jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria. with me is emre temel from bbc turkish. offensive is now over? this seems to be the case because turkey post military operations called operation he bring following an agreement with united states street. this duration was supposed to tackle hundred and 20 hours. in this period expired almost six hours ago. and yesterday the turkish president and the russian president had a very important deal which ensured that turkish and russian forces will start being joined — make doing joint patrols in the area. this is important and joint patrols in the area. this is importantand a joint patrols in the area. this is important and a few hours ago turkish defence ministry released a statement saying that the united states from turkey that kurdish pkk, why pg forces, removed from the operation and there was no further operation and there was no further operation needed on the turkish side outside the current operation. what would you say turkey has got from the deal with russia 7 would you say turkey has got from the deal with russia? w

jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria.any says it may have developed the first drug to slow alzheimer's disease. biogen says it will soon ask us regulators for approval. current drugs only help with the symptoms of alzheimer's — so if given the go—ahead, it will be a major breakthrough in the treatment of the disease. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. this is an extraordinary turnaround for this drug which is called aducanumab. back in march, biogen suddenly without warning, halted clinical trials involving more than 3,000 patients worldwide, some of them in the uk, saying this drug does not work. well, now it's analysed more data and it's said for patients with early alzheimer's, on the higher doses, it does bring significant clinical benefits, slowing their cognitive decline and allowing them to preserve more of their memory, language skills and ability to do things like wash and dress themselves. we've got to be cautious because scientists haven't seen all of the data yet. but if it does work, it would be t

this is right in the middle of qamishli. people don't know exactly what happened.was an explosion, they said. and you can see, it must have been huge. see all the damage that's been done? qamishli was peaceful, but people are now afraid of two things-- they're afraid of the turks attacking, and they're afraid that there may be sleeper cells of the islamic state here in the town. the car bomb was most likely planted by fighters from i.s., daesh as they call it, who went underground when the caliphate was defeated earlier this year. now, kurdish forces are too busy fighting the turks to track and catch terrorists. >> ( translated ): we want europe to hear our voice. and trump, who abandoned us. we fought daesh side by side with his soldiers, and now he just pulls out his troops and left us alone. let trump hear us. >> reporter: they know they cannot defeat turkey alone. >> woodruff: that report from lindsey hilsum of independent television news. the pentagon announced today that it will send nearly 2,000 additional troops to saudi arabia to help protect against iran.

jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria.arked the past six months of protests in hong kong has agreed to return to taiwan voluntarily to face prosecution for murder. it's alleged chan tong—kai murdered his pregnant girlfriend during a holiday in taiwan last year. he fled back to hong kong, which does not have extradition arrangements with taiwan. a new draft extradition law was introduced to try to resolve the case, but that sparked protests against the possibility of hong kongers being extradited to mainland china. as he left prison, mr chan apologised to the people of hong kong. an american pharmaceutical company says it may have developed the first drug to slow alzheimer's disease. biogen says it will soon ask us regulators for approval. current drugs only help with the symptoms of alzheimer's, so if given the go ahead it will be a major breakthrough in the treatment of the disease. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. this is an extraordinary turnaround for this drug which is called aducanumab. back in march, b

jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in then president putin and turkey's president erdogan were held. we assume vladimir putin with an enhanced presence in northern syria, he must be a very happy man?|j enhanced presence in northern syria, he must be a very happy man? i think so, yes. it took him out president erdogan of turkey more than six hours to hammer out the steel but the paper they came up with in the end is one which turkey and russia are end is one which turkey and russia a re pretty end is one which turkey and russia are pretty pleased with —— this deal. what it boils down to it stopping turkey's military incursion going any further, and that has happened by freezing the status quo in the area turkey entered, the kurdish militias that turkey is so worried about for security reasons have been pushed back. either side of that, what will happen, russian and syrian government forces will step in and they will mount a joint patrols along the border on the zones either side of where turkey is now essentially in control of

