:00:00. > :00:00.Outrage, as the plight of one small boy symbolises the suffering
:00:07. > :00:14.A five-year-old boy sits alone in an ambulance, dazed and bloodied
:00:15. > :00:19.after an airstrike on the besieged city of Aleppo.
:00:20. > :00:22.With the fighting escalating, there's anger at the UN at the lack
:00:23. > :00:31.of aid reaching millions of trapped people.
:00:32. > :00:38.Not one single convoy in one month has reached any of the humanitarian
:00:39. > :00:43.besieged areas. There are calls now
:00:44. > :00:46.for a 48-hour ceasefire - Russia, an ally of the Syrian
:00:47. > :00:49.president, says it will support it. The Brownlees triumph
:00:50. > :00:54.in the triathlon in Rio - gold medallist Alistair pays tribute
:00:55. > :01:09.to his sibling and rival. Obviously, I have just had the edge
:01:10. > :01:10.on Jonny in the last couple of races, but he's killed me in
:01:11. > :01:15.training almost everyday. A-level students get their results,
:01:16. > :01:18.as a record number take up And as government plans to cut
:01:19. > :01:21.childhood obesity are criticised, we look at one scheme which claims
:01:22. > :01:24.it's making a real difference. And coming up in Olympic
:01:25. > :01:26.Sportsday on BBC News - gold number 21 for Great Britain is
:01:27. > :01:30.won by Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills The bloodied and stunned face
:01:31. > :01:57.of a little boy after an airstrike in Aleppo has provoked
:01:58. > :01:59.outrage at the suffering of innocent civilians caught up
:02:00. > :02:01.in the fighting in Syria. Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh had
:02:02. > :02:03.been pulled from the rubble The UN and the EU has have called
:02:04. > :02:16.for an urgent temporary ceasefire to allow food and medical supplies
:02:17. > :02:19.into Aleppo, where millions No aid has been able to reach
:02:20. > :02:26.besieged areas in Syria in a month. Our chief international
:02:27. > :02:29.correspondent, Lyse Doucet, reports. Another air strike
:02:30. > :02:31.on a home in east Aleppo. Russian or Syrian warplanes attack
:02:32. > :02:33.this rebel-held area This time, a little boy is rescued
:02:34. > :02:42.from the rubble. Emergency teams rush
:02:43. > :02:45.him into an ambulance. Then, for a moment, he sits,
:02:46. > :02:52.in silence, in shock, on his own. When you are only five years old,
:02:53. > :03:02.it's hard to grasp what's woken This film provided by activists
:03:03. > :03:10.in Aleppo shot around the world, striking a chord with a world grown
:03:11. > :03:18.weary of Syria's plight. Aleppo, Syria's second city,
:03:19. > :03:20.has been at war since Now, it's the focus of intense
:03:21. > :03:27.fighting, despite pleas for a ceasefire to allow aid
:03:28. > :03:29.to reach millions across Syria, In Geneva today, a UN envoy,
:03:30. > :03:35.known for his patience, Not one single convoy in one
:03:36. > :03:48.month has reached any Within hours, Russia's offer,
:03:49. > :03:54.a 48-hour truce in Aleppo. Mr Mistura told the BBC
:03:55. > :03:59.what must happen next. For the Americans, they,
:04:00. > :04:02.too, should be saying yes to a humanitarian pause
:04:03. > :04:08.for Aleppo for 48 hours, then I think Omran's image
:04:09. > :04:14.would have helped at least to stop the carnage,
:04:15. > :04:16.for the time being, in Aleppo. Omran was treated here last
:04:17. > :04:19.night by Dr Mohammed. We need to tell all the world
:04:20. > :04:31.about these thousands of stories, This is what Omran's
:04:32. > :04:38.neighbourhood looks like now. His friends recount in detail
:04:39. > :04:43.what happened last night. We saw body parts,
:04:44. > :04:51.people pulled out." Later he vowed, "We
:04:52. > :04:55.are staying in Aleppo. Today, Omran's plight symbolises
:04:56. > :05:03.the suffering of Syria. He's focused many
:05:04. > :05:08.minds, for the moment. What Syria needs is an end
:05:09. > :05:20.to a terribly tangled war - Just heartbreaking images - what
:05:21. > :05:27.about the chance of this temporary ceasefire? As always, the answer
:05:28. > :05:29.lies with Russia and the United States and their allies in the
:05:30. > :05:35.region. There will be talks next week. Clock is ticking for John
:05:36. > :05:38.Kerry, the US Secretary of State, who has invested a lot in trying to
:05:39. > :05:43.find a way to work with Russia, to at least get a cessation of
:05:44. > :05:46.hostilities. We understand that this is what the Russians and the
:05:47. > :05:51.Americans will try to do. They are going to meet, and if they can come
:05:52. > :05:54.up with what they call technical arrangements, where basically
:05:55. > :05:59.everybody just ceases fire, where they are, to create a window, to say
:06:00. > :06:04.that all sides are staying where they are, then they can go to talks.
