A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme for many, this time of year is common cold season. Most of us will get between one and three each year, and new Research Says what you do in that first 2a hrs is key. Wed like to know what are your top tips for avoiding or minimising a cold . Get in touch just use the bbcthebriefing. We start in westminster. The british Prime Minister is to try again to force an election, having failed to do so for a third time on monday night. This time, borisjohnson will put forward a bill which will need the backing of a simple majority of mps, rather than two thirds. His proposed brexit legislation has also been dropped for the time being, but many mps still have concerns. Our political correspondent, jessica parker, looks the Prime Ministers chances. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. It was not third time lucky for borisjohnson. He it was not third tim
The Iraq-Turkey deal allows Turkey to militarily enter a 300km by 40km area within Iraqi territory, according to a KCK spokesperson and other Iraqi sources.
DOHUK, Iraq: A mysterious helicopter crash in northern Iraq has killed at least five people, allegedly including militants belonging to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency group, according to statements Thursday from the Iraqi Kurdish-run counterterrorism agency and the region’s president. The AS350 Eurocopter crashed in the district of Chamanke in Dohuk province in Iraq’s