this is bbc news. the headlines at two: the labour mp chuka umunna has urged leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs". in a speech, the former frontbencher said centre—left mps like himself were being driven out of the party. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them in new measures introduced by the government today. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib, as protesters call for international help to stop the offensive. also coming up this hour: for the first time ever, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. thousands of top university graduates are competing forjobs as prison officers, in a scheme aiming to transform

the uk's toughest prisons. and at two—thirty, an investigation into a top nhs surgeon who stands accused of harming dozens of his patients. the labour party has said there is no campaign against mps critical ofjeremy corbyn. it comes after a number of mps have faced no confidence votes called by local party members. the labour mp chuka umunna today called on the party's leadership to put a stop to it. having only been re—elected by their constituents last year, often with big majorities, already centre—left mps are being systematically targeted with motions against them in their local parties, motions

brought against them for standing up for these centre—left values. for example, demanding we have a zero tolerance of racism in the labour party. more motions are expected by colleagues in the weeks and months to come. my message to our leadership is clear. it is within your power to stop this, so call off the dogs and get on with what my constituency, one of the most diverse communities in the country, demands we do. without equivocation, fight this tory brexit. that is where all of our efforts should be. our political correspondent pete saull gave us his assessment of mr umunna's comments. what's striking here is the language. here you have a man who once, albeit briefly, stood to be labour leader, referring to members of the party as dogs. jeremy corbyn‘s supporters say, well, look, our membership has

swelled to around half a million underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. it's only right that labour mps represent the views of the rank and file. they say these no—confidence votes a re basically just an exercise in democracy. but chuka umunna and his colleagues clearly feel that there is an orchestrated campaign out there to attack labour mps who had the gall to criticise their leader. and the latest name is the former shadow chancellor, chris leslie, who's lost a vote of no—confidence from part of his local party in nottingham east. these no—confidence votes aren't sort of legally binding. there is no official force behind them, but what they do do is serve as a gentle reminder to mps that some of their local parties, if they feel they are stepping out of line, do have the numbers to potentially deselect them. new powers come into force today designed to stop nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms. you'll now need to opt in to allow companies to contact you. businesses that don't comply could face a fine

of half a million pounds. manuela saragosa has more. for many of us, cold calls are a daily torment. hello? the financial conduct authority says some 2.7 billion nuisance calls texts and e—mails were made over the past year. that works out to be about 50 calls, texts and e—mails sent to every single adult in the country. many are made by companies offering to settle personal injury claims, or to claim back ppi — payment protection insurance. but from now on, these companies will have to check first that the recipient has explicitly agreed to receive those calls and messages. companies that don't could face a fine of up to £500,000, and people are encouraged to report them to the ico — the information commissioner's office. some companies will see the new change in law and i think they will desist from the activity. when they don't, i'm afraid people are going to have to complain. the ico does need the information from people about these calls,

and she will then tackle, use her powers and, slowly but surely, we will get on top of it and they will completely cease. campaigners say the new rules do not go far enough. they will not, for example, stop calls from fraudsters and note, too, that firms based overseas are not covered. the issue of consent, they argue, is a red herring and they would prefer to see the authorities rule that unsolicited direct marketing calls are not a legitimate way of doing business. manuela saragosa, bbc news. russian warplanes have lauched more airstrikes on rebel positions in syria's idlib province as government forces continue their military build—up. the united nations is warning of a major new humanitarian crisis if syria and its russian allies launch an all—out military offensive. idlib is the last major rebel stronghold in northern syria. thousands of civilians are trapped in the area, and turkey fears a new refugee crisis if they are forced

to flee across the border. the head of the us military says he's spoken to the white house about possible scenarios should syrian forces use chemical weapons in an assault on idlib. 0ur middle east correspondent yollande knell reports. with the fate of idlib hanging in the balance, its residents are taking to the streets, desperately calling for international intervention to prevent a deadly government offensive in this rebel—held area. this man demands that the un special envoy on syria and his colleagues stop any bloodshed. they must protect people from air strikes. civilians are being targeted, he says. the un security council did meet yesterday to discuss idlib. there were fresh warnings that any battle for this province would be horrific and bloody. it's feared that tens of thousands of syrians could be caught up in a humanitarian catastrophe. but when russia and the assad regime say they want to counter terrorism,

