but aleppo has also resulted in further radicalization of some armed groups. one of the new formations -- with a number of other extremist armed groups. the presence of these groups raises serious concerns for escalation of hostilities in those areas, which puts at risk the evacuees now leaving there. we don't need a crystal ball to say that. in northern syria the fight against isil has resultedded in the group losing control over significant swaths of territory. but even as isil loses ground, let's not forget that there were multiple parties contesting the same territory which further puts civilians at risk. the commission continues to investigate allegations of chemical weapons. we recently documented the use of chlorine in our last, two last reports. we are now investigating since the following day of the incident the allegedded use of sarin that killed people. this is our mandate. we have the mandate to investigate any war crime or human rights violation and we are also conscious that the majority of the victims of this conflict have not perished because o

aleppo has resulted in further radicalization of armored groups. hts,of the new formations, united a terrorist group with a number of other extremist armed groups. the presence of these groups in raisesnd western aleppo serious concerns for escalation of hostilities in those areas, which puts at risk the evacuees now leaving. you don't need a crystal ball to say that. isil has against resulted in the group losing control of a significant swath of territory. ground, let'soses not forget there are multiple parties contesting the same territory, which further puts civilians at risk. the commission continues to investigate allegations of weapons by parties to the conflict. we recently documented the use of chlorine in our last two reports. we are investigating sense the following day of this incident, the alleged use of sarin or s t killede substance tha many. this is our mandate to to investigate any war crime o humanr rights violation. we are cautious that the majority of the victims have not perished because of chemical weapons attacks, by conventio

a huge explosion near aleppo hits a convoy of buses carrying thousands of syrian evacuees. there are reports that more than 100 people are dead. translation: i can't describe it. i'm speechless. there are dead people everywhere. north korea warns it's ready for a nuclear attack, as it displays its newest military hardware on the anniversary of the birth of the country's founder. turkish politicians have made their final appeals ahead of sunday's referendum on whether the president should be given new powers. and the world loses the last living link to the 19th century — we look back at the live of emma morano, who's died at 117. hello and welcome. we begin in syria — where a huge car bomb has hit a convoy of buses carrying evacuees from two government—held towns. the passengers had been waiting at a transit point — travelling from fuua and kafraya — to the west of aleppo. the delay was caused by rebel groups raising concerns about the status of people leaving rebel—held territory near the capital damascus in a reciprocal evacuation. it isn't yet clear who carrie

the blast near aleppo struck a convoy of buses as thousands of people were being moved from two besieged towns. north korea parades what are thought to be the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles — amid fears it is moving closer to a long—range atomic arsenal. everton football club bans sun journalists from its grounds following a controversial column by kelvin mackenzie about one of its players. i think it is disgraceful, the way he spoke about ross barkley and the way he described the people of liverpool. what he said about ross barkley was shocking. it is what they have done for years, it is disgusting. teachers at the nut‘s conference in cardiff threaten industrial action overfunding. the union votes in support of a ballot on strike action over the school budgets in england. and in 30 minutes, join us for a weather world, were at belfast international airport, weather world, were at belfast internationalairport, going weather world, were at belfast international airport, going behind the scenes to find outjust international airport, going behind the scenes to fin

hundreds of others injured in the attack were rushed to hospital in aleppo. it is still not clear who was responsible for the attack on the local islamist rebel groups have denied any involvement. the people travelling in these buses were part ofa travelling in these buses were part of a deal between government and opposition forces to evacuate civilians from towns besieged by both sides, they were attacked as they waited for another convoy to go in the south, evacuating civilians from rebel held areas. but an attack like this that left so many dead has raised doubts about whether they will be more evacuation deals in the future. remaining survivors in the convoy continued theirjourney to aleppo in relative safety. the united nations condemned the attack and urged all sides to secure the safety of evacuees yet there are already fears that civilians in rebel held areas may now face revenge attacks. james landale, bbc news. special services have been held around the world to celebrate easter sunday. here, the queen and prince philip attended a service in windso

