I am the happiest of men to run under two hours, you know, to inspire many people, to tell people that no human is limited, you can do it. Hello and welcome to bbc news. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and Kurdish Forces in northeastern syria. Since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died on both sides of the frontier, and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. Much of the latest fighting has been in the border area, near ras al ain. The Turkish Military have entered the strategically important town, but theyre facing stiff resistance from the kurdish led, Syrian Democratic forces. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin, is on the turkish side of the border. Her report contains flashing images. The front line in a conflict that is spreading fast. Turning Northern Syria into a battleground. Alarming washington and europe. The smoke is rising from the key town of ras al ain. And inside the town, this pro turkish fighter says weve just arrived. And give thanks to god. Then ducks to avoid incoming fire. But Kurdish Forces cant offer much resistance. Ras al ain has all but fallen and other towns are expected to follow. The turks and their allies are stamping their authority here. And syrian Kurdish Forces are looking very much alone, urging the us allies to keep their side of the bargain after the kurds died in their thousands fighting islamic state. Translation our allies guaranteed us protection but they abandoned us without warning and decided unjustly to withdraw their troops from the turkish border. We call on our allies to fulfil their moral obligations. Us forces arent far away but theyre holding fire as the kurds take heavy casualties. This footage, filmed exclusively for the bbc, shows american troops standing by at the edge of turkeys planned safe zone. Even leading republicans accusing President Trump of a shameful betrayal. And turkeys offensive is inflicting an agonising human cost. This motherfled ras al ain, carrying her sick daughter. She says the girl has had no food for the past four days and is barely alive. What is this . She cries. Erdogan, look at this. And in the kurdish stronghold of qamishli, mass funerals today forfour dead. Two fighters and two civilians. Syrias kurds say they have given their blood to fight is for the world. But there is no help for them in their hour of need. Typhoon hugibis has brought flooding, high winds and record amounts of rain to parts of central and eastern japan. At least two people have been killed and millions of others were advised to leave their homes. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. So one of the sporting events that has been affected this is the hii river, near mount fuji. Usually it is a Clear Mountain stream. Today, it was turned into a raging, boiling torrent. Across central japan, typhoon hagibis has dumped record amounts of rain. 0n the Southern Side of tokyo, the tama river is now close to bursting point. Tens of thousands of people who live along its banks have been ordered to leave their homes. The big dangerfrom these sorts of events is water. Water is the thing that can do real damage, both if this river burst its banks, if it causes landslides in the mountains or, of course, when it reaches the sea. As night fell over tokyo, the eye of the storm approached, bringing winds gusting to over 140 kilometres per hour. This is the centre of shibuya, one of the busiest places normally in tokyo on a saturday night. I dont think i have ever seen it as deserted as it is tonight. In fact, the whole of tokyo is incredibly deserted. The centre of the storm has now passed to the north of the city and it does not appear to have brought the really destructive winds that were first feared. That is good news for everybody including, of course, rugby fans. Today, japans rugby team had to wade their way onto a sodden field for some last minute practice. Saturdays big match between england and france had to be cancelled. But there is hope that japan will be able to take on scotland on sunday in a match that will decide which team goes through to the knockout stage of the rugby world cup. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. So another of the sporting events thats been affected by the typhoon is the japanese grand prix. Saturdays qualifying session was cancelled because of the storm and will now get under way in less than an hour meaning that qualifying and the race take place on the same day. The bbcs fi reporterjennie gow joins me from the suzuka circuit. This is rather an unusual thing to have the qualifying on the same day as the race, it is only happened a few times, i believe . Iam as the race, it is only happened a few times, i believe . I am so sorry, it looks like and sounds like we are not going to get any sound with jenny but hopefully we will get her a little bit later in the programme. The president of ecuador has placed the countrys capital, quito, under military control in an attempt to end days of violent clashes between Security Forces and indigenous protestors. Moshiri reports. A sign that the state appears to be losing control, protesters occupy the roof of a government building. The violence appears to be worsening, more than a week after it began. The police response, teargas and hoses, while protesters build barricades and set fires to tyres. The demonstrators are demanding the government scrap austerity measures. Fuel more than doubled when subsidies were removed. Since the protest began last week, hundreds of people have been arrested, and at least one protester has died. Reacting to these chaotic scenes, president lenin moreno has placed the capital under strict curfew and military control, insisting he would restore order in all of ecuador. Indigenous leaders have accepted to hold direct talks with the president , the first sign of a potential breakthrough. But for now, the country seems far from having order restored. Lets go back to the japanese formula one. We were telling you earlier that because of that storm, we have the qualifying and race on the same day. Lets try to get back oui the same day. Lets try to get back our reporter. Can we hear you . Fingers crossed you can. Yes we can. Ican fingers crossed you can. Yes we can. I can imagine it is very windy and the line is not the best. Explain to viewers at home, this is pretty unusual to have the qualifying on the same day as the race . It has happened four times in the past and in suzuka it happen in 2004 and 2010. Not unheard of unusual. It froze injeopardy 2004 and 2010. Not unheard of unusual. It froze in jeopardy for the drivers with all 20 used to a particular way the f1 unfolds. They will have to go out in less than an hour, qualify and event rates. A lot of information to process and they have to be super fit to do it. How will things be different for the teams . We will not be speaking to the drivers because media presses have been cancelled. 