this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. my my name's mike embley. our top stories: russia labels turkey's invasion of syria "unacceptable" and warns against any attacks on syrian forces. the uk says negotiations with the eu to reach a brexit deal were constructive and will continue later. beyond the deadline. hong kong's chief executive is right now giving a policy address at the new session of parliament. and the royals in a rickshaw. the latest from the duke and duchess of cambridge's tour of pakistan.

hello to you. as the turkish military offensive in northern syria goes on, the pentagon has deployed fighter jets and helicopter gunships to warn off turkish—backed fighters who, a us official says, violated an agreement not to threaten retreating american ground troops. the russian government, which backs syria's president assad, has also warned turkey, saying it will not allow clashes with syrian forces. the turks have crossed the border into syria aiming to defeat kurdish fighters, long—time american allies who they regard as terrorists. this report from jon sopel. the extraordinary american retreat in one selfie video. a russian wearing a new york yankees cap playfully shows us around a newly abandoned us military base in northern syria. the russians are gratefully filling a vacuum.

and as if to underline this major power shift in the middle east, just look at the welcome the united arab emirates were laying on this morning for the russian leader, vladimir putin, as they gave him the red — well, blue — carpet treatment. but it's a very different picture on the ground in northern syria where the turks continue their bombardment. and don't think it's just kurdish fighters that are the target. if you strike residential areas, then children who know nothing of this conflict will be its victims too. the fighting has prompted the uk to join some other european nations in suspending arms sales to turkey. in washington, the president has faced a barrage of criticism, and there are signs the pressure is beginning to tell, with tougher sanctions being imposed against turkey. we want to bring our soldiers back home. and we're being very tough on turkey and a lot of others. we're asking for a ceasefire.

we've put the strongest sanctions that you can imagine, but they get a lot — we have a lot in store if they don't have an impact. and the results of the pressure can be seen by comparing the difference in tone between donald trump last week and the vice president, mike pence, last night. syrian defence forces have been a strong ally of the united states. they didn't help us in the second world war. they didn't help us with normandy, as an example... well, the united states of america did not give a green light to turkey to invade syria. but he said, "i want to go in, i want to go in." but he's been telling me that for 2.5 years. the president is very concerned about instability in the region. they're there and we're here. we're many miles away. the ledger on donald trump for these past ten days is pretty harsh. he stands accused of betraying america's kurdish allies, of allowing islamic state to regroup, of creating a humanitarian disaster, of giving russia, syria and iran a major strategic victory. 0n the upside, he is bringing 1,000 us troops out of syria. but they're not coming home. they're being redeployed to iraq.

a week of artillery fire, bombing and fighting has claimed the lives of many civilians and prompted at least 160,000 to flee their homes, all the result of one phone call between president erdogan and donald trump. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. brexit talks between the united kingdom and the european union are set to continue on wednesday morning, with speculation increasing that a deal is imminent. downing street is playing down the reports. with a two—day summit of european leaders starting thursday in brussels, the chief eu negotiator has said details of any deal would have to be agreed, well, any time now. laura kuennsberg reports. a tired rub of the eyes. how much longer? while the politicians are still turning up, there is a chance of a deal.

the talks are ongoing, we need to give them space to proceed, but detailed conversations are under way and the deal is still very possible. the dup were in downing street last night — are they on board? impossible to know now, though, who will be on board because a possible agreement with compromises and concessions has not been done. so, if the eu's negotiator looks exhausted by the process, he's probably not the only one. even if an agreement will be difficult, more and more difficult, to be frank, it's still possible this week. how many ways can you say, it's hard, you'll have to wait and see? reaching an agreement is still possible. 0bviously, any agreement must work for everyone. the eu—uk stand—off is over. the conversations are real about finding a solution, to solve the conundrum that centres

