without the binding recommendation of -- there is no reason to have defence put a case. on in the past, it has not been binding, in the defense would pick those cases and they will try and at the 32, but we had a little bit more faith that all that evidence would be taken into consideration, and we could win a case at the 32, there is not the sense within the defence bar, at least in the army, that we can win a case at the 32. it is an absolute paper case without that recommendation and it's just not worth it. to whether it should be binding or not, the use of the government this morning and it's a little bit disingenuous. they pick the time and if you look at from the time the investigation starts to where they actually more in the military, it's a substantial amount of time. they have the referral of charges and other than the confinement will have to do i understand the piece but they control everything about that. they control when the investigator, they control the amount of resources that are provided with these and they have paralegal support and will prepare. the

we were just listening to the former defence secretary, the present defence secretary, the present defencether withdrawal of us forces, what is going on? bringing you up—to—date, the current defence secretary says the decision was made last night to withdraw hundreds of troops from northern syria, essentially, all of the us troops remaining in that part of the country. it is likely that some will remain further south in a base there. essentially, they are getting out of this battlefield. that is partly because they say they are concerned that the troops could get caught in the middle of the fighting between the turks and the kurds. that is only going to increase the anger among those kurdish forces, who once fought alongside the us against islamic state, and they now feel they have been abandoned by an ally. donald trump is continuing to deny that he gave a green light to this invasion by kirk turkey bite positioning dozens of troops close to the border with turkey. but, now, of course, he is withdrawing troops completely, and it is expected that will happen over the next days or weeks, th

it is defence. you declared the war. and waged war against these forces, and these forces, they are all in their territory, and they have a legitimate right to defend themselves. everybody has a legitimate right to defend themselves. but we're not talking about attacking the turkish military forces who are attacking towns. we're talking about lobbing shells across the border into turkey? what about these 200 people who have been killed, civilians, even the political party leaders? she has been, yeah, assassinated. you're talking about hevrin khalaf, and she was brutally murdered. yes, what about her? she has no defence to herself. where will she go — run away? that raises a question, because she wasn't actually affiliated to the ypg or to the syrian defence forces. she was an independent politician. do you think that there are now militias at work in northern syria who are specifically targeting kurdish politicians? there are. mostly they‘ re proxy forces which are backed by turkey. do you have proof that this is a speci

it is defence. you declared the war.t has declared the warand turkish government has declared the war and wage turkish government has declared the warand wage war turkish government has declared the war and wage war against these forces, and these forces have a legitimate right to defend themselves. everybody has a legitimate right to defend themselves. but we're not talking about attacking the turkish military forces who are attacking towns. what about lobbing cells across the into turkey? what about these 200 people who have been killed, civilians, even the political party leaders? the syrian future party leaders, the co—chair, she has been, yes, assassinated. and she was brutally murdered. yes, what about her? she has no defence to herself. where will she go, run away? that raises a question, because she wasn't actually affiliated to the ypg or syrian defence forces. she was an independent politician. do you think that there are now militias at work in northern syria who are specifically targeting kurdish politicians?

you can clearing headerfrom defence. you ca n safely clearing headerfrom defence.y that the keeper didn‘t read that particularly well. he is polish, 25, i don‘t think he‘s ever going to score another goal like that. but he will want to have a look at it again. just have a look at the keeper. oh, oh... i don‘t know what happened there at. i know what happened, the keeper had a shocker. up to put them on their way to a 3—1 win. fc united, still a long way to go. they are mid—table, a quick reminder of our top story, six arrests in bulgaria from the bulgarian authorities, looking to identify those who racially abused the england players on monday night during that euro qualifier. what‘s mine bbc news draw the rest of evening. up for me and the rest of the team, for now. let‘s have more in our top story now, the chances of getting a brexit to hang in the balance tonight as talks continue in brussels. an eu summit tomorrow. the french president, emmanuelle macron says he‘s hopeful that you leaders can sign offa he‘s hopeful that you leaders can sign off a deal in the mo

