mr cohen, it is clive myrie here in london. you we re is clive myrie here in london.hey were not informed prior to this raid of what was going to happen, and and the turks were given advance notice? i think it is consistent with what the president is attempting to do, and that is to politicise the military. he has done this in the past, where he will grip go to a group of our soldiers, airmen, marines, and say that the democrats are not your friends. marines, and say that the democrats are not yourfriends. it marines, and say that the democrats are not your friends. it is the republicans who are supporting a strong military. that is a very dangerous thing for him to do. it is one thing to politicise some of our other institutions, even though i have questions there, but the military is sacrosanct. it is nonpartisan, nonpolitical, and hear what the president is suggesting, i couldn't trust the leaders of the democratic party, they would leak this and you would be in jeopardy. yet i trust vladimir putin, i trust the russians, but i don't trust you. this is his way of se

this is bbc news i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00: the president of the bulgarian football union resigns after last night's match with england was marred by racism. uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the racists. heard it before i even g other i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... we spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warmup and then obviously it was happening in the game. 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 as the united states imposes sanctions. the family of harry dunn killed in england involving an american diplomat‘s wife are holding talks in washington. mps grill thomas cook's former boss over his half million pound bonus — when his company was in debt. arriving in local style — the duke and duchess of cambridge are in pakistan for a five—day tour. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth

clive myrie, bbc news.ter has urged the us to reconsider giving a diplomat‘s wife immunity after she left the uk, despite being a suspect in a fatal road crash. harry dunn, who was 19, died when his motorcycle was in a collision with a car, near an an raf base in northamptonshire. anne sacoolas left the uk despite telling police she had no plans to do so. duncan kennedy has the details. harry dunn was just 19 when he was knocked off his motorbike last august. he died of multiple injuries. it happened not far from this american air base in northamptonshire, when he collided with a car driven by the wife of a diplomat who worked at the base. that driver was anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day in 2003. but within two weeks of crash, she and her family returned to the united states. this is the neighbourhood near washington dc where they own a home. it was her decision to leave britain, despite being a suspect in a fatal car crash, thatt today led to the prime minister to intervene. i do not think t

clive myrie, bbc news. our home editor mark easton is here. horrifying picture of the impact of knife crime, mainly on young people. it isa it is a troubling glimpse into a world of those on the front line trying to deal with the challenges of rising knife crime in this country. how bad is it? the bbc has asked every police force in england and wales about the number of serious knife offences they saw last year and the figures confirm what we might expect. the problem is that its most acute in the capital. of the 17 councils with the highest rates of serious knife offences, all but one is a london borough. westminster is the worst followed by inner city areas like tottenham, islington and southwark. but then the picture changes, central manchester, liverpool high on the list and then smaller towns and cities, slough, nottingham, blackpool, old ham, cities, slough, nottingham, blackpool, oldham, luton, it is an urban story but it's also about deprivation. knife crime thrives in places that are poor. as we heard in clive‘s film, those are vulner

clive myrie, bbc news. our home editor mark easton is here.ere, one of them, said, is this possibly a blip in the numbers, orare is this possibly a blip in the numbers, oi’ are we is this possibly a blip in the numbers, or are we looking at something more alarming and persistent. what is your take? my first take is my goodness what a troubling glimpse into the world of front line and the fight against rising knife crime. how bad is it? well the bbc has asked every police force in england and wales to tell us force in england and wales to tell us about the serious knife crimes they saw last year and the figures confirm that we might expect, the problem is most acute in the capital. of the 17 councils with the highest rates of knife crime, all but one are in london. westminster is the worst in the country. followed by inner city areas like totte n ha m followed by inner city areas like tottenham and islington. after that you have central manchester and liverpool and a whole number of smaller towns and cities, places like slough, nottingham, blac

clive myrie, bbc news.what's being described as a ‘double whammy‘ of high need and poor access to nhs services. the british dental association have told the bbc that families, especially in coastal communities, face "epic" journeys to get the care they need. as part of a special series of reports about the challenges and opportunities in coastal britain, jemma woodman has been to west cornwall to find out more. just a warning — her report contains scenes of teeth being removed. ok, so we've gotjasmine and it's extractions in three quadrants. this is the reality of tooth decay in britain. there are a lot of little people coming through with lots of different needs. it is quite a hard session to go through. nine—year—old jasmine has to have five teeth removed at cornwall‘s main hospital — damaged by sugary drinks and snacks, despite mum tracy's best efforts. even the no added sugar stuff that we get, that we don't think is too bad... it still has one sugar in it, one cube. so, we're only to have juice when? w

