this is bbc news. the headlines at four: the british woman charged with drug smuggling in egypt has now been referred to a criminal court for trial. lewis hamilton takes to twitter to condemn an attack at gun point in brazil last night on members of his world—championship team. donald trump has held brief informal talks with vladimir putin at the international summit of asia pacific nations in vietnam. the husband of a british woman held in prison in iran renews his call for a meeting with borisjohnson and to accompany the foreign secretary should he visit the country. bells chime two minutes‘ silence across the country — in memory of those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. and in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london discusses whether saudi arabia has experienced a surge, or a power grab a british woman charged with drug

smuggling in egypt has now been referred to a criminal court for trial. laura plummer, who is 33 and from hull, was detained in the red sea resort of hughada last month. police say she was carrying about 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol. they drug is illegal in egypt but available on prescription in the uk. let's talk to our correspondent orla guerin who's in hurghada. this is a blow for those who thought laura plummer might be granted bail. this is certainly a setback for

laura plummer and her family this is certainly a setback for laura plummerand herfamily and her legal team and not the outcome of the hoped for. just hours ago this morning we were in court hearing, expecting a custody hearing for laura plummer. prior to that her legal team was guardedly optimistic, hoping she might be granted bail because they said her boyfriend had emerged yesterday, her egyptian boyfriend, with documents they believed would help clear her name. her boyfriend, according to laura plummer herself, has a back problems and she says that is the reason she brought these painkillers to egypt. lawyers told us he had come forward yesterday and he had been frightened of appearing before that but he had come forward with medical certificates that they believed would help establish he did have back problems and therefore would lend credibility to her account of how things happen. that custody

hearing did not happen this morning, we are not sure why. her mother was in the courthouse waiting to see laura plummer but she was never brought to court and this afternoon we learned the egyptian public prosecutor has referred her for we learned the egyptian public prosecutor has referred herfor a criminal trial. that was always a possibility, she was facing charges, but certainly not the outcome of her family and supporters hoped for. what can laura plummer now expect in terms of the legal process? she will remain in custody for now. she will remain in custody for now. she is being held in a cell patch to local police station. we spoke to her by phone this week and she described the conditions and said the sale was about the size of her bedroom at home and she was sharing it with around 25 other women and that made it hard to breathe, she said. she said herfellow inmates we re said. she said herfellow inmates were trying to take care of her but

said there was a language barrier and nobody spoke english. she said her spirits were rock bottom. i askedif her spirits were rock bottom. i asked if she had any hope of coming home and she said she did not but said she was dreaming of it and getting back to her own bed and catching up with emmerdale, her favourite soap on tv. we expect he will be in custody for something, possibly for the entirety of the period before the trial takes place. pre—trial detention in egypt can be lengthy with defendants being held up lengthy with defendants being held up to two years before the trial ta kes up to two years before the trial takes place. we are in the very early pa rt takes place. we are in the very early part of this process and no date has been set for the trial. there will be legal processes to ta ke there will be legal processes to take place now, her legal team will start dealing with the public prosecutor's office in cairo and there will be a series of legal formalities and procedural hearings before any kind of trial date is set. i would say at this stage there

is very wasteful that at very little reason to indicate laura plummer would be granted bail. —— there is a very little reason at this stage to indicate laura plummer would be granted bail. let's talk to laura plummer‘s mp, labour's karl turner. thank you forjoining us. you spoke to bbc news earlier today and you we re to bbc news earlier today and you were quite hopeful that laura plummer might well be granted bail but this is quite a setback for her. good afternoon. it's clearly a setback for the family and a setback for lauder. her lawyer was very hopeful he could persuade the court she should be remanded on bail. clearly this is a setback now. what can you do to help support laura and her family? the foreign office are involved, the

british embassy are involved, i spoke today with the british embassy official who is the contact for laura so she is being supported, the british government are very heavily involved in supporting her. i am absolutely sure of that. our correspondent was talking about the length of time there's legal process might take. in actually bringing laura to court. how confident are you she will be given a fair hearing? the judiciary is independent of government, it has got to be impartial and thejudges will deal with the matter completely objectively. the president himself has said he cannot interfere with the judiciary has said he cannot interfere with thejudiciary and has said he cannot interfere with the judiciary and that is right. we are hopeful new information has come to light, her partner has admitted is he has got these problems with his back, he has came in with

