The two hour barrier in austria . Welcome to bbc news. The United Nations say around 100,000 people have fled their homes as Turkey Presses on with its offensive against kurdish forces. There has been heavy fighting and both civilians and dozens of kurdish fighters have lost their lives. Turkey wants to create a 30 km deep buffer zone running a50 miles, so around 600 km, across the syrian border. Turkeys president erdogan vowed to press on with the assault to defeat kurdish fighters who he regards as terrorists, and then to settle millions of Syrian Refugees there. And then to settle millions the of Syrian Refugees there. Pentagon has said in the hour the pentagon has said in the last hour us troops have come under fire in syria. 0ur International Correspondent 0rla guerin is there and has been watching the military activity. Well, through much of the day, weve been hearing heavy outgoing artillery and mortar fire. Now, the turkish Authorities Say they have advanced into Northern Syria up to about five miles. President erdogan says he is unconcerned about the international condemnation, but it is growing. Turkey is already accused of killing innocent civilians, damaging civilian infrastructure, and causing huge numbers to flee, and all of this while it is supposed to be creating a safe zone for more than 4 million syrians to go home to. Here is turkeys response to International Calls for an end to its offensive. Its forces continuing to pound North Eastern syria, creating a new landscape of the displaced 100,000 people and counting, in just three days. But turkey is paying a price. Full state honours today for two civilians killed next to the border, seen here as martyrs in operation peace springs. 0ne coffin is child size, for a baby boy called mohammed, just nine months old. A victim of rocket fire by Syrian Kurdish forces, their first retaliation for turkeys massive assault on them. And here, mohammeds family, joined together in boundless grief. In the cruelest of ironies, they are Syrian Refugees themselves. Little sidra cant hold back her tears. The mufti called on god to give strength to turkeys soldiers and bring a quick victory, with few casualties. Then, a finaljourney to the border town of akcakale. At the local mosque, friday prayers became a time of mourning for mohammed, whose family fled syria six years ago. His mother, fatima, gave birth to six girls before having a boy. She said she waited 17 years for her only son. Now he is gone, and two of her daughters are in intensive care. Her husband, hani, battling his grief, his anger directed at banned kurdish separatists in turkey and Kurdish Militia in syria. Translation i call on god to bring them failure, to block their path, and not to forgive them. Well, prayers are being said here now for baby mohammed. When his family came to turkey, they were hoping against hope to find safety. Instead, they were caught up in another round of warfare, and mohammed was killed inside his own home. As he was mourned here, other children were being mourned in syria, including a 12 year old boy killed by a turkish rocket attack yesterday. Mohammed was taken away for burial, a life cut short that leaves a broken family. Back across the border, in syria, a car bomb in the city of qamishli. Islamic state said it carried out the attack, which killed at least three civilians. This is just what many have feared and the kurds have predicted is taking advantage of the chaos caused by turkeys invasion. And tonight, we found more convoys heading for the border, for an operation that has been widely condemned abroad, but is strongly supported at home. The us treasury secretary has spoken of drafting powerful new sanctions against turkey. Lets hear more from our north america editor, jon sopel, who explains what could be behind the conflicting messages coming from the white house. Its undoubtedly clear that Donald Trumps phone call with president erdogan last weekend paved the way with the invasion with the removal of american troops. Since then, donald trump has been saying its time to get american troops out of the middle east, out of these endless wars costing trillions of dollars. What happens today . An announcement that an extra 1,800 us servicemen are being sent to saudi arabia. Weve had President Trump saying that he would like to broker some kind of deal between the kurds and the turks, turkish sources in washington saying thats not going to happen. And, as you say, weve had the threat of sanctions from the treasury secretary that Steve Mnuchin says could shut down the turkish economy. But what will trigger them, we dont know. You get the slight impression that the white house are calling in the locksmiths to put on a couple of extra bolts on the stable door, even though the horse has long since disappeared from view. The former Us Ambassador to ukraine has testified she was removed from her position on the orders of President Trump. Speaking behind closed doors to congress, Marie Yovanovitch said there has been a Concerted Campaign against her which was based on what she called unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. Her testimony comes as democrats in congress continue their efforts to learn more about the trump administrations ties to ukraine. The bbcs Anthony Zurcher gave us this analysis. You have reports of what her Opening Statement in front of this closed Congressional Investigation Committee contained, and it was pretty damning for the administration. She said that, in this administration, private influence and personal gain were trumping diplomatic judgement. As you mentioned, she was ousted at the same time that Rudy Giuliani was investigating joe biden and his sons ties to ukraine, outside of the normal