Sweeping in from the south west, pushing north eastward. More, later. A rare edition of the first harry potter book could fetch as much as 50,000 pound its thursday the 10th of october. Our top story. Turkey is conducting ground and air assaults against Kurdish Forces as it goes to auction. In Northern Syria, despite international condemnation. President trump has been blamed for giving the green light good morning. Today we will see for the turkish advance sunshine and the forecast, the best by withdrawing american troops of which will be this morning. Some from the border area. 0ur washington correspondent, Chris Buckler has been showers in the west but there is a monitoring the situation. Front coming in from the south west at the border with syria, bringing showery rain later. More details in 15 minutes. Turkey continues to build up its military presence. And as more troops arrive at this frontline, the sight of rockets its thursday the 10th of october. Our top story. Turkey is con
Shops actually open. Two people have been killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in eastern germany. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. Hi, simon. Scotland have kept their hopes of progressing in the Rugby World Cup alive with a nine try win over russia, they will hope to join wales who have officially qualified for the quarterfinals with a win over fiji. And nick miller has all the weather. Gusty winds and showers, we see it all behind you, and that is the picture across much of the uk at the moment. Are there any changes coming 7 how moment. Are there any changes coming up . How is that weekend shaping up . Answers for those questions later on. Some of us have just got to get through the next few hours, nick also coming up, the extraordinary operation to fix this teenagers jaw after it was split in two in a riding accident. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Were live in penzance in cornwall, where were continuing looking taking a lo
ridden by derek fox. at least three people have been killed in sudan, in heavy fighting between the army and paramilitary forces in the capital, khartoum. a man is pinned down and arrested by security staff in japan as the prime minister, fumio kishida, is rushed to safety after an explosion. the french president has visited notre dame cathedral, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago. the restoration is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. and we want to bring you some breaking news. we are hearing the royal mail and the communication workers union have reached an agreement over pay and employment terms. the postal company cw have said in ajoint terms. the postal company cw have said in a joint statement. now, we understand executives are going to meet and consider the agreement on monday and tuesday this week. and thatis monday and tuesday this week. and that is following a year of talks and strikes. so agreement does seem to have been m
you re watching bbc news, now it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster. this is what is coming up. the start was delayed by protestors, but there was a stunning finish from corach rambler to win the grand national. haaland hits the net again, manchester city narrow arsenal s lead at the top. and manchester united hold off brighton to reach the women s fa cup final. also coming up on sportsday. it s been another golden day for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in turkey. obviously, the goal is always to win so, yeah, that was probably the best routine of my life. welcome along. well, let s start at aintree, where corach rambler the 8 1 favourite has won the grand national. the race was delayed by m minutes. has won the grand national. animal rights activists had threatened to disrupt the world famous steeplechase and a number of protestors managed to get onto the course. so far, 23 arrests have been made. patrick geare
who sentenced two british volunteer fighters to death is reportedly shot and badly injured in what appears to have been an assassination attempt. the us climate envoy, john kerry, is calling on richer countries to step up to help developing nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels good afternoon. police say the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday was motivated by an extreme right wing terrorist ideology. 66 year old andrew leak from buckinghamshire threw up to three devices at the site. he is believed to have later taken his own life. the government has been facing widespread criticism for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre nearby. our correspondentjon donnison has been following the developments. a reminder this was an attack on a processing centre right on the quayside at dover, it is where migrants are first taken when they arrive on small boats. this attack on sunday morning, at least, possibly three petrol bombs thr