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this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories... kurds under attack in northern syria say they will no longer prioritise guarding islamic state detainees if turkey's offensive continues. torrential rain and tornado—like winds claim at least nine lives injapan. emergency teams are called to find 15 missing people. the big dangerfrom these sorts of events is water. water is the thing that can do real damage. the president of ecuador places the country's capital, quito, under military control in an attempt to end days of violent clashes. an astonishing moment of sporting history, as eliud kipchoge becomes the first person to run a marathon in under two hours
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i am the happiest man to run under two hours. in order to inspire many people. to tell people you can do it. kurds, who are under attack from turkey in northern syria, say they will no longer prioritise guarding detainees from the islamic state group, if the offensive continues. since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and more than a 100,000 people have fled their homes. much of the latest fighting has been in ras al ain. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin is on the turkish side of the border. her report contains flashing images.
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the front line in a conflict that is spreading fast. turning northern syria into a battle ground. alarming washington and europe. the smoke is rising from the key town of ras al—ain. and inside the town, this pro—turkish fighter says "we've just arrived". and give thanks to god. then ducks to avoid incoming fire. but kurdish forces can't offer much resistance. ras al—ain has all but fallen and other towns are expected to follow. the turks and their allies are stamping their authority here. and syrian kurdish forces are looking very much alone, urging the us allies
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to keep their side of the bargain after the kurds died in their thousands fighting islamic state. translation: our allies guaranteed us protection but they abandoned us without warning and decided unjustly to withdraw their troops from the turkish border. we call on our allies to fulfil their moral obligations. us forces aren't far away but they're holding fire as the kurds take heavy casualties. this footage, filmed exclusively for the bbc, shows american troops standing by at the edge of turkey's planned safe zone. even leading republicans accusing president trump of a shameful betrayal. and turkey's offensive is inflicting an agonising human cost. this motherfled ras al—ain, carrying her sick daughter. she says the girl has had no food for the past four days
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and is barely alive. "what is this? " she cries. "erdogan, look at this." and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead. two fighters and two civilians. syria's kurds say they have given their blood to fight is for the world. but there is no help for them in their hour of need. typhoon hugibis has brought record rainfall, flooding and high winds to parts of central and eastern japan. at least nine people have been killed and millions of others were advised to leave their homes. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is the hii river,
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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 burst 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. i don't think i have ever seen it as deserted as it is tonight. in fact, the whole of tokyo
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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. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. scotland's crucial rugby world cup match against the hosts japan is to go ahead — in spite of the typhoon. the japanese grand prix has also been affected — saturday's qualifying session was cancelled because of the storm and took place earlier.
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the bbc‘s fi reporterjennie gow joins me from the suzuka circuit. is unusual the qualifying to take place in the same day as the race? it is not totally unprecedented, and four times at the circuit, once in 2004 and again in 2010. a lot of people are liking it. some of the drivers say this change of pace is good for them. lewis hamilton said he was really looking forward to having qualifying and the race on the same day. didn't pay off totally, and it is sebastian vettel and his ferrari who has managed to come out in pole position and he needed that because nine races in a row, he has been outgunned by his younger rookie team—mate charles leclerc, so an important pole position for sebastian vettel. you
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say the drivers prefer it because i would have thought it would have made it tricky for not only the race, but the teams in terms of getting the car is ready and the way they have to prepare for the race? it certainly made it tricky for a couple of the drivers. two had crashes in qualifying. robert qubits was first, just about to start his flying lap, and he crashed and williams are trying to get a new chassis ready in time because there is only a three hour gap after qualifying at the start of the race. it is really testing the teams and their ability to cope with the incidence and adding jeopardy to the mix. drivers love more pressure and jeopardy, so it is strange they want
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to make it harderfor jeopardy, so it is strange they want to make it harder for themselves jeopardy, so it is strange they want to make it harderfor themselves but equally, this two day format, less hanging around for them. they don't like hanging around very much and having to wait around so i think it could work, it would be really nice. jenny, thank you very much indeed and enjoy the race. thank you, you are welcome. let's get some of the day's other news. a us diplomat‘s wife, who left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal crash, has said she would like to meet the parents of the british teenager who died. harry dunn was killed when his motorbike collided with a car being driven from a us military base in august. a british government source says the uk is still a long way from agreeing a final brexit deal with brussels, and talks in the coming days remain critical. intense technical discussions with the eu have been taking place this weekend ahead of a european council meeting next thursday. poland's populist government is being put to the test on sunday, as voters go to the polls for a general election.