, and so on and so forth, and i think defence, and so on and so forth, and ithink in defence, and soe cases, especially with the royal family, i think in some cases, especially with the royalfamily, we i think in some cases, especially with the royal family, we are very used to saying, because they are royal, there is fundamentally a public interest defence in that, but megan merkel is less royal, she is not going to be in line to be cleaned, harry is not in line to be king. they have more right to privacy then perhaps those who are in direct line. and it's very difficult, obviously, if you are royal, and william and harry have been brought up, they have always known this level of certainty, they have known all their life. but of course, harry's mother, diana, came into that, the same with meghan, 0k, she was a hollywood star, it's not the same at all. the scrutiny that you are under. the attention that you are under. the attention that you get. you know, harry... but they are not talking about, they are not complaining about scrutiny. you are right... people want to know so much...

she was under—secretary of defence for policy at the us department of defence between 2014—2016.rst of all, what sort of impact will the death of al—baghdadi really have on the islamic state group?|j death of al—baghdadi really have on the islamic state group? i think it is an important milestone, but it is certainly not the end of the organisation. they would have been planning for his succession for some time, andi planning for his succession for some time, and i think once the fighting really started in late 2014, there probably were numerous number twos that were killed, as well. so they would have been planning for this contingency. i think they will go underground for a while before they declared the new leader. and this will make it a bit more difficult, but it is not the end of the organisation. they have affiliates in many parts of the world, and they will continue to regroup and plan attacks on western targets. what sort of characteristics to these leaders tend to have? well, often these organisations look for leaders that have some sort of legitimacy — whether it be th

the other aspect of this i think is that the national sub defence strategy is focused on partnerships. this is become absolutely key. just as we talked about and humans being a bit a gated to this they are part of it as well. so making our partner strong, making sure that we have the right investments with them and providing the right moment in the right support can help offset -- offset all of this. all of that has to be under sworn by the diplomatic and economic information and military realms so are very clear in terms of what we're trying to accomplish and each of these areas and everyone is synchronize in respect to that. >> easier said tendon. in addition to this period of profound political change. were also seeing a profound technological disruption when it's hitting ai and machine learning and autonomy and genetic engineering and the list goes on. many of the wonderful companies that are up in that hall a representative of the cutting edge in these areas. and many of these areas, in the military they rely on the drivers of our ecosystem and whether it's primarily driven by ca

is there a rough sex defence? no. no, there isn't. that? because that will be... people's ears will prick up — that doesn't make sense to most of us. a common assault is where somebody is put in fear of violence. it doesn't even involve necessarily a touching. if there is a touching involved, it's an unlawful application of force. it doesn't have to cause injury. it can just be very slight. that's all that you can legally consent to in english law. if, for example, the next level up of assault is actual bodily harm, it can be some harm which is more than trifling or transient, doesn't have to be permanent. if somebody consents and truly does consent for that harm to be done to them, it isn't a defence for somebody to to say, "well, consent was in play," because that consent becomes invalid. why? because that's what the law says. the law has been settled for quite a long time in respect of this. before i put that back to you, i just want to be clear about what you're saying, mr vullo, if i could. so in a consensual relationship, if som

the defences in the understanding of it.h people in a boxing gym in the worst part of the city and you take their testimony, their tearful testimony about how the sport saved their lives stop by those who run boxing say they will work hard to learn any lessons they can but the sport realising the possibility of injury. it cannot avoid the chance of tragedy. boxing killed patrick day, but in the words of his promoters, it also made him feel alive. four of the bulgarian men arrested for racially abusing england's black players, during monday's euro 2020 qualifer in sofia, have been fined around a50 pounds each. and banned from attending sporting events for 2 years. aston villa defender tyrone mings, who made his international debut , was one of those subjected to abuse... debut, was one of those subjected to abuse. his club manager was proud of the example he set. it does not surprise me how he handled the whole situation because he is articulate, he is intelligent and he is a very good human being. i think it was the right th

so the picture is still quite uncertain, and the defence secretary will be looking at ways to keep thebarbara plett—usher speaking to us from southern turkey. the mother of a junior doctor who went missing off the devon coast two years ago says her 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 prac

so the picture is still quite uncertain, and the defence secretary will be looking at ways to keep theinst islamic state. barbara plett—usher, thank you very much, speaking to us from southern turkey. the longest non—stop commerical passenger flight has landed 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 t