clive myrie, bbc news.ng president trump's surprise decision to pull us troops out of the area. syria is controlled by four separate factions, including government forces. kurdish forces are in charge of a large swathe of land in the north — land that turkey wants to control in order to seal off its border. our correspondent orla guerin is on the syrian/turkish borderfor us now. orla, a very tense situation there? extremely tense, so far today has been quiet and we have not seen any indication of an unusual turkish military build—up. although, local sources have told us in the last half an hour or so that some us military helicopters flew in, possibly bringing american officials toa possibly bringing american officials to a meeting with the turkish military here at the border but that's unconfirmed. washington spoke very loudly yesterday, although frankly, not always clearly. on the one hand, we had president donald trump warning turkey not to go too far, threatening that, as he put it, if they did anything

clive myrie has been finding out what it has been like for one such survivor.survived a knife attack. these guys, they came up to us and they said, "where you guys from?" and ijust froze, everything froze, i didn't know what to say. he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. assaulted on his way home from football practice. he's 15. i don't even remember them stabbing me here and stuff. and that is when he got me here. i was bleeding, i was bleeding and then i saw loads of blood pouring out and i was just holding it tight, squeezing it. this is gaddi recovering in hospital two days after the attack. a grateful family by his side. let him be alive, god, please let him be alive. i was praying for him to be alive with all my energy, all my... those were my feelings as a mum. so they are saying the best thing to do is to move out of the area. deprivation and a sense of hopelessness can lead some to join gangs, deal drugs, fight turf wars. but there's never any excuse for the savagery of a knife attack and the ease which some are willing to grab a blade. gaddi was

clive myrie, bbc news.near a synagogue in the east german city of halle. one person has been arrested. a gunman was seen wearing a military—style outfit carrying several weapons, according to witnesses. for the latest, let's join our correspondentjenny hill. yes, today halla was in a state of emergency, security services screaming through the streets responding to a series of shootings. tonight, by contrast, it is almost silent, people have been told it is 110w silent, people have been told it is now safe to leave their homes, they have been coming here over the last few hours to light candles for the victims of an attack which this evening germany's interior ministry has said was clearly motivated by anti—semitism. calm, deliberate, shattering the peace of a quiet city. an eyewitness filmed as the gunman, dressed in combat gear, opened fire outside a synagogue in halle. he'd just tried and failed to shoot his way into the building. a woman was killed as she walked past. this man told us he came face—to—fac

a little earlier my colleague clive myries spoke to our reality check correspondent chris morris aboutbrussels they seem to be very happy with the way things are going at the moment. we know that donald tusk has made it clear that the problems are on this side. what are those problems?” think one of the things we have seen the last few days, actually, is that you rather turning borisjohnson‘s deadline against him, insane, well if you want to deal, here it is. and he has had to concede on several points, and the problem with that, of course, is that he still needs the support of his allies, the dup, in northern ireland, to get any deal through parliament. and i think particularly at the moment, on this issue of consent, the idea that if northern ireland‘s economic relationship with the rest of the uk's relationship with the rest of the uk‘s going to change, then you need some democratic approval for that in northern ireland. the key thing is how you get? the good friday agreement as set out the complex process , agreement as set out the complex process, whereby you do need a majority in

clive myrie, bbc news.g the impact of knife crime on london, but figures obtained by the bbc show that the rate of knife crime in some towns and cities is higher than in some parts of the capital. london is still the most dangerous part of the country with 16 boroughs in the top 25 places with the highest rate of knife crime, in england and wales, but manchester, liverpool, oldham, blackpool, birmingham, and nottingham all feature in that list. joining me now is simeon moore, a former gang member from birmingham, who now works with young people to try and divert them away from crime. really good to have you with us. i'm guessing that you weren't surprised that the figures suggest that birmingham, among other places, is seeing rising knife crime? definitely not and i believe we are going to continue to see these crimes, not just knife going to continue to see these crimes, notjust knife crime but just youth violence on a whole, rise because the behaviour is being normalised through the culture, through young

this is bbc news i'm clive myrie.garian football union resigns after last night's match with england was marred by racism. uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the racists. heard it before i even g other i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... we spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warmup and then obviously it was happening in the game. 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 as the united states imposes sanctions. the family

