Destruction calls for the government to take Climate Change seriously. And millions of americans around the world and in orbit celebrate thanksgiving. President trump has revealed the United States has resumed talks with the taliban and he claims the afghan group is open to a ceasefire. He was speaking on his first visit to the country since he took office. Meeting us troops and the afghan president , he also reaffirmed his intention to reduce the American Military presence substa ntially. This report from our washington correspondent, chris buckler. Donald trump arrived in afghanistan on a trip surrounded by secrecy and a huge amount of security. The white house said the visit was intended to show support for troops during americas thanksgiving holiday, and he made a point of serving food to soldiers who are thousands of miles away from theirfamilies. But while officials insisted the visit was not connected with peace talks with the taliban, it comes just a week i never got to my turk
The guardian says both borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn are set to embark you give says the company has cut the number of mps. But highlight that the predicted range of seats means that a Hung Parliament is a possibility. The guardian says both borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn are set to embark on a frantic final 2a hours of campaigning as the fight to sway undecided voters in what they call the most important election in a generation. The telegraph leads with the news that borisjohnson is set pledge there will be heavier sentences for terrorists, sex offenders, and violent criminals if hes reelected. The paper says mrjohnson believes that the criminal the daily mirror has an interview the father of jack merritt who died in the London Bridge terror attack. His father dave says that he feels that borisjohnson saw his sons death as an opportunity to score some points in this election. Note prizes for guessing what the independent is leading with, the pictures speak for themselves. The metro
Was found carrying the bodies of 39 people investigators now saying thanks dont know where the victims came from and are asking members of the u. K. s Vietnamese Community for help. Im rebecca it has welcome to the program germanys foreign minister heiko mosque has called for a lasting cease fire in Northern Syria after talks in ankara and his turkish counterpart have a scholer come commented on proposals to limit the conflict on syrias border. To greeting appeared friendly enough but the tensions were evident even before German Foreign minister heikal mass arrived in ankara his turkish counterpart had responded to german criticism in a tweet seeing anyone who lectures turkey has to expect an appropriate response script through tional. Its there obviously i think serious differences between us. But partners and allies should be able to talk to one another in such a situation. And not talk about each other. The Turkish Foreign minister maintains that germany does not understand the secu
The leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, is said to be on the verge of quitting and will make a statement later. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. The Uk Parliament suspension dash are no deal brexit seen as more likely. And indias cup industry pileup. We look at how the slowdown is impacting small and medium sized businesses. Hello, and welcome. No surprise, we are leading with brexit because, as we we re are leading with brexit because, as we were hearing on newsday, the queen has approved the plan to suspend the countrys parliament a few weeks before the brexit deadline stop news of the news sent the pound sharply lower. It plunged just as that news broke and that is because brexit is expected to prevent opposition leaders from passing a law to stopping a no deal brexit. Ever since the referendum that has been a pattern into the Financial Market and it was repeated after Boris Johnsons plan market and it was repeated after borisjohns
We start with brexit, and the Business World has been reacting to the uk governments decision to suspend parliament in the run up to britains departure from the eu. Its being seen by many as a move to stop mps blocking a no deal brexit which a majority of them are against. The pound reacted immediately to the news, losing around 1 against the us dollar before recovering some of that ground. Traders say it may make a no deal brexit a little more likely, but these jitters are nothing new as our economics correspondent Andrew Walker explains. Ever since the referendum there has been a pattern in the Financial Markets and it was repeated after Boris Johnsons plan markets and it was repeated after borisjohnsons plan was announced. A brexit related development seen as likely to impede trade between the uk and the eu is also seeing as bad for economic growth. The Prime Ministers proposal perhaps makes a no deal proposal more likely because parliament would have less time to block it. But in t