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this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00pm: gordon brown intervenes in labour's row over anti—semitism, telling the party its values are at stake. it's not just about a it's notjust about a procedure. it's notjust about a procedure. it's about who we are, it's about what we stand for, it's about what makes us tick. it's about the soul of the labour party. the eu's top negotiator says theresa may's brexit plans are unworkable, as she says she won't be pushed into compromising. smuggling into jails. figures reveal a big rise in the number of prison staff involved. video games which allow players to make in—game purchases are to get a warning icon on their packaging. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, caroline frost and tony grew. stay with us for that. good evening.
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the former prime minister gordon brown has intervened in the ongoing dispute within labour over anti—semitism, urging the party to adopt an internationally recognised definition in its entirety. mr brown said the issue of anti—semitism went to the heart of what labour stood for as a progressive party, and it needed to move forward in a way that was true to its traditions. today the former chief rabbi lord sacks again criticised jeremy corbyn, saying his speeches were part of the reason somejews were considering leaving the uk. the shadow chancellor said mr corbyn has been misinterpreted. our political correspondent iain watson reports. as a former prime minister, gordon brown intervenes rarely in domestic politics. four years ago, he spoke out over the future of the country in the scottish referendum.
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now, with a row over how to tackle anti—semitism still raging, he says he is speaking out about the very future of his own party. it's about who we are, it's about what we stand for, it's about what makes us tick. it's about the soul of the labour party. labour's ruling national executive incorporated an internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism into a code of conduct injuly, but didn't include word—for—word every accompanying example, angering manyjewish members. those close tojeremy corbyn were concerned that one example, claiming that the existence of the state of israel is a racist endeavour, would restrict the free speech of palestinians in particular. labour's national executive has decided to discuss the issue again on tuesday, and this time, gordon brown says there is only one way they can rebuild trust. the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of semitism is something that we should support unanimously,
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unequivocally and immediately. a member of labour's ruling executive who is close to the current labour leader is john landsman, the founder of momentum. he believes a compromise is possible which will protect free speech. we have an opportunity still to rebuild trust with the jewish community, and i hope we're going to take decisive steps on tuesday in that direction. the jewish labour movement held its conference here at a community centre in north london, and they say it is those links between the wider community and the party which have been stretched to breaking point, and some very prominent voices agree with them. jeremy corbyn must repent and recant as quickly as possible, so as to regain the trust of thejewish and general public. the shadow chancellor responded with an offer of peace talks. i'd just say to lord sacks, i just think you've misinterpreted what's gone on. i think you've got —
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really have misinterpreted jeremy. i've known him for over 30 years. his whole life has been devoted to anti—racism, to peace and justice. come and meet him, and you'll understand that. but for this mp, who has clashed withjeremy corbyn over anti—semitism, something more dramatic is needed to rebuild trust. i don't thinkjeremy corbyn can solve the problem, because he is the problem. do you think he should go? i think he should reflect on that, but i have sincerely come to the view that he cannot solve the problem, because he is the problem. senior labourfigures want to detoxify the anti—semitism issue, but it is not yet clear if they have found a strong enough antidote. ian watson, bbc news. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has said he strongly opposes parts of theresa may's proposals for a post—brexit trade deal, saying services could not be separated from goods. that is part of the prime minister's chequers plan for a common rulebook on goods. she said today she wouldn't be pushed into any compromises that
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weren't in the national interest. here is our political correspondent ben wright. the time for talking is nearly up. theresa may is banking her hopes of a brexit deal on the plan hammered out at chequers in the summer, which is meant to keep the trade in goods moving freely after brexit. today she insisted she would not be pushed into accepting compromises that are not in our national interest. but the fighting talk does not impress the fighting talk does not impress the former brexit secretary david davis, who quit the cabinet over chequers. in my view, the chequers proposal, it is not a deal, we shouldn't call it the chequers deal, it isa shouldn't call it the chequers deal, it is a proposal, is actually almost worse than being on. i mean, we would be under the rule of the european union with respect to all of our manufactured goods and agri— foods. worse than being in the eu? that is a startling statement from a leading brexiteer, but his contempt
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for the chequers plant is shared by dozens for the chequers plant is shared by d oze ns of for the chequers plant is shared by dozens of tory mps. other brexiteers remain in the cabinet, but today liam fox scoffed recent warnings by the chancellor that the economy would be hammered and borrowing would be hammered and borrowing would rise if no deal was reached with the eu. can you think back on all your time with the eu. can you think back on all yourtime in with the eu. can you think back on all your time in politics where the treasury have made predictions that we re treasury have made predictions that were correct 15 years out? i can't. they didn't predict the financial crisis that happened. no one could. so this idea that we can predict what our borrowing would be 15 years in advance is just a bit hard to swallow. theresa may needs to convince the eu her post—brexit trade plan is workable, but today, the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said he strongly opposed some elements of it in his most explicit criticism of the plan so far. and all this leaves theresa may ina very far. and all this leaves theresa may in a very difficult position. she is trying to keep the tory party together, bridge differences within her cabinet, and sell her chequers proposal to a sceptical eu. today,