clive myrie, bbc news.t in government borrowing soaring to its highest level for 50 years and further austerity measures. turkey says it‘s ready to begin a military operation in syria, as president trump defends his surprise decision to pull out us troops. the business news: productivity in the uk falls in the second quarter. i will be talking to a leading economist on this in just a moment. a no—deal brexit would push uk debt to a 50—year high, so says the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank said borrowing was likely to rise to £100 billion and total debt would soar to 90% of national income. sticking with the potential of a no—deal brexit, the government has announced that lorry import tariffs would be cut. the road haulage association pushed for tariffs to be axed altogether, but instead, for the first year after the uk leaves the eu, they will be reduced from 22% to 10%. labour productivity, as measured by output per hour, fell by 0.5% year on year in the three months from april to june — that‘

clive myrie, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...inning some stupid blame game". a mother breaks down at the contaminated blood inquiry — as she talks about the death of her ten year old son. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. let‘s return to our top story — a number 10 source has said a brexit deal is "essentially impossible" after a call between the pm and angela merkel. borisjohnson and the german chancellor spoke earlier about the proposals he put forward to the eu — but the source said she made clear a deal based on them was "overwhelmingly unlikely". in the past few moments — michael gove — the minister in charge of no—deal preparation has been speaking about the uks readiness. the chancellor of the exchequer has made available £6 billion to make sure we‘re ready for no deal and business organisations have used the money to make sure the they represent get ready. our firm preference is to leave with

at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the day's news.n bbc news, it's time for our world. addicted — america's opioid crisis reports on the nation's opioids problem and its devastating impact. our world traces why so many americans have become addicted and meets the people who are now picking up the pieces. there is no other medication which within a week can condemn someone to a life of addiction. it is possible that i was promoting a drug on the basis of fraudulent science. but there was too much money to be made. when they first entered life, their first breath of air came along with withdrawal symptoms. if the pharmaceutical companies knew about the addiction possibilities, then it's horrific that they would steal my son away from me. there is no other medication that kills so many people as opioids. my name is jacob, i am 12 years old. dear addiction. why did you turn my parents into something they are not? i don't know my own father because of you. it is not really that cool to ruin people's lives. i couldn't have a normal childhoo

thanks very much, clive myrie at westminster.urt charged with the manslaughter of 39 people who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex last week. maurice robinson is accused of being part of a global people—smuggling ring. meanwhile, the prime minister has laid flowers near the scene and signed a book of condolence, as daniel sandford reports. the prime minister and the chief constable, remembering the 39 people who died in the refrigerated trailer at a simple ceremony in grays, in essex today. in the book of condolence, boris johnson wrote that the whole world had been shocked by the tragedy, and said the government would to do everything in its power to bring the perpetrators to justice. a message the chief constable repeated. and we continue to try and bring justice for these families, to bring these people, put them in front of the courts to answer for their crimes, wherever they might be. at chelmsford magistrates', in front of the world's press, the first person to be accused was in court. 25—year—old maurice robi

i'm clive myrie live at westminster. the headlines at 8pm: a british government source tells the bbc there will not be a brexit deal tonight. talks a brexit deal tonight. continue into the evening. not much to say. a brexit deal tonight. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier remains tight—lipped as he goes to speak this evening to the 27 eu ambassadors. we'll have the latest on what he might have told them as we get it. following meetings with angela merkel in toulouse, france's president macron says he wants to believe a deal is being finalised so it can be approved at tomorrow's eu summit. translation: we also worked on preparations for the eu council summit tomorrow and friday. we talked about the budget, european enlargement and of course brexit, on which i believe an agreement is about to be finalised. i'll have all the latest from westminster. away from westminster, president trump describes a meeting with the parents of harry dunn as beautiful and sad. the family say they felt "ambushed" and refused to meet the

the dvc‘s clive myrie is there. -- the bbc's.moving forward, there could be some kind of agreement or the skeleton be some kind of agreement or the s keleto n of be some kind of agreement or the skeleton of an agreement sometime tomorrow. here, it has to be said, that optimism is a little bit more muted because of the situation involving that border potentially down the irish sea. andy dup's lease and all of that. that's good of the bit more now from professor anand menon. it's good to see you. thanks for being with us. you can hear me of the people over there. where have —— to you believe we are?” -- to you believe we are? i think several things. i think the mood -- to you believe we are? i think several things. ithink the mood is more positive than we had any right to believe we can go. clearly, both sides are keen to get this process is close to a deal as possible. the chances to get a deal signed at this summit? slight, mere slim. idon't see this getting done at this summit, but the two sides are clearly moving closer togethe

