good afternoon. there are reports today of fresh clashes in north—eastern syria, as turkish forces continue their offensive against kurdish troops. pressure is also building on the united states, to stop turkey continuing its military operation. kurdish authorities say more than 190,000 people have been displaced as result of the turkish incursion, triggered by president trump's decision to withdraw us troops. turkey says it wants to create a 20—mile—deep buffer zone across the syrian border — what it calls a "safe zone" —

free of kurdish militias. from akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience sent this report. despite the growing international pressure, turkey's not backing down. at the border, the build—up continues, as turkey claims it's taken control of a key syrian town. this pro—turkish fighter says they've just entered ras al—ain. almost immediately, there is incoming fighterfrom kurdish fighters. allahu akbar. tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. some are now sheltering in the school. but how do you explain it to a child? "there was shelling,"

says this man, "i had to flee my house in the middle of the night." "we didn't know where to go." "we walked about six miles, and i'm sick, "and i don't have any medicine." but turkey's president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. translation: the west and the us all together say to us, "you are killing the kurds." the kurds are our brothers and sisters, ourfight is not against the kurds. it is against terrorist organisations. driven from their homes by the fighting, that's not how these people feel. there are also reports that pro—turkish forces have reached a key highway 20 miles deep into

syria, away from the turkish border. today, it appears, syria, away from the turkish border. today, itappears, is syria, away from the turkish border. today, it appears, is one of significant military developments. martin, thank you, on the turkey syria border. the biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years has made landfall, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the west coast. millions of people have been urged to leave their homes ahead of the arrival of typhoon hagibis. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes has sent this report. this behind me is shibuya station in the middle of tokyo and, normally, on a saturday afternoon, this place would be jammed with tourists, jammed with shoppers. this here is the famous hachiko scramble crossing, one of the most famous sights in tokyo and, normally on a saturday afternoon, there would be thousands of people going across here. now it is pretty much completely deserted. and that goes for the whole of tokyo, the greater tokyo area. everything has pretty much been shut down ahead of the storm. all of the railways,

the whole of the metro system. both of tokyo's airports are now closed down, as is the famous bullet train. that is because, although it doesn't look like it yet, in a few hours‘ from now, we are going to have winds coming through here well in excess of 100 kilometres per hour. so this is the tama river and this is one of the main large rivers that runs through tokyo. this is on the southern end of tokyo and you can see just how swollen it is already. there is now a flood warning in effect for people living on the banks of this river, because, as you can see, it is already very, very high, there is still rain falling and this is the real dangerfrom a typhoon of this size. huge rainfall has fallen over the last few hours, up in the mountains to the west of tokyo. now all that rain is coming down these rivers, swelling them, and it's in danger of breaking their banks and this is just one of dozens of rivers along

the coast here. it's always the big danger from these sorts of events, is water. water is the thing that can do real damage, both if this river bursts its banks, if it causes landslides in the mountains or, of course, when it reaches the sea. as the tycoon comes up the coast in the next few hours, it will push a storm surge ahead of it and as it meets the water coming out of these rivers, that can cause flooding along the coast. so this is the real test, the next few hours, to see what happens to these rivers, how high they go and whether the flood defences hold. rupert wingfield—hayes with the latest there. and of course the storm could affect yet more rugby world cup games. this was the scene earlier today as japan headed out for training. meanwhile, scotland have an anxious wait to find out if their game tomorrow will be on. the kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge has become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. the 34—year—old covered the 26.2

mile course in one hour, 59 minutes and a0 seconds. however, his time won't be recognised as an official record as it wasn't in open competition and he followed a team of pacemakers. ade adedoyin reports. 15 seconds... eliud kipchoge came to vienna with his sights set on one thing. running the quickest marathon ever. and from the word go, he was on track and well ahead of pace. the detailed planning was paying off. special shoes propelled bikini and further forward with each pace. they calculated the optimum course and weather, taking into his account, his biorhythms and even projecting a laser onto the road. but all of this means he can't be ratified as a world record by the world athletics governing body. as the finished approach, the pacemakers stepped away and kipchoge strolled into

history. into the final 20 seconds. eliud kipchoge! look over his shoulder. 1:59:a0 the unofficial time! i want to inspire many people, to tell people, no human is limited, you can do it and expect all other runners around the world to run under two hours. already a great athlete with world and olympic titles, kipchoge will now be remembered forever. ade adedoyin, bbc news, vienna. with all the sport now, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre. many thanks, indeed. ireland are on the brink of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. they need a bonus—point victory against samoa and lead 33—5 in the second half in fukuoka. katie gornall is there, and it's almostjob done. well, it is. i mean, they came into