:06:05. > :06:11.But they have tried this before. Was a pause earlier in the year - it
:06:12. > :06:15.provided some relief to Syrians. Some they're going to try again. It
:06:16. > :06:17.is terribly, terribly difficult, because a the same time, the
:06:18. > :06:22.fighting is intensifying. To the Olympics, and the Brownlee
:06:23. > :06:25.brothers have done it again. Gold and silver in the triathlon
:06:26. > :06:28.at Rio, in a storming performance which left the other
:06:29. > :06:30.competitors trailing. Alistair now has another gold
:06:31. > :06:33.to add to the one he won And brother Jonny, a bronze
:06:34. > :06:36.medallist in 2012, swam, Andy Swiss is in Rio for us
:06:37. > :06:55.this evening - it was It was, yes. Welcome to Copacabana,
:06:56. > :07:01.where earlier while we witnessed something very special indeed. Not
:07:02. > :07:08.since 1960 had two brothers won gold and silver in the same event. But
:07:09. > :07:11.Britain has new history boys - the Brownlee brothers.
:07:12. > :07:15.They've turned a global sport into a family affair.
:07:16. > :07:18.Alistair and Jonny, the Brownlee brothers, taking on the world.
:07:19. > :07:45.Down Copacabana beach into the Atlantic Ocean for a 1.5k swim.
:07:46. > :07:45.Alistair and Jonny won gold and bronze respectively
:07:46. > :07:47.in London, and once again, they set out for glory.
:07:48. > :07:50.Well, here they all come, charging out of the sea
:07:51. > :07:52.after that first stage and the Brownlee brothers are right
:07:53. > :07:57.Now for the next part, a 40k bike ride.
:07:58. > :08:00.The Brownlees were soon in a leading pack of ten riders,
:08:01. > :08:03.as they negotiated the hills around Rio, cheered all the way
:08:04. > :08:06.By the end of the cycling, they were at the front.
:08:07. > :08:10.A 10k run, and off went the Brownlees.
:08:11. > :08:11.A sibling rivalry to decide the gold.
:08:12. > :08:13.In the searing heat, who would keep their cool?
:08:14. > :08:22.After sprinting clear, he grabbed the Union and a Yorkshire
:08:23. > :08:27.As the emotions overflowed, behind him in silver,
:08:28. > :08:29.there was Jonny, brothers in arms, an extraordinary achievement.
:08:30. > :08:34.In the last couple of weeks we have been training,
:08:35. > :08:38.me, Jonny, Vargs - commit, commit, commit on those
:08:39. > :08:41.first couple of laps, and boy, we committed and the gap
:08:42. > :08:48.we had a good gap, I was like - we are going to get two medals here.
:08:49. > :08:55.The fabulous Brownlee boys, once again, on top of the world.
:08:56. > :08:58.And there was more success for Team GB, as Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark
:08:59. > :09:00.finally got their gold in the sailing.
:09:01. > :09:02.Team GB also won silver in the 200m kayak
:09:03. > :09:04.double, while Nicola Adams is through to the women's
:09:05. > :09:10.Natalie Pirks has been watching the action.
:09:11. > :09:29.After an agonising overnight delay to become champions, Hannah Mills
:09:30. > :09:31.and Saskia Clark finally completed their victory
:09:32. > :09:37.lap to secure gold in
:09:38. > :09:42.The last race for these best of friends was a special one.
:09:43. > :09:45.It was fast, it was frenetic, it was a photo finish.
:09:46. > :09:47.Great Britain's Liam Heath and Jon Schofield took silver
:09:48. > :09:51.0.03 seconds to improve on their bronze in London.
:09:52. > :09:58.And after gold and silver, a bronze, over China in the badminton.
:09:59. > :10:08.Britain's first in men's doubles Olympic history.