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the right—wing law and justice party, which came to power in 2015, face a challenge from the centrist civic coalition alliance and left—of—centre lewica. the far right party, confederation, is hoping to enter parliament for the first time. the president of ecuador has placed the country's capital, quito, under military control in an attempt to end days of violent clashes between security forces and indigenous protestors. azadeh moshiri reports. a sign that the state appears to be losing control, protesters occupy the roof of a government building. the violence appears to be worsening, more than a week after it began. the police response, tear gas and hoses, while protesters build barricades and set fires to tyres. the demonstrators are demanding the government scrap austerity measures.
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fuel prices more than doubled when subsidies were removed. since the protest began last week, hundreds of people have been arrested, and at least one protester has died. reacting to these chaotic scenes, president lenin moreno has placed the capital under strict curfew and military control, insisting he would restore order in all of ecuador. indigenous leaders have accepted to hold direct talks with the president, the first sign of a potential breakthrough. but for now, the country seems far from having order restored. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. rescue crews are trying to reach two workers trapped in the wreckage of a building under construction in new orleans. at least one person died and 18 others were injured when part of the new hard rock hotel collapsed. shaun hassett reports.
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get to the back... this is the moment when the upper floors of a building in downtown new orleans gave way. still under construction, it was set to be a new hard rock hotel, now it is a disaster site. there was lots of noise. we saw workers up there. i mean, it was crazy. ijust can't even imagine what was going on up there. it sounded like — we thought it was gunfire but it wasn't gunfire, it was a building collapsing. construction workers ran for their lives, as the building crumbled around them. some escaped injury by a matter of metres. this man was on the 18th floor at the time. i turn around and i see one guy lose his balance and he kind of fell on the concrete and things were just... smoke started coming from everywhere so i could not really see where, you know, the problem started at, but the concrete started falling. emergency crews were on the scene quickly, rescuing people from the rubble, then clearing the area around the building.
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a second part of the building fell off about an hour after the initial collapse. authorities say the remaining part of the building is structurally unstable and a further collapse as possible. they are also worried that a crane could come crashing down. obviously, this is very serious. and especially when you see the crane lifting away from the building. we know it is no longer secured to the building, and some of the building that collapsed is actually placing a load on the crane, pushing it back away from the collapsed site. it is not clear at this stage what triggered the collapse. shaun hassett, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... we take a special look at how social media makes big profits out of our personal data. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake
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are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20 pounds bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weekend. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as a recipient of this honour. this catholic nation held its breath for the man they called the 33, and then... bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar.
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines... kurds under attack in northern syria say they will no longer prioritise guarding islamic state detainees if turkey's offensive continues. torrential rain and fierce winds have claimed nine lives injapan in the country's worst storm for 60 years. how many of us really know what we're agreeing to when we click to accept the terms and conditions as we access websites and apps? 0ften, we're handing over valuable personal data for free, and, as our media editor, amol rajan, explains, it's a commodity that's increasing in value. very, very few of us give any thought to what we're signing up to when we give away our personal data online. all around us are machines whose very raison d'etre is to know us
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better than we know ourselves. alexa... what's the weather in london today? in london it's 19 celsius with clear skies and sun. com pa nies a re co nsta ntly developing their profiles of us. thank you. this is an example from amazon of what is collected and analysed. content you viewed or searched for. the apps that we look at are part of an attention economy. in return for — often free — services, you donate attention and data. this is what you signed up for with facebook. we receive information about your online and offline actions and purchases from third—party data providers. that said, it's the world wide web which specialises in turning your personal information into a commodity. with starbucks, the website activity is linked to your social networks to allow them to track the activities of their members. all around us, invisible but forever accumulating,
