Searching for green gold. The top ten leading democratic contenders hoping to take on donald trump in the next us president ial election are going head to head in a much anticipated televised debate. All eyes are on how centrist and former Vice President joe biden, seen as the frontrunner, will perform against other contenders. That includes popular hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who are both calling for radical change. Lets head to houston, and laura trevelyan, who can give us an update on the debate. Well, thats right. Joe biden, the front runner in this debate, is flanked on stage right now by the two progressives, Elizabeth Warren, who has been breathing down his neck a bit in the polls, and also by Bernie Sanders. So how is it going . Joining me to talk about all of this is kevin, the chief washington correspondent for bloomberg news. Thank you for being here. So how is joe biden doing against Elizabeth Warren, who had the momentum going into this . Well, he welcomed the contrast, and you saw before the debate started, he welcoming the opportunity to ask one simple question notjust to senator Elizabeth Warren but to Bernie Sanders as well, how are you going to pay for your plan . He must have asked that question several times in the first ten minutes of this third democratic president ial debate. Now, Elizabeth Warren not taking the opportunity to say precisely and a nswer opportunity to say precisely and answer questions directly and quite candidly about whether or not middle class taxes would go up as a result of medicare for all. Senator Bernie Sanders took a much more aggressive rhetorical approach in trying to really go Afterjoe Biden. But the bottom line this was a former Vice President tonight, at least in the opening parts of the debate, who welcomed the opportunity to really go head on against the two progressive senators who he was literally sandwiched in between on the stage. And a very interesting moment when julian castro, the stage. And a very interesting moment whenjulian castro, of course from this great state of tech s, really tried to go Afterjoe Biden by suggesting that he had forgotten something, but the subtext seem to be you are too old. It was almost as if he took a political page out of Donald Trumps playbook by insinuating that there might be some with the Health Department that former Vice President biden has an a nswer former Vice President biden has an answer to. Now, joe biden didnt ta ke answer to. Now, joe biden didnt take the opportunity to respond, he simply shrugged it off and smiled. But it is an interesting dynamic, because castro, who served in former president obamas cabinet, but he is also on the flank of the stage, which means that he is lower down in the polls. Clearly he is trying to use some kind of momentum to propel him forward. I am not sure it will play well. There were actual gasps inside the spin room, where the media is gathered. And how about senator Kamala Harris, some tough questions for her about her record asa questions for her about her record as a prosecutor in san francisco. So Kamala Harris is fascinating, thinking back to the first debate in miami, where she really took on biden head on and she got a bump in the polls. Since then her popularity has sort of dwindled back down stop became after it in terms of her policy proposal with regards to criminal Justice Policy proposal with regards to criminaljustice reform, but she also has had to answer some tough questions on this issue, as have other candidates, south bend mayor pete buttigieg, senator corey booker, and Amy Klobuchar making a case to the democratic electorate that she could be the centrist alternative, notjoe biden, not harris. She remarkably was able to perhaps breakthrough on a message as perhaps breakthrough on a message as perhaps an alternative flavour, so to speak, than the other candidates were. And a bit of an interesting opening gambit from andrew yang. Look, i am opening gambit from andrew yang. Look, iam not opening gambit from andrew yang. Look, i am not about to go after andrew young supporters, they are everywhere, they are out in force. He has really crafted this outsider political land that has tapped into an permeated, to be quite frank and not just democrat an permeated, to be quite frank and notjust democrat politics but also republican politics. He is an unconventional candidate, but it is one that is getting a lot of attention, especially in the Viral Campaign age that we live in. Thank you very much, kevin, from bloomberg news, and andrew young actually offering his Campaign Idea of 1000 month basic income, that his campaign would fund this for a number of people. That is what he said at the beginning of the debate. Speaking of the debate, lets get back to watching it and we will be back to watching it and we will be back with you in the next hour. And we will keep across that debate with laura in the coming hours. Lets get some of the days other news members of the public have been paying their respects to the former zimbabwean president robert mugabe, whose body is lying in state at a stadium in the capital, harare. His family and the government have disagreed over mr mugabes final resting place. State television is reporting that the countrys current president has agreed the mugabe familys wishes should be respected. The government in the bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm warning for the same group of islands where Hurricane Dorian left at least 50 people dead and more than 1,000 others missing. It said the storm had the potential to strengthen into a cyclone within the next day or two and move towards florida. British airways has started cancelling flights scheduled for 27 september, when another strike by pilots is expected. Ba plans to run more flights than they did on strike days earlier this week, but the majority of flights will be cancelled. The Prime Minister has denied lying to the queen about his reasons for suspending parliament. Boris johnson was speaking after scotlands highest civil court ruled yesterday that the shutdown was unlawful because it was intended to hinder parliamentary debate. Mrjohnson also dismissed concerns about newly released government papers detailing preparations for a no deal brexit scenario that contained warnings of medical shortages, food price rises, and major cross channel trade delays. He said the documents were just sensible preparations. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Almost a year to the day, this document was snapped by a beady eyed photographer in westminster. A hint of the turmoil the government believed might come if we leave without a deal. 12 months later, after leaks and suspicion, at last, ministers have been forced to publish the actual details. Do you understand what on earth were doing . Great, because i dont. Lets hope they do know what theyre doing, because leaving without arrangements in place could mean shortages of some food, protests, severe disruption at the irish border, and much more. If we have to come out on 31 october with no deal, we will be ready. And the ports will be ready, and the farming communities will be ready, and all the industries that matter will be ready for a no deal brexit. All chant stop the coup after clashes in parliament, mps did change the law to make it much harder for the government to take us out if there is no agreement with brussels by the end of october. But the Prime Minister is adamant hed find a way round that to stick to his deadline. So neither side has any intention at this stage of backing down. If we were to allow the country to leave without a deal on 31 october, we would not be serving our constituents well, that we would be complicit in doing something that would be very disruptive in the short term, very damaging in long term. Reporter is there any progress . Do you want to tell us whats going on . Im very impressed. The only clear way out of the wrangle for the Prime Minister is of course to do a deal with brussels and leave the eu in an orderly fashion. There are whispers of progress in london and brussels, but the eus chief negotiator is not so sure. We are still ready to examine objectively any concrete and legally operational proposal from the uk. The law has been changed to make it harder for the Prime Minister to take us out of the eu without a deal, but its not completely off the table. So, while ministers suggest these are just worst case scenarios, the anxiety in whitehall and beyond cant disappear. Nor can downing street escape a judges ruling yesterday that the way they suspended parliament was against the law. Number 10 is fighting on many fronts. This is not normal the Prime Minister having to deny that he lied to the monarch. Did you lie to the queen when you advised her to prorogue, to suspend parliament . Absolutely not. And that indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the Supreme Court will have to decide. Therell be that other verdict next week, but the opposition just doesnt buy the governments arguments, or whether theyre ready for no deal. Thats why were so angry that parliament was prorogued, because i should be in parliament at the moment with the ability to interrogate the Prime Minister and ministers. Mps could be ordered back on the road to westminster by the courts next week. Were in a strange limbo. The only certainty change of some sort is on the way. Doctors in syria say hospitals in rebel held areas are being deliberately targeted with air strikes by the Syrian Government, even though that is a war crime. The move is the latest atrocity in a conflict that began more than eight years ago and has left hundreds of thousands of people dead. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway have travelled to idlib, in the north west of syria, where opposition fighters, islamist extremists and civilians are largely surrounded by government forces. Here is their report. The sick, the injured, the needy. There is little space left for them in idlib. Dr mohib khaddour treats more than 1,000 patients a day, with just a tiny staff. There is a large number of patients and its just a few doctors. The specialists, there is we have three or four, just. The current ceasefire came too late for amal. Her name means hope, something fast diminishing in idlib. She lost her father, her mother and her brother in one years. She just has a sister, also injured in the last attack. Unfortunately, she needs many operations and skin grafts. Its a very sad story, i think. Life is collapsing here. Why is this happening . She whispers. 3. 5 Million People in the province are wondering the same. The world isnt listening. Doctor, do you have any doubt that the regime and russia are targeting specifically hospitals and medical facilities . Never. Im sure that Russian Air Force and the regime, assad regime, attack many times all hospitals and health facilities. Its fact, like sun, like moon. Its fact in syria, and many hospitals destroyed, and still destroyed til now. Syrias war is reaching new depths in idlib. This was a hospital until russia and the regime took it out. One of many we passed that appear to have been specifically targeted. In fields or in hillsides, the onslaught found them. Nearby buildings remained untouched. The United Nations passed on a record of their co ordinates to russia to ensure their protection. Instead, it became a target hit list, as the same places were hit again