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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 cooks stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. Coming up, ive been speaking to some of the People Living in one london borough thats been hit hard by knife violence. And also coming up, well 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. Its unclear what will now happen to those fighters. The kurds have accused the us of abandoning them to face the military might of turkey which regards the kurds as terrorists. Turkey says it wants to set up a 30 kilometre zone along the border to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees. Our Diplomatic Correspondent, james robbins, reports. Way back other european leaders, the are Diplomatic Correspondent reports with the very latest. The beginnings of turkish bombardment. A series of large explosions in the town of ras al ain, just inside Northern Syria. As turkeys forces started a long planned offensive, already widely condemned by their nato allies. Many civilians, suddenly in harms way, started fleeing. A local journalist described the scene. Thousands of people, thousands of people emigrating to the south side. The turkish army are shelling by mortars everywhere. Turkeys president , recep tayyip erdogan, said the military offensive wants to create a safe zone to how some of the 3. 6 million Syrian Refugees inside turkey. But he also wants to clear the area of Kurdish Militias. Trouble is, some of those militias were key allies of the United States and britain, who helped defeat the jihadists of so called Islamic State. But turkey tends to regard any armed kurd as a terrorist. That area is needed for our safety and security. For the Syrian Refugees to go back to, so they can go back to their normal lives and there is no vacuum to be filled by any terrorist network, and also to make sure that syria is not divided territorially. Over recent days, turkey has been building up its forces, after wanting to do precisely this for years. Turkey believes it had a green light from President Trump, plucked from a hailstorm of contradictory president ial tweets. One threatened he would destroy turkeys economy if they now go too far. The United States had also been pulling back some of its troops, which could be in turkeys path. Some of the Kurdish Forces turkey could try to destroy, have argued their hard won battle against is is now being put at risk. France and germany have already condemned the turkish action. Nato as a whole has been more sympathetic, but is cautioning strongly there are grave risks if turkey goes too far. In addition, turkey is now reponsible for ensuring all isis fighters being held captive remain in prision and that isis does not reconstitute in anyway, shape orform. Robert ford is the former Us Ambassador to syria from 2011 to 2014, now a senior fellow at the middle east institute in washington. He spoke to bbc news a little earlier. Its hard to say that this turkish incursion is helpful to american interests, and if it facilitates, say for example, the escape of isis prisoners from some of the camps that the Syrian Democratic forces that Syrian Kurdish militia i referred to, if those isis prisoners escape, that would not be helpful for american interests at all. I also have to say, however, that there really was no game plan for what to do in Eastern Syria over the long term, and people who say, well, the americans should just keep their forces they are, is there ever going to be an exit, or is this just we keep them there as far as the eye can see . Paul adams, some developments in the last few minutes or so. It seems after a day of air strikes and artillery bombardment, there is some kind of evidence that the forces in the syrian allies have crossed the border so the ground operation, if you like, may be beginning. It is worth noting that this wontjust be a turkish operation, they have syrian allies from another part of syrian allies from another part of syria and then weve had this statement in the last half an hour from the foreign secretary, which have to say is quite striking in the rather different tone from that taken from his german and french counterparts. Both of whom use the phrase, strongly condemned. Dominic says he has serious concerns about this unilateral action which risks destabilising the region and undermining the progress made against Islamic State. I think people will note that britain has been a little bit less willing to come straight out and condemn what they are doing. Theyre suggesting that this is possible that he may possibly by repatriating Syrian Refugees and many more than a million over the last few years following the war in syria and it is way to go further than that, the strategy, isnt it . One has to be sympathetic to the predicament with Syrian Refugees. 4 million. Clearly, turkey has paid a very heavy price looking after all of those people for a while it was encouraging some of them to head to europe. So there was a keen desire to return to syria. But this is not the place they came from. They came from other parts of syria and dominic does highlight this particular issue, not facilitating plans for return unless there is a voluntary and safe return home and theres nothing to suggest either of those conditions are likely to happen in the nearfuture. We have not seen any sign of that repatriation effort. This is day one of this operation, which could last months. But clearly there are concerns of that happens as a result of what erdogan is doing. But this is an attempt to go after those Kurdish Forces that are in turkey. The element that is been a huge concern of the turkish government. In all three of the operations and this is the third in three years and the attention is to make sure there are no kurdish fighters anywhere along the border because they see the Syrian Kurdish fighters as entirely the same as the turkish Kurdish Militia group described both by turkey and the west as a terrorist organisation. That is the overriding objective. How far does erdogan intend to go . Will he create this narrow buffer zone or does he intend to push further and exert his influence. We simply do not know and if he does go further, we will cross these rather vague redlines that donald trump is been talking about. Paul adams there, Diplomatic Correspondent. The parents of 19 year old harry dunn, who was killed in a car crash involving the wife of a us diplomat, have met the foreign secretary dominic raab to discuss the case. The government has urged american officials to waive the diplomatic