The consequences of President Trumps decision to pull us troops out of syria, effectively giving the green light to turkey to send troops across the syrian border, have been deadly on the ground, and the backlash from his own party is growing in washington. 129 of them voted with the democrats in the house of representatives to condemn him. Then, a letterfrom mr trump came out urging turkeys president not to be a tough guy, and a white house meeting with senior democrats ended with an exchange of insults and the democrats walking out. Here is our north america correspondent peter bowes. President trump under fire from all directions over his decision to pull us forces out of syria. The house of representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn mr trumps actions in the strongest terms. The president s impulsive decision to leave syria without any deliberation has ignited a conflict in one of the most volatile regions on earth. More than 100 republicans voted with the democrats, although the president did have some support from his own party. The blood of americas patriots is among our nations most sacred currency, and it must be spent only when absolutely vital to protect american interests. We are not the worlds police force. But one of the president s closest allies, the republican senator lindsey graham, says mrtrump has made a grave error. To suggest the kurds are safer is really delusional. If you think the kurds are safer today than they were when they were partnered with us, you just dont understand whats going on in syria. The president ended the day losing the vote in congress. He started it by defending his decision and criticising the kurds, americas one time allies. Now, the pkk, which is a part of the kurds, as you know, is probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than isis. So its a very semi complicated, not too complicated if youre smart, but its a semi complicated problem. And i think its a problem that we have very nicely under control. The president was widely criticised for, in effect, giving the green light to turkey to move into syria. But, in a letter written before the offensive against kurdish fighters started, mr trump urged president erdogan to work out a good deal. He said the president is under intense pressure from his critics. Leading democrats walked out of a meeting with mr trump at the white house after they say he had a meltdown. I think that vote, the size of the vote more than two to one of the republicans voted to oppose what the president did probably got to the president , because he was shaken up by it. And thats why we couldnt continue in the meeting, because he was just not relating to the reality of it. With President Trump distancing america from the conflict between turkey and syria, the us Vice President , mike pence, and secretary of state, mike pompeo, are heading into it, en route to ankara to try to broker a ceasefire. Peter bowes, bbc news. Of course, while the politics rages on in washington, dc, the fighting and dying in syria goes on. Syrian Government Troops backed by Russian Forces have advanced into positions once held by americans. Turkey invaded Northern Syria to drive the kurds it regards as terrorists back from the border and create what it describes as a safe zone on the syrian side. Our International Correspondent orla guerin is on the border. Urban warfare in Northern Syria. Fighters backed by turkey still battling for control of the border town of ras al ain. Theyre facing fierce resistance from the kurds. Women fighting alongside men. Its rare to get a glimpse of this side of the battle. But, one week into turkeys invasion, president erdogan has taken a swathe of territory from the kurds, and says he wont stop until he completes his so called safe zone. Translation operation peace spring will last until we reach a depth of 30 35 km from manbij to the iraqi border. There is no doubt or hesitation about this. And heres an image that shows the new order in the strategic town of manbij flying the flag for president putin. His forces had a clear run here after americas hasty retreat, moscow eagerly filling the power vacuum. The russians, who back president assad, are patrolling between the syrians and the turks, keeping them apart and offering to mediate. As president erdogan fights on, the fallout is spreading. American Foreign Policy in the middle east is certainly a casualty. Well, Turkish Forces are continuing to pound targets across the border in syria, and the battlefield there has changed rapidly. American forces have surrendered much of their leverage. The russians have increased theirs. For president assad, its a win, and for those opposing him in syrias long war, its a bitter pill to swallow. And heres another one us forces pulling out of Northern Syria today. Most now gone from the region. The kurds see this as a massive betrayal. For donald trump, they already sound like history. Our soldiers are not in harms way, as they shouldnt be, as two countries fight over land that has nothing to do with us. And the kurds are much safer right now, but the kurds know how to fight. And, as i said, theyre not angels. Theyre not angels. Those staunch us allies, dismissed so casually, were burying more dead today. Here, two fighters and a local journalist, but there are reports that around 70 civilians have been killed since the invasion began. Turkeys safe zone is becoming a burial ground. Orla guerin, bbc news, on the turkey syria border. We will have more on this later in the programme from an experienced a nalyst the programme from an experienced analyst in the region. Lets get some of the days other news more than 300 people have been arrested globally following the takedown of the Worlds Largest dark web site. Named welcome to video, the website hosted more than 200,000 videos containing images of child sexual abuse. Arrests have taken place across 38 countries, with the sites owner, south koreanjong woo son, facing nine fresh us indictments. Bulgarian police have arrested six people suspected of involvement in racist