A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also wed like to hear from you on President Trumps announcement that the us is preparing to ban flavoured e cigarettes following a spate of vaping related deaths. Is this the right course of action . Should other countries follow suit . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start here in the uk. Prime minister Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure to recall parliament after the publication of a document outlining the risks of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. The so called yellowhammer contingency plan outlines what the government calls the reasonable worst Case Assumptions for a no deal brexit, but voices from the opposition and the Business Community say the document confirms what they have been saying will happen in the event of a disorderly brexit. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Parliament forced the government to publish this document which, until now, was categorised as official, sensitive. Ministers insist its not a prediction but what theyd call a reasonable worst case scenario, a deliberately stretching context to ensure that we are prepared and they insist we are now vastly better prepared. But make no mistake, this is stark stuff. Certain types of fresh food supply will decrease, it says, which will cut choice and put up says, which will cut choice and put up prices. It also suggests there could be rain its. Protests and counter protests will take place gcioss counter protests will take place across the uk, it says. Lorries could have to wait more than two days to cross the channel. Passengers could be delayed on the eu rostar passengers could be delayed on the eurostar at st pancras in london. Some businesses will go bust. There will be a growth in the black market. Some providers of aduu black market. Some providers of Adult Social Care could fail because it says the sector is already fragile and there could be rain increase in staff and supply costs. It is extraordinary that these are consequences that could flow from the governments own policy. Normally when youre protecting against Something Like this, its natural disaster, the action of others you dont control. It is government policy if no agreement is reached with the eu to inflict a no deal brexit, and this is what the government says could happen. The document does, though, say demand for energy will be met and there will be no disruption to electricity or gas supplies. The key thing now is the extent to which this shapes or changes Public Attitudes to the prospect of a no deal brexit. Chris mason, bbc news. We will discuss that in a bit more detail ina we will discuss that in a bit more detail in a few minutes on this programme. It also features in our news briefing as well. The Prime Minister of the bahamas has called Hurricane Dorian an historic tragedy, saying no words are sufficient to describe it. During a televised national address, Hubert Minnis spoke of the grief his country was going through. 10 days after the hurricane, Officials Say 2,500 people have been registered as missing. Gareth barlow reports. Hurricane dorian devastated these islands and thousands of people are still missing. Day by day, rescue teams work to find the bodies of those killed, while the Government Works to ascertain the true extent of the disaster. Mankind was no match for the power of mother nature. Now this community is counting the cost. We recognise the extent of the devastation. Were not going speculate on what the final numbers will be. We understand that people are concerned and so are we. Aid and government Officials Say around 5,000 people have been evacuated from the ha rdest hit island groups. But thousands are still in urgent need of help. In an address to the nation, the bahamian Prime Minister, Hubert Minnis, detailed the destruction in the worst hit areas. Much of abaco as we knew it is decimated and no longer exists. Floodwaters in the streets made them appear like the ocean. Concrete structures were turned to dust as if a massive bomb had exploded with atomic force. While International Teams have rushed to help the bahamas, the Trump Administration has said it wont allow people from the islands currently living in the us to live and work there until its safe for them to return. But first theres still the unanswered question how many people died and will never come home . Gareth barlow, bbc news. The Us Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump Administration can limit the ability of migrants to seek asylum while the legal appeals process continues. Under an order issued injuly, people arriving via a third country were required to claim asylum there before arriving at the us border. Curbing migration to the us has been a key goal of Donald Trumps presidency. It would seem that Central American migrants are no longer the only ones trying to make their way to the us. Since january, some 3,500 africans have made the crossing, many of them from cameroon, where theres a conflict between the french speaking government and English Speaking separatists. The most dangerous part of theirjourney is a trek through the darien gap jungle on the border between colombia and panama. The bbcs Catherine Byaruhanga has been there. African migrants somewhere you wouldnt expect them to be, trekking through a colombian jungle on their way to the us. Its dangerous here. Theyll face a deep and fast flowing rivers, Armed Bandits and wild animals. Despite the risks, some pa rents animals. Despite the risks, some parents have come with their children. Most of the people we meet are from cameroon where an insurgency has displaced over half a million people. I have no regrets because i hope i will reach a place where i will be free, where i will not be persecuted by the army for unjust costs. No, i dont have regrets. For me to stay at home and die, i would