near aleppo where people were waiting to be taken to safety from rebel—held areas. up to 100 eva cu ees from rebel—held areas. up to 100 evacuees have reportedly died. it is not clear who carried out the attack, although a group linked to al qaeda has been blamed. north korea has tried and apparently failed to launch a missile. it follows military parade in pyongyang, where what appeared to be new ballistic missiles were displayed. we tensions high in the region, there were fears it might make its sixth nuclear test. turkish politicians have been making their final appeals to voters ahead of sunday's important constitutional referendum. president erdogan told supporters the changes would make turkey stronger. his opponents say it would lead to an increasingly authoritarian regime. britain's creative industries are

of aleppo, waiting to move into the government area, and they presented a sitting target. we were hearing that it was a very easy target, still no indication as to who is behind this attack. we have not had any claim, a bit of detailfrom attack. we have not had any claim, a bit of detail from one eyewitness who was describing how it happened, seeing that the van that was driven by the suicide bomber was actually distributing crisps to children just moments before it exploded, and it shows just how much this attack, amongst all the attacks that we have had, resonates, because these were families, some of them had been waiting to leave the villages for around two years, and the images are just too graphic to show, images, one for example, a child of around three years old, he was caught half out of a window of the play and utterly killed in that moment by the attack. many bodies lying beside the side of the road. what is extraordinary, though, is that this exchange has actually resumed since the attack. that may be an indication ofjust how desperate people on that side wants

the blast near aleppo struck a convoy of buses as thousands of people were being moved from two besieged towns. north korea parades what are thought to be the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles — amid fears it is moving closer to a long—range nuclear arsenal. everton football club bans sun journalists from its grounds following a controversial column by kelvin mackenzie about one of its players. i think it's disgraceful the way that he spoke about ross barkley and the way he described the people of liverpool. what he set about ross barkley is a shocking sight think it's right. lim what he has done for yea rs, it's right. lim what he has done for years, not just the it's right. lim what he has done for years, notjust the last it's right. lim what he has done for years, not just the last week, it's right. lim what he has done for years, notjust the last week, is disgusting. —— what he has done for yea rs. and coming up political commentatorjo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror help me review the sunday morning papers — including the

the blast near aleppo struck a convoy of buses as thousands of people were being moved from two besieged towns. north korea parades what are thought to be the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles amid fears it is moving closer to a long range atomic arsenal. everton football club bans sun journalists from its grounds following a controversial column by kelvin mackenzie about one of its players. it is disgraceful the way he spoke about ross barkley and describe the people of liverpool. what he said was shocking, it is only right. people of liverpool. what he said was shocking, it is only rightm is what they have done for years, it is what they have done for years, it is disgusting. and coming up — the papers with political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror. the lead in the observer says that free schools will benefit wealthier regions. that is coming up in 30 minutes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a massive suicide bomb in syria has hit a convoy of buses on the outskirts of aleppo, where thousands of people from two be

in aleppo, aleppo city, it was completely governed by the civilians and then the free syrian army fighting there, they are the -- what they call the moderates, but they are the free syrian army. >> and they're certainly not isis. >> no isis, no al nusra there. and the regime and the russians, they targeted aleppo extremely violently, heavily on a daily basis to eradicate all of aleppo, and they did. they demolished the whole city and then they pushed 500,000 people outside the town. >> and where is isis in this? >> isis is in raqqah and it has no presence in aleppo. they pushed all the civilians outside of the town and then they took -- like they paraded in front of the city that we liberated aleppo from isis. >> the russian airstrikes, there are reports that they hit hospitals, orphanages, is that true? >> schools. yes. they targeted only schools, hospitals and the main service delivery, like bakeries, hospitals, schools and -- and by doing this they were making sure that if somebody is injured, there's no hospital to go and kids, if there are no schools, then they only resort either to v

just a short bus ride from aleppo and a better life. but then this... from aleppo and a better life. a massive suicide bomb attack. a vehicle supposedly carrying food packed, instead, with explosives. carrying food packed, devastating the convoy of buses and cars. a potato truck, as they were very hungry, comes and offers for the kids potato chips, potato bags. so the kids, who were very hungry, some of them left the buses and went to the truck and as soon as they approached the truck, the truck exploded. as they approached the truck, and that is why it emerged today that among the 126 people dead were 68 children, according to british—based activists who monitor the conflict. according to british—based activists hundreds of others injured in the attack were rushed to hospital in aleppo. in the attack were rushed it is still not clear who was responsible for the attack, although local islamist rebel groups have denied any involvement. the people travelling in these buses were part of a deal between government and opposition forces t

