This means for brakes it also coming up. Prime minister saad hariri steps down after 2 weeks of political protests but some protesters say hariri his departure is not enough to satisfy their demand. And a rare moment of joy as friends find each other in the refugee camp they fled the turkish incursion in Northern Syria and a huge question mark now claims over their future. Plus as russia remembers the victims of the stalinist purges 80 years ago we meet a man who has fallen earth the mass grave in his back yard. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us the log jam in Britains Parliament has finally broken after almost 2 and a half years. Of wrangling calls by a government that has no with george the wall makers have overwhelmingly approved Boris Johnsons call for a snap election on december 12th it will likely center on britains departure from the European Union with the Prime Minister hoping to secure a majority to finally get his braggs a deal done the vote may be the last chan
The Online Market in domestic slaves claims its enabled by google, apple and instagram. And coming up how hundreds of thousands of dangerous tumble dryers could still be posing a fire risk in uk homes. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Nigel farage has called on the conservatives to form an election pact with his brexit party. Ahead of the partys official general election launch this morning, mr farage said the two parties need to form an alliance, but refused to comment on speculation that his party would field fewer candidates to give borisjohnson a better chance of winning the election on december 12. Meanwhile, the snp leader, Nicola Sturgeon has promised whoever wins the election will receive a formal request to allow scotland to hold another independence referendum. Lets go live now to that brexit party launch, because nigel farage, as you can see, is beginning to speak. Yet, more broken promises, and indeed, a breakdown of trust and faith, not just a
And theyve rejected it. Well have the latest on that and all the latest developments in brussels. And westminster. And after five hours of talks, the us Vice President says turkey has agreed to a cease fire in Northern Syria so kurdish led forces can withdraw. It will be a pause in military operations for 120 hours while the United States facilitates the withdrawal of ypg from the affected areas in the safe zone. Two major stories. We will have comprehensive coverage of both across the hour. Well have extensive coverage of the cease fire in Northern Syria that turkey and america have announced. Inafew in a few minutes on the programme. First though, there is a brexit deal. And for all its complexities, brexit boiled down to one simple choice for Boris Johnson, and one for the eu. For the eu would it reopen theresa mays deal after repeatedly saying it wouldnt. The answer was yes. For borisjohnson, it was this. If brexit had to mean the uk leaving the eus Single Market and Customs Union,
The us military releases the first footage of the raid in which the leader of the so called Islamic State group was killed. And wildfires continue to spread across southern california, as strong winds hamper rescue efforts. Good morning, this is newsroom live, im annita mcveigh. Campaigning has begun for the next general election on the day the uk should have left the european union. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will launch his pa rtys campaign shortly. Hell say the election on december 12th offers a once in a generation chance to transform the country and will promise to go after tax dodgers, dodgy landlords and big polluters. The Prime Minister borisjohnson is due to make a series of campaign visits of his own, highlighting what he calls the peoples priorities education, the nhs and crime. He suffered a blow last night as one of his cabinet ministers, nicky morgan, became the latest tory mp to decide not to stand for re election. She told bbc radio leicester that the abuse mps f
Top diplomatic crane testifies behind closed doors. Turkeys president to ones in the russian port city of sochi for talks with lot of the a putin has repeated his threat to restart the military operation against kurdish fighters in the north east and syria the leaders are expected to discuss the cease fire that was brokered by the u. S. Which is due to expire in a matter of hours the Kurdish Syrian Democratic forces a pull out of some areas along the border but not everywhere agreed under the terms of the troops before heading to sochi is what mr cohen had to say. Vladimir putin and i will discuss all the steps to be taken in order to maintain the territorial integrity of syria and to cleanse the northern parts of syria from terrorists and terrorist organizations we will also be revisiting the efforts made for drafting a new constitution and we will also discuss it live and the significance attached to this area including a ceasefire we want a lasting peace in syria i hope our meeting