i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. the headlines: the frantic search for a last—minute brexit deal — negotiators are still hard at work on the eve of the brussels summit. and democrats and republicans in the us house of representatives vote overwhelmingly to condemn president trump's decision to pull american forces from syria. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: hours after chaotic scenes in the hong kong parliament, the leader of a pro—democracy group is in hospital after being attacked. from pornography to politicians and even the general public — how deepfakes are becoming more prevalent and harmful. voiceover: live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello, it's seven in the morning in singapore, midnight here in london and 1am in brussels, where negotiators appear to be close to a dealfor britain to leave the european union. now, isay "appear", because — despite the optimism — nothing is certain. an agreement could be finalised at the eu summit in brusse

i'm lewis vaughanjones, in london. also in the programme: britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, announces a new brexit plan. the eu's response so far? lu kewarm at best. a deadly outbreak of dengue fever in the philippines claims a thousand lives — we report from the worst affected area. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1:00 in the morning in london, and 8pm in washington, where the row over the democrats‘ impeachment inquiry for donald trump has reached a new level. in effect, the president has doubled down, by calling openly notjust for ukraine to investigate the democratic presidential candidate joe biden, but for china to do so as well. the democrats are describing it as repugnant, and a fundamental breach of the oath of office. but mr trump sees it differently. take a listen... china should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with, uh, with ukraine so i

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.lso in the programme: the pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires, comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. and prepare to be inspired — we'll meet the 75—year—old who's probably stronger than you. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's midnight in london and 7 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. the new law forbids people from wearing masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations — with a possible one year prison sentence. our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong. loud bangs. at what point does a protest movement become a rebellion? today in hong kong, it felt close to that edge. it is now

i'm lewis vaughanjones, in london. also in the programme: vigils in hong kong, amid mounting violence. protestors pay tribute to those injured in clashes with police. and sun, sea — but few signs of tourists. sri lanka struggles to shrug off the impact of the easter sunday attacks. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore, 1 o'clock in the morning in london, and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where there's been a dramatic escalation in the war of words between president trump and his democratic party opponents, on the question of impeachment. the president has given a series of irate news conferences. in one, he accused the leading democrat adam shiff, in one, he accused the leading democrat adam schiff, who's chairman of the house intelligence committee, of being a "low life" who'd committed treason. in another, he said democrat presidential hopefuljoe biden and his son were "stone cold crooked". more now from my colleague in washington laura treve

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. quite a narrow street for a train. u play video games? no. iam this lewis, do you play video games? no. i am going to leave this one for you. imagine making a career out of video games. it is possible. we'll take a look at the young indians cashing in and turning pro. i will certainly stay tuned for that one. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures as nasa reveal the new spacesuits that astronauts will wear as part of their artemis programme which aims to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 202a. the fetching numbers are in the colours of the us flag and they are deisgned to provide extra comfort and mobility — which is pretty crucial in space i don't know who designed them. interstellar mccartney... another bad pun, iapologise. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. we have some fine weather heading our way. wednesday is expected to be a sunny and fresh day with clean air coming off the atlantic. in the short term we have the overnight rain so early in the morning would be

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.o in the programme: a new tactic from hong kong's hardcore pro—democracy protestors — attacking pro—beijing targets while dodging the police. and we'll meet the drivers lighting up the roads in australia, as they race in solar—powered cars. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in northern syria, where the united states is to withdraw all its remaining troops, as turkey's offensive against the kurds intensifies. the us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia — and america could not be caught between two opposing armies. the us withdrawal comes as syrian government troops are said to be heading towards the turkish border — where turkey is trying to create a so—called ‘safe zone'. meanwhile, hundreds of people — some said to be the families of islamic state group fighters — have escaped from a camp that was guarded by the kurds. aleem maqbool sent this repor

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: a difficult moment for hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, as she gives her annual policy address, with protests rocking the territory. oh, my god! and tourists at this hanoi hotspot have their plans derailed 00:01:02,089 --> 2147483051:37:15,759 as authorities cut back 2147483051:37:15,759 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 access to train street. good morning. it is 8:00am here in singapore, 1:00am in london and 3:00am in syria, where turkey is continuing its military offensive in the north. it is aiming to defeat kurdish forces, whom turkey regards as terrorists, and to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle millions of syrian refugees presently in turkey. the conflict erupted after the us withdrew its troops from the region. they had been supporting syrian kurds in the area. president trump's action has been widely condemned for altering the balance of power in the region. later on wednesday, vice president mike pence will travel to turkey for talks. our no

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: huge protests and violent clashes in spain after the supreme court jails nine separatists over catalonia's failed bid for independence. and fans mourn the loss of one of k—pop‘s biggest stars, sulli, found dead in her home, just 25 years old. good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 2:00am in syria, where the civil war could be entering a new and dangerous phase. syrian government forces are on the move to help kurdish fighters under attack from turkey. it comes after us troops were withdrawn, and the kurds have now turned to syria's president assad for help. the bbc‘s international correspondent 0rla guerin reports from akcakale on the turkey—syria border. rolling in to a heroes‘ welcome — troops of the assad regime, handed a victory without firing a shot, arriving today in the strategic town of ain issa. look who's back. the kurds say they had to do a deal with the regime after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. the