on managing the irish border when, after brexit, one side would be in the eu and one side will be out. initial indications are that we are making progress, that the negotiations are moving in the right direction, but whether we'll be able to conclude a revised withdrawal agreement, which, after all, is an international treaty, in time for the summit on thursday — that's, as of now, unclear. reporters: are you optimistic about a deal, prime minister? can you you get an agreement by tonight, prime minister? will there be a deal tonight? the prime minister might be good at the meet and greet, today the chief of nato was the recipient of thejohnson grip and grin. the diplomacy is about the black and white detail, notjust the big, colourful brushstrokes. and borisjohnson is up against not just the contradictions of brexit but two deadlines. one, the vital meeting of eu leaders this week, and his own self—imposed promise of getting us out of the european union, whatever happens, at the end of this month.

and all that with allies on all sides to keep sweet. brexiteers visiting number 10 this afternoon aren't the only ones who might have the numbers to crash any agreement that emerges. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. thousands have been demonstrating in barcelona. damian grammaticas is there for us. so the police are moving in, as you can see down in the street. they have jumped out of a van and they have run up to clear the protesters from this area. a group of riot police just moved in. the classes have been going on for a couple of hours now. and this whole area earlier today, it was absolutely full of the protesters. they blocked the whole of the centre of barcelona here, this main shopping street, the placa de catalunya, through the heart of barcelona. they gathered here because just down this way is the central government offices. and as they moved in there, trying to break through the police

lines, that's when the clashes happened. the police moved in with batons. they tried to push the protesters back. there were fights and scuffles, bottles were thrown, and the police eventually drove the protesters out, but not before they had managed to set fires, as you can see, all the way down this area. siren wails the fire teams have been moving in to put out the fires as well. what has angered the protesters here so much, well, that was the prison sentences handed down yesterday to nine pro—independence leaders here in catalonia for organising the unauthorised referendum two years ago, and then the failed independence bid. those prison sentences delivered yesterday, up to 13 years each for the leaders of that pro—independence movement, that's what angered everyone here. the protesters here, what they are saying is that they are going to continue their action. they're calling for marchers to descend on barcelona from around the province, around the region this week, and for a general strike here on friday.

the democrats were not yet called a full house vote authorising an impeachment enquiry into president donald trump. hong kong's chief executive is delivering her annual policy address at the re—opening of the legislative council. carrie lam is expected to announce economic measures and also the official withdrawal of the extradition bill that's sparked months of protests. the original protest has expanded far beyond one piece of legislation and in recent weeks there've been more confrontations between protesters and police. the bbc‘s nick beake is in hong kong. what is the latest of there? well, a highly symbolic day today as carrie lam tries to outline her vision for her government's policies in the coming year. but what we have seen in the last few minutes he/she has been stopped from doing that. because within the government

building here, within the complex, remember it was trust back injuly by pro—democracy protesters, we have seen pro—democracy lawmakers heckle hong kong's chief executive and they have been holding up placards and shouting slogans, and so this set piece event, this kind of state of the union address, if you will, has been delayed. carrie lam has been unable to start to outline her vision for the year. when she finally does, when they have cleared out the people from the chamber, the security team will have to, she will start at all. and we're not expecting a huge amount which will be positive to the pro—democracy protesters, because we think the emphasis is going to be on housing today, rather than any sort of political reform here in hong kong. what could she say that would make a difference in the territory at the moment? it is possible, i guess, that emergency laws could be expanded, making things much more difficult. well, absolutely. she could go the other way and try to bring in more of the colonial era

laws we have seen the government enact in the past week or so, basically bringing in this ban on people wearing masks in public and the hope from the government was that they would be able to quell the protests here. in terms of what she could possibly do to make the protesters a stay of the streets, i think it is hugely unlikely. because she sat in the last few days the political reform here is not possible at the moment when you have the sort of violence. 0ver possible at the moment when you have the sort of violence. over the weekend it was quieter but we have seen his protest continue. it has been something like 19 we can sell. soi been something like 19 we can sell. so i think the emphasis will be on housing. in the beijing backed government here, all along, has tried to characterise this as people being unhappy with their living conditions, the fact they have to pay so much for rent, the fact that there has been an affordable housing, at the same time seeming to ignore the very clear political demands people have been talking about here. when you talk to your contacts, where do people see the sending up? it seems very unlikely beijing is ever going to agree to full democracy on hong kong. we have