they actually mean they want to bomb schools, hospitals and homes. they want to punish the civilians who had the courage to rise up against assad. but earlier at talks in tehran, russia and iran, key allies of the syrian government, ignored turkish calls for a truce, insisting that islamist militant groups must be dealt with. and as if to make the point, russian warplanes and syrian government forces have been continuing to bomb rebel positions in idlib. now many syrians here are fleeing. there's a growing sense that this seven—year—old war that killed hundreds of thousands is reaching its final stages. yolande knell, bbc news, beirut. it's emerged that a russian exile who was murdered in britain last march believed that two men from moscow had tried to poison him five years earlier. nikolai glushkov —

a former deputy director of the russian airline, aeroflot — was found apparently strangled at his home in south—west london. his death came a week after the former—spy, sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned in salisbury. the police have now re—opened their investigation into the incident in 2013 in which mr glushkov was apprently taken ill after drinking champagne with two russian men. a former trump campaign adviser has been jailed for m days for lying to fbi agents investigating alleged collusion with russia. george papadopoulos — who admitted the offence — was also ordered to do 200 hours of community service and pay a fine of $9500. papadopoulos is the first former member of the trump election team to plead guilty to offences during the 2016 presidential campaign. john mcmanus reports. this is the former adviser to president donald trump who is now swapping the white house for the jailhouse. george papadopoulos‘ crime?

he admitted lying to fbi investigators who are looking into allegations that russia interfered in the us election. mr pa padopoulos‘ role began in early 2016, when the trump presidential campaign signed him up as a foreign policy adviser. when mr papadopoulos was questioned by officers investigating alleged collusion between russia and the trump campaign, he said he had met individuals with ties to russia before he worked for the president. in fact, he had met them after that point, and it's this lie, which he pleaded guilty to, which has led to his sentence of 1a days injail. 0utside court, mr papadopoulos‘ lawyer said his client had acted stupidly by following the president's line on the russia investigation. he was tweeting seven days before george was interviewed, and he's the president of the united states, that based on all of his information, i would assume, that this was a witch—hunt and that it was fake news that

russia had meddled in the election. donald trump has always denied ever seeking help from the kremlin to win the election, and his reaction to the sentencing was typically bluff, complaining about the cost. but this investigation is worrying the white house. no evidence of russian collusion has so far been revealed, but several people close to the president have been found guilty of various other crimes. john mcmanus, bbc news. a couple and a child have had a miraculous escape after a tube train went over the top of them at baker street station in london last night. police say the woman was pushing a buggy along a platform before falling onto the tracks, after being distracted by looking at the arrivals board. the fatherjumped down to help and as they saw a tube approach, the three of them moved into a pit beneath the track. thankfully, the tube passed safely over the top of them. none of them was seriously hurt, but they were taken to hospital for checks.

in a statement, transport for london said they were relieved that the family were able to escape unharmed. they underlined the need for customers to remain behind the yellow line when waiting for trains or walking along the platform. a massive operation to scoop plastic waste from the middle of the pacific ocean is being launched today. a 600—metre long floating device will be towed out from california, as jenny kumah reports. sights like this have shocked people all over the world. the damage to wildlife has inspired a bold project with an ambitious goal — to rid the ocean of plastic. and this is the structure that will help to do it. it's been built in san francisco and is launching from there today. it will travel to an area in the eastern pacific known as the great garbage patch, where currents trap plastic. if we don't do it now, all this plastic will start breaking