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is an almost unimaginable amount of data. every time we look at our phones or make an electronic transaction, we're adding to it. and while you or i may not give this much thought, the most powerful companies in human history certainly do. for them, your data is gold dust. this lawyer, who successfully brought a case against cambridge analytica, says it is about power as much as privacy. if the product is free, where is the cost? i think to most of these companies, you, the user, are not the customer. the customer is normally an advertiser that takes your personal information. it's about you having a say and some control over how that information gets used. surveillance capitalists take your private human experience, they turn it into behavioural data, they package it as predictions of what you will do now, soon and later, and they sell that to business customers who have a very serious commercial interest in knowing about what you're going to do
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in the future. in a world in which data is the most powerful commodity, the question of who owns and controls our data needs to be given much deeper thought. at the moment, a few — mostly californian — companies are setting the terms of the debate. amol rajan, bbc news. california has become the first us state to ban the manufacture and sale of animalfur. from 2023, residents will no longer be able to sell or make clothing, shoes or handbags from fur. the move has been celebrated by animal rights groups, who have been calling for a ban for some time. keith kaplan is the director of communications at the fur information council of america. dare i ask for your reaction to this? we were quite disappointed in the governor's decision to sign this
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bill. the band does nothing to address animal welfare issues. we made that quite clear for them. the state of california recognises this because they have just debated an assembly on cannabis. their determination there was the best way whether to regulate, legislate and regulate. we urge them to do the same with animal fur, follow a comprehensive certification programme we have adopted worldwide that has been accepted through major brands throughout the world because it means very stringent standards for social and ethical sourcing. these guidelines are in place country, by country and the processes and procedures for monitoring them, third party monitoring them, third party monitoring are in place and they use bar code technology to ensure transparency. that would have been the way to address animal welfare. a ban simply encourages people to go to new york or to las vegas to make their purchases. 0r
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to new york or to las vegas to make their purchases. or it nurses the black market. the assembly member i spoke to who came up with the bill said, the fact of the matter is, the fur industry could have been doing something for many years to make sure that fur produced, especially from elsewhere, is produced in a cruelty free way and brought into this country in a regulated fashion and itjust this country in a regulated fashion and it just hasn't this country in a regulated fashion and itjust hasn't done that? that is absolutely untrue, the industry has worked for many, many years with biologists and scientists to come up with strict guidelines for housing, feeding and animal care in countries around the world. in other countries where that does not exist, perhaps and the certification programme we have in place is designed to protect against that. any claims there is no way to trace or track the shipment of goods around the world is untrue. in the united states it is overseen
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by fishing and wildlife customs and the ftc and the labelling act. every package has to have documentation with scientific names and i have seen with scientific names and i have seen first hand, packages that are held and returned because there are two shoes in a package with fur trim and the person has listed it as one item because it is a pair of shoes. you have to admit that animal cruelty does happen and the fur industry over the years, has garnered quite a negative reputation in so faras garnered quite a negative reputation in so far as the treatment of animals is concerned. this sends a message doesn't it, there are alternatives to using real animal fur, really good alternatives?” disagree with you again vehemently. number one, a lot of films are staged to create this narrative about the abuse of animals. animal rights people who went in under a
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covert operations cut the top of cages so animals could stick their noses through and cut them. the skinning a live video was staged and we have the affidavits of those people who committed those atrocities beforehand. anyone who has been on a farm truly understands that a farmer exists through caring for his animals. when he ceases for his livestock, he is no longer in business. 0k, we have run out of time, but thank you so much for coming onto bbc world news and answering our questions. there have been big celebrations in kenya and elsewhere, after the long—distance runner, eliud kipchoge, became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours. in a feat of seemingly super—human endeavour, he made it through the finish line in1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds. the reigning olympic champion, who also holds the official marathon record, was cheered on by huge crowds around a specially—designed course in the austrian capital, vienna. well, a little earlier,
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i spoke to the long distance runner ryan hall, who is the only american to run a marathon under two hours and five minutes. i asked him about his reaction to such an incredible feat. it is so exciting, talk about a breakthrough, it is one of our kids will be reading through in history books like roger bannister has done. iamso books like roger bannister has done. i am so excited, notjust for today but the sport of distance running and the marathon in years to come. you are yourself a talented runner and you know what goes on into achieving something like this? yes, the back story behind this is something worthy of a movie, i guarantee it. for every runner we watched and compete for two hours and there have been 20, 25 years of preparation for this one moment. all