abuse against black england Football Players on monday evening. Another nine men have been identified and are under investigation. The bulgarian commissioner for the interior has said bulgaria does not tolerate such behaviour. Qatar has announced plans to scrap completely its restrictive migrant permit system. It has long been criticised by human rights activists as a form of modern slavery. Qatars labour minister says a minimum wage will also be introduced from 2020. Under the current system, Migrant Workers have to obtain exit permits to leave the counry, and are blocked from changing Employers Without the employers permission. Officials in california are investigating how two tanks full of ethanol exploded at an Energy Facility near San Francisco. The local Fire Department has been working to prevent the flames spreading to other tanks. With a crucial summit of european leaders due to begin thursday morning, negotiations on a last minute brexit deal continued into the night. High level sources on both sides are telling the bbc that most issues between the uk, the European Union and ireland have been settled, in principle, but nothing is finalised until everything is. Difficult but possible is the phrase being used to our correspondents, and still any deal has to get through the british and european parliaments. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. There is flash photography. He is in a rush, a terrible rush. Keep working, he says. Eu leaders will be there in the afternoon, and the negotiators on both sides will have to give their verdict to their political masters. The big players in europe desperately want this all to come to a conclusion. Everyone understands english, but nobody understands england. Laughter and these negotiations are taking part somewhere in this not very beautiful building. Can there be a new understanding, after so many confusions along the way . It matters most for the prime minister, who swept into office with a promise to fix this, his fate bound up with what happens next on brexit. And, just like theresa may, he has a party and parliament that is divided, brexiteers whose votes he needs. He must keep them all on board. 0bviously, standing here, hoping to be able to vote for a deal which amounts to a brexit worth having. But as ive said elsewhere, you know, theres thousands of people counting on us to make sure this really is a brexit worth having. They have been in and out of number ten, just like earlier. The dup, johnsons Northern Irish allies. Well, were continuing the discussions, and no doubt well Say Something later on today. Who are nervous about what comes next, reluctant to give away too much in a compromise over customs, with worries about the union in the future. And, believe it or not, secrecy about the deal is so tight that even the cabinet dont really know what is next. Its all going marvellously. But, in the morning, it is the continents opinions that matter. France and germany would give any draft deal the same inspection. Can brexit happen soon, without too much disruption for them . I want to believe we are finalising it, the french president said, well talk about it tomorrow. Angela merkel more convinced in recent days it can be done. But, to use their irritating but helpful old adage, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The two sides seem closer tonight to a deal than they have been for months and months, but sources in the dup believe there still are gaps there, and if one thing goes wrong, it could all go wrong, horribly and fast. Good sentiments tonight do not mean signatures on a page tomorrow. And, if borisjohnson manages to clinch it and play the hero, in parliament, swathes of mps are ready to stand and fight. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Catalan protestors seeking independence from spain have clashed with police in barcelona for a third day. Officers in riot gear responded with rubber bullets as protesters set fire to bins and cars, according to witnesses. Nationalists are angry over the long prison sentences given to nine catalan leaders who led a failed bid to secede from spain. Damian grammaticas reports. Catalan anger, for the third day in a row. Tonight, their target was the interior ministry. Protesters dumped piles of toilet roll to signal their disgust at the authorities. When they threatened to break through the barriers, police patience snapped. Riot officers drove the crowds back. There had been perhaps 10,000 on the streets, maybe more. Tempers have been boiling here all week, fury at the jail sentences spain handed down on monday, nine catalan political leaders imprisoned for up to 13 years each for organising the failed independence bid for the region two years ago. Every time the police moved forward to try to take back a bit more of the streets here, the protesters get pushed back. The police are using their baton rounds, their riot control weapons, and the protesters are responding with bottles and stones and fireworks. The anger on the streets doesnt seem to be subsiding. The protesters, improvising shields from skateboards, set fires on the streets. For them, theirjailed leaders are political prisoners. But not everyone agrees with their tactics. Were pacifists, she shouts from the balcony. Spains government has said it will deal with this unrest firmly. But these arent the only protests. There are more in other cities in catalonia. Demonstrators are marching on barcelona from around the region, and a general strike is planned for friday. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, catalonia. Lets just bring you briefly to hong kong and the Legislative Council chamber. 2a hours ago, chief executive carrie lam had to abandon her annual statement because of heckling and disruption. The same thing has happened again. Democracy lawmakers repeatedly heckling carrie lam with several escorted from the chamber. The mass protests in support of greater democracy in the territory have been going on since june and they show no sign of abating. Still to come how celebrities and politicians have become victms of the damaging use of deepfakes on the internet. 