0rganisationally, these teams are used to go through data, running simulations to determine when they would stop for ties, how many times they would do that, but they will have three hours and may be less 110w. Have three hours and may be less now. They will have to be efficient, organised and a sense of slight panic stop i think it will come down and people will get used to it but it is the unknown and people hate the unknown in formula one. It is the unknown and people hate the unknown in formula 0ne. |j it is the unknown and people hate the unknown in formula one. I am a formula one fan, what are we expecting from the race today . Lewis hamilton has to be odds on favourite to get pole position. He has been in really grateful. Ferrari have the fastest car at the moment but the internal politics is causing issues in that team so it will be fascinating to see who comes out on top and can the red bull powered by honda, so important here injapan, spring a surprise. Makes it all the more interesting. Thank you very much. Rescue crews are trying to reach two workers trapped in the wreckage of a building under construction in new orleans. At least one person died, and 18 others were injured, when part of the new Hard Rock Hotel collapsed. Shaun hassett reports. Get to the back. This is the moment when the upper floors of a building in downtown new orleans gave way. Still under construction, it was set to be a new Hard Rock Hotel, now it is a disaster site. There was lots of noise. We saw workers up there. I mean, it was crazy. Ijust cant even imagine what it was going on up there. It sounded like we thought it was gunfire but it wasnt gunfire, it was a building collapsing. Construction workers ran for their lives, as the buildingcrumbled around them. Some escaped injury by a matter of metres. This man was on the 18th floor at the time. I turn around and i se one guy lose his balance and he kind of fell on the concrete and things werejust. Smoke started coming from everywhere so i could not really see where, you know, the problem started at, but the concrete started falling. Emergency crews were on the scene quickly, rescuing people from the rubble, then clearing the area around the building. A second part of the building fell off about an hour after the initial collapse. Authorities say the remaining part of the building is structurally u nsta ble and a further collapse as possible. Is structurally u nsta ble and a further collapse is possible. They are also worried that a crane could come crashing down. Obviously, this is very serious. And especially when you see the crane lifting away from the building. We knowit is no longer secured to the building, and some of the building that collapsed is actually placing a load on the crane, pushing it back away from the collapsed site. It is not clear at this stage what triggered the collapse. Shaun hassett, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come we take a special look at how social media makes big profits out of our personal data. Parts of San Francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. In the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. It was a 20 pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. This government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. It fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. This catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. And then, bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. This is bbc news. The latest headlines heavy fighting continues as Turkey Presses ahead with its military operation against kurdish fighters in northeast syria. Torrential rain and fierce winds have claimed four lives injapan in the countrys worst storm for 60 years. California has become the first us state to ban the manufacture and sale of animal fur. From 2023, residents will no longer be able to sell or make clothing, shoes, or handbags from fur. The move has been celebrated by Animal Rights groups who have been calling for a ban for some time. Laura friedman, a California Assembly member, is the author of the bill. Shejoins us now from glendale. Thanks so much forjoining us. First of all, how are you feeling about this, about california becoming the first state to bail the sailor making of the clothing. It has been a Long Time Coming for the groups against this. I am pretty amazed. Im still stunned we were able to do it. But this is not my victory. This is the victory of activists that you have said to have been working for many years. United states humane society, animal hope and legislation, and many, many advocates from all over the country who have or to make this happen. Advocates from all over the country who have or to make this happenm splayed me what is included in this painful job splayed me what is included in this painfuljob as i understand it doesnt apply to things like leather and cowhide, does it . It allows leather, cowhide, shearling, from sheep, these animals primarily being raised and slaughtered for food. The fur isa raised and slaughtered for food. The fur is a byproduct of that food. We also have quite a rigourous way of legislating the conditions, in the united states, the animals are raised in and how they are slaughtered. That is not the case of the exotic first this bill is targeting who are slaughtered overseas, far away from regulators, often left in traps for days and raised in inhumane