in fact, it has just sold for £24 million. the "pink promise" is the most expensive piece ofjewellery ever offered by christie's in hong kong, and has been described as "the picasso of the pink diamond world". good afternoon. a mixture of sunny spells and showers, especially in the north, and west, dry and bright weather, we see a mixture of sunny spells and showers which means some photographs of rainbows. as we move through the next few days, despite some brightness that will turn colder, we drag in some cold northerly air from the arctic. temperatures dropping over the next few days, scattering of showers in the north and east this afternoon, some form northern ireland. wintry over higher ground especially in the north. rush—hour, a scattering of showers, in the north and east of scotland, largely dry forward the

south—west, some showers for north east england. drier for the north—west of england. some showers into wales and the northwest temperatures not too much, mid single figures. dry weather for much of central and southern england. some breezy as well. as we go through this evening and overnight, we continue to seek showers down east coast, extending further south, summer east coast, extending further south, summer showers persisting for northern ireland and southern parts of wales and western parts of the south—west. dry weather around, clear skies, feeling cold, patti frost developing improved spots, one oi’ frost developing improved spots, one or two patches of ice where we see showers passing through. showers for eastern coastal regions tomorrow, a lot of brightness around, the best of that south—west scotland, wales and south—west of england. scattering of showers for northern

ireland, parts of wales and elsewhere, temperatures in single figures, feeling a little bit cooler than today. the setup, moving into thursday, high—pressure out to the west, continuing to dragon calls from the north, moving into thursday, turning a little bit cooler, a coast art to the day, similar setup with showers still running down the euston coast, showers for the south—west, dry and bright weather around especially for central and southern parts of england as we move through thursday. temperatures largely in single figures, once we add in the wind, feeling colder than that, some showers potentially wintry, certainly feel like winter is here by the time we reach thursday. thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... the pope urges minamata respect human rights and different ethnicities but stops short of naming the rohingya muslims on a visit to the country. —— urges mayan

mark to respect human rights. that's all from the bbc news at one —— so it's goodbye from me — now, a look at the sport. england all—rounder ben stokes could be playing cricket in new zealand in the next few days. he's on his way there following talks with club side canterbury. after he was spotted at heathrow airport, there was speculation on social media that stokes was going to join the ashes squad in australia but the ecb say that's not the case. our sports correspondent andy swiss is following the tour. welcome to adelaide airport where england's players have arrived from brisbane. plenty for them to think about before the second test gets underway on saturday. while they were flying here, the big talking point was another cricketer making a plane journey, a picture appearing on twitter which it was claimed was ben stokes at an airport. that prompted fevered speculation he was on his way to australia, the england and wales cricket board

say he is not but on his way to new zealand. it is said he is making a private trip to new zealand to spend time with his family by the ecb but it seems he wants to play cricket out there because the new zealand side canterbury say they have held initial informal discussions with him over his availability forforthcoming matches. although he is suspended from england duty, it is understood they would be happy for him to play for a side in new zealand. another intriguing development on this ongoing saga. australia coach darren leemann refused to be drawn on england's off—pitch troubles. when the squad arrived in adelaide, he said they were concerned purely with their own game — and after that convincing victory in the opening test, he thinks his side can play even better in adelaide. we go by what we do. if we improve

from brisbane, it is a match we want to improve on, we can put them under pressure. we are looking forward to the game, a good result in brisbane but it is gone. we are getting ready to play here now. fantastic series, great test, j howe tonight. —— day—night. england head coach wayne bennett has finalised his squad for the rugby league world cup final against australia on saturday — and there's only one change to the line—up that survived a late fight—back to beat tonga at the weekend. with josh hodgson injured, veteran forward chris heighington has been recalled. he takes a spot on the bench, with james roby starting at hooker. to rugby union — and wales will be without lock jake ball and flanker justin tipuric for their final autumn international, against south africa on saturday. ball dislocated his shoulder in the defeat by new zealand at the weekend and needs surgery, so dragons' cory hill is favourite to partner captain alun wynjones in the second row. tipuric has a thigh injury. arsenal manager arsene wenger says

striker alexis sanchez and midfielder mesut ozil will still be at arsenal after the january transfer window "unless something unbelievable happens". both players' contracts expire at the end of the season but they're key figures for wenger. ozil has more assists than any other player in the premier league. and sanchez has scored 56 goals since arriving from barcelona three years ago. he almost moved to manchester city on the final day of the summer window, before wenger pulled the plug. wenger is also determined to keep jack wilshere at arsenal. he's struggled with injury and spent last season on loan at bournemouth — and he's yet to make a premier league start this season. if it is his best interest to stay here we will fight 100% for him to stay here because he is a guy who is top quality. he is back fit now. when you have a top—quality player, you want him to be at arsenal.

