this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at six... the former prime minister gordon brown, calls on the labour party to adopt the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism, saying the soul of party is at stake. the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of semitism is something that we should support unanimously, unequivocally and immediately. it will be resolved and there will be a balance of acceptance as people want, but also exactly what other people have said as well, and lord sacks himself, that freedom of speech is important as well. theresa may dismisses calls for a second eu referendum, and insists she won't make compromises on her brexit chequers plan that aren't in the national interest. some in her party are unconvinced. it is an incredible open sesame. you are not going to come

to the house of commons and say, "i agreed this but that was not in the national interest," are you? hundreds of prison staff are caught smuggling drugs, weapons and mobile phones into jails. video games which allow players to make in purchases are to get a warning icon on their packaging. and england win the fourth test against india at southampton, and with it the series. a very good evening and welcome to bbc news. the former labour prime minister gordon brown has weighed into his party's anti—semitism row, saying it should adopt an internationally agreed definition of anti—semitism. tensions within labour over the issue have intensified

following the decision by the long—serving mp frank field to resign the party whip in parliament. mr brown has been addressing a meeting of the labourjewish movement in north london. i want to say to you very clearly today that the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of semitism is something that we should support unanimously, unequivocally, and immediately. applause. not only must we unanimously agree the best definition of anti—semitism, we must take the proper procedures to discipline those who undermine them. equally at the same time we must be honest with ourselves and recognise that racism and anti—semitism is not only a problem of the jackbooted

nazi right in our country, but it is also a problem of the conspiracy theory left and that is why we need proper political education so that our movement is cleansed of anti—semitism and racism in the future. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr earlier, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said he was confident that the row over the recognised definition of anti—semitism would be resolved by labour when the national executive committee meets this week. i don't want to pre—empt the nec, but from what i have heard it will be resolved and there will be a balance of that acceptance as people want, but also exactly what others have said as well, and lord sacks himself, that freedom of speech is important as well. the ability to criticise policies that you disagree with. sorry to jump in. you are a big voice in the labour

movement and people will be watching you and listening to you. if you yourself say that you think that definition should be accepted, that will have an effect. do you think it should be accepted? i do not want to interfere in the nec because anything i say could jeopardise what i think will be an historic agreement. let me put it as straightforward as i can. i think all sides will be satisfied with the proposal that will be discussed. that means acceptance on the one hand and acceptance overall and i think also the commitment to freedom of speech and a recognition of the rights of palestinians. i think the nec are wise enough to come to that understanding. and then we can get on with the serious business of engagement with the jewish community, tackling anti—semitism in our society and as best we can bringing people together. we will resolve this matter and i hope we do it quickly and move on. our correspondent simon

jones has spent the day at the jewish labour meeting and sent this report. last year this conference was a pretty low—key affair, fast forward 12 months and things couldn't have been more different. when gordon brown the former prime minister took to the stage it was an unusual intervention from him. since he has retired as an mp he hasn't wanted to get involved generally in a domestic issues, even less so in internal labour policy issues but he said today he couldn't stand on the side. he felt he needed to speak out and then spoke about the anti—semitism issue, a battle for the very soul of the labour party. also on stage the veteran labour mp dame margaret hodge. she recalled the time back injuly when she accused jeremy corbyn to his face of being anti—semitic. she said what has happened since then in the following weeks has done nothing to change her opinion about this.

she also spoke of the need she feels for things to change and she says the labour party has a problem, jeremy corbyn has a problem and the problem isjeremy corbyn himself. speaking to delegates here today you do get a sense of frustration among some that they have been spending so much time of energy talking about the very issue of anti—semitism because there have been sessions here today on things like brexit, representation, diversity, but really that one issue has overshadowed it all. as for the labour leadership they have always insisted they are determined to tackle anti—semitism where they find it, whether that be in the labour party itself or in the wider community. the prime minister has re—stated her opposition to a second eu referendum and says she won't accept anything in a deal with brussels that's against the national interest. writing in a sunday newspaper, before mps return to parliament this

week, mrs may said she would not betray those who voted to leave in the referendum two years ago. here's our political correspondent susana mendonsa. she's shown us her moves can be unpredictable, but when it comes to the prospect of a second referendum, theresa may is standing firm and sticking to her tune. the prime minister told the sunday telegraph that two years ago, millions came out to have their say and to ask the question all over again would be a gross betrayal of our democracy. when it comes to her brexit blueprint forged at chequers, mrs may insisted she wouldn't be pushed into accepting compromises that were not in the national interest. but her former brexit secretary, who resigned over chequers, said he will vote against it and that her words leave the way open for compromise. except in the national interest. i mean, your commentators earlier were exactly right. that is an incredible sort of open sesame.