this is bbc news with clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. the president of the bulgarian football union resigns — after last night's match with england was marred by racism. uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the racists. i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warmup, so... we spoke about it coming off the pitch after the warmup and then obviously it was happening in the game. 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 as the united states imposes sanctions. the family of harry dunn — killed in a road accident in northamptonshire involving an american diplomat‘s wife are holding talks with officials at the white house. in northamptonshire involving an american diplomat‘s wife are holding talks with officials at the white house. mps grill thomas cook's former boss over his half million pound bonus when his company was i

this is bbc news with clive myrie.ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. a downing street source says a brexit deal is now "essentially impossible" following a phone call between borisjohnson and germany's chancellor. now borisjohnson is preparing for crunch talks with his irish counterpart later this week. i think it's going to be very difficult to secure an agreement by next week, quite frankly. we very much want there to be a deal and i'll certainly work until the very last moment to secure that. but not at any cost. the parents of this ten—year—old boy who died after contracting hiv from contaminated blood products almost 30 years ago tell the public inquiry of their heartbreak. the impact of knife crime on its victims. more than 20,000 were injured last year alone and for many the trauma continues. a housing estate in norwich, made up of almost a hundred "ultra low—energy homes", wins the prestigious stirling prize — for the best building in britain. hello and welcome t

this is bbc news with clive myrie. a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. turkey takes military action against kurdish fighters in northern syria. that area is needed for our safety and security for the syrian refugees to return to so they can go and live a normal life and there is no vacuum to be filled by any terrorist network. many kurds were seen to flee the area as turkish warplanes target towns and villages. for the first time in nearly a0 years the house of commons will sit in emergency session on a saturday, to try to resolve the brexit crisis. at least two people have been killed in an anti—semitic attack in the german city of halle. all thomas cook's stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 2500 jobs. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the economics commentator, grace blakeley and the political commentator, giles kenningham. many of the front pages are in and many of them are focusing on colleen r

i'm clive myrie live at westminster.a brexit deal tonight. continue into the evening. not much to say. a brexit deal tonight. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier remains tight—lipped as he goes to speak this evening to the 27 eu ambassadors. we'll have the latest on what he might have told them as we get it. following meetings with angela merkel in toulouse, france's president macron says he wants to believe a deal is being finalised so it can be approved at tomorrow's eu summit. translation: we also worked on preparations for the eu council summit tomorrow and friday.

clive myrie has been speaking to one young man who was stabbed, and his piece contains distressing scenesins two other men, attacking with knives in broad daylight. a young man, pinned to the floor. 0i, what the... oi! the shouts of onlookers have no effect. they slash and cut with impunity, as normal life goes on all around. as the attackers escape, one of the weapons, clearly visible. 0nlookers then try to help. an ambulance eventually arrived and took the victim to hospital. he survives. you need to get that leg up. just lay down. this was a warning. they'd have killed him if they felt like it. the attack, an everyday reality in many of our cities. where did society go wrong? a different street, a different victim. these guys, they came up to us and they said, "where you guys from?" and ijust froze, everything froze, i didn't know what to say. gaddi mulla was in the wrong place at the wrong time. attacked on his way home from football practice. he's 15. i don't even remember them stabbing me here and stuff. and that's where he got me here. i was bleeding, i was bleeding and then i saw

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at eleven: turkey takes military action against kurdish fighters in northern syria. that area is needed for our safety and security for the syrian refugees to return to so they can go and live a normal life and there is no vacuum to be filled by any terrorist network. many kurds were seen to flee the area as turkish warplanes target towns and villages. for the first time in nearly a0 years, the house of commons will sit in emergency session on a saturday, to try to resolve the brexit crisis. at least two people have been killed in an anti—semitic attack in the german city of halle. all thomas cook's stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 2,500 jobs and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, economics commentator grace blakeley, and the political commentator giles kenningham. stay with us for that. good evening. the long—planned turkish military operation in north—east syria has been launched. kurdish force

