this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10.00. standing firm on brexit — theresa may says she won't give in to calls for another referendum. the shadow chancellor says he's worried about the prospect of the labour party splitting apart amid the row over anti—semitism. hundreds of prison staff caught smuggling drugs, weapons and mobile phones into prisons. more protests in the german city of kemnitz following the death of a german man alleged to have been killed by two migrants. in the cricket, the fourth test against india is wonderfully poised after england fought through the third day to finish on 260—8. and at 10.30 kirsty wark presents a special edition of talking books from the edinburgh international book festival, where she talks to american author t geronimo johnson. theresa may says she will not give

in to those who want another referendum on brexit. writing in the sunday telegraph the prime minister said those who voted in 2016 trusted that their "voices would be heard." mrs may also pledged that she wouldn't be forced into watering down her chequers brexit plan. but one conservative mp — who previously backed her proposals — has now described them as a "humiliation." 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. the prime minister argues that in the eu referendum two years ago, millions of people voted, some for the first time in decades, and they trusted their vote would count. and yet one deep—pocketed member of the tory faithful,

the donor and businessman sir simon robertson, tells the observer the exact opposite, insisting it is balderdash to say you can't have another vote. and the prime minister is not short of vociferous critics back here in parliament either. desperate to see her blueprint for brexit, which has already cost her two cabinet ministers, shredded. until now, the most ardent sceptics have been long—standing brexiteers, but now the conservative backbencher nick boles, who voted remain, joins them in wanting her plan rewritten. he describes the current strategy as a humiliation dictated by brussels. instead, he suggests the uk should remain in the european economic area while negotiating a free trade agreement with the eu. welcome to the new term in politics. it's getting loud already. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. earlier i spoke

to our political correspondent, susana mendonca, who explained how the momentum behind a second referendum has grown in recent months. trying to get it into labour policy. labour policy is that i should not bea labour policy is that i should not be a second referendum. theresa may certainly saying that that is totally off the table. that is what she said before, why she took about it now? we are getting into the new town. this will be a crucial time of the coming weeks to get her exits legislation through in order to get a deal with the european union. there are so many hurdles that is to get through, and rarely setting out her stall and making it clear, iam not go down that route of the second

referendum, and our deal will work, she has at that time that time and time again, and making it clear that she does not want it watered down, and there is a lot of pressure from all sides, long that. jeff scott brexiteers that are unhappy with the terms of the chequers plan, but also, as we had, they're also remainers in her party saying they are not happy with it. she has got in atan are not happy with it. she has got in at an opposition. the european union, but also her own party need to be brought onside. meanwhile, all of that is a back drop of a kind of borisjohnson of that is a back drop of a kind of boris johnson plot her, of that is a back drop of a kind of borisjohnson plot her, masterminded by crosby, the election guru, the so—called wizard of oz. by crosby, the election guru, the so-called wizard of oz. yes, crosby was involved in the borisjohnson‘s successful mayoral campaigns in london. he has been involved in conservative campaigns and elections, and has been seen as this really good political strategist, when it comes to campaigns. and so, we have got lots of papers argue about this idea that he is somehow

involved in some campaign for the brexiteer side, to come up with an alternative to the chequers plan, and in terms of borisjohnson‘s involvement, we don't know whether he is involved in it, but we hear that he is not getting involved in elyounoussi —— any rallies, but certainly, the fact that we have got brexiteers working potentially with a political strategist in order to come up with a alternative to theresa may's land, all of this ahead of the tory conference, it creates problems for her, because it shows the divisions within her inside, and also people potentially challenging her authority. our political correspondence, there. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says he is worried and saddened at the prospect of the labour party splitting amid the row about anti—semitism. mr mcdonnell says it's something he wants to avoid at all costs.