to attack. —— defence to attack. the greatest compliment to new zealand, winning two world cups in a row, great team, we had to dig very deep to beat them. incredible, absolutely incredible from start to finish, they were all over them, all over them. breathtaking, amazing. if we play like that in a final, you don't wa nt play like that in a final, you don't want to count your chickens, but, fingers crossed, if it all goes well, repeat performance, who knows. tonight, england can bask in the defining victory, now they will have the chance to win the ultimate prize in the sport. let's speak to dan in yokohama. dan, where does that rank in terms of england's world cup performances? not since 2003, when the world cup was won, has english rugby enjoyed a moment as enjoyable, a significant, as the one we have just witnessed here in the yokohama stadium. they came into the match as underdogs, they ended it as top dogs, four yea rs they ended it as top dogs, four years ago, england humiliated in their own world cup on home

atla ntico could be the city defence caught napping.ld be have what might bea atlantico could be have what might be a vital waypoint as they head into that second away leg. be a vital waypoint as they head into that second away leglj be a vital waypoint as they head into that second away leg. i thought we dominated peer. i think we dominated periods in the game and we wa nted dominated periods in the game and we wanted to try to keep the amount of time to put passes together and possession starts. we had possession, created chances not many clear chances. i think we probably proved to ourselves tonight that we did not play well enough last year but we also know we can play a lot better. please with the performance but we always knew it would go down toa but we always knew it would go down to a second game. on the second leg, the away leg for manchester city ta kes pla ce the away leg for manchester city takes place on october 30. before that they have two very difficult games there are way to manchester united at the manchester derby in

so the picture is still quite uncertain, and the defence secretary will be looking at ways to keep thete. the longest nonstop commerical passenger flight has landed successfully in sydney. the qantas plane tookjust over 19 hours to fly direct from new york. the airline is considering whether to begin regular nonstop 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. alan joyce is alanjoyce is the of qantas. —— the serial of qantas. 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 passengerjet lag, and after 19 hours on the flight, i think we've gotten this right. the duke and duchess of cambridge have paid a second visit to a children's village in lahore in pakistan — after thunderstorms prevented their return flight to islamabad. it's understood that the duchess was particularly keen to return to the organisation, which supports more than 150 orphans in boarding homes. after

in his defence, he says, iam et cetera.ating all sorts of people all the time from all sorts of different areas of political ideology. first and foremost, markers or burgers the ceo of a very large and very influential organisation. —— zuckerberg. that is not the story. that is not news. no, but the story is the fact that this is obviously a social media platform, people have used it and it is whether or not those views are coming onto the social media platform, in the end it is all about facebook‘s reputation, which has become a little tarnished since the cambridge analytic scandal and data being sold —— analytica. it will affect a crypto currency as well. this is a story about reputation. and it won't go away. it is about trust as well. we trust facebook and going ahead with libra? do we trust them with spending? we haven't got time to talk about it but we will talk about it another time. air pollution takes a decade off memory, study suggests. you live by the ocean on the south coast. you track into london in the early h

thanks to some magnificent defence and owen farrell's boot, they never looked like relinquishing it.atson's late interception try sealing a hard—fought but ultimately convincing victory. england through, then, to a first semifinal for 12 years, and by a scoreline that will make their rivals sit up and take notice. if england wanted to put down a real marker at this world cup, well, they've just done it. that was one of their great wins, certainly the most important of coach eddiejones‘ tenure. the rfu had set him a minimum target of reaching the last four. now his team have achieved that in such a fashion they'll believe they can go all the way. dan roan, bbc news, oita. england will play new zealand next after the all blacks beat ireland in tokyo. they ran in seven tries in a convincing 46 to m win. which puts ireland out of the tournament. our sports correspondent andy swiss was there. for ireland, it was time to face rugby‘s ultimate challenge. new zealand are the champions, for many the favourites, and this was a night when they showed exactly why. as ireland's hopes were dazzlin

here the flood defences have mostly held but not eve ryo ne defences have mostly held but not everyonescaped. 0ne defences have mostly held but not everyone has escaped. one man died on the ground floor of this building asa on the ground floor of this building as a nearby river spilled over its banks. translation: the water came up higher than my head in the house, it turned over all the furniture inside, it is like a washing machine now. translation: i can't go back home because the doors are blocked by furniture and other objects are washed away by the water inside. yesterday already by eight or nine o'clock the river was overflowing and the water rose above the level of the door. the scale of this storm has been astonishing. the area affected stretches for more than iooo affected stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, the same distance as cornwall to edinburgh. the typhoon has now gone and the rivers are starting to drop. the japanese grand prix is going ahead and for by grand prix is going ahead and for rugby fans there is more good news. the world cup match between scotland andj

