Well report from the turkey syria border, and have analysis from our Turkish Service and washington. Also on outside source at least two people have been killed in whats being seen as an anti semitic attack in the german city of halle. It happened on yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish calendar. And running street battles in ecuadors capital protestors are angry about the governments austerity policies, in particular a 100 increase in the cost of fuel turkey has begun an offensive in Northern Syria. Its seeking territory currently controlled by kurdish fighters who, until the start of this week, american troops had supported. But donald trump has pulled those troops out of Northern Syria and turkey, which sees the kurds as terrorists, is going in. President erdogan tweeted. We should be clear though the primary Group Holding the territoru turkey is atacking is the sdf which is kurdish led. Its not the the pkk which is based in turkey, and its not the ypg either. Also it was the s
This one says chuck schumer, the democratic leader will speak on the senate floor at about 3 50. We passed that. You can follow that over on our companion network, cspan2. Were getting your thoughts on the potential impeachment of the president and the whistleblower complaint filed with the director of National Intelligence. 2027482940, the line for democrats. 2027482941 for republicans. Or all others, 2027488922. One more tweet before we go to calls. This is not a partisan matter. The president authorizing the release of the transcript of the phone call with the president of ukraine. Lets hear from shawn in georgia. Go ahead. Caller thanks for taking my call. Yeah, i have a complaint. I mean, two things. Number one, i agree with nancy pelosi, watching her today, they are looking for the facts to get the whistleblower information. They waited for the mueller report. They waited for basically to get the facts. For some reason, with all the things that this president has done, its been s
Was discovered in his vehicle, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. 19yearold ethan stuart took his life on the very same day. Five days earlier, sailor vincent forlines death was also ruled a suicide. All three served on the Aircraft Carrier uss george h. W. Bush based in norfolk, virginia. James sheltons wife jennifer said she thought he beat his depression. I know it felt dark where he was, but he was so close to getting better. Reporter the navy said the suicides, which didnt happen on the ship, were not connected. The ships Commanding Officer said there is never any stigma or repercussion from seeking help. Still, Jennifer Shelton said her husband was afraid hed lose his job if he revealed his illness. As father of six, he needed every dollar that he was making. So he was concerned about taking medication for his depression because he needed every dollar. Reporter there is about a increasing problem with suicides across the military. 325 active duty members died by suicide in 2018
Forest the brazilian governments Business Practices on the ties to washington come under increased scrutiny. On police in the west of germany say they will now reveal the nationality of all suspects in the push for Greater Transparency regardless of whether or not their identity is believed to be relevant to the investigation. In the world this is r. T. International mining as you know neal hello and welcome. The u. K. Looks to be lurching towards a major constitutional crisis britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked the queen to shut down parliament until mid october which means lawmakers will reconvene just 2 weeks before the brakes it deadline. Were joined live not by policy or from london to tell us more on this paula pm johnson is already feeling the heat over this request what does it mean for the u. K. And break to talk us through it well as you correctly say the british Prime Minister biased johnson has put in a formal request to the queen to suspend parliament until
There is still some dry, bright and reasonably warm weather to be enjoyed through the afternoon. Temperatures up to about 2k degrees in parts of southern and eastern england. For scotland, one ortwo showers building for the northern pa rt showers building for the northern part of scotland, but then the rain moves in through the south west and heads northwards through the country over the night. Some heavy, thundery bursts of rain overnight and particularly in the north of england and into eastern scotland. There could be quite a lot of blank surface water. Elsewhere in the uk, sunny spells but happy and thundery showers. They are hit and miss do we wont all see them. Temperatures somewhere between 18 and up to 25 degrees. Colour in the north of scotland. Some heavy rain around on tuesday, particularly in south eastern parts of england. Things will become drier and warmer from the middle of the week onwards. Hello this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines theres continued focus on