this is bbc news. theresa may defends her brexit plan — as the prime minister hits out at speculation over her future. this is where i get a little bit irritated — this is not, this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. typhon mangkut lashes china's coast — after killing dozens of people in the philippines and leaving a trail of destruction in hong kong "the risk to life is rising" — the north carolina govornor‘s stark words amidst warnings of flooding in the wake of storm florence. a major study has found that taking aspirin every day does not help healthy elderly people reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. it's been announced that glasgow's world famous school of art, which was destroyed by fire injune, will be fully restored. there had been speculation that the fire, the second in four

years, had left the mackintosh building beyond repair. and coming up on sportsday — kenya's eliud kipchoge runs the fastest marathon ever — in berlin. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good evening. theresa may has insisted her chequers proposals are a workable plan for brexit, saying she gets irritated when the debate focuses on her leadership rather than the future of the country. the prime minister made the comments in a bbc interview to mark six months to go till we leave the eu. this morning, the environment secretary michael gove said the chequers plan for brexit was the right one for now — but could be altered by a future prime minister. and tonight, the president of austria has said that everything possible must be done to avoid britain leaving the european union without a trade deal.

sebastian kurz was speaking before a meeting with the german chancellor, angela merkel. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the path towards brexit has involved plenty of speeches and plenty of characters. some still in government, and some not. and plenty of negotiation, to. here at home and in brussels. after a week in which some of her mps met in public to plan how to derail her blueprint for brexit, and others openly plotted ousting her from office, brexit, and others openly plotted ousting herfrom office, theresa may was defiantly fighting back. this is where i get a little bit irritated — this is not, this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom.

that is what i am focused on, it is about getting a deal that is good for the uk. michael gove acknowledged the compromised, but he said those compromises needn't be for ever. a future prime minister could always choose to alter the relationship between britain and the european union, but the chequers approaches the right one for now because we have got to make sure that we respect that vote and take advantage of the opportunities of being outside the european union. but this former conservative leader and a good number of his colleagues are not convinced. michael gove has said now is the time to compromise, change can come later. what do you say to that? i think it is a copout, ruby, to explain away profits rising for the future, we can only

negotiate what the public voted for, which is brexit. who makes the final call, the mayor of london says it should be as. the deal done by this government, we can now see the consequences “— government, we can now see the consequences —— what the consequences —— what the consequences would be. labour's leadership remains to be convinced on another referendum. the prime minister insists it will not happen, and she says she will fight for her plan. some people say they liked it when you joked about being that bloody difficult women, they like that. where has she gone? we want her back. she is still beer, but there is addictions between someone. . . there is addictions between someone... that resolve will be tested in the coming months. all next week here on bbc news,

we mark six months until brexit. we'll take a closer look at the potential impact of the uk leaving the eu, beginning in salford and burnley. that's tomorrow morning, from 11, here on bbc news. china's most populous province is being hit with torrential rain and high winds after the arrival of typhoon mangkhut. the storm — which is the most powerful to hit the region this year — moved towards guangdong and hong kong from the philippines, where it claimed around 60 lives. jonathan head reports from there. after the deluge. the shrieking wind was bad enough but heavy rain brought landslides to the northern philippines, burying vehicles, houses and people. the rivers are also dangerously swollen. here, rescu e rs also dangerously swollen. here, rescuers managed to pull a mother and child to safety from the flooded home. the storm has passed on, but

everywhere it has left a trail of disruption. people are returning from a evacuation shelters to find their homes in ruins. or, as this man and his family, swept away completely. there is nothing they can do but to pick up their possessions. translation: we don't know where we're going to live, he told me, our house is gone and we're going to have to go anywhere we can. you only have to look at the state of this school roof to see just how powerfully destructive this storm was. all this damage is a really heavy blow for communities who have very few resources, and with government help is sparing and slow at best, but just government help is sparing and slow at best, butjust as worrying for them is what happened to the crops. how much damage is there? like his

neighbours, he relies on his cornfields for income. his crop has been flattened. we can save some of it, he said, but the rest is ruined. as we left his town, a good part of the population was where we first saw them. waiting in the hope of government assistance for private donations. —— or private donations. typhoon mangkhut has now moved west donations. typhoon mangkhut has now m oved west a cross donations. typhoon mangkhut has now moved west across the sea, hammering hong kong. showing that even one of asia's‘s modern and well built cities is no match for it. those who ventured outside soon wished they had not. even from indoors, the storm's power was unthreatening spectacle. southern china is next in