medical evidence to confirm that and i think that will go some way to show laura's version of events are absolutely right. you have clearly been having current recession with laura's family. what picture have you build up of her —— having conversations. she is 33 years old, she is a shop worker in hull, she likes to watch her favourite tv soaps in the evening. she is a woman of good character, no previous convictions and from a decent, hard—working family and they are completely shocked and terrified by what is unfolding in front of them. how much of on that aspect of her can be communicated to the authorities in egypt? this is all mitigation. she has done something very silly and taken drugs to hughada. clearly she

was doing some a favour in trying to relieve the back pain of her partner but it is a criminal offence, tramadol is banned in egypt, class c control the drug in this country which means it must be prescribed by a gp. the egyptian authorities take this very seriously indeed. we have to be respectful to their laws and customs but we hope the court listened very carefully to the version of events which laura has said from the outset in that she was just trying to help somebody. that has now been confirmed by her partner who says he has got a back problem and he can prove that. how quickly do you hope the foreign office might be able to influence events in some way? i don't think the foreign office can influence events at all. i don't think they

would attempt to. the egyptian judiciary needs to deal with this but i hope the lesson, as i said already, very carefully to the mitigation her partner is going to put forward. i think they will hear what he has got to say and hopefully ta ke what he has got to say and hopefully take heed. this is not the sophisticated criminal, this is a woman who has done something very silly and has already cost her and herfamily a silly and has already cost her and her family a great deal of suffering. many thanks forjoining us suffering. many thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. members of lewis hamilton's formula one team have been robbed at gunpoint in brazil. a minibus carrying the mercedes technical staff was stopped as they left the interlagos circuit in sao paulo. a spokesperson for the team says valuables were taken but everyone is safe and uninjured. hamilton tweeted about the incident, saying formula i needed to do more to keep teams safe. bbc radio 5 live commentator

jack nicholls told me formula i could only do so much to help due to the sheer number of staff working in the city. it is a particular set of traffic lights on the way out of the circuit where this kind of thing is prevalent. the problem last night was the teams left after dark. the brazilian authorities have put in a lot of police for this year but when the teams are leaving late at night, that is when things can get sketchy. we heard all the stories in the build—up to the rio olympics about the security concerns and it is sort of the nature of going to a country like brazil. lewis hamilton says formula i needs to do more to protect teams. one wonders what he has in mind. that is the problem. and there are ten teams in sao paulo, and 300 journalists, so five or 600 people making up the formula i paddock that travel around the world and they will all be

staying in different places around the city. formula i and the circuit itself can do all they can in the perimeter of the actual venue but if you have teams staying ten miles that direction or ten miles in that direction, there is only a certain amount formula i can do, ahort of not going to brazil at all. how large a team does lewis hamilton travel with? the actual mercedes team is probably made up of around 100 people. hamilton, when he finished driving, would have spoke to his engineers and left the circuit around 5pm. but it is the mechanics and engineers that would've stayed at the circuit longer, doing all the dirty work, i suppose, while hamilton is back in his hotel and it is them leaving late at night that would have caused the problems.

iam going i am going to take you live to barcelona where huge crowds have gathered in support of regional officials who have beenjailed, cata la n officials who have beenjailed, catalan separatists jailed following the political crisis there. you will remember the central spanish government dismissed the catalan government dismissed the catalan government and parliament and suspended the region's autonomy as well. great crowds have gathered in protest against the jailed regional leaders. but there are eight members of the cabinets who have been detained on charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds. the region's parliament speaker was released from jail after posting bail just speaker was released from jail after posting bailjust yesterday. donald trump has said

the russian president, vladimir putin, felt "insulted" by allegations of interference by moscow in last year's us election. speaking after a brief meeting with mr putin at a summit in vietnam, mr trump he believed his russian counterpart, before warning that the allegation was costing lives in syria because it was getting in the way of his relationship with mr putin and their ability to resolve that crisis. a short time ago, our correspondent aleem maqbool sent us this update from vietnam. yes, it absolutely has been a huge issue back in the states and, as soon as people found out that the two leaders were going to be at the summit together, of course, all eyes were on donald trump and vladimir putin and it appears they wanted to keep their meetings out of the eye of the media as much as they could but donald trump admitted on air force one to journalists that they had brief conversations. when asked if he brought up russian interference in the us election, he said he had and that vladimir putin had said he did not meddle. donald trump said he believed

the russian president and said he felt vladimir putin had been very insulted by the accusations. donald trump said he thought the whole story was concocted by his political opponents and that is precisely what mr putin said when leaving the summit as well. if either of them think that means the story is going to go away, of course, they are very much mistaken because the usjustice department investigation goes on. 11 countries from across the pacific region have agreed to press ahead with a major free trade agreement, despite the deal being ditched by the united states. it comes after president trump took his "america first" message to the region and made it quite clear to leaders the us would no longer tolerate what he called chronic trade abuses. jonathan head reports. apec has always been a celebration of this region's prosperity. leaders representing more than half

the global economy talking about how they can do even better. but this year, there was a spoiler. president trump came with a different message — that the us no longer wants to lead on free trade. in fact, he wants to withdraw from regional evers which he says are unfair to america. we are not going to let the united states be taken advantage of any more. that hasn't stopped the 11 remaining countries in the trans—pacific partnership, the trade pact president trump pulled out of earlier this year. they vowed to push ahead without the united states. the member governments say they'll continue to pursue trade liberalisation, but without the americans, the largest economy in apec and always its driving force, there have to be doubts about how far free trade can progress in this region. but there are even bigger doubts over president trump's new strategy of only negotiating

with individual countries. he may get slightly better deals. china is already making some concessions. but, the us is losing its place as the most influential power in the region. jonathan head, bbc news, da nang, vietnam. the husband of a british woman jailed in iran is asking for an urgent meeting with the foreign secretary. it follows remarks by borisjohnson, which suggested nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe had been in iran training journalists when she was arrested. herfamily insist she was on holiday. this morning, richard ratcliffe told bbc breakfast her ordeal was taking a huge toll on his wife. what she's been through is just awful and the process of cruelty and isolation and manipulation and threatening her, and at a point she was so traumatised she couldn't walk. obviously, the physical consequences of that, but the psychological consequences. sometimes on the phone she's ok,

sometimes she's really down. the headlines on bbc news: the british woman charged with drug smuggling in egypt has now been referred to a criminal court for trial. lewis hamilton says some of his team we re lewis hamilton says some of his team were attacked at gunpoint in brazil last night. vladimir putin has assured donald trump he did not defeat in the american election. england are taking on argentina at twickenham in the autumn international right now. scotla nd international right now. scotland are facing some more, it is 44-38 to scotland are facing some more, it is 44—38 to scotland, with just a few minutes left in that game. and england are struggling against

australia in the woman's ashes. i will have the pills on those stories and lots more at around 5:30pm. —— i will have the details. two minutes' silence has been observed around the country for armistice day. it marked the moment in 1918 when the fighting came to an end in the first world war. there were ceremonies at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, and at the cenotaph on whitehall in london, from where our correspondent adina campbell reports. as the crowds gathered into whitehall to the sound of the pipes, looming in front of them the stark cenotaph war memorial, a sobering reminder of the many lives lost in conflict. big ben was also heard chiming, despite being silent for the last three months, due to repair work. big ben chimes

shortly after the two minutes' silence, thousands of people watched on as pipes and drums from the london scottish regiment marched through whitehall in a captivating display. i thought it was really emotional because so many people died. yes. it's a very good way to pay respects. i've been thinking about the memorial coming back in 1920, thinking about the families that lined the streets here and how important having the memorials in this country must have been to the widows and children. today's events have been a chance for many people to remember those who fought and what they fought for. adina campbell, bbc news. earlier we werejoined by our correspondent ian palmer, who watched this morning's ceremony at the cenotaph. thousands of people

were here in whitehall to mark their respects to those who have died in the great war and the wars since. about half an hour after that, there was another service, a slightly smaller service, organised by the war widows association and one of those who took part in that is with me right now. christine tinker, good afternoon to you. thank you very much forjoining us. your husband died on the glamorgan in 1982, david tinker. tell me a little bit about him and his service for his country. he was in the royal navy and he had just gone on deck as flight deck offficer and then an exocet missle hit the ship. the missile was partly diverted is to hitjust under the flight deck.

so there were 14 people killed on the ship. some stewards because their sleeping quarters were below the flight deck, and people working on the flight deck. the ship itself was incredibly lucky because had the missile hit where it was going to it would have sunk the ship. tragically, in that conflict many young men died. you had a service here earlier today. how important is that to you and your family? it's really important. because it's our own personal way of remembering our loved ones. and the war widows association were granted this, well, it's a privilege, to be able to hold our own service on the saturday before remembrance sunday. of course this year it's a bit of different because it is remembrance day itself. so very, very special to all of us. remarkably, you told me a few moments ago there are 18,000 war widows in great britain. yes, there are. and most people do not have any idea there

