hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russia says it will not allow clashes between turkish and syrian forces, as turkey's military offensive in northern syria continues, despite american sanctions. two hours until an eu deadline for the the legal text of a brexit deal to be agreed. we'll report from westminster and brussels. bulgaria's football chief resigns after racist behaviour against england players during a match in sofia.

the situation in syria is becoming more complex and tense, with turkey's advance into northern syria showing no sign of easing today. the syrian military accompanied by russian troops has assumed control of the kurdish—held town of manbij, turkish military forces ammassing nearby and turkish president recep tayyip erdogan says taking manbij is a priority. but seizing the town would now mean clashing directly with syrian troops and possibly even russia. another particular flash point has been the kurdish held town of ras al in where there has been more street to street clashes today. this footage from the turkish anadolu agency shows just how intense the fighting has been, as turkish backed fighters try to displace the kurdish forces. middle east correspondent martin patience is there.

well, the syrians are behind me, and throughout this morning, we have seen heavy turkish shelling. that seems to be their response to the american sanction. the turkish president, for his part, says he will not back down, that this offensive will continue until turkey achieves what he called the ultimate victory. the situation you have on the ground is you now have the syrian government forces backed by russia and iran inside manbij, with reports of pro—turkish forces around that town. and the potential there for a confrontation between all these powers is real, and that is what everybody is worried about. turkey claims that its offensive which they are calling "peace spring" is an attempt to bring stability to a region that has been in constant conflict for many years. it considers the ypg, which is the biggest militia within the kurdish led syrian democratic forces, as a terrorist organisation, that needs to be driven

from the area. here's president erdogan on what he is trying to achieve. translation: operation p spring has two goals. the first is completely eliminate terrorist groups, and pkk groups in northern syria. the second goal is to safely return to their homeland, to their own country, 3 million syrian arabs who have been oui’ million syrian arabs who have been our guests for eight years —— piece spring. turkey aims to place those syrian arabs into the "safe zone" region it hopes it can establish through a successful offensive in northern syria. but critics warn that inserting those syrians currently in turkey into that region could lead to the ethnic cleansing of the local kurdish population. here's onur erem from bbc turkish.

so there are two other obstacles there. one is the financing. turkish government was saying that they are planning to finance the construction with the help of the international community. but right now, the international community is so much against this operation, and it is ha rd to against this operation, and it is hard to think they will find so much money that is needed for such a big construction that can accommodate more than 2 million people. and also, there are reports saying that the syrians in turkey may not want to go back — especially if they are not from the region of northern syria. they will not want to go there if they are not familiar with there if they are not familiar with the region. another major concern is what it could mean for the islamic state. there are thousands of is militants held across the kurds camps for displaced people at al hol, roj, and ain issa. turkish shelling at ain issa has already lead to some militants escaping.

and it has the international community concerned. french prime minister edouard philippe today said the turkish offensive would bring about "the inevitable resurgence of islamic state in northeastern syria." here's more from onur erem. president erdogan said that turkey is willing accept spots ability for all the is members and their relatives in the camps that turkey controls. also there are lots of camps right outside the region which turkey controls, and the syrian democratic forces are saying that they have to move their troops from those camps to the turkish front lines, so that they can try to stop the advancement of the turkish army. turkey's offensive was effectively given the "green light" when donald trump pulled us troops out of northern syria. just a week on now, trump has imposed sanctions on turkish ministries and senior government officials. he's also calling for

an immediate truce. he went on... a path, let's reiterate, that was opened up by donald trump. here's a development on the story in the last few minutes, we are told that mike pence. we knew he was going to turkey, but we are told he will meet with the president erdogan and urged turkey to meet an immediate cease—fire and work towards a negotiation settlement. we are also told that mike pence will... are also told that mike pence will. .. the are also told that mike pence will... the question now is whether this pressure will force turkey to change tact. mark lowen was our correspondent there till recently. in reality, the sanctions are lighter than we are expected to make

it expecting. there'll be no sanctions on turkish banks, as many thought likely to happen. and so far, the turkish lira looks like it has largely shaken off those sanctions. it has not suffered a massive loss compared to the huge losses it suffered against the us dollar when the american government meant issued sanctions on turkey last august in 2018, which led to the turkish lira syncing to 7.2 against the dollar. it is no wonder that the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, has said that the sanctions fall far short of reversing humanitarian catastrophe that has happened in northern syria, and saying that sanctions have been woefully inadequate. let's bring in gary o'donoghue, who is in washington. what might help us assess this decision by donald trump to send the vice president, how serious is this? we will see how firmly he delivers