if this was in the us defence apartment have —— if from the us defence department have stated that theremains. 10,000 homes in california are under threat inside and evacuation zone. the utilities have already been cut in the north of the state. we have heard people say they expect fires at this time of the year, but the extreme winds are somewhat unexpected and causing particular problems. terrifying. much more news any time for you on the bbc news website and you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. thank you for watching. hello there. well, it was a cold but glorious start to the new working week. in fact, parts of lancashire had over nine hours of sunshine on that monday. and it doesn't get much better than that, really, at this time of year. now the next few days will stay dry and sunny but we still keep that cold theme. so, high pressure hanging on in there, but the winds are going to change to more of an easterly direction and that could have a consequence for one or two of us. and at the same time, into the south—west we've still got that nuisance weather front which w

she approached us into doing a self-defence class.he girls have been really proactive and really sweet. they step out of of the comfort zone, but they have been willing to step out and that hasn't been any pushback. it is really great. >> it is respect. you have to learn it. when we first came in, they knew us as those girls. they didn't know who we were. finally, we came enough for them to realize, okay, they are in the business now. it took a while for us to gain that respect from our peers, our male peers. >> since receiving the grant, it has ignited us even more, and put a fire underneath our butts even more. >> we were doing our summer camp and we are in a movie theatre, and we just finished watching a film and she stepped out to receive a phone call. she came in and she screamed, hey, we got the grant. and i said what? >> martial arts is a passion for us. it is passion driven. there are days where we are dead tired and the kids come and they have the biggest smiles on their faces and it is contagious. >> we have been operating t

the defence of it is in the understanding of it.when you go and meet with people in a boxing gym in the worst part of the city, and you take their testimony, their tearful testimony about how this sport is save their life. those who run boxing say they'll work hard to make it say that and to learn any lessons they can, but this sport relies on the possibility of injury. it cannot avoid the chance of tragedy. it's a contradiction. boxing killed patrick day, but in the words of his promoter, it also made him feel alive. patrick geary, bbc news. onto football and south america's governing body, conembol, have confirmed the venues for the finals of the two main club competitions in 2020. the maracana stadium in rio will host the final of the continent's premier competition the copa libertadores. the match is scheduled for 21st of november next year. the maracana was one of eight venues bidding to host the game, six of them in brazil. meanwhile, the final of the copa sudamericana will be played at the mario kempes stadium in cordoba, arg

earlier i asked a defence industry a nalyst earlier i asked a defence industry analyst what he will beking for today. well, the focus of this parade will be on presenting materiel, military equipment that china has built itself, which is a real marker of its progress over the past couple of decades, and its move away from dependency on foreign equipment, particularly russian equipment. now, we are seeing increasingly this focus, and this is something we will be watching in this parade, an increasing focus on capabilities that provide china with anti— access area denial capability, which is a concept used to prevent an adversary from occupying territory. and in this sense, of course, this territory is china's influence in the south china sea and east china sea. so the aim, really, of this military equipment, military technologies, is to secure its territory. the shared office space company wework has officially scrapped plans to sell shares on the stock market. the move comes after the ousting last week of its founder, this gentleman right here, as chief executive. the bbc‘s corresponde

or play defence the way you want to play it.ding stops. panic stops. and you start playing the way you wa nt and you start playing the way you want to play. that's all the sport for now. many thanks indeed. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter — i'm @benmbland. heavy bricks of rain will continue to affect parts of england and wales, but it is across the south of wales, but it is across the south of wales that the met office of issued their amber weather warning. around 120 mm of rain and that's more than enough to cause some flooding problems. not the only place that was the heavy rain though, overnight and into saturday large acute relations of rain across the moors of southwest england, the peaks and pay nines that you would lower down in the midlands in northern england and a friend to call some localised surface water flooding issues. and a friend to call some localised surface waterflooding issues. a mild night in the south and cold with the patchy frost in the northwest and showers, wint

