this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday: theresa may insists she won't make compromises on her brexit chequers plan that aren't in the national interest. the shadow chancellor says the labour party will reach an agreement to tackle concerns over anti—semitism. we will protectjewish members of our party from any form of abuse and anti—semitism and we will take action as well, and that's what's happening. hundreds of prison staff caught smuggling drugs, weapons and mobile phones into prisons. music plays. so sorry. bono loses his voice onstage and u2 are forced to abandon last night's concert in berlin. and coming up in half an hour, the click team look at new technology in home security. let's begin this bulletin by

bringing you more on that continuing i’ow bringing you more on that continuing row over anti—semitism in the labour party. we're going to take you to north west london now, where the former prime minister, gordon brown is speaking at a conference held by thejewish labour movement — amazing work done by the holocaust regeneration trust, and it's a great achievement that even grant economies had to be made, we continued to sustain support for holocaust education and i remember harriet harman piloting the equality act, not just to harriet harman piloting the equality act, notjust to prevent discrimination, to advance the cause

of equality in race and religion, andi of equality in race and religion, and i rememberjeremy corbyn and diane abbott and yvette cooper and david lammy taking up the fight against the racism practised against the windrush generation. there is a common theme in our history, to stand up against discrimination and intolerance and prejudice and racism and anti—semitism, a common theme wherever it is to be found, from whatever source it comes, and by whatever source it comes, and by whatever person or whatever agency it happens, and we mean that when we say any and every discrimination and bigotry, any and every bullying and prejudice, because that matters the labour party. it is not if war but, it is not conditions, not this one

oi’ it is not conditions, not this one or that one, it is every form of discrimination and that should be the theme of everything we do. there isa the theme of everything we do. there is a good reason why because if you ever allow racism against any section of our society to take root, your whole society is put in danger. by your whole society is put in danger. by the rights of one group, you put at risk and diminish the rights of all. if you allow one inequality and one discrimination to happen, you are affecting the future of your whole society, and that is quite we say that an injury to one is an injury to all anne dunham injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere, and that is why we have two principles, equality, that everyone should be treated with respect and

solidarity, we should come to the aid of those in need because it is in the interests ofjustice as a whole, and that is what the labour party is all about, or should be all about. a church leader who visited israel every year for many years, but before i visited israel, which i have done many times in recent yea rs, have done many times in recent years, i grew up on the presentations and postcards as he told the story of the foundations in israel as i grew up in a town far away in scotland in the 1950s, and i

learned first—hand of the depths of depravity that happened as a result of the holocaust. i learned from him about the horrors that were visited on people from the youngest to the old est on people from the youngest to the oldest members of the community and the plan to exterminate a whole race, and the labour party at that time learned that lesson as well, i knew about what was happening from the stories we were told by the jewish labour movement and holocaust survivors, and it's clear that we made a promise to thejewish community, that was that you will never walk alone and we will never walk by on the other side. that is a promise i repeat today. we will not neglect you, we will not desert you. if your voice is ever silenced or is never able to get through, we will

lend you are voice, because we know that just as your freedoms lend you are voice, because we know thatjust as your freedoms depend on all of us, the quality of our freedoms depend on yours, and yes, the labour party... often the last line of defence for people facing persecution and discrimination, and we must never allow the last line of defence to become the first point of attack. we must never allow ourselves to be in a position where we are not the problem rather than the answer to the problem in the future. so i want to say to you very clearly, today, that the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of anti—semitism is something that we should support unanimously, unequivocally and

immediately. applause i understand the background, the task force formed 20 years ago, the consultation that took place to draw up consultation that took place to draw up the definition 31 countries, the dozens signed it, that countries and cities that want to be part of it, the virtual limit the amount all these people about what constitutes anti—semitism, and it has been brought together for anti—semitism, and it has been brought togetherfor one anti—semitism, and it has been brought together for one reason only, as the document itself says, to advance and support education and remembrance of the holocaust. i have read the document and it is clear,