this game, john, and the equation was simple for them, they had to win, had to secure the bonus point and score four tries if they were to guarantee a place in the quarterfinal and they got off to the perfect start, three tries in quick succession. the pick of those from jonny sexton, who scampered over to score and then dusted himself off to convert as well. that was 21 points in 20 minutes and it seemed ireland could do no wrong. but it wasn't all plain sailing, they did have a player sent off as well, a red card for a dangerous tackle, making contact with their head. that is most likely his world cup over. ireland needed to regroup at that point and they did so. remember, they need four tries to secure the bonus point. they wrapped it up before the break. jonny sexton again, their talisman, with the fourth try, finished the first half 26-5 fourth try, finished the first half 26—5 and ireland have since stretched their lead. they now lead

33-5, stretched their lead. they now lead 33—5, they are on course for a place in the quarterfinals where they would most likely face the all blacks. katy, many thanks indeed. scotland will learn tonight if their match with hosts japan in yokohama tomorrow is to go ahead. there's a pitch inspection at10pm uk time, as organisers assess the damage following typhoon hagibis. the scottish rugby union believe they have a legal case against the game's governing body if the match is cancelled. gregor townsend's side face elimination if it's called off. we don't want to get into some kind of legal arm—wrestle with world rugby. we don't want to criticise world rugby. but we do believe we're being timed out in the competition, and being timed out is not a comfortable place to be, and it is collateral damage that's going to be... scotland will be collateral damage, and it's not something that we're prepared to sit back and take. "a wake—up call" — that's how manager gareth southgate's descibed england's first defeat in a qualifier for ten years. they lost 2—1 to the czech republic in prague, despite taking the lead through

harry's kane's early penalty. if england had won the match, they would have qualified for euro 2020 with three games to spare. england have another qualifier, against bulgaria in sofia, on monday. in terms of a wake—up call, i think we've had a lot of plaudits. i think we've had a lot of plaudits. i think we've always maintained that there isa we've always maintained that there is a lot of work to be done to be a really top team. i think tonight was clear evidence of that. we have to respond in the right way. the super league grand final takes place later today, salford red devils are hoping for a fairy tale ending to a surprising season. they take on the runaway league leaders st helens at old trafford for the right to be crowned champions. the cash—strapped red devils were relegation candidates at the start of the season, but are on the brink of what would be an extraordinary success. kind of try not to think about it. i think other people will look at it and say how big it is and how big the occasion is going to be for you

personally, but for me, i'mjust focused on doing myjob at the moment, making sure we are prepped. stuff like that might hit afterwards. at the moment, it has certainly not kind of hit, the magnitude of it, although i know it will be a special occasion and a special day. leeds rhinos are the women's super league champions, after beating castleford in last night's grand final. leeds came from behind to win 20—12. two tries from fran goldthorp and one from ellie frain secured the win, which completes the league and cup double for the rhinos after they won the challenge cup in july. that's all the sport for now. john, thank you very much indeed. and before we go, how quickly do you walk? well, research out today has found faster walkers in their 40s age more slowly. using a simple test of gait speed, scientists found slower walkers' bodies not only aged more quickly, but their faces looked older and they had smaller brains. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel.

the next news on bbc one is at half past five. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more now on the kenyan long—distance runner, eliud kipchoge making history this morning, becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. earlier i spoke to the british long distance runner, jo pavey and asked her what she made of this. it's so exciting. i think like many people i felt quite emotional towards the end, seeing his face and the cheering pacemakers coming in behind him. it was phenomenal. he really has pushed the limits of human endeavour. his famous phrase, "no human

is limited," is really inspired. so many people, runners and children out there, to know that they can achieve their personal goals. it was obviously not an official race and there are factors that make it not an official world record but it wasn't about that, it was seeing what a human can achieve and it was phenomenal. ijust loved watching it. so those factors you allude to. that doesn't detract from the achievement in your mind in any way? no, of course, eliud kipchoge is just a phenomenal athlete. he already has the official world record for a marathon he did last year in berlin. he has got the most perfect running style. he isjust so determined physically and mentally. he'sjust amazing. he inspires people with the comments he comes outwith. he doesn't say many words but when he does people listen because he's so inspiring. i think there are other factors like the laser lights they had beamed onto the road and the drinks from the bike which saves energy,

