Hello and thanks for joining us on bbc news. The president of the european council, donald tusk, has confirmed hes received a formal request from borisjohnson to delay brexit for three months. Mr tusk said he would start consulting eu leaders on how to respond. The british Prime Minister sent the letter after mps voted not to approve his dealfor the uk to leave the eu until all the legal steps had been completed. Mrjohnson also sent a second letter telling european leaders that a further brexit delay would be a mistake. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports on a dramatic day in parliament. Before it was official, the moves in the middle, then the cheers on the right. Order . Showed borisjohnson was thwarted. The ayes to the right, 322. The noes to the left, 306. By a margin of 16, mps said not never to his deal, but not today, not yet. So the ayes have it. The ayes have it. Unlock hes now obliged by law now to ask the eu for a delay, but hell kick and scream. I will tell our fr
In the past hour President Trump has said he is abandoning his plan to host the 2020 g7 summit at his florida golf resort. It comes after democrats and others said the decision was evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain. In a series of tweets, trump said he would drop the plan which was announced on thursday. He cited what he called the crazed and irrational hostility from democrats and the news media. Brett samuels is the White House Reporter for the hill, hejoins me now on the line. Very good to speak to you, particularly given the fact that these tweets came out so late. The president has backed down. Why . Yes, well, thanks for having me on, james. This is certainly a bit of a shakeup for a james. This is certainly a bit of a sha keup for a saturday james. This is certainly a bit of a shakeup for a saturday night, the president making some big news here. He put himself in a difficult position by choosing to host the g7 summit at his own family property near
Christian and arminia muslim. The two countries we re were pa rt of were part of the Old Soviet Union but when that fell apart tensions escalated. These are parts of the first war between 1992 and 1994. 30,000 people were estimated to have lost their lives. A ceasefire was announced in 1994 but never address the underlying issues and what followed was a ceasefire. 0ver the underlying issues and what followed was a ceasefire. Over a decade later in 2008 these are Russian Mediated talks held but that fell apart. In 2020 that fell apart. Azerbaijan launched an offensive but we captured territory. Thousands of soldiers on both sides reported to have been killed in six weeks of fierce fighting. Another truce was agreed to be monitored by russian peacekeepers. They were to monitor the safe passage of a corridor connecting Nagorno Karabakh To Arminia Moscow attention was diverted by its war in ukraine and tensions were raised and for the last nine months azerbaijan has imposed an effective bl
Earlier this year, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, went to ukraine. Today, president zelensky will pay him a return visit. After arriving in new york, he first went to a hospital, to meet Wounded Ukrainian veterans. Today, he will tell the un in person, for the first time that the war theyve been fighting affects every country, as he told cbs news. Translation were defending the values of the whole world. I look, if ukraine falls, what will happen in ten years . Just think about it if the russians reach poland, whats next . A Third World War . His problem is that many un countries havent taken sides and just want the war to end because its hurting their economies. They also, like these protesters, want the un to focus more on the climate crisis, and notjust the fighting in europe. So in the words of one diplomat, the task for western powers here is to walk and chew gum at the same time to Rally Support for ukraine in the assembly, but also address the needs of developing co
Famous films, admitting they contain racism and stereotyping. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President macron of france has paid tribute to a teacher beheaded by a knifeman in a suburb of paris, saying he was killed for advocating freedom of expression. The teacher is said to have shown his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Police shot dead the killer, reported to have been 18 years old and born in russia. Four people have been held in connection with the incident. Gareth barlow reports. Terror on the streets of france. A knife attack, a School Teacher dead, decapitated. Reports say the attacker ran from the scene, posted an image on social media, was apprehended by police and shot after threatening officers. He died shortly after. The incident happened in conflans sainte honorine, 25 kilometres from the capital. Translation they will not get past us. Our policemen, our gendarmes, all our internal security forces, our intelligence forces, but beyond that all those who hold the