and people are not telling the truth when they say it is something else. the document says that criticism of israel is not to be taken as anti—semitism. it says that you can criticise the government can you can't support the palestinian cause for a two state solution but you must never allow the discrimination and prejudice that is part of the definition‘s desire to remove, and i have read it because it says it clearly, it's not ourforeign policy document with a plan for the middle east, it's about dealing with one thing only, anti—semitism, which is defined as hatred of the dues, and we have to be vigilant because this is not an abstract document, a document of philosophy, this is

about ever present realities on our doorsteps and in our streets and in oui’ doorsteps and in our streets and in our cities, and we must act on this document to prevent these things happening, and you know, i looked at the figures. anti—semitic incidents in the synagogues or any of our synagogues have doubled over the last four years. anti—semitic attacks overall have nearly trebled over these last four years. anti—semitic attacks on schools or near to schools, on young people, tragic, quadrupled in these last few yea rs, tragic, quadrupled in these last few years, and anti—semitic attacks on the internet for media, anonymous voices pouring out poison and hatred against the jewish community, voices pouring out poison and hatred against thejewish community, a 2000% rise since 2010. so this is

not a theoretical problem we are dealing with. this is a problem that is real and present and something that has got to be dealt with now, andi that has got to be dealt with now, and i have to say to all of us who are socialists, we stand on the principles of equality and we stand on the principle of solidarity. when we say we support solidarity, are we saying we support solidarity only with some groups in our community or should we not be saying, as i say, we have solidarity with all groups that are under pressure in our community? when we talk about equality, we simply talking about equality, we simply talking about equality for some or are we talking about equality of treatment for every single group in our community? ages that is how it should be, and

if we cannot as a movement stand up with one voice and sites we will show solidarity with the jewish community facing these attacks and intimidation is, facing this discrimination, then we are not the labour party we aspire to be, so i say, this is not simply about changing a policy, it is notjust about a procedure that it is about who we are and what we stand for, it's about the soul of the labour party. i believe our party is a party of conscience but our conscience means that we cannot stand up simply for some of the rights of some of the people some of the time. we have to stand up with one voice, for all the people of

this country facing repression all of the time. so i am very clear, not only must we unanimously agree this definition of anti—semitism but we must take procedure is to discipline those who undermined them. at the same time we must be honest with ourselves and recognise that racism and anti—semitism, yes, it is a problem of the jackbooted nazi right in our country, but also of the conspiracy theory left, and that is why we need proper political education so our movement is clea nsed education so our movement is cleansed of anti—semitism and racism in the future, and if we can progress as these things, we should create a office to monitor anti—semitism nationally and internationally, learning from what president obama did in the states,

and we should honour the recommendation of the equalities and human rights commission that said this country still needs a comprehensive strategy that a labour government should implement against racism in all its respects in schools and colleges in the workplace, and that is what the next labour government should now commit itself to do. applause and this policy cannot be half—hearted or has it and, it cannot be carping or begrudging, it cannot be carping or begrudging, it cannot be carping or begrudging, it cannot be negative. we cannotjust move on. we have to move forward, true to our values and principles of equality and solidarity and in respect of the wishes of the jewish community, so why say it is time to say that this wrong must and can be righted. this injustice has to be

remedied, this stain has to be removed, this saw and the harm that has been done under her that is caused has to be undone immediately and it has to be undone and seen to be undone in the next few days. applause i have looked at all the arguments people have put for not agreeing with the definition that has come from the international holocaust remembrance alliance. some say it is a distraction from the real issues, fighting economic and social injustice, but i say fighting racism is not in competition with our values, it's the foundation of our values. applause and then some say but surely you

should have the power to amend and ta ke should have the power to amend and take the sections you like and delete the sections you don't, and i say this. listen to the people who have experienced and suffered persecution. listen to the people who have experience and suffered the discrimination. would you produce a party on sexism and sexual violence, produced by men, without consulting the women of the party and getting their advice? applause would you produce a document on racism without consulting the black community, a document on homophobia without consulting the lgbt community? no, the labour party has a duty to listen to the voices of