down into smaller and smaller pieces, and the smaller the pieces are, the more harmful and harder to extract from the marine environment. so we feel there is a sense of urgency. so how will it work? a giant tube, 600 metres long, will float on the surface in the shape of a horseshoe. over time, the plastic should gather in a small area and then can be taken out. underwater, a barrier will hang three metres down and trap plastic below the surface. it is meant to allow fish to swim underneath it. but some experts worry that the system can harm wildlife. our major concern is for those passive floaters, ratherthanfish, mammals, plankton, jelly fish, for example. they simply cannot get out of the way of this, they are going to be crammed into this and not be able to escape. the plan is to start with one collection device and eventually deploy 60. the people behind the project estimate a full roll—out will clean up half of the great pacific garbage

patch in five years. jenny kumah, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: labour mp chuka umunna has accused jeremy corbyn of driving centre—left mps like himself out of the party. companies can no longer make cold calls unless a claimant has opted in to receive them. claims management companies that break the rules will face large fines. and an attempt to clear plastic waste from the pacific ocean gets under way today. tributes have been paid to the us rapper mac miller, who's died after an apparent drug overdose. the 26—year—old, who's real name was malcolm mccormick, was found at his home near los angeles. he rose to fame after topping the us charts with his debut album in 2011. earlier this year, the musician went through a well—publicised break—up with his long—term girlfriend, the singer ariana grande.

mac miller's friend and fellow musician, pittsburgh slim, was totally shocked by the news. just a great, great kid. a great kid. nobody had anything bad to say about him. you can see by the reaction on twitter. this is too much. really drugs just aren't cool and i don't know what happened, nobody does at this point. ijust came to drop some flowers and... say a prayer for him, that is all you can do at this point. one person has been arrested in barnsley after a man was stabbed in the town centre. police were called to the area this morning, and a number of shops remain closed. the victim suffered minor injuries. sweden's prime minister has urged voters to reject extremism and fascism on the final day of general election campaigning. stefan lofven said that supporting the far—right sweden democrats party,

who are forecast to win around 20 % of the vote, was "dangerous" and "counterproductive". neither his centre—left social democrats nor the main centre—right party is likely to win a majority. let's talk now to james savage in stockholm. he's the founder of online news publisher the local. thanks very much forjoining us, mr savage. neither main party forecasting and wanting to join forces at all with this new force. what is your prediction of the outcome? the polls are showing very different kinds of results. we are seeing with some that the estimate for sweden democrat is anything from 17% to 25%. that could mean they are the largest third largest party. whatever happens, the way that the system in sweden will mean that there will still be a coalition government, but almost certainly

will not include the sweden democrats, because the moderate party on the centre—right and its allies, and the social democrat party of the ruling party right now, have said that they won't do deals with it, which means there will be no sweden democrat ministers in any kind of government. but we have seen some interesting developments over the last two years. we have seen the big parties have shrunk, and the sweden democrats, and other parties, including the former communist left party and the liberal centre party, we have seen them grow at the expense of the major parties. 0bviously expense of the major parties. obviously this is following a trend we have seen obviously this is following a trend we have seen across europe obviously this is following a trend we have seen across europe and other parts of the world where migration isa parts of the world where migration is a key dividing factor. are the other party is going to be forced to ta ke other party is going to be forced to take on some of that grand? they already have. in 2015, as many will be aware that maximal background. ——

some of that ground. sweden took in a lot of refugees and it became clear they could not cope with some of the numbers arriving. it introduced much more strict migration policies. most parties, all the larger parties, supported those much stricter policies. that has already been baked in, but there was a shock to the system in 2015, andi was a shock to the system in 2015, and i think a lot of voters felt u nsettled and i think a lot of voters felt unsettled by the number of people arriving, and a perception perhaps that the big parties didn't really have control of the situation. that helped the sweden democrats grow from where they were at the last election, around 12%, to where they are now, 17—25%. it has help them and it has forced other parties to re—evaluate their position. and it has forced other parties to re-evaluate their position. issey not being done in terms of supporting areas which have seen migration? is there enough in terms