it, but he is going tomorrow, we understand he will have a bilateral with the president erdogan on 17 october, thursday. and as you said, he will reiterate this idea about the sanctions, and there have been threats of banking the sanctions worse here if turkey does not come to terms quickly. the statement goes on later on to say the administration is resolved to maintain security in the region. the safety of civilians in the continued detention of islamic state fighters. there will be a lot to say if you are determined to maintain security in the region, why did you withdraw your troops in the first place? that seems to be the thing that prevented turkey from doing what it has done 110w. turkey from doing what it has done now. but donald trump would have known that pulling these trips out would have these kinds of knock on consequences and calculated that that was something he was willing to bearin that was something he was willing to bear in exchange for what he gains. what is his argument for why america is gaining here? his main argument

will be about taking american troops out of harm's way. his argument will also be about maintaining some campaign promises. and the general view, which does prevail in this country, that in general, lots of republicans particularly and others don't want americans involved in what they would regard as far off conflicts 7000 miles away. the problem with that is that these national security issues don'tjust sit in between your own borders between one c or the other — it goes global when you are the superpower, and that is the problem trump faces 110w. consequences and that is the problem trump faces now. consequences such and that is the problem trump faces 110w. consequences such as and that is the problem trump faces now. consequences such as the potential for the recruitment of isis, which the french have been warning of today, the potential attacks that that could lead to, american personnel and civilians — all these things that trump must be mindful of wilson trying to deliver

on his promises. gary, stay with me, a couple things to mention before i come back to you. the uk government today announced a halt to any new export licences for arms sales. that follows france, germany, and italy doing the same. but let's be clear — this uk move doesn't apply to existing licenses, meaning companies with those licences are still free to send weapons to turkey. gary, have the americans approach this issue of the supply of arms? not much has been set on that so far. bear in mind that trade with turkey and the us is pretty small, to be honest. they've had an ongoing i’ow to be honest. they've had an ongoing row with turkey about the f 35 fighter which the americans have stopped turkey from taking and stopped turkey from taking and stopped them training on those planes because turkey decided to buy an anti—aircraft system based on russian technology. so there is a real bear, as well. but the turks will certainly feel the squeeze in

terms of embargoes notjust from britain, but also the germans, the french, and the italians. turkey has a very well—developed military force, it is one of the biggest in nato, in fact, so it will be able to cope for the time being, i'm sure. this last week has given us another issue in which we can say america is diverging from its european allies. that now seems like a conspicuous and deliberate policy for donald trump? donald trump really doesn't have a lot of empathy for europe and all sorts of ways. if you get onto the trade issue, if you get onto the nato countries based in europe, if you get onto security issues in the middle east, trump believes that america has been taken for a ride by its european allies financially and

militarily for a very long time. and thatis militarily for a very long time. and that is a core part of his political ideology. take you very much, as usual, gary. much more background on what is happening in northern syria on the bbc website. in a few minutes, we will switch our attention to brexiteers. there are negotiations going on into the evening both in westminster and in brussels. we will bring you up—to—date. the duke and duchess of cambridge have met pakistan's prime minister on the first full day of their visit to the country. this report from secunder kermani contains flashing images. the royal trip kicked off with a visit to a school in islamabad. education, along with climate change, are understood to be the issues the duke and duchess of cambridge want to focus on in particular whilst in pakistan. the

couple also met pakistan's prime minister, the cricketer turned politician imran khan. for both countries, this is a key relationship. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country succulent princess diana's visit attracted media attention... the store also has an added emotional resins for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: russia says it will not allow clashes between turkish and syrian forces as turkey's military offensive in northern syria continues despite american sanctions. here are some of the main stories

from bbc world service. catalan‘s regional leader, quim torra, says his government will continue to defend the region's right to self determination. on monday, spain's supreme court jailed nine separatist leaders for their role in a 2017 independence bid. thousands of separatist protesters have joined a demonstration near the spanish government delegation building in barcelona. south africa's for president has had his corruption trial delayed. he is accused of unlawfully favouring a french company in a major arms deal. he denies the charges. the rescuers in thailand have managed to rescue this trafficking —— this trapped king cobra near a shopping centre. it was then relocated to a forest reserve. midnight brussels time is the deadline the eu has set on a brexit deal. that's in under three hours' time.

here's michel barnier. reaching an agreement is still possible. obviously, any agreement must work for everyone. for all of the you know the kingdom and the whole of the european union. let me add also that it is high time to turn good intentions into legal text. the timing is bring driven by an eu summit that starts on thursday. mr barnier says the eu must have a legal text to study tomorrow, ahead of possible sign off at the summit. though let's be clear — not all eu deadlines are set in stone. this midnight deadline may well slip. the status of northern ireland and on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland are the two core matters.