immunity granted to the suspect, anne sacoolas, who has since returned to the us. Charlotte charles, harrys mother, spoke after her meeting with the foreign secretary. Just disgusted. I cant really see the point as to why we were invited to go and see dominic, we are no further forward than where we were this time last week and part of me is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt on the uk governments side. To show that they are trying to help but although he is engaging with us, we have no a nswe is. Is engaging with us, we have no answers. Just really frustrated that we could spend half an hour or more with him and come out with nothing. With me now is our news correspondent, ben ando. Clear angerfrom the clear anger from the family there. Or were they hoping for . Over the expecting . They went to see the Us Ambassador yesterday and the phone conversation with the us secretary of state about this but the us isnt necessarily well known for deciding to waive diplomatic immunity of its citizens in a foreign country. I am not necessarily sure to the government here having High Expectations that they will do that in this case, even though some will point to a case where the husband of a british diplomat in the United States was wanted for questioning about a Domestic Violence incident and in that case the British Government decided to waive his diplomatic immunity so he could be questioned and charged. We will leave it there, ben, many thanks. At least two people have been killed in a shooting at a synagogue in the german city of halle. A gunman opened fire outside the building. The head of the localjewish community said the attacker tried to get into the synagogue, where up to eighty people were marking yom kippur, the holiest day in thejewish calendar. Police have one suspect under arrest but a manhunt is still under way. Jenny hill has the latest. Calm, deliberate, shattering the peace of a quiet city. An eyewitness filmed, as a man dressed in combat gear opened fire outside a synagogue in halle. A woman was killed as she walked past the building. Watch how relaxed he seems, taking his time to apparently reload the weapon before firing again. Gunfire. In other images, a gunman stalks the streets. Not far from the synagogue, a kebab shop was also attacked, a man inside killed by an armed assailant who reportedly fired into the building. Translation the man approached the kebab shop. I noticed immediately that something was wrong because he was wearing a helmet and had an assault rifle. Then he threw something that looked like a hand grenade with gaffer tape on, which bounced back off the doorframe and did not land inside the shop. Fear and uncertainty on the streets of halle. Two people murdered by an unknown number of attackers. It is yom kippur, the jewish day of atonement. Hallesjews had to be escorted from the synagogue. They were inside when the attack began. This evening, explosives robots in action. Its feared the attackers may have left bombs behind. A city in mourning, after the most holy day of the jewish year was so violently interrupted. The German Interior Ministry have said they are working on the assumption that this was an act of anti semitism. The police, who earlier in the day said they might be looking for a number of suspects, now seem to be indicating this could be the work of a single perpetrator. Earlier, unconfirmed reports suggest, perhaps a man, a german man in his mid 20s. People in halle have now been told its safe to leave their homes, after a day which has been filled with confusion and horror. The headlines on bbc news. Turkey launches military action across its border, against kurdish fighters, in north Eastern Syria. As the us grants diplomatic immunity to the suspect in a fatal motorbike crash, the victims mother hits out at the British Government for not taking the case seriously. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, sport centre, heres austin. Wales battled their way past a ferocious fiji injapan, tojoin england in the quarter finals of the rugby world cup. But scotland still have more to do despite running in 9 tries to beat russia. In a moment, well hear from our correspondant andy swiss in shiz oka, but first heres Katie Gornall who watched wales in oita. We knew that fiji could be dangerous opponents so they were given a real scare, it was a thrilling game. They had done in cyprus for minutes the man they call, seem like a runaway train going through his first try and feed wasted no time scoring the second, so wells were really at this point. Almost every time they went forward , point. Almost every time they went forward, but wells did manage to regroup and scoring two tries before the break to get them back on track. Missing at the narrow lead and there was truly no wrap up after the break, and fiji were awarded a penalty try midway through, the second half, just me that the momentum might be shifting towards fiji, josh adams had his hat trick. Setting them up, dive against the corner and that this a wells to get a bit ofa corner and that this a wells to get a bit of a foothold into this game. Fourth try, securing the bonus point, was running out 29 points to 17 and there through to the quarterfinals the game despair and they have been through quite the battle here. Scotland scotland knew they had to be russia and with some style they had a morale boosting victory. Would Adam Hastings scored two early tries to get them the initiative, russia certainly did not help themselves, a series of errors, including an interception on their own line which gifted george the first of his hat trick of tries. Scotla nd first of his hat trick of tries. Scotland were out of sight after the first 20 minutes and then they got that crucial fourth try and with that, a bonus point where horne competed that hat trick with another scintillating try and from there, russia simply ran out of steam and scotla nd russia simply ran out of steam and scotland random ragged, nine trays in total. A very disappointing into russias world cup. As for scotland, this revives them reaching the knockout stage, it all comes down to the final group game against the host, japan. Scotland simply has to win that match, even then, it could come down to bonus points. But scotla nd come down to bonus points. But scotland knows their points of reaching the knockout stage. England are already through to the last 8, but their final pool match against france on saturday could be cancelled because of the weather. Its all because of this typhoon hagibis. Its currently tracking towards toyko and its