welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: syrian government forces move towards the border with turkey — risking another dangerous confrontation. japan deploys more than 100,000 rescuers following the worst storm to hit the country in decades. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme. sirens blare huge protests and violent clashes in spain after the supreme court jails nine separatists over catalonia's failed bid for independence. and fans mourn the loss of one of k—pop‘s biggest stars — sulli, found dead in her

home just 25 years old. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in syria, where the civil war could be entering a new and dangerous phase. syrian government forces are on the move to help kurdish fighters under attack from turkey. it comes after us troops were withdrawn and the kurds have now turned to syria's president assad for help. the bbc‘s international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from akcakale on the turkey—syria border. rolling in to a heroes‘ welcome — troops of the assad regime,

handed a victory without firing a shot, arriving today in the strategic town of ain issa. look who's back. the kurds say they had to do a deal with the regime after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. the choice, they say, was compromise or genocide. further along a key highway, the town of tal tamer also back in assad's hands, loyalists resurfacing. "i've kept this picture hidden for years, waiting for this day," he says. but, for other syrians, this about—turn is a painful blow. we met abu saddam and his family on the turkish side of the border. he planned to go home to tal tamer once kurdish militia were gone.

not anymore. translation: i was shocked when they told me that the regime is now in control. we were happy when the turkish army went in. we were hoping to go back and live happily in our village. no—one can go back with the regime there. his young relative mohamed wants to study medicine in the uk. he can't see a future in his homeland. i think this idea is impossible, because i think the syrian war is endless. does that make you feel sad? i'm feeling sad for my country, for my people. but what i can do for them? and this is the latest phase in the endless war, turkey continuing to pound northern syria. here, a drone strike, allegedly targeting a kurdish ammunition supply.

"we work with the precision of a jeweller," president erdogan claimed today. but the civilian death toll is growing. well, just across the border here, in the syrian town of tal abyad, rebels backed by turkey have just raised their flags. in less than a week here, president erdogan has created a dangerous new reality. north—eastern syria is now a battleground, and the balance of power is shifting. american troops are pulling out. syrian troops are moving in. the turkish leader is unrepentant. and what of islamic state prisoners being held by the kurds? turkey claims it found an empty prison in tal abyad. it is accusing the kurdish of setting is detainees free to create chaos. but turkey has opened the door to a dangerous escalation here, and there are fears

that the situation could move rapidly out of control. 0rla guerin, bbc news, on the turkey—syria border. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. a major clean—up operation is underway in japan, after the heaviest storm to hit the country in sixty years left towns submerged and killed more than forty people.|n some areas, more than a metre of rain fell in just forty—eight hours. rich preston reports. rivers burst, roads and bridges destroyed, and dozens killed. typhoon hagibis has left destruction in its wake. towns and villages were inundated with its water. now the rescue mission becomes a clean—up operation, and a search for survivors. nagano, in centraljapan, was one of the worst—hit areas.

more than a metre of rain fell in just two days. the cost of the clean—up will be substantial. hundreds are in emergency accommodation. many still don't know when they will be able to return home. more than 110,000 people had been involved with rescue efforts, but hopes of finding those still listed as missing are fading rapidly. also making news today, the queen has officialy opened a new session of parliament in the uk. in the queen's speech, prime minister boris johnson's government outlined 26 bills. but with the prime minister having no majority, many of the bills may not become law. there was an emphasis on law and order but the key issue was bringing the uk out of the eu. a british man jailed for numerous sex crimes against malaysian children has been found stabbed to death in prison. richard huckle was given 22

life sentences in 2016 after admitting multiple charges of sex abuse of children aged between 6 months and 12 years. it is understood he was attacked in his cell with a makeshift knife. germany will not ban any single network from supplying equipment as it builds its 5g network. that includes the chinese telecoms giant huawei, which the us had called to be excluded. according to washington, using equipment made by huawei poses a security risk by allowing beijing to spy through a back door. the first competitive football match to be staged in pyongyang between north and south korea takes place in a few hours time. the south koreans left seoul on monday for the world cup qualifying match accompanied by a delegation of 55 people, limited to players, coaches and support staff. south korean fans and journalists