its path. meanwhile parts of the us east coast are continuing to experience intense rainfall, with at least 14 people killed by storm florence in north and south carolina. with further flooding expected, those who evacuated their homes are being urged not to return. if you look behind me you can see the start of a very, very long queue, stretching right the way down the road, then another, and then i got back, looping until you get to the petrol station over here. that isa the petrol station over here. that is a priority for people because they needed for generators, because so many homes, hundreds and thousands of households are without power at the moment. take a look at this queue at the moment, there is around 400 cars, and it is taking about 2.5 to three hours to actually manage to get fuel. that is a

problem for people. but beyond that the other issue is the rain continues to fall, already there has been a huge amount of rainfall, and as hurricane florence that is now just a storm, continues to move west, she is continuing to dump huge amount of rainfall trickling down, causing flooding in inland areas, and asa causing flooding in inland areas, and as a result emergency services had to rescue people here. the governor of north carolina roy cooper has been giving a news conference saying common sense is now needed to help prevent more deaths. this treacherous storm officially has now claimed ten lives. we mourn their loss and our hearts go out to the victims‘ family. we are working now and doing everything we can to prevent more deaths. people can help us with that, by using safety precautions and common—sense.

the governor of north carolina. sir vince cable has said his party will not buy any brexit deal from brussels — based on theresa may's chequers proposal. the liberal democrat leader was speaking at the party's annual conference in brighton. mr cable criticised the prime minister's plan, suggesting that it has "an enormous hole in it", because there is no provision for services which make up 80% of the british economy. our political correspondent, jonathan blake has been at the conference and gave this assessment. well, there are two big issues which you can't escape at the lib dem conference in brighton this year. one of them you were just talking about, brexit and the party's policy, of course, to oppose and stop brexit in whatever way they can. and the other one is really the state of the party itself and whether it needs to undergo big changes, as the leader, sir vince cable, has put forward and suggested, in order, really, to survive and broaden its appeal, to bring more people in as unpaid supporters, to allow non—mps to stand for the leadership. that's something which sir

vince cable was facing questions on in the main hall in brighton earlier on. there is a bit of nervousness i think it's fair to say among the lib dem members who have heard these proposals and are worried that the party is going to be open to all and sundry and someone who wasn't an elected member of parliament, who the membership weren't particularly happy with, could come in and be installed as leader of the party. as one person put it to sir vince cable, they were worried that somebody like chuka umunna, the labour mp who has been campaigning for a second vote on the final deal with brussels, could come in and end up as the party leader. and this was sir vince cable's response. there is no leadership election in prospect, except in the longer term. we have very good mps. i see nothing wrong with opening up the talent pool and looking at people who share our values.

it may be that the party rejects them, maybe they don't get through the nomination process, maybe they don't get through the star chamber interrogation progress but at least not ruling things out from first principles, just because we can think of somebody we distrust who might get through hypothetically. that seems to be the wrong way of looking at it. the liberal party, surely we are open to choice? looking at possibilities? so, applause for sir vince cable as he answered those concerns about potential changes to the party which, of course, will only happen if the membership agreed to them and get behind them. for many senior figures in the party, he's got the right idea with those suggestions. brexit, the big policy that the lib dems have that they are struggling to capitalise on as a major party who oppose brexit.

yesterday the brexit spokesman tom brake said that there wouldn't be time for parliament to scrutinise a deal that the government reached with the eu on the terms of britain's withdrawal from the eu, so what would lib dem mps do, regardless of the deal that the government comes back with when parliament gets a chance to vote on it? sir vince was asked about that in a session earlier today. there is an enormous hole and it's been exposed by many of the prime minister's allies. if we are left on a late—night in earlyjanuary with that in front of you...? we're not going to buy it, we're not going to buy it. "we're not going to buy it," a very clear signal there from sir vince cable that regardless of the deal, the government manages to get, if there is one, with the european union on britain's exit from the eu, then lib dem mps will vote against it in parliament. that may have a big impact because the parliamentary arithmetic is tight, as we know. theresa may doesn't have much of a majority in parliament at all. so it won't take much,

if a handful of labour mps or most of them vote against it with along the lib dems, to put the government in a very difficult position. the fiancee of an ex—soldier sentenced to seven and a half years in a turkish jail forjoining a kurdish armed group has called on the foreign secretary to intervene. joe robinson, who is from leeds, was given the jail sentence after volunteering with the ypg, a group which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by turkey. mr robinson's fiancee was also arrested whilst the pair were on holiday in turkey last year but was given a suspended sentence for terrorism propaganda. the foreign office says it has raised mr robinson's case with turkish authorities. well, let's speak now tojoe robinson who is currently on bail pending an appeal against his sentence. thank you very much forjoining us.