expected to make landfall on saturday. That england france match is in yokohama just south of toyko and its the most vulnerable to the weather. Scotland have their crucial last group match against japan at the same venue on sunday but the weather is expected to have improved by then. Well know more in the early hours of tomorrow morning. And finally professional sports men and women often go into different careers after they retire from competing but i bet you didnt see this one coming. The former chelsea and arsenal goalkeeper, petr cech, is now an ice hockey player thats right, the 37 year old, whos still a performance adviser at chelsea, has swapped the pitch for the rink. Hes signed for guildford phoenix until the end of their season. Cech said itll be wonderful to play the sport he grew up watching as a kid. And thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. All 555 thomas cook stores that were closed when the company went bust last month have been saved bought by hays travel, a firm set up forty years ago and based in sunderland. The move could save up to two and a half thousand jobs as the husband and wife who set up hays say they plan to re open theirformer rivals shops immediately. For them and many thomas cook employees, its been an emotional day. Our Consumer Affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports. For the last two and a half weeks, nicola and her colleagues have been living a nightmare. Theres been lots of tears, lots of anger. Its just been lonely. Yeah. Can we meet up . Because the routine is gone. I think we have just been trying to process it, havent we . That what we loved, just trying to get our heads around that it wasnt there any more. I think the first week was a daze, you know, just cant believe it and then you just kind of start to feel really sad at what weve lost and then obviously, this third week, ive applied for anotherjob. But, today, there are whispers of good news. Hays travel announced they are buying thomas cooks stores, but it seems too good to be true. Branch manager gemma gets through to the team at hays. It was on profit, yes. I am actually sat with all of my team now and they would all be happy to come back to the brand. Brilliant, so is that it, then, a definite that the Stores Opening . Thank you for your help. Bye bye. They are opening hucknall and we have just got to all contact them oh, god, that is amazing. Hays are based in sunderland and the family firm has expanded across the uk over the last a0 years. They have already got 190 stores but, today, they made the biggest financial gamble of their lives. We are not a big corporate, we are a family business. We value and empower our staff like nobody else and that is probably one of the main differentiators. Overnight, hays have managed to buy access into really big chunks of the market in the uk. They have got presence now in the east midlands, in scotland and in wales, as well as the north west of england. But it is a lot more concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and the north east, where there is now going to be two hays travels on high streets like this within just a stones throw of each other. They are opening hucknall and we can have ourjobs back. There is still a big market for Package Holidays and these staff have plenty of loyal customers who they think will be back through the doors. Now theirjobs and lives are back on track. I cant believe it, im crying, yeah. With me now is Emma Coulthurst from travel supermarket. Com thank you for coming in. Very happy people there, it looks like great news. You it absolutely is great news, after the devastation fantastic for the employees for two weeks ago, this is an opportunity already that they have stepped in a given 500 peoplejobs already that they have stepped in a given 500 people jobs and they are 110w given 500 people jobs and they are now recruiting around a hundred to their headquarters because this is a group is mostly based in the north, they have so much staff and some of they have so much staff and some of the shops and they have 555 thomas cook shops nationwide and this is why this will give them more reach. It will give them the ability to scale up the business and do it at a good price. There he respected husband and wife team theyll be looking to try and secure and make viable dismay of those shops is possible now and this is up to somebodyjobs possible now and this is up to somebody jobs because possible now and this is up to somebodyjobs because thomas cook lost 9000 jobs and ill nearly be a quarter but we got to see really. I think its probably a deal that was all or nothing rather than pick and choose. So they would just have to see if they can make it viable. We know people are shopping differently in terms of holidays, and most people tend to just do the room booking, cheap flights and so on. Could they ran to the same problems because of the biggest scale that thomas cook has now. Is considered a dancer of the internet age and seen as having a demise. It was a corporate failure is a reported to be about 3 million debt on their sheet, Balance Sheet two weeks ago. Package holidays, the market is buoyant and people are looking for good value, not all of his shop in the same way for holidays. Yes, people shop online and on the back of what happened to thomas cook, i think they will benefit because they are looking for that package holiday andi are looking for that package holiday and i think it is great news for that amazing staff. There been some fantastic thomas cook stories and those that stayed in the jobs after the failure and people said they we re the failure and people said they were upset over the cancellation, but it is a profitable business. The midterm Million Pounds last year and very Good Business and theyre going to do all they can to, there is a market, people up in the 70s, 80s and 60s, they went to shops and they still want to. They want their personal service. There is a market for both. Very interesting, very interesting indeed. Thank you very much. This week weve been looking at the devastating impact of knife crime on young people and their families. Figures given to the bbc show more than three thousand people have been injured by a blade this year in london alone. An additional 67 have died. Every attack is a tragedy for all those involved, but there are wider impacts too on whole communities. In the third of a series of special reports on knife crime, ive been speaking to some of those living in one borough of the capital thats been hit hard by the violence. The ripples of knife crime