trail of bodies, including children, as the convoy waited in rebel—held territory on the outskirts of aleppo. everton football club bans sun journalists from its stadium and training ground following a column by kelvin mackenzie regarding midfielder ross barkley. i think it's disgraceful the way he spoke about ross barkley and the way that he described the people of liverpool. what he said about ross barkley i think is shocking, so i think it's only right. what they've done for years, notjust in the last week, is disgusting. and tottenham ramp up the pressure on leaders chelsea, closing the gap to four points at the top of the premier league. that, and the rest day's sporting headlines, at 6:30pm on sportsday. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. in a moment we'll have a full summary of all the latest news, both here on bbc news channel and on bbc one. but first, the events in north korea. the country has warned the united states that it's ready to react to any provocative action. it comes as the country staged a huge military parade, displaying what appeared to be new submarine—based ba

this is the city of al bab in northern aleppo. here, the victory belongs to the free syrian army, and defeat to the so—called islamic state. everyone has a foreign backer here. for some it's russia or america. for this division it's turkey. this is hallowed ground for the islamic state. this tiny village, dabiq, was a beacon, drawing in foreign fighters from across the globe. dabiq was a great symbol for the islamic state group. it was here that the prophet muhammad said that muslims would defeat the romans. this is also the spot where britain's "jihadi john" murdered the american aid worker peter kassig. is were right about one thing, though. this is a place of reckoning, but it's the place of their defeat and they've now been driven more than 100 kilometres from here. and these days they don't make much mention of dabiq. to the south of al bab, the free syrian army face a different enemy. the syrian regime. there's a truce on these lines. the regime are only 150 metres away. and now that it's free from is, displaced from alepp

the blast happened on the outskirts of aleppo. this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale contains some distressing scenes. they were heading for what they thought was safety, thousands of civilians from government—held villages had been under siege by rebel forces for two years. just a short bus ride from aleppo, and a better life. but then this. a massive suicide bomb attack. a vehicle supposedly carrying food, packed instead with explosives. devastating the convoy of buses and cars. a potato truck, as they were hungry, comes and offers for the kids potato chips, potato bags. so the kids, who were very hungry, they left, some of them left the buses, went to the truck, and as soon as they approached the truck, it exploded. and that is why it emerged today that among the 126 dead were 68 children, according to british—based activists who monitor the conflict. hundreds of others injured in the attack were rushed to hospital in aleppo. it is still not clear who was responsible for the attack, although local isla

hundreds of others injured in the attack were rushed to hospital in aleppo. it is still not clear who was responsible for the attack although local islamist rebel groups have denied any involvement. the people travelling in these buses were part of a deal between government and opposition forces to evacuate civilians from towns besieged by both sides. they were attacked as they waited for another convoy to go in the south, evacuating civilians from rebel—held areas. but an attack like this that left so many dead will raise doubts about whether there will be more evacuation deals in the future. the remaining survivors in the convoy continued their journey to aleppo in relative safety. the united nations condemned the attack and urged all sides to secure the safety of evacuees. but there are already fears that civilians in rebel—held areas may now face revenge attacks. tulsen tollet has all the sport. the english premier league title race has taken another twist after manchester united beat league leaders chelsea 2—0 at old trafford. marcus rashford put t

hundreds of others injured in the attack were rushed to hospital in aleppo. it is still not clear who was responsible for the attack but the local islamist rebel groups have denied any involvement. the people travelling in these buses were part of a deal between government and opposition forces to evacuate civilians from towns besieged by both sides. they were attacked as they waited for another convoy to go in the south, evacuating civilians from rebel held areas. but an attack like this that left so many dead has raised doubts about whether there will be more evacuation deals in the future. the remaining survivors in the convoy continued theirjourney to aleppo in relative safety. the united nations condemned the attack and urged all sides to secure the safety of evacuees, but there are already fears that civilians in rebel held areas may now face revenge attacks. james landale, bbc news. the number of people killed following the collapse of a rubbish dump in the sri lankan capital colombo has increased to 26, including six children. hopes are fading that an

