temperatures first thing monday 5— io ireland as well.the course of the morning this show is on the south—east are going to be quite happy. later on today as they push north they could bring thunderstorms in quite a lot of heavy downpours. lying surface water and potentially gusty winds around this area. northern england and parts of eastern scotland should stay dry through the day. into tuesday that rain clears away to the east. a window of drier weather. some sunny spells when the mist clears way. top ten pages fairly average, 12—15. —— top temperatures. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: syria's government says it will send troops to confront turkish aggression, as turkey continues its military operation against the kurds. emergency teams work through the night injapan as the scale of the devastation caused by typhoon hagibis starts to emerge. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: a new tactic from hong kong's hardcore pro—democracy protestors — attacking pro—beijing targets while dodging the police. and we'

but opposition parties are set to vote against him, and northern ireland's io democratic unionist mpsn sporadic fighting in syria, despite turkey's agreement to suspend its military offensive against kurdish forces. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this last european council press conference after the utopia summit. my first invite the president of the european council, donald tusk, to take the floor. thank you, good afternoon. last night, the leaders discussed enlargement the overwhelming majority wanted to open discussions about albania. but such a discussion requires anonymity. this issue will be for the summit in may 2020. let me be very clear. north macedonia and albania are not to blame for this. the commission reports are also clear that both these countries did what they were asked to do. and the adoption was an extraordinary achievement. so both countries have the right to start eu negotiations as of today. they are ready. unfortunately, a few member states are not ready yet. this is why we didn't manage to reach a positive decision. personally, ithink didn