the respite of be ready for changes. >> we need to redouble our efforts to resolve conflicts from the crisis in syria, yemen, south so don -- south sued on, and elsewhere, to long-running disputes including the israeli, palestinian conflict. we need arbitration and cr

now this morning buses were evacuating some of those people still trapped in eastern aleppo. according to one u.n. official there was about 50 buses and two ambulances that were able to leave the rebel zone but, again, this is a fragile deal. a lot remains to be worked out here. while there is some process, it could easily be overturned. ayman. >> lucy kavanov, thank you for that. >>> the manhunt continues this morning as arkansas police look for a man who fatally shot a 3-year-old boy in little rock. a grandmother was driving her grandson while at a stop sign a man got out of the car and shot at the grandmother, missed her and shot and killed the grandmother. they were upset at the grandmother stalling. they posted this flyer to facebook and announced a $20,000 reward. >> did you get a chance to see the "star wars" "rogue one" movie. >> i tried to go and i couldn't get a ticket. i tried friday night and saturday night, it was impossible. a lot of people did. the "star wars" film reviewed in hyper space mode to say the least pulling in a whopping $155 million in ticket sales

all remain trapped in eastern aleppo. with the speak professor of middle east studies from the american university of paris. there is confusion concerning the ongoing evacuation. why are we seeing this back and forth? some militias fighting on behalf of the assad regime were opposed to some closures in the agreement. to include other conditions. it seems some open fire on the civilians and fighters, and that led to the suspension of the operations. there are now discussions in order to find a solution. but there are definitely tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside two or three neighborhoods after the suspension of this operation. the chaos really highlights the complexity of this situation and various groups and foreign interests involved in all of this. >> the whole situation is being managed by foreign actors. the regime is not capable of any position and it is mainly due to his allies that the aleppo operation happened. it is russia and iran, two states who decide on the regime. and it is turkey negotiating on

laura: aleppo is now a synonym for hell. that was the bleak assessment of the un's secretary-general, which came with a warning that children could die if they are not allowed to evacuate soon. attempt to evacuate civilians were held up again today. quentin sommerville has the latest. quentin: this is the moment hope turns to panic, when today's evacuations from eastern aleppo went wrong. "those people are being threatened by the regime," shout the activists. they are running away from the crossing point. "hurry up, hurry up. they are going to shoot at us. we have been following him for six months." the man beside him starts to sob. and then the gunfire begins. hezbollah fighters were shooting at evacuees, it seems over the head just to scare them. with that, the cease-fire in aleppo collapsed. thousands made it out overnight, clinging to anything they could. but today in the streets of eastern aleppo, tens of thousands more were still trapped. the rebels weren't living up to their side of the bargain, said the regime, by al

for the fifirst time in four yes controls thegime entire city of aleppo. the rebel fighters left the city as part of an evacuation deal today. tens of thousands of people have been moved to this week. they are known the opposition controlled province. u.n. observers have been deployed to monitor their treatment. esme kernan and is in beirut with more details -- beth mckernan. ofh: after 8 days evacuations and tense negotiations, it does look like the battle for aleppo is over. today, the syrian army said it did a full sweep of what used to be a rebel controlled areas. a mere who refused -- couple of hundred, it is not clear whether they are fighters are civilians -- can probably expect to be dealt with quite harshly. in other cities. makes human-- rights groups -- people in west aleppo have been celebrating fighting. years of there are photos of christmas celebrations, tourists climbing to the top of the city's ancient city delegate. it is not the end of the war, but it is a victory for president assad. >> what about the people have been moved out of easte

to leave eastern aleppo on a safe passage. it will increase our leverage on insisting on an urgent -- reporter: survival is a race against time for many. food and medicine is running out and winter is approaching. brent: we want to go to the simon, who is in middle east analyst at lancaster university in the u.k.. good evening, simon. what are you hearing about the conditions on the ground now in eastern aleppo? >> it is nothing good. people are increasingly worried about what is happening and about what the future is going to hold in the coming hours, days, they are not even thinking about weeks. they are more concerned about getting through the night, getting through the next day and so on. it is a precarious situation, dealing with survival and surviving a night free from bombs, or surviving in terms of getting access to food, keeping healthy and staying warm. a number of serious challenges. brent: a lot of challenges. we spoke earlier when it became apparent that aleppo is about to fall. it has not fallen completely. we ha

aleppo's old city reduced to dust and rubble. those who remain can only guess at what is supposed to happen now. phil: let's join richard walker in washington for more on this. welcome, richard. what is the security council hoping to achieve with this resotion? richard: well, the main point of this resolution is to get you on observers introduced evacuation process so they can monitor the situation on the ground to make sure that this evacuation is safe. and also, explicitly in a text to the resolution, assuring the safety of those people who decide they don't want to evacuate, those people who want to stay in their homes. the question of whether this will work, of course, is another one. there have been a great number of attempts in the un security council to bring about progress in syria that have failed in the past. the bloodshed is simply continued. samantha power, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, though, was sounding cautiously positive. she had this to say. >> today's resolution, i think, is significant in the sen

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