spread far individuals may be wounded, but whole communities are damaged. There were members of staff there were trying to massage this boys heart, outside our school. And they have never ever recovered from that. The violence in the community breeds dread that your friend, your relative, could be next. Before before, it always feel like it was really far away but at this point it feels like it is at home now. Before , it always feel like it was really far away back in my day, we had a fight, fisticuffs, it was over in a few days, it was finished. Youre 0k, youre friends again. But now, people bring out the blades. But there is hope. There are some the young people coming up and have got so much good to say and so much good to do and show. We wanted to hear how one community in north london is coping. The borough has one of the highest rates of knife crime in the capital. These are the voices of teachers, of bus drivers, social workers, a retired police woman. Ordinary citizens living in extraordinary times, trying to do the right thing. I think about five or six years weve lost, i think we lost three students, one was killed right outside of school gates. It impacted the whole school, from every member of staff that taught that student, through all of those kids that, even if they did not know him very well, it had a very negative effect on our school in terms of how kids felt we had to bring in lots of counsellors and people forget the wider impact it has in the community. My boys are still quite young, seven and four, but theres definitely a concern living in london, in the city, everywhere you look there is gang culture. There is knife crime. He turned her head in someone elses been stabbed. I can of three people i know personally who have been stabbed, one of them individually and now i think its got to a point whenever i hear things like that in the area, i think, is it someone that i know . The group, however, was keen to keep a sense of perspective. It is the minority that are doing the bad. It is the majority that are doing so well and lets be clear, black children, our black boys, are not just wrappers and theyre black children, our black boys, are notjust rappers and theyre not just footballers and they are not just athletes. They are doctors, they are lawyers, they are lawyers, their authors they are lawyers, theyre authors and there are so much more. But in london, more than half of male knife crime offenders are black. Our group feel a key part of the problem the high rate of School Exclusion among black boys. I had a group of year 11 boys, these guys are all big lads, big bruisers. I remember this particular ta that was my classroom, that was in my classroom, he was a middle aged white guy. As far as im concerned, im seeing 15 year old kids. He is seeing something different. By the end of the lesson, he was like this. This is the teaching assistant and he is like this. He is shaking, he is afraid. Our kids are feared. Can ijust be blatant . If it was a white kid, big white kid, theyre staying in the classroom. At this moment, in london, it is young black men that are killing young black men, yeah . And other parts of the country, it is not young black men killing young black men. If everyone has got that fear of the young black man, if everybody bus was aspiration of the young black man is low, then what is that young black men ever going to be . Because of no one is inspiring you at home, if nobodys doing that in school, yeah . I tell you what, there is someone on that corner that will be doing that, yeah . And it is as simple as that. There is a sadness in this room, is seriousness too that wider a seriousness too, that Wider Society beyond the communities directly affected by knife crime remain too complacent about what is going on. It isnt until we all wake up to the tragedies and the pain, that Real Solutions can be found. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello there. Well, its been another pretty wet day, widespread showers around. And given the recent spell of heavy rain weve had across the country, we have had some water logging on the roads in scotland, i think scenes like this could become a little bit more widespread over the next few days, we have got more rain in the forecast. Now, tonight, further bands of rain pushing across scotland. It stays quite windy here, but otherwise, showers becoming confined to western coasts and hills. Inland areas eventually becoming dry, and for some, quite cool. Temperatures getting down to 5 degrees, for example, in norwich. That takes you into thursday morning, and a low, most of us will start off on a sunny note. There will be showers in western scotland, and then weve got a band of rain. A warm front pushing northwards into Northern Ireland into Northern England, and eventually reaching scotland, with the rain turning heavy and persistent here. Not a great deal of rain though for southeast england, where it stays mainly bright and mild, mostly dry, highs of 17 degrees. But as we go through thursday night and into friday, the focus of the heavy rain shifts to the hills of england and wales, with the risk of some localised flooding to end the week. Hello this is bbc news with clive myree. The headlines. Turkey launches military action across its border, against kurdish fighters, in north Eastern Syria. As the us grants diplomatic immunity to the suspect in a fatal motorbike crash, the victims mother hits out at the British Government for not taking the case seriously following a meeting with the foreign secretary. We are no further forward than where we were this time last week. Part of me is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. On the uk government side. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. All thomas cooks stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 2,500 jobs. One of ourtop one of our top stories in the headline there, that shooting outside of a synagogue in the town of halle in germany. Does my people have been killed, well, the suspected gunman has been arrested. This is according to the afp news agency. The suspected gunman involved in that deadly shooting in it halle in germany has been arrested. That was outside of a synagogue, does my people have died. When we get more on that, we will bring it to you here on bbc news. Back now to our top story. Nato has urged turkey to act with restraint, after it launched a military offensive against kurdish fighters across the border in syria. The operation was made possible by the withdrawal of american troops on monday. In the last couple of hours the white house has released this statement. The United States does not endorse this attack and has made it clear to turkey that this operation is a bad idea. Our International Correspondent orla guerin is in the turkish town of san liurfa near the border. Well, we havejust left the border area, where we were able to see and hear the beginnings of that Turkish Military bombardment. And just across the border wall, we were able to see smoke rising from the kurdish town. That was from a turkish mortar. We heard about two rounds of artillery fire, and there was also incoming mortarfire from the kurdish side. Now, i should say that where those mortars were landing, we could see very clearly it was a residential area. We could see a high rise block that were clearly apartment blocks, and we know from the information thats coming out from inside syria that civilians are already, once again, having to flee. I mean, who knows how many times these people have had to pick up their bags and go. And while turkey is describing this operation as the springs of peace, certainly, i think for the syrians who are trapped on the other side, this is one more round of battle in what has been an agonisingly long war. Now this is simply the beginning. What we are seeing now is strikes taking place from the air. Turkey has made it clear though, this will also be a land assault. We expect to see that coming in the next few days, and there are grave warnings and concerns from the International Community about what this will mean in the humanitarian side of it, for all the refugees and syrians who are trapped there, but also that key question. Could it undo progress that has been made in the global battle against Islamic State . Near the turkey syria border there. Sonia khush is syria response director at save the children. Shejoins me now from amman injordan, but has recently been to the refugee camps in north east syria. Thank you very much indeed for joining us here on bbc news. We just heard our correspondent theyre talking about the possibility that these refugees are picking up and having to flee an area of fighting, yet again, one wonders how many times they have had to do this. Your concern must be really quite profound for the civilians in this area. Thats true. You know, northeast syria is already home to more than1. 6 northeast syria is already home to more than 1. 6 Million People that need humanitarian assistance. A lot of people are rebuilding their lives after having lived through 7 8 years of conflict, and isis occupation. So there are so many needs, and whats happening right now is only going to make those worse. We are really calling on all military parties involved to make sure that their operations dont affect civilians. Without humanitarian services are allowed to continue, and that the impact of people who have nothing to do this is minimised to. Turkey has been talking about some kind of safe zonein been talking about some kind of safe zone in this area, potentially to help repatriate at least the syrian, not necessarily the areas they came from originally, but it leads to their home country, some of those 4 million refugees that are in turkey at the moment. Does that seem logical to you . You at the moment. Does that seem logicalto you . You know, we are a lwa ys logicalto you . You know, we are always supportive of syrians going back to syria, but under the right conditions. If its voluntary, if its safe, if its dignified, if its safe, if its dignified, if its something that they independently make the choice to do. What we wouldnt want to see is forced returns. We wouldnt want to see people being sent back into syria unwillingly. So obviously we are worried that that might happen. In the coming months, but right now, but what we are very concerned about is the impact on children and their families in northeast syria, along the border with turkey, but also in the border with turkey, but also in the many camps that are across northeast syria and hosting very, very vulnerable population. The fact is that people in these camps, those are safe areas potentially until this incursion, they are not the best of accommodation anyway. They are overcrowded, there are huge problems in those camps anyway. Thats right. People living in these camps are living in really difficult conditions in a northeast syria, we also have more than 9000 children from a0 Different Countries who are com pletely from a0 Different Countries who are completely dependent on humanitarian assistance up until the point when their governments hopefully take them home. You know, children shouldnt be growing up and camps with no access to school, still living with the mental trauma of having lived under isis rule, we are really calling on governments to say, now that you actually have the chance to bring these people home, and make sure children have a chance ata and make sure children have a chance at a normal childhood, now is a really good time to look at repatriating them. But what is your message to those who could be involved in fighting now, particularly as we are hearing that theres the possibility that Ground Troops have already crossed the borderfrom turkey, troops have already crossed the border from turkey, and that there have been air strikes in this region. Yes, there have been air strikes already. My staff have been reporting all day of hearing air strikes. You know, people are very nervous. There are already movements, that we expect will continue. At the point is we dont really know how far the Turkish Forces are going to go. We dont know what kind of territory they wa nt to know what kind of territory they want to occupy, so we will have to see how it plays out over the coming days, but the fact that people are already being displaced, and there isa already being displaced, and there is a huge amount of fear among civilians inside syria, is already a cause of concern for us. Once again, its really important that our military parties dont impede humanitarian assistance to people who need it. Ok, sonya, from save the children, thanks very much indeed forjoining us. Thank you. For the first time in almost a0 years, mps are to hold a special sitting of parliament on a saturday to try and decide the way forward on brexit. It will follow a crunch two Day European Union summit beginning on the 17th october. The parliamentary sitting is scheduled for the 19th october. A last minute brexit deal could be presented to mps. Currently the 31st october is the day we are due to leave the eu. The eus brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says the eu cant agree to the current deal proposed by the government though it will continue to negotiate. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. Its not just her majesty who will smell the new paint. A last refurb for parliament before a new session starts next week. A quick makeover before the moment when the Prime Ministers political hopes on brexit might really do or die. The cabinet still claim they want a deal with the eu. But the deadline to get one this month seems less real. We are going now into an important period, an important phase with the European Council next week but what i would say is that this government is focused on leaving on october the 31st, with or without a deal. Deal or no deal is mainly down to this man, the irish taoiseach leo varadkar, who wants a deal but not on borisjohnsons terms. It is the position of the uk government that Northern Ireland must leave the Eu Customs Union and must be part of the uk Customs Union, no matter what the people of Northern Ireland thing. That is their position at the moment, and that is one that is of grave difficulty to us. Only seven days from decision day, in brussels, the uk wants customers to be different on either side of the irish border. They say the difference ought to be between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk. So just listen to the European Parliament this afternoon. Imagine all of these sides coming together . Personally, i dont exclude a deal. We are working on a deal and we are not accepting this blame game which started in london. We are not to be blamed. Northern ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom through the consent of the people of Northern Ireland. We will not be torn out of its internal market and Customs Union and we are not the eus bargaining chip. You may have conned a very weak and gullible mrs may into signing up into a new treaty from which there was no escape, but you are not conning us. Borisjohnson is a liar, a charlatan, a racist, a National Disgrace and as a grandmother even in his own constituency says, a filthy piece of toerag. Whatever happens in brussels, on saturday the 19th of october, the Prime Minister is expected to call mps here to westminster for an historic city and, to thrash out what really happens next, deal or no deal. Sitting. And if there is no agreement, mps have already changed the law to force him to delay but he will kick and scream to protest to try and avoid it and try to pin the blame on them. The Prime Minister has an opportunity on the 19th to announce he has obeyed the law, signed the letter, sent it off to brussels to ask for the extension which will give us time to work out a sensible relationship with europe. Our politicians, though, have already had more than three years to do that. Perhaps, though, now, we are on the verge of decisive days. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Well we can speak now to james rothwell, whos the brexit correspondent for the daily telegraph. He joins us live from our studio in belfast that evening to you, thanks for being with us. Do you see any way out of this . Not at this stage, no. I think it seems all but inevitable now that there will be an extension offered at the European Council summit next week. In the main reason for that, of course, summit next week. In the main reason forthat, of course, is summit next week. In the main reason for that, of course, is because of the benn act, which forces the Prime Minister to ask for an extension, i have not heard any noises about refusing an extension, the main question really just refusing an extension, the main question reallyjust seems how long it should be. We just heard them say we are leaving on october the 31st. That seems to ignore the benn act, and indeed, from other members of the government, and the suggestion is that borisjohnson will stick to his word, do you still believe that we are potentially going to get this extension, or that there may be some stratagem that we dont know about that could lead to us actually leaving at the end of the month . Well, the only scenario i can foresee where we do end up leaving without a deal on october the 31st would be if the eu said no to an extension, because in that situation, mrjohnson does comply with the benn act and the eu at the end of the process is no. The problem here is that the eu does not wa nt to problem here is that the eu does not want to have to face or except some blame for some of the economic turmoil that might. From an ordeal scenario, and for that reason, they are not in the mood either to go for no deal. And also, the other thing that i think its worth pointing out, although mrjohnsons latest plans got a drumming in brussels, they do see some opportunity for a bit of ground work there, bit of modification, and it is entirely possible, and many in the eu hope this is the case, that during that extension and perhaps a couple of weeks or months time, there may be a concession from thejohnson government, which makes some sort of deal possible at some point in the near future. So, you believe, or at least the johnson team believes, near future. So, you believe, or at least thejohnson team believes, or rather the eu team believes that the johnson team could well somehow scale back their demands. Yes, and the way that that might work would be if mrjohnson were to hold a general election and get a very strong conservative majority, as we know, he is currently in a confidence and supply agreement with the dup. Now, its the do you people are the main obstacle at the moment to any kind of brexit deal where there are trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk. In whats known as the backstop. Now, if mrjohnson didnt have to rely on the dp support, if you are able to win the next election and form a government, that he might be able to push ahead that backstop that keeps an effective single market. Now, that you would be more or less happy with a deal that included that, and there is a hold on the eu side that that is the direction of travel that we might see. But of course, we are getting very different messages at the moment from the British Government. Sure,james, moment from the British Government. Sure, james, thank for that. Brexit correspondent at the daily telegraph. Cheers. Lets bring you some news of a phone call between the Prime Minister borisjohnson and President Trump. They have been speaking this evening and talking about the Syrian Border with turkey. The Prime Ministers spoke to president term, and the leaders express their serious concern at turkeys invasion