hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. turkey says it won't "back down" over its syria offensive. but syrian government forces are moving towards the turkish border, as they align with kurdish fighters. borisjohnson‘s government lays out its legislative vision for britain, with brexit at its centre. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on 31 october. but the government has no majority — so it's far from clear what it can get done. we'll have the lastest from westminster. we'll report from barcelona, too. thousands take to the streets

after spain's supreme court jails nine separatists over cataolnia's failed bid for independence. and england's euro 2020 qualifier with bulgaria in sofia was temporarily halted twice in the first half, with fans warned about racist behaviour. the escalating consequences of donald trump's decision to pull us troops out of northern syria are profound and multi—faceted. first, after years of fighting each other, kurdish fighters and the syrian military are now on the same side. syria's army is helping the kurds resist the turkish offensive which began when america in effect gave it the green light. syrian government forces have

arrived in key kurdish held towns in the north — including ain issa and manbij. for now, they are not being deployed to tal ab—yad and ras al—ain, where turkey's attacks have focused. even so, this new alliance is remarkable, and it has changed the state of play in syria. orla guerin is there. well in less than a week, president erdogan has created a dangerous new reality here. i mean, northeastern syria has been turned into a battle ground. the latest figures we have from the united nations are at that about 160,000 people have been displaced. and now we have a shift in the balance of power. the kurds have had no options but to throw themselves upon the mercy of the asad regime because they feel utterly abandoned — and have been abandoned, in effect, by their allies, the americans. so they've had to turn back to present a solid.

—— president assad. his troops have been moving into towns today. we know american troops will be pulled back from the border, so this is a new moment — and there is the fear that this is a situation which could spiral very quickly out of control internationally now. there is criticism from the european union for the arab league from the united nations secretary general. he said again today that he is gravely concerned. he called for restraint and negotiation. the deal makes the battlefield equation much more complicted for turkey. that's because the syrian president, bashaar al—assad, already has strong backing from russia and iran — and so, follow that through, they are now on the same side as the kurds. here's our middle east correpsondent, martin patience, on the impact this new allignment could have for turkey. he will now have to reassess its options. because if it pushes too deep,

potentially it is attacking syrian forces supported by russia and iran. and that obviously will have to be factored in to any of its plans. because the danger always is in syria that, as horrible as the war has been in this country for eight years, it potentially could trigger something far worse. so this is a dangerous moment from syria. the american withdrawal has created a vacuum, powers are rushing to fill it, but it is also a dangerous moment for the middle east, as well. donald trump started all of this. and he's been tweeting his reasoning in the last hour... and earlier, he had a warning for turkey. he said... though of course the choice isn't — go to war with a nato ally

or abandon the kurds. america was already supporting the kurds and wasn't at war with turkey. also, presumably having been briefed on the displacement of thousands of people in northern syria, the roadside execution of kurds by turkey—backed militia and reports of islamic state fighters escaping kurdish prisons, trump tweeted... something that kurds can no longer say of america. nonetheless, clearly donald trump thinks he can now exert pressure on turkey to stop the invasion which he allowed to happen. here's 0nur erem from bbc turkish on the president's threat of sanctions. today, mr erdogan said he will not stop despite the threat of sanctions. he said, "these sanctions will not stop us in syria." but at the same time, we saw turkish economy

is being affected just by the possibility of sanctions. i mean, all that they can range from minor sanctions to very serious ones. and today, the turkish stock exchange lost 5% of the value in one day, just like the turkish lira did in the last few weeks. so there's already pressure on the turkish economy, but what about pressure on the relationship between turkey and its nato allies? of course it is being affected, both by nato members and also the eu members. france and germany told that they will stop selling arms to turkey, and many other countries condemned or said they alo said will stop selling arms. but today, mr erdogan replied by saying, "if you don't sell us these weapons, we will buy them from other sellers." and while these diplomatic and geopoliticalfactors are playing out, there's also a military dimension to of course. we now have this alliance between the kurds in the syrian military, which i assume makes it

much harderfor turkey? of course, it changes the region completely. turkey was planning to impose a secure zone on its border, ranging as deep as 30 km and 480 km wide. but the syrian army moving into these areas, this will force turkey to change its plans because turkey is regarding the syrian democratic forces as a terrorist organisation and attacking them. but it cannot do the same to the syrian army, so when they come face—to—face with the syrian army, they will need to stop or change their way to another direction. and this is why the syrian army is now trying to move as fast as they can in order to block the possible pathways of the turkish army. and before we move on, one more update for you from afp. "trump halts trade negotiations with turkey, reimposes steel tariffs."