conditions. So we think it is a reasonable approach and one that makes sure that if you buy a garment in california it is at least as reasonably cruelty free as we can assure you. There has been a backlash from the fur industry. They say that a sickly, you know, you will force a lot of businesses to close down without any kind of compensation or redress and that also this will make and create a huge black market, because the demand will still be there even if the supply isnt in the same way. The city of los angeles, the largest city in california, which is a large estate in the united states, has already done this. And we havent seen this kind of affects. Barriers can sell shearling, they can sell items made from leather, cal fire if they so choose. Im not saying there wont be any impact on anybody, but i dont believe that this is going to bea i dont believe that this is going to be a hugely devastating impact and we certainly havent seen that in los angeles or San Francisco, which also has banned further. Are you expecting this to take off in the rest of the country, do you think . I hope so. We have already seen the bands in the New York Legislature and hawaii. So do think this is a movement. We have had comments from people saying things like welcome thought we had on this yea rs like welcome thought we had on this years ago. In terms of the fur industry, they came forward and offered to try to set up a cruelty free sort of brand that would try to guarantee that they were manufactured in a cruelty free way, they had many years to do that and they had many years to do that and they havent done it. And theres also no way of really guaranteeing compliance. So they of course opposed the bill but they didnt give us any indication that they have worked on this issue for years, even though, as you mentioned, it is something people have talked about for decades. Ok, laura friedman, lovely to have you on the programme. Thank you so much. Thanks for your interest. There have been big celebrations in kenya and elsewhere, after the Long Distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge, became the first person to complete a marathon in under two hours. In a feat of seemingly super human endeavour, he made it through the finish line in one hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds. The reigning olympic champion, who also holds the official marathon record, was cheered on by huge crowds around a specially designed course in the austrian capital, vienna. Well, lets speak to olympic medallist and us marathon record holder deena kastor. Shes in chicago. You have obviously a huge amount of experience in this. You must be so thrilled that history has been made. It is not a record that history has certainly been made. It is the eve of the bank of america chicago marathon so there is a lot of excitement going into tomorrows race. But you wake up this morning and see that he had broken the two hour barrier was certainly something to celebrate, that it is actually humanly possible. It was an adult cost race. At all costs. To me, Eliud Kipchoge is the undisputed, historys best marathon runner. Much like Paula Radcliffe is on the womens side. And it is because they own the world record in certified courses, not because they have broken any other barriers, like this two hour one. So for me, last year, Eliud Kipchoge got there world record at the berlin marathon. And this year another ethiopian was just a couple of seconds off his record. So in my euphoria eye would have loved to have seen these two go head to head in a certified course to see if they could break two hours under all of the rules and regulations this pot has. That is what it has had to do with. There has been a little bit of talk of, well, look, he had the pacesetters, he had the special shoes, he had the course donein special shoes, he had the course done ina special shoes, he had the course done in a certain way. It is not really, it is not really 100 fair. Ride. He didnt have to show up on a specific date with a specific time. He got to choose that. So there are a lot of factors that came into play. But to see now, much like Roger Bannister sub four minute mile, to see that the barrier can be broken. They hope we can celebrate equally the person can do it under all the rules and regulations that have been followed in the history of our sports bike to expect that than to happen under official rules at a competition at some point. Do you think that now that this has happened people will no longer think, well, two hours, it is that impossible dream. It is doable now . A absolutely do. They thought it was possible even before Eliud Kipchoge did it today. They thought it was possible. But i hope so would be alive to see it. So amazing that we could see such a wonderful display, a real team enzed. Could see such a wonderful display, a realteam enzed. Running could see such a wonderful display, a real team enzed. Running seems like a lonely venture, but you could see through all of the collaboration between his pacesetters and all of the people who came together to make it happen that it was certainly a tea m it happen that it was certainly a team effort and he gave tribute to those people that helped him throughout the course and the buildup and today. It was beautiful to see the pacesetters in the finishing sprint behind him truly celebrating before he crossed the finish line. As it was, indeed. Deena kastor, so good to have you on the programme. Thank you so much. Thanks. How many of us really know what were agreeing to when we click to accept the terms and conditions as we access websites and apps . 