of this area, and a risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in the region. And i should say that they also discussed the case of the diplomatic immunity thats been given to a suspect in a fatal motor break crash. The victim of the time of the victim of harry dunn actually met the foreign secretary today, and she believed that the British Government wasnt taking any of this seriously, but borisjohnson has been speaking to President Trump about this, and the president said he was fully aware of the case, and deeply saddened by what had happened. And he expressed his condolences to his parents, and a p pa re ntly condolences to his parents, and apparently both leaders agreed to Work Together to find a way forward as soon Work Together to find a way forward as soon as Work Together to find a way forward as soon as possible. We know that the parents of harry dunn are very upset. They believe that the way that the government has handled British Government has handled the incident of the death of their son, after a meeting today with dominic raab, but they may be heartened by this phone call this evening, involving the president and boris johnson, suggesting that both countries have agreed to Work Together to find a way forward to deal with this issue. Lancashire police have in the past few minutes have said two people died following a fire at a working mens club in morecambe. The blaze broke out at Gordon Working Mens Club at a quarter to three this afternoon. Ten fire engines initially attended the fire. Another person is reported to have been injured in the blaze. Next up, the story that has dominated social media today. Coleen rooney, wife of former england captain wayne rooney has claimed that someone using Rebekah Vardys account has leaked stories about her to the sun newspaper. Rebekah vardy is of course the wife of england and leicester strikerjamie vardy and denies the allegation. Lizo mzimba has this report. Theyre married to footballers who have played for england, but both women have become well known figures in their own right. Rebekah vardy has taken part in the reality show im a celebrity get me out of here. Coleen rooney has been a guest presenter on shows like the x factor. She says that after years of stories about her appearing in a tabloid newspaper, she decided to lay a trap on her private instagram feed. She told her more than 1 million twitter followers, over the past five months, ive posted a series of false stories to see if they made their way into the sun newspaper. And they did. She said that she also ensured that only one account could access those false stories and that that Instagram Account belonged to rebekah vardy. Mrs vardy, who says that many people have had access to her account over the years, denied being responsible, replying, im so upset that youve chosen to do this, especially when im heavily pregnant. Im disgusted that im even having to deny this. Many have applauded Coleen Rooney, others have questioned whether making public accusations on twitter was the fairest way to act towards someone who was previously a close friend. Lizo mzimba, bbc news. Joining me now is beril naz hassan, a former showbiz reporterfor the sun. Thanks for coming in. Who knew, coueen thanks for coming in. Who knew, colleen rooney, sleuth. Thanks for coming in. Who knew, colleen rooney, sleuthlj thanks for coming in. Who knew, colleen rooney, sleuth. I know i was so shocked, it was the first thing i saw in the morning and i was just like oh my god this is such drama between football wives yes, indeed. The sun in publishing this sort of story just from tweets. Indeed. The sun in publishing this sort of storyjust from tweets. Is that usual . Its a very usual, and its not even just the sun. U nfortu nately its not even just the sun. Unfortunately in todays climate of journalism and news making, especially when you look at the entertainment and lifestyle side of things, a tweet is enough, and you dont even have to be famous to make a story. You know, they often make a kind of Opinion Pieces around like people are hating this episode of love island, here are five tweets to prove that. And that is u nfortu nately prove that. And that is unfortunately where journalism is right now. Mrs marty. Journalism. Mrs marty claims that her account could have been hacked. Is that a possibility, its a possibility i suppose, but is it really . Well, i think shes kind of eluding to the idea that you know, shes a famous person, constantly running from place to place, she has a manager, an assistant, you know, she sang a lot of people have my password and access to my account. If you had let me know, i couldve changed my password, or me know, i couldve changed my password , or seen me know, i couldve changed my password, or seen who else, who is selling the story, because she sang it wasnt me, but maybe it was my assistant, or you know, this, it wasnt me, but maybe it was my assistant, oryou know, this, or that. I guess in the celebrity world, that is normal. Because you are running from one chute to another, pr events, and this and that, and you need someone to take photos of you and put them on your story, and keep your social media alive and engaged. So i guess that is literally the job of your assistance and your team to have your social media to share those. I make sure, and presumably, the sun, the paper used to work for, they would pay for the stories. I presume they would, because really, a story like this, or a story, any story about rooney hits the mark. And when you look at the entertainment stories and lifestyle stories, it after the things that people want to learn about, and rooney is a hot topic. They want to know her, they wa nt to topic. They want to know her, they want to know what her marriage is like. They want to know what her life is like. So whenever they hear something about her, im sure they wa nt to something about her, im sure they want to publish it, and they want to get there hands on those sources. But meg was there any suggestion when you are at that paper, that mrs marty had a some kind of contract to provide information or stories at all to the sun. You will make absolutely not. I never heard, and i never was a part of kind of any contracts with anyone, but in general through the journalism world, when you do showbiz news and lifestyle news, you get to understand that every kind of brand of tabloid has good relations with certain celebrities come in they kind of do each other favours, and its kind of a friendship more than a transactional business. But i guess when you make someone