16/10/2016 World News Today

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Britain and the US warn of fresh sanctions on Syria and Russia over

Syrian rebels capture the town of Darbiq from the so-called

Islamic State - a town central to the group's

The 15-year-old daughter of the US sprinter Tyson Gay has been killed

Donald Trump says the US election is being "rigged"

against him, not just by the media but at the places people vote.

And these two Chinese astronauts will launch

into space in a few hours, for a 30 day mission on board

The United States and Britain say they're considering more sanctions

against Russia and Syria - because of their actions

Around 250,000 people are under siege there.

These pictures from today show the heavy bombardment

on the rebel-held parts of the city, that some reports describe

Speaking in London at a meeting, the US Secretary of State,

John Kerry described the killing of civilians in the city

The British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said life in Aleppo

was like a "medieval siege" and went on to describe

There is continuing bombardment of innocent civilians. 100,000 kids

under a terrible, medieval siege. Casualties continue to mountain more

and more people, as a result of this action by the Assad regime and its

supporters, are being radicalised. We are considering additional

sanctions and we are also - let me playing it clear - President Obama

has not taken any option off the table at this point in time. We will

see where we are in the next few days in the context of the

discussion we are having. Meanwhile opposition fighters

in Syria - backed by Turkey - say they have captured

the symbolically important town of Darbiq from the so-called

Islamic State.The town is close to the Turkish border and holds

great value to IS supporters - because of a folk belief that

an apocalyptic battle with the west of a wider offensive

by Syrian rebel groups. To explain more - here's BBC

Arabic's Karim Gohary. It is a bi-word for the Islamic

state group in its fight against its enemies or the West specifically. In

terms of strategic significant, it is not really so significant, it is

only a small town. Yes, it is not very far from the Turkish border.

It's a backwater, really, so strategically, it is not that

important. However, symbolically, in terms. Ideology and the propaganda

machine that IS has been pushing since it emergedes, Darbiq has been

significant. Their online magazine is called Babiq and their media

operation is a named related it the same area. It tries to draw on a

saying by the Prophet Muhammad that the final hour, when this battle

will incur in Dabiq, in the time, when they were talking about the

Romans or who they would refer to as Christians, buttist Islamic State

has been using that to push for a sense in any kind of followers who

wanted to support the group. Recently they downplayed the a

little bit although it September supposedly 1,200 fighters to defend

it, but it fell very quickly according to rebel groups and

accord, as well to Turkish media. In a few hours' time. They just wru.

Maybe they knew tactically at the wouldn't be able to stand up to the

bombardment from the Turkish Army and coalition fighters as well.

Well, earlier we heard earlier from the US Secretary of State

and the british Foreign Secretary talking about Syria.

Well, they've also been discussing the war in Yemen.

They've called for an unconditional ceasefire, to begin within days.

It's important to say both countries are providing support

in the country. against Houthi rebels

It comes after airstrikes a week ago killed up to 140 people at a funeral

The Saudis blamed faulty information, but the incident has

raised new concerns about its air campaign - which the UN says has

been the main cause of civilian deaths in the country.

The 15-year-old daughter of the US sprinter, Tyson Gay, has been shot

Trinity Gay died after what witnesses say was an exchange

of fire between two vehicles, in the city of Lexington.

Let's speak to Dorian Craft, who is a sports reporter for Lex18News.

She joins me live from Lexington, Kentucky where Trinity was from.

