Potential treatments including a medication currently used for malaria. Traumatized by war now terrified of the virus well look at efforts to prevent an outbreak in the camps of Northern Syria. And while more glimmers of hope are emerging from china infections and other Asian Countries are still climbing. On a virus has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll of more than 3400. 00 surpassed that reported by china where the virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany each have more than 15000 cases worldwide according to Johns Hopkins university more than 242000 people have contracted the illness almost 85000 of them have recovered all more than 9800 have died as President Trump says he is pushing regulators to fast track run a virus treatments including an antimalaria drug but his own officials later talked that down more on that in a moment will began with the situation in italy paul brennan has this report. The head of the World Health Organization has called c
And theyre still very warm and pretty dry as well across eastern areas of europe however that rain across the west is on its way eastwards itll be sitting across the central med but the good news really is at least now things are carrying up and drawing up across areas the spain and also on into france this is catalonia look at this the devastation that was caused by those flash floods sent a story further on the coast into in france as well you can see that it really has in both cases impacting not just the roads but also the rails now as we go through friday there really is a much better picture in this particular region but this is to will still just sit in the central med and some or all the heavy amounts of rain against thunderstorms that could really impact southern areas of italy meanwhile to the north in the northwest look at all that rain and some snow to the mountains but still as we go through south a day it is fine and dry across much of the central and Eastern Europe those
Now on bbc news, hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Donald trump doesnt seem to do regret, but maybe even he will come to rue his abrupt decision to pull us troops out of Northern Syria. His move prompted a Turkish Military invasion of territory held by syrias kurds. The kurds are now looking to president assad for military help. The region, once a playground for so called Islamic State, has been plunged back into chaos. My guest is alan semo, representative of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union party in london. What are his peoples options now . Alan semo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, great pleasure to be here. You represent the Democratic Union party of syrian kurds. Should you and your people have seen Donald Trumps dramatic decision to withdraw us forces from your region coming . No, we havent seen it. But should you have seen it coming . Because donald trump, if one looks at the record, as long ago as last december declared that the us had w
He didnt say that until right now and he sees whats happening to him i guess hes no longer the frontrunner. The bitter back and forth just ahead. Wild weather, a potentially historic snowstorm now under way across the midwest more than a foot already on the ground with more to come while in the northeast, millions brace for what could be a dangerous noreaster, heavy rain, flooding and high winds. Al tells us what to expect. All that, plus breaking his silence, matt lauers blistering response to rape allegations by a former colleague. Power struggle, outrage across california after hundreds of thousands are intentionally d plunged into darkness. And rally its a grand slam. The Washington Nationals storm back to stun the dodgers in epic fashion, making history with an extra innings win, bringing them one step closer to the world series today, thursday, october 10th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Donald trump doesnt seem to do regret, but maybe even he will come to rue his abrupt decision to pull us troops out of Northern Syria. His move prompted a Turkish Military invasion of territory held by syrias kurds. The kurds are now looking to president assad for military help. The region, once a playground for so called Islamic State, has been plunged back into chaos. My guest is alan semo, representative of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union party in london. What are his peoples options now . Alan semo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, great pleasure to be here. You represent the Democratic Union party of syrian kurds. Should you and your people have seen Donald Trumps dramatic decision to withdraw us forces from your region coming . No, we havent seen it. But should you have seen it coming . Because donald trump, if one looks at the record, as long ago as last december declared that the us had won its war with Islam