just as we were leaving qamishli, there was another huge explosion.t was only a couple blocks from where we were. we've actually pulled back from there. but it just gives you an idea that you never know when the next explosion is going to happen. or who's behind . later, we learned it was actually an isis car bomb after the terror group claimed responsibility. kurdish forces suspended operations against isis this week in order to concentrate on the fight against turkey. and that may have given the terror group an opportunity to go on the attack. john. >> dickerson: charlie d'agata in northeast syria. the general motors strike is now in its 26th day, and with ggotiations going nowhere. management published its latest wefer on its website, appealing directly to workers. both sides are hurting. mom. will have lost more than $1 billion by sunday. workers, more than $600 million in wages. dean reynolds has more on what this is doing to the workers and their home towns. >> reporter: as the strike against general motors goes on longer than many thought possi

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jiyar gol, bbc news, qamishli, in northern syria. the headlines on bbc news...it deal, but they rejected the government's proposed timetable, halting its progress through the commons. the prime minister says he'll now put the legislation on hold, and it's up tot he eu to decide if they'll grant the uk an extension. a senior us diplomat tells donald trump's impeachment inquiry he'd been told the president did want to give aid to ukraine in return for dirt, on a democratic party rival. let's return to tonight's top story, brexit. let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake. all eyes are on the eu now? yes, because the request borisjohnson was forced to ask for to the brexit process up to the 31st of january has not yet had an answer and the president of the european council tonight has tweeted saying he is beginning the process of speaking to the remaining 27 eu member states and their leaders and coming to a view on whether to grant that extension, which he is going to recommend they do, and how long that extension will be. that matters because toni

us troops of health w with potatoes by a angry kurds in the border town of qamishli e estate witith droolurkey now set to send through refugees into the so called safe zone. end of the ceasefire choosing. in the store the brakakes if boris johnsons on the rocks again speak y

who have teed the intense shelling, roalenecked on the main road leading out of the border city of qamishliniroughout the day, and now into the night, there have been these try traffic jams, people trying to get out of the range of turkish weapons, air strikes, and artillery. the border is just a mile in that direction, and nobody here wants to risk another night. "we decided to leave now because we saw the situation gettingwoos " ere e,thusmo "kids are dying and nobody is doing anything about it." and where are you going to go? "we don't know," she said. ,"e left, but we don't know where we're going." 25-year-old medea ghanm blames the u.s. for putting her and her ngree young children in danger, and has a message for president trump. "why did you leave us alone?" she said. "we were your loyal allies, and you turned your back on us. you have given president erdogan a green light to attack civilians."rate riden here can do is get as far away as they can, and brace for the worst. kurdish forces here are no match for the might of the turkish military. they are outgunned and vastly outnumbered.

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sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today.apter in an old war. her uncle mohammed told the bbc there was no military base nearby. "the military base is this child," he said. but president erdogan is making no apologies for his offensive — far from it. as his party rallied around him, he threatened his critics with a flood of syrian refugees. translation: hey, european union. get a hold of yourself. look, i'm telling you again — if you described our operation as an invasion again, we'll take the easy road. we'll open the doors and send you 3.6 million refugees. his forces are now moving deeper into syrian territory. here, rebels backed by turkey occupy a border village, one of several they've captured. president erdogan is making military gains but diplomatic losses. and here are his targets — syrian kurdish forces he views as terrorists, desperately outgunned and up against nato's second—largest army. they led the battle against is. now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hit back today, causing terror and ca

