Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where President Trump has fiercely defended his shock decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. Critics fear it opens the way for turkey to attack kurdish fighters there, who are regarded by the turkish government as terrorists. Mister trump has threatened to totally destroy and obliterate turkeys economy if ankara takes advantage of his decision, but said it was time to get out of what he called these ridiculous, endless wars. The bbcs orla guerin reports from the turkey syria border. A pull out at dawn. Us troops, leaving observation posts along the syrian border. Washington says only a small number of troops were moved a short distance. But Kurdish Forces fear they are clearing the way for a turkish invasion. Turkeys president was viewing serbian troops today, an honour guard on a state visit, as concerns grow intern
On the National Health service. And more than 300 schoolboys freed from their kidnapping ordeal in nigeria have been reunited with their families. The us Vice President , mike pence, has become the first seniorfigure in the Trump Administration to get a Coronavirus Vaccine, which he called a medical miracle. And he did so in a very public way, in front of cameras at the white house along with his wife and the us surgeon general. The move comes as officials are mounting campaigns to quash scepticism about the record Fast Development of the vaccine. Mr pence said he wanted to assure the American People that while theyd cut red tape, theyd cut no corners. History will record that this week was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. But with cases rising across the country, with hospitalisations rising across the country, we have a ways to go. And i want to assure the American People that were going to continue to make sure that our Health Care Providers have all the support
The us Vice President , mike pence, has become the first senior figure in the Trump Administration to get a Coronavirus Vaccine, which he called a medical miracle. And he did so in a very public way, in front of cameras at the white house, along with his wife and the us surgeon general. The move comes as officials are mounting campaigns to quash scepticism about the record Fast Development of the vaccine. Mr pence said he wanted to assure the American People that while theyd cut red tape, theyd cut no corners. History will record that this week was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. But with cases rising across the country, with hospitalisations rising across the country, we have a ways to go. And i want to assure the American People that were going to continue to make sure that our Health Care Providers have all the support and resources they need to meet this moment. But vigilance and the vaccine is our way through, and Building Confidence in the vaccine is what br