this is bbc news. the headlines at lipm: the french president, emmanuel macron, calls on the uk to provide more clarity about its negotiating position on brexit. sadiq khan defends transport for london's decision not to renew taxi app uber‘s licence, as over half a million people sign a petition calling for it to be reversed. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 1,200 miles. police have fully reopened a stretch of the m3 in both directions after emergency services responded to reports of a hazardous material on the road. labour leaderjeremy corbyn arrives in brighton ahead of the start of his party's conference. also in the next hour, thousands of costumes from the royal shakespeare company go on sale. this whole section is nothing but

tuxedos. sir patrick stewart goes through the wardrobe, to share his memories of wearing some of the items that are upforgrabs. and coming up at 4:30, dateline london discusses the impact the prime minister's florence speech could have on the brexit negotiations. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may must be clearer about what she wants from brexit before the eu can start trade talks, according to the french president emmanuel macron. monsieur macron said three key issues must be agreed — the rights of three million eu citizens living in the uk, how much the uk will pay

on leaving and the future of the uk—irish border. it's the first response by a european leader to the prime minister's speech yesterday in florence, in which she suggested a transition period of around two years after brexit, meaning the uk could finally break away as late as 2021. brexit secretary david davis is heading to brussels for his next round of talks with michel barnier and the eu negotiating team on monday. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. theresa may came here to florence to try to unblock the brexit negotiations. with warm words about an exciting partnership ahead, a pledge to honour britain's commitments to the current eu budget, and promises to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk, she hopes she's done enough to kick—start the talks. she appears to have struck the right balance, appeasing tory leavers and remainers alike by pushing for a transition period where security, trade

and immigration rules stay the same, but insisting it would only last a couple of years. there should be a clear double lock, a guarantee that there will be a period of implementation, giving businesses and people alike the certainty that they will be able to prepare for the change and a guarantee that this implementation period will be time limited, giving everyone the certainty that this will not go on forever. brussels and eu leaders gave the speech a cautious welcome, praising what they saw as the constructive spirit and a show of realism. but there was a demand for more detail. while the prime minister's speech has generated some goodwill, the test will come when brexit talks resume on monday. leila nathoo, bbc news. a short while ago, i spoke to our political correspondent susana mendonca, who said the prime minister's speech had left some of her backbenchers unhappy. we have got a bit more

of a sense of the direction, in terms of the transitional deal that she spoke about. back in the summer, there was a debate within cabinet about whether there should be a transitional deal, and this is theresa may saying we want two years, and that is something that has caused concern among backbenchers. some of them are not happy with the idea that we will not leave completely in march 2019, that we will still be subject to eu law in some sense, so they want clarity on whether that will be the case. theresa may talked about freedom of movement potentially continuing, that is something that for many is a red line. within the cabinet itself, what she achieved through the speech yesterday was a sense of unity at a time when we have seen a lot of division. you know, for example, borisjohnson, just a few days before the speech, he had written an article taking a different view, perhaps, certainly on the see what money,

saying we shouldn't have to pay the eu any money to remain in the single market. it is attempting to create some unity within the cabinet at a time when we have had disunity. as david davis heads off for the next round of negotiating on monday, are we expecting to hear more of this detail being fleshed out? that is certainly what the eu wants, we heard from emmanuel macron today, saying that he wants to have more clarity, certainly on those three areas that the eu want progress on — so for example, as you stated earlier, the issue of eu citizens living in the uk, the financial terms of exit, and the irish border. the eu will not progress on trade talks until those three issues are dealt with. david davis, it has been difficult, the negotiations with michel barnier, so we will see

what happens with that. certainly, they want more detail. in october, the european commission will get together, they work out if there has been enough progress in this negotiation. if they deem that they haven't, what then happens? essentially, the progress that they want on those three areas is really the benchmark for whether or not britain then gets to have tandem trade talks, because what britain wanted at the beginning of this was to have trade talks at the same time as the talks about the settlement with the eu. if the eu commission and national leaders decide that we haven't made that progress, then potentially we don't move on to that progress really in terms of the trade talks, which is not what britain wants. more than half a million people have signed a petition calling for transport for london