regrets. For me to stay at home and die, iwould rather come regrets. For me to stay at home and die, i would rather come and regrets. For me to stay at home and die, iwould rather come and be safe. This is just the safe. This isjust the beginning of our journey but a lot of the people here are already struggling. Some of the women can barely make it up the hill. But this group is going to have to do their stay in, day out for nearly a week. Their carrying what they can. Water, tents and food. But it will barely be enough to sustain them. After a week of ha rd to sustain them. After a week of hard trekking, they arrive at this camp in panama. Their triad and traumatised. Some of those they travelled with died on the way. Translation there were also people who were walking. They didnt know how to climb the mountains. They didnt have enough strength, so some of them fell and knocked their heads on rocks and died. So there are lots of corpses. Three generations of this mans family are on this journey. Her grandson, two daughters and husband. She barely made it out of the jungle after nearly drowning twice. Translation i saw myself dying. I was in despair. I was only waiting for god to samy because i knew i was dying. I had lost hope. I would never advise anybody to follow this path. Never. It is risking ones life. Its notjust africans here. There are also pakistanis, indians, haitians and cubans. Itjust shows how global the migration crisis has become. Us officials are now worried more people will try to use this route. Ina route. In a remote village in colombia, evidence of just how in a remote village in colombia, evidence ofjust how dangerous this journey is. 19 african migrants drowned as they tried to get to the jungle by boat. No one knows how many more lives have been lost. Catherine byaru hanga, many more lives have been lost. Catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, the darien gap. Lets get more now on the uk governments contingency plans for a no deal brexit. Some details were published last night after mps voted to force their release. David buik is a market commentator at core spreads. A regular here on the briefing. Lovely to you, david. Lovely to you, sally. This was linked to the times at the beginning of august anyway, its become known as 0peration yellowhammer. Whats likely to happen and what are you preparing for . What do you make of the detail . Caroline wheeler and rosamunde irwin from the sunday times were on it and they got the date of it, so it wasnt an old document, it was relatively new since the Boris Johnson administration got their. Theres no point passing it off on theresa may, its nothing to do with her. This document should have been drawn up, definitely. Its got a degree of hysteria about it. The fa ct degree of hysteria about it. The fact is i think members of the house of commons should have known about it but rather than have it dug out of them, the government, it should have been presented. You are going to Say Something . I was going to say that obviously the government has to get ready for every type of scenario and worst case included and when this was leaked to the times it was called the base scenario as opposed to worst case. The government is trying to, you know, reduce the drama of it all, but thats very difficult in the media headlines. Im looking at bbc online and its looking at the elements, the possibility of riots and protests and counter that kind of thing. Its down to the house of commons. They are frothing it up. The fact remains weve been doing this for three yea rs weve been doing this for three years and the inability for the house of commons to deliver the peoples well, lets not go into the whys and wherefores, but its a fa ct. Whys and wherefores, but its a fact. What i want to say to everyone in business, industry and commerce, once the huffing and puffing and the shouting of the politicians dies down, pragmatism enters stage left. To all the people involved in food and medicine, the two things i am terrified about, are you going to tell me spain is the only place you can get tomatoes from. Are you really terrified . Im terrified of the hysteria. Not terrified about not getting the medicine or food you need. I cant believe matt hancock and his predecessors on the question of people getting serum and the rest of people getting serum and the rest of it havent been making it 100 certain. What has the bma been doing and the National Health service . Big Companies Like gsk, who supply the nhs. What about gsk not being able to export . This is hysterical nonsense. There will be problems but not as bad as people think. We will talk about this later, because it dominates the media in the uk. Absolutely. Thanks, david, you will be back later. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come why russia and the Syrian Government are being blamed for deliberately targeting civilians in a series of deadly attacks. George w bush freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible. Bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice enough of blood and tears. Enough translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Iam free youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines the no deal brexit emergency plans outlining the risk of food and medicine shortages and major hold ups at channel ports. 