and before i go, an update from wales's women's world cup qualifier against bosnia—herzegovina — it's half time and still goalless. the bbc sport website has updates, as well as more on all today's stories. i'll have more for you in the next hour. police are investigating an incident ata police are investigating an incident at a children's playground in west sussex in the crawley area. at 10:30am they received a report of a stabbing at the cherry lane adventure playpark. a man was arrested in connection with the incident, a man in his 60s, believed to be the victim, was treated for serious injuries but sadly pronounced dead, say the police.

police are appealing to anyone who was there, any witnesses, for any information. the bbc has learned that an increasing number of parents of children with special needs are taking their local councils to tribunal, in order to get the right support for their child. the number of cases in england increased by nearly a third last year, with parents winning 80% of cases. jayne mccubbin has more. cruel, traumatic, heart—wrenching. .. deanne describes the process she has just gone through. two years fighting two tribunals to get the right support for her disabled daughter. erin was left with serious disabilities after being born prematurely. a statement, a legal document, outlined exactly what support erin received. new legislation in 2014 meant erin's statement had to be scrapped and turned into a new education, health and care plan. that's when their fight began. they have stripped out everything. all of erin's provision?

speech therapy, one—to—one, occupational therapy... all gone. they appealed the plan in october 2015. in may 2016 they lost at the tribunal, appealed again and injuly this year won a new plan. you basically got everything back for her? yes, and more. how can you summarise the process you have been through? i can't, i can't. it doesn't make sense, what we have been through, as a family, to get what erin needs and is entitled to. it does not make sense. erin's council, redbridge, told us they made 1,500 decisions last year. only 20 ended in tribunal. the reforms were designed to offer better support for children but we found almost 31100 parents had to fight for that support last year. what it tells me is that there is a system which is under massive strain. councils simply do not have the money to give parents what they think

their children deserve. this isn't what parents think their children deserve. this is what the law says children are entitled to. that is very different. councils are doing their best to do that, in impossible financial circumstances. the law also says that councils cannot overspend their budget each year. the department for education told us they have given councils an extra £223 million in extra funding to help them introduce these reforms successfully. many parents tell us that they too have had to pay. the cost of independent financial reports, lawyers and experts, emotional costs which cannot be quantified. of course, there are many parents who cannot afford to pay anything. there are of course those situations where local authorities will come along to the hearing armed with a range of professionals supporting their case, and that inevitably creates an inequality of arms. this can be a brutal experience. many parents, like deanne, will go through it more than once. it has taken every fibre in my body to fight. and i will never, ever give up,

for what my daughter needs and is legally entitled to. the father of an alleged computer hacker, who has asperger syndrome, says he fears that his son would take his life if he is sent to the us to face charges. 32—year—old lauri love will be at the high court later this week to appeal an order — signed by the home secretary — extraditing him to the united states. he's accused of hacking into agencies including the federal reserve, nasa and the us army. lauri's father alexander told my colleague chloe tilley why he wants to see his son tried here in the uk instead. basically because my son has stated to me on more than one occasion that he has no intention of going to america. i have said to him, what happens if we cannot stop the process? he said, i will take my life. basically, it is a choice between lauri being tried here or killing himself. i can tell you with a certain authority when someone is determined to kill themselves,

they will achieve that goal. and nothing we can do will ever stop that. and so i believe that lauri should be tried here. we're not trying to avoid lauri facing the music. we just want a british band to play the music. and for lauri to go through due process here. we have very good courts who are more than able to prosecute lauri. but can you understand why the us authorities want him tried in the united states? is here in the uk there was a computer hacking as we saw against the nhs, people would want to see justice served in the country. doesn't the united states have the right to do that? the americans apparently have the right to do whatever they like. they are attempting to impose a pax america on the whole world. lauri would be the only person who has ever been extradited for computer hacking. consistently over the last few years we have always prosecuted in this country. if there is a special relationship between us and america, if we are are their closest ally,

they should trust us to have the competance to actually do with this matter on their behalf. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first , the headlines on bbc news: pope francis has chosen not to refer specifically to the persecuted rohingya people during his speech in myanmar. measures to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries during childbirth in england have been announced. the duchess of cambridge says she and prince william are delighted by the news. of prince harry and meghan markle. the uk's banks could cope if britain leaves the european union in a "disorderly brexit". that's the finding of the bank of england's so—called ‘stress tests'. for the first time since the financial crisis, all of the uk's biggest lenders have

