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The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, has welcomed | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
a decision by the main opposition groups in Syria to take part | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
in peace talks in Geneva, the first in two years. | :00:31. | :00:32. | |
They boycotted the launch of the negotiations yesterday | :00:33. | :00:34. | |
but now say they have received assurances about their | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
From Geneva, Imogen Foulkes sent this report. | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
Syria's war has lasted five long years. | :00:44. | :00:44. | |
A least 250,000 Syrians have been killed, 13 million driven | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
This last winter, sieges have caused starvation. | :00:49. | :01:00. | |
Despite months of planning by the UN, on the first day | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
of the talks, only a Syria government team showed up. | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
The opposition pointedly stayed away. | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
Now, after days of deliberation, the opposition says it will travel | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
Our top agenda is the humanitarian, lifting the sieges. | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
We have 18 places in Syria that are starving. | :01:21. | :01:22. | |
To have this in the 21st century, it's a disaster. | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
On the table for discussion are: a ceasefire, a transitional | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
government and a new constitution, and finally, UN-supervised | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
elections, so the Syrians can choose their own government. | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
Of course, that is a very ambitious list, and no-one here at the UN | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
expects this process to be quick or easy. | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
These negotiations will start very modestly, proximity talks, | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
Maybe some small measures to begin with, a local ceasefire or access | :01:53. | :02:01. | |
But those little things could lead to much bigger prizes - | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
And anything which allows Syria's people to hope that their future | :02:09. | :02:16. | |
lies at home and not on a risky, rickety, smuggler's boat to Europe, | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Meanwhile, in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, | :02:21. | :02:30. | |
16 more people are now understood to have died of starvation,according | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
Earlier this month, a UN convoy was allowed to deliver some | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
emergency supplies to the town, where up to 40,000 people | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
New research indicates that a brain tumour treatment, | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
known as proton beam therapy, may be as effective as conventional | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
radiotherapy but with fewer side effects. | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
The treatment was at the centre of a high-profile medical dispute | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
in 2014, when the parents of five-year-old Ashya King | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
removed him from hospital, against doctors' advice, | :03:01. | :03:02. | |
Here's our health correspondent, Adam Brimelow. | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
His report contains some flash photograpy. | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
Ashya King's case highlighted the complex and often agonising | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
progress behind decisions over treatment for malignant brain | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
tumours, when survival is uncertain and side effects may be severe. | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
His parents insisted he should have proton beam therapy. | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
Eventually the NHS in England paid for him to have the treatment | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
in the Czech Republic, though new facilities | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
The Lancet study followed 59 patients with the most common kind | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
of malignant brain tumour in children. | :03:39. | :03:40. | |
After five years, survival was similar to conventional radio | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
therapy, but with fewer side effects, with no sign of damage | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
to the heart, lungs and digestive system. | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
you don't get as many side effects, therefore you improve the quality | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
of life of the people who are undergoing this | :03:57. | :03:58. | |
An accompanying editorial in the Lancet says this trial sets | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
a new benchmark for treating this type of tumour in children, | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
but some experts point out the findings relate to only one type | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
of tumour in a specific age group and much more research is needed | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
for the full understanding of the merits of proton beam therapy. | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
David Bowie left an estate valued at about ?70 million, | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
according to his will, which has been filed in New York. | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
Half will go to his widow, Iman, along with the home they shared | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
The rest is to be shared between his son and daughter. | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
It was also revealed that the rock star requested that his ashes | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
be scattered in Bali in a Buddhist ritual. | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
The singer died of cancer earlier this month. | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
A survey suggests that, for the first time, more Anglicans | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
in the UK support same-sex marriage than oppose it. | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
The poll, of more than 6,000 people across Great Britain, | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
indicates there's been a significant increase in support in recent years. | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
The Church of England's official stance is that marriage can be only | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
Our religious affairs correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, reports. | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
The church's official position on same-sex marriage was made clear | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
again, when leaders from the Anglican communion met | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
Despite an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury, | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
the hurt caused by the church in the past, to the faithful | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
Protesters outside the meeting called on the church to set | :05:22. | :05:30. | |
an example in fighting homophobia in Africa and elsewhere | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
and change its doctrine on same-sex marriage. | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
Now a new poll shows that, for the first time, | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
more of the faithful approve of same-sex marriage | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
45% are in favour, compared with 37% who believe it's wrong. | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
A similar survey three years ago showed almost half opposed. | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
There are also generational differences. | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
The lowest level of support for same-sex marriage, | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
at 24%, were among Anglican men aged over 55, the group that dominates | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
The YouGov poll was commissioned by a leading gay activist | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
The spokesperson for the church said it was holding what it calls "shared | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
conversations" on the issue and would continue to do | :06:20. | :06:21. | |
There'll be highlights of the Australian Open coming up on BBC | :06:22. | :06:33. | |
One, so if you don't want to know the results of the women's final, | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
look away now. Tennis, and there was a shock defeat | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
for the world number one, Serena Williams, at | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
the Australian Open in Melbourne. She was beaten by Germany's | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Williams went into the match | :06:47. | :06:48. | |
as the heavy favourite and was hoping to equal | :06:49. | :06:50. | |
Steffi Graf's record of 22 More on today's stories on the BBC | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
News channel. The next news on BBC One is at 5. 40pm. Bye for now. | :06:59. | :07:08. | |
Hello. Quite a bit calmer today across most areas of the UK after | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
yesterday's storm. But not completely calm. Still blustery, | :07:16. | :07:17. | |
showers about | :07:18. | :07:18. |