tensions in the party have intensified following the decision by one of the party's longest—serving mps, frank field, to resign the whip. it comes as thejewish labour movement holds its conference in north london. 0ur correspondent simon jones is there for us. the conference got under way around half an hour ago. they are expecting around 300 delegates to attend. the keynote speech will be from gordon brown later this morning. it will be entered in to see what messages he has for the current labour leader, jeremy corbyn. particularly in light of what they shadowed out letters warning about, a possible split in the party. let's speak to one of those who is taking part. you are from the pressure group, progress, ce ntre—left from the pressure group, progress, centre—left pressure group. how concerned are you about people talking about the labour party spitting? i am not concerned about that, butjohn mcdonnell has created an environment from which jewish

people do not feel they can be in the labour party or support them. they can't do the simple things, adopt an international recognised definition of anti—semitism, call out the hate speech online and those that do it injeremy corbyn‘s name. this is simple things to deal with this issue, and it is action that we need from john mcdonnell. he was the be the chancellor for the country, he needs to do those things now to make that the labour party as a united family able to go out to the british public to be the next government that his country deserves. you recently wrote an article, ten things that the labour party leadership and it do to address perceptions of anti—semitism. are they listening? sadly not. we have got a meeting this week whether national executive committee, the top table of labour reconvene, and they have got a simplejoys in reconvene, and they have got a simple joys in front of them. the adopt that internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism, or debate yet again tried to water it down? it seems that from those indications that it watered down. why would they use

jeremy corbyn‘s name in his twitter account to call out the hate speech against people. a bit —— against jewish mps that are out there. the chairman of the all party group on combating anti—semitism has called for labour to automatically reselect the jewish mps, for labour to automatically reselect thejewish mps, because they are up against a wall of noise races and abuse, and that should not be ok. what can be done about that? that is not just what can be done about that? that is notjust an what can be done about that? that is not just an issue what can be done about that? that is notjust an issue within the labour party? it is not, but it is about leadership. when it happens, you should act quickly. there was a guy who wants to stand to be a councillor in peter bryan who put holocaust denial on a forum. it took ages before the labour party did anything about it and suspended him. the then chair of the national disputes committee tried to defend

him. this is institutional anti—semitism in the labour party that the readership are backing up. they need to change their approach. they need to change their approach. the leadership they are getting better —— say they are getting better —— say they are getting better at dealing with it? are caa progress? i am not jewish myself. but no. i had somebody without having breakfast this morning tell me aboutan having breakfast this morning tell me about an incident where somebody hits them. it out in the anti—semitism in the party. it is the level of what is happening, and when that complainant went forward, and take it to the police, only then will the ticket system. we are a private members club, and we do not wa nt private members club, and we do not want people in who can turn to physical abuse. jeremy corbyn has got to step up. thank you for joining us. the leadership are not here today, but they have told us recently that they are determined to

tackle anti—semitism be it within the labour party or society more generally. there's been a big rise in the number of staff being caught smuggling banned items into prisons. figures obtained by the observer newspaper show an increase of more than 50% over the past six years. but the prison service says this still represents a tiny proportion of staff. ben ando reports. in july, inspectors found that wandsworth prison in london, the most overcrowded in britain, had stopped scanning visitors for drugs and other banned items due to a lack of staff. the same month a 25—year—old prison officer was jailed for smuggling contraband into forest bank prison in salford, greater manchester. now the ministry ofjustice has admitted in figures released to the observer newspaper that in the last 6 years the number of prison employees, notjust officers but health workers, trainers or other support staff found smuggling illegal items like drugs, mobile phones, weapons or tobacco into prisons in england and wales

has gone up by more than a half. the figures show that in 2012, 45 prison staff were caught smuggling but five years later in 2017, that figure had gone up to 71. and the number of drug finds has trebled, now running at an average of 35 every day. campaigners has said one problem is people. despite a recruitment drive to bring in 2500 new prison officers, the workforce has shrunk by nearly a fifth since 2010 when there were nearly 7000 more than now. prison bosses say these figures represent the actions of a tiny minority and that most of their staff are ha rd—working and honest. but the government knows that with record levels of violence and drug seizures and suicides, increasingly, the impression is of a prison service in crisis. ben ando, bbc news, at the ministry ofjustice. i'm joined now by andrew neilson,