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theresa may tried to reassure her critics in the conservative party by dismissing calls for a second referendum on the final wrecks it deal as a gross betrayal of democracy —— brexit deal. but today, a tory donor and former rolls—royce chairmanjoined the a tory donor and former rolls—royce chairman joined the campaign for another wrecks that vote and there are now mps from all the main parties who backed the idea. well, she is rattled. until recently she didn't talk about having a referendum on the final deal. she now knows that opinion is moving in favour of it. theresa may insist the chequers plant is the only one on the table, but with the eu and parliament sceptical, it may struggle to survive the autumn. ben wright reporting there, and with mps set to return to westminster this week, he sets out the challenges ahead for both parties. mps are braced for a very stormy autumn. both the government and labour are fractured. there is a
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sense of rebellion in the air. it was labour's deputy, tom watson, who said last week that his party was deeply divided and engulfed, in a sense the drift. he was speaking, of course, after the labour mp frank field resigned, the party whip, about how labour has handled the anti—semitism row that has com pletely anti—semitism row that has completely dominated labour's summer. completely dominated labour's summer. cani completely dominated labour's summer. can i do think the decisions labour makes this week about whether oi’ labour makes this week about whether or not to adopt in full the example is the international definition of anti—semitism will be absolutely critical to how this row plays out, because there are a number of labour mps looking at that decision, asking themselves whether or not they have a place in the labour party still. and i think that decision by the nec will be critical in determining what they do. the tories, of course, are totally divided on brexit. the cabinet will sit around on tuesday to discuss progress, if there has been some, over the negotiations in brussels. discuss what happens next. it is not, though, just brexiteer tories who feel that the chequers
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plan is rubbish and feel it is a sell—out. there are many tory mps who feels she should be suggesting a much closer economic relationship with the eu, and that is what they are urging herto with the eu, and that is what they are urging her to go for. you heard, as well, that scepticism from michel barnier which i think is absolutely fascinating and critical. he doesn't really buy the chequers proposal, so evenif really buy the chequers proposal, so even if theresa may manages to bring a deal back here, it remains very uncertain whether she can get the plan through parliament. so for theresa may, this autumn is a com plete theresa may, this autumn is a complete medical minefield. and it promises to be a very turbulent couple of months. and the looming political showdowns feature in many of tomorrow's front pages. let's take a quick look. the daily telegraph leads with borisjohnson‘s comments about the prime minister's chequers plan, which the former foreign secretary says will mean britain gets diddly squat from the eu. the independent has an exclusive. it says hundreds of staff have left the brexit department, with half the total number of staff leaving their posts. the i leads with what it says is the prime minister's fight to keep her brexit plan alive. and the metro carries comments from the eu's chief negotiator with this headline — barnier rubble. we will have a more in—depth look at the papers at 11:30pm. hundreds of prison staff have been
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caught smuggling drugs, weapons and other banned items into jails in england and wales over the last six year. the new figures, which were obtained through a freedom of information request by the observer newspaper, show an 50% increase since 2012. ben ando reports. drugs, mobile phones, weapons, tobacco — all considered contraband in prison. friends, relatives, even drones used to be to blame, but increasingly the smuggling is by prison staff. figures from the ministry ofjustice show that, over the last six years, the number of prison officers found taking contraband into prisons in england and wales has gone up by more than half. 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 drugs finds has
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trebled, now running at an average of 35 every day. since 2010, the overall prison workforce has fallen by more than 7,000. that is nearly a fifth, and despite a recruitment drive to bring in 2,500 new prison officers, some say that has caused a perfect storm of overworked, demoralised staff, and under—occupied, vulnerable prisoners. the reduction in officer numbers obviously means that there are fewer people to interdict the supply of drugs and to find out who's behind it. but secondly, the absence of officers means that the way of life for prisoners has become more and more restricted, which means you have a lot of bored and demoralised people, for whom drugs offer a way out of the misery of the prison sentence. injuly, prisons 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, lainie martin,
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was herselfjailed for smuggling contraband into forest bank prison in salford, greater manchester. prison bosses say these figures reflect the actions of a tiny minority, and the vast majority of prison staff are hard—working and honest. but, coupled with record levels of violence, drug seizures and suicides, these figures will increases the impression of a prison service in crisis. ben ando, bbc news, at the ministry ofjustice. let's take a brief look at some of the day's other news: a 16—year—old boy has suffered serious and potentially life—changing injuries after being sprayed in the face with an unknown substance. police say the attack at the cribbs causeway shopping centre in bristol yesterday evening happened while the teenager was having a dispute with someone. 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 to the independent office for police conduct.