but allows n ireland to remain in uk customs territory after brexit. "technically v difficult and not going to magically appear." here's adam fleming on the options michel barnier has laid out. michel barnier, the chief negotiator, loves his number bullet pointed list. and so do i, but he says there are only three bullet points available at the moment. either the talks and in deadlock, there are more talks that extend beyond the eu summit on thursday, or there is a deal tonight to be signed off at summit. let's unpack the central problem once more. the uk government wants the uk, including northern ireland, out of the eu's customs union. this includes northern ireland. so there would be different customs areas on either side of the border. that means checks. the uk has offered assurances these

checks will be away from the border and require no permanent infrastructure, but that's not satisfied the eu. the fear is that any checks will become a target of violence for some of those who favour northern ireland becoming part of the republic of ireland. irish prime minister, leo varadkar, lays it out in this clip. i think we had a broad meeting of minds, but turning that into a legal agreement is a different thing. that's what's under way. avoid a hard border, our objectives have always been the same — avoid a hard border, allow economy to thrive, north and south cooperation to resume as per good friday agreement, and maintain integrity of single market. and that is very much where the european union and our partners come in. want eu idea is to keep northern

ireland aligned to the eu's customs union, shifting the need for checks on the irish border into the irish sea. but some brexiteers and those in northern ireland represents an unexampled divide between northern ireland in the rest of the uk. central to this story is eileen foster, the leader of the pro brexit democratic unionist party. there's been a huge amount of speculation since the prime minister met the taoiseach last thursday. they can't even see the market any more, honestly. but what is important is if we stick with our principles that we want to get a deal — it has to be a deal that respects the economic and institutional economy... and that is very important for us. in the last half hour, a statement from the democratic unionist party has come in after meetings with downing street. they say...

jessica parker is live with us from westminster. help us understand the key blocks of people that the prime minister needs to keep on side to have any hope of getting this through parliament? so the dup as you were just talking about there, they are particularly keen — ten mps, they been in a supply arrangement with the government. theresa may did not bring the dup with her when she put her deal before parliament, boris johnson with her when she put her deal before parliament, borisjohnson is trying to do just that. clear from that statement, i think the dup, not wanting to say too much at this stage, but saying as well that gaps remain. also not wanting to say too much at this stage — as soon as the erg, a group of euro sceptic mps, they had a meeting tonight after which they emerged, saying they were being urged to trust the prime minister. they will wait to see what

if any legal text comes forward, scrutinise it, but they seem to want to try to vote for what they described as a tolerable deal. again, theresa may failed to get many of those mps on side even under her third try. another group of mps who may be important to boris johnson, the labour mps from leavitt voting constituencies who want to see a deal done. they don't want to see a deal done. they don't want to see a deal done. they don't want to see a no—deal brexit, so they are leaving potentially, it may be, depending on what is put on paper to support boris johnson. those depending on what is put on paper to support borisjohnson. those are roughly the three groups boris johnson is trying to get on side, he will certainly need a mixture of those three to have a chance of getting a deal over the line, but he needs to have a deal to present at first. while we wait to see if he has a deal, is there some form of paralysis in westminster where eve ryo ne paralysis in westminster where everyone just waits to see what plays out? yes and no. if you walk around westminster today and talk about brexit, nobody seems,

including conservative mps, to know what on earth is going on because these talks are so secretive in brussels. is that paralysis? there are debates going on about the queen's speech, where the government laid out its programme yesterday, introducing bills related to that programme like animal welfare, divorce law. so those meetings are going on, as our select committees. however the bottom line is you still have a government that is well short ofa have a government that is well short of a working majority. so longer—term, whether borisjohnson could run an effective government, a huge question mark runs over that. the negotiators sound like they will be burning the midnight oil. tell me what is playing out, gavin was yellow a0 hours, nearly a0 hours and a half, still counting succulent and another two and a half hours left until this impromptu deadline set by michel barnier this morning when the

chief negotiator said if there is to bea chief negotiator said if there is to be a deal at the eu summit this week on thursday, it must be by today. because realistically, they cannot do it due to the late text of the deal ended 25 different languages, disseminating them into the 28 countries and each of the other 27 leaders must be briefed by their investor. so what has happened today? since saturday in the fifth floor of the european commission building, the ambassadors of the 27 countries must see the text. this happened in luxembourg earlier today during a meeting. they were not able to ta ke during a meeting. they were not able to take photos but take right to make a written note. i've been told there were some confusions over their interpretations of that. but i'm told the negotiators are allowed in and out every once in a while for toilet breaks. but it could carry on until the early hours of the morning, which is a possibility. the