passed the bank's criteria to cope with an economic downturn. the number of new office buildings springing up in london has fallen by nearly 10% in the past six months, according to a study by consultants deloitte. it says political uncertainty has been holding back development. a massive £1.11 billion was spent in online sales in the uk on black friday — up nearly 12% on last year. trade body imrg says online was the winner, with high streets, shopping centres and retail parks doing less well with visitor numbers down 3.6%. if the uk left the eu in a disorderly brexit, our banks are prepared. the bank of england has published the results of its tests to measure how well they would cope. it's the first time since the financial crisis that all uk banks have passed tests — designed to see how well they would manage with varying degrees of a downturn in the economy. bank governor mark carney said the banks would withstand the "unlikely event" of no deal

when brexit happens. despite the severity of the test, for the first time since 2014 when the tests began, no bank has to strengthen its position. the banking system strengthen its position. the banking syste m ca n strengthen its position. the banking system can continue to support the real economy even in the unlikely event of a disorderly brexit. at the same time, the day—night has identified actions to mitigate crosscutting financial stability risks in association with leaving the eu. -- risks in association with leaving the eu. —— the risks in association with leaving the eu. -- the fpc. we hope there will be an agreement and it will go smoothly but in the event it does not happen it is reassuring to know that the banks it

seems, are firewalls. in a no deal brexit one thing to prepare for its loss of accidents access to the eu. — — a ccess loss of accidents access to the eu. —— access to the eu. the report talks about things like dealing with insurance contracts and access to cross—border payments and things like that. those are the kinds of things banks need to be prepared for. that is not what they have covered in the stress test. they have looked at the bank's ability to withstand an economic downturn that might include a collapse in the value of pounds sterling and the housing market. both of which are outside possibilities in a disorderly brexit and the fact the banks are resilient that is reassuring. the impact of exiting the european union on the uk's farming industries remains unclear — over 500 farmers and landowners have over 500 farmers and landowners have

travelled to london today to hear what defra minister michael gove has to say about it. speaking at a conference by the cla. joining us now is susan twining, cla chief land use adviser your association represents 30,000 landowners, farmers and rural businesses who manage more than 10 million acres of rural land. what do you members want to hear?|j million acres of rural land. what do you members want to hear? i think farming faces a number of challenges, not just farming faces a number of challenges, notjust brexit, drivers for change, climate change, environmental pressures, changing consumer demands. brexit is another pressure. we are interested to see what will happen with trade, but also labour and future agricultural policy. you mention day-night. going

to get even tougher, how can farmers do with it? —— labour. to get even tougher, how can farmers do with it? -- labour. we are taking on new working practices to do with the changes in the industry. a lot of the solutions to reducing the demand for labour, that is new technology. there is great incitement about robotics and new ways of capturing and packing and picking produce, that technology is some way away and we need some interim and transition in order to adjust to that. in the short term, we are still very reliant on labour and migrant labourto we are still very reliant on labour and migrant labour to pick, we are still very reliant on labour and migrant labourto pick, pack we are still very reliant on labour and migrant labour to pick, pack and process a lot of the food we produce. apart from labour solutions, what other innovations must be adopted to deal with the

challenges? there are solutions around technology, we are keen to ca ptu re around technology, we are keen to capture the excitement around new technology from artificial intelligence, robotics, bringing those solutions through. in addition to that we need to look at new ways of working. it is notjust about to that we need to look at new ways of working. it is not just about the exciting robotics, tractors, technology, equipment, it is about how we can work better together, so collaboration in different ways to make sure we are producing efficiently and ensuring that we are producing our foods efficiently and ensuring that we are producing ourfoods more sustainably as well and there are exciting developments around precision agriculture we can put chemicals and fertilisers on in a very precise ways that reduce environmental impactand ways that reduce environmental impact and produce more food from the same area. thank you. secondary ticketing websites may be breaking the law,

by failing to tell consumers about restrictions on the tickets they're buying. after a year—long investigation, the competition and markets authority found widespread concerns about such websites. for more on this, visit our website. we will discuss that in one hour. shares in 0cado havejumped more than 20% after it finally announced a long—awaited international deal. the online grocer has announced a tie—up with with french supermarket giant casino. as part of the agreement, 0cado will build an automated warehouse to serve some parts of the country. bali's international airport will remain closed amid continued fears of a major volcanic eruption. tens of thousands of tourists are trapped because volcanic ash is disrupting air travel. as many as 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area around mount agung. japan's softbank has reportedly cut its offer to buy a stake in uber — valuing it at £36 billion. if the deal goes ahead, softbank would acquire the shares for nearly 30% less than it was originally reported to be offering.

