barbara plett usher there.ssing ahead with efforts to get a brexit deal passed this week in parliament, despite borisjohnson having been forced to send a letter to brussels, asking for another brexit delay. ministers insist the uk will leave the european union by october 31st. but the opposition labour party says it will push for a new referendum on the government's brexit deal, when it comes before the commons in the coming days. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. they don't seem to know when they are beaten, even when they have been defeated. senior ministers marched into tv studios today with a defiant message. they will deliver brexit on time, by october the 31st, and being forced to send a request to brussels seeking another brexit delay wouldn't stop them. the game changer this week, which we partly talked about, is that he has defied the doubters, got a deal, and notwithstanding the shenanigans in parliament, we now appear to have the numbers to get this through. the only question is, why ar

that was barbara plett—usher speaking to us from southern turkey.r daughter has been let down by the nhs. dr lauren phillips' mother, andrea graham, who is herself a former nhs manager, has called on the health secretary to do more to support those on the front line of our hospitals. marie ashby reports. andrea graham comes to woolacombe bay in devon to feel close to her daughter. this is where her car was found abandoned. dr lauren phillips, who was 26, had told her mother she was worried about starting a newjob in a&e in bristol. doctors have a fear that if they admitted they had struggled with a particular situation at work, or if they admitted that they were struggling from mental health problems, that that might be taken into account in future career, or it might demonstrate that, actually, they're not strong enough to be a doctor. lauren did seek help and was advised to sign up with a gp. the nhs practitioner health service has supported thousands of doctors in london over the last 11 years. this month, it has been extended across england to c

barbara plett—usher, thank you very much, speaking to us from southern turkey. successfully in sydney. the qantas plane tookjust over 19 hours to fly direct from new york. the airline is considering whether to begin regular non—stop flights between the cities, and it's enlisted the help of university researchers to find out how such a long flights affect passengers and crew. this is part of project sunrise and the first of three test flights that is going to come up with recommendations of how we manage pilot fatigue, how we actually manage passenger jet lag, and after 19 hours on the flight, i think we've gotten this right. one of the people on that flight was ben mutzabaugh an aviation journalist for travel website and blog the points guy. earlier, he spoke to mariyam moshiri about how he's coping after the experience. iam tired. it was 19 hours and 16 minutes. and i am still awake here at 10:00pm local time. we landed at around eight this morning. so i am not feeling fresh. what happened on the flight? what did you do for the 19 hours? i was there as a journa

barbara plett usher, thank you. g7 summit at his florida golf resort. it comes after democrats and others said the decision was evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain. from washington chris buckler reports. white house officials said that they knew there would be criticism when they announced the president was planning to host world leaders at the trump national duran near miami. but they insisted it was the best location for next summers g7 summit and the event would be at cost price. but many pointed out the resort would also benefit from a huge amount of publicity. we spoke about the possibility of whether or not the president could do it at no cost, but there were difficulties doing that way but also charging it at market rates so they are doing it at market rates so they are doing it at cost. it has been dramatically cheaper for us to do it there compared to the final sites we had. ina compared to the final sites we had. in a series of posts on twitter, donald trump said he even offered

barbara plett usher, bbc news, at the syrian border. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come.ugby world cup as hosts japan prepare to take on south africa in this weekend's quarter final. 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, more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last year, 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 honour. 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 today. the latest headlines . borisjohnson is making a final push to persuade m

barbara plett usher there.trators have filled the streets in the centre of beirut and other cities across the country. the protests are driven by anger at falling standards of living, austerity measures and high unemployment. the demonstrators are demanding the government's resignation and fresh elections, and there've been calls for a sweeping away of the entire political establishment. parliamentary elections in switzerland have seen a big rise in support for green parties. according to projections, the two swiss green parties are expected to have taken a combined 20% of the vote. the right—wing swiss people's party, which historically dominates swiss politics, saw its support drop by a projected 3%. our correspondent imogen foukes has been analysing the impact these results could have on the country's government. the swiss can see the glaciers melting a dull pain communities threatened by rock and mud slides. today voters took those concerns to the ballot box and many of them voted green. projected results,

barbara plett usher there.demonstrators have filled the streets in the centre of beirut and other cities across the country. the protests are driven by anger at falling standards of living, austerity measures and high unemployment. the demonstrators are demanding the government's resignation and fresh elections and there've been calls for a sweeping away of the entire political establishment. the mayor of santiago in chile says that three people have been killed after a supermarket was set alight as violent protests continue. the demonstrations have spread to other parts of the country. they began in response to a planned rise in metro train prices. the president has promised to suspend the move. gareth barlow reports. what started as a protest against travel fares has escalated, with chileans angry over huge wealth inequality. the capital should be quiet as there's a state of emergency, but instead the streets are ringing with the sound of pots and pans — a symbol of dissent which continued into the night amid