we have just heard from my colleague that that they haps not be enough for president erdogan to change course. but donald trump following through on his threats to apply pressure to the turkish economy. boris johnson's government has set out its priorities for the current parliament. in the uk, that's done with the queen reading out a speech written for her by the government. that might all sound perfectly normal, but there's been nothing normal about today. as laura kuenssberg says... we're in a vital week where last minute efforts are trying to produce a brexit deal with the eu. and this government has no working majority. so an election is imminent — and even if it weren't, the government has no easy way of getting any new policies voted through. with all that said, here is all the ceremony from earlier. the queen has read a queen's speech more than 60 times before. to do so, she travels from buckingham palace to the palace

of westminser by carriage. an official called black rod summons mps to hear the queen. black rod then has the doors shut in his or her face to symbolise the independence of the chamber from the monarchy. this is the first queen's speech since 2017, and today, 26 bills were outlined. the speech lasted just under ten minutes. mps then returned to the house of commons to debate it. here's some of that debate, starting with prime minister borisjohnson. as we prepare to get brexit done by 310ctober, we are setting out now our vision of an open, global, free trading united kingdom, a higherwage, low tax economy with the highest environmental standards,

new protections for animal welfare, the best place to invest, the best place to start a business, the best place to start a family and send your kids to school. and without being chauvinistic or disrespectful to anywhere else in the world, in important respects, this country is the greatest place to live and to be. the greatest place on earth. this was the leader of the opposition‘s response. there's never been such a fuss as a government with a majority of —45, and a... laughter. ..and a 100% record of defeat in the house of commons. setting out a legislative agenda that they know cannot be delivered in this parliament. brexit policies were one part

of the list of legislative plans. 0n the bbc news website, you can also find details of plans for crime, health, the environment and cutting plastic pollution. while all of that's been happening in westminster, brexit negotiations have continued in brussels. my colleague nick eardley tells us that number ten is saying that... you could draw almost any conclusion from that. we're hearing much the same from the irish government. 0n brexit, the less we say now, the better. we need to give time and space to michel barnier and his task force, and the british negotiating team. ithink... ..it is pretty clear what we are trying to do. but they are pretty detailed technical discussions now, and we need to give the time and space for that to happen. hopefully we can make progress today. the clock is ticking. not just because brexit is scheduled for 31 october,

but also because on thursday, there's a two—day summit eu summit in brussels. in theory, any deal needs to be signed off by the eu here — though plenty of theory has gone out of the window already, so that deadline far from absolute. but there's a uk deadline, too. on saturday, the uk parliament will have a special sitting. a law called the benn act says if mps haven't approved a deal with the eu by this date, the prime minister must ask for an extension. here's our europe editor katya adler with the latest on the talks. eu leaders are absolutely hoping for a deal. but the question is, when? you see, germany, france, and all the other eu member states need a deal that they can actually live with. and they worry that getting something done last minute just

to get it done and over with can leave them with problems in their single market, orfor the northern ireland peace process for years to come. negotiations did continue today, and the main stumbling block remains how to replace the irish backstop, particularly when it when it comes to customs? so you have to ask, if all of that can really be solved in three days' time when eu leaders all descend on brussels for their summit? now the political will really is there in dublin, such a crucial player in all this, as well as the big powers france and germany — but actually, their eyes are firmly on london, and on the mounting pressure on boris johnson. he's the one who promised a new brexit deal this week, and he's the one who said he would not be asking for a new brexit extension. here's rob watson again. well, there are two big questions this week. and if i may say so, you end the team have set up very nicely, the sense of the trauma this week. —— the sense of the drama this week. the first question is, will there be a deal between the uk and the eu?

and i should say very briefly on that one, i have absently no idea. i think it will depend on which both sides consider as the least worst option, because i don't think anyone thinks there is a good one — an imperfect deal and an extension to the brexit process, or a no—deal brexit. but let's say there is a deal and we move swiftly onto your question, which is, can any deal get through parliament, given that it has been voted down three times before already, or some version of a deal? and again, the answer is i don't know. but i guess i would put it like this — on the good side for mrjohnson is a sense amongst some in his conservative party who voted against theresa may's deal, people are really enthusiastic about brexit who feel her brexit wasn't hard and pure enough. i think some of them are now getting a bit desperate and worrying they might lose brexit altogether, that there might be another referendum or general election, or who knows. i think on the bad side for mrjohnson, he is absolutely toxic, he's absolutely toxic to most opposition mps, even if they would like to see a brexit out of the way.

and another big problem that i think he has is that his vision of brexit that he's laid out is an even harder version of than theresa may's, involving a much more distant relationship between britain and the european union. and i think that will frighten some on the pro—european wing of his conservative party. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come: spain's supreme court sentences nine catalan separatist leaders to long prison sentences, for their role in the region's failed independence bid. and people have taken to the streets in their thousands. the parents of a teenage motorcyclist who was killed in a crash in the uk, have told reporters in new york that cctv footage, captured at an raf base, makes it "a clear—cut case". harry dunn's mother and father have travelled to the us to appeal for the woman allegedly involved to fly back to the uk.

of course she's suffering. we've known all along she would be suffering. her children must be suffering. you know, two of them were in the car, and that's horrific. 0ur lad wasn't a little lad. the car was extremely damaged, as well as harry. so we are not inhumane. we still don't wish her any ill harm. but we need to hear it from her, in her own words, in a room on our terms in the uk, with therapists and whoever else around us that we can help. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom.