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the islamist militant group al—shabaab says it was responsible for a car bomb attack in somalia, when a vehicle containing explosives was driven towards a government building in the capital mogadishu. at least three people were killed and several schoolchildren injured. the united states says it is cancelling $300 million of military aid to pakistan, accusing its government of failing to deal adequately with militant groups in the country. the us secretary of state is due to meet the new pakistani prime minister, imran khan, this week. our correspondent chris buckler is in washington and explained the timing behind the pentagon's decision. the us is very concerned about attacks by the taliban in afghanistan and it has been very explicit about lambing pakistan forgiving the militant safe haven, allowing them a place to plan, the plot and to organise, and there has
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been a long—running attempt by both the pentagon and the white house to try to get islamabad to take more forceful action against the afghan taliban and groups linked to it. now, that predates the current administration, but as you can imagine, donald trump himself has been rather vocal. he said that pakistan has ta ken been rather vocal. he said that pakistan has taken billions of dollars of american aid in return for what he called lies and deceit deceit. now, this funding cutjust follows a number of other funding cuts that have taken place. it is in return for support and military aid. nonetheless, the timing of it all seems very deliberate, with the secretary of state making the pakistani prime minister, imran khan, in the coming days. firefighters are battling a huge fire at the famous littlewoods building in liverpool. authorities say six fire crews are at the scene of the art deco building, with an area measuring 200 metres by 100 metres on fire from the first floor of the building upwards. there are no reports of any injuries at this stage. the headlines on bbc news:
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the former labour leader gordon brown urges the party to take immediate action on anti—semitism, saying the soul of labour is at stake. the eu's top negotiator says theresa may's brexit plans are unworkable, as she says she won't be pushed into compromising. new figures reveal a rise in the numbers of prison staff are caught smuggling contraband into jails in england and wales. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce. good evening. england's cricketers have beaten india in the fourth test at southampton and now have an unassailable 3—1 lead in the series. they were victors by 60 runs. india, chasing 2115 to win, made a very poor start, slumping to 22—3. they did, though, always have hope while kohli was at the crease. he'd survived two big lbw appeals before he was caught by alastair cook on 58. after that, wickets tumbled again. ashwin the last man out, lbw to the bowling of sam curran. a big victory for england.
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credit to india, they've played some really fine cricket throughout, not just this game but the whole series. you look across it, it must have been great viewing for people at home to see the way especially in the first two games things went... sorry, the first game and this one, how tight they've been and how it's one both ways, i think it's a really good sign for test cricket. watford have maintained their 100% start to the season with their first top flight win over tottenham, coming from behind to win 2—1. spurs took the lead just after the half time break thanks to an own goal, but watford were back on level terms not too long after. troy deeney heading home his second goal of the season and the comeback and victory was sealed by defender craig cathcart. another set piece and another header. it's the first time watford have won their first four games in the top flight. spurs drop theirfirst points of the season. manchester united have relieved some of the pressure on manager
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jose mourinho with a 2—0 win at burnley. romelu lu ka ku scored both goals for united, who had marcus rashford sent off. paul pogba missed the chance to make it 3—0 when his penalty was saved byjoe hart. before the game, a group of disaffected united fans paid for a banner to be flown over turf moore saying, "ed woodward — a specialist in failure." the relationship between woodward, the executive vice—chairman, and mourinho has been under the spotlight since the summer when mourinho complained about the lack of recruitment at the club. alexandre lacazette scored arsenal's winning goal as they beat cardiff 3—2. the gunners finally prevailed despite twice giving away the lead. the win gives unai emery his first away win of the season. steven gerrard's unbeaten run as rangers manager has ended with defeat in his first old firm derby. celtic were 1—0 winners at parkhead. the victory was a much needed boost for celtic boss brendan rodgers following his side's underwhelming start to the season. rangers were undone just after the hour when olivier ntcham finished a stunning counter—attack.