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i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme.reme court jails nine separatists over catalonia's failed bid for independence. and fans mourn the loss of one of k—pop's biggest stars —

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us.rns the uk should not expect special treatment from america. and before we go, take a look at this picture. actressjennifer aniston now has a lot more friends, after her first post on her new instagram account attracted 5 million followers in just 12 hours. the photo, a reunion selfie of her with her friends co—stars, has likely earned aniston a new world record for the fastest instagram account to reach 1 million followers, but this has yet to be verified. the record is currently held by the duke and duchess of sussex. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello, good morning. wednesday started on a dull and damp note for many parts of the country. once that rain cleared away, though, we did see some sunshine. a chance to dry off, though. although a lot of the ground is still saturated, and there are a couple of flood warnings still out there. but following the sunshine, the clearer skies have meant it's turned quite chilly, particularly for the eastern side of the uk. where w

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iam i am lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. goodbye.lot of surface water on roads this morning. greatest concerns were essential and southern scotland, northern and eastern england. with the ground saturated, the flooding issue could be a little bit worse. be prepared for some travel disruption. this is the culprit weather front which has been disruption. this is the culprit weatherfront which has been putting eastwards overnight. ahead of it, some stronger winds developing in its wake, but a lot more dry, clearer weather to the south and west later on. let's focus on the rain band for the moment. it's going to be across much of scotland. heaviest and most assistant across central and eastern areas where there will be a gusty wind. maybe turning my salary towards western scotland. wet weather to these of the pennines, too. and the heaviest, most persistent rain towards east anglia and lincolnshire. some ease for the midlands and middle east, that may return later on. west a blustery day, a few showers drifting through north—west england

lam i am lewis vaughanjones. our top story: a brexit deal hangs in the balance with negotiators are still hard at work in brussels. a finalised brexit deal has still to be secured, but officials are said to have agreed the basis of a new arrangement. eu leaders are holding a summit on thursday. a letter from donald trump warning turkey's president erdogan "not to be a tough guy" emerges, as the us house of representatives votes overwhelmingly to condemn mr trump's decision to withdraw american forces from syria. and this story is doing well on bbc.com. actressjennifer aniston has taken instagram by storm — attracting a massive 5 million followers in just 12 hours with her first—ever instagram post — a reunion selfie with her ‘friends‘ co—stars. that's it. stay with bbc world news. no—one bbc news, stephen sackur has hardtalk. -- no—one bbc news, stephen sackur has hardtalk. —— now on. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. what makes a whistleblower? what prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law, in o

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i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. supreme court jails nine separatists over catalonia's failed bid for independence. and fans mourn the loss of one of k—pop's biggest stars,

i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello.t couple of days. cornwall, the channel islands and devon. this was the scene sent in from one of our weather watchers from paignton yesterday. fairly solid, grey cloud and outbreaks of rain on and off throughout the day. still wet weather around here at the moment but the low pressure responsible is going to be pulling away to the south of the uk as the day pans out, so we'll see things becoming drier, not necessarily brighter, and then we await our next weather system, this time coming from the atlantic, that will bring rain to all areas for friday. today, though, a lot of dry weather to be had. the best of the sunshine to the north and east. the rain clearing from the south—west. quite a bit of hanging back, though, in southern england and wales and the midlands and the cloud thickening in the west later in the day as that next system approaches. another breezy day, particularly around western coasts. temperatures — well, we could get up to 1a in plymouth with a bit of brightness an

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london.ard at work on the eve of the brussels summit. and democrats and republicans in the us house of representatives vote overwhelmingly to condemn president trump's decision to pull american forces from syria. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: hours after chaotic scenes in the hong kong parliament, the leader of a pro—democracy group is in hospital after being attacked. from pornography to politicians and even the general public — how deepfakes are becoming more prevalent and harmful.

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i am lewis vaughanjones and also this our... as a protest in barcelona continue for a sixth day, cata la n barcelona continue for a sixth day, catalan separatist demand independence talks with spain. and the first semifinal is set at the rugby world cup injapan, it is new zealand versus england after both teams have convincing wins. a very warm welcome to westminster where borisjohnson has vowed to press on undaunted with his brexit strategy after being defeated in the house of commons this afternoon. mps voted for another brexit delay which requires the british prime minister to write to the european union requesting an extension to brexit. in the last few minutes the bbc has been told that mrjohnson will write not one but two letters. the first isa not one but two letters. the first is a letter requesting that delay, as he is required to do by law. that one will go to the european council president donald tusk but we are also told he will not sign the letter. and there will be a second letter. and there will be a second letter