since last night, the convoy had been held up on the road near aleppo because of a hitch in the deal agreed between government forces and the rebels for the evacuation. that left everyone here very exposed to an attack. with so many killed and injured in this bombing, there are fears of revenge attacks and an end to further agreements to get people out of other besieged towns and villages. for those who survived this attack, the aim now is to get them to safe areas as quickly as possible. some are already reported to be getting back on buses, leaving the horror of this day behind them. richard galpin, bbc news. many of the so bold as —— survivors are receiving treatment at a hospital in the government—controlled area of aleppo. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we look at how new drivers are being put in the test using technology. everton football club has banned sun newspaper journalists from its ground following an article written by the paper's columnist and former editor kelvin mackenzie. in it he compared the intelligence of everton footballer ross barkley to that o

charlie: there are a few cities in syria that have suffered more than aleppo. you had factions right at each other for a long time. you had a hospital there. dr. hallam: i've been involved in the syrian humanitarian response for the last six years, and involved in the building of six hospitals in northern syria and the aleppo governance. what we saw back in november when that this easement of easton aleppo happened, was in one weekend, five hospitals were bombed, including a children's hospital. we know that the data that has been collected by physicians, by amnesty international, human rights watch, this was intentional destruction of health care, rather than as a collateral damage of war. that children's hospital that was run by the independent doctors association had been bombed a staggering six times before hand. really, that is what galvanized this global movement to rebuild the children's hospital in aleppo. it was our way of saying, if war criminals are going to commit these murders and governments are going to stand by and let them act with absolute imp

she recently led an effort to rebuild a children's hospital in aleppo. dr. anne schuchat is a professor at the icon school of medicine . there has been another chemical weapons attack outside of damascus that happened today. >> today. >> rose: and you know this from your workers. >> i know this from my sources directly there in the field. so the doctor who actually responded to this told me about it, about four hours ago, which is shortly after it happened. >> rose: and what did he say? the first thing you know when there is a chemical attack is that -- it's usually the smell. you can smell something. today's was chlorine. that's not to say it's not mixed wiwith sarin or something equaly hideous which is what we saw on tuesday, of course, but that's the first thing that you often notice is the smell and then the patients start to writhe. >> rose: this is an important fact. if the fact that so soon after retaliation against the use of chemical weapons they're using chemical weapons. >> yes, that's his response and that's what we've seen before is it's not fir

rolla hallam let an effort to help a children's hospital in aleppo. dr. annie sparrow visits frequently to train syrian health care workers. they birth -- both participated in this weeks women in the world summit. i am pleased to have been here at this time. what i would like to do first is going to let you said to me that i did not know. there has been another chemical weapon attack outside of damascus that happened today. dr. sparrow: today. charlie: and you know this from your workcharlie:? dr. sparrow: i know this from my sources directly in the field. the doctor who responded to this told me about it about four hours ago, shortly after it happened. the first thing you know whether a chemical attack happened is that -- it's usually the smell. you can smell something. chlorine.s that doesn't meet if a it was just chlorine, not mixed with something hideous, which is what we saw on tuesday, but that's when -- that is the first thing you notice. then the patients start to arrive. charlie: this is an important fact. if there's retaliation so soon, they are

when we were liberating eastern aleppo from the terrorist groups, the entire international community was mobilised against syria. recently, in attacks carried out by the same terrorist groups who occupied eastern aleppo against damascus, the capital of syria, not a single incident was reported. during these attacks, many syrian civilians, of the international media, against the syrian government, with the support of certain governments like those in saudi arabia, and turkey. let me ask you this. what is your reaction going to be, to the american attack last night? this is an unjustifiable attack. this is an aggression against a sovereign country. it's the responsibility of the security council acting within the charter, and the role of the security council to stop such attacks against sovereign country. only a week ago, the position of the american government, the trump administration, well, it was that assad is a matter for the syrian people, not for the american government, against syria, and i think the administration in washington and other countries were subject to a misleading

from the reuters news agency that the death toll has reached 112 as the result of that attack near aleppo on saturday. voting is underway in turkey in a referendum that could grant sweeping new powers to president erdogan. if approved, the role of prime minister would be scrapped, as our correspondent mark lowen explains. a divisive campaign has ended and turkey now faces the biggest political choice in its modern history. both sides made a frantic push to the end. voter turnout will be decisive in the outcome. the yes side believes a stronger presidency, scrapping the post of prime minister, will make the government more efficient. if they win, the president will receive enhanced powers to appoint ministers, choosejudges, issue decrees and dissolve parliament. a human chain by the no side who say the reforms would remove parliamentary checks and balances, and that an authoritarian president erdogan has destroyed what was left of turkish democracy. it has been a traumatic few months in turkey with an attempted coup and repeated terror attacks that have killed around 500 people. the govern

