the irish prime minister warns that time is running out for a deal on the future of the border with northern ireland, after brexit. theresa may has been meeting other eu leaders at a summit in austria, but her talks with the irish taoiseach reached no agreement. ireland is a country that obviously wants to avoid a no deal scenario. we want to avoid a no—deal brexit and we are preparing for that. we'll have the latest from those brexit talks in austria, and we'll be speaking to british expats in spain about their thoughts on the uk's departure from the eu. also on the programme... a damning verdict on a summer of rail chaos. a report finds "nobody took charge" as new timetables disrupted hundreds of services. there are calls for a total ban on gambling ads during live sporting events. labour says gambling addiction is "a public health emergency". # now i'm stuck in a rut, kicking stones...# and the singer lily allen is one of the performers in the running for tonight's mercury prize.

and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: danny cipriani is left out in the cold again, overlooked for the latest england rugby union training squad. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says efforts need to be doubled in the next couple of weeks to reach a deal over the future of the border with northern ireland after brexit. following a meeting this morning with theresa may, he warned that dublin was gearing up for no resolution, as there were still fundamental differences over the way forward. both leaders are in salzburg, where mrs may has been trying to sell her plans for brexit to the rest of the eu.

she says her proposals are "serious and workable", and she urged our europe correspondent damian grammaticas has the details. for theresa may this has been a busy summit. the pressure is rising, the sta kes a re summit. the pressure is rising, the stakes are getting higher. a task this money was to try to win over ireland's prime minister. so a little earlier she'd met face—to—face with leo varadkar. behind their smiles lay the differences that have left the brexit negotiations gridlocked. we wa nt to brexit negotiations gridlocked. we want to avoid any new barriers to the movement of goods or trade or people. just think of all the people every day who cross the border into work or study. they give other businesses who trade across the border. arriving for their summit this morning, the more candid among the leaders put it simply. has there been any progress on brexit? no, there is no progress. there is only position explained. stand—off still

is in place. last night, the sounds might have been soothing. but behind them lies discord. after dinner in them lies discord. after dinner in the famous venue where sulzberger backstage at its musical festival, mrs may made her pitch, telling the other leader she could not accept any brexit deal which might one day split the uk into two different customs territories. applause the prime minister is trying to get eu leaders to accept her idea. customs arrangements covering the whole of uk. they are not convinced. mrs may says she brings both sides need to compromise if a deal is to be reached. eu leaders have agreed with her but there is no sign they will do that here at this summit. they are not changing their approach, not for now. instead, the eu is standing by ireland, insisting a backstop guaranteed to avoid any

new land border is a must. saying the uk has not proposed a legally workable alternative. regarding the irish border, it was in march and it was endorsed by the 27 members. we need to find collectively, and we need to find collectively, and we need a uk proposal precisely preserving this backstop in the framework of a withdrawal agreement. design of that agreement with the uk, the eu leaders have now set a new target date. a special summit in november. so here in the shadow of salisbury‘s famous castle, it seems theresa may has not been able to breach the eu's unity —— salzburg. there are heading for a final, tends endgame. in a moment we'll hear from our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster, but first to damian in salzburg. the future of the border with northern ireland again a crucial sticking point for all the leaders.

yes, and it is the issue at the heart of the negotiations. the one really difficult thing. remember, this is a backstop, it's a guarantee. it's not what will happen, it's what they need in the withdrawal agreement, the exit treaty, just to guarantee that whatever happens in the future, if they can't reach a trade deal that sorts this out, then there will not bea sorts this out, then there will not be a border in place there. mrs may is sticking to her position that the eu approach is unacceptable, it will draw a customs line between two parts of the uk, a customs border. the eu say she signed up to this backin the eu say she signed up to this back in december. remember that sufficient progress when we have this sort of crisis last december and negotiations enter the second phase? that said the uk accepted northern ireland could, as a backstop, come under the eu single

market and customs rules. the question is, how do you achieve that? the issue mrs may faces as they are asking her to redraft their idea, to put a workable proposal on the table if she doesn't like theirs and the pressure is really rising. thank you. let's turn to norman. theresa may went to salzburg to sell her proposal, the chequers plan to eu leaders. how well our hair is going down back home? whatever the difficulties mrs may is having in salzburg they are nothing compared to the problems mounting at westminster because at the end of the day, she will get a deal because that's what the eu does. it does deals even if at the last moment. here, however, all the signs are support for mrs may's chequers plan is crumbling faster than a badly baked battenberg cake because we are now beginning to see

