Is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. On the uk government site. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. All thomas cooks stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. Coming up, ive been speaking to some of the People Living in one london borough thats been hit hard by knife violence. And also coming up, well speak to a former sun journalist about Coleen Rooney accusing rebeka vardy of using her private instagram to obtain stories about her,and selling them to tabloid newspapers. The fighting in syria has taken a new turn with turkey launching airstrikes and us allies accusing america of betrayal. Turkey has begun a major offensive against Kurdish Forces who control the north east of the country. The kurds are currently involved in joint military operations with american troops in syria and have played a key role capturing thousands of is fighters. Its unclear what will now happen to those fighters. The
Against the Islamic State group. Also tonight. For the first time in nearly a0 years, the house of commons will sit in emergency session on a saturday, to try to resolve the brexit crisis. Encouraging news for some thomas cook staff, as their high street shops are bought by an independent travel firm. And, at the Rugby World Cup, wales fight off a strong challenge by fiji to reach the quarter finals. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Scotland run in nine tries to thrash russia at the Rugby World Cup, to keep them in the running to qualify for the quarter finals. Good evening. The long planned Turkish Military operation in north east syria has been launched, as kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy air strikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. The turkish decision was prompted by President Trumps announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the Islamic State group are being held by ku
Gunshot. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. Mps are to sit in parliament on a saturday to try to find the way forward on brexit before october 31st. And the social media spat that has seen Colleen Rooney turn online detective. And coming up on bbc news, scotland set up a Rugby World Cup showdown with japan, with a comfortable bonus point win over russia in shizuoka. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. All 555 thomas cook stores that were closed when the company went bust last month have been saved bought by hays travel, a firm set up a0 years ago and based in sunderland. The move could save up to 2,500 jobs, as the husband and wife who set up hays say they plan to re open theirformer rivals shops immediately. For them, and many thomas cook employees, its been an emotional day. Colletta smith reports. For the last two and a half weeks, nicola and her colleagues have been living a nightmare. Theres been lots of tears, lots
In a move that could save 2,500 jobs and at half past 11 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, economics commentator grace blakeley, and the political commentator giles kenningham. Stay with us for that. Good evening. The long planned Turkish Military operation in north east syria has been launched. Kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy airstrikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. The turkish decision was prompted by President Trumps announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the Islamic State group are being held by Kurdish Forces. President erdogan of turkey says his aim is to create a so called safe zone cleared of kurdish fighters. The kurds were key allies of the us in defeating Islamic State and they say theyve been betrayed by President Trump. Tonight, Boris Johnson spoke to mr trump, expressing concern about the risk of a humanitarian disaster in the r
Through art. We will be reporting from islamabad. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and iam in syria where turkey has launched a ground offensive in the north of the country, just hours after its warplanes and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. The move follows President Trumps controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the area which is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces. They played a leading role in the fight against Islamic State, but are regarded as terrorists by turkey. Turkey says it wants to set up a 30km safe zone along the border, to resettle up to two million Syrian Refugees living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says that ten civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the turkish syria border with this report. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside