michelle fleury has more from washington.ronised upswing, 75% of the world rowing faster to a synchronised slowdown. —— growing faster. when you look at the many reasons, these are many fractures in the world economy that are holding growth back. you have pretty pessimistic numbers on how the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies is affecting the economy. by 2020 a loss of 0.8% of global gdp. this is the equivalent of $700 billion. what is most significant is that it is not the direct impacts of tariffs that are most harmful. most harmful is the loss of confidence. what is so is the loss of confidence. what is so clear is that everybody loses. we are expecting trade talks to resume. what advice do you have to you offer to these huge two trading partners? eye personally see criticality of recognising different countries have different grievances around trade —— i. we have to talk candidly about these grievances and then see how we can address them. if we fail to do so, then we are worse off. and that is not a

general david petraeus speaking earlier to michelle fleury., wildfires are driving people from their homes. a new blaze close to la has forced many to leave their homes, including arnold schwarzenegger and lebron james. firefighters are trying to protect the getty center, home to priceless works of art. the state's governor has declared a state of emergency. the bbc‘s sophie long has the latest. you will probably be able to see the fire burning behind me. we're quite high up here. but you can see the smoke coming up from the trees. there are flames down there. we've been down here for the past hour or so and have watched as helicopters and planes have been fighting this fire from the air, dropping the red retardant. just in the distance there, if you see the trees and the houses, and there's some thicker smoke. that is the 405 freeway behind there, and that is the only thing separating these flames from the mansions of bel air and the rest of the sprawling city of los angeles beyond. so people are very worried about the location of this fire.

i'm michelle fleury in washington, and christian fraser is in london.ocrats‘ impeachment inquiry took a significant leap forward on tuesday following testimony from the top us diplomat to ukraine. "damning" and "devastating" — just some of the words being used to describe william taylor's account of the trump administration's efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals. behind closed doors, ambassador taylor, who remember is still a serving diplomat, gave nine hours of testimony. his opening statement stretched to 15 pages. the ambassador said... referrring to an anticipated meeting between the ukranian president and donald trump at the white house... he said donald trump wanted president zelenskyy "in a public — that is, the investigation intojoe biden‘s son. onjuly 18, he went on... just before coming on air we were joined from capitol hill by democratic congresswomanjackie speier — who sits on the house intelligence committee and was at yesterday's hearing. thank you so much forjoining us. you were in the room when bil

he joined my colleague michelle fleury. michelle: what were your impressions and the allegations made -- to the amount to an impeachable offense? >> i cannot comment on the specifics of the testimony, but as you saw in the opening statement published yesterday, i thought it was very powerful evidence. he was very credible. i believe the evidence corroborated the whistleblower's complaints, but even mick mulvaney's statement the other day that military aid was conditioned on political investigations of the presidents to mystic rivals. michelle: what do you make of the press secrary saying that this is a smear campaign fall left -- far-left lawmakers and medical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the constitution? rep. krishnamoorthi: i think that is preposterous. the person we heard from yesterday, mr. taylor, is the chief of misor osion f ukrainian embassy. he is a 50-year career public servant, he graduated from west liry academy, he served in vietnam. he is a man of the highest honor and integrity, ando call him the thing

my colleague michelle fleury sat down with kristalina georgieva for her first interview in her new rolears ago you were much more upbeat on your forecast for the global economy. now the imf sounds more pleasant mistake. what happened in these two years is that we moved from a synchronised upswing, 75% of the world growing faster, do a synchronised slowdown, 90% of the world economy slowing. and when you look at the many reasons, these are fractures in the world economy that are holding growth the bark. and you have pretty pessimistic numbers on how the trade dispute between the world's how the trade dispute between the worlds to two largest economies are affecting world growth. we see by 2020, a loss of 0.8% of global gdp, this is the equivalent of $700 billion. and what is most significant is that it is not the direct impact of tariffs that are most harmful, most harmful is the loss of confidence. what is so clear is that everybody loses. we are expecting trade talks to resume, what advice do you have do offer to these huge two trading partners?” personally see criticality of recognisi