people who know, and there is one reason why this document that was put before the national executive should be accepted in full. look at the countries that have come together to support it, look at the unanimity achieved. there is not one jewish definition of anti—semitism and a non—jewish definition. there is not one left definition and a right definition. the great strength of the definition of anti—semitism in this document is that anonymity behind it, which is its strength. change it deleted, rip it up and you will destroy the unity that is essential if we are to fight anti—semitism in every country of the world. and then some people say

to me, we are prevented from supporting the palestinians and criticising israel. i looked at the document and its pretty clear that criticism of israel is not to be taken as anti—semitism. but i have a lwa ys taken as anti—semitism. but i have always supported the creation of israel. for hundreds of years a nation that had a history but never at home, for hundreds of years travelling the world facing persecution and no place to call home or to be secure, so i have a lwa ys home or to be secure, so i have always supported the creation of israel, but when i went to the two nestled in israel, the first prime minister and i was proud to be soaked and to address the two, i was proud to tell them we supported a two slate solution, we supported

jerusalem to be the capital of both religions, we supported settlements being withdrawn and even yesterday as un envoy for global education, i have spoken out against what happened, the 500 palestinian children in need of education for whom president trump has withdrawn, after 70 yea rs of whom president trump has withdrawn, after 70 years of american support, the finances. 0k, the finances. ok, so we will leave the former labour prime minister gordon brown who was at that conference in north—west london talking about anti—semitism and saying the party should adopt the international definition of anti—semitism and take a tougher line on it, that is gordon

brown's thoughts and joining us now from that conference is that labour mp wes streeting. thank you for talking to us. gordon brown saying that international definition of anti—semitism must be adopted, the pa rty‘s anti—semitism must be adopted, the party's national executive meets on tuesday. john mcdonnell seems to think today that there would be agreement on this issue that has been plaguing the labour party. what gordon brown has done to date with the fat of a preacher is set out quite the labour party should adopt in full, without caveats, the full international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of anti—semitism. i thought it was a great speech looted —— rooted in labour values and won the party

should unite around. i've seen what john mcdonnell said about unity and the importance of tackling anti—semitism and i hope this can be anti—semitism and i hope this can be a basis of moving forward but i'm concerned that on tuesday's committee, it now seems they are saying they will support the ih ra definition in full but with a caveat that they will then consult on and i would say to every member of the nec that the reason we are in this mess is because it has been making decisions before consulting or engaging with the community most affected by this definition, the jewish community. unless the majority ofjewish jewish community. unless the majority of jewish labour jewish community. unless the majority ofjewish labour members and voters have confidence in our ability to tackle anti—semitism, we will never be trusted to do it and we will pay a heavy price, so tuesdayis we will pay a heavy price, so tuesday is a defining moment and i hope we can unite after a miserable

summer. do you believe jeremy corbyn himself is anti—semitic? summer. do you believe jeremy corbyn himself is anti-semitic? no, i have a lwa ys himself is anti-semitic? no, i have always argued that he isn't anti—semitic. like many people i am troubled by the comments he has made, by some of the platforms he has chosen to share with some ugly and disreputable characters. i think what we need from jeremy corbyn is a speech like the one given by gordon brown, setting out personally where he stands on anti—semitism, how he is prepared to tackle at both as the leader of labour but also the person who wants to be our next prime minister, and to explain how the questions around his own personal credentials on anti—semitism have arisen. i cannot speak forjeremy corbyn about the choices he has made

but he has to lead from the front on this issue and have the advice that was given to him before the summer been listened to about the importance of consulting with the jewish community, agreeing a definition that is widely accepted across the world, we wouldn't be in this mess, so i hope labour party members who are tearing their hair out about headlines over the summer will understand this was avoidable and bad choices were made that led to this, and i hope on tuesday the nec will put this right. let me ask you about brexit because you have been campaigning with the people's wrote group. theresa may has written today, she has ruled out a second referendum but said it would be a