seen full democracy on hong kong. we have seen the series of supported resolutions from the us house of representatives, but the concern is that international pressure may make beijing more hard—line. we have had the president, xijinping, talking about bodies will be crossed if the protest go on. how do you see this developing? it is difficult to see a way forward on this. there does seem to bea way forward on this. there does seem to be a stalemate. the protesters are addressing their position. the government, of course but i beijing, they have set their red lines. in they have set their red lines. in the middle of this, very tough talk from china's presidents and people will be crossed if they try to interfere in the future of hong kong, if they support anything that might break up china. i don't know, as you say in america, we have seen as you say in america, we have seen a symbolic move from lawmakers there, legislation being passed in there, legislation being passed in the lower house, basically lending support to the pro—democracy movement here. the technicality means that in the coming years america would do some sort of assessment on hong kong and whether freedoms have been trampled on

because of the line beijing is taking. was noting it still has to go through the upper house in america, the senate, and president trump could veto this. it is by no means a done deal. it does represent how the two sides, these dumb west, as it were, also here on the ground in hong kong, the government and the pro—democracy movement they are extremely far apart. so whether proposals that are put forward today on housing, whether that makes any difference at all, we will have to see was up difference at all, we will have to see was up and whether people come out onto the streets later today angry, wanting to protest and create more chaos have ——as the hard—core have been doing for weeks and weeks now. that will be interesting. the moment there has been a small protest here. a lot of the young protesters are back at school, back at college. it will be interesting to see what happens later today and at the weekend when people have been able tojudge at the weekend when people have been able to judge us fully what carrie lam has added a. we will keep an ear on that address. —— has said today. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news.

lebanon has asked for international help battling hundreds of forest fires that broke out on monday. the fires, said to be the worst in decades, started in the western mountains amid a heatwave and strong winds. lebanon's president has ordered an investigation into why the country's firefighting helicopters were out of service. in france, a bill which would allow single women and lesbian couples to get state—funded fertility treatment has been approved by the lower house of parliament. ivf treatment in france is currently restricted to heterosexual couples. political and religious conservatives plan to fight the bill in the senate. thousands protested against the legislation when it was proposed at the beginning of the month. a seven—storey residential building has collapsed in the city of fortaleza in north—east brazil. firefighters have rescued nine people and one body has been recovered from the rubble. it happened in the morning when most people would have been at work. brazilian media say residents had complained that the building was in need of repairs and restoration.

the speaker of the us house of representatives has said the democrats won't yet call a full house vote authorising an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. the white house has been arguing that, because democrats have not held a vote, the inquiry is "constitutionally invalid". in the past few hours the vice president and the pentagon have refused to comply with a demand for documents. this was nancy pelosi at her news conference. there is no requirement that we have a vote, and so at this time we will not be having a vote. and i'm very pleased with the thoughtfulness of our caucus, in terms of being supportive of the path that we're on, in terms of fairness, in terms of seeking the truth, in terms of upholding the constitution of the united states. another story we will keep our eye on for you. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: dutch police find a family of five, who'd been locked away on a farm for almost a decade.

