24/02/2018 BBC Weekend News

Good evening.

The UN Security Council is expected

to vote shortly in a new attempt to

get a resolution calling for a 30

day ceasefire in Syria.

The vote has been delayed repeatedly

to avoid drawing a veto from Russia.

The Syrian government

is continuing its bombardment

of the rebel-held area

of Eastern Ghouta,

near the capital Damascus.

Activists say around 500 civilians

have been killed in the last week.

This report from Richard Galpin

contains distressing images.

On the ground in eastern Ghouta the

seventh consecutive day of punishing

air strikes.

air strikes. This video filmed by

the voluntary rescue teams known as

the White helmets show yet more

casualties being picked up. At least

30 people reported to have been

killed so far today. And this is the

United Nations Security Council

meets once again to try to pass a

resolution allowing for a 30 day

ceasefire in Syria after failing to

do so yesterday and the day before

because of Russian objections.

If

you look what happened in the last

24 hours, any delay of action by the

security council leads to, again,

more loss of life. We should end the

violence now.

Many children are

amongst the almost 3000 people

estimated to been killed or injured

over the past week. Inside the

hospitals, makeshift or official,

doctors are struggling to cope with

the huge number of casualties.

Besides the injured, more than 120

children have been killed, according

to human rights activists. This

young girl says she and her sister

were caught up in the bombing. Her

sister hit in the eye and now cannot

see with it. The Syrian regime and

its ally, Russia, say this aerial

bombardment is only targeting

jihadists militants and rebels who

have been shelling parts of

Damascus. But there is clear

evidence on the ground of many

civilian casualties. Richard Galpin,

BBC News.

Nick Bryant is at

the UN in New York.

Is this vote happening tonight,

Nick?

Yeah it looks like it's going

to happen shortly, Jane, and it

looks like they've reached an

agreement, they have reached

consensus on a ceasefire agreement.

They have been negotiating this

resolution for weeks. In the past 24

hours the negotiations have looked

very bleak, in fact, most of the UN

ambassadors arrived at the Security

Council today with speeches that

were predicated on a Russian veto.

In the last few minutes I've been

watching those UN ambassadors making

frantic edits to those speeches, and

I've also had two people who are

closely involved with the

negotiation, texting me and saying,

yes there is a deal. One adds a note

of caution, let's wait to see the

Russian ambassador put his hand up

in the air to agree to it. But at

the moment they do not think there

is going to be a Russian veto on

this resolution. They do think it's

going to pass, and significantly.

Just a few moments ago I watched the

Swedish ambassador, who has drafted

this resolution, who has been so

integral involved in the

negotiation. He was smiling. When he

left the building, I was with him

last night in New York, he looked

like a broken man, but in the last

few minutes he's been smiling.

Another indication that this

resolution will pass.

Thanks very

much. Nick Bryant at the United

Nations.

Two people have been

remanded in custody,

charged with causing the death

of two young brothers

by dangerous driving.

Corey and Casper Platt-May,

who were 6 and 2, were on a family

trip to a park in Coventry

when they were hit

by a car on Thursday.

Robert Brown, who's 53,

and Gwendoline Harrison,

who's 41, were remanded

in custody by magistrates.

The comedy actress Emma

Chambers has died aged 53.

Emma Chambers was best known for

playing Alice Tinker in a long

running series the Vicar of debris

alongside Dawn French.

As well as her role

as Honey Thacker in Notting Hill.

Hugh Grant, who starred along

side her in the film,

With all the sport-

here's Karthi Gnanasegaram

at the BBC Sport Centre.

A record-breaking day for Great

Britain and Northern Ireland at the

Winter Olympic. Billie Morgan took

bronze in the snowboarding big air

competition and in doing so Wynne

Team GB's fifth medal, their highest

tally in Winter Olympics history.

Andy Swiss reports from PyeongChang.

He needs to go absolutely

stratospheric. He is a former

Acrobat with a dodgy knee but Billie

Morgan was about to leap into

history.

Billie Morgan, yes!

At 28

Morgan is a snowboarding veteran.

This his last job, but surely his

last Olympics. What a way to finish.

That is absolutely huge.

It

propelled Morgan into bronze medal

position and one by one his rivals

hopes came tumbling down.

He's gone!

When the last one crashed, Morgan,

to his utter disbelief, had his

medal.

It's pretty rad, if everybody

landed their runs I wouldn't be in

this position, so it's a bit of

luck, luck of the draw. It came down

to me on the day, happy days.

Morgan's joy was also Team GB's. A

record-breaking fifth medal of these

games. The British team have had

their ups and downs here. Billie

Morgan has ensured they hit their

target of making this their most

successful Winter Olympics in

history. There have been bitter

disappointments. None more so than

the women's curlers set to take

their bronze medal match to an extra

end, Catherine Muirhead went for

broke, a shot for victory, but

instead calamity.

It's got to just

sit right. It's not.

Instead of

knocking out Japan's stone, she

knocked out her own, handing their

opponents the bronze and Britain a

desperate defeat.

We're going home

with nothing. We battled so hard. As

I say, I'm devastated that it didn't

turn out.

For another woman, a day

of extraordinary achievement.

He's

going to make history.

After winning

gold on skis last weekend it was

gold on a snowboard for the Czech

Republic. Two titles, two sports,

one quite extraordinary athlete.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, PyeongChang.

Ireland have won fascinating six

Nations encounter, beating Wales

37-27. Adam Werritty

around Dublin, the smiles were

there, friendly high spirits perhaps

but scratch the surface and you find

a a contest with a harder edge. This

victory has become one of the most

fiercely fought of the tournament,

pride, passion of course, but also

now a stinging rivalry. This was

Jacob Stockdale calming any Irish

nerves. They wouldn't stay calm for

long. Wales clear that picture here

was vital to reignite their

championship ambition. Gareth Davies

are finding the spark for the

visitors finding the lead. Ireland

would find their inspiration in the

people of Dublin. Dad needy and Cian

Healy in their home city, both

forcing their way over. This was a

match that would end with holding

their breath when Steff Evans

crossed with minutes remaining,

suddenly Wales could sense something

special. One last effort but also

one reckless pass. That was all

Ireland need. A day that began with

smiles. There will be a few more

around Dublin this evening. Adam

wild BBC News. Scotland have beaten

England for the first time in a

decade. Hugh Jones scored two tries

as: won the Calcutta Cup with a

25-13 victory at Murrayfield. Only

England's second defeat under head

coach Eddie Jones. Sport headlines

on the BBC website including

Liverpool moving second in the

Premier League after a 4-1 win over

West Ham. Results from the Scottish

permission and the latest from

women's super League 1.

There's more throughout the evening

on the BBC News Channel,

we are back with the

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