this is the briefing — i'm victoria fritz. our top story. hundreds of people are missing in tanzania after a ferry capsizes on lake victoria. more than forty are confirmed dead. a british cabinet minister says there are no changes on the table at the moment after prime minister theresa may's brexit plan was rejected by eu leaders. the rap producer marion suge knight pleads guilty to manslaughter for running down two men in his pick up truck. coming up in the business briefing: sky under the hammer. the multi—billion dollar battle for the broadcast giant could soon be decided in britain's biggest ever auction. i will be speaking to experts across asia as well so plenty more coming up asia as well so plenty more coming up in the programme. coming up in the programme.

a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and as amazon launches a range of new voice—controlled home gadgets, one potato. starting potato. six minutes. we're asking, useful orjust plain creepy? you can be part of the conversation today. tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. hundreds of people are missing in tanzania — after a passenger ferry capsized. more than a0 are confirmed dead but it's feared many more could have lost their lives.

the vessel overturned close to the shore on lake victoria in the north of the country. there are reports that it had been overloaded. caroline rigby reports. rescuers at the scene of tanzania's latest boating disaster. reports suggest this passenger ferry may have been overloaded when it capsized with as many as 400 people on board. witnesses described seeing it sink in front of them. translation: look, look, there is the ferry, it has sunk — bodies are floating, it has just sunk right now! the vessel overturned on lake victoria, the largest in africa, straddling the borders of tanzania, uganda, and kenya, capsizing between the islands of ukewere and ukora. at least a0 people are known to have died, although that number is likely to rise. 0ne official has suggested as many as 200 people may have drowned. a major rescue and recovery mission is under way,

with around 100 people recovered alive so far. translation: when the captain was about to slow down and about to dock, the passengers were already running to the other side, ready to get off. so now the weight was too much on one side of the ferry, so it capsized and sank. it turned completely, it tumbled upside down. this is far from the first nautical disaster in tanzania, with overcrowding playing a role in many of those which have come before. at least 145 people died in 2012, when a packed ferry sank while transporting people to zanzibar in the indian ocean. and almost 200 were killed in the region in the previous year. in 1996, more than 800 people lost their lives in lake victoria in one of the worst ferry disasters of the last century. caroline rigby, bbc news. a british cabinet minister has said there are no changes

"on the table at the moment" after prime minister theresa may's brexit plan was rejected by eu leaders. chris grayling — the transport secretary and a leave campaigner — said it was impossible for the british government to agree to northern ireland having different customs rules to the rest of the uk. the next milestone in the process is fast approaching, with another summit in october. but with trade and the irish border still unsolved issues, a no—deal brexit remains possible, as russell trott reports. it was hoped there would be some harmony at this meeting in salzburg, the setting for the sound of music. instead, eu leaders gave theresa may's brexit plans short shrift. everybody shares the view that while there are positive elements in the chequers proposal, the suggested framework for co—operation will not

work. but the prime minister did not back down, standing by her brexit blueprint, seemingly angry at the turn of events. so yet, yes, concerns have been raised. i want to know what those concerns are. there isa know what those concerns are. there is a lot of hard work to be done but i believe the reason, that there is a willingness to do a deal but let nobody be in any doubt. as i have a lwa ys nobody be in any doubt. as i have always said, we are preparing for no deal. so to very different song sheets from eu leaders as the talks reach a crucial stage. both sides say they want to deal, yet there are still sticking points to real sticking point is. the least of which are how to avoid a hard irish border. with the eu was asking around northern ireland is simply impossible for any uk government to accept. if they stick with that position there will be no guilt because no uk government could possibly accept any kind of border in the irish sea. critics at home who do not like the prime minister's plan are emboldened. the former

