this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11: leading pro—brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may, despite meeting to discuss alternatives to the prime minister's chequers proposals, including plans to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as civilians, not criminals. we obviously looked into these people are. we found a —— we found them, they will appear soon, i hope, and tell you everything themselves. egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. also coming up: the eye of the storm bearing down on the us coast. as hurricane florence advances

on several american states, nearly two million people have been ordered to leave their homes. and behind the scenes at dundee‘s new design museum in advance of its public opening this weekend. and at half past eleven, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jack blanchard from politico london playbook and pippa crerar from the guardian. stay with us for that. good evening. a group of leading brexit—supporting conservative mps have produced proposals for the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the european research groups approach is an alternative to what's been laid out in the government's chequers plan,

and comes amid renewed questions about the support commanded by the prime minister. the proposals include simplified customs procedures, to avoid the need for checks at the border, similar uk and eu regulations for agricultural producers, and a so—called trusted trader scheme, for larger companies to clear goods for export and import. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. plotting a way through, not, they say, plotting against theresa may. former cabinet ministers and a first—ever first minister of northern ireland say forget it the political force about brexit and the border, they claim there is a simpler way through. i commend it to you for it is common sense, its practicality, its effectiveness in dealing with all of the serious issues, while at the same time delivering on the promise to the british people to leave the single market, leave the customs union and therefore leave the european union.

these are scratchy times, though. that plea is designed to get the prime minister to ditch her brexit plans altogether. and while this group would never say it, there have been talks about whether to try to force her out. i have long said and repeated again and again but i think the policy needs to be changed, but i'm supporting the person. under what they call common—sense, customs checks could be carried out miles away from the actual border. those checks could be minimised by better use of technology and having similar rules to the eu in some areas. what is it that makes you think as a group that either the uk government or the european union would accept these proposals now when they have shown no sign of doing so so far? there is an iron focus in this paper on answering the eu's problem, not doing what we've done before and saying how we would like to do it. we are saying, this is the problem you have outlined as the eu.

and this is how it can be solved from your point of view. how far you've prepared to push the prime minister if she would not budge adopt your ideas? we are arguing this on logic, facts and the needs of the european union to protect their own market. that is why they should listen and the prime minister should listen. those gathered here reckon she may have to listen because there are enough of them to defeat her in the commons, even if they are coy about that right now. i think if you were saying what happens if chequers is dead, i think chequers is dead because the eu have rejected it. the talks are getting stuck, it's obvious. we are completely running out of time. and pressure for this border plan comes from one side of northern ireland, too. remember, the prime minister relies on support from a clutch of unionist mps. and their leader in westminster today backed the brexiteers' idea. it is wrong to say you can't have any particular outcome

because of the irish border problem. that is wrong. it has proved to be wrong. and the paper today sets that out more clearly. while she is under attack now for choosing a path that would keep us alongside the eu, theresa may is not budging. when we leave the european union, we will be an independent sovereign state, we will have control of our money, our borders and our laws. and labour says tory division puts ireland's stability at risk. i detect rising anxiety about the state of the negotiations. my message, i suppose, is this. ireland cannot pay the price of theresa may's failed negotiating strategy. if that wasn't enough, a reminderfrom europe there is little chance the government's overall proposals will be accepted as they are. that someone who leaves the union cannot be in the same privileged position as a member state. if you leave the union, you are of course no longer part of our single market and certainly

not only in parts of it. but in numberio, there is one big plan. keep calm and carry on. russia's president vladimir putin says two men accused by britain of attempting to murder the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury are not criminals. it's a week since alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov were named by the uk as members of russia's military intelligence and suspects in the novichok poisoning. but president putin says the men are civilians, and he's encouraged them to give their version of events. here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. these are the two men accused of the attack on the streets of salisbury. it isa attack on the streets of salisbury. it is a week since british police have released these pictures and