barbara plett usher, bbc news, at the syrian border.try. speaking during her recent tour of africa with the duke of sussex, she said juggling the challenges of being a new parent while under the spotlight had been particularly hard for her. look, any woman, especially when they are pregnant, you are really vulnerable. and so that was made really challenging, and then we have a newborn. you know. it's a long time ago, but every member. and especially as a woman, it's a lot. and you add this on top ofjust trying to be a new mum are trying to bea trying to be a new mum are trying to be a newlywed. it's... also, thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if i am 0k, you for asking, because not many people have asked if i am ok, but it's... people have asked if i am ok, but it's. .. it's a people have asked if i am ok, but it's... it's a very real thing to be going through behind—the—scenes. it's... it's a very real thing to be going through behind-the-scenes. and the answer is? would it be fair to say not really 0k? the answer

barbara plett usher there.rth day. demonstrators have filled the streets in the centre of beirut the protests are driven by anger at falling standards of living, austerity measures and high unemployment. the demonstrators are demanding the government's resignation and fresh elections and there've been calls for a sweeping away of the entire political establishment, which is widely seen as corrupt and self—serving. catalonia's most prominent pro—spanish politician, albert rivera, has told a rally in barcelona that if he were in charge he'd jail people who wanted to break up spain. he was addresssing a few thousand supporters in a rally outside the catalan government building in barcelona. over the past week hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have staged protests against the decision to jail nine separatist leaders convicted of sedition. the leader of northern ireland's alliance party, naomi long, has confirmed that her party's representatives will not attend tomorrow's recall of the stormont assembly, descri

that was barbara plett—usher speaking to us from southern turkey.s. polling closed a few hours ago, although 90% of votes were cast by post. the right—wing swiss people's party is expected to remain the largest party, but green parties are expected to make gains. image and fix has been analysing the impact these results could have. the right—wing swiss people's party, the largest party in parliament for some years now, is the largest party in parliament for some years now, is certain to remain the largest party in parliament. nevertheless, it can't view today's results if they prove to be correct asa results if they prove to be correct as a success. it looks as if they have lost three, possibly 4% of the vote share. they were hoping to keep it down to 2% and would have viewed thatis it down to 2% and would have viewed that is not very good. it also looks as if they have not... they are not getting new voters coming on stream. people have turned 18 since the last elections four years ago seem to be going, many of them, to the green party, so i think

our correspondent barbara plett usher is in turkey and spoke to me earlier...is actually a temporary halt to the turkish offensive into these areas just across the border in syria. they stopped the offensive in order to give the kurdish fighters a chance to withdraw 30 kilometres back. now, those kurdish fighters have not done that yet. they say that one of the big problems is the turks are besieging the main town where the conflict has been. they want to make sure that the wounded and the fighters are evacuated from that before they pull out from this zone. the turks say they are not besieging the town. having said that, they have finally managed to get a convoy in last night to pull out the wounded and are hoping to get another convoy in today and if that gets completed then perhaps we will see this pull—back take place. in the meantime, there have been sporadic clashes reported. and i mentioned what is happening to the us troops who have been withdrawn from syria, which many people say it gave the green light to turkey in the first place to start this offens

our correspondent barbara plett usher is in southern turkey, and has been following the events.cerns this syrian town which has been the main focus of the turkish offensive. kurdish forces say the attacks continue, mostly on the ground, from militias allied with the turks. they say that 13 fighters and five civilians have been killed since the ceasefire began, but we have not been able to independently verify that. they also say that there are many injured, but they are not able to evacuate them, because the town is under siege and they have been in constant communication with the americans about this and are demanding that the americans pressure turkey to give civilians and the injured safe passage out of the town. sources within the town also say that the turks are building up heavy weapons there and again, we have not been able to verify that, but we do know that turkey is sending reinforcements to the front lines, applying extra militia men and the turkish defence ministry has said that turkey is prepared to resume the operation if the deal is not implemented. he has accused

our correspondent barbara plett—usher is a couple of hours from the border in the south of the countrygely the ceasfire is holding. this is a temporary suspension of the turkish offensive, they stopped the advance for five days to allow the kurdish militias to pull out a very large zone along the border. that hasn't happened yet, the kurdish commanders say that is because one of the towns that has seen some of the heaviest fighting, ras al—ayn, is besieged by the turks and their militia allies, and they want to evacuate fighters as well as the injured, primarily, from this town, and i say that they would pull back once the evacuation had been complete. now, we understand that that evacuation has proceeded today, a large convoy of vehicles, 50 of them at least, including ambulances, have visited the town and taken out wounded and perhaps other people as well, and so we will see if this is enough for the kurdish forces to say that is it, now we are going to pull out from this zone. they have until the end of tuesday to do that. to watch those coming to see whether civilians leave, becaus