and again. Russia and the regimes campaign has been horribly effective. Its terrifying. All of these towns and villages that we have gone through have been abandoned, because this is a war against what matters to people their homes, their schools and their hospitals. This was a hospital until a few months ago. Its one of a0 that have been attacked since april this year, and its causing people to flee in their tens of thousands. This is the last refuge of those who oppose a government which has brought their country to ruin. How can you still, in these dire straits, pass over co ordinates to russia which are then shared with the regime, which will involve more targeting when this ceasefire ends . So, the co ordinates is a preventative mechanism. Many of the facilities. But it isnt preventing attacks on hospitals. At the same time, i think we now are further strengthening the mechanism, further. A0 hospitals have been attacked in the last few months. And many more schools have been attacked, and many water points have received direct hits. So the system is broken . So the system of preventing and protecting the civilians has completely failed. As humanitarian workers, i dont think we can be blamed for that. I think, as humanitarian workers, we provide life saving assistance, and we really ask everybody with these co ordinates to make sure this is respected. If anything, sharing the co ordinates should bring more awareness more, also, accountability. That gives little reassurance on the ground. Life here is filled with peril. Going to work is an act of courage. Medical staff say they have a target on their backs. So head nurse Nair Al Aswad takes care when he goes to a hospital in a secret location. His hospital is buried deep out of reach of the bombs. We were told to move fast too. Even under this solid rock, they await the next attack. The un says humanitarian operations are about to reach breaking point. Air strikes arent the only worry. If regime Ground Forces advance a few kilometres, then here will be abandoned too. So people continue to race to the border. We headed south, deep into idlib, escorted by the self styled salvation government. The men who rule here are deemed terrorists by the west, but these camps are full of families and innocents. The assad regime doesnt discriminate. Theres no question that attacking civilians, hospitals, schools is a war crime. Do you think anybody will ever face justice . I dont think. Nobody cares. I hope i can see justice in syria for everyone who injures syrian people, but i dont think i will see it. Or in my life, at least. Amal and taznin have known only this war. Its far from over, but already the living, the dead, the injured, have been forgotten here. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come did israel bug the white house . We will talk to a former insider about how common it is for friendly countries to spy on each other. George w bush freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible. Bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice enough of blood and tears. Enough translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Iam free this is bbc news. The latest headlines thereve been impassioned exchanges about healthcare at the start of a televised debate involving the ten leading contenders for the Us Democratic partys president ial nomination. The british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has denied claims that he lied to the queen about his reasons for suspending parliament. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly denied a report in Politico Magazine that his country was behind surveillance devices found near the white house and other sensitive areas in washington. In a statement the Prime Minister said it was a blatant lie. The technology that was discovered, tricks phones into sending their location, identity and, data usage. Fred flights is president of the center for security policy. He recently served as chief of staff to former National Security adviser john bolton. Hes in washington. A lot of people have seen Benjamin Netanyahu a lot of people have seen Benjamin Neta nyahu and donald a lot of people have seen Benjamin Netanyahu and donald trump be quite friendly and they get on well. What has israel got from spying on the white house if indeed they did . Most of are spy on each other. When i worked at the white house, we will wa nt worked at the white house, we will want this to the area was being spied upon. Probably cuba, probably around, probably russia. We have a five eyes agreement in the uk and we agree not to spy on each other. We shouldnt spy on each other. We shouldnt spy on each other but we know in late 2015, there was a wall streetjournal article that the United States s but was spying on regimen netanyahu but was spying on regimen neta nyahu about the but was spying on regimen netanyahu about the nuclear deal with iran. When we go to israel over this, they say, maybe we shouldnt have done this but you spy on us, too. In a statement from angevin net and yahoos office, it says there was a directive from the Israeli Government not to spy on the us Benjamin Netanyahu. Government not to spy on the us Benjamin Netanyahulj government not to spy on the us Benjamin Netanyahu. I think they are not being truthful. I think they spy on the us government, i think they spy on the us government, i think they spy on the british government. Do you think when friendly governments spy you think when friendly governments spy on each other, it damages relations in the long term . Spy on each other, it damages relations in the longterm . It does and that is why the us and the uk dont spy on each other. We have a special relationship where we dont do that. The members of the five eyes, the us, australia, new zealand, canada and the uk, i mean, i believe there are other nations that are friendly to the us that do spy that are friendly to the us that do spy on us. Truly fascinated by this james bond relationship. You formerly worked with a former National Security adviserjohn bolton. 