back across the border, in syria, a car bomb in the city of qamishli. said it carried out the attack, which killed at least three civilians. this is just what many have feared and the kurds have predicted — is taking advantage of the chaos caused by turkey's invasion. and tonight, we found more convoys heading for the border, for an operation that has been widely condemned abroad, but is strongly supported at home. japan is bracing for one of the strongest storms to hit the country in decades. typhoon hagibis is expected to make landfall near tokyo later on saturday, lashing areas still recovering for another storm last month. heavy rain is also falling in the greater tokyo region, and tens of thousands of homes are without power. talk to our correspondence who is in tokyo, i can see obviously where you are it is raining pretty heavily but what we are expecting from this storm is so we are expecting from this storm is so much bigger, isn't it? that's right, this is a very, very big storm, they are reporting that this is the largest typhoon to strike the

back across the border, in syria, a car bomb in the city of qamishli. carried out the attack, which killed at least three civilians. this is just what many have feared and the kurds have predicted — is taking advantage of the chaos caused by turkey's invasion. and tonight, we found more convoys heading for the border, for an operation that has been widely condemned abroad, but is strongly supported at home. the former us ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, has told members of congress that she was dismissed over what she called unfounded and false claims by people with questionable motives. she said she was recalled in may due to what she described as fictitious reports circulated by allies of president donald trump who said she was disloyal to the president. her testimony comes as democrats in congress continued their efforts to learn more about the trump administration ties to ukraine. let's talk to the direct of the non—profit organisation, you raise a democracy initiative. thank you forjoining us on bbc world news. you have interviewed marie y

sara is one of many casualties in hospital in the kurdish town of qamishli today.chapter in an old war. her uncle mohammed told the bbc there was no military base nearby. the military base is this child, he said. but president erdogan is making no apologies for his offensive, far from it. making no apologies for his offensive, farfrom it. as his party rallied round him, he threatened his critics with a flood of syrian refugees. hey, european union, get a hold of yourself. look, i'm telling you again. if you describe our operation as an invasion again, we'll take the easy road. we'll open the doors and send you 3.6 million refugees. his forces are now moving deeper into syrian territory. here, rebels backed by turkey occupy a border village, one of several they have captured. president erdogan is making military gains but diplomatic losses. here are his targets, syrian kurdish forces he views as terrorists, desperately outgunned and up against nato's second largest army. bay led the battle against is, now washington has left them to their vote —— they lead the battl

and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead. orla guerrin.e has confirmed the wife of an american diplomat who left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal crash, does not have diplomatic immunity as she has left the country. 19—year—old harry dunn died when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by anne sacoolas outside raf croughton in northamptonshire in august. the 42—year—old has released a statement, saying she's been left "devastated" by the incident, and would like to meet the victims‘ parents. the ecuadorian president has ordered the capital quito and surrounding areas, to be placed under curfew and military control. it comes after 11 days of protests against the government. fresh clashes took place between the security forces and the indigenous protesters, who want austerity measures agreed with international creditors to be scrapped. demonstrators built barricades in the area around the congress building, as police fired tear gas. the biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years has made landfall, bringing powerful winds and torrentia

and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead.ld. but there is no help for them in their hour of need. and 0rla joins me now. we are seeing growing international unease over turkey's incursion, including from boris johnson? yes, the international criticism is really becoming a firestorm. there was a phone call tonight between the prime minister and the turkish leader, president erdogan, the prime minister expressed the uk's grave concern at the invasion, saying that it risked causing greater humanitarian problems just across the border into turkey behind me. but also undermining the progress made against islamic state. he said that while turkey was an important partner and nato ally, it was clear britain could not support the operation and he called on president erdogan to stop the invasion, pull out his troops and negotiate. a similar message coming from washington, which is threatening economic sanctions. france and germany have suspended arms exports and the arab league has called on the un to take action but within the last ha

sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today.the bbc there was no military base nearby. the military base is this child, he said. but president erdogan is making no apologies from his offensive stop far from it. as making no apologies from his offensive stop farfrom it. as his party rallied around him, he threatened his critics with a flood of syrian refugees. translation: hey, european union. get a hold of yourself. look, i'm telling you again. if you described our operation as an invasion again, we will take an easy road. we will open the doors and send you 3.6 million refugees. his forces are now moving deeper into syrian territory. here, rebels backed by turkey occupier border village, one of several they've captured. president erdogan is making military gains but diplomatic losses. and here are his targets. syrian kurdish forces he views as terrorists. desperately outgunned and up against nato's second—largest army. they led the battle against is. now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hear back today caus

