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

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

-- 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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

it's intervention in aleppo was decisive. even last year, rebels in aleppo were well supplied and were trying to encircle the regime-held side of the city. that has all changed. the rebel side collapsed, weekend by -- weakened by infighting but left jihadist groups dominant. , the rebels had weapons. pro-regime tv channels show what they said were captured stockpiles. the latest shows a shouldn't by bulgaria, unknown route to supplies for the saudis. the suffering of the people of aleppo is even more intense. rebels and the city have been defeated, and so have the countries backing them, including the u.s. and saudi arabia, and turkey. syria's war continues. jeremy bowen, bbc news. katty: the losers in the battle for aleppo are the men, women, and children. the winners are russia and iran. has announced he will nominate exxon mobil's ceo rex tillerson as secretary of state. even senators from his own party are raising concerns over his ties to russia. the president-elect met with media mogul kanye west. here is nick bryant. n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

no matter how horrible things are in aleppo. i have spoken many times about how horrible, what the russians have done with the ally mr. assad in aleppo is. in no way can justify an assassination of anyone let alone the ambassador. i can explain it and i can explain how people are upset about what the russians have done. but an explanation should never be confused with an excuse. >> talk about the repercussions that you are discussing, particularly when you look at what's happening in aleppo. how do you see it playing out? >> you know, there has been a reproachment between russia and turkey lately. after some real tension when the turks shot down the russian airplane. that was moving in a positive direction. i just have to imagine this will now increase tensions between those two countries. i also worry about copy cats. i worry that there are lots of people in the sunni world in turkey and within the russian federation upset with the images from aleppo. it is a major story covered in a way where this is scene as a crime against h

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

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 the 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, russianjets and warplanes all bombing us,

. >>> thousands fleeing aleppo. a tenuous truce holding. >>> dylann roof found guilty for the charleston church massacre. >>> good morning. i'm alison kosik. welcome to "early start." >> i'm christine romans. new this morning, president obama vows to take action of the hacking of the u.s. election. with the interview with npr, he directly confronted vladimir putin warning russia of a potential u.s. response. >> i think there is no doubt when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. >> the president was not specific about the form of u.s. response might take. he said some of it may be explicit and publicized. so may not. this as the u.s. official confirms to cnn that u.s. agencies believed putin ordered cyber attacks. for the latest on that, let's get to jim sciutto. >> reporter: it is believed that the intelligence community since they called russia out for this a month before the election, this hacking oper

in aleppo, syria. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> up first, president-elect of the united states rallies republicans in louisiana. look at this. live pictures from baltin rur right now, we're we're waiting for the president-elect donald trump to take the stage. attending a get out the vote rally for republican candidate kennedy running for re-election. live, coming by, stand by. coming up soon. >>> earlier met with paul ryan over trump tower in new york city. ryan's leadership crucial for the president-elect to turn his campaign promises into policies. >> very exciting meeting. i really enjoyed coming up here, meeting with the president-elect. had a great meeting talking about our transition, excited about getting to work and hitting the ground running in 2017 to put this country back on track. thanks, guys. >> trump has major openings to fill in his cabinet. among them, secretary of state, secretary of energy. director of national intelligence. secr

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

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

a new cease-fire in aleppo is holding, at least for now. let me show you some pictures and tell you you are now looking at something the 50,000 people trapped inside the syrian civil war have prayed for. see these buses? a safe way out. these green buses and ambulance vans today were allowed to carry people out of aleppo, a city where bombs rained down again and again and again. every single day. these pictures showing not only the long line of evacuation buses but the near complete destruction of aleppo. look at that. one of the world's oldest cities, a city that was once a thriving bustling metropolis. these pictures before and after an indication of the scale of ruin the city essentially flattened. but the safe passage out of aleppo is fraught with dangers. one convoy coming under attack by sniper fire and people inside this city are still begging the world to help them. a new video, one of the most heartbreaking yet, a plea from a group of or fphans inside of aleppo. >>> cnn's frederik pleitgen joins me now. he joins me now in syria. fr

we drove into west aleppo today. kedits edges, a wrec wednesday. skeletal buildings on streets once full of life. and in the rebel-held east of the city, a destructive conflict intensifies. the syrian military, backed by iranian and russian allies, are pushing deeper into the enclave. rebel forces have have now regrouped, vowing to fight back. the worst battles of this six-year war are creating its worst humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of people are fleeing into west aleppo. the area under government

