i'm samantha simmonds in london. the headlines: britain and the european union shake hands on a new brexit deal — but there's doubt over whether the uk parliament will back it. i hope very much now speaking of elected representatives that my fellow mps in westminster do now come together to get brexit done, to get this excellent deal over the line. after a visit from the us vice president — turkey agrees to pause its offensive against kurdish forces in northern syria. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. also in the programme: donald trump's chief of staff mick mulvaney has admitted that aid to ukraine was held up

for political reasons. and howzat? the british royals turn their hand to cricket on their tour of pakistan. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. a very warm welcome, thanks for being with us here on newsday. it's 1am here in london, 8am in singapore and 2am in brussels, where the british prime minister and european leaders have finally agreed a brexit deal. the agreement, announced with great fanfare, would see the uk leave the european union at the end of the month, with special arrangements for northern ireland.

but it must be passed by the house of commons which is likely to vote on saturday. and with the main opposition parties against the plan, the saga looks to be far from over. our political editor laura kuennsberg reports. at speed, tucked under his arm in the red folder, perhaps the way borisjohnson can take us out of the eu in a matter of weeks. this is a great deal for our country, for the uk. i also believe it is a good deal for ourfriends in the eu. and what it means is that we in the uk can come out of the eu as one united kingdom. it hasn't always been an easy experience for the uk. now is the moment for our parliamentarians to come together and get this thing done. why are you confident this can get through parliament when it doesn't seem to be the case at home,

and what on earth will you do if it falls on saturday? there is, as i say, a very good case for mps across the house of commons to express the democratic will of the people, as we've pledged many times to do, and to get brexit done. easier said than done. this afternoon, it looked like he couldn't believe it. how are you feeling, gentlemen? several days after the talks got going... not only 100 days into borisjohnson‘s time in office and part one of his biggest job is complete. we have a deal. words borisjohnson might not have thought he would hear. but part two is next. many mps will deplore the deal, and it's not totally different to the one agreed by the former prime minister, theresa may, who used to walk this red carpet. but eu leaders did finally accept that the backstop, the controversial border guarantee for northern ireland, had to go. there was enough political will in the end, so there was a way. as things stand, we have a draft agreement between the eu

on the one hand and the british government on the other, and also creates a unique solution for northern ireland, recognising the unique history and geography of northern ireland, one that ensures there is no hard border. but the numbers are achingly tight in parliament. it falls on saturday, what then? i'm not in charge. that is the job of boris. do you believe that it will? i hope it will. i'm convinced it will. but it has to. it has to, but if it doesn't? there will be no prorogation. there will be no delay? no delay, even if the deal falls? not if the opposition has anything to do with it. we believe the deal is heading britain in a deregulated society and sell—off of national assets to american corporations, so as it stands, we can't support the deal and will oppose it in parliament.

mps who fear the consequences of the deal are talking, plotting perhaps to block it. not least borisjohnson‘s supposed unionist allies. in order to avoid trying to get an extension he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost. and the fact of the matter is if he held his nerve and held out, he would have got better concessions that kept the integrity both economic and constitutional of the united kingdom. if the deal doesn't pass parliament, is this as far as the eu is prepared to go. is this finally the final deal? visibly, not something they want to contemplate. "don't ask a question that doesn't arise," the negotiator said. "it's a hypothesis." but one that might soon be true. not what boris johnson or his apparent new friends want to think about tonight. they may all want to enjoy this while it lasts. laura kuenssberg,

bbc news, brussels. also making news today: donald trump's chief of staff has acknowledged that aid to ukraine was held up, partly to pressure for investigations into the democrats. the comments from mick mulvaney came after trump's ambassador to the eu gordon sondland gave evidence to the house impeachment enquiry. mr sondland told the committee he had been uncomfortable with the involvement of the president's personal lawyer rudy guliani in foreign policy. i'll have more on this with our north america correspondent in a few minutes. the head of the imf, kristalina georgieva, has welcomed progress in trade talks between the us and china, but warned that more needs to be done to resolve the issues that divide them. economists estimate that new tariffs and taxes will knock about $700 billion off the world

economy next year. protests have continued for a fourth day in barcelona after senior separatist leaders were given lengthy prison sentences for their part in the 2017 independence movement. trade unions have called for a general strike on friday. tributes have been paid to veteran us congressman and civil rights leader elijah cummings who has died aged 68. as chair of the powerful 0versight committee, the maryland representative clashed a number of times with president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi said congress will miss his wisdom, his warm friendship and his great humanity. more than 2,000 oarsmen have rowed 52 boats down bangkok's chao phraya river in the first full dress rehearsal for the royal barge ceremony, the final chapter of the thai king's coronation.

