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
Yesterday, the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system. Closed quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. Today our elections, the very core of our democracy, are under attack. Special counsel muellers report in no Uncertain Terms details our Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election is, the russians objections were clear, secure the election of one candidate of president over another and undermining confidence in the sbrintegritief our elections. Theres no evidence that russia affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did steal thousands of documents from american citizens that it used to influence public opinion. It also accessed voter data and gained other valuable intelligence which it may seek to exploit in the future. In short, as special counsel
Life, studios in singapore and london. Viva from. This is bbc news. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am 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 turkeys offensi
Audience and those joining in hybrid format on the phone. Members can provide comment in person and city and remote through the webex system. Thank you to staff guest and everyone else participating. Please call the first item. Thank you madam chair. The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commissioner members please respond when i call your name. Commissioner aquino, present. Commissioner drew, present. Commissioner scott, present. Chair brackett, aye. All members of the commission are present. Madam chair, we have a quorum. Please note the commission has one vacant seat. The next order of business is item 2 announcements. A, the next regular meeting is scheduled tuesday october 17, 2023 at 1 p. M. The announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the
Members can provide comment in person and city and remote through the webex system. Thank you to staff guest and everyone else participating. Please call the first item. Thank you madam chair. The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commissioner members please respond when i call your name. Commissioner aquino, present. Commissioner drew, present. Commissioner scott, present. Chair brackett, aye. All members of the commission are present. Madam chair, we have a quorum. Please note the commission has one vacant seat. The next order of business is item 2 announcements. A, the next regular meeting is scheduled tuesday october 17, 2023 at 1 p. M. The announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices. Please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person s responsible for the ringing