mikel arteta, as their next manager. # it is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory.# one of andrew lloyd webber‘s most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today we ll ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. iamat i am at somerset house. indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. outdoor, rain, particularly in eastern england. yourforecast coming up. it s friday the 20th of december. our top story: the prime minister s brexit divorce deal will be put before parliament later. it comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. officially known as the eu withdrawal agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. this week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what boris johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay . now,
is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. on the uk government site. a man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. all thomas cook s stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. coming up, i ve been speaking to some of the people living in one london borough that s been hit hard by knife violence. and also coming up, we ll speak to a former sun journalist about coleen rooney accusing rebeka vardy of using her private instagram to obtain stories about her,and selling them to tabloid newspapers. the fighting in syria has taken a new turn with turkey launching airstrikes and us allies accusing america of betrayal. turkey has begun a major offensive against kurdish forces who control the north east of the country. the kurds are currently involved in joint military operations with american troops in syria and have played a key role capturing thousands of is fighters. it s unclear what will now happen to th
the row continues to escalate, matches in china under threat. matches in china under threat, huge market and huge revenues at stake. the global sporting market is delicately balanced. and finally professional sports men and women often go into different careers after they retire from competing but i bet you didn t see this one coming. the former chelsea and arsenal goalkeeper, petr cech, is now an ice hockey player! that s right, the 37 year old, who s still a performance advisor at chelsea, has swapped the pitch for the rink. he s signed for guildford phoenix until the end of their season. cech said it ll be wonderful to play the sport he grew up watching as a kid . and that s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the economics commentator, grace blakeley and the political commentator, giles kenningham. it s great to see you both. pleasure! david frost is
the partners of two top full fight it out on social media over leaked personal stories. two top footballers. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in syria where turkey has launched a ground offensive in the north of the country, just hours after its warplanes and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. the move follows president trump s controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the area which is controlled by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces. they played a leading role in the fight against islamic state, but are regarded as terrorists by turkey. turkey says it wants to set up a 30km safe zone along the border, to resettle up to two million syrian refugees living in turkey. one monitoring group says that ten civilians have already been killed. the bbc‘s orla guerin is on the turkish syria border with this report. in syria, a new round of war
hello. turkey has launched a ground offensive in northern syria, hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. just days ago president trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision that s been widely condemned, at home and abroad. the area under attack is controlled by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the extremist group that calls itself islamic state. they are long time american allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. the turkish government says it wants to clear kurdish forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million syrian refugees who ve been living in turkey. one monitoring group says 10 civilians have already been killed. the bbc‘s orla guerin is on the border. in syria, a new round of warfare. the town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish contro