middle—of—the—road may loyalist turning against her and the chequers plan. this morning, mike penning, supporter of mrs may, for minister under her, saying that the chequers plan is, quote, dead as a dodo. describing theresa may as deluded if she thinks she'll get it through westminster. this is after we know the ardent brexiteers are already lined up to vote against it. at the same time, a growing group of former remainders are unhappy with it. the dup don't like talk of any sort of compromise. all the opposition parties are lined up against it and you are just left with the thought that mrs may will have to demonstrate houdini like skills of political escapology to get out of this one. 0k. norman, thank you. norman smith at westminster. and we'll have more on the countdown to brexit a little later in the programme. and if you're confused by all the jargon, or any

of the brexit terms, go to ourjargon buster on the bbc news website. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and thousands of services being cancelled. the office of rail and road says network rail, the two train companies involved, and the department for transport all made mistakes and the failings were systemic. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. for people commuting in and out of manchester, like marcus, it's been so bad recently he's sometimes been forced off the train. it's just been absolutely terrible. ram—packed on the train. obviously the cost of it just keeps going up. i get this train every morning. sometimes i've not actually been able to actually get on the train because it's been that packed. new timetables in may brought chaos here. 300 scheduled trains didn't run each day. on govia thameslink, nearly 500 services in and out of

london disappeared into thin air. today, a report by the rail regulator. it finds network rail mainly to blame for causing the chaos on northern. infrastructure upgrades overran, and northern wasn't left with enough time to draw up and implement complicated new timetables. problems on govia thameslink were partly caused by a late decision by the department for transport on how to phase the changes in. then the train company failed to train enough drivers on new routes. the chief executive of the gdr stepped of the gtr stepped down. you must have considered your position at some point. well, look, this issue is about sorting out the problems for passengers. myjob is to make sure they have a railway that is fit for purpose going forward. passengers have been let down this summer. they've been let down by a system. the report says very clearly that there are problems all the way across the rail industry. works are what ourjob in government is. myjob now is to make sure

we have a better way going forward. today the government, which was forced to take control of the east coast main line, is launching a review of the railways. industry sources admit the system isn't fit for purpose. the review will look at fundamental questions, like whether the contracts between the government and the companies that run these trains need to be more flexible, how to integrate the public track and the private trains, and whether the railways across the country need to be managed more at a regional level. that's been the case on scotrail — some say the track and trains there are more closely co—ordinated. the body representing the rail operators says substantial change is needed. we know we need to improve. we know we need to change, and where hoping that the review and we're hoping that the review will help us unlike those systemic issues and deliver a service that passengers want to take, that they'll look forward to getting on the train in the morning. however, the government's review will not consider labour's policy — that the whole system

should be nationalised again. tom burridge, bbc news. and we can speak to tom now. what does this sorry affair tell us about the state of the rail service at the moment is? this is one of the worst exa m ples at the moment is? this is one of the worst examples of how the lack of leadership and therefore accountability in the railways can ma nifest accountability in the railways can manifest itself in pure misery for passengers. yes, what they were trying to do was fiendishly compensated, hundreds of new services coming in for the timetable across the country, but this was long in the planning. they knew about this well in advance. there we re about this well in advance. there were warning signs and no one from network rail, the publicly owned company that owns and manages the tracks, no one from the private train companies and no one from the department for transport properly stood up and articulate the fact that things were going badly wrong and things needed to be done to mitigate the disruption for passengers. industry sources are saying to me today that, really, the

system isn't fit for purpose. the review needs to be bold and look at absolutely everything, it needs to consider the relationship between public track and private trains, needs to look at devolution, whether they shall be more regional management of the railways across the country because everyone is aware that public confidence in the railway system has gone down while the prices of people's tickets are going up and that needs to be addressed. thank you. an inquest has been told that the westminster bridge attacker khalid masood attended the same mosque as extremists convicted of plotting a series of bomb attacks, after he converted to islam in jail. masood was shot dead after driving into pedestrians on westminster bridge, and fatally stabbing a police officer. jenny kumah is at the old bailey. what more did the inquest here today? this morning, the inquest heard that khalid masood could have been radicalised as early as 2004 and lawyers representing the

