Deal reached to end US shutdown

A deal has been reached in the United States to end what has now become the country's longest government shutdown. A breakthrough came about after a number of Democratic senators broke their party's blockade to vote with Republicans.

The BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump. It's been described as an extraordinary moment in the history of the BBC.

And as Syria's interim President Ahmed Al Sharra gets ready to meet President Trump in Washington, we have a report looking at the minority groups in Syria who fear for the future.

Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai

(Photo: The U.S. Capitol on the 40th day of the partial government shutdown, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Credit: Aaron Schwartz/Reuters).