and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today for four dead.d two civilians. syria's kurds say they have given their blood to fight is for the world. but there is no help for them in their hour of need. typhoon hagibis has brought record rainfall, flooding and high winds to parts of central and eastern japan. at least nine people have been killed and millions of others were advised to leave their homes. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is the hii river, near mount fuji. usually it is a clear mountain stream. today, it was turned into a raging, boiling torrent. across central japan, typhoon hagibis has dumped record amounts of rain. on the southern side of tokyo, the tama river is now close to bursting point. tens of thousands of people who live along its banks have been ordered to leave their homes. the big dangerfrom these sorts of events is water. water is the thing that can do real damage, both if this river burst its banks, if it causes landslides in the mountains or, of course, when it reaches the sea. as night fell over to

home to roughly two million cuts they wanna qamishli kobani and friend all in the north of the country. anand so kind is ld governing bodies it was set up in these areas and syriann flags were replaced with a ring. of the time the group opted to stay in the shadowsws need a fighghting no supporting assetes regime instead. they were trying to defend them expand the ring territory. the area of ypg influence continued to grow especially as the fighters during the us led coalition against the islamic state group. becoming the spearhead of the syrian democratic forces stf. stf influence widened to mom page and rucka. and by twenty seventeen the islamist militants were defeated in these cities. the biggest victory was in twenty fourteen in kobani which raised some concerns for the turkish authorities. ankara feared syrian kurds on the southern border went and continue to gain too much de facto autonomy. in the u. s. however the group had found a reliable partner the fact is now under question. since early august the us and touchy have been working together on a series of confidence building

and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead.d two civilians. syria's kurds say they have given their blood to fight is for the world. but there is no help for them in their hour of need. orla guerrin there. let's get some of the day's other news: the wife of an american diplomat who left the uk, despite being a suspect in a fatal crash, has been left "devastated" by the incident, says her lawyer. 19—year—old harry dunn died when his motorbike crashed into a car being driven from a us military base in england. the suspect, 42—year—old anne sacoolas, also said that she would like to meet the victims‘ parents. negotiators from the uk and eu are holding what's being described as "intense technical discussions" on getting a new brexit deal. about a dozen british officials, including lead adviser david frost, are taking part in the brussels talks. the meetings are expected to continue throughout the weekend, with the next 48 hours being seen as crucial. at least one person has died in a fast—moving wildfire, north of los angeles. the

back across the border, in syria, a car bomb in the city of qamishli.te said it carried out the attack, which killed at least three civilians. this is just what many have feared and the kurds have predicted — is taking advantage of the chaos caused by turkey's invasion. and tonight, we found more convoys heading for the border, for an operation that has been widely condemned abroad, but is strongly supported at home. the us treasury secretary has spoken of drafting powerful new sanctions against turkey. let's hear more from our north america editor, jon sopel, who explains what could be behind the conflicting messages coming from the white house. it's undoubtedly clear that donald trump's phone call with president erdogan last weekend paved the way with the invasion with the removal of american troops. since then, donald trump has been saying it's time to get american troops out of the middle east, out of these endless wars costing trillions of dollars. what happens today? an announcement that an extra 1,800 us servicemen are being sent to saudi arabia.