:10:09. > :10:11.Just look what it meant to Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis
:10:12. > :10:16.So much history between Nicola Adams and China's competitor.
:10:17. > :10:20.Not least the small matter of Adams beating her in
:10:21. > :10:24.But Adams was worried in the opening round.
:10:25. > :10:26.An improvement was needed, and Adams responded
:10:27. > :10:34.The Olympic champion was beaming her trademark smile
:10:35. > :10:40.Well, after a commanding performance by Alistair Brownlee,
:10:41. > :10:43.focus now turns to another defending champion.
:10:44. > :10:45.Can Jade Jones, the youngest gold medallist from London,
:10:46. > :10:57.In the quarterfinal, Jones' high kicking
:10:58. > :11:00.accuracy was enough to see her through to the semis.
:11:01. > :11:04.And in the last hour, British tae kwon do's
:11:05. > :11:12.first-ever gold medallist booked her place in the final.
:11:13. > :11:26.It wasn't plain sailing for every defending champion, though - the US
:11:27. > :11:30.4X100m relay team had a disastrous outing.
:11:31. > :11:36.In a bizarre twist, they'll rerun alone tonight
:11:37. > :11:41.and will be in the final if they beat China's time.
:11:42. > :11:44.Four US Olympic swimmers who said they had been robbed at gun point
:11:45. > :11:47.in Rio de Janeiro made their story up, according to the head
:11:48. > :11:50.Instead, the swimmers have been accused of vandalism.
:11:51. > :11:52.Three of the swimmers remain in Brazil and are being questioned
:11:53. > :11:54.by police, after two of them were dramatically removed
:11:55. > :12:05.Our sports editor, Dan Roan, has more.
:12:06. > :12:13.Ia zblun of the greatest ia swimmers in history, Ryan Lochte won the 12th
:12:14. > :12:17.medal of his career but he has become embroiled in an ongoing
:12:18. > :12:21.coninterest ofcy. Last Saturday night, Lochte and three team-mates,
:12:22. > :12:24.seen here arriving at a nightclub, were out celebrating another
:12:25. > :12:29.successful games. Later they claimed they had been robbed at gunpoint on
:12:30. > :12:34.the way home but today, CC it. V footage emerged of the four at a
:12:35. > :12:38.petrol station and police say their story was concocted to cover up a
:12:39. > :12:42.dispute over a damaged toilet. The swimmers, seen here, prevented from
:12:43. > :12:46.leaving by a security guard. At this exact moment, what the police can
:12:47. > :12:52.say, is that there was no robbery the way the athletes reported. In
:12:53. > :12:55.theory, they can be charged with giving false testimony and
:12:56. > :12:59.vandalism. Rio police were surprised to see footage of the swimmers
:13:00. > :13:03.returning to the athletes' village after the alleged robbery, joking
:13:04. > :13:07.and with many of their belongings. Were you robbed? Were you guys
:13:08. > :13:14.robbed. Last night as the plot thickened two of the swimmers were
:13:15. > :13:22.prevented from going home, hauled off a plane on a US-bound aeroplane
:13:23. > :13:27.and hauled in for questioning. Sometimes you do things you forget.
:13:28. > :13:34.They are some of the best swimmers. They made a mistake, life goes on.
:13:35. > :13:40.Mefbs Team GB have been told not to wear official kit outside the
:13:41. > :13:44.athletes' village nor to use taxis after a team member was subjected to
:13:45. > :13:47.a theft this week. Following the incident, members of
:13:48. > :13:53.Team GB have now been warned to remain here in the safety of the
:13:54. > :13:58.athletes' village. There is a side to this city you have to be wary of
:13:59. > :14:02.and careful about. They are places we are told not to go do. We have a
:14:03. > :14:06.large security detail but in the evenings a will the is down to
:14:07. > :14:09.common sense in terms of how you manage yourself. 85,000 military and
:14:10. > :14:14.police personnel have been deployed here to make the Games safe but
:14:15. > :14:18.after a series of security scares and with just three days to g the
:14:19. > :14:20.authorities will now be hoping there will be no more incidents.
