Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Here is our north america correspondent peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is increasingly impatient over a lack of progress over the last two years. He has a lwa ys over the last two years. He has always made it well known, as he puts it, that he prefers to end these endless wars. And this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out than putting troops in or living with the status quo. I think the key is in terms of this phrase, he would like forces to come out before the next election. I think that is significant, that that is what donald trump has focused in on, because it has been a long time promise of his. It is shorter when him promise of his. It is shorter when hi m votes promise of his. It is shorter when him votes or solidify votes on face, if come next november people are going to the polls to decide whether he gets a second term nac that us forces are beginning to come out of afghanistan. It could only be seen asa afghanistan. It could only be seen as a positive for the president , or indeed, as mr pompeo put, it isjob enhancing. Yes, very complicated. The more negotiations taking place this week with us envoys, these are very delicate negotiations. So the timing of this is interesting. Much to discuss, and of course, it could be seen as a potential weakness if the us is, if you like, showing its hand by indicating it wants to pull troops out of afghanistan by the end of next year. Perhaps this could open the door to the taliban to reach an agreement with that knowledge that perhaps they will have things a little bit easier in the future. So delicate times all around. Lets get some of the days other news a Pakistani Military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built up area in the city of rawalpindi, killing all five crew members and 12 civilians, according to a statement from the armys communications wing. Rawalpindi is in pakistans punjab province, adjacent to the capital city, islamabad. Officials said another 12 civilians were injured in the crash, which set off a fire in the city. Rescue teams extinguished the fire on arrival at the scene. Four children and one adult have been shot dead in protests in sudan. The main Opposition Coalition says Security Forces fired on a student protest against a shortage of fuel and food. Protest leaders and the Ruling Military Council are to hold another round of talks on tuesday about forming a power sharing transitional government. Police in frankfurt have arrested a man suspected of pushing a mother and her son in front of a high speed train. The eight year old boy was killed. The mother is in hospital. Passengers ran after the suspect and helped to arrest him. Reports from brazil suggest police have decided to drop rape allegations against the footballer neymar. He was accused of the attack on the woman in a paris hotel last month and was questioned by police in sao paulo for more than five hours. He has always denied the allegations. At least 52 prisoners have been killed in fighting between rival gangs in a jail in northern brazil. Reports say 16 people were decapitated. Many others were asphyxiated by smoke when the building was set alight. The deadly riot at altamira prison in the state of para is the latest unrest in latin americas notoriously overcrowded jails. Here is our reporterjulia carneiro. So this riot lasted around five hours, and it started in the early hours of the morning, when breakfast was happening in the prison. Prisoners managed to invade an area where inmates from a rival criminal faction were detained. They held two prison wardens hostage and the riot started. They decapitated these 16 prisoners and they set fire to whatever they could find. The smoke from this fire asphyxiated the other ones, who were locked inside, to death. So it is a very shocking case. Were having response now from the government. There was a meeting held just now between the minister ofjustice, sergio moro, and other local authorities, and they decided to transfer ten inmates that were carrying out these attacks to maximum Security Prisons in other states of brazil, where theyre kept isolated. Now, its important to understand that in prisons in brazil you have criminal factions that still manage to exert control and give out orders. So when theyre transferred to maximum security units, thats an attempt to shut them down and to make them quiet, as would be expected for them of them in prison. The police chief of the californian town of gilroy has said the Speedy Reaction of officers prevented greater bloodshed at a Food Festival on sunday. Three people including two children were shot dead by a gunman. He was also killed. The bbcs dave lee is in gilroy, california. Whats going on . as the shots rang out, there was at first confusion, and then panic, and then eventually disbelief. Theyre shooting for most of the weekend, this was the scene of a happy, popular Food Festival, with 80,000 people in attendance. But by sunday evening, it had turned into the latest american mass shooting, the 246th in this country, in this year alone. Pop, pop, pop, pop, and wejust went behind some tents and took cover. And we knew right away when we saw a lot of people just running away from there. We thought it was a firecracker. And then, when i looked to the side, we knew it wasnt. We both turned at the same exact time and saw him standing right there. He was within, what, ten feet of us . Yeah, he shot one shot. He was just going back and forth. And then he put the clip in, and he just started moving back and forth, walking towards our tent because thats where most of the people were in that area, and he just started shooting. Police said they took less than a minute to shoot dead the man once he opened fire, but even with that rapid response, the gunman was able to cause carnage with what police described as an ak 47 