were denied permission to travel. let's return to our top story and the ongoing situation on the syrian border with turkey. president trump has now approved financial sanctions against turkey over its incursion into syria. three turkish ministers have been blacklisted and have had their us assets frozen. the us will also increase tariffs on turkish steel and stop negotiations on a trade deal. 0ur north america correspondent david willis joins me now. david, these sanctions could cripple the turkish economy. they could indeed. that is part of the threat that president trump delivered today. the ministers for defence,

the interior, the energy department the interior, the energy department the intention being to get turkey to end its offensive in north—east syria. president trump says he will destroy, as he puts it, the turkish economy. this is an attempt to assuage the critics of this decision to withdraw those us forces, and today, the democrats issued a statement basically calling for republicans to come together... to withdraw us troops from northern syria and indeed, perhaps more tellingly, we've heard from a senior republican mitch mcconnell who is

the leader of the senate and he has said ina the leader of the senate and he has said in a statement, he is gravely concerned about events in syria and he is calling for urgent discussions between the senate and the white house wants congress returns tomorrow. thank you so much forjoining us david willis. we want to stay with this story. and you may remember three young children — believed to be british — who featured in a bbc report 2a hours ago are safe, according to the charity save the children. their parents are thought to have died fighting for the islamic state group. the charity said that following the escalation, they along with 21 other unaccompanied children were transferred to raqqa where they are being looked after. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville has more from beirut.

amira, hiba and hamza were really plucked out of the fire right at the very last minute. just as the camp they were in was about to be overwhelmed by turkish forces. the un got in there, extracted the children. in the last few minutes, last few hours, i should say, we have received a statement from save the children. it says they were moved into the care of a local agency in ain issa. but as they troops advanced, they were really in the heart of a maelstrom, with turkish forces moving in from one side, and of course the regime are now moving into that area. the children removed to raqqa with 21 other orphans. it's worth remembering what these children have been through. they've seen their parents die in front of them, they've witnessed the most incredible atrocities, and they've suffered under the islamic state propaganda for many, many years. these children are victims, and while they are in a safe place at the moment, syria is not safe at all. so it's very important that we learn as much information as we can about their relatives back in britain, as soon as possible,

so that we can start the process of bringing these children home. quentin sommerville in beirut. k pop fans are grieving for the loss of one of its biggest stars, sulli. she was found dead in her home in seoul and was just 25 years old. police are working on the assumption that she took her own life. sulli was regarded as a powerful feminist voice and had more than 5 million followers on instagram. she was a former member of the band fx until she left in 2015 to focus on her acting career. some believe the artist, whose real name is choijin—ri, stepped back from her k—pop work after struggling with online abuse. people have taken to social media to pay tribute to her and express hope that people can be kinder online in future.

bbc‘s seoul correspondent laura bicker has sought to spread awareness on suicide prevention. to europe, and spain's supreme court has sentenced nine catalan to between 9 and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the 2017 independence referendum. protestors clashed with riot police at the city's main airport following the sentences. this spain's acting prime minister pedro sanchez said the punishments signalled the defeat of the catalan independence movement. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas reports from barcelona. inside barcelona airport today... shouting

..anger directed at spain and symbols of its authority. and in the airport forecourt, clashes. the spark — the sentences handed out by the supreme court. up to 13 years in jail for sedition for the leaders who staged the referendum and failed independence bid here two years ago. it's left many catalans incensed. this is supposed to be a democracy. it should not be legal. we just voted — we did nothing wrong, but vote. well, tempers are beginning to flare again here. it has just been raining all afternoon, which has soaked the protesters and the police, and everyone else. and they have caused enormous disruption here. dozens and dozens of flights cancelled or delayed. with access blocked, protesters and passengers had to walk miles just to get to the airport.