you're not going to turn around in the house of commons and say "i agreed this, but it wasn't in the "national interest." as parliament prepares to gear up for a new term, rumours of impending leadership challenges continue. as do the divisions among those who stayed inside the government tent, with the international trade secretary slapping down the chancellor's gloomy predictions about economic growth in the event of a no—deal brexit. to say what a gdp figure would be 15 years ahead is not a predictive power that i've known the treasury to have in my time in politics. pressure has been mounting throughout the summer from those who want the public to have a vote on the final brexit deal. and labour's opposition to a second referendum might be softening. my preference is a general election because then you vote on the issues and you vote on the team that will then do the negotiations. if she won't go for a general election we'll keep all options on the table and we'll see what happens in october, november. this week, the cabinet will get back

around the table and mrs may will embark on the final stretch before a deal with the eu does or doesn't get done. it's bound to be a long, tough road ahead. susanna mendonca, bbc news. well, i spoke to susanna earlier, who explained that theresa may is facing opposition from both sides of her party. there has been a lot said about the brexiteers not being happy with the chequers deal and what we understand is they might be putting forward their own suggestions, their own plans and alternatives to the chequers deal in the coming weeks and months. but on the other side she has got the remainers who are very unhappy with the chequers plan as well. nick boles was quoted today in a newspaper saying it was a humiliation. he says the whole idea would basically be one where we are being dictated to by brussels. we have also got a tory donor,

simon robertson, talking about the idea that we cannot return to a second referendum being balderdash. she is getting opposition on both sides of the debate. there has been a lot of talk about plots and the possibility of borisjohnson replacing theresa may. what is going on inside the conservative party? we constantly hear about plots and people taking theresa may's place and borisjohnson‘s name is constantly linked to that. but this has come from the fact that lynton crosby, who was very much involved in borisjohnson‘s successful mayoral campaigns, involved in conservative party election campaigns, that he has been drafted in to basically work on a campaign that would be put forward as an alternative to the chequers plan, to show the chequers plan not to be the best idea, and that he will work on that. his involvement has raised questions

about is this the beginning of a plot to replace theresa may with boris johnson? an important thing to note is what we heard from liam fox earlier on today on the andrew marr show. he said the thing about changing the leader is the arithmetic does not change. he means the conservative party does not have the numbers in parliament to be able to push through whatever it wants to push through on brexit. it needs consensus from within parliament from across different parties. whoever the leader is, they would have to do that. although theresa may is constantly under pressure and talk of plots, at this stage it does not look as though this would happen, certainly before we get to the point where there is or is not a deal. new figures show that hundreds of prison staff have been caught smuggling drugs, weapons and other banned items into jails in england and wales.

the figures — obtained through a freedom of information request by the observer newspaper — show a 50% rise over the last six years. the prison service says it represents less than one per cent of all 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 minister ofjustice has admitted in figures released to the observer newspaper, that in the last six 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. what these numbers suggest is that the problem may be on the increase, but that is not a surprise because the actions of successive governments have created a perfect market for drugs in prison. campaigners say 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. well, i spoke to eric allison

who is the prisons correspondent for the guardian and a former inmate himself — having spent a total of 16 years in prison. i started by asking him if he was surprised by the smuggling of prohibited items by prison staff. it does not surprise me at all. i have known there has been a massive increase for the last four, five, six years. but even those figures and the figures quoted about the increase in the number of staff caught smuggling does not present the true picture because for every parcel of drugs that gets intercepted, you can guarantee that at least another ten get through because the drug dealers inside and outside factor in these losses. this is a multi—million pound industry. the price of drugs in prison is many more times the price of drugs on the street, so there is a huge profit,

and it is very difficult to see how they will get to grips with it. is that why staff do it? because there is money to be made? of course, it is a huge temptation. you are talking about a small parcel of heroin fetching thousands and thousands of pounds. someone could offer a prison officer £1000, £500. the chance of detection is slight because they cannot search prison officers coming in, well, they cannot search them coming in en masse because it would disrupt the whole day. the temptation is huge and you have got a lot of young, inexperienced prison staff and the temptations are huge. the prison service said the figures reflect the actions of a tiny minority. would you agree with that? yes, without a doubt. most prisoners are customers if you like. it is a small minority of people who are professional criminals and professional drug dealers outside and they carry