named their suspects as russian intelligence agents be a week that russia has spent denying any of this is evidence of. now, vladimir putin has addressed the planes directly, with a half smile, he used the stage at this economic forum to announce that the suspects were not agents, but civilians. translation: we know who they are. we found them. i hope they will appear and explain everything. this will be best for everyone. there is nothing special here, nothing criminal, iassure you. the salisbury police and targeted sergei skripal, a former russian spy who could trade his company, country, but his daughter was poisoned too as well as a policeman. dawn stu rgess was poisoned too as well as a policeman. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died weeks later, her husband had found a bottle of novichok. the media here have

excised this, even claiming that the cctv footage was fake. so it is not clear who might come forward now, uk police say the suspects used alias is. so could it be manned with the same names, or the actual men from the mugshot? one former kgb officer told russia could be behind the salisbury attack, but the culprits never expected to be discovered. behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. translation: all of the elite understands the mess that russia is now in. but the leadership sets the tone, they said that the british made it all up, it is all rubbish. but that is just bravado, everybody knows that the consequences will be serious. outrage over poisoning has already brought diplomatic expulsions and sanctions. after vladimir putin's surprise comment on the suspects,

all eyes are on moscow now for the next move. millions of americans have been warned that severe winds and rain from a huge storm heading for the states of north and south carolina could last for days. hurricane florence is currently over the atlantic, and is predicted to start hitting the coast late tomorrow, or early on friday morning. our north america correspondent chris buckler is in wilmington in north carolina for us now. right along the coast of the ca rolinas, right along the coast of the carolinas, marinas have been cleared of vote is and homes have been emptied of people. windows boarded up emptied of people. windows boarded up and shouted in preparation for florence. —— shuttered. the police have been roaming the already quiet streets, warning that before the storm arrives, families living here should leave for their own safety. we have been here 16 years and we have never had to evacuate. we have

had some, a couple of close calls, we thought the water might rise and the storm surge. but this one, downright scares me. on cape fear, they are closely studying the satellite images of this huge hurricane that is slowly approaching from the atlantic. no one can be sure where it will land, but although america's east coast, they are being told that the gathering clouds could bring a storm that has an impact to days. florence may stall after it makes land full and move stall after it makes land full and m ove very stall after it makes land full and move very slowly down the coast. this could mean that parts of north and south carolina near the coast will experience couric ain't force winds and hurricane conditions the 24 winds and hurricane conditions the 2a hours or more. —— hurricane force winds of. is almost three decades as the carolinas experienced a storm on that kind of scale. hurricane hugo is still remembered to days. ——

today. and has been panic buying of water and other essentials in shops. even water and other essentials in shops. eve n d oze ns water and other essentials in shops. even dozens of miles away from the coast, supermarket shelves have been emptied as people stock up ahead of the forecast ferocious wind and rain. we don't know the devastation of the storm, so. forecasters are predicting it could be the storm of a lifetime and protecting lives here is now the priority along this coastline. chris buchler reporting from wilmington. well, let's cross now to our correspondent laura trevelyan, who is on wrightsville beach in north carolina. laura, this hurricane is due to hit where you are standing in the next woody 4—1; take hours. what is going to change? —— 2a— 48 woody 4—4 take hours. what is going to change? —— 24— 48 hours. woody 4—4 take hours. what is going to change? -- 24- 48 hours. you can see this earth behind me. at the moment the hurricane is about 400 miles out to sea, but as it comes

closer we will expect much, much stronger waves, we will expect rain and then within 24 — 36 hours, what we expect is that there will be a triple threat from hurricane florence, that it either stalljust off the coast or it will hit carolina coastline and it will bring hurricane force winds, a storm surge twice as high as me and what could be catastrophic levels of rainfall, any way —— anywhere between 24— 48 inches and it is the weather that could follow that would be the greatest threat to property and indeed, life. from what you are hearing, our people heeding the evacuation orders? —— are people. hearing, our people heeding the evacuation orders? -- are people. in two hours time there is a mandatory evacuation here, the elected city company has already turned off the power to encourage people to go. it