the coronation ceremonies of king maha vajiralongkorn, the first new king of thailand in 70 years, started back in may. a senior kurdish commander says his forces will accept a five—day suspension of fighting with turkish soldiers in northern syria. turkey also agreed to the temporary halt after talks between turkey's president erdogan and the us vice president, mike pence. turkey says it will pause its advance, to allow kurdish forces to retreat from a 20—mile zone on the syrian side of the border. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from ankara. the meeting did not start well, dark stares, cold handshakes. the united states and turkey are supposed to be allies but it didn't look like that. after more than five hours of talks,

vice president mike pence emerged backed by the us secretary of state with a hint of a smile. today, the united states and turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in syria. but the war in syria has a way of wrecking ceasefires. the war has morphed into another shape these last ten days or so. a generation of syrians has grown up amongst casualties and death. if this agreement holds it is only limited in scope. the turks, who will pause the operation for 120 hours, insist they were not intimidated by trump's threats. instead, they say, the deal delivers what they want. this is not a ceasefire, said the foreign minister, "we are taking a break so the terrorists can "leave the security zone.

"the americans will also destroy their heavy weapons and positions." something like 300,000 civilians, mostly kurds, have been displaced by the fighting, and their leader has said his side will accept the agreement. it is too soon for these families to go home but it might also be too soon for kurdish fighters to want to put down their weapons. many blame president trump for creating the crisis. but he sees proof of what he sees as his strategic brilliance. millions of people are not going to have to kill them and vice versa, this was going to be a war with lots of other groups, this was notjust going to be turkey against the kurds, a lot of other groups were coming in. but it is still fluid and fragile and unstable in north—eastern syria. these were supporters of bashar

al—assad celebrating the return of the regime's troops to their streets, they are back on land they had to leave in 2012 because of this crisis. their presence may be no guarantee of peace. president trump and his critics will go on arguing about his responsibility for the crisis but what is certain is that the events of the last ten days or so have permanently changed the strategic map of syria. that will have consequences for the way the war eventually ends and for what happens to syrian civilians. the fighting was supposed to stop just before dusk but it is unlikely to go easily from here. jeremy bowen, bbc news, ankara. let's return to one of our main stories this hour — one of donald trump's top officials has acknowledged that military aid was withheld from ukraine

earlier this year in an effort to put pressure on the government there. let's go to our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, took us through exactly what the president ‘s chief of staff were saying. this was at a news conference and really came out of the blue. he was talking to journalists at the white house and he appeared to acknowledge that there was a quid pro quo scenario in relation to ukraine, their withholding of funds, of military aid, in return for an investigation. notan aid, in return for an investigation. not an investigation into the former vice presidentjoe biden but an investigation into the packing of the democratic national committee server the democratic national committee server that has also been the subject of an investigation. but the key point being the impossible withholding of funds returned that investigation. i was involved with

the process by which the money was held up temporarily. three issues for that. the corruption in the country, whether or not other countries were participating in support of the ukraine and whether or not they were cooperation in an ongoing investigation with our department of justice. ongoing investigation with our department ofjustice. what you described was a quid pro quo. it is that funding will not flow unless investigation into the democrats server investigation into the democrats server happens as well stop we do that all the time. with foreign policy. the idea that vital military assistance would be withheld for such a pattern the political reason for the reason of serving the president's real election campaign isa president's real election campaign is a phenomenal breach of the president's duty to defend our national security. and i hope that every member democrat and republican will speak out and condemn this illicit action by the president and

his chief of staff. to have jumped on this and say this is possible evidence of the very issue that they are investigating, with the impeachment investigation into the president, that there was a quid pro quo scenario. adam schiff is the chairman of the house intelligence committee. peter, we also got lots of questions being asked about a trump golf course property being used as the side of the next g7 meeting. yes, this is the resort which is in florida and this has long been rumoured as a possible venue long been rumoured as a possible venue for the g7 next year. it has been confirmed, in fact the news conference that we were just talking

