this is bbc news. i'm sean ley. the headlines at 11. senior conservatives rally around the pm — borisjohnson tells mps to get behind theresa may and turn the fire onjeremy corbyn. the severed head of swedish journalist kim wall has been found, two months after she disappeared following an interview with a danish inventor. rallies under way in spain against catalonian independence after last weekend's disputed referendum. concerns for on northern ireland employers after us authorities as heavy as bombardier. also in the next hour , a treat in store for sky gazers. the draconid meteor shower could show off dozens of shooting stars, in the skies above the uk. and up for discussion on dateline london , the validity of the catalan referendum, and will the shooting in vegas lead to changes in us gun—controls.

good morning and welcome to bbc news. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has told critics of the prime minister to "put up, or shut up". her intervention came after cabinet members rebuked the former party chairman grant shapps after he claimed around 30 mps wanted a leadership contest. ms davidson is viewed by some as a potential contender. this morning, borisjohnson became the latest senior party figure to comment on the rumours, telling a messaging group of conservative mps that they should ‘get behind the pm'. the foreign secretary said: "we have just had an election and people are fed up with all this malarkey — get behind the prime minister." grant shapps has received plenty of advice from colleagues, with some mps and peers literally

telling him to shut up. most of the party strongly support... i think we have two roads we can go down. we can behave like knuckleheads, like grant shapps did today... knuckleheads, really? well, what else was it? it was just trying to act against the prime minister. or we can unite, support the prime minister. ruth davidson has added her voice to the chorus of cutting comments, suggesting that if the plot against the prime minister had been serious, then it would have been led by someone more serious. but she had a wider message for party members, too, advising them to settle down. jeremy corbyn is eminently beatable. not only that, we have just beaten him. yes, i know it can be daunting, when you've got people chanting in the streets the name of somebody else, but that does not mean you don't knuckle down, get stuck in, show the drive, energy, the ambition for the country. make sure people understand what it is that you are trying to do in politics, why you are trying to do it, how it is going to benefit their lives. that is what the party should be getting on with right now. she acknowledged that there

would be instability if the prime minister were toppled, but pledged her own support now and in the future. there has been a very public closing of the ranks at the top of the party following the perceived threat from mr shapps. he doesn't have enough support to force a leadership contest. but, one of his fellow rebels, a former cabinet minister, suggested privately that the prime minister was just one crisis away from losing herjob. ian watson, bbc news. joining me now is our political correspondent jonathan blake. given the accusations made about boris johnson's is given the accusations made about borisjohnson‘s is pursued his bench todayis borisjohnson‘s is pursued his bench today is well down the street is it is borisjohnson today is well down the street is it is boris johnson going today is well down the street is it is borisjohnson going out of his way to show loyalty to the prime minister. saying to the conservative mps they need to get behind the pm. he said he had spoken to ordinary punters

and they said the speech was good and they said the speech was good and anyone a cult. and he asked they turn the fires onjeremy corbyn as he puts it. and concentrating on great policies at what they could do for the country which is probably wishful thinking but it is a show of loyalty coming from one of the names people mention when you talk about a successoi’. people mention when you talk about a successor. another possible successoi’, successor. another possible successor, ruth davidson, she is showing her support. speaking to the robinson and saying the party needs to get its act together and rebels put up or shut up, phrases we here at times like this. and says she does not have much respect for the people plotting against the prime minister. these public shows of loyalty to senior figures at the party and possible contenders for

thejob, both party and possible contenders for the job, both have party and possible contenders for thejob, both have said party and possible contenders for the job, both have said they do not wa nt the job, both have said they do not want it now. after the week the prime minister has had... in terms... we used to be told loyalty was the conservative party secret weapon, until the point whether they decide it is indeed in opposition, the prime minister, they got rid of margaret thatcher and iain duncan smith. can theresa may be confident that because the so—called rebellion of craft shops —— of grant shapps and others has heated out, she is safe with now. she is safe for the meantime. but those mps, we do not know how many, who were with grant shapps in the last few days, remain frustrated and will do as time goes on and it will not take much for the frustration to bob up and blow the

lid of this discontent from mps who cannot forgive theresa may for calling a snap election losing the parliamentary majority. also keeping a lid on it is brexit negotiations and afear a lid on it is brexit negotiations and a fear they can be disrupted seriously if there is a change of leadership and the fear of a general election that might happen as a result, not necessarily, but who knows? and the lack of consensus about who should take on the leadership if theresa may goes. we are talking about two names, ruth davidson and boris johnson. are talking about two names, ruth davidson and borisjohnson. we will leave that as it is. the names people talk about is possible contenders. q. -- thank people talk about is possible contenders. q. —— thank you. danish police say they have found the head and legs of a swedish journalist, two months after she disappeared peter madsen is alleged to have killed 30—year—old kim wall, after she boarded his submarine on the 10th of august. her headless torso was found