other thing to note is that tonight around this time, we tend to get a tweet from donald tusk inviting all the leaders publicly to the summit. he does this two days before, always, saying exactly what is on the agenda. his team said that would happen tonight, a message half an hour ago, nothing has come back. we are all in stasis right now. in terms of seniorfigures are all in stasis right now. in terms of senior figures within the eu, is the fact that they are all about to change— donald tusk is in his last few days as president of the council, does that have any bearing on the calculations made by the eu? i think there is a sense in the eu? i think there is a sense in the last few weeks that this is a deadline being set by borisjohnson. go back a bit earlier to clarify on 31 october, it was notjust because it was halloween, but the last day in thejob for it was halloween, but the last day in the job forjean—claude juncker before his successor takes over, and it was seen as a clean time to move on. but boris johnson it was seen as a clean time to move on. but borisjohnson used that to

say he would rather be dead than ask foran say he would rather be dead than ask for an extension. but behind the scenes, there are many here who say it would be much easier to set a longer extension period than this very ha rd longer extension period than this very hard deadline, even if it means. . . very hard deadline, even if it means... a new force in town for the european council commission. in terms of the stumbling blocks between where they are now in a place where they can say they have a legal text for a deal, as i was saying ten minutes ago, is it still all about ireland ? saying ten minutes ago, is it still all about ireland? they are nearly two years and six months into a negotiations when they finally began injune negotiations when they finally began in june 2017. this negotiations when they finally began injune 2017. this stage now, there are those on the side of the border saying it is moving very swiftly, but it is such a hard area for the eu to say there is no hard border with what will be an external frontier. northern ireland and the uk saying they want to make sure

northern ireland has the same rules as the rest of the uk. suggestions coming from this side of the water, through leaks, like what we see with the dup going to downing street, suggest concessions have been made, northern ireland will stay within the eu customs union so checks don't have to happen, but they will happen on the border with tariffs, which is fairly complicated but that would mean boris johnson has fairly complicated but that would mean borisjohnson has given ground there. no official word yet from the eu, no white smoke, and we keep hearing — another tweet from the foreign minister, saying the clock is ticking. if there is white smoke, but formed is that common in the middle of the night? it may be the first form i get, it what's up message to a group that pretty reliable, eu officials tend to update that first, and one of us will disseminate it —— whatsapp. gavin, thank you very much. we will

pass that on when the eu have something to say. i'll see you in a couple minutes' time. hello there. it's a relatively quiet weather story across the globe at the moment. unusual, i know, but starting on north america, we have a weather front pushing across that west coast, bringing snow to high ground in british columbia. a pretty slow moving weather front down to the south, bringing rain out of texas through parts of mississippi into georgia, some of that could be quite heavy. but we have seen extreme record—breaking heat during the early half of october, so this is welcome rain to some degree and a much more comfortable feeling to things. over the next five days, we have some rain continuing into vancouver, but san francisco having warm and pleasant sunshine. the south—westerly monsoon continues to retreat, although it is slow in

doing so. we still have rain, and it looks like that rain will continue through sri lanka over the next few days, drier and warmer the further north and west you are. a better picture for the next few days across japan after recent events over the weekend, so some light drizzle but also clearing to some sunshine, a bit offair also clearing to some sunshine, a bit of fair weather cloud into northern china, but further south we have some sunshine and warmth in hong kong. scattered showers across the east coast of vietnam, and down into malaysia and indonesia, we see oui’ into malaysia and indonesia, we see our usual heat of the day showers, but not extensive. over the next five days, japan could see a quiet tea m five days, japan could see a quiet team continuing, but rain expected on saturday with more world cup matches taking place in the start of the weekend. into australia, high—pressure building with warmth spilling out across the east coast. an area of low pressure moving away from the southeast corner in tasmania, moving towards the or

islands of new zealand. it has been pretty horrendous over the next few days, lots of rain and weather warnings remain in force. that he in syd ney warnings remain in force. that he in sydney will start to ease a little as we go through the weekend. south of france, we have stormy weather conditions on monday with a mini tornado reported. if we look at the rain radar, we can see how extensive the rain was as it moves its way in from the west across the pyrenees. we saw some heavy rain to the south of france, with a thunderstorm moving its way north. the theme into europe over the next few days is a brief lull in proceedings before another by the front brings rain into the far northwest. a bit of a north and south divide, the mediterranean looks fine, settled and sunny, but more wet weather to come as a frontal system continues to move through. cool behind the rain, still warm and pleasant into the far southeast corner. looking at

the far southeast corner. looking at the city forecast, you can see that rain sitting in london, but a slow improvement at the weekend. take care.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. restasis will not allow clashes between turkey and syria for the military offensive continuing and thatis military offensive continuing and that is despite new american sanctions. the secretary of state are heading to the area, hoping to broker a cease—fire. just a few hours ago into the eu deadline for a legal text of a brexit deal would be agreed on we are keeping across westminster and in brussels. the football chief resigns after racist behaviour from fans during the bulgaria england match. plus we have a special report from mexico's refugee centres and we are looking at the consequences of the trump

administration's new border policies. we have spoken with correspondence and westminster and everyone is keeping an eye on the specs and negotiations in brussels but the moment no one knows which way they are going. meanwhile, let me bring you a new bbc story today because we have obtained leaflets which appear to suggest that the party accepts that the uk may not have left the european union by the time it has delayed the election. remember, borisjohnson is repeatedly said that brexit will have been do or die by the end of this month. let us show you some the leaflets. this one says voting for the brexit party

means more delay. this one attacking the lib dems which says they plan to revoke brexit without a referendum. new campaigning products, those who voted leave saying that the decision is between the conservatives in the labour party in they say labour party is more delay. that speak to the reporter behind the story, some those funds are straight up and down true, like provoking article 50. what is the story, the language on october the 31st? you need five weeks for it to happen, if there is an election which the conservative wa nts, an election which the conservative wants, they'll be at the end of november or december. but the leaflets says things like the brexit party cannot deliver brexit or the lib dems will frustrate brexit and if we leave on october 31, does not make sense for an election leaflet.

select the party, even though it insists that we are leaving on the 3ist, insists that we are leaving on the 31st, people are preparing for an election after delay. look at the language under leaflets, they say... it is nonsense and they are leaving on the 31st and all of these leaflets are just pointing out the risks of the other parties. leaflets are just pointing out the risks of the other partieslj suppose this highlights that all the parties in different ways of the second guest what happened with brexit and when an election may have been. nobody knows when and if the uk will still be a member of the eu when it happens. four different parties pulling in double digits, incredibly complex and volatile figure and all parties are trying to second—guess each other, what might happen in brussels, so you get these leaflets potentially preparing for something that is unlikely that they think will not happen but they are at least considering the possibility ofa at least considering the possibility of a delay to brexit. and also those doing the campaigning will be a little bit more honest about whether

there will be a brexit by the end of there will be a brexit by the end of the month by a conservative party which has distinctive line. and like the reporter in brussels said that given this bill passed by opposition and peace which would force the prime minister to delay if he does not get a deal in the next week, the government suggest they may find a way around that but do not know what that is. i think very much indeed and those watching if you want to see his report online, it is on the bbc website. the international monetary fund has issued its global growth forecast for this year — and it's not pretty. growth is expected to slow to 3% — a rate not seen since the global financial crisis in 2008. earlier the bbc‘s samira hussain spoke with the imf‘s chief economist gita gopinath — they discussed the role of the us at the global economy is being

impacted by these trade tensions, raising tremendous weakness in manufacturing and global trade and if this continues, it risks pushing the global economy closer to two and a half percent, once we get there, it tends to be more countries are entering recession. if the trade forward to end tomorrow, what kind of impact with that have on the global economy? again, we're window to see all the puzzles of how a trade deal would end, and supposed all the tariffs but between the us and china and those were announced in 2019, if those were withdrawn, that could raise the level by 8% by 2020. i that could raise the level by 8% by 2020. |just wonder that could raise the level by 8% by 2020. i just wonder what you made of what they have been telling you? we did have an idea that we may see some pretty grim outlook coming from its projection because if you think about it last week, we heard from

the head of the imf saying that this trade war could cost the global economy some $700 billion in 2020. so we knew that the assessment was going be grim, but how much of an impact the trade war between the united states and china is really having on economies absolutely around the world and i think that really speaks to the interconnectedness that exists in the economy right now. and the site from the us china trade war, but with the imf like to see companies do to help this growth figure? there area do to help this growth figure? there are a few issues at play. trade is not the only reason why the imf have downgraded the global outlook for economies they have also said the ongoing uncertainty with brexit is having a really big impact on the uk economy and other geopolitical