to reverse its decision to stop the minicab booking service uber from operating in the capital. tfl decided not to renew uber‘s license on grounds of public safety and security — but the company says it will appeal against the decision. jessica parker reports. the app which revolutionised taking a taxi has been fighting back. just a few hours after transport for london's decision not to renew its licence, uber launched this petition to save uber in london. already it has over 500,000 signatures. it talks about the 3.5 million londoners and 40,000 uber drivers that will lose out, and also stresses its drivers go through the same safety checks as black—cab drivers. tfl argues it hasn't met their standards on safety and security. but uber disagrees. transport for london have regularly audited us, you know, they've carried out the largest audit in their history, and, you know, we've passed with flying colours. the last time the audited us to check

that we were playing by the rules, they found that there were zero errors in our processes. nevertheless, tfl have deemed them "not fit and proper" to renew the licence. safety has got to be paramount. the regulator's doing itsjob. if uber customers, or indeed uber drivers, are upset or angry about this situation, don't blame the regulator for enforcing the rules. let's blame the company that flouts them. uber have said they will appeal the decision. their london licence runs out at the end of this month. jessica parker, bbc news. in the last hour, the mayor of london has responded to the petition, saying.., "i have every sympathy with uber police have fully reopened a stretch of the m3 in both directions

after it was closed for a long period today. drivers said the closure had brought "absolute chaos" between junctions nine and 11 near winchester. let's talk to our correspondent. we have heard descriptions of absolute chaos. how is it now? there seems to be some movement in one lane. that's right. the northbound carriageway has been opened for some time. the southbound carriageway reopened in the last half hour. that misery is coming to an end. there is some progress. it all started just before 4am this morning, when police say they were alerted to a potentially hazardous material on the road and it was closed between the road and it was closed between the three junctions that you have mentioned around winchester. they have revealed very few details about

what the band, beyond saying they have been working with the emergency services as well as bomb disposal experts. do we know when services on the motorway, they wrote, will be fully opened again? any more details on that? well, the road is fully reopened, although it will take time for these tailbacks and delays to be freed. motorists have been complaining, some of them, about the way the police have handled this, saying they should have been given more warning about the closures. highways england have appealed to people for patients. the police have been handing out water by the side of the road, as some people had to get out and stretch their legs. it has been and stretch their legs. it has been a long ordealfor many, with the road closed for nearly 12 hours. but in the next bureaus, things should return to normal. 0k, thank you. —— in the next few hours. iran has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 1200 miles. the testing of the weapon, which can carry several warheads, is likely to raise concerns

in washington, just days after president trump attacked the country's missile programme in a speech at the united nations. here's our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. a show of power from tehran — a missile launched as a message to the americans. this was state—run television in iran, broadcasting what it says was the successful test of the newly developed missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres. the launch came just days after president trump attacked iran at the united nations for destabilising the middle east, and condemned its missile programme. he again threatened to abandon a historic nuclear deal, painstakingly negotiated over many yea rs. we cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilising activities while building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear programme.

iran insists its missile programme doesn't contravene the nuclear agreement, and the iranian president says his people are now waiting for an apology from donald trump. in defiance of mr trump came this military display on friday, at which the new missile was proudly unveiled. translation: like it or not, we will increase our deterrence and defence power in any form we deem to be necessary. in addition to upgrading the missile systems, we will also strengthen our naval, ground and air forces. there's been no response from the americans so far to the latest iranian missile launch, but there's little doubt that the belligerent tone coming from both countries will ratchet up tensions. just as in north korea, iran is trying to show that it won't be pushed around. caroline hawley, bbc news.