i'm michelle fleury in washington, and christian fraser is in london.re is a lot happening on brexit this evening, a lot of it unfolding while we are on air. deadlines have come and gone as borisjohnson continues to push for a brexit deal ahead of tomorrow's eu summit in brussels. but as we speak, despite positive noises on all sides, there are still issues to be resolved. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier is presenting proposals to the eu ambassadors tonight. we should get something from donald tusk the eu council president in the next hour. that may cast some light on where things stand and what the agenda will look like at tomorrow's summit. in his efforts to keep everyone on—side, boris johnson has been keeping various groups updated through the day. key among them the democratic unionist party of northern ireland, as well as members of the erg, that influential group of brexit supporting mps. contrary to news earlier this afternoon that the dup were on side and a deal was practically in the bag, arlene foster tweeted this afternoon that such

barack obam's national security advisor, saying millnsere killed in syria on earlr, my colleagues michelle fleury and christian fraser spoke to ambassador rice and asked if pulling troops out of syria undermines u.s. foreign policy. ms. rice: i think the consequences are almost incalculable in the first instance,e have taken our foot off the neck of isis. we see prisoners escaping, sleeper cells revactivated, we in the next instance, we have undermined our very important relationship with our kurdish partners who have taken the fight to isis, and senthe message not only to the kurds that we are prepared to sell them out, cede their ethnic homeland to thturks, but we have also sent a message tomi anybody wht be interested in allying with us around the world that our work can't be -- word can't be trusted, that we are not a const finally, we have rolled out the red carpet for vladimir putin, an, and assad to take ba territory they have not been able to seize, and given turkey the green light tothnically cleanse the northern part of it is absolutely disastrous. michelle: there has been lots of debat

laura: a brief time ago my colleague michelle fleury spoke to former cia director and retired u.s. army general david petraeus. michelle: what is the significance of the death of al-baghdadi? gen. petraeus: i think this is very significant. it is a huge achievement. bacbaghdadi was the leader who hadchvements that had never been seen by islamist extremists,a not even osn laden. hehestablished the first caliphate, controlled an area roughly the si of great britain, certainly the size of the state ofna ind. very large portion of northern iraq in northeastern syria. and also took the whole effort on social media and the internet to an entirely new level. so this -- the finality of his death literally puts a stake through the heart of many of the images that he tied project, not the least of which was this extraordinary achievement of the caliphate. all of that said, think every observer has noted that story shows us that the death of a leader of an extremist organization, even a hugely successful one like al-baghdadi or osama bin laden zarqawi or others, does not end the threat pod by

this is beyond one hundred days with me, michelle fleury in washington.y impossible" after a call between the pm and angela merkel. the german government says it's still prepared to reach an agreement to avoid a "no deal" us democrats accuse the trump administration of obstructing their impeachment inquiry, after an important witness was ordered not to give evidence. coming up in the next half hour. the nba is weighing up the economic cost of offending china — as the league tries to apologize to beijing, while also defending freedom of expression. and it's "holly" versus "lefty" — we'll explain this weighty showdown in alaska — the culmination of fat bear week. donald trump says he was elected to get out of endless wars and that's exactly what he's doing to by taking us forces out of northern syria. on sunday he shared the news with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan — and it has just been announced that he'll be hosting the turkish leader at the white house in november. on this side the british government is deeply unhappy — the issue was raised in t

hello and welcome, i am christian fraser in london, michelle fleury is in washington. in the run up to a general election, mps normally tell you they are ready and eager for the fight. there will be days spent polishing the stump speech, nervous calls to party hq for money and help, and weeks of door to door canvassing. but this year, there is a suprising number that have already announced they are turning their back on westminter, 57 by this afternoon, have declared they won't be running in this upcoming election. it's almost double the number who stood down at the last parliamentary election, and they come from across the political spectrum. 23 conservative mps have decided not to contest their seats again. 18 labour mps, 7 independents who were originally conservatives, including former home secretary amber rudd who today discovered she would not be invited back into the fold and so has decided it also includes 3 lib dems and 2 independents who were previously labour. one of those 57 mps is richard benyon, a conservative who yesterday had the party whip returned aft