how much time did you spend with nypd, what did you know about them before you went over there? —— with the ypg. i mean, i didn't know much about them, to be honest, what i had seen was about them, to be honest, what i had seen was that previous ex—soldiers we re seen was that previous ex—soldiers were using the military experience to go over there and help the people, help the civilians, and i wa nted people, help the civilians, and i wanted to do the same thing. so i went over there, when i was there, i only used my medical training to help treat injured civilians, i was not part of any combat operations. once i left syria, after a month i went to iraq and joined the peshmerga, unrecognised military,

and that is where i took part in operations. knowing what you know now, how much more information would you have liked to have had about the white pg, and in particular, how they are a banned organisation by turkey? no, not in the uk, the ypg is not a proscribed organisation. that you are in turkey, and they are regarded as terrorist organisation. now they are, but into the —— 2015 when i went over to syria, they were not recognised as a proscribed organisation. in hindsight it would have been better to know a lot more about the situation there and about the area, but that is retrospect, isn't it? tell us what your health

isn't it? tell us what your health is like while you're waiting for this appeal? you're not in prison, but you cannot leave turkey. yes, i have been here for 14 months, for the first four months i was locked in solitary confinement, in a high security prison. the conditions were terrible, to be honest. i was only allowed out myself for one hour a day, to what ground a small area, andi day, to what ground a small area, and i wasn't allowed to speak or see my fiance for the entire four months. the conditions were terrible. now, i have been out of prison for ten months, but i am not allowed to leave the country, i'm not allowed to leave turkey, i have to remain here on bail. it has been extremely hard because i am not a way to get a visa because of the

situation, hence i cannot work, and the only way i am able to survive here is relying on family and friends, and they are really struggling now because of this entire situation. it has been a huge emotional and mental strain on all of the family, really. and, i mean, it has got to the point personally we're i am just totally drained, i really am. what sort of support have you had from the british authorities? the foreign office said they are now raising your case with they are now raising your case with the turks. yes, a statement said they are now raising the case with they are now raising the case with the turkish authorities, but why has it taken 14 months for them to start doing something? i have not seen

them doing anything, really. we have beenin them doing anything, really. we have been in contact with the foreign office, and when we are pushing them to say, what have you been doing, have you had any discussions on the higher level, with diplomats officials, when it comes down to it, they haven't done anything. it will be interesting to see what happens now i have received a sentence and whether the foreign office will get more involved, which i am hoping they do so. what to make the foreign office here learn from the consular support your fiance got from her authorities in bulgaria ? support your fiance got from her authorities in bulgaria? the support from the bulgarian foreign office and consulate is fantastic. they sent a diplomatic official to every single court hearing we have had in

support, they have had discussions ona support, they have had discussions on a higher level within government, with turkish authorities, they have been absolutely fantastic, but regarding the british government and british foreign office, we haven't seen any british foreign office, we haven't seen any of that. thank you very much for talking to us, it has highlighted your case on bbc news. thank you. thank you. the scottish tory leader ruth davidson has said she never wants to be prime minister because she values her mental health too much. in an interview with the sunday times, she's revealed struggling with self—harm, suicidal thoughts and depression as a teenager. steven godden has more. in reviving the fortunes of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson's personality has been to the fore. her leadership style has convinced some in the uk party she might succeed theresa may. but today in the sunday times, she insisted she'll never be prime minister because, she says, she values her

mental health too much. in the interview, she describes going into a tailspin as a teenager. i started hurting myself, punching walls, cutting my stomach and arms with blades or broken glass, drinking far, far too much. diagnosed with clinical depression, she was given medication which led to desperate, dark, terrible dreams. her struggles came when she was the same age as many of the students now at university in her edinburgh constituency. it's definitely something that lots of young people are going through, and having someone like her talk about it can only be a good thing. if everybody's open about it, it kind of will help other people that are struggling come out. mental health charities have also welcomed her openness. i think it's very brave for any politician, leader, to come out and speak about their own struggles with a mental health problem, because the reality is that especially in politics, mental health is still seen by many as a weakness. on friday, in a bbc interview,

ruth davidson was asked about a move to westminster. myjob's here in scotland. i want to retain my seat in edinburgh central in 2021. i want to be the next first minister of scotland. the first conservative first minister of scotland. that's always been my aim. the fact she and her partner are soon expecting a baby is another reason. in three years' time, the voters will decide whether ruth davidson achieved her goal of becoming scotland's first minister. her political ambitions, we've now learned, shaped by her own personal struggles. steven godden, bbc news, in edinburgh. around a thousand people have staged a rally in manchester to protest against anti—semitism. the organisers of the rally say there has been a frightening rise in abuse targeting jews. the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis, and labour mp dame margaret hodge both spoke at the event. we asked dame margaret hodge what she thinks the labour party could do next to improve the issue, having recently adopted the international definition of anti—semitism. i'm really pleased the national