governmental processes. And she says that she was ousted by unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives, not referring to giuliani directly, but clearly implying that. And youll also remember that during the phone call where donald trump spoke to ukrainian president zelensky, donald trump described her, who had since been fired or withdrawn, as bad news. So she ties in a bunch of different threads in this investigation into the ukrainian material by giuliani, ukrainian investigations by giuliani. And i think it is interesting to see exactly what the democrats are going to be asking her about, and what sort of ways she answers these questions. While the impeachment inquiry was going on, President Trump was hosting a delegation from china, and after they broke up, he announced the first stage of a trade agreement. In his words, it is phase one of a broader agreement, and it means increases in tariffs which the us was going to impose on some chinese goods later this month have been suspended while these talks continue. But weve come to a deal on intellectual property, financial services, a tremendous dealfor the farmers, a purchase of from a0 50 billion worth of agricultural products. Lets get more on this. 0ur correspondent Chris Buckler is in washington, dc. The argument that has come from President Trump is that this is a trade fight that is becoming a love fest with china. I would perhaps dampen that slightly, because the truth is i kind of feel like we have been here before. There have been points in these long, long negotiations, that have been going on for more months than i care to remember, there have been points when the americans thought they had breakthroughs on some of these key issues, like intellectual property, stopping any theft, to try and ensure that there is a fair way of American Companies operating in china, for example, and also trying to put forward an enforcement mechanism to try and ensure the deal terms are actually enforced properly. And in reality, although President Trump is saying they have the first stage of a deal, it seems all of the paperwork has to be drawn up as yet. Thats going to take a number of weeks, and it wont be signed until sometime in november. Now, there is plenty that could go wrong in the meantime. But there are positives for business in the middle of all this, because the reality of achieving some kind of a deal at this stage means that tariffs are not going to be put in place on some chinese products that was intended by the americans in the coming days, and some others in the coming months. Now, the fact that those tariffs are not going to go in place is potentially good news for chinese businesses, and some would argue, as well, for the American Consumer and american businesses as well, because in reality, they pay some of those tariffs. Lets get some of the days other news now the United States has said it is sending 3,000 more military personnel to support saudi arabia in response to last months attack on the countrys oil industry. The pentagon said two squadrons of Fighter Aircraft as well as their air Defence Systems were being deployed to the country. Five people have been injured after a knife attack at a Shopping Centre in manchester. A ao year old man was arrested initially on terrorism offences, and has now been detained under the Mental Health act. He was seen chasing officers before he was detained. Investigations into the motives behind the attack are now continuing. Some bad news for facebook, with a string of International FinancialCompanies Pulling out of its plans to launch a digital currency. That project was known as libra. It was due for launch next year, but in the last few hours, the credit giants mastercard and visa have confirmed they no longer support it. It comes after internet giants paypal, ebay and stripe also pulled out. Vetera n veteran hollywood actress jane fonda has been arrested at a climate protest in washington. She was led away by police in handcuffs. A murder suspect who has been on the run in france for eight years has now been arrested in glasgow. Xavier dupont de ligonnes is accused of having shot dead his wife and four children at their home in 2011. He was reportedly travelling under a false name. With me is our correspondent who can tell us a lot about this remarkable but also terrifying background to this story. Some of our viewers may be coming to it for the first time. It all starts in the spring of 2011. Xavier dupont de ligonnes and his Family Living in the french city of not. In april of that year friends and contacts became worried they had not heard from his wife and four children nante. Conflicting reports were given as to why they wouldnt be in the region, reportedly telling his Childrens School he was taking a job in australia, while sending a letter to some close relatives saying he was a us secret agent moving to america under witness protection and they wouldnt hear from him for awhile. Eventually police did search the family home and they found the bodies of his wife and four children. They had been and buried in the garden along with the familys two dogs, and the police described it as methodical executions. But they still didnt find mr dupont de ligonnes, and over the following eight years the search for him took them to mines, caves, even to a monastery. And despite reported sightings, he hadnt been found. The case, i think, enthralled, appalled and mystified france, the authorities and french society. It triggered lots of reports, some documentaries, even a drama, but as we now know, he has been found as well. And in glasgow, very briefly, what do we know about the circumstances today . He had been taking a flight from shoulder goal airport, he was