us troops of health w with potatoes by a angry kurds in the border town of qamishli e estate witith drool. turkey now set to send through refugees into the so called safe zone. end of the ceasefire choosing. in the store the brakakes if boris johnsons on the rocks again speak your rules that will not be another vote on the deal the week. deal no deal for a new referendum full options up in the apple belonged . thank you very much for being with us protests that continued in lebanon was schools banks and shops have been closed for the past five days people angry over endemic corruption. and the demanding a change to the political system which has been down on sectarian ground since the end of the civil war the promises soccer really has forced through emergency economic reforms. including harvey ministers wages sweeping privatization of telecommunications and pulled up the other tricity market. i can't even your voice is being heard he must love me early elections or something you will then i saw her. last name. my combat. the men's promise aside her review that let's bring in our correspo

we are having to rely on the journalist's reports of what's happening in the region and he is in qamishlithere. that's a town in north—eastern syria? north—eastern syria, yeah. there are two prisons there and really we are just having to look at what's happening and things are changing minute by minute in the region, as to what is likely to happen to him and the other prisoners he is being held with. happen to him and the other prisoners he is being held withm there any avenue you can get information through about jack? there any avenue you can get information through aboutjack? can you contact, for example, british government officials or canadian government officials or canadian government officials, becausejohn, you are a canadian citizen and jack has dual citizenship, or at least he did until the british citizenship was revoked? we get a little bit of consular access in syria and we know nothing. that is all they say, same with the british side, no one informs us of anything. the only thing we can rely on is social media orjournalists on the ground. there are reports he has been taken

and in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead.and two civilians. syria's kurds say they have given their blood to fight is for the world. but there is no help for them in their hour of need. 0rla guerrin. let's get some of the day's other news. typhoon hagibis has brought record rainfall, flooding and high winds to parts of central and eastern japan. at least seven people have been killed according to nhk. several sporting events have been disrupted, but in the last few minutes it's been announced that the rugby world cup match betweenjapan and scotland will go ahead. a us diplomat‘s wife who left the uk, despite being a suspect in a fatal crash, has said she would like to meet the parents of the british teenager who died. harry dunn was killed when his motorbike collided with a car being driven from a us military base in august. a british government source says the uk is still a long way from agreeing a final brexit deal with brussels — and talks in the coming days remain critical. intense technical discussions with the eu have b

local media reports say at this hosting qamishli. eleven year old boy towing and his sister lost a leg. roads out to syria have been pacacked in at one point te border i into a raucousus close. hello when we came there about four lanes of calls in the rose out of one column is a long queue of cars as well. we arrived at the democratic union party check points and possible searches and people were getting hours without searches as well e each heading to a different destination like a a good. turkey aims to o carve o t a so called safe zone in northern syria. a slice of land reaching some thirty kilometers from its own border where it plans to house syrian refugees displaced by islamic state group. if it succeeds it will only do so having displaced. thousands more syrians fleeing in the other direction. the analysis bring in that come out of alarm. was a militia analyst and fellow of syria fast at the institute the state craft. thank you very m much for joinig us here on fronts. twenty four i'm gonna stop ask you it owed once position

is says it was responsible for this car bomb attack in the town of qamishli.key's president erdogan that captured extremists can't be allowed to escape or regroup amid the chaos, and the us is threatening severe sanctions against turkey if it crosses a line in its actions. but some civilians have already been killed. we have a very good relationship with turkey. they're a nato partner. we do a lot of trade with turkey. but we don't want them killing a lot of people. it's clear turkey is not deterred. it's committing more and more to this fight, leaving syria further scarred. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. martin patience is following all the developments and joins us live from the turkey—syria border. what is the latest on the ground? the latest we are getting is from the turkish defence ministry, and they say they have retaken a town from kurdish control. that town is one of the key targets 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 yo

who have fled the intense shelling bottlenecked on the main road leading out of the border city of qamishli. throughout the day and now into the night, there have been these huge traffic jams, people trying to get out of the range of turkish weapons, air strikes, and artillery. the border is just a mile in that direction, and nobody here wants to risk another night. "we decided to leave now because we saw the situation getting worse," one mother told us. "kids are dying and nobody is doing anything about it." >> reporter: and where are you going to go? "we don't know, she said. we left, but we don't know where we're going." 25-year-old medea ghanm blames the u.s. for putting her and her three young children in danger and has a message for president trump. "why did you leave us alone," she said. "we were your loyal allies and you turn your back on us. you have given president erdogan a green light to attack civilians." now all desperate residents here can do is get as far away as they can and brace for the worst. kurdish forces here are no match for the might of the turkish military. they ar

