hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: president trump has sacked the national security advisor, the democratic unionist party has met borisjohnson to discuss brexit. he is considering possible changes to the irish backstop. the opposition leader, jeremy corbyn, has said he will offer another brexit referendum with an option for

leaving the eu, as well as an option for remaining. we are ready for that election. we are ready to unleash the biggest people powered campaign we have ever seen in this country and in this movement. president trump has sacked the national security advisor, john bolton, saying he disagreed with many of his suggestions. mr bolton has said he offered to resign last night. and the uk has won its bid to host a major united nations climate change summit. it'll take place in glasgow at the end of next year. president trump as fitz fired one of the most senior mums of his administration. they are holding a press c0 nfe re nce . administration. they are holding a press conference. let's listen to what is being said. perpetrators of terrorism worldwide. among other

revisions, it allows the united states to better target terrorist leaders, provides new tools to to shoot those who engage in terrorist training. and targets those actors who are designated as global terrorists. the treasury sanctioned over two dozen individuals and entities from 11 terrorist groups. specifically we have leaders operative and financiers from 11 terror organisations, including al-qaeda and their affiliate. the white house are taking more action than ever before. the us treasury is

enhancing our efforts to deny terrorists access to the us financial system. we will continue to make sure that security of the united states, and prevent citizens from becoming the victims of terror attacks. today's executive order mocks the most significant update to counter—terrorism sanctions since 2001. it significantly spans authorities to target terrorist and those who finance their activities, specifically today's action as clauses that allow those from state and treasury to target leaders of terrorist groups and their associated entities without tying leaders to specific acts. it more effectively target individuals and entities who participate in terrorist training and provides new authorities to impose sanctions on

foreign institutions that knowingly do business with terrorists. the trump administration has a ready used existing sanctions more aggressively than any administration before, and we are now putting these authorities to good use. to date the department of state announces the designation of 12 terrorist leaders, including those in iraq who may have created improvised explosive devices, and leaders from hamas, palestinian islamic jihad, isis philippines, and we are furthering the status of a group in syria is a global terrorist regime. these are further muscle to us counterterrorism efforts. it will allow us to ensure that the deadly attacks of september 11 that

happened 18 years ago i never repeated, ever. we are happy to take questions on this topic. did jon bolton get fired, or did he quit, and did he leave the white house because he disagreed with you in particular over talks with the taliban? last night, the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation and i understand it was received this morning. was it because of this disagreement?” received this morning. was it because of this disagreement? i will leave it to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision. the president is entitled to the staff he once was up any staff person who works director for the president of the united states, he should have values and judgments who benefit american foreign policy.

that is what we try to do every day and when the president may say decision like this, he is within his rights to do so. can you describe your working relationship with jon bolton as it was today, and also does this departure make it easier for you to do yourjob and for your admin station to accomplish the foreign policy agenda? admin station to accomplish the foreign policy agenda ?|j admin station to accomplish the foreign policy agenda? i don't talk about the inner workings of how this all goes. we give our candid opinions, there were many times we disagreed, that's to be sure. that is true of lots of people with whom i interact with the permission is always that i deliver america's diplomacy. we work to make sure we get good outcomes. i know everyone has talked about this for a long time. there were definitely places that ambassador bolton and i had different opinions about how we should proceed. is it now possible

to see some less hawkish iran policy and does this open the path for a meeting? secretary pompeo and myself and the resident are aligned on the maximum pressure approach. we have more sanctions on iran than anybody and it is working for the president has made clear he is happy to take a meeting with no preconditions, but we are maintaining the maximum pressure campaign. can you foresee a meeting between president trump and the iranian leader later this month surrounding the united nations? sure. does the president support that? he is happy to heat with no preconditions was edge to meet. bolton was on the guidance to be here, so were you blindsided for what happened today, that he is no luck with the administration? last

night, you were told he would be here today. i am never surprised. i don't meanjust here today. i am never surprised. i don't mean just on here today. i am never surprised. i don't meanjust on this issue. we work very closely with the president of the united states. i think we have a pretty good understanding of what he things about things. i think you will agree, at nearly all times. we are not heated talk about the inner workings of the white house, which you are so keen to talk about, but matters of foreign policy.” would just add, people who should know and don't get into the administrative things will. question about syria, we reported on the refugee camps last night stop we talked about how these refugee camps, isis fighters are blending

m, camps, isis fighters are blending in, there are children dancing around an isis flag. i concerned about the refugee camps becoming a breeding ground, a training ground for terrorists, for isis fighters? there is a long history of what you are describing, camps in iraq and other places where prisoners were detained, and extremist elements breeding in those areas was that we have conducted enormous operations against isis even after the fall of caliphate, as recently as in the la st caliphate, as recently as in the last you days will stop we are confident in the success we have had. we will not take our eye off the ball, ensuring that whether it is isis or other radical islamist extremist groups, they will be under pressure from the united states of america. that would include in these camps that you are referring to. go—ahead. camps that you are referring to. go-ahead. the white house says that the national security adviser

bolton's foreign policy was not aligned with the president's agenda. how was it misaligned? i will leave that to the president to say. i have worked with him as secretary of state. someone asked, with the policy be different with any individual being here? these other presidents policies was that we give him our best wisdom, share our understanding. whenl him our best wisdom, share our understanding. when i was intelligence director, we made sure we had the data available so he could make the best decision. no need around the world should make the assumption that because one of us the assumption that because one of us departs that president trump's foreign policy will change innate material way. the one thing i would say to follow—up, the president's view of the iraq war and ambassador bolton's were very different. are