is like a ghost town driving around here. there is a gas station that is open and that is literally about it. i have spoken to one couple who are staying put, they are confident they can ride it out and say they have ridden out storms before and itjust ta kes a ridden out storms before and itjust takes a small shift and they will be out of harm ‘s way. i also talked to a woman who was here as a child in 1954 he was here for hurricane hazel and she is not taking any chances, like most people, she is getting out of dodge. if you do decide to stay put, how does it work's are you then effectively on your own? —— how does it work? in de. the american pioneering spirit has made you stay put and north and south carolina have made it clear to date in briefings that if you decide to stay put you cannot expect first responders to come and get you if something goes wrong because they will be pulled back for the duration

of the storm. they will go in and help you afterwards, but at —— if you are in a life—threatening situation then it is on you. thank you. tests carried out in egypt on the the british couple who died while on holiday last month, suggest e coli was a factor in both deaths. john and susan cooper, from burnley, were staying in the red sea resort of hurghada when they fell seriously ill. the couple's daughter, who was on holiday with her parents, disputes the findings. our correspondent sarah campbell reports. john cooper collapsed and died in his hotel room. his wife susan a few hours later in hospital. both were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic with family and friends. after their deaths of their tour operator and mrs cooper's employer thomas cook immediately moved all clients

from the hotel. more than three weeks after their deaths egypt's general prosecutor concluded both died from complications caused by e coli infection. 69—year—old mr cooper had underlying heart problems which made his reaction more severe. his wife susan who was 63 developed a rare syndrome his wife susan who was 63 developed a rare syndrome as a his wife susan who was 63 developed a rare syndrome as a result of e coli. yes, this is a completely harmless... professor brendan wren has studied foodborne infections for 25 years. it is very unfortunate but it is possible that both of them ate a contaminated food source and it had high numbers of bacteria on the food source then unfortunately it is possible that they could both have very severe symptoms that could lead on to death. the couple's only daughter has told the bbc‘s she believes the e coli findings are not true. she has previously spoken of a strange smell in their room the night before they died. my daughter

said they could smell something that was a little bit funny that wasn't right. all they did was spray a little perfume to try to eliminate the smell. they then fell asleep. the public prosecutor confirmed today that smell was insecticide used in the adjacent room but it wasn't related to their death. kelly is hoping a further postmortem carried out in this country may provide answers to the questions she still has. the headlines on bbc news: leading pro—brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may, despite meeting to discuss alternatives to the prime minister's chequers proposals, including plans to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as civilians, not criminals. egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. the inquests into the death of five

people in the westminster bridge terrorist attack have been shown cctv footage of the moment a woman was hit by the car being driven by khalid masood. aysha frade was on her way to collect her two children from school when she was hit by the vehicle. daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. aysha frade's still grieving husband and two sisters came to court with their lawyer to hear the distressing details of how she died. she was the beloved mother of two young daughters and was on her way to pick them up from school. in one of the last pictures of her she is texting her husband, unaware of what was about to happen. rob lyon was walking with colleagues on the bridge and saw it all. he saw aysha being hit by the car and landing right beside him and into the path of a london bus. "initially i sort of froze," he told the court. "i just remember trying to slow the bus down, because i could see it was going to run over aysha."

in cctv footage shown in court, aysha frade can be seen walking up the bridge, where she is hit by the vehicle travelling straight along the pavement. these protective barriers weren't here then, of course. she is knocked right into the air and then almost directly under the wheels of a number 53 bus. the inquest was told she would have died nearly instantaneously and without suffering. soon afterwards, a passer—by found her phone ringing on the pavement and answered it. it was aysha's husband. the stranger told him there had been a terrible accident. a police officer broke down in court today when asked about aysha's horrific injuries. richard webb—stephens was the first paramedic to arrive on his motorbike. but he realised there was nothing he could do. "her head injuries were absolutely incompatible with life," he told the court. the last person to be fatally injured on the bridge was romanian

tourist andreea cristea. knocked into the thames, she died two weeks later. for the families it has been a gruelling week, watching their relatives' last moments, at first happy and relaxed, and then flung violently to their deaths by a terrorist‘s car. daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey. back to brexit now, and the government has put forward its vision of how farming in england will work after we leave the eu in march next year. the agriculture bill sets out proposals for a green brexit and how the current european subsidies will be replaced. instead of payments based on the size of a farm, money will be allocated for undertaking environmental projects, such as introducing measures to combat climate change. the bill also outlines a greater focus on research and development, which it hopes will make farms more profitable. but critics say the plans will leave farmers out of pocket, and don't address how much food we need to produce after brexit. our rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports

from near dorchester in dorset. the agriculture bill enshrines michael gove's hope for a green brexit. at the moment farmers get subsidies from europe based on the amount of land they own. they make up amount of land they own. they make up 40% of james amount of land they own. they make up 40% ofjames small‘s income but in the future to get any direct payment from the state he has to prove his farm benefits the environment. for example, protecting wildlife and proving air and water quality and tackling climate change. for any business to start losing 40% of its income is a huge hit. we will have to look where else we can try to find an income. but the new scheme heralds a brighterfuture to find an income. but the new scheme heralds a brighter future for farming. that is according to the environment secretary. we acknowledge some of the wealthiest

farmers with the biggest estates will lose a little money at the edges but as a result we can invest not just edges but as a result we can invest notjust in the environment but productivity for all farmers. the bill doesn't address the central issue of producing food to feed the nation, something the nfu calls a glaring oversight. currently the uk only produces around 60% of its own food supplies. we rely on imports from europe. also under the current system from europe. also under the current syste m u k from europe. also under the current system uk farmers receive around £3 billion in eu subsidies. that makes up billion in eu subsidies. that makes up more than 60% of england's farming income, nearly three quarters in scotland and 80% in northern ireland and wales.“ quarters in scotland and 80% in northern ireland and wales. if we remove direct subsidies from farmers, they are not going to make it up in environmental payments. first of all, there will not be the same of money ultimately. and, secondly, the distribution will be different. the department for the run it was also under fire from a

different quarter, a highly critical national audit office report into brexit preparations. this might be the vision for a green brexit but the vision for a green brexit but the report has highlighted real concerns, including mainly the lack of vets and what this could mean for food exports and the health of animals here. this is a routine health check, a staple in the life ofa health check, a staple in the life of a working vet, but the national audit office warns if there is no deal than vets will be bogged down in the paperwork requirements. an emergency recruitment campaign sta rts emergency recruitment campaign starts in october. if we don't have sufficient surgeons to carry out the normal daily herd health type of work and obviously it won't happen or it will happen less frequently or it won't happen to the standards we wa nt it won't happen to the standards we want it to happen. so as the brexit negotiations grind on, those in the countryside wait to be given a clear direction. dundee, a city with a rich history of creativity, is celebrating the opening of a new museum.

v&a dundee is scotland's first design museum and has been hailed as thejewel in the crown of a one billion pound transformation of the city's waterfront. our arts editor will gompertz has been to look around: v&a dundee's concrete form is reminiscent of a cliff face, or the prow of a ship. it is a striking addition to the city's waterfront, and the rising vertically on it with triangular features. we created the whole as in the building. it is the first building in the uk from respected japanese architect kengo kuma. i got the inspiration of a cliff from scotland. that cliff is a kind of composition between water and land. and the facade is a little bit twisted and inclined. and, as

that gesture integrates nature and city. the tone of the building changes as you enter. the cold, grey exterior gives onto a warm atrium from which you access the main galleries on the first floor. one will have contemporary exhibitions, the other a history of scottish design. we are in the heart of the museum which looks at scotland's amazing design creativity. we are a place that brings design to be inspirational to people coming here, whether locally from dundee or widely from scotland, or visitors from around the world. this is one of the museum's star exhibits, charles macintosh‘s art nouveau masterpiece, which started life as a tea room in", before it was salvaged in the 1970s, and then lovingly refurbished for people to enjoy here for the first time in 50 years. the galleries look terrific, but what

effect will the museum have on dundee? it means jobs, it means an increased profile across the country, but more than anything it means a sense of pride to the people who live and work here and have the affluent parts of the city. of course there are parts with economic depravation and we have children in poverty. and we have a drug problem. how will the v&a change that? encourage people to see that culture is not just for the encourage people to see that culture is notjust for the affluent people, culture is for everyone. the museum expects to attract half a million visitors in the first year and hopes like the guggenheim in buildout to become a cultural catalyst for change. —— bilbao. in the last half an hour president trump have spoken about hurricane florence which is barrelling down on the united states states of georgia and the ca rolinas the united states states of georgia and the carolinas and he has warned people to evacuate before it is too late. before continuing i would like