0ur lead story... syrian government forces are on the move to the border with turkey, raising fears of a dangerous new confrontation. spain's supreme court has given nine catalan separatist politicians lengthy prison terms. this is related to when catalonia made a failed attempt to become independent in 2017. the trial was in madrid. and there were in fact 12 defendants, though three avoided prison. some of them held prominent positions in catalonia's government. 0riol yunqueras was the vice—president of catalonia. he's been jailed for 13 years for sedition and misuse of public funds. well, around eight million people live in catalonia. it has its own language, parliament, flag and anthem. not everyone supports independence, but the idea does have mass support. the bbc‘sjean mackenzie is at barcelona airport. there were troubles earlier. what a

situation at the airport now? in the last half hour or so, we've seen thousands of protesters out in this plaza pushed back down this tunnel by police quite quickly. and that has been how it has gone today. thousands of people were here earlier in the were coming in waves, so earlier in the were coming in waves, so there would be quiet and still, then push forward and police would push them back. sometimes police would use violence, using batons to hit protesters, firing foam bullets into the crowd, spraying them with water. but it has been this pushed back, push forward game today. eventually they got them to the end of this road today, so almost out of the main part of the terminal. they we re the main part of the terminal. they were in this car parked earlier on all stories, running into the terminal. it has been a chaotic day. is their anger at the length of the prison sentences, orjust the is their anger at the length of the prison sentences, or just the fact that these people have been committed of dust convicted of any

crime at all? i think that is it. 0ne surprising thing today is that they actually got let off of the more extreme charges, they got the lesser charge of sedition, meaning slightly shorterjail lesser charge of sedition, meaning slightly shorter jail sentences. but people still see them here as a very long, between 9—13 years. these are not short sentences, but there is a feeling that just a not short sentences, but there is a feeling thatjust a guilty not short sentences, but there is a feeling that just a guilty verdict would have been enough to start off what we saw today, because the very fa ct what we saw today, because the very fact that they were convicted — that is what has caused controversy. thank you very much, jean, live with us thank you very much, jean, live with us in barcelona. the war of words between the us and china has ramped up again. both sides agreed to a bare—bones trade dealjust days ago, and the trump administration called off imminent plans to impose new tariffs on china. but the us treasury secretary broke the peace today. vieienne nunis is in new york.

for people who have not seen what he said, bring us up—to—date, please? the us secretary has said a fresh round of tariffs was set down for 15 december. he said he expects it is likely that fresh round of tariffs on chinese imports will go ahead u nless on chinese imports will go ahead unless a deal is reached. now he does say he expects a significant deal to be reached. but really, there's been a different interpretation over the last few days after the very exciting press conference where we saw the democrat trump talk about progress being made ona trump talk about progress being made on a lot of fronts in china. but since then, the tone has changed, certainly the way this was covered in china was very muted, and many questions relating to mecca remain about this going forward. such is the case, tariffs will not be happening. another thing i wanted to

ask you about. tough times for facebook‘s plans for a cryptocurrency called libra. the bbc has seen a report by the g7 group of industrialised countries which says libra is a threat to the global financial system and shouldn't go ahead until the firm proves its safe and secure. key partners including mastercard and visa have backed out in the past few days. i feel like i talk to about this most days, is this doomed?m certainly looks like it is going through some dire times at the moment. i don't want to say doomed quite yet, but certainly at the end of last week, a number of really big names and financial companies that had initially signed onto lending lever their support and investing in this crypto currency by facebook — they all walked away. they all said they all walked away. they all said they are just too worried about this, they don't think facebook has addressed regulated concerns. and as he said over the weekend, we saw bbc

soldier up that report by a g7 task force which identified nine separate risks it could pose to the real world economy, like difficulty setting interest rates. so things are not looking great for a facebook cosmic plan crypto currency. the group is meeting in geneva this week, but i think the mood there will be pretty glum. presumably facebook would not be unaware of the concerns global regulators might have? they must have answers to these concerns? i think the criticisms from all these real world financial companies is that facebook has not done enough to address those concerns. so whilst they may be aware of what they're saying, they have not done enough to address those solutions and sell this idea to the economists and investors out there and regulators. and that is there and regulators. and that is the issue. thank you very much.