about, that was the main subject for discussion. and it raised a lot of eyebrows because this is a trump family resort. this is owned by donald trump and his family. it is pa rt donald trump and his family. it is part of his international empire, if you like, so a lot of people questioning what is the president going to benefit from this financially? we are told by the white house that the resort in fact will be providing the facility at cost. that there won't be a profit motive and it will simply chosen because of the geography above the place ——it was simply chosen, the considering —— security considerations, one building for each country. democrats havejumped on this issue is one which they say sends an extremely bad message internationally about the motives of president trump. and peter, final, the latest over energy secretary rick perry's resignation, has also implicated to some extent in this ukrainian probe. yes, he has been

drawn to this investigation in recent days and this relates to his conversations, his dealings with rudy guliani, the president's personal lawyer. the discussions which also involved the ukrainian officials. now mr perry has announced in fact, gave the president is was nation letter on a flight president is was nation letter on a flight to texas within the last few hours, the president is having a rally in texas at the moment. in the president has accepted his resignation, he has praised him for his work while in office as part of the trump administration, and said that a replacement will be announced very soon. our north american corresponded with all the very latest, thank you for that. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: drama at the world solar challenge race. luckily with no injuries, but some were left in tears, after crashing out of the competition.

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 newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm samantha simmonds in london. our top stories: the eu and the uk have agreed a new brexit deal. the british prime minister now needs to win support in parliament. the us vice president says turkey's offensive in northern syria will be paused after a high—stakes meeting in ankara. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the financial times. it says borisjohnson‘s brexit deal gamble is in the balance because of his northern irish political partners threat to veto his deal. next, the japan times.

it says that with the prospects of brexit still unclear, japanese companies are having trouble planning ahead. the high cost of moving together with the enduring appeal of the uk as a base, the paper says, are holding businesses back from taking drastic measures. and finally, the south china morning post writes about hong kong chief executive carrie lam's attempt to engage with the public and defend her policies through social media. it says carrie lam's facebook session got more that 11,600 reactions, 9,000 of them were angry. let's get more now on our top story. as we've been reporting, the brexit deal agreed in brussels must now be approved by the uk parliament and the european parliament. the text will be put in front of british mps on saturday at a special sitting. i asked our political correspondent, nick eardley, whether he thought the prime minister had the votes to get his deal across the line. honestly, it's too close to call. it's incredibly tight.

borisjohnson has a huge charm offensive he's going to have to launch when he returns to london. we think he's coming back overnight, leaving the european council in the next few hours to come back and try and west some arms here in london. some key groups he's got to win over, first of all brexiteers in his own party that didn't back theresa may's deal might be persuaded by this one. there keeping their cards close to their chests night, but it's possible he will be able to persuade them. he's also got to win over the former tory mps who he threw out of the party and now sit as independents, many of them want a deal so he might be able to do that as well and then he needs some labourmps, as well and then he needs some labour mps, some from the opposition party who could perhaps, just perhaps, get a deal over the line. it's going to be tough because the dup, who helped prop up the tories in government in london, aren't

going to back it. they've made perfectly clear that they don't think this is a good for northern ireland. so as i say, tonight it's just too close to call and whatever happened on saturday, i don't think the margin of victory or loss for either side is going to be particularly high. and if the deal doesn't go through on saturday, well, we're back to what then? will the eu, do you think, grant another extension? michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator, didn't seem all that keen, did he? the first question is will boris johnson firstly asked for one and i suspect if the deal is defeated in parliament there will be a huge battle because number 10 white simply doesn't want to ask for an extension. there's been a big promise that the uk will leave on the 31st of october and it intends to stick to that if it can, but if mps to stick to that if it can, but if m ps force to stick to that if it can, but if mps force mrjohnson to do it, as you say, there's the question of whether the european union will allow it. as you say, jean—claude juncker did hint he doesn't think there's a need for an extension. i

got to say, i think european leaders might be slightly more open to this. this process, as we know, has been going on for well over three years now. would they really say to the uk now. would they really say to the uk now you need to walk away without a deal? certainly some of the soundings with a getting from brussels tonight suggest they might be open to the respect of an extension if that's where things are at the end of this week, and also if there's a point to it, such as a general election or another referendum. the other thing to bear in mind is opposition parties in the uk are split on what the next move should. if they do vote this down, it is so complicated, it is like multidimensional chess where all the pieces are moving at the same time. nothing is certain apart from the fa ct nothing is certain apart from the fact that saturday is going to be a huge day forfiguring fact that saturday is going to be a huge day for figuring out where this goes next. nick eardley speaking to some answer a little earlier. a team of university students

