this is bbc news. the headlines at 11 — 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 not about my future, this debate is not about my future, this debate is about the future of the people of the uk in the future of the united kingdom. a super—typhoon is battering the chinese province of guangdong, after hitting the northern philippines where it killed dozens of people. warnings in the us that the worst is still to come from hurricane florence, which has so far caused the deaths of at least 12 people. wiltshire police have cordoned off prezzo restaurant in salisbury high street and some surrounding roads after a man and a woman fell ill there tonight. a former uk soldier sentenced to seven and a half years in a turkish jail forjoining a kurdish armed group has criticised the foreign office saying it had not offered enough support in his case. we are pushing them to say what

you've been doing? have you been having discussions in a high level with government and diplomatic officials? when it comes down to it, they haven't done any of that. 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 at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers author and columnist at the evening standard, tony evans and penny smith, journalist & broadcaster — stay with us for that. 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 6 months to go till we leave the eu. today, the environment secretary michael gove said chequers was the right plan "for now" — but could be altered by a future prime minister. our political correspondent chris mason reports. thank you. on-hold music plays the brexit negotiations as you've never seen them before. hello, jean—claude. the prime minister talking to the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker. panorama given a glimpse of the behind—the—scenes arm—twisting going on at a crucial stage. yes, and i realise it's been a busy period for you in the lead up... then, perhaps inevitably, this happened.

some of her mps want her to ditch her brexit plan, others want to ditch her. 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's what i am focused on and that's what i think we should all be focused on. it's ensuring that we get that good dealfrom the european union which is good for people in the uk. some brexit supporters say her plans involve too close a relationship with the eu. others, like michael gove, acknowledge they have compromised, but he says those compromises needn't last forever. a future prime minister could always choose to alter the relationship between britain and the european union, but the chequers approach is the right one for now because we've 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 don't buy mr gove‘s argument. i think that's a bit

of a copout, really, to explain away what is essentiallyjam tomorrow and we can prophesy what the future is. we can't. we only have what is now, what the public voted for, which is brexit. with so many arguments still swirling around, who makes the final call? the labour mayor of london thinks it should be us, voters, in a referendum. the question should be a choice between the deal done by this government or staying in the european union, and the deal done by this government, we can now see what actually the consequences would be. labour's leadership remains to be convinced on another referendum. the prime minister insists it won't happen. and, she says, she will fight for her plan. you know what some people say? they rather liked it when you joked about being that bloody difficult woman. they liked that, and they sometimes say, "where's she gone? we want her back." she's still there. but i think there's a difference between those who think you can only be bloody difficult in public,

and those of us who think actually you bide your time and you're bloody difficult when the time is right, and when it really matters. that resolve will certainly be tested in the coming months. our political correspondent, chris mason has been at downing street and says this comes ahead of a big week for the prime minister. there was a summit in salzburg in austria of eu heads of state and government and they know, as she knows, there are people here in the uk who think that brett is a dud and sarah those in europe who think the same, too. even if their language has been a little warmer in recent weeks in downing street here, the plan is to push too for audiences. conservative grassroots, voters, selling the cheque is planned, there will be a push on social media from the prime minister tomorrow. there is an awareness that these

negotiations are tough and in the words of one source, it is never as bad as some people say i might never as good as some people hope. typhoon mangkhut has begun to batter mainland china as it continues its deadly path through east asia. dozens of people are known to have been killed as winds of up to 125 miles an hour brought heavy rain and ripped buildings apart. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head's report begins in the philippines. 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, rescuers managed to pull a mother and child to safety from theirflooded home. the storm has passed on, but everywhere it's left a trail of destruction.

