Im still go welcome to the program u. S. Vice president mike pence says the United States and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria which depends announced a cease fire after meeting with turkeys president ial match up time line in ankara it was just over a week ago that turkish troops moved to attack Kurdish Forces after President Trump and im so withdrawal of u. S. Troops from Northern Syria the u. S. Had threatened anchor with economic sanctions if it didnt hold its offensive its defense to nasa cease fire just a short time ago. When we were. Earlier this we 1st decided. To call. For. Agreed to negotiations today. Im proud to report. Thanks to the strong leadership of president donald trump. The strong relationship between president won and turkey. And the United States of america. The today the United States and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. Lets get more on this from b. W. Correspondent dorian jones and estoppel welcome dorian what else have you had well we ar
Summit in a few days on thursday and it is a believe that of course this issue syria turkey will be one of the top talking points on the agenda so we might see something come out of that ok well leave it there for now natasha thank you for that update from paris well very highly for a senior syria syria analysts of the International Crisis group and she believes the violence could lead to a resurgence of ice or cells in the region. We have been conducting a lot of field where field trips in Eastern Syria where the situation has been deteriorating read it quickly because of the u. S. Flip flopping policies that has it back to the y. P. G. s ability and willingness to conduct counter isis campaigns in Eastern Syria of course the a lot of the field work was done during a time where it was unclear how long the us would be there but the us was present now given that free for all the race to take control over the area it is expected that well see a number of things including potential prison
Hello and welcome to world news today. The white house has restricted access to transcripts of some of president Donald Trumps calls with foreign leaders. Thats according to us media reports. Officials say notes about calls to leaders including Russias Vladimir Putin and the Saudi Crown Prince have not been handled in the usual way. It comes as an impeachment investigation into President Trump over his administrations dealing with ukraine is gathering pace. Live now to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. The white house acknowledged that it had restricted access to the transcript of the call between President Trump and ukraines leader. We now understand they did the same for other calls as well. What for other calls as well. Is the significance of that development . What is the significance of that development . It exposes two sides of the story. According to these reports, the white house has been restricting the transcripts of conversations that the president has had with W
The queen has addressed the Scottish Parliament to mark 20 years of devolution. In a speech to msps she said shed watched scotland grow and prosper since holyrood took on its legal powers two decades ago. Our correspondent Alexandra Mackenzie was there. Scotland is an old nation with a relatively new parliament. Its seen two decades of devolution. The queen, joined by the duke of rothesay, said she fondly remembered the opening ceremony. Today she was back addressing the current msps. I have no doubt that for most of these last 20 years this striking chamber has provided exactly that a place to talk. But, of course, it must also be a place to listen. A place to hear views that inevitably may differ quite considerably, one from another. And a place to honour those views. The Political Landscape has changed dramatically since 1999. Thats whats called competition, i think. The first first minister was the labour leader, the late donald dewar. Nicola sturgeon was then a young snp msp. Now
Its the hottest day of the year in the uk with a temperature of 30. 8 degrees recorded at charlwood in surrey. The queen pays tribute to the Scottish Parliament, with a speech to mark holyroods 20th anniversary. I have no doubt that, for most of these last 20 years, this striking chamber has provided exactly that a place to talk. And at half past one, talking movies takes a special look at how film studios are trying to incorporate Environmental Concerns into the latest hollywood blockbusters. Thats coming up on bbc news. Good afternoon. President trump says Us Technology companies can resume selling their products to the Chinese Telecom firm, huawei. The move is seen as a major concession to china and us businesses, which opposed the ban when it was introduced in may. Mr trump announced the new policy at a News Conference following a meeting with the chinese president , xi jinping, on the sidelines of the 620 summit in osaka injapan. From there, nick bryant sent this report. This was