hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the blame game starts as brexit talks between the uk and eu unravel. downing street says angela merkel told them an agreement was now overwhelmingly unlikely. berlin says this isn't true — the chancellor would always leave the door open. meanwhile donald tusk says borisjohnson doesn't want a deal. but michael gove says it's the eu's turn to make concessions. and in setting up these proposals, we have moved. it's now time for the eu to move as well. if it does, then there is still every chance that we can leave with the new deal. we'll have all the analysis on an extraordinary 2a hours. also coming up on outside source...

the new head of the imf has given a bleak forecast for the world economy — saying the fallout from trade wars could last a generation. speaking of the man... that's a jean—claude yunker. i was hoping to talk about president trump, because the white house has presented a key witness from giving evidence to the democrats impeachment inquiry. let me start by showing you the statement from the president of the european parliament, released after he met boris johnson european parliament, released after he met borisjohnson earlier. he says... you can make a decent case, that relations between the uk and european are as fragile as they've been for decades — much more so because of the last 2a hours. brexit is supposed to happen on october 31 —

but there's increasing confusion and acrimony. a lot has happened. stay with me and i'll take you through it. first to a call between angela merkel and boris johnson this morning. after it downing street briefed that a deal was now "essentially impossible". here's norman smith. number ten are saying it was "a challenging conversation" it was a clarifying moment, and the problem is basically this, it seems mrs merkel has told borisjohnson that northern ireland will have to remain in a customs union to avoid friction, the possibility of a hard border between northern ireland and the rest of ireland. that, for borisjohnson, is a no—no. number ten says that means no—deal, a deal is not only not going to happen now, it's never going to happen. look at this. bruno waterfield writes for the times in brussels... telling us... questions there about

the veracity of what downing street is briefing. and then we have this from the european union. donald tusk, president of the european council tweeting boris johnson directly saying... "quo vadis" means "where are you going". to get germany's account of the phone call, i've been speaking to damian mcguinness is in berlin. well, angela merkel has been speaking to the press a few times today, and she hasn't actually commented on this phone call at all. and her spokesperson said that the phone call did take place, but as usual, he would not comment on a confidential conversation between leaders. so the official line in chancellor angela merkel‘s office is they want to rise above this spat. they don't want to be dragged into a game of recriminations about who said what.

the general consensus here though in berlin, among officials, and among commentators who know merkel, say that the wording she used is so unlikely, as to be almost unbelievable. she's not someone who would speak so bluntly and so un—diplomatically, as we tend to know, she tends to phrase her words in quite vague terms, sometimes hard to understand. she's also someone, the general consensus here is, that she would never close down negotiations. she always wants to find a compromise, and particularly right now, because germany really does want a deal. now, we've still got time to go before the next deadline. and before the eu summit next week. so, most german officials say there still could be a deal worked out, so they view it as highly unlikely that angela merkel would say, "ok, well that's it now." having said all of that,

the position that is the subtext of what she's been saying, or apparently been saying in this phone call has not changed. so what is clear is that germany does not have a new position. and that position is that there should not be a hard border on the island of ireland, and that this should also not be some time limit, that hasn't ever been a position that germany has so far had on the so—called backstop. so, in a sense, nothing new has come out of this phone call. the only thing that people here say has come out of it as a further loss of trust in the british government, because there is a feeling here that to divulge what may or may not have been set in the confidential phone call seriously undermines diplomatic faith and trust between the two leaders. damian, stay with us, because just today, the tone around brexit continues to harden. here is a tweet... leader of the brexit party, and an advocate for no—deal brexit. he says...

now that's a reference to the alleged statement from angela merkel on it northern ireland. but then, there was also this. leave eu is a pro—campaign group. it posted this on twitter using a phrase that some british people, very few, use, a derogatory phrase about germans. it's been shared thousands of times, and of course there's been an awful lot of criticism. damian, i wonder if in the german media, germans and their conversations, they are aware of the fact a minority of british people are increasingly hostile towards germany and its role in the brexit story. traditionally in germany, there is a big awareness for antipathy towards germany, because of its wartime past. so that's something that germans have grown up with. and they are very a way of the rather ferocious headlines you sometimes see in britain. and in other countries. so, you know, we had during the euro zone crisis,

posters of angela merkel as hitler in greece, or at times, when relations have been bad between warsaw and berlin, in polish newspapers, there have been german politicians dressed up as nazis on the front pages of newspapers. so this is something that the german public and german people are used to. having said that, this is really an important time, and germany really wants to find a deal with britain. so it will be interesting to see in tomorrow morning's papers papers here in germany, what the reaction is to those sorts of images. also, i think the real problem right now for germany is there is a lack of, there is a loss of trust in britain as a whole, because traditionally, britain was seen here in germany as a pragmatic country. a sensible country. a country that did its best to trade and to be open to the world. and i think a lot of people here in germany are quite puzzled about what's going on in britain, and there is a feeling here that that britain is now a country that is really difficult to understand.

