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And awful that is a week away Jeremy Hunt former foreign secretary not heard much from him since he was in the leadership race for the Tory party he has written to his former colleagues the foreign ministers urging them to try again talking about the senseless rupture of a no deal back say it but people are now focusing on the next thing how the government might frustrate Parliament s attempts to stop a no deal breaks in a few weeks time and house in the might be a German election 13 alleged members of Britain s biggest ever drug smuggling guying of been charged with importing cocaine heroin and cannabis worth billions of pints they were arrested in raids across the country in an operation by the National Crime Agency on cheese day. The eye going to medical officer for England has warned that the government is nowhere near achieving its ambitions to have childhood obesity by 20 third s say Professor de m. Sally Davies in her final report before stepping dying is calling for bold actio
In a speech in North Hampton the Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn will repeat that he will back a general election as soon as a new deal breaks it at the end of the month is rolled right our political correspondent is Chris Mason the prospects of securing an agreement which would allow the u.k. To leave the European Union with a deal 3 weeks today on October the 1st the 1st looks remote to put it gently and few believe that there s much prospect this could be some sort of major breakthrough at this get together today each side is rejected by the other and the e.u. Summit it s where any deal would have to be signed off well that is a week away Jeremy Hunt former foreign secretary not heard much from him since he was in the leadership race for the Tory party he has written to his former colleagues the foreign ministers urging them to try again talking about the senseless rupture of a no deal back sit but people are now focusing on the next thing how the government might frustrate Parliament s
Amanda visitor has a news thank you good morning M.P. s are to be called to a special sitting of Parliament a week on Saturday during which the approval for any last minute to banks that deal will be sought if no such agreement has been reached Bottas Johnson is expected to lay out plans to avoid a further delay to departing the e.u. Here s the B.B.C. s political correspondent Nick Atlee the prospect of a deal being agreed this month remains slim but efforts to salvage negotiations continue with Boris Johnson expected to beat his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar to morrow if against the odds agreement can be find European leaders would be expected to sign a deal off at a summit next Thursday and Friday M.P. s are not expected to be summoned for an emergency setting on Saturday the 19th whatever happens either to approve a deal or vote on the next steps potentially a choice between or revoking Article 50 the independent travel agent he s travel has said it will buy all Thomas Cooks retai
Target Kurdish led forces ahead of mass demonstrations in acquittal the president calls on protest is to stay peaceful not simply the democratic system must not be violated the Constitution must not be violated and of course nobody must be physically hurt and as winter draws in Alaska ahead of their hibernation the competition to find the fastest bat female bears cannot get pregnant unless they get fat we really like this celebration the 2nd female that bear This is the news for live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst a Turkish led incursion into northern Syria is imminent officials say after u.s. Troops withdrew from the area N.P.R. s Peter Kenyon reports Kurdish officials in Syria are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe a local Kurdish authority in Northern Syria is calling for a general mobilization to defend areas held by Syrian Kurdish y p g forces that onc refuses terrorists the white b.g. Allied with the u.s. Military to reclaim territory from Islamic state figh