supply and escape routes, the syrian regime moves swiftly to take over the key cities of kabani, qamishlihasakah. just to give you an idea how quickly things are moving here, the syrian regime is about to retake the border crossing between syria and iraq. we're trying to get to the crossing as soon as we can. the last thing we want to do is get stuck here. that wasn't the only threat. turkish forces say they found a prison used to hold isis fighters deserted. hundreds of isis family members and supporters had escaped from a detention camp, and kurdish forces told cbs news they were struggling to contain 11,000 isis detainees. before we cross back over into iraq today, we witnessed a dramatically different country since the u.s. pullout. we not only had to avoid syrian regime forces, but turkish air strikes and militias, and even isis sleeper cells that had set off car bombs over the weekend. >>> the pentagon is scrambling to get u.s. troops and military equipment out of the war zone. david martin has that part of the story. >> with turkish forces moving south and syrian back forces moves

carry care and the small cemetery up against the syrian border in the shadow of the syrian city of qamishli. they were members of turkey's ethnic kurdish minority, a minority with a four-man to pass a painful and the uncertain. a can of the question that. the turks fire and the other side for tell when that happened who does a hit it hits us was effect on tells us we just collect are and buried he said goodbye to his cousin who was a father of 4 and this is one of his kids. >>a 4 year-old but he has a newborn as well. he describes his cousin as a happy man whose only problem was that he was kurdish many of those here also have relatives on the other side. families on both sides of this border are caught in the cross hairs of an offensive whose consequences are unknown the cemetery clears out quickly even in their sorrow people are free gathering in large groups lest more rounds fall again. for turkey, the ypg the kurdish led fighting force in syria, poses an existential threat on current is determined to distort no matter the cost. the ypg is an offshoot of the pkk which has been designated

in the kurdish-held town of qamishli, on the turkish border, residents hurled potatoes. follow the president's orders and drive away, america's troops are leaving behind men they fought side by side with against isis. this weekend, u.s. defense seetary mark esper said mo of the 1,000 troops leaving northeast syria are headed to iraq to press the fight against remnants of isis. it came despite a tweet from president trump saying he was "bringing soldiers home!" today, he added some u.s. forces will stay in syria to protect kurdish-held oil fields from isis, and to fight isis. in kabul, afsaanistan, esper the move would be deliberate: >> this withdrawal will take weeks, not days, until that time our forces will remain in the towns that are located near the oil fiel. >> reporter:ut we witnessed a withdrawal that appears to be well on its way. arriving across the border in iraq, a massive column of u.s. icecial forces, on their way to a new base, amer flags flying, as iraq's kurds watched from the street. in washington today, president trump modified his earlier explanation

is says it was responsible for this car bomb attack in the town of qamishli.d turkey's president erdogan that captured extremists can't be allowed to escape or regroup amid the chaos, and the us is threatening to veer sanctions against turkey if it crosses a line in its actions. but some civilians have already been killed. we have a very good relationship with turkey. they're a nato partner. we do a lot of trade with turkey. but we don't want them killing a lot of people. it's clear turkey is not deterred. it's committing more and more to this fight, leaving syria further scarred. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. no man or woman has ever run a marathon in under two hours before, but could that be about to change? eliud kipchoge missed out by 26 seconds when he tried to break the barrier last year, but he's vying for a place in history again this morning. 0ur reporter ade adedoyin is vienna, where he's about to set off. good morning to you, ade. give us a sense of how this will play out. good morning to you, ade. give us a sense of how this will play outm i