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 call the 33. and then, bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue, and chile let out an almighty roar.

this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: as turkey's military offensive in syria continues, russia says it will not allow clashes between turkish and syrian troops. the uk says late night negotiations with the eu over brexit were constructive and will continue in the morning. european football's governing body has opened disciplinary proceedings against bulgaria over the racial abuse of england players in a euro 2020 qualifying game in sofia. the match was stopped twice as monkey chants were heard and nazi salutes seen in the crowd. the president of bulgaria's football union resigned after the match. i think the bulgarian football authorities are in a state of shock. the head, if he had known what the consequences

were of what happened last night, that he would effectively lose hisjob, they would have done more about it. clearly this was a major miscalculation. they either thought the fans would not turn up, that is the fans who were pulling these nazi salutes, they are a small group from a few clubs, or they thought they would not do what they did or, perhaps, they thought that uefa would not react the way they did. either way the head of the football has now lost his job and sent a strong signal to other football associations across eastern europe. it may mean that something gets done about this issue. the duke and duchess of cambridge have met pakistan's prime minister, on the first full day of their visit to the country. imran khan was a friend of the duke's mother princess diana. secunder kermani has this report — there are flashing images coming up. arriving by rickshaw, the royal couple pulled up at their last engagement of the day

— a reception designed to celebrate the uk's links with pakistan. there was no mention by prince william of britain's colonial history, but he spoke of the contemporary ties between the countries. the uk and pakistan share unique bonds, and so it will always be in our best interests for you to succeed. earlier in the day, the trip kicked off with a visit to a school in islamabad. education, along with climate change, are amongst the issues the couple want to focus on in particular. they also met pakistan's prime minister, cricketer—turned—politician imran khan. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country, and that is something many people here welcome. i mean, it's a great message to the world outside, to tell us how pakistan's a new country, we are up and blooming, and we're not as what they portray us to be.

the timing is really good. pakistan needs to improve its soft image. news archive: princess diana's visit attracted media attention... the tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. princess diana made three visits to the country in the 1990s. here in pakistan, the hope is that this royal visit will encourage people to see the country in a more positive light, and to be more willing to come here themselves. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. a picture of a fox surprising a marmot in china has won the grand title in the 2019 wildlife photographer of the year competition. it featured alongside other deserving winners, including a squid, and a spider pretending to be an ant. with me now is the bbc‘s rich preston. some great images. fantastic pictures and in this competition they always are. that winning one is

called the moment that ended up being a deadly one for the marmot when the fox pounced on it at the last moment. this was taken by a chinese photographer and had been staking this spot out to take the photo for hours. and that underlines the delicate balance between patients and chance when it comes to wildlife photography. slightly more positive photo that won the young wildlife photographer of the year. this was taken by a 14—year—old new zealand boy. this is called night glow. he was diving at night off the coast of indonesia when he saw this squid in the sea ahead of him and changed his settings to snap the photo. and that underlines the technical quality needed to get a

share sharp picture under water at night. an interesting balance between people lying in the undergrowth for days and nights and sometimes, for years and other people who act quickly and effectively just to grab people who act quickly and effectivelyjust to grab an image. this next photograph was taken in northern norway and the photographer waited three years for this photo. he set up a branch in an area where he new eagles liked to take up and land for and shed that make set off the shutter to go automatically when a bird took off or landed and it took three years for this photo. this is a colony of ants. the architectural army in costa rica. this is a group of ants to build their own structure using their own bodies to protect the queen inside and they move on every night. so if you think moving house is stressful, imagine doing a daily. this is the stuff of nightmares. wait until you see this one. this one looks like an

ant but it is actually a spider. it was taken in india and the photographer was photographing inside the colony when he saw this knackered him. it is a crab spider mimicking an ant. —— when he saw this looking back at him. we have more photos on our website. thank you very much indeed. dutch police have discovered a family who spent nearly a decade hidden away on a remote farm — apparently waiting for the end of time. a father and his five adult children were found after his eldest son turned up in a local town. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. the flat, endless countryside of the dutch province of drenthe. a secluded farmhouse hidden away behind trees and bushes. no—one was really sure who lived here or what went on inside these walls. it was all a mystery until a young man walked into a local pub, drank five beers and asked for help.