to provide an update on our preparations for the incoming hurricanes. we have some really big situation confronting us. it is coming infairly situation confronting us. it is coming in fairly fast. and it is going to be one of the biggest to ever hit the east coast. one of the biggest ever hit our country. maybe something will happen. it is looking like it probably won't be taking place. meaning veering away from land. my administration is in close co—ordination with state and local authorities and fema, these are tremendous people also, as you know. they have placed extensive resources on the ground including search and rescue efforts. how a restoration and medical support. tremendous people working on the hurricane. first responders, law in this force meant —— law enforcement and fema,

and we are getting accolades from politicians and the people. we are ready. but this will be one of the biggest monster ever hit our country. residents in the past of these devastating —— path of these devastating storms should comply with all evacuation orders and other instructions. protection of life is the absolute highest priority and that's what we are doing. it is called protection of life. so, god bless everybody, and be careful. thank you. president trump talking in the last half an hour about hurricane florence. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jack blanchard, editor of politico london playbook, and pippa crerar, deputy political editor at the guardian. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. so, do not go away. now it's time for the weather with darren bett. hello. hurricane is are certainly in the news at the moment and one ex—

hurricane could affect our weather next week. some way away but this is what we've got at the moment, atla ntic what we've got at the moment, atlantic winds coming our way. the weather front abroad cloud and rain in the south on wednesday is out of the way. another weather system arising from the north—west. this is weakening all the while. it'll stop across the north of england, southern scotland and northern ireland. some light and patchy rain and rizal that might start to work northwards. sunny spells across the north—east of scotland, wales, the midlands, southern england likely to be dry with a sunny day on thursday and with the sunshine around it will feel warmer than wednesday. so the weather front brings the rain and drizzle. it only get so far across and any moves away. then another one in from the atlantic. this is a little more active. it means it is wetter. we have a more widely to start the day across scotland, northern ireland and northern england as things move further south and then we will have rain arriving in wales, allowing sunshine and showers to follow into scotland. but again across the midlands, east

anglia and the south—east is likely to be dry on friday and temperatures around 19 or 20 degrees. so the next weather system gets so far southwards and any moves out of the way because it is running into this area of high pressure that we have across other parts of the uk. around the top of that annex or the system arising from the atlantic again and this time we start with rain from northern ireland and then as the olympics are we will see the wet weather moving into western scotland, perhaps come free. elsewhere it is likely to be dry and the wind will strengthen. we will draw enzo amore air. it will be a pleasa nt start draw enzo amore air. it will be a pleasant start of the week and it was england and wales, perhaps eastern scotland temperatures around 20 degrees. we have the rain gathering. the weather fronts are going to keep down into the uk. the exact speed of progression is open to doubt and how far south—east it gets. still looks likely that the south—east of england, east anglia, the east midlands will be warm with afair bit the east midlands will be warm with a fair bit of sunshine. and then behind the reindeer in the cool,

fresh airfor behind the reindeer in the cool, fresh air for scotland and northern ireland with sunshine and showers. the band of rain cobbles down about as far south as east anglia through the midlands. —— topples. . there won't be much rain on that. then we are thick cloud arriving from the south—west with southerly wind, warmer wind. we are left with a temperature contrast across the uk. much cool in the north, just for a while. into tuesday, this is where we might see the remnants of ex— hurricane helene impacting the weather. this low pressure drives its way northwards across western pa rt its way northwards across western part of the uk and it might bring disruptive, severe gales, quite unusualfor disruptive, severe gales, quite unusual for this disruptive, severe gales, quite unusualfor this time disruptive, severe gales, quite unusual for this time of year. we are unusual for this time of year. we a re left unusual for this time of year. we are left with areas of low pressure rotating out across the middle of the atlantic, in the cold air to the north of the jet stream. there is the position of the jet stream. you can see the undulation and down. it