After Spains Supreme Court jails nine separatists over cataolnias failed bid for independence. And englands euro 2020 qualifier with bulgaria in sofia was temporarily halted twice in the first half, with fans warned about racist behaviour. The escalating consequences of Donald Trumps decision to pull us troops out of Northern Syria are profound and multi faceted. First, after years of fighting each other, kurdish fighters and the Syrian Military are now on the same side. Syrias army is helping the kurds resist the turkish offensive which began when america in effect gave it the green light. Syrian Government Forces have arrived in key kurdish held towns in the north including ain issa and manbij. For now, they are not being deployed to tal ab yad and ras al ain, where turkeys attacks have focused. Even so, this new alliance is remarkable, and it has changed the state of play in syria. Orla guerin is there. Well in less than a week, president erdogan has created a dangerous new reality
Turkey bank and the lira faulters after prosecutors charge against breaking sanctions. And jp morgan shares rally. Goldman sach misses forecast as it endures heavy losses after investments in wework and uber a very warm welcome to street signs. It is just over 24 hours now until the make or break eu summit sterling is under pressure amid uncertainty over a last minute brexit deal can be hammered out. Talks have just restarted after stretching late into the night french Prime Minister said there is a glimmer of hope some members of Johnsons Conservative Party have expressed p doubts about the emerging deal. Lets head straight out to willem who joins us live from westminster. Break it down for us, which lawmakers matter here . Youve got Boris Johnsons party who are very likely to vote for a deal. You have a small number of them who have traditionally voted against the brexit deals one of them has publicly said last night after the group met, the former secretary of state for Northern Ire
Anthony zurcher in washington will explain. And well be getting more on the impact of brexit on the uk economy. Thats all coming up on outside source. Yesterday, the uk delivered new proposals for a brexit deal. Today were getting the eus reaction. First up, European Council president , donald tusk. The core obstacle to a brexit deal is this how can the uk leave the eus Single Market and Customs Union and avoid there being any checks on or close to the border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland . The current agreement that the Uk Parliament rejected repeatedly, includes the irish border backstop. It says that after brexit, the uk remains aligned to the eus Customs Union until a new trade deal is signed. But borisjohnson and many brexiteers want that gone these new plans are their alternative. The Brexit Steering Group at the European Parliament says. Heres its chair, guy verhofstadt. Well, we are very sceptical about this proposal. Because mainly, it is a repackaging o
The pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. and prepare to be inspired well meet the 75 year old whos probably stronger than you. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1 am in london and 8 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. Our asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt close to that edge. It is now illegal here to cover yourface in
But there will be cooler conditions for the next few days. Anything you want to get to right away or just the usual . The usual and i want to remind people that interstate 80 is open and you may have gone to bed not knowing what will happen. It is open now. Lets go to the picture to show you the drive time between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. It looks pretty decent. 20 minutes. Interstate 80 is open after yesterdays incident which closed for the evening commute. You can see traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a 1015 minute wait which is typical and you can see when we put the map up of the east making it, there is a little bit of slow traffic here and there. Highway 4 does have slow traffic and as you look at the izbicki mood we are off to a decent start. The latest on that massive fire at the Petroleum Storage facility in crockett yesterday. The fire is contained. Interstate 80 is open after it was shut down for hours. An Incident Management Team is l