the course was dead flat and it wasjust a repeated loop back and forth. but everything was made to be perfect but that was the whole point. it was meant to be a race. it was all about pushing the limits of human endeavour and seeing what a human could be capable of. that was really exciting. we haven't had a definite barrier broken since sir roger bannister way back in 1954. 65 years we haven't had a barrier like this broken and it was a really emotional moment. i think many people found that. it was a spectacle and as an athlete myself i don't know how he could deal with that amount of pressure, all that set up especially for him, all the people that had worked on it. he delivered. he is so strong, physically and mentally. it was just amazing. 0ne thought that crosses my mind and he referred to it in that interview, he looked so fresh

when he crossed the line, how much faster do you think could he go in this? it did seem like he could have gone faster. the scenes of him running back and forwards, high—fiving people in the crowd, making sure they all enjoyed the moment as much as him. it was phenomenal. it was about making sure he broke that barrier. he kept that pace but there wasn't the scenes of him lying flat on his back. obviously the adrenaline and excitement of achieving something so great gave him a massive surge of energy. it did look as though he could have gone even faster. even if he could, he has gone in history, he is the first person ever to do this. even if people come along in the future and repeat the same performance or take it further, he has been the one. just like sir roger bannister is the first person to break the four—minute mile, he has been the first person ever to to do that. the circumstances, as you say, it wasn't a normal race but it wasn't about that, it was about pushing the limits, seeing what someone could do. he has been inspirational to athletes and people in whatever they do in life.

you can achieve your goals and achieve more than you think if you are determined and hard—working. if you get your heart and mind set on something you can achieve things. let's return to the biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years. typhoon hagibis, which has made landfall near tokyo. millions of people have been urged to leave their homes. the typhoon has forced the cancellation of flights and train services. earlier i spoke to jake adelstein , correspondent for the daily beast in tokyo. he described what it was like in the japanese capital. it is kind of amazing. i was out a few minutes ago. some of the trains are still running. the rain is coming down so hard it's like being shot in the face with a bb gun. it is intense. you can hear the wind from the 17th floor of the building i'm in right now.

it is going to get worse. it is an impressive storm. i think they say it's the worst since 1958. fortunately, there haven't been many casualties as of yet but you can understand why people would cancel the world cup games. it is ferocious. and as you say, they could be many more hours of this. oh, yeah. it touched down at about 7pm, far from tokyo. we are getting to the epicentre of this storm but this is just the prelude and already buildings are closing down. there is a skeleton crew running some of the subway systems but everything is shutting down, as it should be, because it is a tremendous wind. you can't open an umbrella without it breaking apart in about five seconds. what sort of preparations were people making in anticipation of this arriving? in tokyo people were duct taping their windows, getting ready for floods, looking for places to go if the river overflows.

a lot of people buying groceries at the last minute. the stores were sold out of water, eggs, basic supplies and things. there have been power outages in the past and people wondering what they will do if they run out of power. it is impressive how much has gone from the stores and how quickly tokyo has been to prepared by shutting everything down. you made a reference to it a moment ago, clearly the rugby world cup is on at the moment but there are serious doubts about some of the games that were due to happen over the next 48 hours? yes, nobody knows how long this will last or how much damage it will do to the grounds. the forecast is for sunshine by tomorrow afternoon which would be

great because i am rooting forjapan — no offence to great britain — and i would love to see them play scotland. that would be nice. cardinaljon henry newman has been named as the first british saint of the modern age. the prince of wales willjoin thousands of catholics from england and wales in the vatican tomorrow, for the canonisation of the victorian priest and poet. earlier on i spoke to catherine pepinster, the former editor of the catholic weekly and the tablet. she told me a bit more about cardinal newman. he had a very long and very interesting life. he began life as an anglican, a member of the church of england, a priest. he was an academic, a fellow at oxford. he decided, through many years of thought and troubled thought, that he should leave the church of england and become a catholic, which was controversial at the time in the victorian age. he lost friends. he lost the friendship of relatives even. but his canonisation tomorrow

recognises that he was a very holy person, he was dedicated to god and to his fellow man. he was an author of many, many books but he was also a priest and then eventually became a cardinal and ministered to the poor of birmingham. i imagine birmingham will be celebrating this day tomorrow. the decision that is arrived at here, how is that made? and who makes the ultimate call on something like this? there is a great deal of investigation that goes on, looking at a person's life and the person's writing, seeking all kinds of evidence. but the catholic church also requires there to be miracles for somebody to have prayed,

asking this potential saint to pray for them. to intercede for them and to enable them to be cured of a particular illness. there was one miracle for cardinal newman which led to his beatification, which is the state before full canonisation. then there was another one which caused the pope to decide he should bea caused the pope to decide he should be a saint. there are many people in rome conducting these studies. you mentioned what people in birmingham might think but more broadly when a decision like this is taken and i refer to the modern age, what does it mean to catholics here? i think that there is celebration that cardinal newman, a brit, has been made a saint.