director of campaigns at the howard league for penal reform. does what the observers say ring true to you? how worried are you about this problem of smuggling by prison staff? i think it does ring true, and it sits alongside a wider picture of problems in prisons. the fa ct picture of problems in prisons. the fact that we have got record levels of violence, self harm, we have major concerns around safety, and drugs. drugs play a part in that. they are clearly not to be getting into prisons by prisoners. there must be some element of staff collusion. these figures certainly suggests that that is on the increase. this is items like drugs, mobile phones and so one, i suppose the question is for the government, and for the authorities, how do they start to stem this tide of contraband start to stem this tide of contra band that is start to stem this tide of contraband that is getting into our prisons? well, that is the tricky thing. i think part of the problem is that we have seen cuts to

staffing and the government has started to reverse that, the recruitment drive, but that does mean that many of the officers coming into prisons are new. it is often their first coming into prisons are new. it is often theirfirstjob. coming into prisons are new. it is often their firstjob. that makes them more vulnerable potentially to corruption, but i think really you have got to look at the underlying causes of wide drugs are so, why there is so much demand for drugs in prison. we have got lots of players and is —— lots of prisons holding more people than they were designed to. a situation where people were being affected to spend most of their day lying in their cells doing nothing, breeding boredom and frustration. it causes the demand for drugs just frustration. it causes the demand for drugsjust as it frustration. it causes the demand for drugs just as it defeats the problems of violence and self harm. until we get prisoners doing positive activities, we will continue to see these problems grow. you are touching on some pretty long—term questions, there. long—term problems for the prisons, overcrowding. what is the answer?

hiring more staff? is its building more prisons? is it sending more people to —— fewer people to prison in the first place? at a time and we seem in the first place? at a time and we seem to have rising violent crime, sending fewer people to prison, a lot of people would argue is not an option? and figures about who we sent to prison and why. we have got lots of people in prison at the moment you are not therefore violent crime. i think that building prisons is not the answer. that is what successive governments have done to try to keep pace with the population, and they go to do so. we need to manage demand of our prisons, and really to supply prisons, and really to supply prisons with the resources and staffing that they need to properly offer that positive regime that i am talking about. we have heard recently from the inspector of prisons, boeing in particular, almost out of control, that he had to —— birmingham in particular, almost out of control, that he had to leave one wing because the smell

of drugs was so overpowering. 0ur presence in to have reached an extra ordinary state of affairs. they have. every few months, safety statistics are published, and i mentioned assault and self harm. every three months they reached record levels, record highs. you do wonder, how much further we can go before something is actually done by government. i think that ministers are talking a good game at the moment about changing prisons, but we are yet to see much in the way of and of course, the legislative solutions are kind of out of the question at the moment, because a brexit ticking so much time up. we do need real concerted action by government to change things, because we cannot see situations like birmingham grove in other prisons in the country, because that is really — grow the country, because that is really —— grow in other prisons in the country, because that is not acceptable. thank you. the authorities in germany say rival

protests by pro and anti—migrant groups in the eastern city of chemnitz passed off without major trouble. the atmosphere in the city has been tense following a series of violent demonstrations after the death of a german man. it's alleged he was killed by two migrants. 0ur berlin correspondent jenny hill reports. fury, hostility on the streets of chemnitz. lugenpresse — "lying press," they shout. leading them on, the anti—migrant party afd. this protest — a funeral march, organised by several far—right groups to remember the german man killed last weekend by, police believe, a syrian and an iraqi. the vast majority of the people are normal citizens, very normal people, and theyjust don't understand and they don't accept the policy of the german government, ms merkel. that's the message for tonight. police feared mass violence,

butjust about held the line. the challenge now for the authorities, how to contain the anger and fear which divide this troubled city. jenny hill, bbc news, chemnitz. the german foreign minister, heiko maas, has been speaking about the protests. translation: what happened there is more than worrying. a man was being brutally murdered in the open street, and people were chased through the city. people were showing the hitler salute while they were walking down the streets, and not only a few, this is something my colleagues abroad asking me about. what is happening in germany? the large majority of germans want to live in an open and tolerant country. those that stand out differently are a minority. the german foreign minister, there.

