Well report from the turkey syria border, and have analysis from our Turkish Service and washington. Also on outside source at least two people have been killed in whats being seen as an anti semitic attack in the german city of halle. It happened on yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish calendar. And running street battles in ecuadors capital protestors are angry about the governments austerity policies, in particular a 100 increase in the cost of fuel turkey has begun an offensive in Northern Syria. Its seeking territory currently controlled by kurdish fighters who, until the start of this week, american troops had supported. But donald trump has pulled those troops out of Northern Syria and turkey, which sees the kurds as terrorists, is going in. President erdogan tweeted. We should be clear though the primary Group Holding the territoru turkey is atacking is the sdf which is kurdish led. Its not the the pkk which is based in turkey, and its not the ypg either. Also it was the s
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Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars
Swore on the life of his wife. Its five oclock. Our main story is that Police Believe they may have disrupted an alleged terror plot planned for the Christmas Period following the arrest of four suspects in sheffield and chesterfield. An Army Bomb Disposal team has been at a house in chesterfield and local residents have been moved from their homes. Three other men were arrested in sheffield. Our correspondent Angus Crawford has the latest. In chesterfield, the Army Disposal unit was called in. A large area was cordoned off, and residents were evacuated. People have been urged to be alert, but not alarmed. A 31 year old man was arrested in the early hours of the morning, and then briefly held in a police vehicle. I could see a white male in his 30s at a guess, he had no top on, im not sure if he had been dragged out of bed or what, and he had shorts on, and that is all i could see. The detentions have been described as intelligence led and preplanned, part of an ongoing investigation.