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. the president of the bulgarian football union resigns, after last night's match with england was marred by racism. u efa uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the recess. —— the racists. uefa, who i've spoken to during and after the game, will be carrying out a thorough investiation. as reports suggest the uk is closing in on a new deal after giving significant ground to the eu over the irish border, the dup meet officials in downing street. i think it is important to say we must remain within the european union customs union. a car thief who drove over and seriously injured a police officer last august has been jailed for 12 years. the duke and duchess of cambridge meet pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, during theirfive—day visit to the country. and coming up, week go behind—the—scenes on the latest adaptation of sir philip pullman's best—selling trilogy, his dark materials. good evening. there is intense pressure on football's governing... after players were subjected to t

in a moment it will be time for the bbc one bulletin with clive myrie — first, let's take a look at theer the prime minister was. descend to brussels last night asking for that delay. labour says it would support an amendment, requiring the brexit deal to be put to another referendum. earlier i spoke to a professor of eu law at the university of cambridge. she explained the impact that such an amendment could have. well, it muddies the water in a number of ways, not least in terms of time, because in order to have a second referendum, you need to have an act of parliament, and the act of parliament also needs to have the question determined and set out in the act of parliament. it is not the quickest it could be done, a second referendum, is 22—26 weeks, and that pretty much takes us up to may of next year, so that impacts on the question of how long an extension of the eu might give us. what we know is labour is helping to amend the withdrawal and implementation bill, the legislation i was talking about, an amendment to say that the approval of it would be subject to a confirmatory vot

this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. turkey launches military action across it's border, against kurdish fighters, in north—eastern syria. as the us grants diplomatic immunity to the suspect turkish warplanes are targeting towns which is sparking panic among civilians. we will have the latest, the other main stories on the bbc news at eight o'clock. as the us gra nts news at eight o'clock. as the us grants diplomatic immunity in a fatal motor break crash. we are no steps further than where we were this time last week and part of me is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. on the uk government site. a man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany — at least two people have been killed. all thomas cook's stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. coming up, i've been speaking to some of the people living in one london borough that's been hit hard by knife violence. and also coming up, we'll speak to a former sun journalist about coleen rooney accusing rebeka vardy of using her private i

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. on the recess. —— the racists. uefa, who i've spoken to during and after the game, will be carrying out a thorough investiation. as reports suggest the uk is closing in on a new deal after giving significant ground to the eu over the irish border, the dup meet officials in downing street. i think it is important to say we must remain within the european union customs union. a car thief who drove over and seriously injured a police

that is your weather. knife crime remain too complacent about what is this is bbc news, i‘m clive myrie the latest, the other main stories on the bbc news at eight o‘clock. as the us gra nts news at eight o‘clock. as the us grants diplomatic immunity in a fatal motor break crash. we are no steps further than where we were this time last week and part of

the east end is one of the busiest in europe, dealing with knife and gun attacks, and the bbc‘s clive myrie face of knife crime in britain. still early, the guys are not out of the pubs yet. and absolutely anything could happen tonight. these are stories of a three month period. from the front line of the epidemic. when he came in, he had lost a lot of blood volume, his pulse was very weak. stories of courage, kindness and honesty. let us face it, it does not take much to get stabbed in our society today. bottom line. arterial bleeding, there, ya? stories of cowardice and for some, immense strength. i got a phone call that my son had been stabbed. they just stabbed him. this is 16—year—old lucas, at approximately 16:30 he has been allegedly assaulted by a group of people. has sustained a single incision wind to the left upper quadrant. lucas has been stabbed in the chest. one of two knife victims admitted to the royal london hospital this evening. his painkillers have not kicked in. they have just got to open him up and see where the knife has gone, what it has hit. and take it from there,

clive myrie has spent the last few months filming at the hospital and sent us this report. blow to the job. a staggering act of aggression in the middle of a petty quarrel. it is over nothing. it is pointless. deprivation and hopelessness can attempt youngsters tojoin gangs hopelessness can attempt youngsters to join gangs and hopelessness can attempt youngsters tojoin gangs and deal drugs hopelessness can attempt youngsters to join gangs and deal drugs and the ease of access from any kitchen drawer means knife are ready weapons in any turf war or to settle scores. the fact that we're living in a society where is normal! based at the royal london hospital, her team councils knife crime victims after surgery, helping to prevent revenge attacks. it is heartbreaking because eocene children, families whose lives are destroyed. i had a young person here a couple of weeks ago, his mum found out on snapchat. she found out on snapchat that her child had been stabbed. now, what does that say about society? it is kind of losing here. a society where teenagers are having to be taught