it is the first brit to be canonised for nearly 50 years. i think catholics here regard cardinal newman as someone to look up to, a thoughtful person who wrote a great deal about faith and they find that very inspiring. in fact, people who aren't catholics might know him because he wrote the words of a great piece of music by elgar. and certain hymns have been taken from that. it is notjust the writings, though, it is the life that he led. he was a very pastoral figure and did a lot for very poor people. he was an intellectual but there was a lot more to him than that and that is what people are recognising tomorrow. the government is planning to change the law to reduce disruption to passengers when an airline goes into administration. the announcement, due in the queen's speech on monday, follows the collapse of monarch and thomas cook — which triggered huge repatriation operations. our business correspondent,

katie prescott, has more. when thomas cook and monarch went under, the airline regulator, the civil aviation authority, had to cobble together aeroplanes from around the world to bring stranded holiday—makers home. even though many passengers were not covered by the industry's atol scheme, a decision was taken to repatriate them to avoid people facing long waits to get back. in effect, they built a shadow airline recreating travel schedules out of other company's transport, in operations costing more than £100 million. this new legislation will allow the caa to use an airline's existing infrastructure, current planes and members of staff, aomething that hasn't previously been possible due to the uk's insolvency laws. keeping the fleet flying is one of the recommendations from the review into airline insolvency which came out in may this year, following that monarch collapse.

it looked into the protections available to air passengers. the hope is this will reduce the need for government intervention and spending in any future cases. katie prescott, bbc news. there's a warning that parents' chatter at the school gates has become a ‘breeding ground' for harmful myths about the safety of vaccinations against conditions like measles. nhs england chief simon stevens has spoken out after the latest figures showed a rise in the number of measles cases — and fall in the take—up of all routine jabs for under—fives in the last year. simon jones has more. the jab against measles, mumps and rubella is, in the words of nhs england's chief executive, "simple and free "and it can save lives." but simon stevens is worried. what are the points you think people need to learn from your experience? the percentage of children receiving the first dose of the vaccine

is down for the fifth year in a row in england. he says parents looking for information online are often being confronted by fake news. writing in the daily mail, he warns... the prime minister recently echoed his concern. i'm afraid people have just been listening to that superstitious mumbojumbo on the internet, that anti—vax stuff, and thinking that the mmr vaccine is a bad idea. that's wrong. here at the department of health, there has been much discussion about what should be done to increase vaccination rates. the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsory for schoolchildren in england but some in the medical profession warned that could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue,

though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. four major payments firms — including mastercard and visa — have pulled out of facebook‘s project to launch its own cryptocurrency. the scheme — called libra — has been strongly criticised by american regulators, who worry it could be used for money laundering. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. you are not alone and not looking cheery this afternoon. many parts of

the southern coast and southern parts of the midlands and wales are really quite dark this afternoon. brighter skies further north. further winds there are shrink showers in but there is a chance of further brightness. through the night this area of cloud will go ever further north across england and wales. that will give you a relatively mild night. some of the shells will fade away. in aberdeenshire we may even find a touch of frost. at least you get off touch of frost. at least you get off toa touch of frost. at least you get off to a decent start on sunday morning. you will get the rain eventually. north—west of scotla nd scotland stays dry. where is in the south—west will see the sunshine a bit later. —— wales and the south—west.

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the kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge makes history after becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. typhoon hagibis makes landfall injapan, bringing torrential rain and strong winds. it's the worst storm to hit the country for 60 years. there's been fierce fighting around the town of ras al—ayn in syria, with conflicting reports as to who controls it. cardinal newman has been named as the first british saint of the modern age. he'll be canonised in the vatican tomorrow. and now on bbc news, inside out from the north east investigates the sellers behind a nasal spray claiming to give you a tan, as well as tyneside's 11—year—old chess supremo who is taking on the grandmasters, and the teesside addict whose life is changing, in more ways than one. hello.

coming up in the next 30 minutes. he loves his boats, cars, fancy watches. i'm catching up with the tyneside dj cashing in on the illegal sale of a tanning drug. you realised it was illegal to do this in the uk. you set up a spanish operation, in effect. that was the plan. yeah. 0n teesside we have the uplifting story of an escape from a nightmare life. i was so proud of doing all this. 20 years i've struggled. it's been rough, very rough. i've been through a lot. but look at me now. and checkmate. the prodigy from newcastle taking on the very best. he's the world's number two for his age group and he's beaten two grandmasters. he's barely turned 11 years old. it's a pretty big wow. i'm chris jackson and this is inside out.