on when they get inside. it is a multi—million pound industry. just to clarify, i was saying the prison service reflect a tiny minority being the prison officers? without a doubt. the vast majority of prison officers are straight, but it does not take many. how do the authorities try to stem this tide of contraband that is going into prisons? should prison governors be doing more? i don't see what they can do without the staff. if you had huge dedicated drug search teams in every prison, including dogs and devices, then that would make a difference and inroads, but they are not doing that. they are not replacing the staff that are leaving and the staff they are replacing them with are new and they don't have the experience or the confidence sometimes to challenge prisoners.

it is a real mess. the prison system is in a huge mess. what's his name, chris grayling had the great idea to stop smoking in prison. a packet of tobacco in prison is £150 and they are getting £150. wherever you have the deprivation of something that people want, you will get smuggling and it will take a massive effort to combat it. from what you are saying the main problem appears to be drugs. why is there such a huge demand for them in prison? well, above all else prisons are places of acute boredom, they really are. unemployment is rife in prison, education gets stopped, there is nothing for prisoners to do. if there is nothing for them to do and they have got the opportunity to get out of it in their heads by taking drugs, they will take them.

the headlines on bbc news... the former prime minister, gordon brown, says the "soul" of the labour party is at stake in the dispute over anti—semitism. theresa may dismisses calls for a second eu referendum, and insists she won't make compromises on her brexit chequers plan that aren't in the national interest. hundreds of prison staff are caught smuggling drugs, weapons and other banned items into jails in england and wales. 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. our news correspondent angus crawford has more. once 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 the game. it is 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 is the rise of these loop boxes and micro—transactions. the industry is aware of the problem. last year, after a public outcry, one game temporarily stopped all in—play purchases. now the european ratings body has decided to act. come 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 then within the game, to actually play the game, to get the most fun out of that game, you have to spend a lot more money, i think the customer should be informed about that. so yeah, i agree. all the games these days, they have... everything comes with add—ons in the cost. so, it's a good idea to warn people, but at the same time people should probably expected 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. is speak to a technologyjournalist whojoins us from is speak to a technologyjournalist who joins us from swindon. is speak to a technologyjournalist whojoins us from swindon. thank is speak to a technologyjournalist who joins us from swindon. thank you for joining who joins us from swindon. thank you forjoining us. but mr big asking the question that angus asked in his piece, will this morning make a

difference? i would like to say it is not just difference? i would like to say it is notjust children who are playing video games and who are impacted by this in game currency and gambling but this is a good way of raising awareness of what is happening in modern video games. we should applaud peggy for doing this. however they are probably doing this in order to self regulate before governments around europe start looking at this seriously, the whole idea of in game purchases and so—called lube boxes some governments in europe are taking this seriously, belgium —— loop boxes. belgium and others will be doing this. you mentioned loop boxes, what are they? the best way to describe this, imagine if you could buy a treasure chest within a game, there will be something that you can buy in the game, one of the

fifa game, so some of the biggest games, for every cristiano ronaldo you get, you will get tenjourneymen players who you wouldn't want but you would continually tried to buy these loot boxes to try and get the best players, the legends, the real ha rd to best players, the legends, the real hard to get stuff. this idea of dopamine hid from video games, people getting hooked on the idea of spending money within the game to buy these items. if you look at electronic arts who make the fifa video game, a theft of their annual revenue is from these in game purchases, not the big video games, they are making serious money from they are making serious money from the idea of loot boxes and virtual currency. they are not the only ones making money from these loot boxes and purchases, but what regulations are there if any of online in game purchases at the moment? this is the

challenge, there are no regulations at the moment. the gambling commission in the uk say it is a video game issue and the video game industry say it is a gambling issue, so industry say it is a gambling issue, so it is sitting between the two groups. one approach i really like is apple on their app store have published, it there are loot boxes they have to tell you odds which gives you more of an understanding, but going back to your report which says children were impacted, there are stories of adults spending their monthly wage on items were in games like the first because it is addictive in the same way that gambling is addictive, i think the video games industry shouldn't be stepping into this territory, although it is profitable but the companies themselves. getting back to children, is it any comfort for pa rents to children, is it any comfort for parents that might they be thinking,