Thank you for being with us. Do you have more information about this

shooting and what happened? The information that we have you right

now is that around 4.00 eastern time there was an exchange of gunfire

between two vehicles outside of a cookout restaurant about three miles

from where our station was located. Trinity Gay was not in the car, she

was caught in the crossfire. The information we have now is she was

struck in the neck and taken to the University Hospital where she was

pronounced dead. At this point in time the informing we have is that

the police have identified one car, they have ghot two people for

questioning and are still on the lookout for the second vehicle but

that's all we know right now. Dorrian, I understand your station

has actually spoken to Tyson Gay, what did he say? Yes. Tyson Gay is

close to my sports director, Alan Cutler, when he talked to him this

morning he said he and his daughter were very close and he doesn't

understand what happened is going on, and obviously under grief and

shock. Trinity was with him a few weeks ago for their fall break. Mr

Gay is on his way back to Lexington today. We do not know at this time

when he will be getting back to town but right now still searching for

details. What about Trinity Gay, tell us more about her. She was an

athlete, I understand? She was. She was following in herth faer's

footsteps. She was at a high school, which is where her father, Tyson

ran. She was a sprinter, she finished fourth in the 400 m at the

state meet and fifth in the 200 and she was part of the relay team. She

was very successful athlete and her father holds the record for 100 m

for the state in 20001. Obviously a lot of talent following in her

father's footsteps. Absolutely. A very sad story. Thank you very much

for being with us. Let's move to France -

where campaigners are calling on the British government

to urgently speed up its plan to resettle hundreds

of unaccompanied children stranded at the camp known as

the Jungle in Calais. There have been renewed clashes

between French police and some migrants, ahead of the demolition

of the camp within days. Our Special Correspondent,

Ed Thomas has spent the last week at the Jungle, and sent us this

report. The rush to escape

the panic and the tear gas. 16 years old, and like many,

a teenager alone, looking Some of the children trying to get

in those trucks were as young These are the images that make

many in Britain nervous. Mohammed says he has

no family in the UK, But hundreds of teenagers here say

they do have relatives in the UK They are 14 and 16 and say they left

Afghanistan six months ago. He says he is sad and wants to be

with his father and His brother tells us

he is desperate. "We have given our names in,

we don't know what to do," he says. If their family links are proven,

the British Government has promised But first, Britain and France must

agree who will care Well, our correspondent Gavin Lee,

spoke to me a little earlier about how the British government

was going to help unaccompanied Well, the British Home Secretary

Amber Rudd has said last week that all of the eligible cases,

children between eight and 17 who have family in the UK

who are here all alone, she would be prepared to take

as many as possible. We think it varies, but aid agencies

estimate that between 1000 to 1300 potentially who they believe

are here alone. Maybe half of those

have links to the UK. Now, what will happen tomorrow,

we are expecting hundreds of children, hundreds of people

who think they may have a chance to register here as part

of a fast track process. They will go to a secure area

and as well as genuine cases of vulnerable children I am told

there are lots of people who are adults who are chancing

their luck who will say rather than getting on the lorries

and try to illegally stow away, say that they are 17,

so this may take some days. It is something that the French

government have asked the British officials to be quick

about but I cannot see Donald Trump has ramped

up his allegation that the US election is being rigged against him

- as a new poll showed the Republican presidential

candidate drifting further behind his Democratic opponent

Hillary Clinton. Mr Trump said on Twitter: "The

election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media

pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many

polling places. The comments come after several

women have made claims of sexual He says they are all lies,

and are part of a coordinated effort Donald Trump complaining about P a

long list of things. What exactly is he complaining about here? Well when

it comes to the message that the election is rigged it is something

he has been talking about for months but it has become a central feature

of his campaign. That's happening as the poll numbers begin to slouch but

his language is very different from that of his running mate, who has

said today that they will respect the outcome of this election. He

believes the other think the media is against him, and yes, there is

some sort of conspiracy led by the Clinton campaign but he says America

have a long history of the peaceful transfer of power. But then, just

hours after his running mate says this, Donald Trump releases that

tweet. Still talking about the election being rigged. Just by the

Clintons but also at the polling booths. Now there is no evidence to

subbe stanciate this claim but what it does do is still paints him

further as theant establishment figure to his supporters going

against the Washington elite it also gives him a chance if he loses to

say - it was rigged all along but the discussion is now at the point

where people are asking - will he concede if he loses and if he

doesn't, what will happen to his millions of supporters, now he is

questioning the legitimacy of the election. Will they go on to

question the legitimacy of whoever becomes president. Laura this is all

being played out on social media a very bitter campaign indeed. What

are the polls saying? How are voters taking all of this? There are

different polling margins. One poll has come out with giving Hillary

Clinton a four-point lead. Another a 7-point lead and another one, an

11-point lead. So the polls are saying very different things.