victims‘ families raised questions as to whether the authorities missed opportunities to identify him as a terrorist threat. his brothers in a statement said that khalid masood converted to islam after his second speuin converted to islam after his second spell injail and converted to islam after his second spell in jail and that he talks about it constantly and tried to pushit about it constantly and tried to push it on others. it emerged he moved to crawley in 2003 when he attended the same mosque as one of the fertiliser bomb plotters and he came under the radar of the security services but he wasn‘t picked up as pa rt services but he wasn‘t picked up as part of the investigation. after the attack, material was recovered from his electronic devices and the material referred to killing enemies of islam, such as filthy misguided jews and non—believers. on his la ptop jews and non—believers. on his laptop where images of the world trade center attack, images of pictures of explosives and knives

and an osama bin ladin biography. later today we will have evidence from khalid masood‘s mother. the inquest continues. thank you for that. the chief executive of the prison and probation service, michael spurr, has been told to leave his post after almost nine years in charge. it comes as a number ofjails in england and wales face record levels of violence, drug—taking and self—harm. mr spurr has agreed to step down — and will leave next march. a total ban on advertisements for gambling during live sporting events is being proposed by the labour party as a way to combat addiction. the party‘s deputy leader tom watson says problem gambling has now become a "a public health emergency". our sports correspondent richard conway has more. voice over: think fast, act fast, in play. you can watch it and you can get involved in it. it matters more when there‘s money on it — that‘s the message gambling companies often sell to viewers of live sport, but labour are concerned problem gambling has become

a public health emergency and are pledging limits on when ads can be shown during sporting events. with nearly half a million gambling addicts and the gambling commission telling us that sitting behind them there are 2 million problem gamblers who are at risk of becoming gambling addicts, i think as a country we‘ve got to say enough is enough and we need better regulation and new laws to trim the worst excesses of the gambling industry. the party also wants to introduce a mandatory levy to fund treatments for addicts, and stop betting by credit cards. adam bradford‘s father went to prison after stealing over £50,000 to fund his gambling habit and believes the proposals are much needed. if measures like this were in place a few years ago when my dad was at the height of his gambling addiction, we wouldn‘t be in the position we‘re in now. he used credit cards, he was sucked in by the adverts, the free bets, every sports game the betting was there. if this regulation was in place then i don‘t think he would

have gone to prison. the conservatives have criticised labourfor liberalising the gambling market when it was in power, which included allowing tv commercials. why don‘t you put a few quid on? i am going to. and the advertising industry believes change is unnecessary. we‘ve already got very strict rules in place. in fact we have the strictest rules of any advertising sector. advertising for gambling is overseen by the gambling commission and the advertising standards authority. it‘s subject to constant review. sport, particularly football, has become increasingly reliant on revenue from gambling companies in recent years. this season, almost 60% of clubs in england‘s top two divisions have the names of bookmakers on their shirts. and the links in other sports are growing. this week formula one announced it would now allow in—play betting and is seeking over £75 million of investment from gambling firms. and we see everything. for now the ads will continue to roll. we gamble responsibly.

but the issue of betting advertising around sport is now firmly part of a wider political debate. richard conway, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. as theresa may meets eu leaders at a summit in austria, the irish prime minister warns time is running out for a deal on the future of the border with northern ireland, after brexit. and coming up... 100 years ago a third of the world‘s population was hit by a deadly virus. we look back at the terrible global impact of the global impact of the spanish flu pandemic. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... tears for cristiano ronaldo, sent off for the first time in the champions league — but it didn‘t stop his new club juventus from winning. the president of south korea

says his north korean counterpart, kim jong—un, wants to hold another summit with donald trump. moon jae—in was speaking after an historic three—day trip to pyongyang for talks with mr kim, where both leaders, in a symbolic gesture, scaled a mountain sacred to both their countries. mr moon claimed kim jong—un wanted the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula as quickly as possible, and wanted to meet mr trump to speed up the process. laura bicker is in the south korean capital seoulfor us. and historic trek up a mountain for both leaders and possibly another historic meeting with mr trump. yes, what better way to end a summit than do, well, scaly summit? this symbolism could not be clearer. what we are looking at is the two leaders ofa we are looking at is the two leaders of a divided korea on the summit of a mountain that is sacred to both.