hello and welcome — i'm michelle fleury in washington and christian fraser is in london.te which split, almost entirely along party lines, the house of representatives has endorsed the democratic—led impeachment inquiry into president trump. the resolution, which was passed a few hours ago, provides for open hearings and a written report on the case. it also entitles the president to legal counsel in the hearings which so far he has been denied. but it also sets the president and the house speaker on a collision path — the two most powerful politicians in washington —— whose careers could be on the line in this impeachment fight. speaking earlier nancy pelosi said today's vote was no cause for celebration. sadly, this is not any cause for any glee or comfort. i doubt anybody in this place or anybody that you know comes to congress to take the oath of office, comes to congress to impeach the president of the united states. republicans however, have stuck by the president and house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the impeachment inquiry unfair and undemocratic. democr

included congressman, chief of stafor and cia dire he spoke to my colleagues christian leager and michelle fleury. they asked him about whether the president is doubling down on the behavior that has sparked such controversy.mr panetta: i don't think there is any question at the president does not have a defense to the basic charge of asking a foreiger to charge investigate a political opponent, which is pretty clear. i thk what the presidents is basically flailing andy -- throwing out as much as he can create a diversion. he is going to now ask the chinese to investiga. he is going aftee whistleblower. i attacking adam schiff, the chairman of the intelligence committee. and he is coinuing basically to throw out as much as hean in order to divert the public's beinvestigated.e basic charge michelle: you talk ahis idea of diverting attention. how do you deal with a president who is essentially questiong intelligence commuorks,e attacking the very impeachment process, attacking the checks and balances that congress has in its authority? when you have these norms being undermined, how do you respond

my colleague michelle fleury sat down with kristalina georgieva for her first interview in her new role. michelle: two years ago you were much more upbeat on your forecast for the global economy. now the imf sounds more pessimistic. ms. georgieva: what happened in these two years is removed from a synchronized upswing, 75%rof the world growing faster, to a synchronized slowdown, 90% of the world economy ecowing. when you look at the many reasons, these are fractures in the world economy that are holding growth back. michelle: you have pretty pessimistic numbers on how the trade dispute between the world's two largest economies, u.s. and china, is affecting the global economy. ms. georgieva: what we're seeing is by 2020, loss of 0.8% global gdp. this is the equivalent of $700 llion. what is most signicant is that it is not the direct impact of tariffs that are most harmful. most harmful is the loss of confidence. what is so clear is that everybody loses. michelle: we are expecting trade tas to resume. what advice do you have to offer to these huge two trading partners? ms. georgieva: i p

with me, michelle fleury in washington, christian fraser is in westminster. government request to hold a "yes" or "no" vote on its brexit deal. president trump says kurds in northeastern syria are withdrawing intelligently a day before a ceasefire in the turkish offensive is due to end. coming up in the next half hour: canadians go to the polls to decide whether to give justin trudeau's liberal party a second term. it's going to be a close call. and prince william says he's concerned for harry and meghan after the couple acknowledged they were struggling in a revealing tv interview. let's bring you some breaking news now. we have got the uk foreign minister dominic raab issuing some statements related to the death of harry dunn, who was killed by the wife of an american diplomat. he says the government was warned by the us that the crash suspect was going to leave the crash suspect was going to leave the country. he added that, we continue to urge the us authorities and the suspect to cooperate with the investigation. he says he also believes current arrangem

hello and welcome — i'm christian fraser in london, michelle fleury is in washington.boris johnson's meeting with the irish premier leo varadkar this afternoon, both sides had been cautioning there was little prospect of any breakthrough in the brexit negotiations. but after three hours face to face in liverpool, the two leaders issued a joint statement, suggesting there might yet be a basis foran there might yet be a basis for an agreement. the two leaders agreed that after detailed and constructive discussion "a pathway toa discussion "a pathway to a possible brexit deal was still in sight". a short time ago the taoiseach gave his thoughts on the meeting. he said the talks had been very positive, and had focused on customs, on consent for the people in northern ireland, and the future relations between ireland and the uk. mrvaradkarsaid between ireland and the uk. mr varadkar said there was still time to achieve a deal before october 31st. i think sometimes at this point in negotiations or discussions, the less said the better but what i can say is that i had but wha