people are returning from evacuation shelters to find their homes in ruins. or, as for this man and his family, swept away completely. there's nothing they can do but to pick up their possessions. "we don't know where we're going to live," he told me. "our house is gone, and we'lljust have to go anywhere we can." you've only got 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 which have got very few resources, and where government help is sparing and slow at best. as we left his town, a good part of the population was where we'd first seen them — waiting in the hope of government assistance or private donations. typhoon mangkhut has now moved west. winds of up to 110 mph hammered hong kong, showing that even this modern

and well—built city is no match for its power. some of the skyscrapers swayed. others lost windows, shed scaffolding, and here, even a crane. waves crashed onto the deserted city streets, flooding some shops and restaurants. in places, the water rose more than three and a half metres above its normal level, terrifying residents. more than 200 people were injured. chinese media have called it the king of storms. this is how its arrival on the chinese mainland was seen from a hotel in shenzhen. after travelling thousands of miles, it was still wreaking havoc. this time, in china's most

heavily populated province. nearly 2.5 million people have been evacuated, and the authorities put on high alert for further damage. here, the wind heaved the sea up and right through a restaurant window. the cost of all this is incalculable, and the typhoon season in asia isn't over yet. jonathan head, bbc news, northern philippines. meanwhile, storm florence is now known to have killed at least 14 people in the us states of north and south carolina. with furtherflooding expected, some of those who evacuated their homes are being urged not to return. our north america correspondent chris buckler is in wilmington, north carolina. believe it not, this is a neighbourhood in north carolina. somewhere underneath, a street. deep down in the there our gardens. this

is why people are so concerned, and been told to stay away from their homes. the rain is continuing to fall and it is only adding to all of this flooding you can see. there is also particular concern in land as rivers start to overflow and dams are being put under pressure. as i say, you can see some of the grass that in reality, what you see most of all is water. on that side, it says florence, big on. truth is, this storm isn't going anywhere. it is very slow moving and has dumped a record amount of rainfall. it is likely to continue to reign here and thatis likely to continue to reign here and that is a worry. —— rain. here, police have closed streets in salisbury as what they describe as a "precautionary measure" after two people were taken ill from a restaurant. it comes amid heightened tensions after the novichok poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in march. our correspondent duncan kennedy is there and has more detail. of what we know is that ambulances

we re of what we know is that ambulances were called to the prezzo restau ra nt, were called to the prezzo restaurant, the black and white restau ra nt restaurant, the black and white restaurant over my shoulder, they we re restaurant over my shoulder, they were then followed by the police and about five or six police cars turned up, a similar number of ambulances. also men wearing those chemical protective suits we have seen a lot of in salisbury. they went inside the restaurant of the two. we understand it involves a man and a woman who became ill. an eyewitness told the bbc she was in the restau ra nt told the bbc she was in the restaurant at the time and saw the woman become hysterical. in her words, the woman started standing up and sitting down. she didn't see the man in question so she didn't know what happened there, and the police are describing it as a medical incident. they are not giving more details and they have also sealed off the roads around here as they call a precautionary measure. public health —— public health england said they are aware of this incident that there is no suggestion from anyone

that this is connected to the novichok incident which began here in march. a former british soldier sentenced to more than seven years in jail in turkey after helping kurdish forces who were fighting the islamic state group has said he is "begging" for the government 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 while 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. (biv) well i spoke tojoe robinson and asked him what support well i spoke tojoe robinson and asked him what support he had actually received. i mean, i've seen a statement saying they are now raising my case with the turkish authorities, but why has it taken 14 months for them to start doing something? me personally, i've not seen them doing anything. we kept in touch with the foreign office since my release ten months ago

and we told them about the release ten months ago, and when we are pushing them to say what have you been doing and have you had discussions on a higher level in government or with diplomatic officials, when it comes down to it, they haven't done any of that. but it will be interesting to see what happens now that i've actually received the sentence and whether the foreign office will actually get more involved, which i'm hoping they do. what might the foreign office here learn from the consular support your fiance got from her authorities in bulgaria ? yeah, the support from the bulgarian foreign office and the bulgarian consul was fantastic. they sent a diplomatic official to every single court hearing we have had in support of her and had discussions on a higher level in government with diplomatic officials, with the turkish authorities and they've done everything been fantastic, but