so, images like this will probably exacerbate that feeling here, but i don't think it's something that's going to cause that much outrage, because it's something over four decades, that germans, frankly, have been quite used to. let's remind ourselves of the uk's proposals. released last week. the idea is that from the beginning of 2021 northern ireland would in the eu single market for all goods but leave the eu's customs union — allowing the uk to cut its own trade deals. to do that, borisjohnson says "very small number" of "decentralised" physical checks away from the irish border will be necessary. all this is designed to ensure that brexit happens while not affecting the status of the irish border — something that is crucial to maintaining the good friday agreement peace deal that dates back to the 905. mrjohsnon believes his plans achieve this, the eu doesn't. the fallout from the boris johnson, angela merkel call

is in itself hugely significant. but there's more. last night, james forsyth, political editor of the spectator published, this on the magazine's blog. it's called "how number ten view the state of the negotiations‘. this how rob watson assessed it. he isa he is a regular contributor to outside source. he says... the memo begins: here's another key part, which we've voiced. there are quite a few people in...

james forsyth didn't reveal who wrote the memo, only saying the author is "a number ten source". many westminister commentors believe it was dominic cummings. he shapes the prime minister's brexit strategy, and previously was director of vote leave that successfully campaigned for brexit. we don't know if it was him — but given downing street hasn't questioned the statement, we can at least say he approves. let's listen to amber rudd on this issue. she resigned as a cabinet minister recently over borisjohnson‘s handling of brexit. she's convinced it was dominic cummings. it sounds angry and desperate, and the language that is used, i do not believe should be the language of the uk government. there's a fair amount of speculation about where it came from, but since it hasn't been denied by number ten, and no young woman spat, for instance,

has been marched out of downing street. one can only assume it's come from the centre from the prime minister's adviser, and the style of it seems to imply that. you think dominic cummings... i think dominic cummings, yes, because otherwise it would've been heavily denied, and heads would've rolled. so, clearly it's come from them, it's in their style. it reveals that there doesn't appear to be an actual plan at all. instead what they're doing is angrily, apparently, begging the eu not to support a delay which will be required because of the position that parliament has taken. we are only ten minutes into the programme, but let's take stock for a moment. we have had downing street issue a version of a phone call with angela merkel, which many political observers think is inaccurate. we have uk claiming that, among other things, the eu was trying to drive a wedge between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. let's get more analysis from the bbc‘s assistant political editor norman smit. i think what we are seeing is a potential rupture in relations between britain

and the rest of europe. a souring in relations, but even the fact that number ten has been so ready to brief about that phone call with angela merkel, i mean normally, these sort of phone conversations, the readout‘s usually pretty bland and anodyne, and everything's couched in sort of diplomatic nice language, not so this time, with number ten being pretty open saying, it was challenging, it was difficult, it was a clarifying moment. accusing the eu of being prepared to torpedo the good friday agreement. so a source in the uk government says a deal is "essentially impossible". after thatjohnson— merkel call. and we've just heard the labour party warning the talks are collapsing. and yet the negotiations continue. here we have britain chief brexit negotiator, david frost, in brussels today. the uk says says discussions are reaching a critical point. that's putting it mildly. the eu too has confirmed

the negotiations haven't stopped. political talks are continuing today, so i don't see how talks could have actually been broken down if they are happening today. and in the days to continue, so in order to give precisely to the united kingdom, the opportunity to present their proposals in more detail, and the commissions chief negotiator barnier will be debriefing the college of commissioners tomorrow on the state of play of the talks with the uk, which are continuing. so if you are confused, you and me both. here's damian grammaticus on what's going on. they are continuing because both sides, for all of that noise that you heard there, for all of the briefing, both sides still see some value in it. now what is that value? well, for the eu side, the value is clearly they do want a deal. but despite whatever you've heard there, i mean it's clear that

