But, amid all the excitement among political journalists, some viewers felt there wasnt enough basic explanation of what exactly had been agreed to. Heres what one caller, steve, had to say. Every bit of talk is about Northern Ireland. I would really love to know what the rest of the deal actually involves, how the relationship with europe will be after this deal has been concluded. It would be really nice notjust to constantly hear about dup and irish backstop. What is the deal . Be lovely to know. 0k, just some feedback. Thank you. Well, bbc news has certainly made attempts since then to explain exactly what is in the agreement particularly online but the detail may have been drowned out by the rhetoric of those applauding or decrying the deal. And there was some literal drowning out on wednesday, when the news channel was again broadcasting live from College Green outside the houses of parliament. Replacing eu systems. Shouting drowns out speech. So that remains to be seen how well
The situation in syria is becoming more complex and tense, with turkeys advance into Northern Syria showing no sign of easing today. The Syrian Military accompanied by Russian Troops has assumed control of the kurdish held town of manbij, Turkish Military forces ammassing nearby and turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says taking manbij is a priority. But seizing the town would now mean clashing directly with syrian troops and possibly even russia. Another particular flash point has been the kurdish held town of ras al in where there has been more street to street clashes today. This footage from the Turkish Anadolu Agency shows just how intense the fighting has been, as Turkish Backed fighters try to displace the kurdish forces. Middle east correspondent martin patience is there. Well, the syrians are behind me, and throughout this morning, we have seen heavy turkish shelling. That seems to be their response to the american sanction. The turkish president , for his part, says he wi
That the frequent appearances of a placard waver from the other side of the argument are encouraged by those live broadcasts from college green. Heres the activist in question, steve bray, doing the dance of the camera shot behind huw edwards and Laura Kuenssberg a couple weeks ago. And borisjohnson still says he wants to have a general election, but at this moment, the opposition parties arent going to back that. And when it comes to the big quagmire theyre all in politically how we sort out the brexit mess well, it doesnt necessarily change that much immediately either. Laura, well talk a little bit more about that later on but thanks very much for that. Laura kuenssberg there, our political editor, with more analysis a little later. Julian punch emailed us after watching that. And chris bolton also wondered. We asked bbc news for a response to this complaint, and they told us. On thursday, the action was very much not in westminster but in brussels. Huw edwards was dispatched to the
Police and protesters, after the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. Its a huge weekend for the home nations at the rugby world cup. England face their arch rivals australia in the First Quarter final this morning before ireland take on the defending champions the all blacks. Wales play france tomorrow. Another changeable day in the way today, worth taking your trolley. Still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend, fewer and fewer showers. Brolly. Its saturday the 19th october. Our top story. Its a momentous day at westminster, as mps vote on borisjohnsons new brexit deal. Parliament is sitting on a saturday for the First Time Since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. Lets take you through what will happen today. The Prime Minister will present his agreement to mps at 0930, theyll debate the details annd then will start voting on it this afternoon. The result is too close to call between now and then, borisjohnson still has persuade but enough mps to back
Isaid, if i said, if it was your 19 year old son or your son, no matter what age, you would do the same as me, and he was holding my hand and he said, yes, i would. Four bulgarian football fans suspected of subjecting black england players to racist abuse have been detained following police raids. A severely brain damaged girl who the nhs believed should have her life support withdrawn has arrived in italy to continue her treatment there instead. Welcome to westminster. We are live from westminster on another really important day in the Brexit Process. The chances of a brexit deal between the eu and the uk being agreed this week this are now shrinking, according to government sources. We are alsojust we are also just hearing that Michel Barnier is being quoted as saying that he has told eu commissioners he is hopeful of getting a deal today. Thats the irish broadcaster rte saying that Michel Barnier has told eu commissioners he is hopeful of getting a deal today, so some variation in o