hello, i'm michelle fleury, christian fraser is in london.ost nights recently, there's two big stories on both sides of the atlantic. more on brexit in a moment, but first washington and the impeachment inquiry. it is just 10 days old yet new developments keep coming thick and fast. today, congress hears from its first impeachment witness. kurt volker was the special us envoy to ukraine until he resigned last week. he's not a household name, but is well known in foreign policy circles. now, he's a central figure in the inquiry. he is mentioned five times in the whistle—blowers complaint and he is testifying in private today before 3 congressional committees. the involvement of vice president mike pence is also becoming an issue. the washington post says that earlier this year pence was instructed to tell president zelensky that us aid was being withheld until there was more aggressive action on corruption. was that code for an investigation ofjoe biden? all of this comes after the president's "robust" performance at his press conference last

with me michelle fleury in washington, christian fraser is in london.ith the threat of impeachment over the ukraine allegations as congress prepares to hear further testimonies. coming up in the next half hour... in the past hour, foreign secretary dominic raab has spoken to mike pompeo about the case of harry dunn. he reiterated his disappointment with the us's decision and urged them to reconsider. and american businesswoman, jennifer accuri, remains tight—lipped over her relationship with borisjohnson, saying he had nothing to do with furthering her career. make no mistake — president trump is fighting back against calls for impeachment with full force and any republicans who questions his policies have been put on notice. after mitt romney called the president's appeals to ukraine and china for help on investigations intojoe biden wrong and appalling — mr trump unleashed, saying: mitt romney never knew how to win. he is a pompous expletive who has been fighting me from the beginning, except when he begged me for my endorsement for his senate run — i

i'm michelle fleury in washington, christian fraser is in london.johnson has written to the labour leaderjeremy corbyn setting out proposals for a general election on december 12th. in the letter he says he is extremely sceptical, that parliament's habit of voting to delay brexit will change and a further delay he says will do nothing other than waste more time. the prime minister says he will be putting forward an election motion for parliament to vote on, on monday. it would require a 2/3 majority to pass. mrjohnson says if labour votes in favour of the motion, the government will timetable the brexit legislation again providing time for scrutiny until the 6th november, when parliament would be dissolved. previously labour has said it would not back an election until the eu had given the uk a brexit extension. this is a party, jeremy corbyn and the labour party that have called repeatedly for a general election. they have called for an election to be delayed until there is ideal in brexit, until there is be delayed until there is ideal in brexit,

with me, michelle fleury, in washington, christian fraser is in london.he eu doesn't want the uk to stay beyond october 31st. we do think that our proposals are good and creative, but i accept also that there may be hard yards ahead. mike pompeo has accused a congressional committee of trying to intimidate, bully and treat his employees improperly with their subpeonas to question five state department officials. coming up in the next half hour... a new bipartisan report calls for the us to halt the withdrawal of troops from syria, contradicting the president's previous messages. and the runaway catering cart that causes chaos at one of the us' busiest airports. watch out. the brexit debate once again is centreing around the issue of the irish border. after brexit day, it will be the only land border between the uk and the eu. at the minute the border is invisible — after the troubles in northern ireland ended, customs check points between the two countries were abolished. brexit would mean northern ireland and the republic of ireland would both adhere to

hello and welcome — i'm michelle fleury in washington and christian fraser is in london.t is the norm these days, that major international announcements come on twitter. today was no different, the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan announced to the world that his country was going to war in northern syria to neutralise the kurdish threat. "our mission", he said, "is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border and to bring peace to the area". the kurdish—led syrian democratic forces or sdf had been braced for it for months, but they had been on heightened alert since the weekend when president trump decided to withdraw us troops. in the united states, there has been a furious reaction and from some of the president's closest allies. lindsey graham tweeted. . . pray for our kurdish allies who have been shamelessly abandoned by the trump administration. this move ensures the re—emergence of isis. with a lookback at today's events, here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. the beginnings of turkish bombardment. a series of large explo

he was speaking to the bbc‘s michelle fleury.usly literally puts a stake through the heart of many of the images that he tried to project, not the least of which again was this extraordinary achievement of the caliphate. all of that said, i think every observer has noted that history shows us that the death of a leader of an extremist organisation, even a hugely successful one like baghdadi or osama bin laden or zarqawi or others, does not end the threat posed by the organisation they led. up and down the state of california, wildfires are driving people from their homes. a new blaze close to la has forced many to leave their homes, including arnold schwarzenegger and lebron james. firefighters are trying to protect the getty center, home to priceless works of art. the state's governor has declared a state of emergency. the bbc‘s sophie long has the latest. you'll probably be able to see the fire burning behind me. we're quite high up here, but you can see the smoke coming up from the trees. there are flames down there. we've bee