since last night, the convoy had been held up on the road near aleppo because of a hitch in the deal agreed between government forces and the rebels for the evacuation. that left everyone here very exposed to an attack. with so many killed and injured in this bombing, there are fears of revenge attacks and an end to further agreements to get people out of other besieged towns and villages. for those who survived this attack, the aim now is to get them to safe areas as quickly as possible. some are already reported to be getting back on buses, leaving the horror of this day behind them. richard galpin, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: the world loses the last living link to the 19th century. we look back at the life of emma morano, who's died at 117. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditiona

since last night, the convoy had been held up on the road near aleppo because of a hitch in the deal agreed between government forces and the rebels for the evacuation. that left everyone here very exposed to an attack. with so many killed and injured in this bombing, there are fears of revenge attacks and an end to further agreements to get people out of other besieged towns and villages. for those who survived this attack, the aim now is to get them to safe areas as quickly as possible. some are already reported to be getting back on buses, leaving the horror of this day behind them. richard galpin, bbc news. there is much more on line. you can get much more on the four towns deal. tens of thousands of people across the united states have marched in more than 100 cities to demand that president trump releases his tax returns, something he has refused to do. some protesters carried huge inflatable chickens, suggesting the president was scared to release the data. president trump's predcessors over the last a0 years have all released their tax returns. greg dawson has more. fanfare.

there's no one in eastern aleppo. you only have skeletons of buildings and almost an apocalyptic moonscape. people are not there. schools are not starting. investment is not going into these communities because people do not want to live under bashar al-assad again, many of them. charlie: arab leaders want him in power? clarissa: very few of them. charlie: iran is the only country that i know. clarissa: iran is the only one that would want him in power in the long term. in the short term, there is a recognition in the region and perhaps further a field -- i'm thinking the jordanians. assad can not stay long time. it doesn't make sense. you cannot have a man who has butchered his own people live in a thriving country. there is a measured expectation as to the speed with which assad would need to go and the mechanisms that would need to enforce his removal. charlie: can you do that without the russians? clarissa: no. i would argue it is not possible to come to any conclusion or peaceful resolution, or even a path toward

at least 43 people have died in syria, after a huge car bomb exploded on the outskirts of aleppo. thousands of people from two besieged government—held towns were waiting to be transported under the terms of an evacuation deal. north korea warns the us not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks". the comments came as north korea marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, kim il—sung. everton bans sun journalists from its stadium and training ground, following a column by kelvin mackenzie regarding midfielder ross barkley. teachers at the nut conference have voted in favour of possible strike action in england, because of concerns about funding pressure. now on bbc news, it's time for a programme to mark the 20th anniversary of bbc hardtalk. some very significant people have lined up, condemning what you have done, or questioning it. i'm not sure... the european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, "publishing them again and again pours petro

just on the outskirts of aleppo. government linked sources are saying it was a suicide bomb. when you look at the images, there are ten, 11 buses, which are basically blackened and devastated by the blast, bodies lying on the side of the road, children among them, presumably many bodies inside. i think we may see a much higher level of casualties than we are already hearing. these were people coming from two villages, madeley shia villages. they were being evacuated in what is quite a complex deal which has been tried before on a smaller scale and again, there were problems with that. with two towns in damascus which are rebel—held but have been under siege by pro—government forces by two yea rs. by pro—government forces by two years. the deal stalled yesterday because of that happened in the past with this particular deal and with other deals, two, government soldiers, officials are concerned about who was coming out of the rebel villages, the rebel towns. are they fighters? too many fighters? are they coming with weapons they are not supposed to bring? that is why the