the japanese conglomerate is leading a consortium of firms that is planning to buy at least 14% of the ride—sharing firm. here are the markets. still holding the games just shy of 20%. royal dutch, cancelling austerity dividend policies. investors like more dividends. expected to extend an agreement to reduce... i will be backin agreement to reduce... i will be back in one hour with the ticketing story. a group of housing activists is targeting landlords across the uk, who it says are exploiting vulnerable people with poor housing. acorn, a union for tenants who rent

privately, uses direct action to tackle what they see as bad landlords. andy smythe went to meet them. this is one of the founders of acorn. we felt that there was the need for a community organisation that would represent local people on political issues, but without being tied to political parties. it's got members like a workers union, but acorn fights for private tenants' rights. they'll protest, they'll go round landlords' houses, they'll publicly shame them because of what they feel is a housing crisis. rising rents, poor conditions, evictions, this kind of thing. callum hay‘s lived in his flat for two years. the rent‘s just over £500 a month, including electricity and water, but he says there's been a catalogue of problems. boiler, electric, front door. you had no front door? the three basics. i've never had a front door since i've been here. i mean, the mould situation is probably not good for us. that's the lovely black mould,

and if you look on the ceiling, right, where the mould is, look, is where the water's pooling but not sitting on the joists. his landlord says the door‘s fixed and he wants to repair the rest but workmen are refusing to do it until callum cleans up. he contacted acorn, who pressured the landlord over repairs. today, though, it's amina who needs help. she's a working mother of four who lives in this house. what are the biggest problems? the biggest problems is damp and the mouse walking on the walls and the kitchen, that's the worst. you have mice in your kitchen? in the kitchen and... the sleep rooms. tell me how much you pay for your house every month? i pay 850. acorn are going out of the landlord's home to deliver him a letter.

ask them to appoint qualified independent damp specialist and contractors to fix other outstanding issues. we want it booked by monday. amina has fought this for two years. her friend has the same landlord — the same problems. they say that he's not here yet. what does collective action mean, does it mean basically taking the law into your own hands? it means acting together in support of a particular individual or where people have a similar problem, acting together to solve it. it doesn't mean breaking the law. do you want to speak to the police? not particularly, no. amina's landlord says almost all his tenants are happy. he's planning to repair her house. while he and other landlords may agree with acorn‘s point, it's the way the group makes it that they've got an issue with.

time for a look at the weather with lucy. turning colder as we move through the next few days. on the way, a mix of sunny spells and showers. that is how we started, showers. that is how we started, showers in the north and east, northern ireland, the... but dry and brightness. but the temperatures falling as we dragging cold, arctic airfrom the north. to this afternoon, continuing to see showers particularly for the north—east. a scattering for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. dry and bright weather around but some showers could be wintry, particularly in the north. rush hour, scattering of showers for the north and east of scotland, dry for south—west scotland, a futures for

the north east england, try... south—west england, a scattering of showers. largely dry for central parts of england and the south, seeing a few clear skies. temperatures largely in single figures, quite breezy. through tonight, continuing to see showers persisting for the north and east extending south through the night. scattering for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. dry weather around, clear skies particularly in the west. a cold night with patchy frost in protein spots, chance of ice, showers passing through particularly for scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow fairly similar, best of the brightness for south—west scotland, wales, the south—west scotland, wales, the south—west of england. showers working their way down the east coast, in the north, wintry to low levels. feeling cold with

temperatures in the single figures, highs of 7—8dc. enter thursday, here is the pressure chart, high pressure to the west. the cold, northerly air. temperatures dropping into thursday. a cold start to the day was a good spells of sunshine, showers for eastern coastal areas. to be wintry at lower levels. showers for wales, the south—west, dry and bright weather around possibly. these are the highs for thursday. not feeling warm with the wind. towards the end of the week, turning cooler. brightness around. a scattering of showers largely in the east. feeling a little wintry towards thursday. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at two: david davis is summoned to the house of commons by mps — over his refusal to hand over unedited documents assessing brexit‘s economic impact.

no parliament instructed that the materials be released to us. it is thejob of the materials be released to us. it is the job of the committee to decide what is published again having given consideration to what ministers think. death government takes very seriously its respect parliament responsibilities and it's clear it has been providing information to the committee. give us answers: new help for grieving families who've endured the trauma of still—birth — or life—changing injuries to their babies. the pope urges myanmar to respect human rights and different ethnicities — but stops short of naming the rohingya muslims. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — jess.