fingerprinted on arrival at Glasgow Airport and has been arrested charles de gaulle. That has answered one aspect of this case, but many others remain. He stay with us, still to come a clashes between police and protesters in ecuador on the 10th day of anti austerity demonstrations. Parts of San Francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. In the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little known revolutionary to an experienced and successful dramatic operator. It was a 20 pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. This government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. It fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. This catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. And then, bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. This is bbc news, the headlines the u. N. s as 100,000 people have been driven from their homes in syria as turkey continues it assault against the kurds. A french fugitive suspected of killing his wife and family eight years ago has been arrested at Glasgow Airport in scotland. In Southern California a rush of wildfires has killed at least one person in forced tens of thousands to evacuate. Hundreds of structures have been threatened or destroyed as firefighters continue to attempt to control those blazes. David willis has more from los angeles. Winds are fanning the embers, buildings have been destroyed. To the north of americas second largest city, a major blazes burning out of control. 1000 firemen are battling to control the saddle ridge fire. But it is a losing battle fuelled by seasonal so called sa nta a na battle fuelled by seasonal so called santa ana winds, the blazes moving ata santa ana winds, the blazes moving at a rate of more than 800 acres an hour. At a Wildlife Centre these horses got loose, but were corralled. 0ther horses got loose, but were corralled. Other animals had to be led to safety. But of the 100,000 residents already evacuated, many we re residents already evacuated, many were forced to leave their pets behind. You could see the flames north of our stable, and when we leave this table to ride into the ca nyon leave this table to ride into the ca nyo n we leave this table to ride into the canyon we go out the back and there isa canyon we go out the back and there is a ridge right there, and i could see the flames coming over that ridge, i said we have got to go. They wont thinking of this when they named california golden state. Its ironic that many in the path of the flames had already been making do without electricity as the Power Companies cant supply in order to prevent a repeat of last year, when a faulty powerlines sparked deadly inferno is amongst the tinder dry brush. The fires have caused traffic chaos, cutting off freeways linking Southern California with the rest of the state. Yet as a furious battle is waged from the skies above, this Malevolent Force of nature shows little sign of abating. Unless the winds died down over the weekend, officials fear the worst may be yet to come. The un has called for an investigation into the deaths of five protesters in ecuador after ten days of consecutive protests against the government. The protest had been triggered by the scrapping of long standing fuel subsidies, the movement calling for president moreno to restore them has attracted many from all over the country including significant numbers indigenous people. Violence in the capital has led to a state of emergency being declared, and the president has fled the city. Still a work in progress, but he is trying. And now borisjohnson may, just may, be getting somewhere in sketching out a brexit deal. After his show of optimism, alongside irelands leader yesterday, today on a school visit, it was time to look on the bright side. Both of us can see a pathway to a deal, but that doesnt mean its a done deal. Theres a way to go. Its important now that our negotiators, on both sides, get into proper talks. 0ne to one, the two leaders had traded ideas, changed the mood, cleared the way for intensive negotiations on terms to be laid on the table behind closed doors. I think, at this stage, probably the less said the better. Focus today very much switches to brussels, where secretary of state barclay is going to meet with michel barnier, and id anticipate that that will lead to some more detailed proposals being laid down. Next stop, brussels. Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay met the eus chief negotiator today. The mood visibly positive, though the path to agreement looks steep. Brexit is like climbing a mountain. We need vigilance, determination and patience. Reporter are we near the top . But what about the obstacles . He wouldnt say. Reporter are you going to negotiate over the weekend . Would parties, including Boris Johnsons dup allies, have a veto over Northern Irelands future status . No answers today. Northern ireland will be part of future uk trade deals, but the uk might drop plans for customs checks on the island of ireland when there is an eu border there. Let me work, please. These are the details that could make or break a deal in tough negotiations, but in cyprus, the Eu Council President was clear. Giving up is not an option. Of course, theres no guarantee of success, and the time is practically up. But even the slightest chance must be used. Here at westminster, the diaries and calendars for next week are covered in red ink. There is the big eu leaders summit, then on saturday, a special session of the house of commons. Expect a vote on a deal, if there is one, and a push by mps, who want to see brexit decided by another referendum. Meanwhile, if there is no agreement, even if there is a deal, the Prime Minister