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rangers have not won a league derby since march 2012. formula one world championship leader lewis hamilton overtook both ferraris on his way to victory in the italian grand prix at monza. he was involved in a scurmish on the opening lap with main rival sebastian vettel. the german spun and dropped to the back of the field before recovering to take fourth. hamilton trailed kimi raikkonen for much of the race but a late pass on fresher tyres saw hamilton take the lead. the result sees hamilton move 30 points clear of vettel in the championship standings. defending champion rafael nadal is through to the quarter—finals of the us open. nadal beat georgia's nikoloz basilashvili in four sets. nadal had won the opening two sets comfortably, but then lost the third on a tie—break before winning the fourth set 6—4. it's the first time that nadal has reached at least the quarter—finals of all four grand slams in a year since 2011. well done to him.
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and serena williams is through to the quarter—finals after being taken the distance by estonia's kaia kanepi. williams breezed through the first set 6—0. her opponent fought back to take the second 6—4. then the champion showed her class once again to take the third set 6—3 and book a last eight match against karolina pliskova. that's all the sport for now. james, thank you very much. video games which allow players to buy extra items or features while they're playing, so—called in—game purchases, will have to carry a warning on their packaging from christmas. it follows concerns about children racking up debts while playing, as angus crawford explains. gaming and spending. matthew, who doesn't want to be identified, used to play 12 hours a day and paid out thousands of pounds. he worries about the effect on children. a lot of game companies will tell you this game is to be enjoyed but actually behind it is a very,
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very stringent business that's there to make lots and lots of money. so therefore they'll target people young, get them into a game and then make them want to spend money in order to progress. and if they feel left behind, it then starts to affect them emotionally and psychologically. many games let players 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 too late. but now the european ratings body, pegi, has decided to act. from christmas, video game boxes will carry this new warning logo, 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, i think the customer should be informed about that.
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so, yeah, i agree. all the games these days... everything comes with add—ons, you know, and in—app purchases, so it's a good idea to warn people but at the same time people should probably expect it anyway i think. gaming can seem more like gambling. and with regulators circling, this new warning is perhaps a sign of the industry taking action before it's forced to. angus crawford, bbc news. you might think one lorry is as bad as the next when it comes to causing pollution, but refrigerated trucks are a particular problem. many have a second diesel engine to power the fridges and that's often working harder than the one moving the vehicle. now a british inventor has come up with an environmentally—friendly idea that's being trialled by several multinational food companies. dougal shaw went to meet him. hard at work in his garage. inventor peter dearman has been tinkering with an idea over the past 20 years.
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he thinks it could revolutionise the haulage industry, particularly refrigerated lorries. supermarkets around the world rely on these two transport fresh produce from warehouses to shops. his idea involves liquid nitrogen, which boils at —196 celsius. involves liquid nitrogen, which boils at -196 celsius. this demonstrates the pressure that's created by boiling the liquid nitrogen, and how that pressure can be used to run an expansion engine. and here's what his invention looks like ona and here's what his invention looks like on a working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on—board like on a working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on—boa rd slowly like on a working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on—board slowly turns into gas as it warms up. this is used to call a, which refrigerate the lorry. the expanding liquid nitrogen is also powering fans which circulate the cool air around the lorry, so what problem is this designed to fix? well, fridge units on lorries usually use diesel. they're powered bya usually use diesel. they're powered by a second diesel engine on—board.
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these are often more polluting than the main diesel engine that drives the main diesel engine that drives the lorry. using liquid nitrogen means be refrigerated lorry can lose that second diesel engine. it's giving of no pollution, liquid nitrogen or liquid air isjust giving of no pollution, liquid nitrogen or liquid air is just the atmosphere itself. several multinational food suppliers are trialling the technology. multinational food suppliers are trialling the technologylj multinational food suppliers are trialling the technology. i think liquid nitrogen is a good step forward and something we'll definitely be looking at more closely. filling up the lorry with liquid nitrogen looks a bit different to filling it with normal fuel. unlike fossil fuels, different to filling it with normal fuel. unlike fossilfuels, there different to filling it with normal fuel. unlike fossil fuels, there are plentiful supplies of nitrogen in the world, though it does require energy to call the nitrogen down to liquid form in the first place. however, if the technology takes off, it could reduce our reliance on diesel and cut off, it could reduce our reliance on dieseland cutair off, it could reduce our reliance on diesel and cut air pollution. not bad work for a man tinkering in his garage. dougal shaw, bbc news. it's a country with one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and now the government of singapore is introducing a number
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of novel measures to try and encourage people to have children. our reporter katie silver explains what's on offer and why it matters. young singaporeans enjoying a night out. all the table tags, guys, do me a favour, when you rotate... speed dating is all the rage but here it's being subsidised by the government as a way to get young people to meet. the government really wants to get guys and girls to get together. to form families. coming here, i hope to expand my social network, i'm coming to make friends and hopefully i can meet someone who is suitable. these dating nights are just want of a number of solutions including tax breaks, baby bonuses and preferential housing that the government is using to combat the country's low birth rate. ivy and her husband are in their fourth cycle of ivf and half the costs were subsidised by the state. ijust get emotional.