spain's prime minister insisted today there was nothing undemocratic about prosecuting the independence leaders. in a democracy like spain, nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics — but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the law. but the question tonight is whether the prosecutions will stifle catalan hopes, or simply fuel the drive for secession. damian grammaticas, bbc news, barcelona. you are watching newsday on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: a new study suggests that a cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives from traumatic brain injuries. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake 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's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb, which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. and then, bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. our top stories: syrian government forces are on the move towards the border with turkey — risking another dangerous confrontation. more than 100,000 people have been taking part in rescue operations injapan — following typhoon hagibis, the worst storm to hit the country in decades. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the french publication le figaro is leading with the fighting in syria. it features a picture of syrian army vehicles entering a northern kurdish town. the paper says france is planning to withdraw its own soldiers, as kurds have now turned to assad and russia's putin for help. the irish times has brexit on its front page. the paper says the democratic unionist party are raising opposition to the proposal involving

northern ireland remaining legally part of the uk customs union, but in practice operating as an eu customs territory. and the south china morning post reports on the latest hong kong protests. an aerial shot of the huge crowds at a demonstration in chater garden dominates the front page. thousands of people have urged the united states to impose sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials, who they believe have acted against the city's democratic freedoms. the english football association has called for an investigation after england's euro 2020 qualifier in bulgaria had to be halted twice due to racist abuse. announcements were made to fans that the game could be suspended if offensive chanting continued. england went on to win the match 6—0. our sports correspondent joe wilson is in sofia

with the latest. even that have experienced before so what has changed? do they have the confidence and determination to report racism there was a response, the protocol should, could have evolved the game being suspended. it could be argued that england is about to be jerry is could be argued that england is about to bejerry is the best possible response. the english manager has said, admitted that england has its own issues of racism in football to address that this kind of thing he cannot stand. the response from the committee is of the utmost importance 70, a few thousand seats gustave made a difference. a new international study suggests that a cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of people from traumatic brain injuries.

the research suggests tran—examic acid, or txa, can significantly improve some patients' chances of survival. almost 70 million people suffer these kinds of injuries every year — usually as a result of car accidents and falls. the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. in a brief moment, a head injury can change a person's life forever. five years ago, pam foley fell off her bike in oxford. all i remember is on one went on my bike come up next meant on the ground. trying to get up, i knew i was stunned but i didn't realise how much i attack myself. pat had fractured her skull and suffered a bleed on her brain. she did make a good recovery but lost a sense of smell and taste. it's a constant reminder

of the pleasures that can be had from simple smells. i really miss the smell of freshly cut grass. i love that smell. this is a ct scan of the patient's brand, it's a young man whose been punched and fell to the ground. there are few tribute options who suffered these injuries especially in low and middle income countries, patients can need surgery to ease pressure on the brain on life—support equipment. researchers say there is another option. a simple injection of acid. when patients are bleeding, two processes occur simultaneously. the process of clotting and of breaking down the clot. this acid breaks a breakdown of the clot and allows a court to form effectively and subsequently. this is the acid, it's been around for decades and was used to things i hear of the periods. it's cheap, costs

a few dollars per vial and it is accessible through the world. the royal london hospital in the uk was one of 175 hospitals across 29 countries and involving more than 12,000 patients to take part in the trial. it is for haemorrhage... it found death in patients were cut by one fifth the drug was given within three hours. it's a simple injection, it can be given around the world by doctors and nurses, no special training needed to give it. previous studies have shown that the drug can be used to treat women with excessive bleeding after childbirth as well as patients with life—threatening chest or abdomen injuries. pam doesn't know if she received

this acid or the placebo dummy injection in the trial but she is glad to be part of the study. the world health organization says it will evaluate findings and consider whether to recommend the drug for brain injury. sue cooper didn't know what to do in the bracken was abandoned by its mother. but others had a partner him with the puppy. best of friends the balance in their step. meet the ra ccoo ns balance in their step. meet the raccoons and the dog. the raccoons had no want to play with that he was brought to the zoo in the siberian city so they put him in with the dog and out there were as thick as thieves. translation: then it only get along well but their supplement each other, studying each other and take

