America. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. High drama in britains parliament. Mps vote to move forward with Boris Johnsons brexit deal. But they reject the timetable, creating doubts about the looming deadline. Prime min. Johnson one way or another, we will leave the eu with this deal to which this house has just given its assent. Laura the russian and turkish president s strike a deal over land that was held by the kurds in Northern Syria. A top u. S. Admiral tells us what he thinks abt americas pullout. Unplugging us frot. Syria has made winners out of nearly everybody we wouldnt want to win. Laura plus, Justin Trudeau is heading for a second term as canadas Prime Minister, but his liberal party lost its majority, so let the Coalition Building begin. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. It was a tale of two votes tonight in britains parliament. First, mps voted for Boris Johnsons al to take britain out of the eu, the firs
Hed been told the president did want to give aid to ukraine in return fordirt on a Democratic Party rival. We report from North Eastern syria, on the victims of the fighting between turkish forces, and the kurds. And a new drug that could slow down alzheimers disease early tests by a us company are promising. And at 11 30, well be taking another look at the papers withjohn stevens, deputy Political Editor of the daily mail and Political Writer and academic maya goodfellow. Good evening. The house of commons has voted in favour of a Brexit Agreement but, crucially, its rejected the Prime Ministers timetable for passing the necessary legislation. The first of two votes tonight, was on the Withdrawal Agreement bill the main brexit legislation which runs to 110 pages and turns the Prime Ministers brexit deal into law. The goverment won that by 329 votes to 299 thats a majority of 30. But it lost the second vote on the parliamentary timetable by m votes because a majority of mps did not thi
The other main headlines. Turkey and russia strike a new agreement to force kurdish fighters away from the syria border. Challenging taboos why a culture of modesty is standing in the way of the fight against Breast Cancer in pakistan. Life from our studios in london and singapore, this is a bbc world news. This is newsday. Its 7am in singapore and midnight here in london, where brexit is once again in turmoil, after Prime Minister. In turmoil, after Prime Minister borisjohnson suffered a major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to rejct his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. Mrjohnson did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new brexit extension may be needed. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg reports. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322.
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