this is supposed to be the mythical home of this nation and there they are together, examining exactly what they can do to try to bring these two koreas closer together. it‘s a moment that moonjae—in, the president of south korea has longed for reading publicly and he took his time, examining the water, even taking a sample home. when he came back to seoul he came straight here to the press centre, where he said that kim jong—un has to the press centre, where he said that kimjong—un has reaffirmed time and time again that he is willing to do new clearer is and meet with mr trump again. when it comes to this photo opportunity it‘s clear that evenif photo opportunity it‘s clear that even if the us doesn‘t get involved, the koreas are willing to work together to forge their relationship. laura bicker, thank you, live in seoul. it‘s estimated some of england‘s largest councils will have to find almost £1 billion in new savings next year. the county councils network, which represents many of those local authorities, is warning that the savings will mean

more "unpalatable" cuts. our correspondent alison holt is here. these are more cuts on top of cuts that already had to be made by local councils? yes, this is probably the clearest warning yet of how much pain local authorities fear lie ahead. we‘ve had places like northamptonshire county council this year failing northamptonshire county council this yearfailing to northamptonshire county council this year failing to balance northamptonshire county council this yearfailing to balance its books, we‘ve had other authorities who have had to make cuts to services during this financial year, but the county council network, which represents 36 of the largest authorities, is warning that already those councils have identified more than £1 billion worth of cuts which will have to be made by 2020 to plug a billion funding gap. they argue that they are caught between a rock and a half place, they have growing demand for statutory for services such as child protection and care of older and vulnerable people, at the same time as their grant from central government is being cut. the council

leaders say they are faced with truly unpalatable cuts. the government in response says councils are responsible for their own budgets and that they will get more money in the next two years. that‘s already been agreed. alison holt, thank you. 100 years ago this month, the world experienced an outbreak of flu like no other. the spanish flu epidemic left between 50 million and 100 million people dead, and was one of the worst pandemics ever seen. it was spread as troops moved from country to country at the end of world war one. our global health correspondent smitha mundasad, looks back at the legacy of the outbreak. in the final year of world war i, a flu virus like never before swept around the globe. it spread to almost every country. and, injust 18 months, it had infected a third of the world‘s population. doctors, nurses and hospitals were overwhelmed. this is the diary of basil hood, dr basil hood, who was medical superintendent at the st marylebone infirmary.

it‘s one of the few written accounts to reveal what it was like to live through the pandemic. each day, the difficulties became more pronounced as the patients increased and the nurses decreased, going down like ninepins themselves. people were warned to stay away from public gatherings and anyone who was unwell, but many suffered, starving of oxygen and going blue as they tried to take their last breath. you‘ve got this virus that killed somewhere between 50 and 100 million people in a little over a year, and yet no—one really knows that much about it. for me, having read the personal accounts, it really drives home how traumatic an experience this was for normal people. the modern world is a very different place. people are no longer weakened by years of world war. now transportation is much better, linking every major city, and while that means people can travel around much faster, the worry is that any diseases they carry could spread much faster too.

it's estimated that if a new pandemic virus were to emerge, it could spread around the world to every global capital within 60 days of emergence. that doesn't leave a lot of time. experts also say these global threats need more attention, so new vaccines can be made and better public health systems developed to stop worldwide spread. 100 years on, spanish flu is being remembered. this modern dance company is commemorating the virus that even affected political figures like david lloyd george, woodrow wilson and mahatma gandhi. shoba na jeyasingh‘s choreography illustrates warfare taking place inside and outside the body. while people were fighting each other, and one side they thought they‘d won, actually the virus at the same time was actually fighting a much bigger battle where everybody lost. spanish flu was one of the greatest infectious disease disasters in history.

the hope is the world is now better prepared to respond if it happens again. smitha mundasad, bbc news. this evening, the winner of this year‘s mercury prize will be announced, with a £25,000 cheque going to the best album of the last 12 months by a british or irish act. previous winners have included the arctic monkeys and elbow, but in an age where we can all stream individual tracks, do albums still matter? ?our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more. # now i‘m stuck in a rut, kicking stones...# lily allen, 12 years and four albums into a career, thrilled to have finally made a mercury prize shortlist with no shame, and she‘s out to win. it would mean everything to me. i mean, i‘d absolutely love for that to happen. it‘s not going to, but...! it‘s a heartfelt record, which... previous albums have been honest, but maybe a bit, like, finger—waggy, telling other people what i think about them, whereas this is me thinking about what i am.