issues. in with other countries can do about it, one thing that is a tool that is available as future central bank, so the united states case, the federal reserve. missing a lot of central banks of lowered the interest rates. that said, the imf was very quick to say that it is not just monetary policy, you have to have sound government policy as well. and that is a really key factor in how economies will weather this trend of downturn. factor in how economies will weather this trend of downturnlj factor in how economies will weather this trend of downturn. i am interested to see if the imf have an optimum figure, a certain level of growth is the best thing for the world. does it have a policy on that? there is the bottom and that we can speak to them that is something that a lot of us of speaking to and we heard about that from the clip that two and a half percent at the bottom end, that is really not a figure that we want to hit because as you rightly pointed

out, if you see that global growth is there, that means there is some big economy that is actually in a recession that would not be very good. very interesting life from the imf in washington. we will have being inside one of the refugee centres and looking after people who have arrived at the border of america but are having to wait in mexico as their applications are considered. regulators have warned that the nhs in england is facing increasing demand, staff shortages, and patients with learning disabilities stuck in unsuitable hospitals. the care quality commission also warned abot accident and emergency departments. alison holt reports. this is the house that adele green hopes will one day be home to her 20—year—old son eddie, but shortage of support locally means after seven years he's still in a specialist

mental health hospital nearly 200 miles from home. eddie has learning disabilities and other complex problems. when he had a crisis, he ended up in a series of secure hospitals. today's report warns of deteriorating quality, a lack of skilled staff in such places, familiar concerns for eddie's family. we... we knew of a time when he was locked away in a seclusion room for about four months, fed through a hatch, not given the medication because there wasn't the right staff there to give it. i wouldn't treat an animal like that, and they've treated my child like that. in 2018, care quality commission inspectors who visited hospitals for people with learning disabilities and autism rated 1% as inadequate. this year, 10% are failing. the cqc warns that this reflects pressures being felt across the health and care system.

growing demand and staff shortages mean emergency departments are picking up the pieces when people can't get help in the community. and they are struggling. about half continue to be rated not good enough. the government says it is making record investment in the nhs, and that mental health services are being transformed. but for those at the sharp end of the health and care system, there seems to be no sign of the pressures easing. outside source mirror here at the newsroom as usual. russia says it will not allow clashes between turkish and syrian forces as turkey's military offensive in northern syria continues, despite american sanctions. catalan's regional leader, quim torra, says his government will continue to defend the region's

right to self determination. on monday spain's supreme court jailed nine separatist leaders for their role in a 2017 independence bid. thousands of separatist protesters have joined a demonstration near the spanish government delegation building in barcelona. more on bbc world. japan's prime minister has warned of the economic effects of the typhoon which struck on saturday. the storm is the worst in japan in decades. at least 66 people were killed. rescuers in thailand have managed to free a trapped king cobra near a shopping centre. it was eventually captured in a sewer and then relocated to a forest reserve. the head of bulgaria's football union football has since resigned. that was perhaps inevitable after england's players were racially abused during a match in sofia on monday night. certainly his fate was sealed

when bulgaria's prime minister called on him to go. england beat bulgaria 6—0. but the game was totally overshadowed by the game twice being suspended because of racist behaviour from the crowd — this included nazi salutes and monkey chants. european football's governing body, uefa, has announced it is launching an inquiry into the racism. bulgaria's prime minister tweeted bulgaria's prime minister: in addition, the football union released a statement saying they didn't find space to reference or condemn the racism. the union has also had its headquarters raided by police.

after the game, the england and bulgaria managers gave their reactions. iam i am incredibly proud of the players and the staff, i do not think that we could be criticised for not going far enough, but i think we have made a huge statement and frankly, we we re a huge statement and frankly, we were in an impossible situation to get it right to the satisfaction of everyone. i was concentrated on the game. ididn't everyone. i was concentrated on the game. i didn't actually hear anything. i game. i didn't actually hear anything. |just game. i didn't actually hear anything. i just spoke game. i didn't actually hear anything. |just spoke to the english press offices and i told them that if this is proven to be true that we will have to be ashamed and apologise for it. so again, it has to be proven to be true. the game was topped twice in line with uefa's three step racism protocol. the first incident occurred in the 28th minute. a stadium announcement condemned the abuse and warned fans the match might be abandoned. the game was stopped again just before half time.