joining us now from virginia is mark fitzpatrick, executive director at the international institute for strategic studies. thank you forjoining us. first off, what do you think of the timing of this test by iran? the timing clearly is in response to president trump's accusations against iran. the missile development programme itself has been underway for some period of time. they could have tested whenever they wanted, but they chose this particular time to send a political signal that they are not going to be believed. has iran actually done anything wrong? —— not going to be bullied. iran actually done anything wrong? -- not going to be bullied. yes and no. it is not violated any international treaty that prohibits missile testing, but the iran related latest security council

resolution calls on iran to not test missile that were designed to be nuclear capable. this missile system isa nuclear capable. this missile system is a variation of a system developed in the soviet union that was for carrying nuclear weapons. so, clearly it was designed for nuclear weapons, but since the resolution only calls on iran does not prohibit it, that is a legal out that was carved out and so iran is not in violation of anything. they have said that this is not a missile that can be used for a nuclear warhead. 0n can be used for a nuclear warhead. on wednesday, there was a meeting between next emerson and his iranian counterpart. —— rex tillotson. what would have been fed at this time? this was in conjunction with the joint commission, the meeting of the parties to the iran nuclear deal. at that meeting, they would have

discussed in the meditation of the nuclear deal. i don't think they would have necessarily discussed the missile programme, because that is not part of the nuclear deal. the united states have a lot of concerns about iran's implementation of the deal. it has not violated the deal specifically, but its research and development presses the envelope on what is allowed. rex tillerson alluding to the fact that they are not fulfilling expectations and keeping to the spirit of the 2015 nuclear deal. what does this test mean regionally? regionally, it casts a shadow on both rehabbed and tel aviv, because the missile reads, range would incorporate those adversaries of iran. it is not the only arsenal in their portfolio that can hit those countries. back in 2011, it was testing a solid fuel system which encompass a range

including saudi arabia and israel, but that system has not been tested for some time and i think they have had some problems with that. this latest missile may be a replacement and shows that iran wants to be able, still, to have a deterrent against those countries. very quickly, can you see mr trump walking with ron the deal? there are other signatories to it. i think what he wants to do is put pressure on iran to slowly edge away from the deal and see if they can pressure in iran from walking away from it. both wa nt iran from walking away from it. both want the other side to be blamed, but i think iran is too smart for that game. 0k, mr fitzpatrick, thank you very much. you're welcome. a magnitude 6.2 quake has hit the southeast of oaxaca in mexico. slight quake tremors were felt, and seismic alarms sounded in mexico city, which earlier this week was hit by the country's most deadly earthquake in decades. the us geological survey reported that the epicentre was 12 miles southeast of the city of matias romero, in the state of oaxaca. it is for 17 pm.

the headlines on bbc news: the french president, emmanuel macron, says the uk must provide more clarity over its negotiating position on brexit. sadiq khan defends transport for london's decision not to renew the licence for taxi app uber, as over half a million people sign a petition calling for it to be reversed. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 12 hundred miles. of up to 1200 miles. in the premier league, two goals we re in the premier league, two goals were just in the premier league, two goals werejust enough in the premier league, two goals were just enough forgotten as they beat west ham at the london stadium. celtic extend their unbeaten run to 27 games with their defeat over rangers. and for weeks on from having emergency surgery to remove

her appendix, lizzie damon is in contention in the final stages of the road world championships in norway. the latest scores on the website and i will have full details at around 5:30pm. members of the labour party are gathering in brighton for whatjeremy corbyn is predicting will be the party's largest ever conference. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in brighton for us. mr corbyn, what a difference a year makes. he had something of a rock star welcome earlier. that is right. the conference actually gets going tomorrow, but jeremy corbyn arrived earlier this morning to cheers of, "oh, jeremy corbyn! " there were only a handful of people but lots of nice to welcome him to brighton because this is the first time the whole labour party had a chance to get together since the general election result,

whenjeremy since the general election result, when jeremy corbyn since the general election result, whenjeremy corbyn did much better than anybody had expected. he brought an extra 30 labour mps to westminster. the party's membership is now nearly 600,000, making labour are the biggest political party across europe. expect lots of celebrations over the next few days, despite the fact the party did not do well enough to get into government. i think they will be lots of pats on the back about how well they didn't do. nevertheless, some tensions lurking beneath the scenes. 0ne some tensions lurking beneath the scenes. one particular area that has come up in recent days is the balance of power between the members, and those in the parliamentary party, the elected politicians. in fact, there had been a question as to whether the labour party figures, like the mayor of london sadiq khan, and the narrow greater manchester, would be given a platform to make big speeches. jeremy corbyn was out visiting a local table tennis club in brighton

