A new agreement to force kurdish fighters away from the syria border. Alzheimers breakthrough a us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. Hello to you. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the European Union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new extension may be needed, from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave, but even for those who do, a majority
Youre up to date with the headlines. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Last week, the whole of europe heard a howl of rage coming from catalonia. Since spains has scored sentence nine Pro Independence politicians to a collective 100 years in prison, there have been mass, sometimes violent protests across the region, which have left hundreds injured. Madrid says there can be no political dialogue into catalan politicians condemned the violence and rain in the militants. My guess today is senior catalan minister, alfred bosch. Where does the co Independence Movement go from here . Alfred bosch, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. In the past few days we have seen sustained violence on the streets of barcelona and some other catalan towns and cities as well. Would you accept the last week or so has actually been a negative for your cause, the cause of Catalan Independence . Well, its been negative for everybody. Nobody likes clashes, nobody likes
And International Conference host. Lets get started. The arab news, interesting to see their take on this agreement reached between russia and turkey. They call it historic. Lets remember why we are here. This is because of a phone call from donald trump to the turkish president that enabled the turks to feel they have the right to enter syria and create what they thought would be a chance to drive out the way pg who are considered by them to be linked to the so called terrorist pkk and they want to create a safe zone. That the bombardment they rain down upon this area has caused international consternation and with the absence of the americans, the russians have come in and that is why they had those talks. Syrians wa nt why they had those talks. Syrians want their territorial integrity protected but the turks say they wa nt protected but the turks say they want and existential threat vanquished which is why we see this cosying up between russia and turkey that highlights the fact tha
Against Breast Cancer in pakistan. Welcome to the programme. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london, where brexit is once again in turmoil, after Prime Minister borisjohnson suffered a major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. Mrjohnson did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new brexit extension may be needed. Our Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg reports. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. Tonight the house has refused to be bounced into debating a hugely significant piece of
A us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the european union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a a new extension may be needed, from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuennsberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. Tonight the house has refused to be bounced into debati