What is happening now . Here is robert handa in san jose. Reporter the president s announcement has raised the stakes in the debate. And for religious leaders, it was and couraging sign. Hallelujah, it was an answer to prayer. Reporter the kacathedral ha been vacant since the stay at home order. If they dont it, i will override the governors. Reporter Governor Newsom said no state guidelines are coming as early as monday. We are moving to work it forward. Reporter the pastor for the gospel helped lead a service, said he is going to reopen on pentecost sunday. If this conversation is resolved and we are able to go back, that is what we will do. If not, we will have service in the park ping lot. Reporter dr. Donna white careery of true ministries says since Alameda County okayed carbased celebrations, she is fine with outdoor gatherings. It will be a number of monitors walking through the rows of cars and making sure that social distancing is met and that people remain in the car. Report
Weekend. A ry us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. We want to talk about the weather but we have to talk about the wind. You want to do the wind mill. Happy times. Happy times. And nice weather today as we take a live look outside in san jose. The celebration continues. Well see temperatures in santa teresa in the mid40s. A slight chance we could see spotty sprinkles moving through but for the most part the rain does stay farther to the north. And our teams headi our temperatures in the upper 50s and im also tracking light spotty rain across coming up. Lets get a look at your morning commute across the Golden Gate Bridge and everything looks all good. As we take a close look at our bay area drives from San Francisco or from the east bay and into San Francisco looking good. A couple of incidents on the roads but nothing causing a slowdown just yet. Ill be tracking that and ill let you know what is going on with weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes. Sounds good. Thank
Saving the Great Barrier reef from destruction we have a special report on the fight to protect one of the worlds natural wonders. Hello and welcome to bbc news. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and Kurdish Forces in northeastern syria. Since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and more than a hundred thousand people have fled their homes. Much of the latest fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. The Turkish Military have entered the strategically important town, but theyre facing stiff resistance from the kurdish led, Syrian Democratic forces. Our correspondent orla guerin is on the turkish side of the border. Her report contains flashing images. The front line in a conflict that is spreading fast. Turning Northern Syria into a battleground. Alarming washington and europe. The smoke is rising from the key town of ras al ain. And inside the town, this pro turkish fighter says wev
The train that is just too close for comfort. We visit hanois train street, one of the citys most unusual tourist spots. Good morning. It is 7 00am here in singapore, midnight in london and 2 00am in syria, where turkey is continuing its military offensive in the north. It is aiming to defeat kurdish forces, whom turkey regards as terrorists, and to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle millions of Syrian Refugees presently in turkey. The conflict erupted after the us withdrew its troops from the region. They had been supporting syrian kurds in the area. President trumps action has been widely condemned for altering the balance of power in the region. Later on wednesday, Vice President mike pence will travel to turkey for talks. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. The extraordinary american retreat, in one selfie video. A russian wearing a new york yankees cap playfully shows us around a newly abandoned Us Military Base in northern syria. The russians are
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in northern syria, where the United States is to withdraw all its remaining troops, as turkeys offensive against the kurds intensifies. The us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia and america could not be caught between two opposing armies. The us withdrawal comes as Syrian Government troops are said to be heading towards the Turkish Border where turkey is trying to create a so called safe zone. Meanwhile, hundreds of people some said to be the families of Islamic State Group Fighters have escaped from a camp that was guarded by the kurds. Aleem maqbool sent this report from inside northern syria. The anguish that only comes from loss. This brother and sister mourn theirfather, who was killed in the shelling by turkey of their residential neighbourhood. The kurds here have already suffered so much, and every day of t