are that many of us. because when you look at us we look quite normal, really. you wouldn't know instantly. and a lot of war widows don't make a big thing of it. they have just got on with their lives because you have to. you have lost the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. sadly that is not going to be because they have given that up for their country. so you just have to crack on with your own life and make the best of it. as a member of the war widows association you feel as if you are a little neglected, you are perhaps not getting the recognition you think you deserve. that's right, yeah. i mean, we are a national organisation and we try and let people know about war widows and the stories. when you talk to the war widows, they are a load of amazing ladies, they have got fantastic stories and how they coped with the tragedy. and a lot of were then

bringing up children by themselves, and the older war widows weren't getting the support i was fortunate enough to get after the falklands war. so they are fantastic stories. we have started to put those stories together. we don't want to lose them. and there is a website, war widows stories. so if anybody would like to find out a bit more about individuals and what they went through and are still going through, because it's forever, it is notjust for the short period after your partner has been killed. then they should go on that website and have a look. christine, thank you very much for talking to me and talking about david, your husband, who died on the glamorgan in 1982 during the falklands war. of course, tomorrow will be remembrance sunday itself, where thousands of people will gather again to mark and pay their respects. the queen will obviously be leading those commemorations. she will be standing on the balcony for

the very first time. the royal wreath will be led by prince charles. the queen will take part in the royal festival of remembrance at albert hall later on this evening where there will be four centenaries during that service. it will be the woman's first association with the armed forces, the battle of passchendaele, which has its 100th anniversary this year, the war graves commission will also commemorate its 100th anniversary and, lest we forget, the forces‘ sweetheart, dame vera lynn also celebrates her 100th birthday this year. the bbc understands that the labour mp, kerry mccarthy, will submit letters to party officials on monday which she says show she received "unwa nted attention" from her fellow labour mp, kelvin hopkins. mr hopkins is currently suspended from the party, following accusations of inappropriate behaviour, which he denies. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. kerry mccarthy says she is speaking

out to support the young labour activist ava etemadzadeh, who alleged hopkins had acted inappropriately towards her after a meeting at essex university four years ago. kelvin hopkins is currently suspended by the labour party while those allegations, which he denies, are investigated. kerry mccarthy is not making a new formal complaint. instead, she is submitting information which she believes could be helpful to ava etemadzadeh. she says she first suffered unwanted attention from mr hopkins “119911, and more recently, she received a letter in which he described as a very attractive woman and confided he had a dream about her. she is submitting this letter to the labour enquiry on monday. in a statement, kelvin hopkins describes kerry mccarthy as a long—term friend and says he is disappointed she appears to have gone to the press

rather than telling him that she was unhappy. the american goalkeeper, hope solo, has accused former, fifa president sepp blatter, of sexual harrassment. the world cup winner said mr blatter groped her moments before they went on stage at the ballon d'or event in 2013. a spokesman for mr blatter has described the accusation as "absurd". police are searching for the owner of a stolen vehicle after a woman was killed in a crash in west sussex. a 70—year—old woman was killed when her car was hit by the stall and one. police want to question the driver of the stolen black mercedes which they believed was stolen. britain is the most obese country in western europe. that's the claim from the organisation for economic co—operation and development. its annual report says 27% of the british population is officially obese — and that levels are rising faster than in any other developed nation. health organisations say

the findings are sobering. almost 40% of battery—powered smoke alarms failed to go off in residential fires in england in the past year, according to new figures. the local government association is warning people to check their smoke alarms in the run—up to winter, when the number of serious fires usually goes up. dan johnson reports. the images can be hard—hitting, and the message is familiar. but it appears it's still not getting through. figures show that in house fires last year, 40% of battery—powered smoke alarms go off. for mains—powered fire alarms, the rate was more than 20%. there is a claim that more than one in five households never test their smoke alarms. one in ten households do not even have one fitted. check your fire alarms and smoke alarms at home. check the batteries are working. check they are in a suitable position where it's actually going to help you.

make sure you have at least one on each floor of your house. that is the key message. we have seen too many smoke alarms and too many fire alarms which haven't done theirjob because people haven't either placed them in the correct position, or checked their batteries. with more boilers and heaters being turned on in colder weather, this is a reminder that smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are tried and tested and proven to work. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather 110w. some of us enjoyed the sunshine today and more well tomorrow. but colder air complete its journey southwards across the country. rain terming heavier in south wales and south—west england. showers for northern and western scotland and clipping norther ireland and the

midlands. a chilly night with a touch of frost over higher ground especially. one or two icy patches where we have showers. showers clearing south—east england but more frequent during the afternoon and the north sea coast will see strong winds and it will be more windy across the whole country but many will avoid showers and get some sunshine but temperatures in single figures. starting next week cold and frosty but for most of us it will be more mild by tuesday.