if our kids rack up big bills the banks will pay the money back if it was an accident? this is the thing, they are walking away from this, people like me have been cropping up on the news channel for the last 15 yea rs on the news channel for the last 15 years talking about keeping your password and bank details save away from your children and i know it is tricky if someone has your phone and you haven't got your personal financial details locked away, but increasingly i am hearing a big game companies refusing to refund this and banks now saying you haven't ca ptu re and banks now saying you haven't capture device safe or you have given your child your password to your account and therefore you are not receiving refunds so we will hear more and more examples of people not receiving their money back. do you think we could see further regulation and if so what format that take? into string -- interestingly without getting into a mass of brexit argument i think the european union were beginning to

make some positions, hence peggy has taken this decision to bid the rating on the box, for european video games. i would like to see some regulation or understanding that video games with these loot boxes or virtual currencies can actually be addictive and i would like there to be some additional help and support for those people who might find are spending more money on things that they shouldn't be. we must leave it there. good to talk to you, many thanks. the united states says it is cancelling 300 million dollars of military aid to pakistan. the pentagon has criticised pakistan for failing to deal with militant groups operating in the country. the decision has been takenjust days before the us secretary of state is due to meet the newly elected prime minister, imran khan. the islamist militant group al shabab says it carried out a car bomb attack in somalia that killed at least three people. the attack happened in the capital mogadishu when a car containing explosives was driven towards a local government building. three soldiers who stopped the vehicle from entering

the compound died in the explosion, which also caused a nearby school to collapse. a 17—year—old boy suffered a cardiac arrest when he was tasered by police officers. the incident took place in coventry yesterday evening. west midlands police say the boy is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. four other teenagers were arrested in the incident which has been referred with the independent office for police conduct. the irish rock band u2 was forced to abandon a concert in berlin after the lead singer bono suddenly lost his voice on stage. cheering. so sorry. clears throat. in a statement, the band apologized for cancelling last night's show. it went on to say that after a few songs, bono suffered a complete loss of voice.

it's unclear why — but he's seeking medical advice. the band says that those in the audience last night will be able to return for another u2 concert at a future date. you might think that one lorry is as bad as the next when it comes to pollution but refrigerated trucks area pollution but refrigerated trucks are a particular problem. many have are a particular problem. many have a second diesel engine to power the fridges and that is often working harder than the one moving the vehicle. now a british inventor has come up with an environmentally friendly idea that is being trialled by several multinational food companies. we sent someone to meet him. hard at work in a garage. but 20 years this idea has been trying

to revolutionise refrigerated lollies. —— lorries. these are transported from warehouses to jobs. the idea involves liquid nitrogen which boils at minus 196 celsius. this boils liquid nitrogen and the pressure can be used to run an expansion engine. and here is what his invention looks like on a working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on—board stubbly working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on—boa rd stubbly turns working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on—board stubbly turns into gases it warms up. on—board stubbly turns into gases it warms up. this perpetuates the lorry. fans circulate the cold air around the lorry. what problem does this design fix? fridge units on lorries usually use diesel. they are powered by a second diesel engine on board. these are often more polluting than the main diesel engine that drives the lorry. using liquid nitrogen means your obituary

did lorry can lose that second diesel engine. it is giving off no pollution, just deactivate itself. several multinational food suppliers are trialling the technology. several multinational food suppliers are trialling the technologylj think are trialling the technology.” think the good nitrogen is a good step forward and it is something we will look at more closely. filling the lorry with liquid nitrogen looks different to filling it with normal fuel. unlike fossil fuels there are plentiful supplies of nitrogen in the world although it does require energy to cool the nitrogen down to liquid form in the first place. however if the technology takes off it could produce our alliance with diesel. and cut air pollution. not bad work for a man tinkering in his garage. in a few moments viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a full round—up of the day's main news stories. before that lets take a look at the weather with ben rich.

hello. today we saw temperatures climbing and it turned pretty warm for many of us but sunshine varied. no shortage of sunshine here in london but it was different overhead in county antrim. on the satellite picture you can see extra cloud affecting many western areas through the day. backing up a little bit but the day. backing up a little bit but the type of cloud here is starting to introduce rain into the far north—west pushing across northern ireland and the western side of scotla nd ireland and the western side of scotland through the evening and then sitting down into parts of northern england and wales as the night goes on. underneath this with the outbreaks of rain it will turn pretty mild. down towards the south—east ahead of that system we will see the odd missed patch and some clear spells and it will be quite a cool night and chilly conditions developing across the north—west of scotland and northern