of welfare and organisation? there are problems in certain areas that are problems in certain areas that are immigrant dominated. some of the suburbs of stockholm, gothenburg and malmo. there are problems with segregation, and with poverty and unemployment. there are lots of activities going on in those areas, both at local government level and that national government level to try to help integration and help people to get into the job market, and to deal with some of the other social issues which come from immigration. clearly, ithink social issues which come from immigration. clearly, i think all parties accept that more needs to be done. the approaches differ from the sweden democrats, who have made approaches to clamp down on immigration even further, to the social democrats, who are much more

focused on demanding things of the immigrants who have arrived. almost 120 council estates in london are facing redevelopment, which campaigners fear means the loss of thousands of council homes. freedom of information requests submitted to all london councils reveal that dramatic changes to the capitals social housing stock are under way, which will affect the lives of tens of thousands of residents. gareth furby reports. across london, thousands of council properties are being demolished as estates are being refurbished and redeveloped. but is this good news? some campaigners and experts say it may not be. we have a situation of what we might call hyper—gentrification. council estates have very much become a target for making profit. the claim is that social housing across london is being lost because when the improved estates are completed, there tend to be fewer homes

for council tenants. the green party's sian berry claims she has new figures which prove that regeneration is having a negative impact. i looked at what is called the london development database. we have a net loss of over 4000 homes, schemes that have been completed over the past 15 years. and when you look forwards, schemes that have planning permission now, it gets even worse. there are 7600 homes to be lost over the next ten years. so the whole process is accelerating. city hall says council homes lost in estate demolitions have been replaced through other housing schemes and, overall, numbers are up. but the pace of change is significant. a total of 118 council estates are undergoing or earmarked for regeneration in the next five years. affecting 31,000 residents. more than 80 estates will be fully or partially demolished. author anna minton says the track record of some regeneration work,

such as at the heygate estate in southwark, hasn't been good. the heygate estate was demolished a couple of years ago. it's been replaced by elephant park, a luxury apartment development. almost 3000 homes — of those, only 82 are social housing. campaignerjerry flynn, who lived here before redevelopment, says it is all about the money. the property developers are the winners of regeneration. all the regenerations are public—private partnerships. the profitability of the scheme is the first benchmark of deciding whether the scheme is going to go forward. southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons have been learned. the mayor, sadiq khan, says he has introduced controls to ensure redeveloped council estates to keep their social housing. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. gareth furby, bbc london news.

what's it like to be a rookie prison officer at a time of high levels of violence, drug—taking and self—harm ? two years ago a scheme to get some of britain's brightest university graduates working in jails was unveiled. so would the new recruits go the distance? last year our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, met one of the graduates as she started work at coldingley prison in surrey — and now he's returned to find out how she's getting on. i'lljust give you a quick rubdown, mr brown. she's one of the newest prison officers at hmp coldingley, but has the confidence of someone far more experienced. sophie is one of the standout recruits on a programme designed to attract the brightest graduates into prisons. we first met her 12 months ago, when she started work. i've finished my degree. 0k. the new officers were visited by the then justice secretary david lidington. a year on, how has it been? it's been challenging, but it's been rewarding, as well. the best thing is all the interactions that

i have with the guys. we make progress all the time. the small wins are the best things — like, getting someone that has been refusing to go to work that is actually finally engaging and going to work. that's the best thing ever. have there been moments when you've doubted whether this was the job for you? when incidents happen and i've been faced with, like, an act of self—harm or someone being under the influence, and that's when i'm like, "am i right for this job?" sophie is one of eight graduate prison officers here at coldingley. they are among more than 50 who started the scheme last year. and now it is being expanded and sophie is helping to train the next set of recruits. if they are not in there, you open the flap. these new recruits graduated in subjects including anthropology and social policy. now, they are earning up to £30,000 a year and doing a masters in their spare time. show that you are listening, that you understand. and this is how the graduates learn about techniques they need to do the job.