brexit secretary, david davis, told the huffington post there is a rocksolid core of probably 30 or a0 conservative mps prepared to vote against it. theresa may may have wa nted against it. theresa may may have wanted helpful mood music to take home. instead she is left defending her brexit strategy in the face of significant discord. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: local media are reporting that up to seven people, including children, have been shot in the city of syracuse in the us state of new york. witnesses told reporters that a family had gathered to celebrate the life of a relative who'd recently died when the shooting started. the white house has approved what it calls offensive measures to stop cyber attacks. the united states accuses russia, china, iran and north korea of conducting "reckless cyber attacks" against the us and its allies. the immediate aim of the new policy is to prevent hackers from disrupting the us mid—term elections. the bbc‘s learned that britain

is considering plans to set up an international tribunal to bring myanmar‘s military leaders tojustice. the un has accused the generals of genocide against the country's rohingya muslims. the un report listed gang rape, assaults on children, mass murder, and the destruction of entire villages as some of the atrocities committed against the rohingyas. let's turn to our top business story — the takeover battle for broadcasting giant sky could soon be decided in the biggest auction the uk has ever seen. financial regulators have stepped in to end a protracted bidding war. they say unless a deal is agreed by 1600 gmt — an auction will begin — with the winner announced on monday morning. rupert murdoch's fox — which already owns a third of sky — is battling us cable giant comcast — with the bids already at around $3a billion. joel kibazo is a partner

atjk associates and a former director of communications at africa development bank. good morning to you and thank you for coming in. what do you make of this? the biggest ever auction in britain for a raw caster. why have they gone down this route? why do they gone down this route? why do they think this is the way forward? this battle started in 2016. it has been going up and the takeover power cannot be decided and they decided that today by apm gmt they will look at the bids and if there is still no clear at outright winner there will bea clear at outright winner there will be a big process, which we have never seen be a big process, which we have never seen before in this situation. that will happen tomorrow. what it shows you with the fight for content that the international broadcasters are that the international broadcasters a re really that the international broadcasters

are really thought of trying to battle for. everybody is looking for content as they try and fend off the digital services of netflix and is on. this is a clear example of that. this is it, isn't it. the rise of streaming and on demand viewing when it comes to content. who has a better case, would you say, of these two, battering it out?|j better case, would you say, of these two, battering it out? i don't know. comcast is leading with the biggest offer but then fox already owns one third of the company. at the heart of this is a 23 million european viewers that sky already has. it is getting those on board in the hope is that they will stay and then they are trying to do... trying to wade off the new sort of services as we mentioned, those digital services coming through. it is exciting bid and will it will be exciting to see what happens. i know we will keep

across it and you will come back for the papers soon. the rap producer marion suge knight has pleaded guilty to manslaughter — after being accused of running down two men in his pick up truck. 0riginally charged with murder — the deal with prosecutors will see him sentenced to twenty—eight years in jail. knight was the co—founder of hip hop label death row records — which launched the careers of artists like dr dre and snoop dogg. from los angeles here's peter bowes. suge knight, a music mogul with a long rap sheet. once a hugely influential figure in the world of rap music, he co—founded the hip—hop label death row records, which launched the careers of artista like dr dre, snoop dogg and tupac shakur. but he also had many brushes with the law and stints in jail. in 2015, suge knight was accused of deliberately running over two men near a burger stand on the set of ‘straight 0utta compton', a film about the birth and decline of gangster rap music. prosecutors pushed for murder

when one of the men died. his lawyers argued that he had acted in self defence. days before he is due to go on trial, suge knight struck a deal with prosecutors. as part of the deal, murder charges have been dismissed, along with separate criminal cases charging him with robbery and making criminal threats. what was the fight about? can you say anything about the allegations against you? he will be sentenced next month to 28 years in prison. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a new master has entered the art market, but it is not a painter as we know it. 30 hours after the earthquake that

devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. well, there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give them whatever we've got. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she's become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessmen regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of st elizabeth. you are watching the briefing.