may struggle to avoid another brexit extension. The last thing he wants, a delay, he mayjust have to accept. John pienaar, bbc news, westminster. Athletics now, and Kenyas Eliud Kipchoge is going to attempt to do what no man has done before and run a marathon under two hours. He is running in vienna on saturday after missing out on the achievement by 26 seconds last year. This will not count as a world record due to the assistance he has been receiving, such as constantly revolving pace makers, but it will break one of the mythical barriers in sport. To be the first human being doing this, it is like the first person to land on the moon. On saturday 12 october, Eliud Kipchoge will try to do what no man has ever done before, run a marathon in under two hours. He first tried in 2017 in monza, italy, missing out by less than half a minute. So what is different this time around to allow the canyon such confidence . The course is pretty good, it is a straight of 4. 4 kilometres, one lap is 9. 6 kilometres. Very flat. It is also crucially, in the organisers eyes, less humid than monza, so allowing kipchoge to better regulate his body temperature. The 2017 challenge was sparsely attended and the desire for large crowds to line the route was high up on kipchoges wish list. I think there will be thousands of spectators there. When you have spectators they are pushing you. He has grown much physically fitter, he is right now in the best shape that he could ever be. Physically and everything. In monza it was like a boxer going into the ring and he doesnt know whats happening in the ring. Not knowing if he would be knocked down or he will be successful. But this time i am going to vienna knowing what i will be doing. I believe i can run under two hours. The reason is i have tried before two years ago. This really is a first, it is making history and i know i will get it. Lots of people will be watching to see if he does it. The duke of cambridge has been visiting a pub in south london this evening to watch england play the Czech Republic in the euro 2020 qualifiers. He was also promoting the heads up campaign on Mental Health. He discussed the issue with several people who have been affected by it, the idea behind the campaign is to get men as comfortable talking about Mental Health as they are talking about football. Unfortunately Prince William was not able to guarantee a win for the england team. They lost against the Czech Republic 2 1. You can find me on twitter, i would love to hear from you. Goodbye for now. Hello, overall the weather this weekend is not looking ideal, very changeable, a mixed picture throughout the uk, but there is some sunshine on offer too. We will concentrate on the rainfall first, it could be quite heavy again across southern areas of the uk, already the west country has seen a fair bit of rain in the last 2a hours, there could be some flooding during the next day or so again from this weather front that stretches right out from the atlantic across into germany and the baltic as well, it is kind of stuck here, a Conveyor Belt of cloud and moisture that keeps bringing more and more rain, pushed by quite a powerful jetstream, it is stuck in this place whereas to the south of the jetstream across a large chunk of the continent, they are enjoying some fine, warm autumn weather. But here in the uk we have that autumn chill. So for the early hours we have cloud and rain across the south, central parts of the uk, clear spells here, whereas scotland and Northern Ireland a scattering of showers. In the south it is still relatively mild, i suppose you could call it, 12 degrees in london, chilly in the north east of england, only six degrees. Lets look at the morning forecast, we have cloud and rain across the south, at times it will be quite heavy, and take a look at the weather across much of wales, the midlands, northern england, much of scotland and Northern Ireland, absolutely fine, beautiful weather there with sunshine in belfast, newcastle, edinburgh, i bit of a chill in the air here, temperatures may be around 13 or 1a degrees in the south, very far south, i think temperatures will be around 15, 16. The weather front is still with us through saturday night, but saturday night into the early hours of sunday that starts to move a little further north and not only that, we have a further weather front heading our way, so it is a real mishmash of cloud, these areas of rain moving across the uk on sunday, i think most of us will catch some rain on sunday, but with a tendency for the weather to improve somewhat through the day across the south, so it may turn up actually quite bright if not sunny for places like portsmouth, maybe even the south east as well, while the rain moves a little bit further north. A real mixed day i think on sunday. On monday, sunday into monday we will start to see more weather fronts coming off the atlantic so you get the message, it is a whole succession of weather systems that just keep coming our way and there are gaps in between so you can see monday actually, at least for a large chunk of the day, central areas of the uk looking fine but then as this rain moves towards Northern Ireland and the south once again, fine weather in the east on monday. This is bbc news. Our top stories 100,000 people flee their homes in Northern Syria as turkey steps up its assault against the kurds, according to the un. Turkish warplanes have continued to bomb targets inside syria. Turkeys president erdogan vows to press ahead with the operation. Been revelations in the impeachment enquiry against donald trump with the envoy to ukraine saying she was removed. She said there had been a Concerted Campaign against her. Those your headlines right now on bbc news