:14:21. > :14:23.-- So, let's take a look at the medal
:14:24. > :14:27.table as it stands at the moment. Great Britain stays in second place,
:14:28. > :14:29.with those 21 golds, United States leads
:14:30. > :14:37.the table, with 31 golds. A brief look at some
:14:38. > :14:40.of the day's other news stories: Retail sales were unexpectedly
:14:41. > :14:42.strong in July, despite warnings the Brexit vote might
:14:43. > :14:44.knock consumer spending. Sales grew by nearly 6%,
:14:45. > :14:46.compared with the previous month. The warmer weather is said to be,
:14:47. > :14:50.in part, behind the rise. It has been alleged that
:14:51. > :14:54.Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who contracted Ebola while working
:14:55. > :14:57.in Sierra Leone, concealed her raised temperature
:14:58. > :14:59.when she returned to the UK. A hearing on her fitness to practice
:15:00. > :15:06.will be held next month. Tens of thousands of residents have
:15:07. > :15:08.been evacuated from their homes in California, as wildfires
:15:09. > :15:11.continue to burn. Firefighters have described
:15:12. > :15:13.the blazes as some of the most Already 40 square miles of brush
:15:14. > :15:22.and trees have been destroyed. Two West Mercia police officers have
:15:23. > :15:28.been placed under criminal investigation and served with gross
:15:29. > :15:30.misconduct notices in connection with the death of the former
:15:31. > :15:32.Aston Villa footballer, He died in Telford in Shropshire
:15:33. > :15:37.on Monday after being shot Our Home Affairs Correspondent,
:15:38. > :15:47.Daniel Sandford, is here. It is now a very serious
:15:48. > :15:53.investigation, a criminal investigation into two of the
:15:54. > :15:55.officers who attended the disturbance outside dalian
:15:56. > :15:57.Atkinson's father's house in the early hours of Monday morning. A
:15:58. > :16:01.criminal investigation into the circumstances of his death and the
:16:02. > :16:04.level and type of force used. You may remember that eye witnesses
:16:05. > :16:09.spoke to journalists about other kinds of force being used, as well
:16:10. > :16:13.as the Taser as they detained dalian Atkinson and he died on the way to
:16:14. > :16:17.hospital. He didn't make it to hospital. We have also had a result
:16:18. > :16:22.of the postmortem examination announced today. That is
:16:23. > :16:26.inconclusive. So it is still not clear what it was that caused dalian
:16:27. > :16:30.Atkinson's death. We have had a statement today, a formal statement
:16:31. > :16:33.for the first time from his family released through their lawyers. They
:16:34. > :16:37.say they have been shocked by the circumstances of the death. They say
:16:38. > :16:42.they are determined to get justice and they are appealing for any more
:16:43. > :16:45.witnesses who may have seen what had happened to get in touch with the
:16:46. > :16:48.IPCC Hundreds of thousands
:16:49. > :16:50.of sixth formers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have
:16:51. > :16:52.received their A-level Record numbers of students have been
:16:53. > :16:55.offered university places but there was a marginal fall
:16:56. > :16:57.in top grades. Overall girls are still
:16:58. > :16:58.outperforming boys Our Education Editor,
:16:59. > :17:02.Branwen Jeffreys, has the story. I know that's not
:17:03. > :17:06.like a great example. We can now leave this
:17:07. > :17:15.school for good. In St Helens some could hardly
:17:16. > :17:17.believe their grades, some were ready to party,
:17:18. > :17:20.others needed advice A record number of students already
:17:21. > :17:28.have their university places and many more will find one
:17:29. > :17:31.in the next few days. This is the last year in England
:17:32. > :17:34.they can go to university without facing another increase
:17:35. > :17:36.in tuition fees and faced with the cost, some will be
:17:37. > :17:40.looking at alternatives. Emma's just started
:17:41. > :17:43.an apprenticeship. Matthew's heading to
:17:44. > :17:47.Cambridge University Yeah, I think it's becoming
:17:48. > :17:54.a lot more pressured. I know, certainly my group
:17:55. > :17:58.of friends were really uncomfortable this morning,
:17:59. > :18:00.worrying about results and worrying For me, I was just really fed up
:18:01. > :18:06.of getting education Like, I wanted to earn whilst
:18:07. > :18:09.I'm still learning. Does the cost of
:18:10. > :18:11.a degree bother you? It makes me a bit nervous
:18:12. > :18:15.but when you read into the debt of it and everything,