in the water off copenhagen nearly two weeks later. madsen says she died by accident after a heavy hatch cover struck her on the head. there are fears that british jobs at the aerospace company bombardier could be at risk, after the us government imposed even more tariffs on imports of new planes made by the firm. it's part of a dispute with the american firm boeing, and would massively increase duties paid on the c—series model to almost 300 per cent. the wings of the jets are built in belfast, where bombardier employs more than 4,000 people. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent joe lynam. he says the new tariff is an increase on the one imposed ten days ago of 220%. they are adding salt to buy from you up they are adding salt to buy from you up to 300% so there is nobody to be made for bombardier. the background,

bombardier is a canadian company that has a huge facility in belfast stuff they make a new type of professional aircraft called the c series of 100, to 150 passengers. they do not directly compete with boeing that makes slightly bigger craft up to 300, five people. c series with macro includes two self planes to delta in atlanta. boeing did not apply for the —— to sell aeroplanes. boeing are accusing bombardier of being subsidised by the canadian government and the did not 1 the canadian government and the did not1 billion the canadian government and the did not 1 billion canadian the canadian government and the did not1 billion canadian dollars when it has a near death experience and 2015 that everybody in the industry has received at least $1 billion. boeing gets a sarah mack of

government support. boeing supplies us navy and air force. there is the accusation in europe and canada that they were paid in what they would have been paid if they were not the american companies and those they need to keep this prestigious brand growing. the commerce department has agreed with them. is it all night and we are at a stage that comes for negotiation was you have obviously there is a dance going on. bombardier is entering into a market. it could affect boeing. there is a huge... when boeing put

out this statement, they reminded uk viewers they employ 18,700 people in the uk, more than are employed by bombardier in the uk. the uk government is in a bind, politically ties to the dup. these jobs government is in a bind, politically ties to the dup. thesejobs really matter. at the same time they can do this and 18,700 jobs, especially the factory in sheffield. we could cross to madrid and look at scenes in the centre of the city where thousands have gathered for rallies with other rallies taking place in spain, in support of a united spain, in other words opposed to the prospect of catalan independence that could be declared as early as tuesday when the original parliament in barcelona meets. this is the scene in barcelona where similar protests are taking place for those who favoured

remaining as part of spain. speculation as to whether we will getan speculation as to whether we will get an announcement on tuesday or a holding statement about compromise after more positive signals from the government, not least the apology over police violence. 0ur correspondentjames reynolds is in alicante. it looks like there is a another rally taking place. several hundred protesters with a group called shall we talk? are essentially they are encouraging dialogue between the authorities in madrid and barcelona and these people say they have been forgotten in the weeks of debate and they want dialogue between the rival authorities. from talking to spanish

people, they really understand why it has got to this stage, why it is accelerating dramatically? essentially the loudest voices have dominated. in barcelona calling for independence and in madrid calling for a tough response to any independence declaration. some in spain particularly represented here feel they have been ignored and they perhaps want to renegotiate with catalonia to see it have more autonomy within the territory of spain. they do not want catalonia taking unilateral measures and they do not want the government in the fridge to take drastic measures. the key question is how representative they made the —— government in madrid. the next big event we know about is the tuesday meeting of the cata la n about is the tuesday meeting of the catalan parliament. it is not clear what will happen and is not clear

given the constitutional court said they could not meet on monday, why it could not go ahead on tuesday, the meeting. because the meeting does not have the declaration of independence on its agenda. we do not know what will be discussed on tuesday but we know that carles puigdemont said he will give a report about the political situation, he is the leader of the devolved authorities in catalonia. he may get the room he needs to slightly tailor his message depending on events in the next few days. presumably that could effectively amounts to the same thing, it is up to how he plays it? possibly. 0ne thing, it is up to how he plays it? possibly. one of his advisers yesterday called for a ceasefire with madrid and that phrase, ceasefire, shows the hostile language between the two cities in recent days. it might be that carles puigdemont is looking for a way out,

we will have to see on tuesday. ryanair‘s chief operations officer is to resign at the end of the month, following mistakes over pilot rotas that led to the cancellation of more then 20,000 flights. michael hickey worked at the airline for 30 years and was responsible for the scheduling of pilots' shifts. he's the first executive to leave in the wake of the flight cancellations which have affected more than 700,000 passengers. a tropical storm that killed at least 25 people in central america has become a hurricane as it crosses the gulf of mexico towards the southern united states. nate is predicted to hit the united states on sunday. the mayor of new orleans has ordered evacuations and a mandatory curfew in some parts of the city. though overall rainfall may not be as high as other tropical events, short durations of rain,as we can see, can produce flooding. we are particularly mindful, in this regard, for this particular storm of coastal flooding, because of the potential storm surge for those areas of the city that are outside of the levee system.