eu side with like a deal to sort this out. and they want to keep this show on the road. even if they have real doubts about what the uk has put on the table. first of all, because with the uk has put on the table is a significant step back from where the uk was earlier in the negotiations, and a number two, because of what the uk has put on the table has also in the eu's you just doesn't work. it doesn't address the problems on the irish border. in any meaningful way. but the eu is hoping to somehow keep the show on the road and not be blamed. for the uk side, they are also here talking, why, well, that may be a different calculation. maybe they are hoping there is some last—minute sort of deal that can be done, or maybe it's the, sort of, the idea to seen to be trying to achieve a deal. so, both sides, they are sort of practicalities, and the sort of politics of it. how it's seen. michel barnier is the eu's chief brexit negotiator. here's what he tweeted after meeting the italy's europe minister earlier.

so that is a familiar message, and here is the irish deputy minister very much aligning with that. there isa very much aligning with that. there is a lot of misinformation going around today. so let me say this loud and clear to everybody. the irish government and the eu is working flat out to achieve a deal that sees an orderly brexit at the end of this month. however, that deal cannot come at any cost. the british government has responsibilities on the island of ireland, and brexit must recognise them. so, ireland, and brexit must recognise them. 50, hold on, ireland, and brexit must recognise them. so, hold on, if the uk proposals had been rejected, emmanuel macron says they've got to change. if they are to be considered. is the uk team currently

in brussels offering anything different? here's damian again. no inward, absolutely not. what the uk team are doing is offering, clarifications. so this isn't a negotiation. what's happening is that the uk ideas on the table, the eu site have said that doesn't address the questions, because essentially, with the uk proposal says is, promise you won't put anything on the border, commit that, that you keep the border open, and the uk, well, it will sort out the details later down the line of how it might try to protect your border, the eu, from smuggling. give us exemptions, and lots of things about how your borders would normally work. the eu says that simply not good enough. so the eu is asking for more detail. —— about how things could work. the uk is being asked to provide it, but at the minute, that's not a negotiation. that's a sort of exploration of ideas, if you like. believe it or not,

that's not all of the elements of the brexit story today. we will come back to brexit in 13—14 minutes‘ time on outside source, with more coverage. stay with us on outside source — still to come. more trouble for boeing. pilots at a us airline are sueing over the grounded 737 max. vivienne nunis will explain from new york. the scottish government has allocated £7 million to a new fund to help tackle poverty in the event of a no—deal brexit. deputy first ministerjohn swinney announced that the rapid poverty mitigation fund would provide resources to local councils. tomorrow, we will be publishing an online tool, and accompanying the ports, which highlights the areas of greatest vulnerability to eu exit whether with or without a deal in scotland. the analysis, the first of its kind in the uk, tracks of various factors, which make communities vulnerable to the impacts of exiting the european

union. as the result of this analysis, we are putting in place a plan to establish a £7 million rapid poverty mitigation fund, in the event of an ordeal, this fund will be allocated to local authorities, so be allocated to local authorities, so that those people most in need can get support quickly and efficiently. that may be through the scottish welfare funds, discretionary housing payments, or for particular help with viewed insecurity or fuel poverty. —— food insecurity, or fuel poverty. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? brexit is beginning to, well, people are not getting on. london and brussels have been exchanging barbs today, as hopes fade for a brexit deal before an important summit next week. and here are the latest headlines from bbc world service. the united states is blacklisting 28 chinese technology companies over concerns they are involved in the repression

of muslims in china's western region of xinjiang. eight separate manufacturers of artificial intelligence and surveillance equipment, along with a number of local police districts in xinjiang, are now banned from receiving us goods, without us government approval. ecuador‘s government says it would be open to mediation from the un, after almost a week of unrest over austerity measures. tens of thousands of protesters have converged on the capital, quito. president moreno has declared a state of emergency and moved government operations to the port city of gwiquel. the nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for their contributions to understanding the evolution of the universe. canadian—american, james peebles, was recognised for his work in physical cosmology, including dark matter. two swiss nationals, michel mayor and didier queloz, shared the award for discovering the first planet orbiting in another star system.