is says it was responsible for this car bomb attack in the town of qamishli.s told turkey's president erdogan that captured extremists can't be allowed to escape or regroup amid the chaos, and the us is threatening severe sanctions against turkey if it crosses a line in its actions. but some civilians have already been killed. we have a very good relationship with turkey. they're a nato partner. we do a lot of trade with turkey. but we don't want them killing a lot of people. it's clear turkey is not deterred. it's committing more and more to this fight, leaving syria further scarred. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. at least one person has died and tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires rage around southern california. hundreds of firefighters have been battling to control the blazes, which broke out around los angeles earlier this week. the fires are being fuelled by winds of up to 60mph. authorities have opened shelters for residents who have been forced to abandon their homes. a man arrested on suspicion of stabbing shopper

is says it was responsible for this car bomb attack in the town of qamishli.ion has told turkey's president erdogan that captured extremists can't be allowed to escape or regroup amid the chaos, and the us is threatening to veer sanctions against turkey if it crosses a line in its actions. but some civilians have already been killed. we have a very good relationship with turkey. they're a nato partner. we do a lot of trade with turkey. but we don't want them killing a lot of people. it's clear turkey is not deterred. it's committing more and more to this fight, leaving syria further scarred. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. at least one person has died and tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires rage around southern california. hundreds of firefighters have been battling to control the blazes, which broke out around los angeles earlier this week. the fires are being fuelled by winds of up to 60—miles—per—hour. authorities have opened shelters for residents who have been forced to abandon their homes. the hollywood actress jane f

in the town of qamishli, the casualties kept on coming.ictims ofa doctors tending victims of a new chapter in an old war. president erdogan is making no apologies — far from president erdogan is making no apologies — farfrom it. as his party rallied round him, he threatened his critics with a flood of syrian refugees. translation: hey, european union, get a translation: hey, european union, geta hold translation: hey, european union, get a hold of yourself. look, i'm telling you again, if you describe our operation as an invasion again, we'll take the easy road, we'll take the easy road, we'll open the doors and send you 3.6 million refugees. and here are his targets, syrian kurdish forces he views as terrorists, desperately outgunned and up against nato's second largest army. they led the battle against is, now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hit back today, causing terror and casualties, as we were a block away. tu rkey‘s as we were a block away. turkey's offensive across the border in syria is now hitting home. thi

this is the scene live from qamishli on the syria turkey border.dent travel agents — hays travel — has said it will save thousands ofjobs at thomas cook after a deal to buy all of the company‘s uk shops. two people have been killed during a shooting outside a synagogue in the eastern german city of halle. police have arrested one person sport now on afternoon live with jane. a good morning for both scotland and wales injapan at the rugby world cup. certainly has been. wales twice came from behind to beat fiji and join england in the rugby world cup quarter finals, but scotland still have more to do, despite running in nine tries against russia to get a bonus point victory. in a moment, we‘ll hear from our correspondant andy swiss wales twice came from behind to beat fiji and join england wales always knew that fiji could be dangerous opponents and they were given a scare in front of a raucous crowd. wales had ten days to prepare for this game against fiji. joshua was more like a runaway train when he scored fiji‘s first try. fiji we re he scored fi

in the town of qamishli, the casualties kept on coming.ictims of a new chapter in an old war. president erdogan is making no apologies — far from it. as his party rallied round him, he threatened his critics with a flood of syrian refugees. translation: hey, european union, get a hold of yourself. look, i'm telling you again, if you describe our operation as an invasion again, we'll take the easy road, we'll open the doors and send you 3.6 million refugees. and here are his targets, syrian kurdish forces he views as terrorists, desperately outgunned and up against nato's second largest army. they led the battle against is, now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hit back today, causing terror and casualties, as we were a block away. turkey's offensive across the border in syria is now hitting home. this amateur video appears to show some of the casualties today. child screams. officials here in akcakale say three people are confirmed dead, and two of them were children. well, we were expecting a response from the turkish