translation: i could immediately see he was confused. he had long hair, dirty beard and dirty old clothes. it didn't make sense. when police arrived, they found his father and four siblings, living in a small space in the house that could be locked, and it wasn't known if the were there voluntarily. they'd been there apparently alone for years, surviving on home—grown vegetables and livestock. it's not clear if any of the children had ever gone to school or even knew that other people existed. 0fficers wouldn't confirm speculation the family were waiting for the end of time. translation: part of our investigation is to find out what the people were doing exactly. there are still many questions to which we have no answer. a man has been arrested, although it's not believed he's the father. the local mayor said the children's mother died some time ago.

the family had been taken to an undisclosed location and according to the police are being given all care and attention. perhaps in the coming days and weeks, the truth will be told of their strange, hidden life, waiting for the world to end. tim allman, bbc news. before we go, we have some pictures of the north korean leader, kim jong—un as you've probably never seen him before... astride a white charger amid the snowy mountains. these pictures, released by the country's official news agency, show chairman kim climbing the slopes of mount paektu, revered as the country's spiritual home. the agency described the visit as ‘a great event of weighty importance' and said all the officials accompanying him were convinced there will be a great operation to strike the world with wonder again. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley.

hello. well, we've got some fine weather heading our way. wednesday's expected to be a sunny, fresh day, clean air coming off the atlantic. but in the short term we have the overnight rain, so actually, early in the morning would be cloudy, wet and quite windy as well. this is the big picture, the satellite, you can see, the weather front here approaching ireland earlier on moving into western parts of the uk, all linked to this big low pressure that's sitting out there in the atlantic. and this low pressure is actually going to be right on top of us during the course of thursday, friday and saturday and sunday, and that means that the outlook is looking pretty showery and blustery. but in the short term, it's the weather front that's bringing the rainfall, also quite

breezy conditions as well. this is the rain through the early hours of the morning, pretty much through the centre of the british isles. at times the rain will be heavy. not a particularly cold night, around 11 in the south, maybe eight degrees in the north. and that weather front will eventually reach eastern parts of the uk early in the morning, so you're most likely to catch the rainfall say from east anglia, lincolnshire, the north—east of england and eastern scotland early in the morning, and then it's out of the way in the afternoon. you can see it's clear with pleasant conditions on the way. a little on the nippy side in scotland and northern ireland, around 13 degrees, but the winds will be light, so i think not a bad day overall. and with the fine end to wednesday on the way as well. this is thursday's weather map, so the big low pressure i showed you from earlier on edging closer. starting to roll into ireland, and the wind will be strong as well. a lot of isobars. early on wednesday there will be a lot of sunshine around, particularly across central and eastern areas, but particularly out towards the west, the winds will strengthen and the showers will rattle in. some will be heavy, so stay with the brolly. also hail and thunder

is a possibility as well so it will feel chillier particularly across the western areas where the wind will strengthen. winds will then get stronger as we had through friday. the low pressure here has not moved an awful lot. with the showers churning around it, the overall weather pattern will not change. again, showers are expected, most frequent across western and southern areas, and around the south coast of england, winds could be in excess of 50 mph in gusts, so a blustery end to the week on the way. through the weekend the winds will ease but the showers will continue. i don't want to write the weekend off, because there will be sunshine around as well. it'll be just changeable.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in northern syria, the pentagon has deployed fighterjets and helicopter gunships to warn off turkish—backed fighters. an american official accused them of violating an agreement not to threaten retreating american troops. russia, which backs syria's president assad, has also warned turkey, saying it will not allow clashes with syrian forces. brexit negotiations between the uk and the eu will continue within hours. downing street officials suggest they've been constructive. the eu's chief negotiator had imposed a midnight tuesday deadline — but michel barnier is now stressing the need for an agreement ahead of the summit of european leaders that starts thursday. european football's governing body has opened disciplinary proceedings against bulgaria over the racial abuse of england players in this week's euro 2020 game in sofia. uefa has also called on football fans to wage war on racists. the president of the bulgarian football union resigned