0k, ok, time for outside source business. we start with an exclusive interview with the new head of the monetary —— international monetary fund. warning the world is in the midst of a "synchronised slowdown." kristalina georgieva, says trade disputes are weighing down on growth. here she is with the bbc‘s michelle fleury explaining this pessimistic assessment. we move from a synchronise upswing, 7596 we move from a synchronise upswing, 75% of the world growing faster, to a synchronise slowdown. 90% of the world economy slowing. and when you look at the many reasons, these are fractures in the world economy that are holding growth back. and you have pretty pessimistic numbers on how the trade disputes between the world's two largest economies, eat the us and china, is affecting the global economy. what we are seeing is by

2020, loss of 0.8% of global gdp. this is an equivalent of $700 billion. and what is most significant is that it is not the direct impact of tariffs that are most harmful, the most harmful is the loss of confidence. what is so clear is that everybody loses. we are expecting trade talks to resume. what advice do you have to offer to these huge two trading partners?” personally see criticality of recognising that different countries have different grievances around trade. and that we have to take —— talk candidly about these grievances, and see how we can address them. if we fail to do so, then we are

worse off. and that is not a good excuse if you can say, you know what, i am a loser. but you are a bigger loser than me. i don't think that this is what people expect from leadership. christina, the new managing director of the international monetary fund. thank you so much. thank you. now, new troubles for boeing. pilots from south—west airlines, are suing the company. they're accusing it of deliberately misleading them over the 737 max — which remains grounded after two deadly crashes. vivienne nunis in new york. hi, vivian. help me understand what the pilots are saying here, in what way were they misled? well, the pilots say they were misled when it came into the way boeing sold the 737 next to them. they say that they we re 737 next to them. they say that they were told it was going to be just a slight variation on the existing 737 model, which they have phone... phone and for many years, rather than what they say is significantly

different. now this lawsuit today is after negotiations with boeing field, and the pilots a because the 737 max was grounded in march, they have lost $100 million in income, and southwest airlines was actually the operator that had the most boeing 737 max aircraft, so it had a lot to lose. i don't understand though, why are the pilots bringing this, rather than the company, if it's the company which has taken the hit? it's the pilots who say they have individually lost earnings. they have had 30,000 flights cancelled that solve the neck southwest airlines, that would've beenjobs, flights southwest airlines, that would've been jobs, flights that those pilots would have been taken and paid for. this actually isn't the only lawsuit against boeing that's being brought bya group against boeing that's being brought by a group of pilots. a separate group of 400 pilots has also brought a similar lawsuit against the company, again come over lost revenue. 0k, vivian, thank you very much for that update. appreciate it. that's vivian live with us in new york. we don't often talk about seaweed, but i have a quick report on this to play you.

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indian oceans, and now, mainly used in making skin products, but can al5o in making skin products, but can also be eaten. very 5alty, in making skin products, but can also be eaten. very salty, and crunchy too. we purchased 700 kilos, and on a daily basis, we produce about a thousand soa p5 a daily basis, we produce about a thousand 5oaps a day. so about a thousand 5oaps a day. so about a thousand product5 thousand 5oaps a day. so about a thousand products a day using the seaweed. the rising sea temperatures area big seaweed. the rising sea temperatures are a big concern to us. and we've really had to become much more knowledgeable about how to grow the crop. becau5e knowledgeable about how to grow the crop. because of course, the healthy the seaweed, the better it is for our products. although issues like ri5ing water temperatures are a threat to the crop, the women here are constantly adapting their farming techniques. thi5 this is the story we will be turning to in this is the story we will be turning toina this is the story we will be turning to in a few minutes' time, because president trump has stopped the eu, i'm sorry, the us ambassador of the eu answering questions to the

democrat5 about that ukraine controversy. we will explain the ins and outs with the help of anthony when we return. hello. we are keeping a close eye on the pacific at the moment. we have a typhoon here, in fact, classified by the japanese meteorological authority, which governs the forecast for these systems in this part of the world, a5 a violent typhoon. the system is still intensifying, it's now pulling away from the mariana i5lands, but the current forecast track has it heading very close to southern and centraljapan by the end of the week, and in time for the weekend. this could be subject to some change, but it certainly looks like we are going to see some very wet and very windy weather affecting a good swath of japan through friday, saturday, and on into sunday, with the potential for some quite damaging wind5, as well especially to the south of the system, and also these systems come with a notable storm 5urge, so we could see coastal flooding as well.