:18:16. > :18:17.it's not bad because you only start paying it back
:18:18. > :18:20.when you earn a certain amount. The overall pass rate
:18:21. > :18:23.this year was stable. 98.1% in England, but at 97.3%,
:18:24. > :18:29.Wales has fallen a little behind. The highest, at 98.2%,
:18:30. > :18:34.Northern Ireland. Some students here are choosing
:18:35. > :18:38.apprenticeships, instead of degrees. I think there's a large pressure
:18:39. > :18:43.from some families to try to avoid their sons
:18:44. > :18:45.or daughters building up loans. I also think it's that guarantee
:18:46. > :18:51.of employment at the end of it, really, that makes a huge
:18:52. > :18:56.difference, obviously. At Manchester, the last places
:18:57. > :18:59.for medicine went in minutes this But students are advised not
:19:00. > :19:06.to rush their choices. I think the first
:19:07. > :19:08.thing is not to panic. I think the most important thing
:19:09. > :19:11.for young people is to think Actually, they maybe think
:19:12. > :19:18.they want to go into university now, but it's possible they may
:19:19. > :19:20.want to take a break, take a year to think that
:19:21. > :19:23.through and think carefully Students are borrowing
:19:24. > :19:26.more and expect more. In future, their fees could be
:19:27. > :19:29.linked to the quality of teaching and, just as importantly,
:19:30. > :19:31.their job prospects. A long-awaited plan
:19:32. > :19:40.by the Government to reduce childhood obesity in England has
:19:41. > :19:46.been attacked by health campaigners and politicians as a watered down
:19:47. > :19:49.version of what had been hoped for. Targets that have been set,
:19:50. > :19:51.include: asking the food and drinks industry
:19:52. > :19:54.to cut 5% of the sugar in products popular with children,
:19:55. > :19:55.like breakfast cereals And for primary schools to make sure
:19:56. > :20:03.children get at least half an hour But the plan does not include other
:20:04. > :20:09.measures that were called for, like curbing the advertising of junk
:20:10. > :20:12.food to children and promotions Our correspondent, Jeremy Cooke,
:20:13. > :20:16.reports now on a scheme in Wigan which claims some success
:20:17. > :20:17.in tackling obesity among They're having fun -
:20:18. > :20:25.getting active, burning calories. A Wigan Council summer camp,
:20:26. > :20:29.part of a comprehensive approach These children, and their families,
:20:30. > :20:36.are learning about activity and It's all about making
:20:37. > :20:42.the right lifestyle This is an 18-month programme
:20:43. > :20:51.and targets children identified Does anyone know
:20:52. > :20:54.anything about sugar? The kids are here to play,
:20:55. > :20:58.but they and their parents also get a crash course in healthy eating,
:20:59. > :21:00.the danger of sugar Just squeeze the orange,
:21:01. > :21:05.one of your five-a-day. Being overweight can have life-long
:21:06. > :21:17.impacts on our children's health You've got to try and keep
:21:18. > :21:21.the sugar intake down. It's hard to sort of
:21:22. > :21:25.like not give them one. I know that the amount of food
:21:26. > :21:32.we eat as a family is too much. He's in a really good environment
:21:33. > :21:39.here, and he's having a go. That means his mind-set is changing,
:21:40. > :21:44.and he's at the age now Because if he thinks like that
:21:45. > :21:47.going ahead, then maybe it'll instill it in him
:21:48. > :21:50.for the rest of his life. I have seen McKenzie
:21:51. > :21:52.being withdrawn at home, when he has felt bullied or he's not
:21:53. > :21:55.been able to join in things. It's just incredible
:21:56. > :21:57.for the confidence, the self-esteem Tackling childhood obesity
:21:58. > :22:00.is a complex, difficult task. Here there's a determination to take
:22:01. > :22:03.the challenge - head on. It's great having all these plans
:22:04. > :22:05.and policies and strategies, but we need to get out
:22:06. > :22:08.and we need to be bold. We need to be brave and we need
:22:09. > :22:11.to start making the difference For the kids here, it all seems
:22:12. > :22:16.to be working. I've been more a lot more
:22:17. > :22:25.active since I've come. I think I've been doing
:22:26. > :22:27.a lot more exercise. I eat less of pizza and stuff
:22:28. > :22:35.and I eat more salads. None of this is easy,
:22:36. > :22:38.but the joined up approach in Wigan takes tackling childhood obesity
:22:39. > :22:42.to a new level. Success here measured,
:22:43. > :22:54.not just in lost pounds, Here on BBC One, it's time
:22:55. > :22:56.for the news where you are.