in regards to the british government and the british foreign office we haven't seen any of that. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has revealed her frustration with the continued speculation over her leadership, as the prime minister defends her brexit plan. china's guangdong province is being battered by typhoon mangkhut, which has already claimed more than fifty lives in the northern philippines. ‘the risk to life is rising'. the north carolina governor's stark words, amidst warnings of flooding in the wake of storm florence. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's janette kwachi. simon has completed a clean sweep of the cycling printer was, he crossed

the cycling printer was, he crossed the line safely in madrid, chris charade and dry thomas had already won it earlier this year. charade and dry thomas had already won it earlier this yearlj charade and dry thomas had already won it earlier this year. i really just enjoyed the moment, i do know what else you can do in that situation. i was nervous also because i had to give a speech and thatis because i had to give a speech and that is not mine, i am not very good at it. lewis hamilton cruised to victory in the singapore grand prix, to strengthen his hold on this year ‘s world championship. hamilton controlled the drive from pole position, making it a fourth year at —— fourth win in singapore, adding to his success in 2009, 2014 and 2017. his title rival sebastien battle finished third. he now has a 30 point lead in the drivers standings. everton have lost for the first time under their manager at west ham picked up their first point of their premier league season. relief for

manuel pellegrini, who finally watched his side win on his 65th birthday. it is enough to move off the bottom of the table. marko arnautovic scored the third goal after the hour mark. taking their place at the bottom of the table is only. they were beaten earlier by wolves 1—0. only. they were beaten earlier by wolves 1-0. it was more of a fulcrum to drop on the group. sometimes that flow of playing with clear mindedness becomes unclear and i think we have got that at the moment andi think we have got that at the moment and i think, it is hard to resist the outside bullies. we have got to see our way through that. olympic marathon champion elliot could turkey has set a new world record after shaving more than one minute of the previous time in berlin. he was widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era rana time marathon runner of the modern era ran a time of two hours one minute and 39 seconds, beating the world

best set in 2014. is almost the biggestjump best set in 2014. is almost the biggest jump in a best set in 2014. is almost the biggestjump in a marathon record in 51 yea rs. biggestjump in a marathon record in 51 years. i am happy. biggestjump in a marathon record in 51 years. iam happy. ialways wa nted 51 years. iam happy. ialways wanted to leave a legacy. everything is possible. so everything is possible, that is white eye wear this in. no man is limited. great britain will be seeded in the davis cup next year after beating prospectus and 3—1 in the play—off this weekend. camera norrie won in glasgow in the first of today's singles matches to get great britain it three. —— victory. angela sta nford it three. —— victory. angela stanford has won the final gulf nature of the years. is her first major victory in her 76th attempt. she shot a final round of 68 but a took the title when the leader, amy olsen, double bogeyed the final

hole. you can see what it means to her. i have no idea whatjust happened to. —— happened. iam grateful. i am so happy for everybody at home. everybody that has always cheer to me. they never gave up has always cheer to me. they never gave up on me. has always cheer to me. they never gave up on me. very emotional moment for her. that is all of your sport for her. that is all of your sport for now. you can find all the stories on the bbc website. thank you very much. 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 in the past. steven godden has more. ruth davidson doesn't fit the traditional conservative mould. never one to avoid a camera, her upbeat, energetic persona helped restore what some thought was lost forever, success with scottish voters.