some breaking news to bring you now on england's euro 2020 qualifier with bulgaria. the game's taking place in the capital sofia, but it's been temporarily halted twice this evening in the first half with fans warned about racist behaviour. the first pause came in the 28th minute with england leading 2—0. a stadium announcement then condemned the abuse before stating the match would be abandoned if it continued. however, the game was stopped again in the 43rd minute before restarting after discussions between the referee and england manager, gareth southgate. england were leading bulgaria 4—0 at halftime in the group a match. this is the bbc sport live page, england leading 570 at the moment. dust 5—0. the game has been halted a

couple times. the associated press says... lots of people are highlighting that there is a 3—step process. they have been through two steps already, so one more incident of racist booing, if the referee decides that is what he has heard, then he could stop the game completely. that has yet to happen, but this is really one of the first times we've seen fee for‘s protocols and uefa's protocols around racist behaviour from crowds being and uefa's protocols around racist behaviourfrom crowds being put to the test, and regardless of the fact that england will win very easily, the whole match will be in the context of what has happened in the stands. just to reiterate what our lead story is — we have a situation where the un is saying thousands of civilians have already been killed because of the conflict in northern

syria, where 150,000 because of the conflict in northern syria, where150,000 people have been displaced. there is also the issue of the islamic state group — bearin issue of the islamic state group — bear in mind, turkish fighters have held islam islamic state fighters and their families. all the areas held islam islamic state fighters and theirfamilies. all the areas in orange are controlled by turkish fighters. the reason this is all happening is because donald trump has decided to pull out us troops in northern syria, allowing turkey to ta ke northern syria, allowing turkey to take action against a kurdish led a force called the stf who held lots of territory here. turkey considers that force terrorist, but america has used the sdf to take on the islamic state very easily, so donald trump was accused of letting those turks down. whatever the rights or wrongs of his decision, it certainly has realigned to the situation because extraordinarily, as we talked about at the beginning of today's programme, we now have a situation where the kurdish fighters in the syrian military who previously had been opponents are

110w previously had been opponents are now working together to fend off the turkish offensive. more on that tomorrow, thanks for watching. hello there. we had an early winter storm across the northern plains at the weekend. it brought some significant snow to north dakota in particular, starting to drift steadily eastward. but it did deposit 30 inches or more in some places. it was bitterly cold for a time, but the temperature profile showing some yellow tones starting to push further east. that means a rapid fall, possibly leading to another problem with localised flooding here. that low—pressure is drifting eastwards and easing away. further south we have the stagnant weather front producing some rain through mississippi, louisiana and parts of sit micro texas. there's a

weather front pushing into parts of sit micro texas. there's a weatherfront pushing into british columbia, so some rain for vancouver, still on the chilly side for chicago before temperatures climb into the weekend. new york state is predominately dry. the southwest monsoon still yet to clear away, still producing some rain down to the south across the kerala coastline as we can see quite clearly. north and west, it is dry, settled and sunny, with a good deal of dry weather generally across the northwest, but some pretty intense showers into sri lanka for the next week or so. i'm pleased to say things have quieted down across japan after the typhoon, a thing of the past now. we will pick up some salary rain next to —— and to give next tuesday —— tokyo. some sharper showers across east vietnam down into southern thailand, malay, and indonesia seeing some sharper showers, as well. our city forecast shows a few showers around, but also

a good deal of dry, settled weather over the next few days, with temperatures peaking into the high 30s. taking a look at what to expect across australia at the moment, and you can see an area of low across australia at the moment, and you can see an area of low pressure drifting its way steadily east. it will produce some rain down into the southeast corners of victoria. some of the warmth through the interior drifting further east, and we will start to see some bright and windy weather continue across north and south island of new zealand. rain coming into wellington, showers easing in melbourne, a little quieter as we move towards as i can have the weekend. in europe, weather fronts pushing their way through france into germany, snow to the alps across italy, brief proceedings before another weather front pushes in. quite an autumnal flavour into europe, no two days the same, one day unsettled, the next day fine. mediterranean is consistent at the moment, temperatures in the southeast of the mediterranean peaking into the high 20s. for more

details on the uk, keep watching more in half an hour. but for now, here is our city forecast. as you can see, a good deal of dry weather further east.

it's the book world's biggest night of the year, here in the splendid surroundings of guildhall in the heart of the city of london. hello, and good evening. in the next half an hour, we will find out who has won one of the world's most famous and most important literary prizes, the booker, awarded to the best novel of the year.

it's been quite a journey to get to this point.