this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds. the headlines at 6pm. turkish forces continue to strike targets in north—eastern syria, on the fourth day of their offensive against kurdish forces. cheering. a moment of sporting history as kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge becomes the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. i am the happiest man to run under two hours in order to inspire many people, to tell people that no human is limited, you can do it. two people are killed as typhoon hagibis, the biggest storm to hitjapan in 60 years, makes landfall near tokyo tens of thousands of people are being told to go to shelters, to leave their homes, because it is not clear whether these rivers are going to burst their banks tonight.

# never mind i'll find someone like you...# and coming up, was this song from the biggest album of the 21st century? good evening. there have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militias in north—eastern syria. much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al—ain. turkey claims it's military has entered the town, but the kurdish—led, syrian democratic forces, dispute this. since fighting broke out on wednesday, nearly fifty civilians are believed to have been killed and more than 100,000 people, have fled their homes. ankara says it wants to establish

a 20—mile deep buffer zone across the frontier with syria, to keep out kurdish militias and resettle syrian refugees. from akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience, has sent us this report. despite the growing international pressure, turkey's not backing down. at the border, the build—up continues. as turkey claims it's taking control of a key syrian town. this pro—turkish fighter says they've just entered ras al—ain. almost immediately, there's incoming fire from kurdish fighters. tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. some are now sheltering in this school. how do you

explain it to a child? this boy says he was at school when he heard an air strike nearby. he says the whole class dived under their desks. "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, our fight is not against the kurds — it is against terrorist organisations.

driven from their homes by the fighting, that's not how these people feel. and martin spoke to us from akcha kale earlier. wood bus—loads of fighters heading towards the border as you were saying, they have the manpower and weapons and are after all, and most people think that it is only a matter of time until an kit to macro these key targets fall under turkish control. therefore the been taking villages from kurdish fighters and we are only hearing news that pro—turkish forces have reached a key highway 20 miles from the turkish border. today was a day of significant military development. and despite all the international criticism, president erdogan says this offensive will continue. well, let's get more

on the growing humanitarian crisis at the syria—turkey border. fabrizio carboni is the regional director for near and the middle east at the international committee of the red cross. whojoins me now. thanks very much for joining whojoins me now. thanks very much forjoining us. you understand what the humanitarian situation is on the ground there? the situation is very fluid. we all saw that before this last offensive, this region was hurt by these years of violence. additional pressure and stripes on the local population, coping mechanisms are really hard to manage. we have seen a lot of people moving. we base where we see these communities taking care them but it is not a long—term solution. we see water shortages especially in

the city of because of the shortage. we have a concern for hundreds of thousands of people who came from the last pocket of islamic states controlled territory who are totally dependent on humanitarian assistance and any disruption to this assistance will have consequences directly. —— islamic state controlled territory. we have heard warnings on every half—million people could be on the move if this conflict continues. you have said that host communities are dealing with it, what about humanitarian organisations such as yourselves? how involved are you on the ground? even before the conflict, we are very much involved. providing life—saving support to the communities in northeast syria. now we have increased our operation to support the idp. we are also providing with

syrian arab requests medical supplies needed. we are in co nsta nt medical supplies needed. we are in constant contact with all parties to make sure that normal activities can continue because as i said even before this violence, before this last round of violence, the population in this area of northeast syria was highly dependent on humanitarian assistance. is there any additional help on its way from other aid organisations such as yourselves or indeed the international community as a whole? we see the that all actors present on the ground mobilised. now we need to know that violence is ongoing so oui’ to know that violence is ongoing so our security is a main concern. 0n additional note, in syria it is very ha rd to additional note, in syria it is very hard to reach area. we can really see a mobilisation but to be present, have stuff on the ground, deploy, we need assistance, it is

quite challenging because it is a remote area. what about the condition of the people who have fled? there condition of the people who have fled ? there has condition of the people who have fled? there has been heavy shelling in those areas. are there many wounded now seeking help? for the time being, we don't see a high level of wounded. it does not mean that there are no wounded but from where we are, we have not seen this. but we need to know that also those people are highly traumatised and we need to take care of this dimension. you have kids, women, men who have been through eight years of violence and now to flee again, their house, it is high which romantic and there is no need to underestimate the psychological impact that this has devastated. it has visible wounds. fabrizio carboni, thank you very much for updating us on the situation on the ground as you understand it.

