Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where President Trump has fiercely defended his shock decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. Critics fear it opens the way for turkey to attack kurdish fighters there, who are regarded by the turkish government as terrorists. Mister trump has threatened to totally destroy and obliterate turkeys economy if ankara takes advantage of his decision, but said it was time to get out of what he called these ridiculous, endless wars. The bbcs orla guerin reports from the turkey syria border. A pull out at dawn. Us troops, leaving observation posts along the syrian border. Washington says only a small number of troops were moved a short distance. But Kurdish Forces fear they are clearing the way for a turkish invasion. Turkeys president was viewing serbian troops today, an honour guard on a state visit, as concerns grow intern
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And thats very, very hard to come to terms with. 21 climate activists are arrested in london at the start of two weeks of global prostests by the Climate Group Extinction Rebellion. Coming up the hidden condition affecting thousands of women across the uk mps launch an inquiry into the debilitating impact of endometriosis. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The american businesswoman at the centre of a storm over her association with borisjohnson, has refused to say whether she had an affair with him while he was mayor of london. Jennifer arcuri received a number of grants and took part in trade missions while he was in office. She said he spoke at four events she ran, and came to herflat a handful of times, but insisted he never showed her any favouritism. Mrjohnson has said everything was done entirely in the proper way. Speaking on itvs good morning britain, ms arcuri refused to say whether they had an affair. The nature of your relationship is actually a matter of public i
More than 130 arrests as Extinction Rebellion block bridges and roads in westminster in a protest over Climate Change. The teenager harry dunn, killed in a car crash Boris Johnson calls for the return of a us suspect whos claimed diplomatic immunity. And how knife crime is on the increase outside the capital we report on its disturbing rise in several regional towns and cities. And coming up on bbc news, theres a new man in charge of englands cricketers bowling coach Chris Silverwood is set to replace Trevor Bayliss in the top job. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An american businesswoman at the centre of a controversy over her friendship with borisjohnson when he was london mayor has refused to say whether she had an intimate relationship with him. Jennifer arcuri joined trade missions led by mrjohnson, and received thousands of pounds in public money, giving rise to questions over whether he had failed to declare a conflict of interest over their relationship. Ms a
Thanks. Were tracking developing news in napa county. A fire is burning in American Canyon. Firefighters are calling this thamicfi. They say its about contained. 500 acres. The fire started around 3 00 yesterday afternoon west of interstate 80. People quickly jumped into action to protect their homes. One neighbor shared this video with us. Nobody was hurt. One outbuilding was destrod. Evacuation advisory which has since been lifted. Another firing happening now is closing one of the entrances to yosemite. Youre seeing what firefighters saw as this brush fire forced them block off one of the west entrances. This is mariposa county. At last check this is burning 45 acres,nment. Ai 5co nt the u. S. Is pulling troops out of Northern Syria setting the stage for turkey to invade the country. This is new video of u. S. Military vehicles leaving syria today. The white house announced withdrawal last night. Youre looking at video of syrian troops removing defense barriers last month. Kurdish f