0f National Security adviserjohn bolton. Of course we have been seeing that he was fired or he says he resigned this week. We heard a lot about it. When you were there, did you see the relationship between the two men deteriorate as time went by . No, i didnt and ambassador bolton did incredible work helping resident trumpets National Security agenda succeed and he has helped keep our nation say. The reality is, the two men had a falling out. They had major differences over policy and when that happens, the right thing to do is the advisor will move onto Something Else will stop it is just business, nothing personal. All right, fred flights, thank you so much for your time. Five people have been arrested on suspicion of planning to fly drones near Heathrow Airport on friday. The three men and two women, who are members of a Climate Change activist group, were held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a public nuisance. The group plans to protest against the airports planned expansion and says it has up to 70 more pilots available to fly drones and will carry on exactly as planned. Myanmar is home to the worlds biggestjade mines an industry estimated to be worth over 30 billion dollars annually. But the hundreds of thousands of so called scavengers who search for the translucent stone of heaven are migrants whose lives are threatened by landslides, drug addiction and disease. Bbc burmese has gained rare access to the mines. Myanmars jade mine industry. Before we go, the duchess of sussex has launched a new range of clothing that she helps she hopes will help unemployed women to find a job. It isa help unemployed women to find a job. It is a charity which provides interview clothes and training to women who are out of work. Much more on our website and all the details on our website and all the details on that aquatic debate that is taking place at the moment. Well bring you those details. Stay with us. Hello there. Over the last couple of days, the remnants of two different ex Tropical Weather systems have been in charge of our weather. First we had the leftovers of what was Hurricane Dorian passing to the north of the uk. We saw outbreaks of rain and brisk winds and during thursday, it was ex Tropical Storm gabriel that moved through. Not much left of it. Just a stripe of cloud moving southwards on a frontal system and as that cold front moves away from the south on friday, and High Pressure builds in behind, we will be left with a lot of fine weather, good spells of sunshine but a significantly fresher feel. Humid air that has been associated with that ex Tropical Storm being pushed up to the continent. We start off with cloud in the Channel Islands and a bit of rain but that will clear quite quickly and then a lot of sunshine and dry for the majority. It will be windy in scotland but further south, the winds light. However, in the fresher air, temperatures a bit lower. Top temperatures of 20 21 degrees for plymouth, cardiff, london, more like 17 in aberdeen. Through friday night, temperatures will dip away. Particularly down towards the south where winds will remain light. Further north, more in the way of a breeze and more cloud in Northern Ireland and scotland and some rain pushing back into the far north west. The overnight lows seeing one or two spots down towards the south getting down to three or four degrees. High pressure still in charge for most of us as we go into saturday morning but notice frontal systems trying to squash in towards the north west, bringing some outbreaks of rain and also some pretty strong winds. Much of the rain on saturday is likely to be confined to the northern and western parts of scotland and a bit more cloud into Northern Ireland and the far north of england. Further south, a lot more sunshine and temperatures creeping up in southern parts. 2223. Always cooler and fresher across the north where it will be windy and particularly windy on saturday night through the far north of scotland and then into sunday, it looks like this frontal system will try to push a bit further south but uncertainty as to how far it will get. Maybe patchy rain into Northern England and north wales. To the north something fresher and to the south, we could get up to 25 degrees. But looks like all of us getting into fresher air for the start of the new working week. However, with High Pressure in charge, it will be largely dry. This is bbc news. The headlines all the leading contenders for the American Democratic partys president ial nomination are debating together for the first time. There were impassioned exchanges about healthca re, with former Vice President joe biden defended his version of president 0bamas Healthcare Plan against more radical and costly proposals put forward by his main rivals. Britains Prime Minister has denied lying to Queen Elizabeth about his reasons for suspending parliament. Boris johnson was speaking after scotlands highest civil court ruled that the shutdown was unlawful because it was intended to hinder parliamentary debate. That verdict will be reviewed by the uk Supreme Court next week. Doctors in syria have told the bbc that hospitals in rebel held areas of Idlib Province are being deliberately targeted with air strikes by Syrian Government and russian forces. United nations investigators have said required precautions
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