to let their defence which continues to let the arsenal down, lys mousset was given too much room.f ideas, granit xhaka but matters into his own hands, only a full stretch stunnerfrom own hands, only a full stretch stunner from dean henderson own hands, only a full stretch stunnerfrom dean henderson keeping him out, and the second half was more of the same, lots of possession for arsenal but little penetration. pepe with just about their best chance. just one win away from home for arsenal all season. chance. just one win away from home forarsenalall season. for sheffield united, nights like this have been worth the wait. it has been fantastic reward for quite a long journey, beating one of the big teams at home, on a night match, at bramall lane, packed house, we are unbelievably behind the players. yes, i think we have deserved to win a tight game. we have created good chances, we knew they were going to have a lot of ball, and so they should, with the amount of quality they have on show. good for us to get our noses in front, and hang onto something. and we did. but i think we g

thanks to owen farrell ‘s vote, he ended up with 20 points and some magnificent defence as well.ctory thanks to an interception and england did not look back. the joint record margin of victory over australia who knocked them out of course of the last world cup on english soilfor course of the last world cup on english soil for might years ago. they have secured revenge and they can look forward to a semifinal. that was the target that was always set for the australian coach and i think given the manner in which it has been achieved, england will now believe that they can go all the way and secure a first world cup victory since 2003. so england will now play the all blacks after they thrashed ireland 46—14. andy swiss was watching that one. this was a night where a new zealand showed just why they have not lost a world cup match for some 12 years and also why they are still the favourites for many people to lift the trophy again. it was an utterly emphatic win over ireland. ireland are looking to reach the semi—finals for the first time in their history, but really, from the mom

i went to afghanistan in 2008, basically to train and mentor afghan defence attorneys.rior to going there i was a defence attorney in the us and it really was a financial decision. i have three kids, and going there, i would be making more than triple my salary. so i went there. it was my first time leaving the us. it should be said you were in milwaukee, now there's nothing wrong with milwaukee, but it's in the midwest of the united states, it's a city which perhaps isn't the most cosmopolitan in america. ijust wonder how much you knew about afghanistan? you know, i didn't know much other than what most people know from what they seen the news about it being a war—torn country. i didn't know anything. and frankly, i probably would have struggled to find it on the map. you since written a remarkable book about your overall afghan experience. but when you reflect on this early period, you say "one of the biggest mistakes that america made when we came to afghanistan, and it was evident in my programme, was to employ a ‘this is the right way mindset‘ that everyone on the

no defence attorney and no witnesses. there was in effect, no trial at all?. this was the national security court that was trumpeted by the americans as a sign that the afghans were serious about confronting terrorism. this was the national security court trumpeted by the americans that the afghans were serious about confronting terrorism. funded by the uk and us governments, so, both governments. one of the situations where it was funded by our governments and well—intentioned, but they are bringing a lot of innocent people through, in my opinion, tojustify the money being spent. was that a moment when you saw this unfold, and of course as a lawyer, with very basic principles of your own, was this a point where you said ‘i need to not just be a trainer here, i need to be an involved player. i need to play a role inside courts in afghanistan if my presence here is to mean anything‘. i think going into that court started my wheels turning, it wasn‘t at that moment where i said i need to take cases, because i was still new to the game. i think when it really de

a long ball causing confusion in the rangers defence.rts goal. rangers chance came moments later and was much more straightforward, alfredo morelos took full advantage of being left alone. the match was there for the taking. neither side came forward to do so. alfred and morelos dragging his shot wide. hearts best chance came in stoppage time. this header did not trouble mcgregor. hearts wait for a first win this season. andy murray has won his first atp title since coming back from hip surgery injanuary. title since coming back from hip surgery in january. he title since coming back from hip surgery injanuary. he fought back again stanislas wawrinka to win the european open. that's his first tour final win for two and a half years. stanislas wawrinka breezing through the first set of that final in antwerp, taking it by 6—3. andy murray looked to be heading for defeat. 3—1 down in the second set. but he turned it around in style to level the match at 1—1. in the last few moments, andy murray winning the deciding set to take the final 6—4

we work with it, state and local interests but that's part of the player defence. you look at the border, illegal immigration you, have 60 mile stretch from the bahamas. we look at what's going, there we have people who go to puerto rico. if you're in puerto rico, if you're in new york. at the southwest border we have been supporting cpp and we think about the deception, that will go back 70 plus years. that was not easy. you think about 22 different agencies, but i'm pretty proud of our ability, we've had on average 150 people supporting the border control. >> we've had -- we walked back votes on the rio grande river, we've had some helicopters fly in there, we've had folks doing support that allow border patrol agencies to be on the border with their authorities. we do some of that, before that number back to it so that's part of why they created that to push the capacity. i was east of actor and then i was also the coast guard director. it's challenging, the apartment priorities. >> i do want to leave time for the audience so i'm going to -- if i call on you, pl

