Hello and welcome to world news today. The syrian army has begun moving troops to the north of the country to, as syrian state media puts it, confront turkish aggression. The Turkish Military is currently carrying out an operation to create what it calls a safe zone in syrian territory along their common border. Thats led to fighting against the kurdish led Opposition Forces currently in control of the area. This map gives you an idea of where the advances have been taking place. Turkey now claims to have driven the kurds out of two key towns ras al ain and tal abyad. This video, showing Turkish Forces in tal abyad, appears to support that claim. Most civilians have fled the area the un says more than 130,000 people have been displaced by the Turkish Military operation. And theres been another, potentially serious consequence. On sunday, the kurds said that nearly 800 family members of fighters from the Islamic State group have escaped from a detention camp, in the confusion following
Live tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Watch anytime at cspan. Org and listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. This is Michael Pillsbury with the hudson institute. Hes their senior fellow and affairs for the asian in the george h. W. Bush ministration. Also when outside advisor to the president on china. Good morning. Reportedly today, trade talks between the two countries what do you expect from the actual talks themselves . Guest this is a rising power that has reached 75 the size of our gdp. We were quite close during the cold war, cooperated in covert action on many issues. As the chinese tried to surpass us, it is creating an effect in our political system. Would this be a good thing to have a communist Party Country surpassing us, being the world leader in economics . That is what is at stake in the trade talks. The president has a lot of bipartisan support for rebalancing the trade talks. The word he likes to use is reciprocity, but the chinese do not see it that
Respect and i promised borisjohnson that this was my goal. And an australian hiker who fell 6 metres down a waterfall shares his story of surviving by crawling for two days and carrying his broken leg. Saudi arabia says its undeniable that iran played a role in attacks on its Oil Facilities at the weekend. Were told this debris was recovered from the damaged Oil Facilities. It was presented at a press conference earlier where we were told these are definitely iranian made weapons. They are trying to hide this from the component and they are mistaken. We have a lot of evidence against them and will provided to the United Nations and through the channels according to the international law. The us agrees. I have just instructed the secretary of the treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of iran iran though denies any involvement. This is an advisor to the iranian president. The press conference proved that saudi arabia knows nothing about where the missiles and drones
Today approving a bill preventing a no deal brexit, well be asking if borisjohnsons tactics have misfired. Also tonight. From independence icon to modern day tyrant zimbabwes Robert Mugabe, who led the country for 37 years, has died. The uk ship at the forefront of the relief effort in the bahamas the islands devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Might now its launching a vessel loaded with heavy lifting equipment and vehicles to try to get to an area that was badly affected by the hurricane, but hasnt yet been reached at all. And late wickets dent englands hope for the ashes in the fourth test at old trafford. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, britains Dina Asher Smith posts a seasons best to win the 100m Diamond League final in brussels. Good evening. The Prime Ministers demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected by mps after opposition parties agreed it shouldnt take place until after the eu summit in mid october. Labour, the lib dems, the snp and plaid cymru say
The islands devastated by Hurricane Dorian. More than 100 parents and students stage a protest over gender neutral uniforms at a school in sussex. And late wickets dent englands hopes for the ashes, in the fourth test at old trafford. And we will be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers. Good evening. The Prime Ministers demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected by mps, after 0pposition parties agreed it shouldnt take place until after the eu summit in mid october. Labour, the lib dems, the snp and plaid cymru say they wont back the governments bid for an election, declaring they wanted an extension to the brexit date of 31 october to guarantee that the uk wont leave the eu without a deal. Mrjohnson on a visit to scotland accused them of making an extraordinary political mistake. It came as the house of lords approved a bill to prevent a no deal brexit. It will get royal assent and become law on monday. Heres our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. Much ea