certainly a pretty 5tormy outlook for many of ourjapanese cities in the coming five days. let's head now to north america, where there are some dramatic changes to come in the weather through the middle of the week, going to lose the showers from the east coast, it's very quiet across the plains and the rockies at the moment. but this area of low pressure is about to come into play. ahead of it, we have been pulling up some very warm air from the south, and temperatures are above average all the way into central canada, but as this low, which is quite innocuou5 on the face of it, comes swinging through it for wednesday and thursday. it's going to bring a real plunge of colder air down behind it, that contrast in the air mass will spark 5ome thundry shower5, we will see some heavier rain, most significantly though, i think the threat of some pretty heavy snow. north dakota getting really caught up in the low, as it stall5, we could see a metre of snow, over 30 inches of snow in some places before the week is out. and some real plunges in temperatures as well,

as the system rolls through town. so for denver, mid 205 with sunshine on wednesday, —4 with snow showers by thursday. you can see the heavy snow showing up there for bismarck and north dakota. let's head towards europe now. still have a mild heat wave going on across siberia for the next few days, finally looking a little quieter through the central med, as low pressure sensor way south. for central europe, wednesday looks pretty stormy actually, whether french arriving, bringing some heavy rain it, as far south as the alps, may be a bit of snow over the tops too. it's still pretty windy with some hefty showers in the northwest, but finally some milder weather pushing its way into scandinavia. it will take a while though, for that milder air to get as far east as moscow, and for us to see our temperatures really beginning to lift. but we are back up into double figures through the later part of the week, whereas for warsaw, it looks like we could see 20—21d, along with berlin in the next few days. and also some warmth getting into paris, never quite gets as far northwest though as the uk. more on what's coming up

though in half an hour.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the blame game starts as brexit talks between the uk and eu unravel. downing street says angela merkel told them an agreement was now overwhelmingly unlikely. berlin says this isn't true — the chancellor would always leave the door open. the british parliament has now been suspended but the law it passed ruling out a no—deal brexit still stands. we'll look at what could happen next if the uk doesn't get a deal. the world is watching to see if turkey sends forces into northern syria, after president trump started withdrawing us troops. we'll report from the turkey—syria border. turkey is indicating that it intends to proceed despite the crescendo of international opposition.

the man on the right is the us ambassador to the european union. the white house has blocked him giving evidence to the trump impeachment inquiry. the head of the nba says it will not compromise on freedom of speech. we'll explain the escalating backlash in china against the houston rockets. assuming there is no brexit deal between the uk and the eu by the end of next week, a law called the benn act kicks in. parliament passed this a few weeks back — it states that if there is no deal by october 19 — that's the day after the eu summit finished — then the prime minister must ask for an extension. the legislation was introduced

by the labour mp hilary benn. here he is today. the act that we have passed is very clearly is that if the prime minister cannot get a deal it does not persuade prominently with no deal which we are not going to agree to, he was write a letter asking for an extension provided the european union give the extension, no deal on the 31st of october will be avoided. we know the government is looking for ways around the benn act — because we were told as much in that extraordinary briefing from number 10 that was sent to the spectator magazine. here's some of it. our legal advice is clear, that we can do all sorts of things to scupper delay which for obvious reasons, we are not going into

for more on the implications of this downing street memo here's jonathan blake in westminster. in very stark terms what we can assume the wider thinking in downing street is, if the negotiations do falter and collapse this week and it looks as though the uk will be heading towards leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october. as you heard in the excerpt from those messages sent to james forsyth, the political editor of the spectator magazine, there is a view that the uk will be a particularly difficult neighbour and it will pursue a strategy of trying to either have a relationship of certain countries, which is a positive one, those who are clearly happy for the uk or content for the uk to leave the eu at the end of october that a deal, of october without a deal,

versus pursuing a difficult relationship and an awkward relationship with those were content to allow a delay to happen. so it was as you say an extraordinary briefing which has given an insight into the thinking of those in sight number ten but also let us remember the intended to send a message beyond westminster to brussels and perhaps inform or influence the next move of european leaders at this critical stage of negotiation. a couple of things to run by you, the briefing from number ten says the government will make it clear to the eu that a delay is an atrocious idea that everyone should dismiss and goes on to say that if it were to happen, it would make clear that it was the uk that if it were to happen, it would made clear that it was the uk parliament of the uk government that was requesting it. here's more from the memo.

