Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in northern syria, where the United States is to withdraw all its remaining troops, as turkeys offensive against the kurds intensifies. The us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia and america could not be caught between two opposing armies. The us withdrawal comes as Syrian Government troops are said to be heading towards the Turkish Border where turkey is trying to create a so called safe zone. Meanwhile, hundreds of people some said to be the families of Islamic State Group Fighters have escaped from a camp that was guarded by the kurds. Aleem maqbool sent this report from inside northern syria. The anguish that only comes from loss. This brother and sister mourn theirfather, who was killed in the shelling by turkey of their residential neighbourhood. The kurds here have already suffered so much, and every day of t
Speech is due open a new session of parliament, as brexit deal talks continue. You can keep up to date with the latest developments on the bbc website, at bbc. Com news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Trade war breakthrough. Donald trump says china has already started to buy more american agricultural goods after fridays partial deal. Cash for citizenship. But i want tos controversial new multi billion dollar booming industry. Vanuatus. It is monday, hope you had a great weekend, glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. I am rico his own. Lets begin with the trade war. This morning us President Donald Trump has been tweeting about the partial deal agreed on friday with chinas vice premier. Mist and trump said in that suite, beijing has already started to increase its purchases of american agricultural products. Mrtrump. He american agricultural products. Mr trump. He went on to reiterate washington has suspended its pla
Scattered showers, particularly for northern ireland. 12 16 degrees in the sunshine. Not too bad. Winds should ease after a bit of a blustery start to the day. Further ahead, low pressure, often in charge. An unsettled theme, sunny spells what a match and what to win but and blustery showers. Bye bye. Thousands of japan fans, their what a match and what to win but thousands ofjapan fans, their side through to the world cup water finals for the very first time. Remember, scotland had to win to have any chance of qualifying and they got up to the perfect start when finn russell scored an early try the japan hit back. Three superb tries before halftime, some stunning running rugby and they led by 21 points. After halftime, second try of the match, japan led 28 7, the match seemed as good as over. But then scotland scored two quick tries of their own. To make it 28 21 with 20 minutes left. It was a nailbiting finish to the match, japan held on for the victory through to the knockout stages
A marathon in under two hours, Kenyas Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffes 16 year old world record, quick stepping up the leaderboard, well catch up with mike after his highest strictly score. Good morning from the wellington downs whether king street by getting ready for the procession later on at parliament. The weather is not looking so great. Rain and showers in the forecast today. We will see some dry conditions. More details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 14th of october. Our top story. The first queens speech of Boris Johnsons premiership will be unveiled today with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle violent crime, and invest more in the nhs. But events in brussels could still overshadow the Prime Ministers parliamentary plans with significant work still to do in brexit labour has called todays speech an uncosted wish list, which the government has no intention of delivering. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Today, there wil
Hotel collapse disaster. Oh, my god. The urgent search in the heart of new Orleans French quarter. The new video of the rescues. Engineers now being brought in. What weve learned overnight about that hotel. Plus, the school bell ringing later. One state makes the historic move requiring schools to push back the start of classes. Million of children being allowed to sleep in. And from the vertical car crash to the herd of moose at the mall to the dog missing for 12 years finally found, all the trending stories to start your monday. Good morning, america. Im Elizabeth Hur in for janai norman. And im kenneth moton. We begin with the crisis in syria growing worse by the hour. One senior official in the Trump Administration describes it as total chaos. We have reports that hundreds of isis prisoners are escaping as militias backed by turkey push deeper into syria, and in a Major Development the former u. S. Allies, the syrian kurds, have now struck a deal with the syrian dictator Bashar Al