and general assembly in new york, and that is where laura trevelyan is the laura:m i'ined by james landale, at diplomatic correspondent. we want to the halls of parliament together. what is next for his premiership? james: his premiership is weaker. he has taken a hit and he l woud hat a huge amount of political capital in london, but it is not ultimately fatal. upill have to reg he still says he wants to have a queen's speech and start a new it is possible that will happen in the next few weeks, but a much shorter period when parliament is away. question is has he made it dl,er for him to get tha that agreement with the european union that he hopes will line and allow them to leave the european union with a deal? if he doesn't get e deal, he is toast. if he does, he could have a general election and win it. laura: is it more or after the supreme court ruling that brexit happens on october 31? james: i don't thinit changes the day at all. what it ans is that boris johnson is determined that will happen, we leave with a deal or without. this m ruling does ne any difference on any of the neg

james landale, bbc news.r—old boy, who was allegedly thrown from a viewing platform at the tate modern gallery in london last month, say he has made amazing progress in hospital. the boy, who was visiting from france, fell five floors. his family says he still cannot speak or move his body, but responds by smiling. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with attempted murder. russia and ukraine have exchanged dozens of prisoners, in a move which the ukrainian president described as the first step to ending the war between them. a man allegedly implicated in the downing of a passenger plane in 2014 was one of those in the group flown to russia. jonah fisher reports from kiev. this swap had been rumoured for weeks. so when the plane finally touched down from moscow, relief echoed across the tarmac. the families of 35 ukrainian prisoners had come to see their loved ones return. among them, high—profile detainees like film—maker oleg sentsov, and 2a sailors, like andre, who was captured in the black sea late last yea

james landale, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.ix, takes the top golden lion prize at the venice film festival. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a senior british cabinet minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister boris johnson of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. president trump has cancelled peace talks with the taliban after a deadly attack in kabul, revealing that he'd been due

james landale, bbc news.d to be rapidly deteriorating six days after hurricane dorian ripped through the islands. tens of thousands of people are homeless. many are now desperate to flee the destruction in the abaco islands and grand bahama. cruise liners, private planes and helicopters are all being used to help those still trapped. the official number of dead still stands at 43, but that's expected to rise as the situation becomes clearer. jenelle eli, spokesperson for the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies, described what she saw when she visted the affected areas at grand bahama and the abaco islands. when i landed on the island of abaco for the first time, it was amazing just from the air to see trees uprooted. trees just snapped just from the air to see trees uprooted. treesjust snapped in half. and as you get closer, it is houses without rooves. it is still flooded areas. there's a lot of devastation here. i spoke with families who spoke of horrific tales of three days

james landale, bbc news.o come: thejoker, starring joaquin phoenix, takes the top golden lion prize at the venice film festival. freedom itself was attacked this morning and feeding will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, and the blacks in soweto townships as well as the white in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and clear voice, enough of blood and fears. enough. the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. lam free. this is bbc news, the latest headlines a senior british cabinet minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister, borisjohnson, of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. the aid effort in the bahamas is intensifying in the wake of the devastating hurricane dorian. russia and ukrai

james landale, bbc news.ine have exchanged dozens of prisoners in a move which the ukrainian president described as the first step to ending the war between them. jonah fisher reports from kiev. this swap had been rumoured for weeks. so when the plane finally touched down from moscow, relief echoed across the tarmac. the families of 35 ukrainian prisoners had come to see their loved ones return. among them, high—profile detainees like film—maker oleg sentsov, and 2a sailors, like andre, who was captured in the black sea late last year. and we are happy too, but we can't even understand that this has already happened. this is clearly a very emotional moment for the relatives of these ukrainian prisoners, but it is also politically significant. it opens the door for meaningful talks between ukraine and russia and the prospect of an improvement in relations between the two countries. and we haven't said that much in the last five years. during that time, russia has been backing a rebel uprising in eastern ukrain

james landale, bbc news.ace of climate change and in an interview with the bbc he said extreme weather events such as the melting of ice, hurricanes and wildfires are happening sooner than expected and called for the uk to advance its climate targets by ten yea rs. advance its climate targets by ten years. roger harrabin reports. wildfires are burning across indonesia. their are smokers choking people in the cities, forests are a flame in brazil too, and also in australia, way ahead of the usual wildfire season. professor king says we can't prove a link yet with human driven climate change but it would be foolish to assume these events we re be foolish to assume these events were not linked. he points to the massive ice melt in the arctic as further evidence of an overheating planet. the ice loss is right at the top of the forecast range. we are seeing extreme weather events just rolling out year after year with massive loss of life. rising sea levels, rising temperatures, changes in the weather patterns impa