the headlines. senior conservatives rally around the prime minister and borisjohnson rally around the prime minister and boris johnson says rally around the prime minister and borisjohnson says to mps to turn their fire borisjohnson says to mps to turn theirfire onjeremy borisjohnson says to mps to turn their fire onjeremy corbyn instead. rallies under way in spain against cata la n rallies under way in spain against catalan independence. concerns for one of northern ireland biggest employers after us authorities impose heavy tariffs on bombardier aeroplanes. police investigating the las vegas shooting say they have yet to establish the motive of the gunman, stephen paddock. he killed 58 people at a country music festival in the city last sunday. police say they have examined more than 1,000 leads since then, but still don't have any clear explanation for his actions. luxmy gopal reports. six days on from stephen paddock

killing 58 people and injuring hundreds at a music festival in las vegas and police still don't know why he did it. the 64—year—old opened fire from his hotel room before turning the gun on himself. at a press briefing, the las vegas metropolitan police department said they've gone through more than a thousand leads in the investigation. we have looked at everything, literally, to include the suspect‘s personal life, any political affiliation, his social behaviours, economic situation and any potential radicalisation that so many have claimed. we have been down each and every single one of these paths, trying to determine why, to determine who else may have known of these plans. the police have ruled out the possibility that there was another shooter in the room with paddock. but they haven't established what he was planning to do

with the 50lb of explosives found in his car at the hotel. meanwhile, officials from las vegas airport say a bullet fired during the shooting pierced a jet fuel storage tank 2,000 feet from the gunman‘s hotel window. there was no fire or explosion and the authorities won't speculate on whether paddock was aiming to hit the tank. it leaves yet more questions at a time when the nation wants answers, when those grieving for loved ones are trying to make sense of this senseless loss of life. luxmy gopal, bbc news. people across the uk could be treated to the sight of dozens of shooting stars, when the draco—nid meteor shower peaks this weekend. of dozens of shooting stars, when the draconid meteor shower peaks this weekend. it is most likely to be clearest in the direction of the constellation of draco — the dragon — in the northern sky, in the early evening. it's one of two meteor shows that can be seen during october. earlier i spoke to elizabeth pearson,

an astronomer and news editor of "sky at night" magazine . she told me that if the weather holds up, it could be a spectacular sight. if it is clear, and you looks to the northern sky above the top of the plough, you should hopefully see meteors. shooting stars, bright strea ks meteors. shooting stars, bright streaks of light passing across the sky. get out as soon as it turns true dark, preferably before the moon rises and if you look to the northern sky, adjust the dark, get away from street and house lights, let your eyes adjust and you should hopefully begin to see one or two every couple of minutes. what causes this, why do we see this? we see more macro showers at the same time every year because we have passed through the tail end of a comet which come through the solar system

every few thousand years and leave a trail of debris and ice and dust and as we pass through it every year, the debris and dust hits the atmosphere, heats slipped and causes atmosphere, heats slipped and causes a streak of light. it is these particles burning up in the atmosphere. the names are fascinating, where does this name comes from? most meteor showers are named after the constellation where the radiant is, and the radiant, if you took a picture of the meteors as they go across the sky, which people do, they seem to come from one place and in this case it is in the head of the constellation of draconis. they are coming from the dragon and tonight and tomorrow we should get a good view? clear skies. turn off the artificial light. it is crossed for

clear skies but hopefully you should see the dragon spitting out some fire. somebody in our sights right now is mike. lewis hamilton has been a star, dominating qualifying for the japanese grand prix taking pole position theirfor the japanese grand prix taking pole position their for the first time and joined by sebastian vettel on the front of the grid. the only place anybody could catch hold of lewis hamilton was by his car. he left everybody choking on his exhaust fumes. team—mate valtteri bottas came close to losing it. romain grosjean did further back. the first session ended early. there was no end in sight for the bizzarri hamilton caused rivals, smashing michael schumacher‘s track record

three times on the way to claiming the 71st pole position of his career but his first here. with second placed valtteri bottas penalised for a gearbox change, sebastian vettel moves up a gearbox change, sebastian vettel moves up to start alongside hamilton but with half a second between them, the german will need every trick to catch the briton. football and it is down to the final match of world cup qualifying for wales and republic of ireland, beating on monday night in a match that decides the play—offs. wales had victory in georgia while the republic of ireland beat moldova so either side could win the group and qualify automatically if serbia slips up. there will be some atmosphere, i am sure. going slips up. there will be some atmosphere, iam sure. going back home now, the final game and it all to play for as we wanted to do. we