aleppo was the final nail in that coffin." he went on to say, "essentially the civil war is over and assad has won." clarissa: there is no question when you look at how the momentum has shifted and the fall of aleppo. we have seen not the end of the opposition, but what you are seeing is the opposition turning into a guerrilla style insurgency, rather than 2 equals. they were never equals, but 2 fighting factions on the battlefield. that theprovince rebels are in control of is idlib. if the chemical attack is a harbinger of things to come, you can be sure that the assad regime will try, perhaps in the near future, to push the rebels completely out of the idlib regain control of that territory across the north of the country. the problem of the regime is an empiricalmost victory. who lives there, there's no one in eastern aleppo. you only have skeletons of buildings and almost an apocalyptic moon-scape. people are not there. schools are not starting. investment is not going into these communities because people do not want to l

in places like aleppo and they have tried to come to idlib but it is following them. your organisation's priorities, we think of so many children involved, children died in that chemical attack but so many are living in very difficult conditions? extremely difficult. as well as the day—to—day challenges of the bombing at the lack of aid, nearly 2 million children inside syria or out of school and have been for several yea rs, school and have been for several years, many other schools have been bombed or taken over by armed groups. that prevents children getting an education. they are also incredibly scarred by the emotional and psychological trauma they have been through over the past six years of incredible violence. and that is really going to have potentially a very long—term impact on the next generation of syrian youths have to rebuild the country after the war. we are seeing the devastating consequences right now but the potential long—term consequences could be greater unless we can bring an end to this conflict once and for all very soon. you mention t

a land route from aleppo to provide support to raqqa is also being negotiated and explored. the humanitarian situation is, i'm sad to say. >> rating, if that were possible, and need for active enengagement bit by the couple is -- by the council is urgent lid needed. -- urgently needed. this needs include a consolidation of the nationwide cease fire and in particular a invite -- to enable the delivery of aid. the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure by all parties to the conflict. the lifting of arbitrary and bureaucratic impediments by all party inside syrian it's imperative that no country or group prevent people from moving in safety and humanitarian organizations from accessing people in need wherever they are in syria. a change in access to beseeminged and hard to reach location are needed in order to ensure full implementation of convoy plans and ensure delivery on the basis humanitarian needs and assessments. also to the removal of medical convoys. immediate unimpeded and sustained access to all the needs throughout syria, particular n particular an imme

aleppo was the final nail in that coffin." he went on to say, "essentially the civil war is over and assad has won." clarissa: there is no question when you look at how the momentum has shifted and the enormous significance of the fall of aleppo. we did see essentially, not quite the end of the opposition, but what you are seeing is the opposition turning into a guerrilla-style insurgency, than two equals. they were never equals, but two fighting factions on the battlefield. the only province that the rebels are in control of is idlib. if the events that we saw with the chemical attack are anything to go by, if they are a harbinger of things to come, you can be sure that the assad regime will try, perhaps in the near future, to push the rebels completely out of the idlib regaine and therefore control of that swath of territory across the north of the country. the problem of the regime is that it is almost an empirical victory. you take back that territory but what is left there? there is no people living in eastern aleppo. you

today it opens to children in the aleppo area. amy: how much humanitarian aid is getting to the people of syria and from international groups? >> we have a huge deficit in the human a terry and eight that needs to be delivered. there are multiple reasons for that. there are many that we cannot access. the huge problem is, it is a local he military and better delivering most of the work. global to global protection said we were doing 75% of the military and work. we are receiving a shocking less than 1% of the humanitarian funding. a does not take a genius to work out of the groups who have access that are delivering the aid on the ground do not have the funding,, therefore there ae millions of people who are needlessly dying and suffering because we're notot able to deliver the aid that is happening there to them. amy: y you will be speaking with the u.n. ambassador nikki haley. do you think she made a mistake in saying the u.s. is not interested in regime change in syria? i think that there has been so many signs by various inter

amy: your hospital is opening today in aleppo? >> yes, that is the glimmer of hope in this real kind of scene of absolute devastation. so the people's convoy was -- it basically came out of the bombings of five hospitals back in november. i knew that so many people around the world engaged citizens, wanted to show their care and support and solidarity with syrian humanitarians, but did not know how to channel that. that is where the people's convoy quintals of over 5000 people crack to this hospital. we then physically took hospital equipment over to syria, working with independent doctors associations, our syrian ngo, and they were so incredibly moved by this happening from around the world. they call it hope hospital. today it opens to children in the aleppo area. amy: how much humanitarian aid is getting to the people of syria and from international groups? >> we have a huge deficit in the human a terry and eight that needs to be delivered. there are multiple reasons for that. there are many that we cannot access. the huge prob