like rifle. There absolutely would have been more bloodshed, i believe. With the number of people, in the small area that they were in, i think its very, very fortunate that they were able to engage him as quickly as they did. Six year old Stephen Romero is the first victim to be identified. He had been visiting with his mother and grandmother, who were both wounded. Also among the dead, a man in his 20s and a girl aged 13. Police confirmed the killer to be santino legan, a 19 year old man who was able to evade security by cutting through the perimeter fence. He was also able to avoid californias gun laws, the most strict in the country, by simply travelling to the state of nevada to buy the weapon legally. Dave lee, bbc news, in gilroy, california. Russias most prominent opposition activist, a severe critic of vladimir putin, is recovering from what his doctor says may be a deliberate poisoning. Alexei navalny was sent to jail for 30 days last week, because he called for street protests against a ban on opposition candidates running in local elections. Injail he fell ill an allergic reaction, according to authorities. His call for protests saw thousands take to the streets at the weekend, leading to hundreds of arrests. Sarah rainsford reports from moscow. Led out of the hospital and back to his cell, these are the first images of Alexei Navalny after he fell ill suddenly in police custody. His own doctor films as the opposition activist is discharged, against her wishes. Mr navalny has long been Vladimir Putins sharpest critic. Now, he suspects he may have been poisoned. He was in custody because of this a mass rally in moscow on saturday over a local election that protesters believe is being rigged. Many were battered as riot police swooped. Well over 1,000 were arrested. Alexei navalny was detained before it even began, though, locked up for a month for calling people to the protest. They came anyway. The next morning, mr navalny was rushed to hospital, his skin stinging, he says, eyelids swelling to the size of ping pong balls. Doctors diagnosed an allergic reaction, but his own Political Team dont buy that. Translation he really was poisoned by some unidentified chemical substance. What it was and where it was, nobody can tell. It has not been determined at the moment. The activist was serving his sentence here. He says he has no allergies, but he hasnt ruled out an innocent medical explanation. Mr navalnys team, though, do have reason to worry. Two years ago, he was attacked twice with dye. The second time, he almost lost the sight in one eye. So, after this latest incident, his doctor has collected tissue samples to be sent for independent analysis. Alexei navalny has now been returned to this detention centre, the mystery over whatever caused his sudden illness still unresolved. But, while his medical team and supporters push for answers, russias most prominent opposition figure is now back where hes spent so much time in recent years behind bars. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come take a look at these hot wheels. We meet the fast and furious motoring rebels of japan. Cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. The last foot patrol in south armagh. Once an everyday part of the soldiers lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. If one is on ones own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i dont really see why people should wander in and say, youre doing something wrong. Six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. Theyre lovely, yeah. Really sweet. Yeah, they were cute. This is bbc news. Our main story this hour a day after the start of afg hanistans president ial election campaign, the Trump Administration says it intends to begin withdrawing american troops from the country by the end of next year. More now on the plans to begin withdrawing us troops from afghanistan by the end of next year. Dr sethjones is a Counter Insurgency expert specialising in afghanistan, and he told us what that is likely to mean. Well, two things. One is i think it does indicate an interest by the us president to downsize the number of forces. However, i would just caution people in noting that, just as we saw with the president any president ial announcement with the removal of us forces in the area, this one is likely to be contested by officials in the Us Department of defence and the intelligence community, who are not going to want to completely walk away and withdraw all forces. Do you think it is largely aimed at a domestic audience, and specifically 2020 voters in the us . Well, i do think it reflects the views of President Trump. I mean, he has said repeatedly, both privately and publicly over the last several years, that he does not understand why us forces have to be there. But i do think the timing here, highlighting 2020, before the elections, indicates that it is partly a political issue. Surely a major pull down of American Forces would be a gift to the taliban, wouldnt it . Well, look, i think at this point its highly unlikely there are going to be successful peace negotiations in which the taliban decides not to continue to fight, so i think any major withdrawal of us forces will be a gift to the taliban. Theyre going to try to take that opportunity and increase their control of territory. So do you think, one way or another, either in the long term or the medium term, afghanistan is lost once again to the taliban . Well, i think whats likely to happen is taliban control is going to increase. Whether its entirely lost will be subject in part of how many us forces stay, and whether anyone else decides to increase support to Northern Alliance and other forces battling the taliban. Still 111,000 american troops there. Is there something the us could be doing differently here, that would be effective . Well, i mean, ithink one of the things that has been consistent from 2001 