today, she took an unusual step for a politician, revealing her private struggles with her mental health. in a sunday times 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". 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. in ruth davidson's edinburgh constituency, these students we spoke to agree that everyone, regardless of who they are, should be involved in the conversation about mental health. it's definitely something that lots of young people are going through, and having

someone like her talk about it, it can only be a good thing. if everybody's open about it, it will help other people that are struggling come out. ruth davidson says she values her mental health too much to ever want to become prime minister, a role some have tipped herfor. on friday, she again offered her well rehearsed answer about moving 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. her other big job, she says, is becoming a mother later in the year. ultimately, voters will decide if she achieved her goal of becoming scotland's first minister. her political ambitions, we've now learned, shaped in part by her own personal struggles. steven godden, bbc news, edinburgh. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised by that report, you can find more information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline 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 re—open. 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 at the school, told bbc radio scotland it would be rebuilt as a working art school, and that was non—negotiable.

it's not up for a debate any more. what's up for debate now is how we fit into the whole tragedy that has happened to the entire garnethill community and the sauchiehall street refurbishing, and how we do that as a working art school. but since the art school was engulfed by the huge blaze onjune the 15th, this part of glasgow has remained closed to both local businesses and, until recently, residents. francis mckee, director of the centre for contemporary arts, says they've been left in limbo. it's very indefinite, and i think sometimes the decisions coming with that aren't unhelpful, so when they said, you know, cca is closed indefinitely, that's a disastrous thing to say to a business and to everyone that works with that business. so there could have been more thought about how these things are communicated, or made public, rather than declarations that they can just remain closed indefinitely. that just doesn't feel like we're being taken seriously. a spokesman for glasgow city council said the impact on 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've already started doing. nina macleod, reporting scotland, glasgow. benedict cumberbatch and james corden are just 2 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. and 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. do 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 someone dish out of her, yeah! the handmaid's tale, with its bleak vision of a totalitarian united states, is also a front—runner 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 ask 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 running again. but what's a 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, i watch, 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 will be sipping the champagne. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers author and columnist at the evening standard, tony evans and penny smith, journalist and broadcaster. stay with us for that. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. is looking quite windy over the next

few days and that is mainly because of this area of cloud, the remnants of this area of cloud, the remnants of what was couric hain hell in. it is no longer a hurricane, but within this is a lot of tropical energy, over the next few days some strengthening wind and outbreaks for some but it will raise temperatures. patchy rainfall time across scotland, at the end of cloud sinking southwards across the far south ringing patchy drizzle, hail and. it elsewhere, mainly dry, clear spells and a muggy night for the far south. bridge is not much lower than 15 or16, 9— south. bridge is not much lower than 15 or 16, 9- 11 south. bridge is not much lower than 15 or 16, 9— 11 further north. over the next few days this area of low pressure trax north, noticed a squeeze in the isobars, some strong wind and heavy rain for some but also for others, some warm tropical airand that also for others, some warm tropical air and that will extend northwards into parts of southern scotland and and northern ireland are the next few days. further outbreaks of rain across scotland, becoming heavy and

more persistent through the day, some of that rain affecting northern ireland, heavy and strengthening wind, mainly dry and sunny spells, often cloudy, a fairly warm day for many and temperatures between 19— 23 celsius. into monday night and into tuesday, an area of low pressure working its way northwards bringing some very strong working its way northwards bringing some very strong wind, gail long the irish sea and western coast and heavy rain overnight for parts of northern ireland, north wales and into scotland, some of that rain affecting northern ireland that england. a blustery start to tuesday, here is the idea of the wintry gust. they will slowly start to lose some of their strength, but generally it is a windy day for all of us. further heavy rain for parts of us. further heavy rain for parts of scotland, showers affecting northern ireland, down through wales, south—west england. again quite warm, 25 celsius for east anglia and south—east england. has to go into wednesday, and area of

low pressure to the north of the uk and the southern flank, we will see some strong wind, this time probably northern england into southern parts of scotland, 60, 70 mph. disrupted temperatures to the middle part of the week, further rain north and west, dry south and east but we should see some rain to the early hours of friday morning. some of this week, there is currently some gales at times, strong wind, the wettest weather further north and west, the driest and further south and east. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. theresa may has revealed her ‘frustration' with the continued speculation over her leadership —