the second predictable burial is a number of charges in the connection to the defence that goes up and the charges increases and you read the acquittal or the dismissal which was at the number of charges are increase. >> just to clarify, again, the charges against the number of sexual assaults and what it is for anything, is that correct? is a false statement leaving the pace a little bit like that. >> we didn't separate out those all those different charges. and then of the charges increase it's a more severe sanction given that there was some direction. the highest chances of a confinement sentence with penetrate of sexual assault conviction and there's no difference in the confinement between contact adventures and sexual salt which is a fence convictions. do you do the separation and penetrative in contact convictions and the senate saying that we created is related to the type of effect so it's higher for the contact defenses and all sexual assault and all three of those were significantly significant. we then see a couple of characteristics that are more observed that are 16 or 1

there have been a number of civilian casualties and dozens of fighters from the syrian defence forces have been killed. fears are deepening of a humanitarian crisis. the un says an estimated 100,000 people have fled the towns. in three civilians we re fled the towns. in three civilians were killed when a car bomb went off in the kurdish held town. calling themselves the islamic state, claimed responsibility. isis, they're trying to create a safe zone for the syrian refugees and —— in turkey. full state honours in the town for two civilians killed yesterday close to the border. seen here as martyrs for turkey's operation, peace springs. a tiny coffin for a life cut short. mohammed 0mar was nine months old. the victim of rocket fire from syrian forces. their first retaliation for turkey's massive assault on them. and here, mohammed's familyjoined together in boundless grief. in the cruellest of ironies, they are syrian refugees themselves. she can't hold back her tears. the mufti called on god to give strength to turkey's soldiers and bring a quick victory with few casualties. then muha

what you're taking and that's what is run by the defence department in general. we have some high-profile matters going on but just -- you think about the work being done on a level but we are doing a lot hopefully a project like this will highlight. which is the work that doesn't get on the front page but is nevertheless critically important to what goes on. we've had words from hhs ig and were working on a review on that and we have the fast and furious reporting. we were really there to the public's benefiting from our work which is our efforts of greater transparency and finding out where folks are to keep from the public in critical information about what the government is doing. and letting the public understand what is really happening with the policies of funding and in my case for example the justice department of legal authorities and whether it's in the national security area or on the criminal side and we've done reports for the forfeiture. that's been given to the department. we think that's what were very much trying to do. or tried to make sure tha

i don't think there's any question that the president at this point really does not have a defence toe that is being investigated, which is the charge of asking a foreign leader to investigate a political opponent. which is pretty clear. i think what the president is doing and he did it yesterday, as flailing and throwing it as much as he can. create a diversion. so he is going to now ask the chinese are to investigate, he is going after the whistle—blower, investigate, he is going after the whistle— blower, he investigate, he is going after the whistle—blower, he is attacking adam sheth, the chairman of the intelligence committee and he is continuing to basically throughout as much as he can in order to divert the public's attention from the basic charge that is being investigated. it took about this idea of diverting attention, how do you deal with a president who is, essentially, questioning the processes of how the intelligence community works, attacking the very impeachment process and attacks attacking the checks and balances that congress has in its authority? when you have at

in their defence, it's a very hard film to trail because it's a hard film to explain. a long period of time, that's not going to bring the audience in. an animation for your second choice. abominable is an occasionally thrilling, largely blandly charming story. a young girl befriends a yeti creature who is escaping from the clutches of a wealthy eccentric, voiced by eddie izzard, sounding like eddie izzard brilliantly. her and herfriends agree to take the yeti to the highest point on earth. the creature has magical powers that enables it to turn landscape into something completely different. there are some real visual coups. there is a sequence which we are seeing now in which this boat travels through a flowery field which then turns into a giant wave, there is a lovely sequence in which they climb up on a giant buddha statue. she starts playing the violin and the flowers start blooming. there are individual moments that made me think, that's beautiful and breathtaking. i don't think it's massively original. people have compared it to how to train your dragon. i alway