thank you. 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 reports. this is the hii river near mount fuji. usually it is a clear mountain stream. today, it was turned into a raging, boiling torrent. across central japan, typhoon hagibis has dumped record amounts of rain. 0n the southern side of tokyo, the tama river is now close to bursting point. tens of thousands of people who live along its banks have been ordered to leave their homes. the big dangerfrom 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 night fell over tokyo, the eye of the storm approached,

bringing winds gusting to over 140 kilometres per hour. this is the centre of shibuya, one of the busiest places normally in tokyo on a saturday night. only i have never seen it as deserted as it is tonight. in fact, the whole of tokyo is incredibly deserted. the centre of the storm has now passed to the north of the city and it does not appear to have brought the really destructive winds that were first feared. that is good news for everybody — including, of course, rugby fans. today, japan's rugby team had to wade their way onto a sodden field for some last—minute practice. saturday's big match between england and france had to be cancelled. but there is hope that japan will be able to take on scotland on sunday in a match that will decide which team goes through to the knockout stage of the rugby world cup. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in

tokyo. earlier, i spoke to andrew higgins. he's an english language teacher in tochigi, north of tokyo and he described what it was like there. i've been feeling the apartment move back and forth quite a bit from the strong gusts of wind. i think i'm kind of in the middle of it right now. you have been living injapan for the past several years, you have been through a few typhoons — how bad does this one feel, how worried are you? i'm not too worried. there have been evacuation orders for parts of town. i don't live particularly near any type of river or mountain side, so those things aren't really concerning to me. ifeel like this one, people seem to be taking a little bit more seriously than your typical typhoon, so i think it is kind of good japanese people are starting to take things more seriously concerning preparation for the weather. yeah, this seems to be a little bit more serious than some of the other

ones i have been through. what kind of warnings, preparations have you been told to make? we get emergency alerts on our phones that tell us what level we are at so that we can kind of prepare. personally, i have already filled up some water bottles and had some spare things put aside, i have got things ready to go if i need to leave, which is actually the first time i have done that since i have been here so, yeah, i think i am taking it a little bit more seriously as well! we know thati million people have been told to evacuate, but it seems that not many have actually heeded that warning — does that surprise you? sometimes, ifeel that people kind of look outside and go, "oh, it's ok, i'm ok here." so, by first glance, you should heed the warnings, definitely if you're living near the water or mountainsides, stuff like

that. japan has seen its fair share of natural disasters unfortunately, do you feel the country is prepared for any eventuality, do you feel quite safe? i would like to hope so! i don't quite, you know, fully understand how things work in japanese government, but they seem to say that they are watching out for us, so you can kind of only hope that they have got the best intent for us. answer higgins there. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories.... a former army chief— lord dannatt — has expressed his disappointment that proposed law, designed to increase legal protection for military veterans who served in northern ireland, has not been included in monday's queen's speech. the prime minister had previously pledged to introduce the law before the next general election.

new research suggests people in their 40s who are fast walkers, are aging more slowly. using a simple test scientists found that the bodies of slower walkers' were aging more quickly, their brains were smaller and their faces looked older. 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 the time set in austria, won't be recognised as an official record, partly because the run wasn't in open competition. from vienna, ade adedoyin has us sent this report. 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 place. the detailed planning was paying off. some 41 pacemakers have been employed by the organisers to be part of this challenge and every time they go past this point near the finishing line, they rotate. just one of the many steps that have been taken by the organisers

to ensure that kipchoge ducks under that two hour mark. special shoes propelled the kenyan further forward with each pace. they calculated the optimum course and weather, taking into account his biorhythms and even projected a laser onto the road. but all this means it can't be ratified as a world record by athletics‘ world governing body. he's pointing. "come on", he says... as the finish line approached, the pacemakers stepped away and kipchoge strode into history. into the final 20 seconds, eliud kipchoge... looks over his shoulder. 1:40 the unofficial time. i'm the happiest man to run under two hours. in order to inspire any people. to inspire people, that no human is limited. you can do it. i'm expecting more of that, for all of 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. the headlines on bbc news. there's been fierce fighting in north—eastern syria, as turkish military continue their offensive against kurdish forces. typhoon hagibis makes landfall in japan bringing torrential rain and strong winds. millions of people have been urged to leave their homes. the kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge makes history after becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. a worker at manchester's arndale shopping centre and a member of the public have been praised for helping to stop a suspect who stabbed three people at the centre yesterday. counterterror police continue to lead the investigation into the attack. a ao—year—old man has been detained under the mental health act. mark edwardson reports. we think first this morning of those recovering from their injuries. at the arndale centre today,

a very public show of support and reassurance for the people of greater manchester from its mayor, his deputy and manchester city council's leader. greater manchester always does what it does best, which is to come together, bring things under control, reassure the public. that's what we're doing this morning. an enhanced police presence too, officers — some armed