are in this position and hopefully we can enjoy that evening and have something to celebrate. it is the biggest night in rugby league as leeds take on castles —— castleford. in the super league grand final.l lot of people have questioned whether we have the wherewithal to hang tough in a game of this magnitude. we have to prove people wrong and show we have the metal to bea wrong and show we have the metal to be a team that will be around for a while. i know from a coaching point of view and the inner sanctum of where we have been and how far away we have been from this place, if you had a tape measure, at times we have been on the moon. it is like walking

to the moon. if you were to say with this team get back to the grand final? we were miles off. jack clifford is a doubt for the autumn series in rugby union after dislocating his shoulder. clifford took a knock to his shoulder and left the field with his arm in a sling. you missed the tour of argentina after surgery on the same joint. 17th place may not sound impressive but british gymnast amy tinkler was chuffed with her performance at the championships in montreal. she had ankle surgery weeks ago so to compete was an achievement. she had a great routine on the floor and that is the discipline that gave her an olympic bronze medal in rio. i'm buzzing. i'm a bit gutted about my bars, it didn't quite go to plan. but everything else i'm really happy with. it's a positive from everything. considering i've only been training for seven weeks, it's pretty incredible, to be fair.

if everything goes to plan, i'm hoping to get up there and hopefully push for medals in the next few years, so, yeah — watch this space! what a great comeback. that is all the sport. it is the weather next. the weather is mixed through the weekend. cloudy skies today that brightness likely to break through in the afternoon. this was the morning in scotland. plenty of showers around. they should ease later. this has been pushing southwards and eastwards and should clear from southern england southwards and eastwards and should clearfrom southern england but southwards and eastwards and should clear from southern england but we will see rain across the south—west of england. elsewhere across the country, brighter spells breaking through, but gray, particularly in the north—west with further blustery showers and it will feel breezy today where ever you are. the afternoon rain in cornwall lingering. perhaps brighter in north

devon. so the likely across southern parts. also could be showers in the london region, east anglia, northern wales. north—east england and scotla nd wales. north—east england and scotland are likely to use a try. northern ireland and northern and western scotland, cloudy with blustery showers. this evening, if you hope to see the ball shower, the clearest skies in eastern scotland and north—east england and parts of southern england and south wales. further north west in the country as northern ireland, cloudy, inhibiting the view, with some showers. wherever you are, a mild night. temperatures staying in double figures. sunday, it looks like the better half of the weekend with drier conditions, sunshine and light winds. showers in parts of wales and north—west england and perhaps

western scotland. in sunny spells it should feel less stop an unsettled outlook through the week ahead. we will see several areas of low pressure in the atlantic. monday will not be a bad day. mostly dry. drierfurther will not be a bad day. mostly dry. drier further south and east. will not be a bad day. mostly dry. drierfurther south and east. and in sunny spells and light winds, monday should not feel too bad. it is looking unsettled with stronger wind and rain later in the week. goodbye. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm shaun ley. is spain's by ministers still in charge of catalonia and is britain's prime minister still in charge even of her own party? and will the mass shootings in las vegas and americans rights to bear arms?

my guests this week are alex deane, the political commentator, the belgian writer and broadcaster, marc roche of le point, london correspondent of madrid's la razon, celia maza de pablo, and the american writer and broadcaster, jef mcallister, former london bureau chief of time magazine. welcome to you all. it is good to have you here and it will be a busy programme. the "f" off the conservative party conference stage set, which fell down during theresa may's leader's speech, seemed horribly prescient in a week which ended with calls for her to quit. by contrast, the annual meetings of party activists and corporate sponsors for the labour and liberal democrat opposition parties passed without much controversy. alex, things had seemed to have settled down for theresa may a little bit in the run—up to conference, seeming that she was going to stay until at least brexit. after this week, what has happened to those prospects? i think that consensus still holds. there was an attempt by some members of the parliamentary party to question the leadership. it really has fizzled remarkably quickly. apart from

anything else, it's a demonstration of the quality of the whips operation, the people who control business in parliament, who used to be more neutral, they are now enforcers for the occupant of number ten. in force they have done very well. to be clear, this push was run bya well. to be clear, this push was run by a guy called grant shapps. if you we re by a guy called grant shapps. if you were picking the opponents you were going to face as a prime minister in the conservative party, that is who you would pick. he does not have a following in the conservative party. is that a reflection of the fact that people who share the views who are perhaps more senior don't really have the guts to strike out? no, i think there is genuine