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,

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

. >>> the assault a heon aleppo. thousands warned to get out or die. >>> welcome back to "early start." i'm george howell. we're following the fighting in syria. government forces there are closer than ever to retaking aleppo. northern 70% of the last rebel stronghold has been recaptured. assad regime is now using massive fire power to either kill or replace thousands of people. cnn's jomana karadsheh is following the story. jomana, we've been talking about the story for a while now. the extreme fighting so intense in parts of aleppo, many parts of that city have simply been leveled. >> and we have seen those images, george, coming out of those neighborhoods that have been claimed by the syrian regime. and what's left of them is large-scale destruction, and pretty much leveled when you look at these neighborhoods. as you mentioned over the past 24 hours, more advances by the syrian regime and their allied forces who have been provided by this air cover. this really powerful air cover, that they have been advancing un

now that it observe and look at an aleppo. now thatitis observe and look at an aleppo. now that it is small—scale bake and this is, frankly, it is pitiful. the international community has done nothing and now they are putting up a stink that they want to observe the round thing of the opposition and the movement of the civilians. it is little, it is late and frankly it is an embarrassment. it is better than nothing but it is nothing to applaud. very briefly, we saw the condition of the camps that the people are being evacuated to. hardly something that in ordinary conditions people would be happy about. what happens to them after this? the international community will have a better chance of being able to provide assistance in these areas. but, yes, it is freezing cold air. it is winter and they arrive with nothing. it will be on the back of the international community to try and help these people through winter. it is not pretty and frankly it is not going to be pretty any time soon. thank you for your time. at least ten people, including a canadian tourist and seven

. >>> save the aleppo children. thousands take to the streets to show solidarity while the people of aleppo wait to be evacuated. >> let them keep it. u.s. president-elect donald trump says to china. >>> company icy rain makes skating rinks of major u.s. highways. the forecast and how much ice is accumulating. we'll get that from sara maginnis. we're live here and in atlanta. welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states. welcome to "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> we begin with the horror in aleppo. thousands trapped in eastern aleppo. still trapped, hope a new evacuation deal could save their lives. civilians there are starving and afraid. and somehow they're existing in freezing temperatures. reuters is reporting the syrian government has confirmed the evacuation deal but that doesn't mean it will hold. just on friday, the last vac wapgss were suspended. the new deal, well it's more complicated. syria and its ally, iran, want the two towns on the lower left of this map to also be evacuated

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

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

we endured endless bombardment in aleppo. we managed to escape the destruction because our house was reduced to rubble. but tens of thousands of people are still trapped in aleppo. we'll have the latest on the evacuations. also this lunchtime. a wave of strikes by thousands of workers gets underway — hitting trains, post offices and airlines in the run—up to christmas. chaos at stormont as members walk out in a row over a no confidence vote in the first minister. all for footballing home all forfootballing home nations are finally £80,000 by fifa for displaying remembrance day poppies. hello darlings, i'm zsa zsa. and zsa zsa gabor — who once boasted she was "famous for being famous" — has died aged 99. and coming up in support, can a year makes a triple sentry in chennai as india include a record—breaking test score on england. —— nair hits a triple century. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. evacuations in syria are underway again from both east aleppo and government controlled villages. almo

at the scene the gunman shouted its support for syria and aleppo. thousands of people have been bussed out of the syrian city of aleppo is a ceasefire agreement holds. among them are almost 50 orphans who sent out a desperate message on social media just a few days ago. here, prepare for a week of industrial action in the run—up to christmas, postal workers are the latest to walk out adding to the disruption already facing travellers on the trains and soon to be at the airports. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the russian ambassador to turkey has been shot dead in an attack at an art gallery in the capital, ankara. andrei karlov was delivering a speech when the gunman struck, shooting him several times in the back — shouting "aleppo" and "revenge". russia and turkey are both involved in the conflict in syria. turkey is a staunch opponent of president assad. moscow has deployed troops and its air force in support of the syrian leader. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. moments before the shooting, behind the ambassador, his

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