the united states says it is cancelling $300 million in military aid to pakistan. the pentagon has criticised pakistan for failing to deal with militant groups operating in the country. the decision was taken just days before the us secretary of state is due to meet the newly elected prime minister, imran khan. the headlines on bbc news: standing firm on brexit — theresa may says she won't give in to calls for another referendum. the shadow chancellor says he's worried about the prospect of the labour party splitting apart amid the row over anti—semitism. a big rise in the number of staff caught smuggling banned items into prisons. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. including the latest test for manchester united. good morning.

england's series with india is fascinatingly poised heading into the fourth day of the fourth test at southampton. england will resume in around a0 minutes time on 260—8, that's a lead of 233. england's top order once again struggled with the bat and they looked in real trouble when captainjoe root was run out. but some brilliant batting from jos buttler helped steer the hosts towards a competitive total. he reached his half century and although england lost late wickets they'll still hope they can pull off a victory that would see them clinch the series with one test still to play. 0bviously seeing the wear and tear on the wicket, it spun even in the first innings as well, quite a bit of rough outside the right—hander‘s off stump, so promising for moeen and adil, and the seamers have seen variable bounce. so nice to see the runs on the board. the pressure is mounting on manchester united boss jose mourinho as his side face burnley this afternoon at turf moor. they have lost two games out of three so far this season. the worst start by

united in 26 years. mourinho gave two fiery news conferences last week. here's a taste of friday's. do you ask that question to the manager that finished third in the premier league last season? fourth? 0r premier league last season? fourth? or fifth? premier league last season? fourth? 0r fifth? because he premier league last season? fourth? 0rfifth? because he never won anything internationalfor 0rfifth? because he never won anything international for example. but that is his problem. i tell you what i think, i tell you what i feel. jurgen klopp tells you what you want. i am answering your question. well the daily mail's football editor was at that press conference and he thinks the way mourinho has dealt with the media is an approach that's been used plenty of times before. everything at manchester united has

got to bejudged in everything at manchester united has got to be judged in the context of the fact it is manchester united. the expectation on manchester united is greater than other places. bigger than at liverpool, and bigger than at tottenham. he knows that deep down, and he is employing a very familiar technique used by other manchester united managers, mainly alex ferguson, to deflect the original question. it is fair game. so here's a check on today's premier league matches. as we've mentioned manchester united are at burnley for a 4 o'clock kick off. spurs travel to watford, and cardiff host arsenal in the early kick off. it will be steven gerrard's first old firm derby as manager of rangers at midday. celtic boss brendan rodgers has praised his former player who took over at ibrox in the summer. looking at them and analysing them, steven's done a very good job since going in. pulled together a lot of players and i think what is key is they've brought in some good players, you know? players of a higher level. novak djokovic is looking

in good shape to claim a third us open title. the sixth seed cruised into the last 16 with a straight sets win over the flamboyant frenchman richard gasquet. djokovic seemed far more comfortable playing under the lights in the evening, after having played his first two matches in searing daytime temperatures. djokovic is on course to meet roger federer in the quarter finals. federer brushed past nick kyrigios. the 5—time champion beat the australian in straight sets as he progressed through to the second week of yet another grand slam. and in the women's draw maria sharapova is into the second week of the tournament. she had a dominant straight sets victory over latvia's jelena 0stapenko. sharapova has now won all 23 matches that she's played at night at flushing meadows. justin rose is one shot off the lead at the halfway stage of the latest pga tour playoff event in boston.

rose shot four under par to finish ten under overall. fellow englishman tyrrell hatton is level with rose after a stunning round of 63. tommy fleetwood is two shots further back. the american webb simpson leads on 11 under par. and england s georgia hall shot a third round 69 to establish a two stroke lead heading into the final round of the lpga s portland classic. hall — who won women s british open — is seeking herfirst title on american soil. that's all the sport for now. damian, many thanks indeed. video games which allow players to make in—game purchases will have a warning icon on their packaging from christmas. a picture of a hand holding a credit card will appear on boxes. the aim is to warn parents and help them regulate how much money their children can spend.