barbara plett—usher reports. bombing. there is a ceasefire in place but not all is quiet.of ras al—ain, the sound of artillery shattered the morning, sporadic gunfire continued. kurdish forces have accused turkey of shelling civilians. the turkish president has denied it. the kurdish militias are deeply entrenched in the city. just a day earlier they were still fighting hard to keep it. turkey says they are a terrorist threat and is determined to expel them away from the border. what happens here will likely be an early test of the accord. what the americans brokered was a pause in the violence, but it was enough for president trump to declare victory. he needed one — his decision to withdraw us troops has been strongly criticised as abandoning america's kurdish allies and paving the way for turkey's incursion. we've all agreed on a pause, or a ceasefire, in the border region of syria. and it was unconventional what i did. i said, they're going to have to fight a little while. sometimes you have to let them fight a little while. it's like two kids in a lot, you have got to

barbara plett—usher reports. bomb explodes. there is a ceasefire in place but not all is quiet.g, sporadic gunfire continued. kurdish forces have accused turkey of shelling civilians. the turkish president has denied it. the kurdish militias are deeply entrenched in the city. just a day earlier they were still fighting hard to keep it. turkey says they are a terrorist threat and is determined to expel them away from the border. what happens here will likely be an early test of the accord. what the americans brokered was a pause in the violence, but it was enough for president trump to declare victory. he needed one — his decision to withdraw us troops has been strongly criticised as abandoning america's kurdish allies and paving the way for turkey's incursion. we've all agreed on a pause, or a ceasefire, in the border region of syria. and it was unconventional what i did. i said, they're going to have to fight a little while. sometimes you have to let them fight a little while. it's like two kids in a lot, you have got to let them fight and then pull them apart. this was definit

here's barbara plett—usher. 0n the syrian government ‘s position., that they would go along with it but we have not really gods official confirmation of that. we are hearing reports that the head of the political wing of this outfit is saying "we don't know all the details of the agreement, we will wait until we know all the details before we respond." that is of course going to be crucial and it would be seen as quite a defeat for the kurdish militias. this is an area they have been fighting for for many years. they have been using it asa many years. they have been using it as a sort of heartland of their autonomous region, one they have been able to set up in the recent yea rs been able to set up in the recent years and invested a lot in it. it would be a big thing for them to pull back. but having said that, they are being squeezed on several different fronts. we will have to see how they take this agreement. and a recently aligned with the syrian military. so what is the syrian military. so what is the syrian government's view of this kind of pl

barbara plett—usher is there at the border.f ras al—ain, and it isa it is the town of ras al—ain, and it is a town turkish forces have been bombarding with power. three times, the turks try to take it and the kurds had been fighting back. we are told from inside the town the kurds still control 70% of it. this is one of the main conflict areas, but it's evidence that the military operation is still ongoing, despite us requests that a cease—fire take place, and also what we heard from mr erdogan in parliament earlier today, that the military operation would continue on the he said, until the kurds in effect a surrender, lay down their arms and leave the area that turkey wants is a safe zone, any resistance here in ras al—ain shows the kurds are not at this pointing about doing that. jeremy brown is in the turkish capital ankara. hejoins us live he joins us live at the moment. jeremy, i guess the next couple of days are all about who can exert influence over turkey. what is your assessment of the equation? can you repeat that que

from the turkey—syria border, barbara plett usher sent us this update.s ago. mostly though, it has been quiet. from kurdishjournalists who are based inside the city, they say a militia that is allied to the turkish military, the syrian national army, has been deploying in extra forces since the ceasefire was announced and that it is engaging kurdish fighters, it is shooting at them especially around the hospital and that one kurdish fighter was killed. but the sna has said to us that there are no clashes. it is implementing the accord. it has, however, admitted that there are reinforcements being sent to all the front lines. a huge gunfight has erupted in north western mexico after the security forces seized one of the sons of the jailed drug kingpin el chapo. fighting raged for several hours in the city of culiacan between members of the sinaloa cartel and the police and military. from mexico city, will grant reports. culiacan is a city at war. not a conventional war, perhaps, but an intense and violent conflict all the same. heavily armed gunmen from t

our correspondent barbara plett—usher is at the border between turkey and syria. key, and turkey is saying nothing is going to stop them doing what they are doing. what is the latest? that very forceful statement from president heard again in parliament today, in which he said, people might try to mediate with us but we are not going to sit down with terrorists, the only way the operations going to stop is if they put down their weapons and retreat along this area along the border we wa nt to along this area along the border we want to create as a safe zone, and until then we will keep pushing, and they are continuing the pushing, and you can probably see the town behind me, ras al—ain, smoke rising, artillery fire from the turks into the town, kurdish militants are not putting their weapons down or retreating. they've been taking a stand. the fighting continues, and mr erdogan has sent a strong message to the united states that they are not going to call a ceasefire, they are not afraid of sanctions, this has to do with turkey and our security, we believe the kurd