gross betrayal of our democracy and she's right, people didn't go to the ballot boxes expecting another referendum to ask the same question because people didn't like the answer? it's been using that she has trotted out these lines again, it's not the first time she has wailed against a people's vote, this is more about pleasing her in the hard brexit wing of her party, that is quite she is trying to trail this like this, but let's look at where we are, months from eggs a day, we have a chequers deal that doesn't command a parliamentary majority and a prime minister trying to deliver a brexit that cannot be delivered because what people were promised was return of control over borders and money and success outside the

eu, but it has become clear that she cannot deliver all those things. no prime minister in her position could deliver those things, so the choice is economic crisis by pulling further away from europe or democratic deficit by staying aligned with the eu but having no say over the rules. i don't think either of those worth what people voted for wednesday voted to leave and it certainly wasn't what people who voted remain wanted, so at some point gravity will pull brexit down and when it comes to the final deal, this shouldn't be left to mps but given back to the public. but the public voted and said they wanted to get out of the eu, they didn't expect to be asked again. i've never beenin expect to be asked again. i've never been in denial about the referendum

result, i voted to trickle article 50 to begin negotiations for that reason that people, whether they voted leave or remain, have been horrified by the way the promises made during the leave campaign have fallen apart and by the way the architects of that campaign like borisjohnson architects of that campaign like boris johnson have fled the architects of that campaign like borisjohnson have fled the pitch. he was the foreign secretary, david davis was the brexit secretary and reality has pulled them out of government and when the prime minister comes back with a deal, it will either lead to economic crisis or democratic deficit. those are not what people voted for. the promised package cannot be delivered and to respect the will of the people, they should get a say on that final deal and the prime minister has come out

to appease her critics but also because she has seen momentum gathering around the people's vote because even people who voted to leave are beginning to realise they have been had and are worrying whether this deal will reflect their hopes for our country after brexit. wes streeting, thank you. we will get a round up now from the bbc sports centre. england have made a great start in their bid to dismiss india on day

four of the fourth test and clinch the five match series. england set india a target of 2115 to win the fourth test after being bowled out quickly earlier this morning morning session. england got an early breakthrough with broad bowling kl rahul without scoring. james anderson then pinned cheteshwar pujara lbw for five. then ben stokes took a brilliant catch to dismiss shikhar dharwan off anderson for 17. a few moments ago india were 28 for three chasing 2115 for a victory that would level the series. it's steven gerrard's first old firm derby as manager of rangers today. he's up against the man who used to be his manager at liverpool brendan rodgers. they're about a quarter of an hour into the match at celtic park where it's currently goalless. 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. do you ask that question to the manager that finished third in the premier league last season? to the manager that finished fourth or fifth? because he never won

anything international. that's his problem. i tell you what i think. jurgen tells you what he wants. i'm answering the question. the daily mail's football editor was asking some of the questions at that news conference and he thinks the way mourinho's dealt with the media is an approach that's been used plenty of times before. everything at manchester united had to be viewed in the context of manchester united, the expectation is bigger than other places, like liverpool or tottenham. mourinho knows that and he's employing a familiar technique used by other manchester united managers, namely alex ferguson, to be asked one question and talk about something else and deflect it. it's fair game. so here's a check on today's

premier league matches — as we've mentioned manchester united get underway at burnley at 4 o'clock this afternoon. spurs travel to watford and cardiff host arsenal in the early kick off. 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. he's on course to meet roger federer in the quarterfinals. 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 ostapenko. 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 her first title on american soil. that's all the sport for now. india at 29—3, chasing england to win. i'll have more in the next hour. we are now going to take a look at the weather. yesterday we saw lots of sunshine, it was pretty warm to. todayis of sunshine, it was pretty warm to. today is a similar story, another warm day. the best of the sunshine in the east.