0ur news correspondent angus crawford has more. 0nce out of the shop, the gaming can start, but so too can the spending. many games allow players to buy things like better guns, new characters or extra features using real not digital money. children can run up big bills and some parents don't find out until it's too late. about 40% of parents apparently let their children spend money in—game, it's becoming more of a common thing in games as digital downloads mean you can spend money in the game to get extra content or there's the rise of these kind of loop boxes and micro transactions which became popular with mobile games but are now in a lot of console games as well, especially ones that are free, originally like fortnight battle royale. the industry is aware of the problem. last year after a public outcry, one game temporarily stopped all in—play purchases. and now the european ratings body, pegi, has decided to act. from christmas, video game boxes will carry a new icon,

warning parents that children can play and spend at the same time. but will it make any difference? if you have to buy the game and within the game to actually play the game and make the most fun out of that game you have to spend a lot more money, the customer should be informed about that, so yeah, i agree. all the games these days, everything comes with add—ons, you know, and in—app purchases. it's a good idea to warn people but at the same time people should probably expect it anyway i think. regulators fear gaming can sometimes look more like gambling. this new icon perhaps a sign of the industry taking action before it's forced to. angus crawford, bbc news. the irish rock band u2 was forced to abandon a concert in berlin after the lead singer bono suddenly lost his voice on stage. music plays

iamso i am so sorry. something has happened, and i don't think we can go on. it is not right for you. that was bono apologising for that. in a statement, the band apologised for cancelling last night's show. it went on to say that after a few songs, bono suffered a complete loss of voice. they say that they don't know what had happened, because he had been in

great form beforehand. it's unclear why, but he's seeking medical advice. some fans thought that smoke machines worth to blame. the band says that those in the audience last night will be able to return for another u2 concert at a future date. a second world war veteran has broken his own record as the world's oldest scuba diver. 95—year—old ray woolley spent nearly three—quarters of an hour underwater examining a shipwreck off the coast of cyprus. tim allman reports. they say you only get better with practice. well, that certainly must be true for ray woolley. a former radio operator during the war, he's been scuba diving for 58 years. his latest excursion, out into the crystal clear waters of the mediterranean. cheering cheered on as he took the plunge, heading down to visit a wreck that's not even half his age. the ms zenobia was a cargo vessel that sank on its maiden voyage in 1980. ray and the two dozen or so divers who accompanied him took time out for a group photo. then, after checking the watch to see how long they'd been down there, headed back to their boat.

cheering more cheers, more applause for this most modest of men. we did it! we managed to get 40.6m for 44 minutes. wow! very good. that's pretty good! lovely to break my record again! and i hope if i keep fit, i'll break it again next year with all of you! and somehow you kind of believe he will too. tim allman, bbc news. not bad for 95 years of old. ——

yea rs of not bad for 95 years of old. —— years of age. tour de france winner geraint thomas will be cheered on by a home crowd today as the tour of britain gets underway in carmathenshire in south wales. he'll bejoined by more of the world's top cyclists, including chris froome, with thousands of spectators expected to line the route. and for the first time in the history of the tour, the riders will race through a building. sarah ransome has been to find out more. there's a bespoke welcome in wales for the start of britain's biggest professional cycle race, 120 elite riders will saddle up, including geraint thomas. fresh from his stunning success in the tour de france, he'll be flexing his pedal power on home turf hoping to add a green jersey to the yellow one already in the wardrobe. with eight stages zigzagging around britain, from carmarthen to cumbria and a finish in london, the race teams say they've worked hard to create an unpredictable route with a few surprises along the way, including one in the heart of a small market town in north devon. for the first time in tour of britain history, the cyclists are going to have to go through a building, and it's this victorian pannier

market in south molton. it's a place more used to shopping than sporting activities, but those cyclists, the motorcycle out riders and the police cars are all going to have to go through this doorway, and it's going to be a tight squeeze. excitement has been building ever since the call came. everyone seems to have gone bike crazy. it's absolutely fantastic. it was about five months ago i had this call out of the blue and they asked me if the tour of britain could come through the pannier market. i was totally taken aback and thought it was something else. i said yes. i had to keep it quiet for about three or four months. i couldn't even tell my councillors, i was allowed to tell the mayor and she had to keep it quiet as well.