executive of the labour party has now accept it the international definition of anti—semitism, but that's a first little step towards building trust again with thejewish community. they now have to act and take action against those people who have been anti—semitic in the labour party and i think stop action against people like my colleague, ian austin, who called out anti—semitism and finds disciplinary action against him. and then i thinkjeremy corbyn himself i think has to lead the building, the rebuilding of trust by talking to the jewish representative organisations and listening and perhaps even saying we're sorry. a major study into taking an aspirin a day suggests the drug should not be taken by healthy, elderly people. aspirin is taken widely for its impact on the heart

but the clinical trial on 19,000 people in the us and australia found no benefit for people in good health over 70. glasgow's mackintosh building will definitely be rebuilt, according to the chair of the school's board, muriel gray. the building was gutted by fire injune and many neighbouring businesses say they still don't know when, or if, they'll be able to reopen. here's nina macleod. following the second fire to hit the site in four years, the future of the gsa has a speculation that it could be demolished or turned into a museum. but muriel gray, a former student, told bbc radio scotland it would be rebuilt as a working at school, and that was non—negotiable. it is not up for a debate any more. what is up for debate now is how we fit into the whole tragedy that has happened to the entire government help community and sauchiehall

street, and how to keep it as a working at school. this area has remained closed to local businesses and residents until recently. francis mckee, big president of the centre for contemporary art said they have been left in limbo. centre for contemporary art said they have been left in limbom centre for contemporary art said they have been left in limbo. it is indefinite, and the decision is coming —— the decisions coming with that at unhelpful, saying closed indefinitely is a disastrous thing to say to a business and everyone that works with them, so there could have been more thought about how it was communicated or made public, rather than declarations that they canjust remain rather than declarations that they can just remain closed indefinitely. it just doesn't feel like we're being taken seriously. a spokesman for glasgow city council said the impact for people and businesses has been exceptionally difficult, and agreed there was a need to work together quickly and start looking at the future of sauchiehall street, which they have already started doing. benedict cumberbatch

and james corden are just two of the british nominees up for an emmy award — which take place in la tomorrow night. it's the first year that the categories have been dominated by the streaming service, netflix. our los angeles correspondent, james cook, reports. enemies to the east. enemies to the west. game of thrones has vanquished them all, winning more emmy awards than any other drama series in tv history. whatever stands in our way... we will defeat it. this year, it leads the field with 22 nominations. did you ever stop to wonder about your actions? westworld, where cowboys meet science fiction, has 21 nominations, including a second supporting actress nod for thandie newton. you're going to take me to my daughter.

who knows where westworld's going to go for season three? we certainly have no idea. do you not? no, not at all! i'm having dinner with lisa joy, who's one of our show runners, next week and i'm going to get her very drunk and i'm going to get some dish out of her, yeah! the handmaid's tale, with its bleak vision of a totalitarian united states, is also a frontrunner again. it won best drama last year. is the handmaid's tale a piece for our times? of course. my goodness, of course. i feel like it's the only piece for our times right now. the other shows are sources of entertainment and inspiration, but i really feel like it holds a mirror up to society and asks hard questions, particularly about women and the roles of women and equality, and so i think it's necessary. somebody help! she will keep hurting people until i catch her! spy thriller killing eve debuted on bbc one last night, but it's already thrilled american

audiences, winning a nomination in best drama for sandra oh, a milestone for an asian actress. help me! it can only be great. i mean, it could only be great! to discuss it in any kind of way, i'll leave that to other people because it should be discussed. but not for me. i'm just happy. in hollywood, the crown remains hugely popular, and it's in the running again. but what's the fascination with the royals? i think we're sort of secretly happy that their life is more miserable than ours, because they live in what we imagine is the gilded cage with everything that you could think of that you'd want to be, princes and kings and queens, they have this incredible lifestyle supposedly, but then you understand that in the middle, they've all the same problems we do. and that's what makes good drama, whether you're in la or the yorkshire dales. so, when i'm in england, iwatch, like, emmerdale and shows like that.

you do not! you're an emmerdale fan? me and my mum love all of those. why? they're just — they're very addictive. they know how to write a show, you know. they leave those cliffhangers real good. this annual bafta tea party is a curtain raiserfor the emmys, and very soon, we'll find out who'll be sipping the champagne. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. it looks like we're stepping into a speu it looks like we're stepping into a spell of autumnal, wet and windy weather for the next couple of days. we have had some rain sinking south today, still moving south, behind its showers, and looming large is the next area of low pressure. so wind and rain is on its way. as we go through the evening and overnight, drizzly rain, quite misty overnight, drizzly rain, quite misty over the hills. thing that we have some showers, and by the time we get

back to monday morning we see some wet weather moving and. the remnants of ex—hurricane one, which means there will be a lot of rain —— helene. in the south, despite misty weather to start, it is improving labourite with sunshine, and warm as well. it turns windy through monday night into tuesday, with gales through the irish sea. and the wetter weather, and more deals on wednesday.