the un need to do more for the defence and combine nato objectives and policy objectives in the middle and make policy. those fair comment, but i have to say this is a very rash and rash decision which is going to cost the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, people in the middle east and is probably going to bea middle east and is probably going to be a significant step back in terms of stability. what can europe do on this if the us is pulling out? as a just a question of spending money? no, nothing. it has taken years. the relationship with the kurdish forces in syria was developed —— started being developed four years ago. you cannotjust get being developed four years ago. you cannot just get in being developed four years ago. you cannotjust get in there and replace them. if there are british and french forces there, it draws into question what they can do. no one has the skill to do this apart from the us. the us pulling out —— no one has the skill to do this apart from the us. the us pulling out leaves alex exposed. — — the us. the us pulling out leaves alex exposed. —— are allie

tom watson has applied the dimming ms defence.he police by him under operation midland. and the pressure he applied in the metropolitan police under operation midland meant that the senior investigating officer, detective inspector tideway made as one of her priorities how do we deal with tom watson? he should come clean and apologise to field marshal tremmel and to lady britain and to others. do you think he should resign his current position? i used to be a member of parliament. he has not the judgment to be, in my mind, a member of parliament. what about the police officers involved? of parliament. what about the police officers involved ? what of parliament. what about the police officers involved? what do you think should happen to them? they should bea should happen to them? they should be a full investigation into these police officers. i have called already and reiterated that an outside police force should be appointed to look at potential criminality involved in these matters. what has operation midland done to you? well

james mattis, the former defence secretary has been seeking to nbc‘s meet the press programme.eft behind due to the islamic state grip. isis is not defeated. we have got to keep the pressure on isis so they don't recover. we may want a war over, we may even declare it over. you can pull your troops out as president 0bama learnt the hard way, out of iraq. but the enemy gets a vote, we say in the military, and in this case if we don't keep the pressure on then isis will resurge. it's absolutely given that they will come back. quite a stark warning, chris. but i suppose the president would argue that he was elected partly on a mandate of pulling the us out of these foreign theatres of war? yes, these foreign theatres of war? yes, the american first president who essentially wants to say he doesn't wa nt essentially wants to say he doesn't want troops inside the middle east. he doesn't think he should be involved in these conflicts. but it is worth pointing out those who say the danger of is emerging as a force again is something that could impact on other countries, including the

here, the flood defences have mostly held but not everyone has escaped. ground floor of this building as a nearby river spilled over its banks. translation: the water came up higher than my head in the house, it turned over all the furniture inside, it is like a washing machine now. translation: i can't go back home because the doors are blocked by furniture and other objects are washed away by the water inside. yesterday, already by eight or nine o'clock, the river was overflowing and the water rose above the level of the door. the scale of this storm has been astonishing. the area affected stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, the same distance as cornwall to edinburgh. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the cabinet minister, jacob rees—mogg, has said the prospects of a deal with the eu are more positive than they were a week ago. mr rees—mogg said the prime minister could be trusted to ‘deliver,’ and the cabinet would be briefed on the state of the brexit negotiations later today. labour has warned the government's plans would be damaging t

the latest we are getting is from the turkish defence ministry, and they say they have retaken a towngets of this offensive. we've seen fierce fighting inside that town between kurdish fighters, the turkish military, as well as turkish backed syrian forces. that gives you an indication of how complex the battle field is. from turkey's point of view, this offensive is continuing and it is achieving its objectives. we are also hearing reports that turkey has pushed up to a main highway which is about 20 miles from where i am standing and that highway is key because that would mark the border of what turkey is calling this safe zone. from turkey's point of view, this operation is going as planned. from the kurdish point of view, a real sense of betrayal. they are on the run and according to aid agencies, 100,000 kurds have fled from the border areas and they are pushing into southern syria. from the people i've spoken to on the ground, a real sense of chaos and fear as well. and for those fleeing the area, what sort of help is there available? they're pushing out of the area of operation

then you have the basic sequence but he never spoke to the department of defence as of these americanday they were shown. luckily... a nato country essentially put another under the bombardment. luckily no one was injured but in war things happen. if something were to happen i think we would be in at this level higher power but of chaos. at the lower level anyone who pays attention to this nose that many isis fighters have been imprisoned, guarded by the very kurds that erdogan is now fighting and within a dayjob breaks and so you have the prospect of a renewed —— isis islamic state insurgency. this is not a stable part of the world anyway but at the moment with what is happening the protest and a rock with concerns about iran, adding another element of potential chaos, presumably has the risk of a much wider reverberation. i think what nobody should be underestimating in all this is the devastating implication that this could have notjust for the middle east but globally. i think what nobody should be underestimating in all this is the devastating implication that this could have not