this morning and defended the decisions that have been made about who would get to speak and how long. it's a conference for everybody, the largest labour party conference has ever been. we have tried to rebalance the speaking arrangements so that there are fewer and shorter platform speakers, many more speeches from the floor and from delegates, and i am very keen to make sure that the voices of our elected mayors are heard, and sadiq khan will be speaking, other mayors will be speaking in future years. they can, however, contribute during the debate just like anybody else, and there are many other speaking opportunities around brighton. i think one thing we will notice this year is a change in tone at the conference. if you think back to 12 months ago, there were a lot of questions aboutjeremy corbin‘s leadership. should he stay on? how long did he stay on and who might succeed him? long did he stay on and who might succeed him ? fast long did he stay on and who might succeed him? fast forward 12 months andi succeed him? fast forward 12 months and i think, after that general election result, those questions

really now have gone away. jeremy corbyn is deemed to be notjust to even hisjob as corbyn is deemed to be notjust to even his job as leader but pretty solid in hisjob as leader. last year, solid in hisjob as leader. last yea r, lots of solid in hisjob as leader. last year, lots of questions to senior party members and mps about who should be taking overjeremy corbin‘sjob. that, ithink, will change and i do not think we will hear those questions being asked again. instead, ithink hear those questions being asked again. instead, i think there is an a cce pta nce again. instead, i think there is an acceptance that jeremy corbyn again. instead, i think there is an acceptance thatjeremy corbyn is safe in hisjob and having taken the party membership up close to 600,000, he is deemed to be very solid in hisjob as party leader. thank you very much. there've been reports of small tremors in north korea, which chinese officials say could be evidence of an explosion, although elsewhere it's been deemed to be of natural origin. 0ur correspondent danny savage gave us this update from south korea. 0pinion is split over what happened in north korea in the last few hours. the china earthquake administration says it was a suspected explosion, but south korea's meteorological survey said they have analysed it

and it does not have the footprint of something man—made, it looks like a natural event. it is unusual seismic activity, and not farfrom where north korea has carried out nuclear tests in the last few months. interestingly, in the last few minutes, the nuclear proliferation watchdog in switzerland suggested the possibility that it could be a collapse event. after the big explosion and test recently, the underground h—bomb in north korea, there was a collapse event afterwards where rocks fell, which was picked up by earthquake monitors. it could be similar to that again. i don't think it should cause major concern at the moment, it is being monitored and it will be some time before we know exactly what happened, but it is leaning towards a natural event at present. the two main party leaders in germany will make their final appeals to voters today before sunday's elections. the chancellor angela merkel‘s centrist party have a clear lead in the polls.

in what is now a familiar picture across europe, both mrs merkel and the social democratic leader, martin schulz, are urging voters to shun the anti—islam, anti—immigrant rhetoric of right—wing candidates that have gained support in the run up to the election. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent damian mcguinness in berlin, who said both mrs merkel and mr schulz were hoping to encourage a high turnout. well, their main point is that they are telling voters to go to the polls tomorrow. that is because they feel the lower the turnout, the more chance that the new anti—migrant, anti—islam afd party will have of getting a strong number of seats tomorrow in the parliament. it is especially controversial in germany, because there are millions of german muslims, and some members of this party