However in key battle ground states, Hillary Clinton does look to be

pulling ahead and that's indicative. The problem for Republicans is what

do they do now? Do they associate themselves with Mr Trump and gather

his supporters or do they step back and say - no, no, we don't believe

the same as he does and hope their supporters go to the polls? I think

they are in a tricky position. As for Hillary Clinton she has to

battle, perhaps, apathy. Perhaps many voters will sit at home and go

- well, I'm not so sure Hillary Clinton viet one. I will don't want

to vote for Donald Trump either but I'll not bother going to the polls.

She has to get her vote out. There are still challenges on both sides

with 4 days to go. Lawyeria, an interesting campaign, thank you very

much. . Stay with us on BBC News. Stay with us on BBC News,

still to come: In Iraq, the UN is preparing for a huge

displacement of people The Foreign Secretary has

defended his decision to write a draft newspaper article in favour

of the EU, two days before Boris Johnson said the UK's decision

to leave was right, and he was simply trying

to clarify his thoughts. I was wrestling with it, like a lot

of people in this country. I wrote a long piece that came down

overwhelmingly in favour of leaver. I then thought - I'd better see if I

can argue the alternative case so I wrote a semi parodic article in the

opposite be sense which misterously found its way into the paper this

morning. But I set them intooifd signed it was blindingly obvious

what the right thing to do was. I think the people made the right

decision. They voted very substantially to leave the European

Union and that is what we are going to do and we are going to make a

great success of it. This BBC World News Ing. The latest

headlines: Britain and the US warn of fresh

sanctions on Syria and Russia over The 15-year-old daughter

of the American sprinter Tyson Gay has been killed

in a shooting in Kentucky. We'll start with football,

and the English Premier League. Middlesborough's shaky start

to the season continues. An impressive long distance

effort from Jose Holebas And Southampton are up to eighth

in the table after a brilliant second half saw them beat

Burnley 3-1. Great team performance again today.

Fist half we should have went in. We should have scored one or two. Good

chances to be honest. I thought I really fancy myself. We knew it was

going to be a frustrating afternoon if we didn't score early. Their team

can have a go in the second half. We came out and scored early. We

fancied ourself. The only unfortunate thing is we have lost a

clean sheet but if that's the only thing to worry about after seven

games, we are happy. They are a good side. We tried to get something of

it. They had three, four chances, the game could have been an even

bigger score line. It is nothing to do with me making excuses, you need

the big decisions, noernt. We didn't get one the first game, or last

week, or a couple of weeks ago against Arsenal. Or today T doesn't

guarantee the end result but it makes it interesting when we go 1-0

up away from home. Tributes are being paid

to the former Ireland rugby union international Anthony Foley,

who's died suddenly He was head coach of Munster,

and passed away overnight in Paris, ahead of the team's

match against Racing 92 He won 62 caps for Ireland in a ten

year international career, He also played over

200 times for Munster. Complete shock is the only way to

put it. I mean it is just hard it get your head around what has just

happened. A young man in his prime, just taken away like that and so

suddenly. And from a rugby perspective, from the rug by

community, a rugby family - rugby family in Ireland, he was part of

the fabric of Irish rugby. Two matches did take place

in the European Champions Cup. Bordeaux beat Ulster 28-13

and Clermont Auvergne had a bonus Andy Murray's year continues to go

from strength to strength. He's earned his sixth title

of the year, winning the Shanghai Masters,

just a week after his Up against Spain's Roberto Bautista

Agoo, Murray stuttered in the first He found his rhythm in the second

though, taking that 6-1. It means Murray is now edging closer

to Novak Djokovic at the top Sweden's Alex Noren good form

in 2016 continues, winning England's Lee Westwood finishing

strongly with a round of four under par to finish third on 15

under for the tournament. Noren finished on 18 under -

two strokes clear of Let's turn to Iraq now,

and thousands of leaflets have been dropped over the city of Mosul -

containing safety information ahead of an operation to recapture it

from so-called Islamic State. Iraqi ground forces

have moved into place - in the south and east of the city,

in preparation for the offensive Mosul is Iraq's second largest city

- the UN estimates 1.5 million It also says up to 1 million people

in the city and surrounding towns could be displaced as

a result of the operation. That's in addition to more

than 3 million across Iraq - Well, the UN Refugee Agency has

spent months preparing to help tens of thousands affected

by the operation. I spoke to Filippo Grandi

the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees earlier,

he told me that the We are ready with equipment, shelter

and other types of equipment to provide it to about 400,000 people.

And this is still a small figure because we could have a much bigger

emergency than that. And to complete our preparation, we need more

resources. But, of course, equipment, tents, shelter equipment

is not the only thing that is needed here. We also need and we have got

these assurances from the Prime Minister today, I saw him this

morning, we also need the Iraqi forces to adopt an approach which

is, of course, military in its objective but which also respects,

protects civilians. This is extremely important at this very

critical juncture. You said, you know, you are ready for 400,000

people, but many more are expected to believe. - to leave Ye, this is

the preparation for the initial phase of this offensive. We are

scaling up on a daily basis, with more tents, more items, more relief

items to distribute people with more stuff ready to monitor the

situation, with more sites being prepared to receive people. You

know, the big uncertainty here is that we don't know how the war will

move. We don't know what the pattern of displacement will occur. We need

to remain extremely flexible but one thing is clear, we need more

resources. UN HCR, my organisation alone, asks for $200 million to

prepare for this offensive and we are still short of a very large

amount of this money, we are still short of $120 million out of this

comprehensive appeal that we have made. So, I'm urging, from Baghdad,

here, from Iraq, I'm urging donors to really step up and arow us to

complete the preparation. What do you think about IS? Do you

think they are going to allow civilians to leave Mosul? We really

don't know what will happen. There are many scenarios being talked

about. We talked with the Iraqi Government, like I said I met this

morning with the Prime Minister and I must say I was very impressed by

what he told me, that they have impressed, themselves on their

security forces, the importance to protect civilians. This is krush,

because - this is crucial, because if civilians feel protected they

will flee in much smaller numbers or maybe not at all. If the

displacement can be minimised and this is the objective of the Iraqi

forces, this, of course will be beneficial to call. But that

approach to quality, the moderation of that approach, the respect for

women and children and other civilians will be key and, you know,

this is always very difficult to achieve in war, in conflict but we

hope that lessoned learned in previous Owensives, will be applied

this time around. - in previous offensives.

China is to launch two men into orbit in the next few hours,

as it continues to develop its ability to explore space.

The astronauts will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre

with the Tiangong 2 space station, then spend a month on board

This mission, the two astronauts will be going into space for 33 days

in total. The spaceship will dock with

Tiangong 2 which has been in space already. They want to have a

permanent space station by 2022 and in this mission they will do a a

series of experiments and also try to I a sows the possibility of

keeping astronauts, should they fall in, in space from the ground. So

this is a very dig deal for China. Now the Pentagon has long been

stating their concern on China's space programme, in fear of an arms

race in space but China insists it is not to do with any space warfare,

it is about people development in space.

From me, Alpa Patel, and the rest of the team, goodbye.

I hope you had a nice weekend. You probably saw some sunshine and

probably some heavy showers as well. It has been that kind