is that the talibans sanctuaries and Leadership Structure and its three major regional or committees, are all based in pakistan. The us has failed year after year, as with other allies, to severely weaken the sanctuary in pakistan. That is one thing that potentially it could do. But i think, as we saw with the president s recent discussions with imran khan in washington, that is not likely to happen. So one way or another, as you read it, the message isjust get out at any cost. Yes, i think thats where the president is going right now, obviously. If trump loses the 2020 election, that may reopen the possibility of what Us Force Posture would look like. Borisjohnson has claimed he will, as he put it, hold out the hand and go the extra 1,000 miles to strike a new brexit deal. Visiting scotland, the Prime Minister said the existing Withdrawal Agreement negotiated with european leaders was dead and had got to go. After their meeting, scotlands first minister accused him of pursuing a dangerous path to a no deal brexit. Sarah smith reports. Jeering for borisjohnson, coming here to the Scottish First ministers official residence in edinburghjust days after becoming Prime Minister is a carefully choreographed piece of diplomacy that was not universally popular. But borisjohnson meeting Nicola Sturgeon face to face will not help them see eye to eye over brexit. Not even close. Visiting a Vanguard Class Nuclear submarine on the clyde, borisjohnson wants the eu to know he is ready to go to battle, he is supercharging no deal preparations, hes also saying he will go the extra mile to try to get a deal. It is right we should go for a deal, and there is every chance we can get a deal. And i think with goodwill and with common sense, that is what we will achieve. So are the odds still to a million to one we will leave with no deal . Provided there is sufficient goodwill and common sense on the part of our partners, that is exactly where i would put the odds. Any chance of a no deal brexit, even at a million to one, would not satisfy Nicola Sturgeon, who says that no deal would be catastrophic and should never been considered. This government and the path that is pursuing i think is dangerous. It became clear to me that this government, the new Prime Minister, has set the uk on an almost inevitable path to a no deal brexit. The position its taken makes it difficult to see how any deal would struck with the eu, and i think that would be catastrophic for scotland and the whole of the uk. The scottish tory leader and mrjohnson clashed over brexit three years ago, and they still dont agree. She says she will not support no deal. They met again today. I said i wanted to see the same level of energy and vigor thats going into no deal planning going into trying to get a deal. I wanted to see the sort of shuttle diplomacy required if we are going to see changes brought back to the house of commons, and i received assurances that i was looking forward. Reporter hi, Boris Borisjohnson has some fans in scotland and the snp are also delighted hes now Prime Minister, convinced he will inevitably increase the appetite for scottish independence. Sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. The carmaker vauxhall has warned of the impact brexit could have on around 1,000 jobs at its factory here in the uk. The french owned company says it may move production out of the uk if brexit makes its business here unprofitable. Injune, the carmaker announced it would make the next generation of the astra, its best selling car, in the uk and at another factory in germany. It warned the decision would depend on the final brexit terms swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has accepted a ride across the atlantic by boat to attend two key climate conferences. Thunberg refuses to fly because of the Environmental Impact of air travel. The teenager will make the journey aboard a high speed18 metre yacht built to race around the globe so she can attend the un Climate Action summit in new york. The government in ethiopia claims its helped its people plant more than 350 Million Trees in a day,claiming what they believe is a world record. Prime minister abiy ahmed led the project, which aims to counter the effects of deforestation and Climate Change in the drought prone country. Ramzan karmali reports. Prime minister abiy ahmed getting stuck in as he launched his Green Legacy Initiative just one tree of over 350 million planted in ethiopian over just 12 hours. The government say thats a new world record. It means, on average, over three trees were planted per person in the country. The previous best took place back in 2016, when 800,000 volunteers helped plant 50 Million Trees in india. It comes as no surprise that the Prime Minister is leading this project to counter the effects of deforestation and Climate Change in the drought prone country. According to the un, back in the early 20th century, the countrys forest covered 35 of ethiopian, but by the early 2000s, that figure was dramatically lower, atjust 4 . Translation the environment is a major concern at a global level but more so for this country. Most of the problems and famine we see in this country could be linked to the lack of protection of our environment. Around 1,000 sites across the country were set up, and some public offices where shutdown to allow Civil Servants to take part. Even workers at the un, the African Union and foreign embassies got involved. The aim is to plant a total of 4 billion indigenous trees. But the Prime Ministers critics say he is using this project to distract the public from challenges his government is facing, including ethnic conflicts which have forced some 2. 5 Million People from their homes. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. From planting trees to the less environmentally friendly activity of tearing up power mac injapan. Tearing up power mac injapan. Tearing up power mac injapan. Tearing up tarmac. Bosozuku is a term that referred to the countries notorious motorcyles gangs. They were formed in the 1970s by frustrated young people as a rebuke to conservatism after the second world war. With tightening law, the gangs are all but extinct, but the style and culture has trickled into a whole new niche flamboyant bosozoku cars. Shes a royal duchess, a mother and now guest editor of the fashion magazine, British Vogue. Meghan markle has taken on that role for the september edition, considered the most important one of the year. The front cover features 15 women who the duchess calls changemakers. Heres sophie raworth. These are the women chosen by the duchess of sussex to grace the cover of British Vogue. From new zealands Prime Minister, jacinda ardern, to the teenage Climate Change campaigner Greta Thunberg. She described them as fearless and breaking barriers. My force for change is yara shadidi. For me, i think chimamanda is incredibly inspiring. She said it would be boastful to go on the cover herself, instead she selected the 15 women and asked them what change they would want to see in the world. The duchess said the last seven months working with British Vogue editor in chief edward in a four had been rewarding, and she said she hoped their collaboration would steer the fashion magazines focus onto steer the fashion magazines focus o nto va lu es steer the fashion magazines focus onto values and causes represented by the women. Weve covered the young winners of the Tour De France and the fortnite world cup over the last couple of days. They look absolute veterans compared to this young athlete brazilian rayssa leal is 11 and has won a leg of the Street League skateboarding world tour. Her win in los angeles sees her become the youngest skater to claim a victory in the competition. Shes already targetting bigger things, a spot in the Tokyo Olympics at the tender age of 12 thanks for watching. Hi there. The heatwave of last week seems like a distant memory now, but i just want to draw your attention to that provisional 38. 7 degrees celsius that was recorded at Cambridge University botanic gardens. The met Office Actually confirmed this temperature on monday as being genuine, so this now stands as the new top temperature ever recorded in the uk. Now, the next few days are going to feel more like autumn than summer because of this area of low pressure. Pretty deep feature for the time of year, bringing strong winds and plenty of heavy showers. In fact, some of the showers are likely to be torrential in places, with the risk of some localised flooding. And those winds very gusty, especially across england and wales. Now, this morning, those strong winds and heavy showers will be affecting the south west of england, south wales, continuing to move northwards and eastwards as the day wears on. You can see the bright colours indicating torrential downpours affecting wales, englands south west and the midlands and parts of Northern England too. Those winds gusting to 50mph along the south coast. 30 a0mph in other areas. So these in their own right could cause some disruption, and maybe even bring some branches down, as the trees, of course, are in full leaf. Temperature wise, not that great really, certainly cooler than monday, with temperatures reaching 19 to maybe 22 or 23 degrees. Best of the sunshine across the northern and eastern areas, but as we head on into tuesday evening and overnight the showers will continue to move northwards and eastwards and again, some of them will be heavy in places and still windy in southern areas. But not a particularly cold night, but drawing up some warm air from the near continent. That area of low pressure pushing on towards the eastern side of the country. Still quite windy, but not as windy as were expecting to see today. The focus of the showers will shift northwards, affecting parts of scotland, into Northern England, perhaps in towards the east of england and maybe the east midlands as well. Whereas for northern ireland, i think wales, down into the south west, southern england, probably a better and a drier day here, maybe a little warmer, 22 or 23 degrees, but cooler further north where those showers are. That low pressure system then moves out into the north sea on thursday, still affecting the eastern side of the country, and the winds will be lighter as well, so where the showers turn up, and i think again across parts of scotland and northern and eastern england, then they will be slower moving, some areas seeing a bit of rain in a short period of time. Again, the best of the dry weather across the southern and Western Areas with lighter winds temperatures will be a little higher, maybe the mid 20 celsius. Still high teens in the north. It promises to dry up a little bit as High Pressure begins to build in for friday and the start of the weekend, and it will feel a little bit warmer as well. This is bbc news. The headlines the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says washington plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next years american president ial election. The comments came a day after the official start of the afghan president ial election campaign. Two Us Service Members were killed in the country on monday. More than 50 prisoners have been killed in fighting between rival gang factions at a jail in northern brazil. Sixteen of the victims were decapitated after inmates invaded a building occupied by rivals. Brazil has the worlds Third Largest prison population and gruesome violence is rife in the overcrowded facilities. In his first Public Comments since he was rushed to hospital from prison on sunday, the russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has said he does not preclude the possibility he had suffered an allergic reaction. However, his doctor said it was definitely a toxic reaction to a chemical