this downing street memo also indicates that britain will withdraw security cooperation of other eu countries trying, in its eyes, to keep the uk inside the eu against its will. well, have a look at this, northern ireland secretary saying that any withdrawal agreement cooperation environment with ireland is acceptable, this is not in the interest of northern ireland where the union. i am confused here, we have a man from number ten and a northern ireland secretary saying another. yeah, the government not exactly speaking with one voice there and i think it was notable that the northern ireland secretary saw fit to intervene and look to clarify

at least his position or at least the government as a whole that doing anything that would question or jeopardise the security cooperation between the united kingdom and the republic of ireland was in his view, unacceptable and that really plays into of the huge sensitivity that there is been throughout this brexit process around the border, which is currently an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and how you maintain that situation which we have seen is crucial to maintaining peace on the island of ireland which there has been now for some decades. so an extraordinary, extraordinarily sensitive claim to make that security cooperation could be withdrawn and it is not necessarily the case that that will be constructive or seen as popular back home and certainly not in brussels. and in the last hour or so a ceremony got underway to suspend or prorogue parliament here in the uk. it is a marked contrast

to the stormy scenes during the ceremony to prorogue parliament last month, a decision which was later overturned and ruled unlawful by the supreme court. mp5 and the house of lords will return to westminster for the queen's speech on monday 14th october. the trump administration has blocked the us ambassador to the eu from testifying at an impeachment hearing. this is gordon sondland — he was going to answer questions about whether he urged ukraine to investigate former vice—president joe biden and his son. in response the house committees say they'll issue subpoenas for both mr sondland's testimony and his documents. we know the investor has relevant

information on whether the meeting with the president that they desperately sought with president trump was being conditioned on these investigations that the president believes will help his reelection campaign. it is hard to overstate the significance of notjust the ambassador's testimony and others as well, the failure to produce this witness, the failure to produce these documents, we consider get additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. the democrats are trying to find out if president trump withheld close to $400m dollars in aid to ukraine — in order to push president zelensky to investigate the bidens. a whistleblower raised concerns about the call between presidents trump and zelensky — which prompted nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, to launch

an impeachment investigation. here's the president on today's story. mr sondland released a statement saying he's that he can't testify. he says: anthony zurcher, washington. iam i am interested in this phrase, kangaroo court. is it reasonable to say that the environment ambassador would step in and be partisan?” think that is certainly the view of the administration, democrats would counter that they are trying to conduct an open and fair investigation but of this is taking place behind closed doors and

republicans like to be able to call their own witnesses and call their own people to testify behind closed doors and i would like to think that invariably will you disseminate this in the washington environment, it is going to be viewed as partisan. and the president is within his right to say no, you cannot speak to the sky? first of all, this is not a full subpoena, this is a request and now they have issued a subpoena and if you consider that they have power than the white house and the administration have to observe these subpoenas, technically is. but perhaps this entire proceeding is illegitimate and they're going to denied the subpoena, denied the request in congress really does not have much of an ability to enforce it and have much of an ability to enforce itand so, have much of an ability to enforce it and so, this kind of a classic battle of the two branches of government over who has the power, who has the power to review the other one or who has the obligation

to comply and that is an open debate i suppose. anthony, first of all this new poll shows that 58% of americans say the impeachment inquiry is the right thing to do but more surprisingly still though is that 20% of republican support this inquiry, 18% of them say the support removing donald trump from office. what do you make of those numbers, anthony? it is pretty i eye-popping concern they were generally against the idea of even opening and impeachment investigation, so that think it represents real movement on the american people towards supporting this investigation and the possible impeachment of the president. some of the mind is of partisan lines in this country, love democrats are coming home and now supporting impeachment if you look at that republican number that you

highlighted, that is of the most remarkable thing. if republicans start to break ranks and stood to see some of shift in opinion within the party that used to be marching in lockstep behind donald trump, thatis in lockstep behind donald trump, that is very bad news for him and it might make republicans in congress a little bit more unsure of how much they want to support the present going down this path. how does this fit in with the eminent election campaign is there a timely fashion which this impeachment process can be done? they would really love to get this wrapped up by the end of the year, maybe have an impeachment vote if there is one before the end of november and then headed over to the senate where it is in the republican's hands the gift saved kind of timeline, but like this going on in the heart of an election campaigni going on in the heart of an election campaign i think is unfathomable for a lot of politicians we can have senators, democratic senators were running for president, campaigning

and participating in debates have to go back to washington to participate in it impeachment trial. they'll be pretty remarkable, i do not know if they would even contemplated. very intimately involved because the world is watching turkey at the moment and we are seeing if they will attack northern syria. here you can see a turkish military convoy arriving at the turkey syria border. today at the syrian border. yesterday the us announced it was pulling its troops out — effectivley giving turkey the green light to advance. here are two turkish newspapers. one says "countdown". the other "countdown has begun for the operation". inside syrian territory controlled by kurds, there was these oovprotests earlier. these are current and former kurdish fighters protesting outside the un office. remember america armed these