# four stars out of five...# she‘s up against albums by some very established acts, including previous winners arctic monkeys... # we all have a hunger...# florence + the machine, on the list for the first time since 2009... # get out of the doldrums, baby, now... and noel gallagher, last up for a mercury 22 years ago, as part of oasis. but others on the list are far from household names. # how you gonna sleep tonight?# nadine shah is 32, from whitburn in south tyneside, and her third album, holiday destination, only made it to 71 in the charts. she believes a winter night could change her life. i need the 25 grand a lot more than these guys! let's be crude about it, right? noel gallagher'lljust buy a pair of trousers with it! and while the mercury is all about celebrating the album, it‘s been a tough year for the format.

year—on—year, artists‘ sales have fallen by 26%, and that includes streaming. richard russell knows all about selling albums. he runs xl recordings — meaning he‘s adele‘s boss. he‘s up for the mercury for his own everything is recorded project, and believes the format will survive. i don't expect there to be, you know, dozens of great albums every year — you just look for there to be a few. and that's obviously what this award is to highlight, which is what makes it important. whoever triumphs tonight, they should learn from the calamity which befell the first winners, primal scream — at the after—show party, they celebrated a little too hard, promptly losing their cheque for £20,000. colin paterson, bbc news. more now on our top story and the countdown to brexit. well, over the years hundreds of thousands of britons have chosen to set up home in other eu

countries, with more than 300,000 in spain. our correspondent sarah corker has been to the south of the country, to find out how some expats are coming to terms with all the changes that lie ahead. music: la bamba. parts of the costa del sol look and sound more british than they do spanish. more than 300,000 expats live in resorts like torremolinos and benidorm. steve and jill run the mariners bar — a little slice of grimsby on the costas. and then we brought pictures because my grandad was a trawlerman, steve‘s dad was trawlerman. and mention the b—word here, this is the response. you see, the spanish aren't going to stop brits coming to spain, they're not going to get shut of us — we pay too much money into the system. they moved here four years ago. now brexit, they say, has forced them to choose

between spain or the uk. we thought we'd best move, lock, stock and barrel, to spain before brexit hits, so because we had business in england and a business here, we thought we'd get shut of the one in england first. so brexit almost made you make the decision to move to spain. brexit definitely made us commit to spain. but since the referendum in 2016, it‘s become more expensive for brits to buy here — the value of the pound has fallen against the euro. since the ‘60s, the british have been buying here in quite considerable numbers. estate agent ian irvin says, in use recent years, though, the british market has slowed right down and some older expats, now in their 70s and 80s, are now selling up. british, as one nationality, are still the biggest market. they probably represent at this point in time roughly about 40% of the market here. so 40% of people buying here are british? that‘s correct, yeah. whereas before, say

in the early 2000s, it was probably closer to 80%. there‘s been quite a large drop in the market. for brits living and working here on the costa del sol, brexit has thrown up two major concerns — access to health care, and pensions. at the moment, brits get free medical treatment here in spain, but will that continue post—brexit? and the weak pound has, for some pensioners, wiped off almost a third of the value of their pensions. further along the coast, in the small town of torrox near malaga, i met two sisters originally from lincoln. they opened a restaurant and hotel here 16 years ago. the brexit vote came as a big shock. the day after the news of brexit came out, i did look at having dual nationality so we could get a european passport and obviously have our british passport. but spain doesn‘t allow that — you have to renounce your british citizenship if you want to have a spanish passport —

so that‘s obviously a no—go for us. and neither of you wanted to do that. no, we don't want to do that, no. music: these boots are made for walkin‘. on the costa del sol, there is a sense of brexit fatigue, frustration it‘s all taking so long, but a feeling, too, that it will eventually get sorted out. the brits — and the expat bars — are here to stay. sarah corker, bbc news, torremolinos. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. we are starting to clear up from the impacts of storm alli—macro aren‘t there another storm arriving as we speak, this time it‘s grown. there‘s going to be torrential rain put through the night