certain behaviours on each other. for example, the doctors learned how to climb on people. the raccoon is a better teacher than the dog, i must say. don't are less dangerous to ra ccoo ns say. don't are less dangerous to raccoons than say, cats, when it comes to viruses and diseases, the friendly little chap helped the raccoon to its solid foods although it doesn't always go smoothly between them. translation: the dog is very disappointed because it force of that crabby. and when the raccoon clever summer, the dog sits on site ceiling, i've got no idea how the seizure, does adele think he is a raccoon? does the think is a dog?l profound question for everyone to ponder. the keeper said they have no pleasures with them up as long as they get along, they will sit together. just like me and you. the friendship like them both. stay with

us, bagging a luxury bug in dubai, we look at by the property market is slim just like something and who is making the most of the situation. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures, but possibly best to look away if you're not a fan of snakes! rescuers braved a call to free a trapped king cobra in thailand. it took around one hour to capture the four—metre—long snake found near a shopping district. on a facebook post, the team said that they had to enter a sewer longer than 30 meters, and that they faced difficulty due to the sensitivity of this snake. it weighed 15 kilograms was later relocated to a forest reserve. you can look again. no way, not

looking at the snakes. stay with the visible news. —— bbc news. here's the good news, the weather on tuesdayis here's the good news, the weather on tuesday is looking pretty decent across tuesday is looking pretty decent a cross m ost tuesday is looking pretty decent across most of the uk, it should be across most of the uk, it should be a dry day, at least for most of us, and there will be some sunshine around, too. in between weather systems. so all that rain we just had will be clearing away out into the north sea in fact by dawn i will be in between weather systems, you could see the gap between the weather fronts, that'll be could see the gap between the weatherfronts, that'll be in place right across the uk, during the course of tuesday. but there is a front heading away and that's good you sweep in soon after. sellers have a look at the forecast and through the early hours of the money, so some rain around in the

north—east of the country so newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburgh may be as well, spots of ram but the vast majority the country i think a dry end to the night, it's still wet, lots of puddles that would be raining, bit of mist and fog first time, in the service of the country so bright day, for most of us install on tuesday, not a dry, possibility of fish i was there, it's a burst of parts of england, possibly worse to but you'll notice that the vast majority of the country enjoying that a bright weather. there was some clouds around, 17 ? ? that a bright weather. there was some clouds around, 17 7714 expected in the north of the country. choose an identity hours of wednesday, were expecting another weather front to move across the uk, that means wednesday morning morning it is looking wet across eastern areas are anywhere from london through to lincolnshire, and eastern parts of scotland there will be some (around parts of scotland there will be some ( around the parts of scotland there will be some (around the time we get to wednesday afternoon because you opens much better on the size out so

mid week in the afternoon there will be some sunshine, 60 in london but cooler than glasgow. 0n be some sunshine, 60 in london but cooler than glasgow. on thursday was subsea a change, this area of the pressures expected to roll and of the atlantic, quite a large area of low pressure, is quite slow—moving but once it starts moving in, it will roll and roll all the way through the rest of the week and into the weekend as well. so there's ever expecting increasing wins and heavy, frequent showers across western parts of the uk but on thursday still across some central and eastern areas, the weather should be mostly bright by that only get your friday and weekend up the pressure is part of the uk, strong winds in the west and south, frequent showers for sunshine, too. goodbye.

cbe i'm lewis vaughan jones

with bbc world news. our top story. the us vice president says donald trump has asked the turkish leader for an immediate ceasefire in syria. mr trump has faced criticism over his decision to withdraw us troops from syria, opening the way for turkey to attack the kurds who were america's main allies in the fight against is militants. more than 100,000 people have been taking part in rescue operations injapan dealing with the aftermath of typhoon hagibis — the worst storm to hit the country in decades. and this story is getting lots of attention on bbc.com. k—pop fans are grieving the loss of one of their biggest