hello, it's 0 from alpha one. we have an unconscious officer, 0fficer ralph. it's a training exercise in a classroom at the university of suffolk. i can see there's a rope group going through the window, we have missing keys. in this scenario, a prisoner has escaped after assaulting a member of staff. we have an e—list prisoner escaping out of education 1 with a set of officer's keys. the skills you get from being a prison officer, if you can de—escalate a landing full of prisoners, if you can convince someone who's offended their whole life that they want to change and turn their life around, essentially, the skills that they're going learn with us will set them up for leadership and whatever they go on to do. at the time, we had real problems with recruitment. attracting people to the service, there was a lot of negative press. rising levels of prison violence and concerns over pay have made it hard for governors to find and retain staff. 2000 front—line officers left the service last year, hundreds of them new recruits. to get some of these bright young people into it, was like a shot in the arm.

but sophie isn't at coldingley for long. next year, she'll leave for good, using her experience in another part of the criminaljustice system. danny shaw, bbc news, at coldingley prison. just like broadchurch or baker street, the shetland islands have captured visitors' imaginations thanks to a popular crime thriller based there. they're experiencing a tourist boom because of ‘shetland' — a tv drama based on novels by author anne cleeves. as the final book in the series is released, our reporter jothohnston has been to see the set for himself. shetland. the crime drama has enjoyed worldwide success with its likeable characters, strong storylines, not to mention the bleak windswept scenery. this place looks like a much better place to come to. when you read the news, everything seems terrible and i think people are taking a wee bit of comfort in island murders! but now writer ann cleeves is bidding farewell

to the popular detective. she has released a final novel, wild fire. well, i cannot tell you whether the ending is tragic and jimmy dies, or whether it is happy and he goes off into the sunset with the love of his life, because you will need to read the book to do that. but i can tell you that the tv series will continue. since the series first aired in 2013, thousands of tourists, many from cruise ships, have been heading to shetland on the trail of the murders. we have visitors from america, australia, and i suppose specifically scandinavia, who like the detective noir. this must be the actual house! ithink so... we came to see this lovely scenery which we have been seeing in the tv series and reading about in the books.

we enjoy the stories and the mystery of trying to solve the puzzles before detective perez does. set. and action! filming is already under way for series five. it is quite a tough storyline and it gets quite gothic towards the end. so, yeah, buckle up. woman screams: jimmy! fans will have to wait until early next year for yet more shetland noir. jimjohnston, bbc news, lerwick. now, it's time for a look at the weather. it is already very autumnal. is pretty it atrocious for some of us today, but there are good spells of sunshine along, central and northern

scotla nd sunshine along, central and northern scotland faring best. this afternoon, a lot of places are cloudy and the rain will be heavy across parts of north wales, the north midlands and northern england. atrocious driving conditions. the best of the sunshine, central and northern scotland, where it will stay sunny throughout the afternoon. sunshine across the far north. brightness developing in the south—east, where we could make 20 celsius, generally the mid to high teens celsius. the rain eases off for a time this evening but returns later in the night to western areas. further east, generally drive. a lot of cloud around, keeping temperatures up at around 13—14dc. sunday starts on a damp note. rain pushing north and east. an improvement in the afternoon, skies brightening for many, and good spells of sunshine. showers in western scotland, where it will be windy. temperatures are little higher than today. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: labour mp chuka umunna has urged

leaderjeremy corbyn to "call off the dogs" — in a speech he said that centre—left mps risk being driven out of the party. new powers designed to end nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms come into force today. companies will have to make sure people have opted in to receive their calls. russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the syrian province of idlib — turkey and the united nations have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the event of an all—out offensive. a californian coast clean—up begins today, as plastic in the pacific ocean is collected using a 600 metre long boom. and graduates from top universities are about to leave the lecture hall behind and enter the uk's toughest prisons as officers. now on bbc news, the first in our new investigative series which asks who's checking your surgeon is up to thejob? reporter lucy adams investigates a top nhs brain and spine surgeon in tayside who stands accused of harming dozens of his patients.

in medicine, it's basic.