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a temporary ceasefire to fighting in northern syria both turkey and the kurds say they will honour it. the son ofjailed drug lord el chapo is arrested, then later released, amid fierce fighting in northern mexico. and this weekend will see an increased presence of the premier league s zero tolerance campaign against racism, following the scenes in bulgaria on monday night. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. boris johnson will today attempt to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal, after forging an agreement with the eu yesterday. the house of commons will vote on the new deal tomorrow. it s expected to be extremely close. but what exactly has the prime minister agreed with brussels? first, to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, northern ireland will remain aligned to a set of rules related to the eu s single market. northern ireland remains a part of the uk customs territory, but by avoiding a customs border on t ....
our top story: a revolutionary new treatment to tackle a rare form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available through the nhs in england. health experts say the therapy, which uses the body s own immune cells to fight the cancer, represents one of the most exciting advances for decades. there are hopes it could also have an impact on other cancer treatment. here s our health correspondent dominic hughes. leukaemia is a form of blood cancer, and, in most cases, is highly treatable. but some patients don t respond, so researchers have been looking at the potential for individualised therapies. this is cutting edge science, and it s expensive. but, within a few weeks, via the nhs in england, it could be available to up to 30 children and young people who otherwise have run out of treatment options. nhs patients are the first in europe to get this new treatment, and because we re on the beginning of a new era of personalised medicine, where cells from your own body are ....
be that difficult to get to a deal by the end of the week. the president is canceling part of his upcoming overseas trip. returning to the u.s. sunday after the g-7 economic meeting in japan. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has our top story live tonight from the north lawn. kevin mccarthy says there is a gap between the two sides in moving forward but, as the president leaves for japan tomorrow, the white house is appointing senior adviser stevery chety, louise taylor and shah landra young to run point for the white house and talk to will deputies. pressure is on after the treasury secretary put the deadline at june 1st or the days following. we re having a wonderful time everything is going well ha ha ha. message of reassurance convening congressional leaders as the country creeps forward to possibly defaulting on debt with no agreement to cut spending and raise the debt limit. biden canceled plans to visit australia and pap go p&a new guinea he would ....
than seven million people struggle with the written word and most keep it a secret. one of the worst affected areas for illiteracy is the north east of england. for years, a former teacher has wanted to help. ah for. apple. ah.. ah for apple. but then kerry clegg saw this. it was a documentary about jay blades from the repair shop, who was learning to read. this is going to be my first attempt to learn since school. i contacted them and said we ve got a great need up here. how do you spell tree? t. where s r? r. 0k. that s it. and then e. but e starts down there. two years later and kerry s finally brought that charity to the north east, where volunteers teach adults to read. a teacher for 20 years, kerry knew how big the problem was across the north east of adults who couldn t read and she wanted to change that. it s about 16.4% of adults can t read. sadly, in the north east, that s even higher at 17%. that s about one in six adults who are reading at a below primary s ....
planned. the premier league will hold an emergency meeting later to discuss whether future matches should go ahead. that is after the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, and chelsea player callum hudson odoi both tested positive for the virus. the canadian prime minister s wife tests positive for coronavirus. justin trudeau says he has no symptoms, but will self isolate for m days. a terrible thursday on global stock markets as growing concern over the impact of the coronavirus outbreaks or nearly 11% wiped off the value of the top 100 companies on the stock exchange, the biggest drop since 1987. i will be here when the markets open this morning. we have a few showers on the cards today, but for much of the uk, a window of dry weather before things turn unsettled once again into the weekend. i will bring you all the details in about ten minutes. it is friday 13 march. our top story: new measures to help protect people from the coronavirus outbreak come into effect from today ....