2,500 people are now registered as missing across the bahamas after the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. Later tonight in the us the ten leading democrats vying for the 2020 president ial nomination will take part in their third televised debate. The leading contenders joe biden, elizabeth warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders will be expected to clarify their positions on a number of policies to convince more people to support their campaigns. Daniel lippman is a writer for politico, hejoins me live from washington. Talk is through these televised debates. How much of an audience are they getting . To what extent are the people of america wanting to know who is buying for this nomination . It definitely seemed to pierce through the news Media Attention because even if youre not watching the debate, you might be seeing snippets after, you are seeing the reaction, your monitoring it on twitter, you on social media, facebook, so you are seeing bits and pieces so the challenge forjoe biden who is still the frontrunner after getting muddied up over the last couple of months by his rivals is do not appear like he is targeting his lower level rivals and appearing president ial but also reassuring people that he has enough bite and is not too old for the job. And talk us through the timetable. This is the third televised debate. When we know who will be getting that position, will be the nominee for the democrats . The debate itself is pretty long, it is going to be three hours. 0n is pretty long, it is going to be three hours. On thursday night. And so people should get ready to watch that. In terms of how the democratic premier works, the voting for the iowa caucus which the first state, happens early next year. February brings the New Hampshire primary and that its on to South Carolina and so if you are racking up wins in all three states, or at least two of the three, then its a very good sign for you. You dont want to go into a number of states without having placed number one or number two. So i think by march or april we may be able to determine who is definitely the frontrunner but this primary could last a while if you are winning circuit make certain states, why give up too early . What do people say about the process because in my head i think it doesnt give that individual who doesnt give that individual who does get that position much time to really seriously campaign against President Trump if, before the election. Before the election. We have a woman campaigning against trump in certain ways because theyre criticising his policies all theyre criticising his policies all the time, they are attacking him, twitter, he is responding sometimes, and they do have months for itjust to be the democrat versus trump. So was the convention crowns the nominee in the summer, they have a number of months to go for frontal against trump. But they also want to not anger voters who supported trump last time and may be disillusioned, so they dont want to go too far to the left and be away, they dont wa nt to the left and be away, they dont want to disrespect those trump voters in states like 0hio, pennsylvania and michigan. We shall be watching every twitch twist and turn. Thank you very much. The un says us airstrikes in syria have killed a number of civilians because required precautions were ignored. It also blames the Syrian Government and allied russian warplanes of conducting a Deadly Campaign that appears to target medical facilities. 0ur correspondent Quentin Sommerville has more on how people in and around idlib are coping in this conflict. This is a war against everything that matters. To the people of idlib. Their homes are attacked, the schools are attacked, the hospitals are attacked. This was a hospital, it was last hit two weeks ago. Just look at the destruction. But also for a moment, just look around. This is the only building that was targeted here. Targeting civilians isa targeted here. Targeting civilians is a warcry. But its also very effective. Because here, now, for miles around there is no one. They have all fled. The strikes have been precise, deadly and relentless. This hospital is at the secret location, we had to dig down deep into the solent rock to avoid russian resume bombs since april about a0 hospitals have been targeted in idlib. That is a warcry but this is adjustable from the air, it is a warfrom the ground. The trips are getting close here, if they advance another few kilometres, this hospital will be lost, too. They dug down here two yea rs lost, too. They dug down here two years ago and despite the regime s advance, this hospital is still operating. The rest in the area are gone. They will keep treating the war rooted in the sick until they are in range of government. This is are in range of government. This is a Charity Hospital and they are doing an incredible job a Charity Hospital and they are doing an incrediblejob here is both a Field Hospital and a general hospital. And it sees up to 1000 patients every single day. But it does that with only 12 doctors. The attacks on hospitals all across idlib means places like this are under more pressure than ever before. And it comes at a time when this war is over eight years old and the International Community is losing interest. So in the most desperate hour of need, these people are being that wanting. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im Gavin Ramjaun and this is your thursday sport briefing. Theyd won 58 matches, a record stretching all the way back to 2006, but now the United StatesNational Basketball team have been beaten. It was a huge upset at the basketball world cup in china, the defending champions going down 89 79 to france. Deep into the fourth quarter, the us lead by 7 and looked to be heading for a routine win until the french scored 11 straight points. Centre rudy gobert who finished with 21 of his own did most of the damage as france went on to win and set up a semi final against argentina. Australia complete the semi final line up after they beat the Czech Republic 82 70. Theyll now face spain on friday for a spot in the final. Belgiums Philippe Gilbert won a dramatic 17th stage of the vuelta a espana on wednesday, after huge crosswinds split the field apart. 