it only restarted after discussions between the officials and the england manager. at this point some bulgarian fans left the stadium. a third incident and the game would have been abandoned. that didn't happen. this is football association's chairman after the game. uefa, who i have spoken throughout the game and at the end of the game, they will be carrying out a thorough investigation not just they will be carrying out a thorough investigation notjust with the rev saw individuals around him saw, but also life footage and witness state m e nts also life footage and witness statements to make sure that this appalling scene, terrible racism is treated appropriately. raheem was one of the ones targeted to tweet it out, i strongly condemn... that is the prime minister of bulgaria, my

apologies. let us see her from two of his collea g u es let us see her from two of his colleagues on what happened. let us see her from two of his colleagues on what happenedlj let us see her from two of his colleagues on what happened. i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch on the warm up. we spoke about it coming off of the pitch and after the warm up and obviously, it was happening. in the game. it is difficult to categorise it, is perhaps a minority in the second half is a lot better. perhaps a victory all around. everyone wanted to carry on and we did a talking on the pitch which i am extremely proud of. it's not easy to play in circumstances like that but the 6-0 play in circumstances like that but the 6—0 victory in the way we played in the manner in which we played is something i'm extremely proud of. the bulgarian journalist at bbc. the reaction has been one of

speculation, why has he resigned, obviously the statement given by the prime minister referred to several reasons, one of them was the general state of bulgarian football at the moment and another one was the incidents during the game, which we re incidents during the game, which were the nazi salutes and the monkey chance. that is the reason he resigned, surely. the state of bulgarian football has been going for some time and he has resigned the day after racist chanting towards england players. there was a raid on the union headquarters and at the moment, it is still unclear what the raid was about. it could have had something to do with refereeing, several issues compounding and becoming relevant at months. bbc monitoring, monitors media all around the world and i wonder how this has played out in

the bulgarian media. bulgarian media has mostly had a negative reaction to the outcome of the game and this is because the margin of the defeat, it is the biggest home defeat so it reflected a d i re it is the biggest home defeat so it reflected a dire state of bulgarian football at the moment, but also there has been quite prevalent condemnation of the fan behaviour. one national daily called it a cause for despair and bulgarian football, another one said that the game illustrated all of the problems the bulgarian football places now, poor organisation, poor organisation and a direct quote, uncontrollable fans. back to our lead story, here's a here's a tweet from the democratic senator chris coons. it could easily have

come from a republican. winner or not, russia is more central now and this is why. us troops were pulled out of northern syria. they had been allied to kurdish fighters. with the americans gone, turkey invaded syria in a move against the kurds whom it considers terrorists. under severe pressure, the kurds then aligned with the syrian government which it had been fighting. that allowed the syrian military to move north into territory it hasn't controlled for years. that left turkey and syria's military operations facing off. enter russia — which has long supported the syrian government and is active in the syrian war. it also has working

relations with turkey. all which explains why, when the americans left, russia has ended up filling the power vacuum. next this is olga ivshina from bbc russian. this was another chance to reestablish and reinforce in the region. for them, it reestablish and reinforce in the region. forthem, it is reestablish and reinforce in the region. for them, it is a chance to spread the message that they are the ones you can rely on, the ones who can be in all sorts of situations and help find a way out and those of the managed to do. but it would be unfairto the managed to do. but it would be unfair to say that russia is such a night on a white horse, however they are very pragmatic and they are holding talks with kurds before but they found an alliance of the united states is more useful and more suitable for them back then. now they see that agreement with syria

is better than war with turkey. and this is her on the relationship with turkey. it seems like they quite often realise that things which bring them together are more powerful than the things which tear them apart. we remember in 2015, turkey shot a russian fighter jet that an investor was killed in turkey and also a few years ago, since then there was some sanctions and angry messages but countries we re and angry messages but countries were still coming towards each other, it seems like they are paid to make their desire to show themselves as independent players is causing problems between these two countries and despite all the odds, they managed to find a common language. they managed to break deals in syria, weapon deals and allow the burning questions in the

region on the agenda. writers are telling us that the republican us senator says they will introduce a bill sanctioning turkey for the invasion and already a variety of sanctions have been announced from the white house so pressure coming from a range of political sources in washington, the question is will their president respond even with mike pence coming to town, he is getting there on wednesday in their meeting on thursday. staying with a story related to donald trump. a new report new report now looking at the consequences of the trump administration's new border policies. this year, nearly a million undocumented migrants have been detained on the us mexico border. and a recent policy obliges people seeking asylum in america to remain in mexico while they await a hearing. the trump administration has also reduced the number of refugees it the secret to making a good cake is

in the preparation. but this cookery class is about much more than just baking. these are american immigrants who have abandoned their journeys to try to settle in mexico instead and are hoping to sell their and cookies to earn a little money their shelter. among them is a 2a—year—old from the ethnic group who is eight months pregnant. travelling with her two young children on a freight train to reach the us border, but given the trump administration policy, she has decided to stop here. to hear a no further, if i was on my own, i would carry on, but i cannot risk it for my daughters. they're living at the cafe, a refugee centre in mexico city run by catholic nuns with support from the un refugee agency. they oblige asylum—seekers to remain

