Turkish warplanes carry out more attacks in syria. Tensa of thousands of civilians flee for their lives. Tens of thousands of civilians flee for their lives. Back in britain the daughter of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the womanjailed in iran. And scotland take legal advice over the threatened cancellation of their make or break match in the rugby world cup. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. Nike shut down the oregon project following the four year athletic ban for the former head coach alberto salazar. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. European Council President donald tusk says there are promising signals that a brexit deal is still possible. It follows yesterdays talks between the british and irish Prime Ministers, borisjohnson and leo varadkar, who said theres a pathway to an agreement, ahead of next weeks crucial eu summit. The European Union has now given the green light for intensified talks known as tunnel negotiations. Our brussels correspond
With the eu, it is a hybrid halfway has solution, but it is complicated and it is the kind of thing the European Commission doesnt like. And we dont have a lot of time. Well, there is a european summit on october the 17th and brexit is still due to happen on october the 31st, so due to happen on october the 31st, so is there still time to sort all this out before then . I wouldnt bet the house on it chris, thank you very much, chris norris. Time for a look at the weather. Heres darren bett. No change in our weather pattern and more rain to come, and most of it is from this Conveyor Belt of cloud from this Conveyor Belt of cloud from the mid atlantic that brings more rain through the weekend. Further north, showers and sunshine. And reportedly here in the scottish borders, it is blowing a gale. This is the radar picture over the past few hours, we have already had heavy rain across the pennines as well as the welsh hills, and this band of heavy rain continues south eastwards. There are
Grenfell tower fire. Some of harry dunns family arrive in america, hoping to launch civil proceedings against Anne Sacoolas and the us government. Thanks to an online campaign, englands rugby twins will be reunited in japan for this weekends big game. For us, being there as a family, its about supporting him. Its obviously a massive occasion. Us being there to support him, its absolutely an Incredible Opportunity for everyone involved. And in the sport on bbc news. Bring. It. On. Thats the rallying call from England Forward Billy Vunipola ahead of their Rugby World Cup final against south africa on saturday. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from westminster. So it looks as though a pre christmas election is now on after labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said he would back borisjohnsons call to go to the polls in december. The Prime Minister will make a fresh attempt to get backing here in parliament any time now, but it seems more than likely that he will get his early c
Years debating over brexit in parliament. There will be crucial votes again tonight but if mps reject a proposal to speed the withdrawal bill through the commons by thursday borisjohnsons deal is unlikely to be passed by the october 31st deadline. Im joanna gosling, the other stories developing this morning on bbc newsroom live. Northamptonshire police are to travel to the us to question under caution the american diplomats wife who fled the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july. Canadas Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, wins a second term in office but loses his majority in parliament and will need support from smaller parties to carry on governing. Good morning to you. Welcome to westminster where borisjohnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. Today he
In central paris. Campaigners have lost a legal battle against the governments handling of the rise in womens state pension age. Scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnsons new brexit plan is already facing some tough opposition both in parliament and the eu. The Prime Minister told mps hes compromising but that didnt wash with opposition parties. And both the irish Prime Minister and the European Council president say hes not done enough. So what exactly is his brexit offer . The main changes relate to Northern Ireland, it would stay in the eu Single Market for all goods, and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. But Northern Ireland would leave the Customs Union, and that would result in new customs checks. And all of this would depend on a future vote by the Northern Ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. Heres our deputy political editorjohn pien