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ijust start crying for no reason. it's also financially difficult. if we don't have a subsidy, we would not think of going to ivf. despite years of intervention, there is little progress in getting the country's birth rate up. it's partly down to women marrying later, but the increasing cost of living here and cultural expectations that women will take care of ageing parents are also putting them off. it's these sacrifices that mean women like boon siew, who received government—subsidised ivf, are still unlikely to have more than one child. i'm the sole caregiver of this baby. it's not easy for me, and i'm really content with one. in just 18 years, singapore will shrink from having six workers for each elderly person down to just two and the consequences of this for the country's future are dire. fewer people of working age makes it harder for the economy to grow
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and they will face the increasing burden of having to pay for a growing number of elderly people. one population expert says the reason government interventions aren't working is they don't get to the heart the problem. in singapore, you have about 17—18% of young people never married so that's one of the highest probably in the world in terms of singleness rates. you really need to think about why people are not getting married. but time is running out. policymakers are now targeting the other end of the age spectrum, getting older people to work longer. katie silver, bbc news, singapore. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers caroline frost and tony grew. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. not bad for the first weekend
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of september. summer warmth continuing for many but it's turning cooler this week. why? a cold front, the leading edge of cooler air moving southwards in the next 48 hours and we'll noticed the change, and as monday begins, northern ireland and north—west scotland on the colder side of the front. with clear skies temperatures into mid single figures for some. something ofa single figures for some. something of a good temperatures in east anglia and the south—east and patchy mist and fog because it's been clear overnight, but where you have the cloud and weather front, some outbreaks of rain and heavy bursts in south—east scotland to start the day but any rain on the weather front turning light, patchy and showery into the afternoon. north, north—west scotland, northern ireland, colder side of the front, yes, but a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds compared to the weekend. quite pleasant, eastern scotla nd weekend. quite pleasant, eastern scotland and north—east england, patchy rain around, cooler than the
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weekend, up to 10 degrees down. west and wales brightening up but the weather front with cloud, still showers from south—west england, eastern wales, the west midlands and northern england. east midlands, eased anglia and south—east england on one side of the front. broken cloud, sunny spells and mid—20s in warm spots here. on tuesday our weather front, hardly any rain, barely budging, double figures and more than lots of areas behind the front. single figure temperatures, some cloud building, mainly dry. the weather front hangs behind some cloud building, mainly dry. the weatherfront hangs behind england and wales, the cloud, hardly any rain but the south—east could seal the sunny spells, lifting the temperature towards the low 20s, most in the mid—to—high teens. tuesday fairly quiet, wednesday for most of us too, some rain edging towards northern ireland and western scotla nd towards northern ireland and western scotland later in the day and now it looks increasingly likely that low pressure will be close to the uk as we see out the week. there's a lot
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of uncertainty about where it will be sitting. and also weather bands around it will be as a result. we'll keep a close eye on that. we do know that this week our weather is turning cooler and there's the chance of rain early and later in the week courtesy of that area of low pressure. and that's your latest forecast. hello, this is bbc news, with martine croxall. we will be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines: the former prime minister gordon brown has called for labour to adopt the internationally recognised definition of antisemitism. he said the party must act now or undermine its values. the eu's chief negotiator has said he strongly opposes parts of theresa may's brexit plan. the prime minister has insisted she will not be pushed into compromises that are not in the national interest. the number of staff found smuggling banned items into prisons in england and wales has risen by more than 50% in the past six years. the prison service says the figures reflect the actions of a tiny minority.
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warnings about in—game purchases are to be added to video game packaging. the icon showing a hand holding a credit card is intended to warn parents that their children can spend money while paying.

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