vicki young, it is michelle fleury here. and the snp teaming up they can get their majority, how solid do you think that supporters?|j get their majority, how solid do you think that supporters? i think that isa think that supporters? i think that is a problem. these things have a lwa ys is a problem. these things have always been an issue. if you have opposition parties working together oi’ opposition parties working together or working with the government, clearly, many people feel unhappy about that. the problem is that those parties, the lib dems and as we have heard —— and as we have heard from the snp, they do not trust the prime minister and they wa nt to trust the prime minister and they want to make sure that that bill is watertight. but it means going through several stages in the houses of commons. it also has to go through the house of lords and there could be peers in the house of lords who would also do what they could to try and block a general election. so, it is not an easy path, not like the old days where

here she is with the bbc‘s michelle fleury explaining this pessimistic assessment. we move from a synchroniseowing faster, to a synchronise slowdown. 90% of the world economy slowing. and when you look at the many reasons, these are fractures in the world economy that are holding growth back. and you have pretty pessimistic numbers on how the trade disputes between the world's two largest economies, eat the us and china, is affecting the global economy. what we are seeing is by 2020, loss of 0.8% of global gdp. this is an equivalent of $700 billion. and what is most significant is that it is not the direct impact of tariffs that are most harmful, the most harmful is the loss of confidence. what is so clear is that everybody loses. we are expecting trade talks to resume. what advice do you have to offer to these huge two trading partners?” personally see criticality of recognising that different countries have different grievances around trade. and that we have to take —— talk candidly about these grievances, and see how we can address them. if we fail to do so, then we are worse off. and that

hello and welcome — i'm michelle fleury in washington, christian fraser is in london.johnson has delivered his long—awaited plans to the eu today in an attempt to secure a brexit deal. his proposals to replace the irish backstop are ambitious. the prime minister said both sides will need to consider whether there is sufficicent willingness to compromise and move beyond their existing positions. as things stand now, both britain and northern ireland are part of the customs union and the single market. the sticking point is that we need some customs controls checks to collect taxes on goods from outside the uk and eu. the british suggestion of checks away from the border — online and just a few physical inspections — is seen in brussels as being problematic. this keeps the uk in the single market for all goods, notjust food and agricultural products and that there will be checks on goods from there will be checks on goods from the british mainland to northern ireland, somewhere in the irish sea, could they live with that? there would be no further checks at the irish bor

i'm michelle fleury in washington. christian fraser is in london. the united nations says more than 100,000 people have been displaced asa 100,000 people have been displaced as a result of turkey‘s advance into northern syria. today, the turks we re northern syria. today, the turks were pushing deeper, a syrian government troops, newly allied to the kurds, began to deploy along the border. the syrian forces are backed by russia. turkey is a member of the nato alliance. ankara and moscow do have open channels of dialogue, but the risks don't really need explaining. meanwhile, the americans are bringing forward the withdrawal of their troops. around 1000 will be relocated to iraq orjordan. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is on the turkey— syria border. rolling into a hero's welcome. troops of the assad regime. they have been handed victory without firing a shot. arriving today in this town. look who's back. the kurds had to invite the regime in after washington left them alone to face a turkish invasion. and in this town, it is now in asad

hello and welcome, i am michelle fleu ry hello and welcome, i am michelle fleury in washington, christianser is in london. british and eu negotiators are said to be very close tonight delivering a brexit deal ahead of thursday's crunch european council summit. it is reported the uk side has given further assurances to brussels today on customs arrangements, which have advanced the talks, so there is still a lot of work to be done by tomorrow afternoon to get a draft text ready for the eu leaders. the issues are complex but time pressures a re issues are complex but time pressures are focusing minds on both sides. there is legislation here in the uk of course, known as the benn act, which requires the prime minister to have a deal ready to present to mps by saturday. without that deal, he would be required by law to request a further extension, but by all accounts the french would not block it. they are, though, said to be queasy at the thought of dealing with the house of commons instead of the government if boris johnson were to refuse. what do we know for certain? we know that michel ba