from belgium has won this year's world solar challenge after racing more than 3,000km through the australian outback. the agoria solar team beat competitors from over 30 countries, all of whom designed and built their own vehicles which are powered almost entirely by the sun. but the race was not without drama. yesterday, we spoke to the vattenfall solar team from the netherlands and it looked like they were poised to win. but then disaster struck and their car caught fire, crashing out of the race, and leaving belgian team agoria to win. thankfully nobody was hurt. here's one of the vattenfall team after the incident. it feels not good at all. with 16 people, we have worked for 1h months, like, 70 hours a week to build this car, and now, yeah, we will not make it to the finish in

adelaide. so it doesn't feel that good. 0h, oh, dear! big disappointment for them. a uk royal air force plane carrying the duke and duchess of cambridge was twice forced to abort landing in islamabad after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. prince william and his wife kate told reporters that they were fine. the aircraft eventually returned to lahore where the couple had spent the day, visting a children's home and trying their hand at cricket. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, followed them in lahore. at an orphanage in lahore, some public words from a normally reticent duchess. speaks urdu well, that went 0k. her words of thanks in urdu done, she praised pakistan's focus on family, broader, she said, than just blood relations.

it's not simply a term that describes a relationship instead it describes the special things we share with all those who make us feel safe and supported. so this is a real novelty. the duke picked up the bat and was not bad at it. but just look at this — the duchess is having a go, and so far, on the receiving end of some pretty soft bowling, is doing alright. william wants to leave his own legacy but greeting people at a lahore hospital today, there was no avoiding his mother's footsteps. diana came twice to this cancer research hospital in the ‘90s, raising money for its work. and there was time today to visit some of the children playing doctors, of course, and making sure that everyone felt a princess with their tiara. jonny dymond, bbc news, lahore.

super special day all round. that's it from bbc world news. thanks for being with us on newsday. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. from samantha as well, thanks for watching. hello. given that we've seen so much in the way of rain and some pretty hefty showers over the past few days, in manys parts of the british isles, you've probably forgotten there's anotherface to be had of autumn. it's the quieter, still, misty, sort of chilly starts to the days, and if that's the thing you've been hankering after, that ridge of high pressure will eventually topple its way towards the british isles, but you're going to have to wait until monday. no doubt about it, in the short term it's been this — the odd bit of blue sky and some pretty hefty showers, all thanks to a big area, not of a ridge of high pressure

but quite the opposite, in meterological terms, a big area of low pressure and it's still the boss as we work our way through friday. some pretty heavy overnight rain quitting the scene from the south—east but lingering for a good part of the day through the north—east of england, perhaps into the south—eastern quarter of scotland. following on behind, something a little bit quieter and drier for a time. showers predominantly there across western and southern parts and gradually some of them percolating away through the course of the day further towards the east. friday into saturday, the same area of low pressure and on the southern flank we may have another area of cloud and rain just skipping in from the near continent to get into the very far south—east. some areas will stay that wee bit drier, we suspect, but this banner of cloud will drag some rain across the eastern side of scotland into the north—east of england yet again, and elsewhere, there will be a peppering of showers. temperatures about 10—15 at the very best. and that temperature profile will be tempered across northern western parts given the strength of the northerly wind. on sunday, we see the same banner

of cloud and rain slowly easing its way down into the north of england, leaving behind cold, bright conditions for the greater part of scotland and northern ireland in a straight northerly wind, so not overly warm. and even in the south, you'll have lost two or three degrees, but sunday, a somewhat drier and brighter day away from that little occluded front in the scottish borders in the north—east of england, and we start the new week with that quieter look at autumn with the mist, the chilly start, some cold nights to come at least for a few days. there will be somewhat drier conditions to be had across the greater part of the british isles. watch out for mist and fog first thing, that could be a bit of an issue, but once the day gets going, a lot of dry weather, very little in the way of blue to speak of, maybe just one or two showers through the irish sea, and on the cool side despite the presence of the sunshine. tuesday still dry for the most part but you can see yourself — waiting in the wings, more wet and windy weather.

i'm samantha simmonds

with bbc world news. our top story. the uk and european leaders have agreed a new brexit deal. the british prime minister now needs to win support for the deal in parliament. his coalition partners — northern ireland's dup — have already said they oppose the deal. the us vice president has said turkey will pause its offensive in northern syria for five days, to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw from the border. mike pence met the turkish president erdogan in ankara. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the duke and duchess of cambridge have turned their hand to cricket on thir tour of pakistan. the british royal couple joined a cricket match in lahore. that's all. stay with bbc world news.