more famous by making news about them,. There is a transaction. That social business works and fortu nately, that social business works and fortunately, they go for what sells. I make anyway, we will leave it there. Good to see you, thank you for coming in. Thousands of children across printer having multiple teeth extractions and hospitals because of whats been described as a double whammy of high need and for access to nhs services. The British Dental Association has told the bbc that families, especially in coastal communities, face Epic Journeys to get the care they need. Its its part of a special series of reports about the challenges and opportunities in coastal britain. Jemma woodman has been to West Cornwall to find out more. And a warning that you may find some of the footage, uncomfortable to watch. We have got jasmine and it is extraction in three quadrants. This is the reality of to decay in britain. Tooth decay. A lot of Little People coming through the slots of different needs. It is quite hard session to go through. 9 year old jasmine has had by teeth removed at cornels main hospital. Damaged by sugary snacks and drinks, despite her mums best efforts. Even they no added sugar stuff that get that we do not think is too bad. It still has one sugar cube in it. So, we are only to have just when . When we are having a knife and fork meals. Upper right. More than 38,000 children go through this every year in england alone. Its this every year in england alone. Its distressing for everyone involved. And i think were going to go for the upper left as well, and then the lower left. There is nothing worse than watching the childrens eyes roll as they fell asleep and the parentss reaction. People do not realise how difficult it will be until youre there on the day. Tooth decay in children is on the rise. As many as one in five are having problems. There we go all done. It is coastal areas that are amongst the hardest hit. The British Dental Association told us that impoverished seaside communitys face a double whammy of both to decay and her access to services. That is not just a problem for children. In the harbour side newquay, help is at hand for mouths all at sea. Getting me teeth done today. A shambles in me mouth. It is the waiting list less mine than anything. I did not register with a dentist, because i never make an appointment. Foran for an actual checkup, i dont know, 15 years ago. 20 years, i dont know. This team offers free treatment in a county where the average weight, even when you have a dentist is 16 months. We find it very difficult to recruit in cornwall. Most dentists that arejust qualified, unless they are from cornwall, do not necessarily want to come here. Nhs england agrees and says at the same time demand is growing. Hello. Is a done . It is all finished. Do member going to say . No forjasmine, the worst is over. But thousands of others face a similar ordeal or a long wait for the care that could prevent it. Gemma woodman, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. Hello there. Well, its been another unsettled day, plenty of heavy downpours around. And in glascow, weve had some water logging of the roads. This really, as a result of todays rain, yes, but also the prolonged spell of wet weather weve seen. I think scenes like this, probably becoming a bit more common over the next few days. For some of us, there is more rain in the forecast. Now, the radar picture shows how extensive the showers today have been. Theyve been nonstop, really, across western scotland. A few sneaked into southeast england, the driest weather for east anglia, and the northeast of scotland, with fewer showers. But overnight tonight, as our area of low pressure moves across the far north of scotland and northern isles, really, we will continue to see showers feed in across scotland. It will stay quite windy as well. Otherwise, showers becoming confined to western coasts and hills, with the weather becoming dry across inland areas. Dry but chilly. Temperatures down to 5 degrees in norwich. Now, for tomorrows weather, another area of low pressure on the charts. This one bringing south westerly winds, and a warm front that will extend a band of rain into northern and Western Areas of the country. Showers to start off with for western scotland, otherwise, a bright and sunny starts. But, rain through the morning will spread from Northern Ireland into Northern England and in across scotland, where the rain becomes heavy and persistent as well. Localised surface water flooding is a possibility. Further southwards and eastwards, no great amounts of rain for southeast england, in fact, for most of the day, it will be dry, bright, and mild, with highs of 17 degrees. But through thursday night, further bands of rain pushing into western scotland could cause a few issues. Then weve got this weather front, trailing down across england and wales, that becomes very slow moving as we go through friday. This is going to bring a lot of rain to the hills of wales, and also around the peaks in the southern pennines. Met Office Warning already issued. Could see 50 70 mm of rain over the high ground, enough to cause localised surface water flooding. And a low, there could be a little bit of rain at times across the southeast. Theres probably great amounts of rain around on friday, indeed, here its going to be pretty mild, with highs up to 18 degrees or so. Further northwards and westwards, to the north of our front, we are into the fresher, cooler air. Temperatures 12 1ad. Now this weekend, across england and wales, weve got more unsettled weather on the way. Some heavy rain around at times, and its often going to be quite cloudy. Localised surface water flooding is a possibility. But further north, for scotland and Northern Ireland, although its unsettled here, weve got a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. Thats your weather. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Turkeys military offensive in Northern Syria has begun there have been airstrikes and artillery fire in an operation turkey says will create a safe zone cleared of Kurdish Militias. And just in the past hour, a ground offensive has been launched. When those mortars are landing, we could see very clearly was a residential area and we could see the high rise blocks that were clearly apartment blocks. Turkey says the kurds in syria are terrorists. But theyre allies of the west and the uk, germany, france, and russia are all condemning the operation. President trump who gave turkey the green light, now says the operation was a bad idea