—— its leaders have come out specifically and said that muslims do not belong in german society. some members of this party are also accused of having links to right—wing extremists, neo—nazi groups. what angela merkel, though, looks set to do, though, tomorrow is get a strong win. the party, as you say, is leading in the polls, as things stand, it looks like she will win a fourth term as chancellor. what we don't know is what her government will look like, what sort of government she will end up leading, because she has to cobble together a coalition, and within that you have a number of different parties who have very different views on things like the eurozone or migration or the economy, and these are things that really affect the rest of europe. so the colour of the government that we end up with over the next few weeks during the coalition building will have a direct impact on europe and britain as well. how is it that the afd have been able to gain traction? what is it about the german mindset this time around? what has changed was, of course,

the enormous number of refugees and migrants who came over the last few years. in the past two and years, 1.5 million asylum seekers have come to germany. in the main, they have been integrated well into german society, mainstream society accepts the need for germany to take in legitimate refugees. there is a debate about what to do with rejected asylum seekers, but there is a consensus in mainstream society. however, a good 10—20% is not happy with that, and those people, many of them, are voting afd. they are seen as the anti—merkel party, and that is because the mainstream bit of german society tends to support angela merkel‘s centrist policies, which reflect mainstream german society today, some voters feel the only way they can go is to the afd. they are palling around about 10%.

if they get into double figures, it will be seen as a big coup for them. they won't get into government because angela merkel has ruled out forming a coalition with them, because frankly they are too controversial. but if they get a lot of seats, they will have a big impact on politics in germany. the royal shakespeare company is selling off more than 10,000 items of costume worn by its actors over the last 60 years. hollywood star and rsc veteran sir patrick stewart has been sharing some of his memories of wearing the costumes, as they go on sale in stratford—upon—avon. hannah bayman reports. "clothes maketh the man," said william shakespeare, and these are the costumes that have made 60 years of his plays come to life. it makes me feel much more than sentimental, it's really quite emotional. there is so much history here. it's the biggest sale the company has ever had, and the money raised will go towards creating new costume workshops.

there are more than 10,000 items to choose from, including armour, uniforms, shoes, jewellery, and more unusual period pieces. this whole section of rail is nothing but tuxedos. the funniest, most embarrassing costume incident i ever had was in my very, very first production. i was playing an entirely forgettable character called sir walter blount, so i decided i would get the audience's attention sooner, it's called pulling focus, so one night i prepared myself, i threw open this steel door, ran on, and as i ran on, i slammed the door behind me, so everyone in the audience would know that patrick stewart as sir walter blount had entered. my cloak, unfortunately, caught in the great door,

so as i moved towards the king, i was brought to a sudden halt. well, apart from distressing me, what it mostly did was amuse tony and ian, who both began laughing. you can imagine what that did to the audience, because they could see what had happened. it was a horrendous moment for me in my first role in my first play with the rsc, but when i came in the next day, there was someone from the wardrobe waiting for me, and they said, "we heard about what happened last night, and we're very sorry, but we understand why you did it, and we have taken your cloak and made it much shorter so it won't happen again." that's the kind of people you work with in the wardrobe department of the royal shakespeare company. if, around the world, fans of the rsc knew this was happening,

they would flock here just to take a little piece of history away with them. and my wife has yet found more garments to wear. what am i going to do? put my hand in my pocket, i suppose. prices start atjust £1 — so pretty affordable to make all the world your stage. hannah bayman, bbc news. fantastic. let's have a look at the weather. it may well be weather cliche, but it illustrates the point beautifully, a west, east of that across the country, with low pressure into the north—westjust drifting this weather front end from the atlantic, bringing cloud and some murky conditions and some outbreaks of light, patchy rain towards storm. central and eastern areas will start off dry and bright.

lovely spells of sunshine and with a lot, southerly wind, temperatures expected to respond. the cloud and rain gradually dressed as its wea kest, rain gradually dressed as its weakest, and maybe by the end of the day it will start to pep up in the south—west. maybe some late afternoon brightness in northern ireland. with the rain, likely to see 49 and 17 degrees the overall high. possibly 22 in the south east corner. “— high. possibly 22 in the south east corner. "111—17. bad weatherfront never pushes much further than through the spine of the country. for a through the spine of the country. fora time, through the spine of the country. for a time, heavier bursts across central and southern areas but, more noticeably, some dense fog forming in northern ireland first thing on monday morning.