features so they could take on the islamic state group. remember america armed these features so they could take on the islamic state group. turkey regards them as terrorists. the bbc‘s orla guerin is at the turkey syria border. certainly the message that the authorities want to send is that they are absolutely ready and that all the preparations have been made and that the attack could come as the president has said any night now. have to say we have been here at the border and we have not seen any sign of any large military build—up we have not seen any military movement but that being said there are a lot of troops already at this quarter and there area already at this quarter and there are a lot of guns in the turkish army already trained across the border and serve turkey is indicating that it intends to

proceed despite the crescendo of international opposition despite the concerns of what this could mean for the fate of hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians, let's not forget they have already endured years of warand of they have already endured years of war and of course despite the many questions that have been raised about what this could mean for the global battle against islamic state. president trump has tried again to defend his decision. he went on: here's orla guerin again.

he is clearly attempting some damage control with a lot of stinging criticism both inside the us and abroad. but america abandoning a staunch ally that is played such a key role in the fight against islamic state. there have been thousands of kurdish fighters killed in this battle they have managed over time with help from the us to push out ias from a large swathe of territory. and how they feel the job is done there being abandoned and they're expecting this turkish offensive is going to be imminent. one of the key questions being raised his with a count of the ias fighters that are currently being held in detention centres. the estimates range up to 10,000 fighters and perhaps as many as 2000 are believed to be foreign fighters. kurdish officials have said to the bbc, officials in the syrian

democratic forces who are led by the current. they are said to the bbc that if there is a turkish advance, we will have to focus on that flight. we will have to focus on that flight. we will have to take many of our forces from these prisons, will have to withdraw all of our forces from areas that have been recently liberated from ris. so this is the concern very much by the countries, the gains that have been very hard—fought the gains that have been very hard —fought and the gains that have been very hard—fought and quite recent that are now at risk of being lost due to tu rkey‘s are now at risk of being lost due to turkey's plan to steam across the border and create a safe zone which it says is essential for its own security. escalating, all connected to comments made about hong kong pro—democracy protest and all the latest. more than 100 thousand

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to ascertain whether or not destroyer not. —— that is true or not. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? a war of words heats up between london and brussels as hopes fade for a brexit agreement. the head of the nba says it will not compromise on freedom of speech. he's had to say so after an escalating backlash in china against houston rockets manager, daryl morey — he who tweeted an image that read — "fight for freedom. stand with hong kong2 — a reference to pro democracy protests there. although he later said he didn't mean to cause offense chinese state media anounced it will block the broadcast of two nba pre—season games. here's nba's commissioner adam silver defending daryl morey.

the long—held values of the nba arches support freedom of expression and certainly freedom of expression by members of the nba community. in this case, as the general manager of the houston rockets enjoys that right is one of our employees. the tweet has been fiercely criticised by chinese fans, sponsors and commercial partners — some of them have suspended their cooperation with the nba. this is china's foreign ministry. translation: china has already made made solemn representations to the us side over this wrong statement. the chinese basketball association and the chinese partners of the rocket team have made statements in succession. i think china's position is very clear. in addition, i suggest that you pay attention to the reaction of the ordinary chinese people on this matter, and their attitude. how can you have exchanges and cooperate with the chinese side, without understanding the chinese people? that's not going to work.

texan senator ted cruz is a rockets fan: democratic presidential hopeful julian castro saying us must frank langfitt, npr correspondent in london. the nba did not get off to a great start and then there was a massive backlash in the united states, not just on twitter both from republicans and democrats saying that the thought that the nba was selling our democratic values and those i think you're seeing adam silver saying we're not going to the language of the people who work for us language of the people who work for us and certainly not the players and things like that. the stakes are high for the mba though. incredibly high, china is an enormous market and more people watched in china

than the united states, the finals of the nba. it is enormously important and having lived in china for many years, i played basketball there once and is a good way to communicate with people, it is immensely popular. are you surprised that the chinese of flex their muscles on this one? they have been doing this for a long time. people have covered china for a long time we know they have done this in american universities, uk universities as well, putting pressure and censoring free speech countries on chinese politics but this is the biggest case of far and a lot of people that would not of paid attention to it are not paying attention to it like the nba. not so much the explicit censorship or someone says much the explicit censorship or someone says something in they are told they cannot say that but all managers of nba teams, all players will know that if they speak up on an issue that could cause commercial