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports.e row. the grace 1, now known as the adrian darya—1, which was detained injuly by gibraltar with the help of british marines. it was suspected of heading for syria in breach of eu sanctions, but released in august after iran gave written assurances this was not the case. but look at this — new satellite images through the clouds appearing to show the tanker moored just a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. this is hugely disappointing. it demonstrates again why the united kingdom government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet clearly pointed at european allies, the us national security adviser john bolton said anyone believing the adrian darya—1 was not headed for syria was in denial. "tehran thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime "than providing for its own people," he said, "than provide for its own people." this is tricky for the foreign office because they truste

james landale, bbc news.ng, us officials have been briefing today that the drones could have been launched from inside iran. reportedly there were 19 strikes on the two oilfields in the east of the country, over 500 miles from yemeni territory. consider that saudi arabia has been at war with yemen for over four years, on heightened alert throughout. there are american—supplied air defences inside the country. not to mention significant us interests in the region. the us navy's fifth fleet is stationed in bahrain. there are us air bases in qatar and the united arab emirates and a base in kuwait. we'rejoined now in washington by barbara slavin, director of the future of iran initiative at the atlantic council. thank you forjoining me. let's start with us policy. we have seen this maximum pressure approach — does this mean it is not working?” think that's a fair conclusion. none of these incidents were occurring until the united states withdrew from the iran nuclear deal, especially not since the us essentially

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports.s is the iranian oil tanker at the heart of the latest tensions — the grace 1, as she was then known, but now renamed. detained injuly by gibraltar with the help of british marines. suspected of heading for syria in breach of eu sanctions, released in august after iran gave written assurances that this was not the case. but look at this. new satellite images appearing to show the tanker moored a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. a foreign office spokesman said the reports were deeply troubling and any breach of iran's assurances would be morally bankrupt and a violation of international norms. this is hugely disappointing and demonstrates why the uk government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet clearly pointed at european allies, the us national security adviserjohn bolton said anyone believing the ship was not headed for syria was in denial. tehran thinks it's more important to fund th

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. the heart of the latest tensions, grace 1 as she was known, but now renamed. detained injuly, by gibraltar, with the help of british marines. suspected of heading to syria in breach of eu sanctions, released in august after iran gave written assurances that this was not the case. but look at this — new satellite images appearing to show their tanker moored a few miles from the syrian port of tartus, potentially there to off—load its cargo. a foreign office spokesman said the reports were deeply troubling and any breach of assurances would be morally bankrupt and a violation of international laws. this is hugely disappointing and demonstrates why the uk government was right to impound the vessel in gibraltar and wrong to release it. in a terse tweet pointed at european allies, the us national security adviser, john bolton, said anyone believing the ship was not headed for syria was in denial. tehran thinks it is more important to find the murderous assad regime and providing for its ow

james what is his reaction. we can go to new york and joinjames landale, diplomatic correspondent. n the city of borisjohnson's both, he finds himself with his team closeted together, working out what reaction together, working out what reaction to get. he is working out practical decisions and substantive ones, does he go home? he has a full schedule of to do at the united nations. by my count, he has at least seven meetings with other heads of government, notjust with president trump but also the president of iran and various other european leaders. he is also scheduled to give his first—ever address to the un general assembly as prime minister. these are not small matters. he has to balance that as to whether or not he has to rush. there are also the optics of this, does he add to the sense of panic or say, no, the business of government carries on? he will stay here, continue his business and return home as he was scheduled to tomorrow. practical decisions as well as of the village —— obviously fundamental decisions of how the government response to the substance of the ruling b

james landale reports. blood, knocking out half of the country's oil production. us officials said satellite images showed a complex assault involving 17 missiles and unmanned aircraft, originating from the north—west, perhaps from pro—iranian militias in iraq. today iran's president was visiting turkey. his spokesman denied responsibility, accusing the us of maximum deceit. but according to saudi commanders, the origin of the weapons was clear. translation: initial findings weapons was clear. translation: initialfindings indicate weapons was clear. translation: initial findings indicate the weapons were iranian. we will continue our investigations, but our findings suggest this attack was not launched from yemen by houthi militias. it is now clear how the saudis and the us will respond. president trump said the us was locked and loaded to help his ally ta ke locked and loaded to help his ally take on iran. this behaviour is unacceptable. it is unacceptable and they must be held responsible. make no mistake