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that comes with that, the ups and the downs of the journey. he is very untouchable and untouchable in his training. he has had his rough days as well and now he is an inspiration for all of us, keep your head down and keep showing up, keep working ha rd and keep showing up, keep working hard and anything is possible if you believe it. i don't want to bring it up believe it. i don't want to bring it up too much, but there has been talk of while he was wearing special shoes and he was able to choose the exact conditions. he wanted to run in. does that take anything away from him, obviously the world records? he had a lot of things working in his favour, but at the end of the day, he still had to kick his feet along that road is fast as
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he could. he definitely had to earn it. it will take a little better away from the actual world record, because now everybody is like, 2.01, eve ryo ne because now everybody is like, 2.01, everyone knows the fastest marathon in history is under two hours. if anything, it almost takes away from the current record. a spanish parachutist was left dangling in front of king felipe as he tried to land at the annual national day parade in madrid. it was all going so well — the crowd applauded as he descended gracefully to earth trailing the spanish flag — until he was brought to an abrupt halt. as the daredevil pondered his predicament, the applause resumed. the good news is, he got a big round
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of applause, but oh dear, he got a big round of applause as well. that's all we have time for on bbc news. thank you for watching. fairly changeable theme to the autumn weather is set to continue over the next week or so. low pressure in charge. this was the picture taken saturday afternoon in northumberland. sunshine around here and there. i think it will be in shorter supply and sunday for the north—east of england. heavy rain at times but dry and sunny weather putting in later on in the day. bit ofa putting in later on in the day. bit of a mixed story for sunday's weather. quite a few weather fronts on the map as you can see. low pressure driving things setting out towards the west. we start with brightness around, dry weather initially across the far south—east of england and east anglia but quickly the rain will sweep in here and lots of rain across most of
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england and wales, moving north eastwards. scotland and northern ireland start with mist and fog patches and perhaps a touch of frost for rural eastern scotland. the rate will move in from the south affecting many eastern parts of northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland. sunshine returning toward southern and england and wales. the wind is less of a feature than they have been but it will be breezy across central and southern england, behind the area of rain. temperatures 11 to 16 degrees. the rain will clear away towards the north sea through sunday night, so a bit of a quieter picture overnight into monday. most places looking frost free but just a touch into monday. most places looking frost free butjust a touch of into monday. most places looking frost free but just a touch of frost for the prone spots across northern scotland. fog possible first thing monday morning. we start the new working week once again with low pressure in charge. we have got this waving weather front sitting close to the south—east of england on monday. some uncertainty about the exact positioning of any ray but we could have heavy, possibly thundery
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downpours across southern england as well. rain for northern nine of richard into pembrokeshire and also cornwall, but elsewhere quite a lot of dry weather. sunny spells for northern england, eastern scotland as well. those temperatures will be 12 to 16, typicalfor this as well. those temperatures will be 12 to 16, typical for this time of year. things are set to stay u nsettled year. things are set to stay unsettled as well for tuesday. rain, especially for north east england and scotland and it does look like it should clear away quickly on tuesday. not a bad day. lighter winds, just a few showers. respite after the recent rain in the south during the day on tuesday. 12 to 16 degrees, the top temperatures but more rain waiting in the wings towards the west and that sets us up foran towards the west and that sets us up for an unsettled picture through wednesday. into thursday, sunny spells, bluster a shower surround and temperatures generally in the mid teens. goodbye for now.
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this is bbc news. the headlines...
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the fighting in north eastern syria has intensified, as the turkish army face stiff resistance from kurdish forces. the fighting has already left around 50 civilians dead. the kurds say they will no longer prioritise guarding detainees from the islamic state group if the offensive continues. typhoon hajibis has hitjapan with record—breaking amounts of rain. at least nine people have been killed and 15 people are reported missing. the storm has disrupted the rugby union word cup but organisers have confirmed the match between scotland and the host nation will go ahead. the president of ecuador has placed the country's capital, quito, under military control to end days of violent clashes between security forces and indigenous protestors. in a tv address, mr moreno said the army would enforce a curfew

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