the us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia, and america couldaught between two opposing armies. tonight, syrian government troops are said to be heading towards the border after agreeing a deal with the kurds. the turkish operation is aimed at creating a so—called "safe zone" in that area. the un says more than 100,000 people have been fleeing, and families of is fighters are said to be among those who've escaped from a camp that was guarded by the kurds. aleem maqbool reports from inside northern syria. the anguish that only comes from loss. this brother and sister mourn theirfather, who was killed in the shelling by turkey of their residential neighbourhood. the kurds here have already suffered so much, and every day of turkey's offensive brings new chaos. these are thought to be just a handful of the hundreds of women and children who, as turkey's attacks got closer, escaped a kurdish camp that held them. most were relatives of islamic state group fighters. it is not the first massive security breach brought on by the turkish aggression. five

said president trump has spoken to the kurdish general today and also we have been hearing the us defenceinto syria has resulted in the release of ca ptu red has resulted in the release of captured islamic state fighters. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in los angeles. david, we have had quite a lot from president trump in the last few hours. bring us up—to—date on what he has been saying. yes, these very strongly worded statements basically saying that there will be sanctions imposed on turkish individuals and organisations, not specifying it stage which ones. he plans to increase to 50% the tariffs on imports of turkish steel, and he is ceasing negotiations over a $100 billion trade deal with turkey. the president in his statement calling tu rkey‘s president in his statement calling turkey's actions in north—eastern syria destabilising, and also accusing turkey of precipitating a humanitarian crisis and setting conditions for possible war crimes, as he puts it, the president reiterating the notion that he is prepared to, in his words, destroy tu rkey‘s prepar

also falsely accused we re defence staff.y accused were lord brittan had served as home secretary, the ex conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister sir edward heath and long—time labour politician lord janner. in police interviews, carl beech claimed that these men, together with other high—profile names, formed a paedophile network in the 1970s and 80s. and that he was just one of the boys they sexually abused and tortured. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered, one hit by a car. it was in october 2012 at carl beech approached the wiltshire force, making limited abuse claims. police examined his allegations but they went no further. injuly 2014, carl beech first met the labour mp tom watson. this was after he had published wider claims online. by december 2014, the met police had launched operation midland to investigate the allegations. they described his claims as credible and true. in fact, they were both incredible and untrue. a senior retired judge, sir richard henriques, was brought in t

that is something that the defence secretary i think is coming to the region to sort out.ey will be relocated to western iraq and from there they would be used to help protect iraq but also to continue operations against the islamic state group. because that is one of the biggest concerns about the latest conflict, the united states was allied with these kurdish forces in north—eastern syria to try and keep the islamic state group from making a resurgence. so now that alliance has been disrupted, it is not clear what is going to happen to that. so he didn't rule out the possibility of these troops carrying out counterterrorism operations from iraq, but i think he's going to be talking about those kinds of details and, as he mentioned, the troops are still being withdrawn. they have been consolidated in a large base to the west of the border and also some places in the east and are going to be continuing to pull out, probably mostly to iraq, although us officials said maybe not all of them. it would still be up to what host countries wanted. president trump has said he is a

the last weed from the defence ministry was about mid night and it set our commandos continuing theirnd we haven't heard more from the turkish authorities. and talk as to the timing of this, why action was taken by erdogan. he was given the green light by donald trump but he'd been asking for his consent for months and we have to realise that erdogan was kind of losing his popularity inside turkey recently and it is two main reasons. one is the syrian refugee crisis is turkey hosts almost 3.5 million syrian refugees and it started causing disturbance in turkish society and the second is economic woes. it's a way for him to kind of boost his support inside turkey as well. inside turkey, public opinion seems to be split about this. it's very divided. some people say that we didn't need another conflict. there was not an imminent threat from eastern syria to turkey but also, it's really hard to hear this opinion in turkish media and also in social media because 80 people with turkish police issued an arrest warrant for 80 people just because of their tweets and social media m essa 9 es o