you still planning to impose tariffs, or do you agree with the immigration plan? we will talk about the progress that has been made, which has been substantial and real ad material and has made america more secure ad material and has made america more secure but at the same time we know there is still work to do. we will talk about how best we can jointly deliver that. we are appreciative of what the president of mexico and the foreign minister have done to increase the capacity to deter migration into the united states was not the numbers have improved substantially, but we also know that it needs to be sustained and there is still work to be done. we know that ambassador bolton was trying to keep up the pressure, and we know that they disagree on many

things regarding venezuelan. what can we expect with the departure of ambassador bolton? we have been active on the sanctions, everything is in consulting with the state department. we have a massive sanctions programme that is working. i would just add, we are concerned about the people that an what is going on with the humanitarian crisis was of the secretary has worked with their neighbours extensively. is this national security team ms? absolutely not. that is the most ridiculous question i have ever heard. —— a mess? the national security team, including my self and the chief of staff, and many others... i'm sorry, we will

ta ke many others... i'm sorry, we will take one more. in the red. there we re take one more. in the red. there were reports that the cia had to pull a russian asset out because there were pull a russian asset out because there we re concerns pull a russian asset out because there were concerns about his identity being exposed with the. this investigation into how his identity was leaked?” this investigation into how his identity was leaked? i have seen that report, it was inaccurate. it is only occasions when i think there is only occasions when i think there is something that puts people at risk or the reporting is so egregious that even, in the way adjusted. i won't say anything more about it. i know the cia put out a statement was not the reporting that is factually wrong. thank you, everybody. that was the secretary of state, mike pompeo, adding that press conference at the white house in the

press briefing room. many of those questions, and really many of the journalists wanting to know the latest details following the firing of mr trump's national security adviser, jon bolton, and essentially mr pompeo saying that foreign leaders should not think that president ron's foreign policies will change with the departure of any administration official. really, the conference was a chance for those two to talk about an executive order in terms of the us approach to counterterrorism threats, but inevitably turned to the firing, although inevitably turned to the firing, althouthon inevitably turned to the firing, although jon bolton inevitably turned to the firing, althouthon bolton says he wasn't fired, he resigned, of the national security adviser. there were many questions as to what actually happened, the relationship withjon

bolton. in fact, happened, the relationship withjon bolton. infact, gary happened, the relationship withjon bolton. in fact, gary owed donahue in washington was watching that press c0 nfe re nce in washington was watching that press conference for us. let's cross to washington. gary, some up the reaction and what was said at that press c0 nfe re nce . they came out to talk about sanctions, and of course they didn't get much chance to talk about that, because he was meant to be at that briefing at the white house. since his resignation or sacking earlier today, he didn't appear. he was asked, micron bio, whether he was surprised thatjon asked, micron bio, whether he was surprised that jon bolton asked, micron bio, whether he was surprised thatjon bolton wasn't there, and he said he was never surprised, nothing surprised him. in terms of the substance, he, mike pompeo, said he had had disagreements withjon bolton himself, it was up to the president to have the team he wanted. he had every right to choose who he wanted in place. there had been differences

between himself and jon bolton over a number of issues, and essentially that was the line they stuck to. you expect no big changes to foreign policy or strategic problems around the world. that is about as far as they went this evening. their main focus which they tried to talk about, the sanctions, didn't really happen. thank you. now it's time for sports day. hello, i'm olly foster. here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening. for ten years, qualification has been child's play for england. can they keep it up against kosovo tonight? there's a knighthood for geoffrey boycott, but criticism for his honour because of a convicition

for domestic assault 21 years ago. jimmy anderson was just a spectator as the ashes slipped away but he's vowed to help win them back in two years' time. good evening. later we'll hear from geoffrey boycott at length, responding to the reaction there has been to his knighthood and the interview he gave to radio 4's today programme this morning. but first let's look ahead to tonight's match at st mary's. england can take another step towards euro 2020 qualification. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, is in southampton for us. i asked her about the england team news. up front we were

expecting marcus rashford being dropped to the bench. sancho has already got three goals a season in the bundesliga. he does not like confidence. gareth southgate said that he was not a player they wanted to hold back. qualifying is something every fan expects, three wins out of three, at the has been talked about the fact there is little challenge in theirs. this game tonight is expected to be the toughest they will have in this group. you can tell from the noisy and the thousands of fans expected, they are not here to make up the numbers, they are looking forward to the match tonight. it is a massive dealfor the match tonight. it is a massive deal for kosovo, they are young nation in football terms, only recognised by uefa and fifa in the

last couple of years. they are on a fantastic run as well, unbeaten in almost two years. yeah, 15 games unbeaten, the best of any site in europe. it has all come about since march last year when they got their new swiss manager and since then my since there poor qualifying campaign for russia, they play with high intensity. southgate is exporting them to press and attack, something that bulgaria couldn't do on saturday. it will be a stern test in terms of qualifying because they are ranked 120 in the world, let's not pretend they are a fantastic side, but they do play with passion. natalie perks speaking earlier. there is commentary of that match on radio five. two former england cricket captains have received knighthoods in today's honours list.

geoffrey boycott becomes sir geoffrey — more on that in just a moment — but there was also a knighthood for andrew strauss, he led the side to two ashes series victories and took england to the top of the world test rankings. he was also instrumental in this summers world cup triumph in his former role as director of cricket with the national side. he resigned from that role to spend time with his wife, ruth, who died from lung cancer last year. he has set up a charitable foundation in her name. geoffrey boycott, who will be with the test match special team at the oval on thursday, also received a knightood today for his services to cricket but many have questioned whether he is deserving of that award. in 1998, he was fined and given a three—month suspended prison sentance in a french court for assaulting a former girlfriend. he was asked about that on radio 4's today programme i have to live with it. and i do,

because i am clear in my