aleppo was the final nail in that coffin. and he went on to say that essentially the civil war is over. >> uh-huh. >> and assad has won. >> i think that there is no question when you look at how the momentum has shifted. and the enormous significants of the fall of aleppo. we did see essentially not quite the end of the opposition, but i think now what you're seeing is the opposition turning too more of a gorilla style insurgency than a sort of-- then two equals, well, they were never equals but two different fighting factions facing against each other on the battle field. the only province that the rebels are still in control of is i hadlib and if the events that we saw with the chemical attack are anything to go by, if there a harbinger of things to come, you can be sure that the assad regime is going to try perhaps in the near future, 2 remains to be seen, to push the rebels completely out of idlib province. and therefore regain control of that swath of territory across the north of the country. the problem for the regime

this is the city of al bab in northern aleppo. here, the victory belongs to the free syrian army, and defeat to the so—called islamic state. everyone has a foreign backer here. for some it's russia or america. for this division it's turkey. this is hallowed ground for the islamic state. this tiny village, dabiq, was a beacon, drawing in foreign fighters from across the globe. dabiq was a great symbol for the islamic state group. it was here that the prophet muhammad said that muslims would defeat the romans. this is also the spot where britain's "jihadi john" murdered the american aid worker peter kassig. is were right about one thing, though. this is a place of reckoning, but it's the place of their defeat and they've now been driven more than 100 kilometres from here. and these days they don't make much mention of dabic. to the south of al bab, the free syrian army face a different enemy. the syrian regime. there's a truce on these lines. the regime are only 150 metres away. and now that it's free from is, displaced from alepp

the syrian observatory for human rights said the explosion occurred at rashidin, west of aleppo, where buses were waiting to transport thousands of people under an evacuation deal. government—linked sources say it was a suicide attack. earlier, our arab affairs editor sebastian usher told me what we know about this attack. this was a massive bomb blast, there was a long convoy of buses were several thousands of people had been waiting since yesterday for evacuation just on the outskirts of aleppo. government linked sources are saying it was a suicide bomb. when you look at the images, there we re when you look at the images, there were ten, 11 buses, black and devastated by the buses, bodies lying on the side of the road, children among them, presumably many bodies inside, so i think that we may see much higher level of casualties than we are already seeing. these people were coming from mainly two village throw, mainly shia villages, from an area largely controlled by the rebels. they were being evacuated as part of a complex deal, which had been tried before on a smaller scale. the

reporter: in northern aleppo, the so-called islamic state critic to the end of days. but here, it has come apart. -- hallowed ground for i.s., but no longer there. forms a begin drawing in -- foreign fighters from across the globe. this was a great symbol for the islamic state group. here the prophet mohammed said that muslims would defeat the romans. this is also the spot where britain's jihadi john murdered the american aid worker. i.s. will write about one thing though -- this is a place of reckoning, but it is the place of their defeat. they are being driven more than 100 kilometers from here. these days, they don't make much mention of this place. .a nearby city , i.s. are gone, but there's another enemy for the army, the syrian regime. on thesea weary truce front lines. the regime are only 150 meters away. airstrikes are no longer a threat, but the islamic state's roadside bombs and be traps are everywhere -- booby-traps are everywhere. the monthly -- mostly ethnic turks in the area fought here to drive out i.s., but also to stop the kurds. the rebuilding of the

near aleppo where people were waiting to be taken to safety from rebel—held areas. up to 100 eva cu ees from rebel—held areas. up to 100 evacuees have reportedly died. it is not clear who carried out the attack, although a group linked to al qaeda has been blamed. north korea has tried and apparently failed to launch a missile. it follows military parade in pyongyang, where what appeared to be new ballistic missiles were displayed. we tensions high in the region, there were fears it might make its sixth nuclear test. turkish politicians have been making their final appeals to voters ahead of sunday's important constitutional referendum. president erdogan told supporters the changes would make turkey stronger. his opponents say it would lead to an increasingly authoritarian regime. britain's creative industries are urging the government to overhaul its approach to the sector as ministers draw up upa new up a new national industrial strategy. they say british creativity is a big export earner — and should be taken just as seriously as other sectors such as car—m