0verall leader, primoz roglic, stays in the leaders red jersey, but colombian Nairo Quintana kept his hopes alive, as hejumped up into second in the general classification. Rory mcilroy has been named pga tour golfer of the year, after an impressive season, beating world number one Brooks Koepka to the award. The fedex cup champion has the won the accolade three times now. This season, mcilroy was victorious at the players championship, the canadian open and the season ending tour championship. The northern irishman registered 1a top 10 finishes, from his 19 starts, during this season. Now the ashes may already be lost for england, butjoe root and his side are determined not to go down without a fight. England can still draw the series, if they win the final test match at the oval, which gets underway in a few hours time. Batsmanjason roy and bowler craig 0verton have been dropped by england, and despite struggling forform all series, captain root says that roys test career isnt over yet. Now, a lot of you might have been on a rollercoaster before, and done a loop the loop. But how about doing one on a motorbike . Josh sheehan, jackson strong and Luc Ackermann are all professionals at this, so they know what they are doing. They completed the first ever three rider Double Backflip train a new world record. They did it at caerphilly castle in wales to promote the nitro world games, which take place there in may next year. Absolutely amazing. You can get all the latest sports news at our website thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, Gavin Ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team thats your thursday sport briefing. Lets have a look at the story that we are talking to you about today, that being the news on the part of President Trump s administration, weve got the story on bbc online. They have announced they will ban flavoured e cigarettes after a spate of related deaths. That photo is a mother whose son has got some serious lung deficiencies now because he has been addicted to vaping. Weve heard from many of you, one viewer said on twitter, good morning good evening depending on where you are watching, said dont stop at flavoured ones, why dont stop at flavoured ones, why dont we ban the lot . Another viewer who watches us in wales, says they have had six deaths in his calling for a have had six deaths in his calling fora ban, have had six deaths in his calling for a ban, 35,000 have had six deaths in his calling fora ban, 35,000 die by have had six deaths in his calling for a ban, 35,000 die by the gun, have had six deaths in his calling fora ban, 35,000 die by the gun, he would do a thing. Astonishing. That we have a viewer in toronto, canada, welcome to you, good to hear from you, saying this administration in washington has zero credibility, has interfered with federal scientists. So dont believe what they say. I will see you in a moment. Dont update you on the weather was not wednesday was so tired anywhere near the front, that links back to what will become thursdays cloud and rainfor what will become thursdays cloud and rain for some past of the bridge us. And rain for some past of the bridge us. It comes into Northern Ireland onto a good part of scotland to start the day on thursday. But as well as importing cloud and rain, what it is also going to do because it originated very down on the atlantic, its going to bring us quite a deal of humid air, especially across seven direct central and southern parts of the British Isles. A rather carter started the day, bright rather than sunny further south, anywhere near the weather front is quite wet until the weather front is quite wet until the skies begin to clear across scotla nd the skies begin to clear across scotland and Northern Ireland. Its going to be quite a blustery day but at least that dusty old wind is going to come in from the south west so not feeling particularly called for the greater part of england and wales despite the absence of sunshine in some places, we have it fresher eventually across muscles make much of scotland. 0nce upfront moves away from most of the British Isles, save for the far south, temperatures will dribble away under the clear skies but with cloud lingers for any length of time you will stay in double figures and that is how you will start friday. High pressure with a centre to the west of the British Isles at this stage, thatis of the British Isles at this stage, that is quite important because after that chilly start, we are not going to tap into a great reservoir of mild as, so it is good to be a cooler sort of day despite the presence of all the sunshine, more in the way of cloud across northern and western scotland that the odd showery burst of rain but also, dry but the tops on the day no longer of 23 or 2a, its closer to 20 or 21 at best. But come the weekend as with push the High Pressure further to the east, this is where we begin to pick up on those mild athletic as, that will play a significant role in boosting the temperatures by two or three degrees for some, a lot of dry weather around the south of scotland, Northern Ireland, england and wales and notable exception the weather front is trying to get into the north and west of scotland and succeeding and now really quite a wet day there. The remnants of that weather front eventually stagger their way down across the northern half of the British Isles, robbing some of the sunshine, maybe the odd spot of rain in that mix too. But the to the south of those benefits, the to the south of those benefits, the mother really hanging on. This is the business briefing. Im sally bundock. How low can they go . Europes central bank poised to cut Interest Rates deeper into negative territory, as it tries to revive the regions flagging economy. Plus, goodwill gesture President Trump postpones higher tariffs on chinese goods, raising hopes for a truce in the trade war. And on the markets. Asian stocks hit a six week high, shares boosted by hopes of a peace deal in the us china trade war, and expectations of stimulus for the european economy