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, hes gone from being a little known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic 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 call the 33. And then, bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue, and chile let out an almighty roar. This is bbc news. The latest headlines details have emerged of a threatening letter President Trump sent to his turkish counterpart, as democrats and republicans in the us house of representatives vote overwhelmingly to condemn his decision to pull American Forces from Northern Syria. Lets stay with that story. Live now to washington dc. Heather hurlburt is project director at the think tanke new america. Thank at the think tanke new america. You for your time. Specifically, thank you for your time. Specifically, given the emergence of this letter from specifically, given the emergence of this letterfrom president specifically, given the emergence of this letter from President Trump, what you make of the mike pence and mike pompeo trip to ankara . M remains to be seen since Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Different Things in the last 2a hours on whether he plans to receive them or not. There is no sign of the operations from turkey into syria slowing down and, given that this letter is dated a week ago, it appears that the turks have already discounted it. It is hard, there is no signal that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has any intention of stopping until he reaches his objective. What do you make of the Current Situation . The president and his defenders with a previous president s have not had a Great Success and Many American voters wa nt Great Success and Many American voters want american troops out of foreign wars . There is a remarkable unanimity across washington whether you thought the troops should have been there or gone, that this is about the most catastrophic way to remove them that one could have imagined, that having led notjust the kurds but european allies that we we re the kurds but european allies that we were there pursuing a negotiated outcome which would have allowed safety at least four civilians and two retain control of isis prisoners who the kurds were holding. It is ha rd to who the kurds were holding. It is hard to find anyone who says that the execution if not the policy are real catastrophic failure already in its first week. What is your overall view of the picture. With this presidency, the bizarre becomes everyday but International Policy and diplomacy has often been erratic, cynical and often cruel stop how different is this had how much does it matter . And how much. That is a good question. In the history of diplomacy, this letter i would describe as one asked to fire off a couple of trees and then asked his secretary to type them up. It is oddly blustery but it doesnt seem, from what we understand, from the deliberations that preceded it, it seems that the president believed Recep Tayyip Erdogan was bluffing and would not actually go ahead. It does seem. It is not unprecedented in the history of global diplomacy but what it suggest is notjust high policy and diplomacy accrual and cynical year on year, which as i was been true, but the us is now presenting itself as a power that one cannot trust moment to moment, that one cannot finish, as was the case, negotiating a deal with washington, beginning the very firstjoint patrol of this order area and then within 2a hours hearing from the white house that everyone was been with don and, in a way, it is the speed of the internet is where we have got to. Withdrawn. Legislators in california have made it illegal to create or distribute so called deep fake images in the run up to an election. Deep fake technology, of course, can be used to manipulate images to make it look as if a person said or did something that never happened. Its increasingly used in pornographic material. As part of the bbcs 100 women series, paying tribute to inspiring and influential women from around the world, megha mohan spoke to the former disney actress, bella thorne. At a party in beverly hills, the hollywood actress bella thorne is raising awareness of Mental Health for a generation growing up online. A recent worry is deepfake technology. She has seen her likeness used in hundreds of online, non consensual pornographic films. Deepfake videos are when someones image can be manipulated to generate convincing representations of acts that never happened. We need to be more vigilant with what we trust from the internet. This is an extreme form of deepfake, because, first of all, its real time. Yeah. And the second thing is that ijust need a single picture of that person. In seconds, Computer Scientist hao li can be anyone, from chinas president , xijinping, to Scarlett Joha nsson. Deepfake technology is becoming easier, and it is most commonly used for pornography. Actress bella thorne, who starred in films like blended, has seen a video of her crying over the death of her father cut into a pornographic film. And then im, like, saying, something, something, but i miss him. 0bviously my fathers dead. And then they put that together with a girl masturbating, and this videos going around, and everyone really is thinking that it is actually me. I dont know how we regulate apps and things like that, because its not going to just be your favourite celebrity or your favourite this person or this person that you want to put in this app. Because you can do it to your best friend in school, if you decide you hate them so much. You can send it around to this person, you can do it to a famous politician, this or. It is a concern shared by the former head of security at facebook, alex stamos. He worries the software may be widely used within the year to target non celebrities, the likes of you and me. The executives at these platforms have realised that the people whove been saying our tools are being used for harm are starting to win out, that they were right, and that there needs to be more investment. This is going to be another field where people are going to specialise, and spend years of their career trying to figure out how to stop it. Developers say, as the technology improves, deepfa kes will become more prevalent. In raising awareness, they hope to make us question the authenticity of what we view online. Megha mohan, bbc news. The duke and duchess of cambridge have visited a melting glacier as part of their tour of pakistan, travelling to the mountains of the hindu kush, to see for themselves the effect of Global Warming. Prince william called for the uk and pakistan to Work Together on tackling what he called the impending global catastrophe. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond is travelling with them and sent this report. Even for the royals, it is a rocky road up the hindu kush. William and catherine came here to see firsthand the impact of a warming planet the retreat of the glaciers that, across these mountains, serve nearly a quarter of humanity. When the glaciers melt, they send water tumbling down, flooding the region. And then, once theyre gone, there is nothing left for the rivers, the rivers that irrigate this hot, hard land. It is why the prince calls Global Warming an impending catastrophe. He came to learn, but also to sound the alarm. 1. 6 billion people rely on this water behind us. I mean, that is an enormous amount of people who bear in mind, a lot of people are now living urban lives. Its very hard to understand, living in an urban environment, where your water comes from and how precious the actual source of it all is. Blending in with the locals . Not quite, but a nice try. Applause william and catherine went to a remote village to learn about life outside the big cities. And they were sent back to the capital with dancing and smiles, and music ringing in theirears. Jonny dymond, bbc news, pakistan. More for you on all the news on the bbc website. Thank you for watching. Hello, good morning. Wednesday started on a dull and damp note for many parts of the country. Once that rain cleared away, though, we did see some sunshine. A chance to dry off, though, although a lot of the ground is still saturated, and there are a couple of flood warnings still out there. But following the sunshine, the clearer skies have meant its turned quite chilly, particularly for the eastern side of the uk. Where we had that cloud earlier on, weve now got the clearer skies, but looking out to the west, you can see that swirl of cloud there. Its producing showers or longer spells of rain. It marks the position of what is at the moment quite a deep area of low pressure. Thats drifting towards the uk, already arriving in western areas. Further east, though, with those clearer skies, temperatures may be low enough in eastern scotland to give us a touch of frost. Further west, it will be milder, but youve already got a few showers. The breeze is picking up, and well see more and more showers arriving across the western side of the uk, blown in by some strong and blustery winds, which will also push the showers through the English Channel and then move them inland, into the south east of england and the midlands. But i think, for north east england and north east scotland, it should be largely dry. Should be some decent sunshine. A much better day in north east scotland than it was on wednesday. 13 15 degrees, thats near normal for this time of the year. So, through thursday, increasing numbers of showers. Those showers will continue during thursday evening and thursday night, some of them heavy, accompanied by some rather blustery winds, which will keep the temperatures a bit higher. It should be a milder night, typically 6 8 degrees. We may stay in double figures across more southern parts of england. More sunshine and showers to come on friday. A good deal of them around coastal areas to begin with, but well see them developing inland, and some fairly frequent showers getting blown in on the strongest of the winds in the south west of england and wales. 12 15 degrees, so those numbers at the moment not really changing a great deal. Lets head into the weekend, and remember, at the moment, low pressure is about here. But, as we move into the weekend, the low pressure is moving right across into the uk. Its not as deep an area of low pressure, but it will continue to bring sunshine and showers or longer spells of rain. Longer spells of rain certainly blown in across scotland. The bulk of the showers further south, around coastal areas, developing inland, and with the low pressure right over england and wales, some slow moving heavy and thundery downpours possible. Quite windy and feeling cooler, i think, for northern scotland and for northern ireland. The highest temperatures in the south east of england. So a lot of showers to come on saturday. Through sunday, the showers become fewer. But, with that northerly breeze, it will turn a little bit cooler. For many of us, though, the start of next week should be dry, with some sunshine. This is bbc news. The headlines as details emerge of a threatening letter President Trump sent to the turkish leader, the house of representatives in the us has voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Trumps decision to withdraw American Forces from North Eastern syria, leaving the kurds to face a turkish invasion. 129 members of his own party voted with the democrats. British and European Union negotiators are still trying to hammer out the legal text for a brexit agreement, but say the outlines of a deal have now emerged. European leaders are meeting later on thursday for a two day summit. If no extension is agreed, the uk is due to leave the eu at the end of october. The leader of the spanish region of catalonia has called for an immediate end to the violent street protests by catalan separatists that have shaken barcelona for a third night. Quim torra, who also wants independence from spain, said the movement should remain peaceful and there was no excuse for burning cars