And tributes to Toni Morrison, the first African American author to win a nobel prize, whos died at the age of 88. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 4 30am in kashmir, where delhis sudden decision to strip the indian administered region of its special status is facing growing opposition from pakistan. The pakistani Prime Minister, imran khan, has vowed to fight the move, even taking the issue to the un if necessary. India and pakistan each control part of kashmir and both countries lay claim to all of it. India has locked down the territory on its side of the border, with no phone networks or internet for a second day, and tens of thousands of troops on the street. In a moment well hear from our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani, but first with the view from kashmir and delhi, heres yogita limaye. Another day in lockdown. Troops at every corner, watching for any sign o
And tributes to Toni Morrison, the first African American author to win a nobel prize, whos died at the age of 88. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, one am in london and 5 30am in the morning in kashmir, where delhis sudden decision to strip the indian administered region of its special status is facing growing opposition from pakistan. The pakistani Prime Minister, imran khan, has vowed to fight the move, even taking the issue to the un if necessary. India and pakistan each control part of kashmir and both countries lay claim to all of it. India has locked down the territory on its side of the border, with no phone networks or internet for a second day and tens of thousands of troops on the street. In a moment well hear from our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani, but first with the view from kashmir and delhi, heres yogita limaye. Another day in lockdown. Troops at every corner, watching fo
Representatives against his attorney general william barr as well as his commerce secretary wilbur ross for divine defying congressional subpoenas as well. Theres plenty lost to lead this news hour including could this be a new era for saddam that the military and protest leaders finally sign a power sharing deal. Life in prison for one of the worlds most dangerous criminals this latest saga of mexican drug kingpin chappell. And one of the heroes of englands world cup Winning Campaign is set for a major war and well have the details in sports. The ebola break and the eastern democratic republic of congo is now an International Health emergency meant by the World Health Organization has made just days after the virus spread to the city of goma its a major regional hub on the border with rolonda claimed at least 1600. 00 lives in the region in just the past year Catherine Sawyer reports from nairobi after hours of deliberations by the margin c committee of the World Health Organization o
Kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq the Kurdistan Workers Party has denied responsibility after speculation in turkish media since i think this defeat security has been relaxed in iraqs kurdish region many aid organizations run their operations from a real because the Northern City is viewed as relatively secure but this attack on the turkish Diplomatic Team go through the fragility of security in iraq. Baghdad. Still to come on aljazeera why turkey is warning the u. S. That the relationship between the 2 countries could deteriorate. And a creative trip back in time attempts to take a look at the future of france and european politics. Hello there fairly quiet picture across much of the middle east in a few showers across turkey of the last few days theres a little bit of cloud on the satellite you can see its beginning to push in really from the east and over the mediterranean and that will be bringing with it again the charles i want to shout into more rain again around this coast o
Strikes against. Targets again saying that it quote neutralize 7 p. K. K. Terrorists and then weve had a 2nd day of airstrikes by the Turkish Military here in Northern Iraq we know that the head of turkish intelligence arrived last evening in erbil hes with a team of investigators and turkey is vowing to find those responsible and make sure theyre held accountable all right its actually going to him the ability. All right time for a short break here and ill just throw. My wife and my mom even though knew they were going to die they had to somehow come for that you during during those final moments relatives of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash make it plain to the u. S. Congress more on that stay with us. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast were looking at a very messy situation here across parts of North Western russia as well as into the baltics and you can see the oeuvre low pressure that is spinning across the region so we have a lot of clouds in t