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Investigation highlights abuses of students at the height of the Syrian civil war

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Many of the most brutal cases took place in Aleppo between 2011 and 2013. Also: hundreds of people are reported to have died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as temperatures in Mecca exceeded fifty degrees, and scientists shed light on why some people do not get Covid-19.
19 Jun 8PM English United Kingdom News

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