friction for the organisation they work for. i think they definitely know that now and some of the coaches, particularly the coach of the golden state warriors was very outspoken refusing to address this issue recently. so yeah, i think that even though the nba saying the free expression, we are in favour of it, most would know that this could bea it, most would know that this could be a very problematic event financially for this organisation. there is presumably pressure on the chinese authorities, they cannot ta ke chinese authorities, they cannot take nba basketball away stop you what they've done with the preseason games is that they're not going to airthem in china. games is that they're not going to air them in china. for games is that they're not going to airthem in china. forthem games is that they're not going to air them in china. for them to take air them in china. for them to take a dramatic move and not allow the nba to be shown you might get a bit of backlash, but in mainly china, there is a lot of antithesis to make

antipathy towards the protests so that they cannot go too far and how they try to punish the mba stop by they try to punish the mba stop by the chinese authorities are aware of the chinese authorities are aware of the dynamic whereby chinese people consume more and more american culture whether it is hollywood a sport, that inevitably is going to expose chinese people to opinions and ways of life that press the chinese authorities do not want to promote. perhaps, but over the past 20 years, the censorship of the internet has been very successful and let people in china cannot actually get to band sites overseas, no virtual private networks and the chinese government is built a very effective internet, stronger than most of us thought it would be. this is to the irish broadcasters saying that it will be difficult to get a brexit agreement, dampening expectations and more tomorrow.

hello, our weather is stuck in a very autumnal pattern does stay like that for the foreseeable but stay around for three minutes and i'm sure he will be plunged into winter and rather abruptly as well. the autumn weather which as we know is not a wash—out, there were some sunshine around on tuesday but heavy showers are never too far with plenty of rainbows on the weather watch picture because it is some and showers as we stay close to low pressure like the spokes on a wheel with these disturbances, these weather fronts moving through and the pep of the showers at times and affecting south wells in southern england is to start with foundry downpours and the keep on running into the highlands of scotland with the rain total mounting here on strong gusty winds, is blustering across the uk but very few showers reaching across the proportion of

the area that stays dry is higher compared to elsewhere. temptress during the mid teens feeling to be called her on wednesday than they did on tuesday. going to thursday, a bit of flavour with the weather fronts starting to head to the atla ntic fronts starting to head to the atlantic and there will still be a few showers but not as many as we have seen and not as many cloud towards northern ireland in northern england on thursday and it is still quite windy out there. weather fronts still playing a part going into friday, still low pressure but we see these other fronts, you'll see a longer spell of rain rather than the showers but there is some certainty as to where the shares will be sitting in if you look at the picture, it can bring a longer speu the picture, it can bring a longer spell of rain in northern england and the weather fronts starts to move further south on england and wales as we go deeper into the day and quite strong once associated with that as well, so it is quite flowing again on friday. once we get to the weekend will be dominated by

this with the frontier as it stalls close to the uk but the ripples months elongated and reinvigorate the times. the trend on saturday will be fading. submit apache rain with a good deal of cloud across england and wales and some sharks in scotla nd england and wales and some sharks in scotland and northern ireland but the ripple of energy with a bit of light coming back to this weather front just waiting for some southwest later in this are going to sunday, here it comes in its spread some more persistent rain more widely across the uk on sunday and will have to stay still with uncertainty asked about if you have plans over the weekend, check the forecast. the chances are so volatile and they may not look exactly like this in a quick few words but next week and will illustrate out of the jet stream coming right across the atlantic, it will be carrying low pressure and will be carrying low pressure and will stay unsettled at times. if you do want whether change something

dryer, warmer, perhaps even colder, be careful what you wish for. i would take you to denver, colorado where the temperature would top out at 26 celsius and fast—forward, not very far forward to thursday and we are expecting a high of this —2 and some snow is winter take hold. we'll begin the usa, comes to the uk, that does not always follow and there's no sign of that coming in for now. let us just no sign of that coming in for now. let usjust deal no sign of that coming in for now. let us just deal with the autumn weather before we jump into november. goodbye.

tonight at 10 — a deal before the brexit deadline on 31st october now looks extremely unlikely. a warm welcome for the president of the european parliament today, but no progress is made. now, borisjohnson is preparing for crunch talks with his irish counterpart later this week. i think it's going to be very difficult to secure an agreement by next week, quite frankly. we very much want there to be a deal, and i will certainly work until the very last moment to secure that, but not at any cost.

has this long process entered