0ften, were handing over valuable personal data for free and, as our media editor, amol rajan, explains, its a commodity thats increasing in value. Very, very few of us give any thought to what were signing up to when we give away our personal data online. All around us are machines whose very raison detre is to know us better than we know ourselves. Alexa. Whats the weather in london today . In london its 19 celsius with clear skies and sun. Com pa nies a re co nsta ntly developing their profiles of us. Thank you. This is an example from amazon of what is collected and analysed. Content you viewed or searched for. The apps that we look at are part of an attention economy. In return for often free services, you donate attention and data. This is what you signed up for with facebook. We receive information about your online and offline actions and purchases from Third Party Data providers. That said, its the World Wide Web which specialises in turning your personal information into a commodity. With starbucks, the Website Activity is linked to your social networks to allow them to track the activities of their members. All around us, invisible but forever accumulating, is an almost unimaginable amount of data. Every time we look at our phones or make an electronic transaction, were adding to it. And while you or i may not give this much thought, the most powerful companies in Human History certainly do. For them, your data is gold dust. This lawyer, who successfully brought a case against cambridge analytica, says it is about power as much as privacy. If the product is free, where is the cost . I think to most of these companies, you, the user, are not the customer. The customer is normally an advertiser that takes your personal information. Its about you having a say and some control over how that information gets used. Surveillance capitalists take your private human experience, they turn it into behavioural data, they package it as predictions of what you will do now, soon and later, and they sell that to business customers who have a very serious commercial interest in knowing about what youre going to do in the future. In a world in which data is the most powerful commodity, the question of who owns and controls our data needs to be given much deeper thought. At the moment, a few mostly californian companies are setting the terms of the debate. Amol rajan, bbc news. A spanish parachutist was left dangling in front of king felipe as he tried to land at the annual National Day Parade in madrid. It was all going so well the crowd applauded as he descended gracefully to earth trailing the spanish flag until he was brought to an abrupt halt. As the daredevil pondered his predicament, the applause resumed. Even king felipejoined in. He was absolutely fine. No harm done. Except perhaps to his pride. You can reach me on twitter im bbcmaryam. Hello. 0ur fairly changeable theme to the autumn weather is set to continue over the next week or so. Low pressure in charge. This was the picture taken saturday afternoon in northumberland. We did have a bit of sunshine around here and there. I think sunshine will be in shorter supply for the north east of england, in particular, on sunday. Weve got some heavy rain at times. There will be some drier and some sunnier weather pushing in later on in the day. So a bit of a mixed story for sundays weather. Well have quite a few weather fronts on the map as you can see. Low pressure still driving things, sitting out was the west. We start off the day, a bit of brightness around, dry weather initially across the far south of england and east anglia. But fairly quickly the rain will sweep in here. Lots of rain across the bulk of england and wales, moving north eastwards. Scotland and Northern Ireland start off with some mist and some fog patches, perhaps even a touch of frost for rural eastern scotland. But the rain will move in from the south, affecting many eastern parts of Northern Ireland, southern and eastern scotland, too. But some sunshine returning towards southern england and wales. The winds generally less of a feature than they have been recently. But it will turn quite breezy across central and southern england, i think, behind that area of rain. Now, temperatures around about 11 16 degrees. Not great if youre stuck under the cloud and rain across the north east of england, for instance. That rain will clear away towards the north sea through sunday night. So a bit of a quieter picture over night into monday. Most places looking frost free. Could just be a touch of frost for the most prone spots across northern scotland. Some mist and some fog possible first thing monday morning. But we start the new working week, once again, with low pressure in charge. And weve got this waving weather front sitting close to the south east of england on monday. Some uncertainty about the exact positioning of any rain. But it does like we could have some heavy, possibly thundery downpours across southern and south Eastern England as well. A bit of rain also for Northern Ireland, which could fringe into the likes of pembrokeshire and also cornwall. But actually elsewhere quite a lot of dry weather. Some sunny spells for northern england, eastern scotland as well. And those temperatures will be 12 16, fairly typicalfor this time of year. But things are set to stay really quite unsettled as well for tuesday. Still some rain, especially for north east england and eastern scotland. It does look like that should clear away fairly quickly on tuesday. So not a bad day. Lighter winds, just a few showers. A respite, i think, after the recent rain in the south during the day on tuesday. 12 16 degrees the top temperatures. But more rain waiting out in the wings towards the west. And that sets us up for unsettled picture again through wednesday into thursday. Sunny spells, some blustery showers around. And temperatures generally in the mid teens. Bye for now. This is bbc news, the headlines the fighting in northeastern syria intensifies, as the turkish army faces stiff resistance, from Kurdish Forces. The battle is for strategic towns along the border, with pro turkish troops trying to cut kurdish supply lines. The fighting has already left around 50 civilians dead, and forced more than 100,000 to flee their homes. Typhoon hagibis has hitjapan with record breaking amounts of rain and powerful winds. At least four people have been killed and 17 people are reported missing. Millions of people had been advised to leave their homes. The storm has disrupted the rugby union word cup. The president of ecuador has placed the countrys capital, quito, under military control in an attempt to end days of violent clashes between Security Forces and indigenous protestors