in mexico while there processed, but the intake of refugees just 18,000. the mother says they pushed huge pressure on their modest home. mexico has become a filter, or a wall of containment, this is a migration policy of containment and of persuasion, of telling them do not even try, you are not getting in. most immigrants seeking asylum status of the us are currently languishing in dangerous cities around the northern border, but it is becoming critical, with so few organisations offering basic support, many immigrants struggle to find a decentjob, place this —— a place to stay or school. recently

visiting migrant shelters and urging the government to provide more resources to his asylum agency. the head says they are struggling with an increased workload and chronic underfunding. our problem has to do with the resources and that is why we are now focusing a lot and struggling to get more resources so that we can enhance our operational capacity. the migrants lend a hand with preparing a new dormitory so up to 100 people can be housed at the shelter. those who stay know it is not easy to integrate in mexico and get are faced with returning to the countries they fled or trying to circumvent the trump administration's legal obstacles, many see mexico as their only viable option. a quick final word on brexit, negotiations are going into the night,. they are saying things are

getting better, but there is a lot of work to do. we'll find out how they work is going at some point this evening. i love. tuesday brought a welcome breakfor i love. tuesday brought a welcome break for many of us to the rain because not only have some places seen 70 or 80%, in some areas, it has been relentless, 23 consecutive days of rain but moving through into wednesday, more rain is moving in off the atlantic, but a swell of cloud associated with the next area of low pressure, this will give a rather wet start to the day but it clears quite quickly for northern ireland and then through many parts as we growth of the day, distracting its heels to the northeast, but a lot of standing water in the ground is saturated so there could be some local flooding in is saturated so there could be some localflooding in on is saturated so there could be some local flooding in on the opposite

side though, with the sunshine following in light winds and tem ptress following in light winds and temptress into the mid teens, very pleasa nt temptress into the mid teens, very pleasant but the big? will be if we see further pulses of rain which could enhance the risk of flooding but once that weather front moves out of the way comments can be quite a chilly start a supportive thursday morning the could be a touch of frost in scotland, so we're going to a showery regime. so there will be clear spousal sunshine and also clear spousal sunshine and also clear spells by night which will allow temptress to fall quite low but the theory of low pressure will initially bring strengthening winds and lots of showers around, particularly prevalent in southern areas where there will be intense downpours, but there will be a strong wind blowing in as well and they will penetrate further east and they will penetrate further east and they could be torrential with hail, thunder and lightning. so a bit cooler as a result of the fact that we have more cloud, showers and brisk wind around. still dry in

areas of showers longer spells potentially friday, perhaps marking parts of england and later spots of rain, but the devils in the detail when it comes to showers. but we can't say is i looks unsettled and restrained to pick up a little bit more cooler northerly breeze as we go to the last part of friday, so the temperature start a boy a little bit and there's that northern northeasterly priestess coming southwards about low pressure still with us at the start of the weekend, so still the potential for some heavy slow moving showers around but equally as the wind starts to fall later in the centre of low pressure, a fully low pressure we can see again it is rather cool feeling ten to 15 celsius, so some chilly nights as well and eventually is to get to the beginning of next week, but i low pressure to starts to fill an apple way to the northerly breeze to come low little further which will enhance the risk is and heavier showers evening to sunday, but hopefully there will be fewer of them and they do look as though they

will congregate in parts of the southern areas. but gradually also to diminish. the reason, he started to diminish. the reason, he started to see that low pressure easing away in high pressure building in. uncertain as to how long that high—pressure move way, but if it does so, it will allow the atlantic weather fronts to move in but while it is in charge of the weather, that high—pressure this time of year will allow temptress to plummet if we could have our first widespread frost on tuesday morning and some insta nt fog frost on tuesday morning and some instant fog patches as well. and then looks at the low pressure will return, moving the high—pressure out so pressure high towards the south means it would be driest here but there will always be the risk of further bots west and windy weather particularly in the northwest. goodbye.

this programme contains flashing images. tonight at ten: bulgaria's football boss resigns and the country faces disciplinary action after racism blights their match against england last night. from the bulgarian fans, nazi salutes and monkey chants — england players abused from the very beginning of the match. i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warm—up. so we spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warm—up, and then obviously, it was happening in the game. outbreak of racism — and we'll be asking young british players for their take on events. also tonight... crunch time for brexit talks — both sides say there's still work to do, but hopes rise of a deal. turkey moves more troops

to the border with syria,