And the Luxury Fashion brand gucci will go fur free from next year joining a growing number of fashion houses amid pressure from Animal Rights activists. Good morning. Its thursday 12th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Whitehall officials have refused to deny reports that a british woman, who travelled to syria to support the so called Islamic State group, has been killed in a drone strike. Sally annejones, formally a punk musician from kent, went to syria in 2013 and joined is. She became a high profile supporter and propagandist for the group, using social media to encourage western girls to join, and posted messages threatening britain online. A convert to islam, her british husband junaid hussain, also an is militant, was killed by a drone in 2015. Its thoughtjones was killed by the us air force injune but her death has only been made public news now. In their set, but whatever you tell us in their set, but whatever you tell us about the death of Sally Anne
Until at least 2020. And the National Trust votes on banning hunting with hounds on its land even when theyre not chasing a fox. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, scotland begin the search for a new manager, after Gordon Strachan leaves the role, following their failure to qualify for next years world cup in russia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Brinkmanship or genuine frustration . Whichever it was, there was no doubting the downbeat assessment of the state of the brexit talks by the eus chief negotiator. Michel barnier said there remains a disturbing deadlock over how much the uk is prepared to pay when it leaves the eu. He said as a result he cant recommend to eu leaders next week that trade talks begin. Brexit secretary david davis however talked of the significant progress that has been made. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. This contains some flash photography. She wasnt there to help. Eu super girl and anti Brexit Campaigner had slinked he
Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in new york and Christian Fraser is in london. President trump has his inconsistencies but not when it comes to iran. On the nuclear deal, mr trump has been entirely consistent. Its an embarrasment, the worst deal americas ever made, hes said. So, today, as he prepares to announce the future of that deal, why is there any doubt about what he will actually do . We expect the speech tomorrow, and reports suggest he will say the deals not in americas interest. But hes unlikely to pull out of it, leaving that decision to congress. According to this mornings washington post, the president threw a fit when his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and defence Secretaryjim Mattis tried to convince him the nuclear deal was working. In a bid to placate him, those closest to the president have come up with a fudge. Tomorrow, it is expected he will de certify the deal, but the decision on whether to reintroduce sanctions will rest with congress. Not all military leade
Should start now. Also in the next hour, an entire city is evacuated in california as wildfires spread. At least 2a people have died in more than 20 separate blazes, which also destroyed homes and marijuana farms. Coming up at 8 45 p m. , meet the author. We talked to simon heffer about his new book. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Union has warned the brexit negotiations have entered a state of very disturbing deadlock, with disagreement over the money the uk will owe when it departs the biggest cause of the impasse. The eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said that as a result he cant recommend to eu leaders next week that trade talks begin. Brexit secretary david davis however talked of the significant progress that has been made. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssbergs report contains flash photography. She wasnt there to help. Eu super girl and anti Brexit Campaigner had slinked her way in today. But listening to the eu chief negotiator, it will need a real sup
Died in californias wild fires. This is the states greatest loss of life from a fire event in 84 years. When you look at some of the pictures that have come in you really understand the scale of whats happened and these wild fires in california are still not under control. Entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. These pictures are from one county, residents in one city of 5,000 people in napa county have been told to evacuate. No one is being allowed to stay. If you look at this map we also saw this yesterday, all the orange circles mark different active fires. There are concerns that winds may be fanning those, although in some places the winds have not materialised which is welcome news. Yesterday on the programme i showed you pictures from a town called sa nta you pictures from a town called santa rosa. This is two more. This is an aerial picture from before the fires. This is taken from exactly the same place after the fires. Its absolutely shocking. We know 40,000 homes in sant