0ur headlines: hundreds of people are missing in northern tanzania after a ferry capsized on lake victoria. more than a0 are confirmed dead. a british cabinet minister says there are no changes on the table at the moment, after prime minister theresa may's brexit plan was rejected by eu leaders. president trump's nominee to the supreme court, brett kavanaugh, says he wants to give evidence to congress on monday to clear his name. christine blasey ford has accused mr kavanaugh of sexual assault, and is also considering testifying later in the week, but only if the senate judiciary committee agrees to her terms. from washington, here is chris buckler. brett kava naugh has

brett kavanaugh has already given hours of testimony to this senate committee, but president trump's choice for the supreme court is preparing to return here to face more difficult questions. he says he wa nts to more difficult questions. he says he wants to give evidence on monday in order to clear his name, following an accusation of sexual assault. christine blasey ford says, when they were teenagers, he tried to rape her, something he strenuously denies. we believe women! the claims and the counter claims have led the division and protest inside the buildings of congress. republicans have accused democrats of using the issue politically to try to stop the conservative judge kava naugh issue politically to try to stop the conservative judge kavanaugh had from being appointed to america's most important court, but they insist professor blasey ford's koloff occasions go to the heart of whether he is qualified. she is concerned that he does not have the character, the integrity, the honesty, to be a supreme court

justice. i believe her. should your accuser be believed, judge kavanaugh? the accuser be believed, judge kava naugh? the accusation accuser be believed, judge kavanaugh? the accusation state back to the early 1980s, when they were both high school students, and republican senators know they have to treat the claims sensitively and seriously. that is particularly true following the criticism of the way anita hill was questioned 27 years ago when she accused clarence thomas of sexual harassment after he was nominated to become a supreme court justice. even the normally outspoken president trump has been careful in his language, although at a rally in las vegas he left no doubt as to whose side he was on. and i'm not saying anything about anybody else, but i want to tell you that brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. republicans are very aware that they

have no female senators on the currentjudiciary committee, and have been considering getting lawyers to question brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford instead. however, she has ruled that out. it is reported that in order to appear at congress, professor blasey ford is insisting that only senators ask questions, that no time limit is set for her opening statements, and that brett kava naugh is for her opening statements, and that brett kavanaugh is not in the room. it is five years to the day since masked gunmen attacked the westgate shopping centre in kenya's capital, nairobi. they killed 67 people. many more were wounded. here is the story of two women who were there when it happened, and survived to tell their story. a long time. it has been very long, how are you? i am ok, how are you?

so these trees are small.|j so these trees are small. i went through counselling to help with the trauma, and it made a significant difference in my life. because going through trauma and having ptsd, it isa through trauma and having ptsd, it is a lifelong journey, and it takes... it takes a long time to get over. so i can really only imagine what the police officers, what they saw, what they experienced. if it was not for them, we would not

come out. we wouldn't be here. yes, they risk their own lives to come in and to get us. because they came in and to get us. because they came in and they were so brave, and once we saw them brave, that gave us the courage to do what we had to do to get out of that place. we wouldn't be here. my daughters and i, we wouldn't be here. my sons wouldn't be here. it is... yes, we needed them. we needed them that day. two women who two women who were two women who were involved on the day, five years ago, when the westgate shopping centre was stormed by mast gunmen and they survived to tell their story —— masked. now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your friday sport briefing: we will look ahead to team europe against team world in tennis‘s

laver cup. catch up with the latest ahead of the joshua—povetkin fight. and tiger woods has a share of the lead after the first round of the tour championship in atlanta. tennis's laver cup between europe and the world starts in chicago later on friday. the ryder cup—style tournament features bjorn borg and john mcenroe as the team captains. europe claimed victory in last year's inaugural competition, which is named after australian great rod laver. the tournament pits two elite six—man squads against each other in three singles matches and one doubles match over three days. i think team europe is the slight favourite, just because of our sheer power we have in the singles, but i do believe in all three doubles matches that team world is the favourite, especially with jack sock and isner‘ and kyrgios, and anderson, but i think it is going to be tough, and in the first few days we can win the three singles, and see what happens in the doubles.

now, there is a rather exciting boxing contest coming up this weekend. britain's anthonyjoshua defends his heavyweight titles against the russian alexander povetkin in london on saturday night, and both fighters are former 0lympic champions. joshua can expect a tough contest, and his fans hope victory will lead to a mega—money unification fight with wbc title holder deontay wilder next year. the weigh—in is around 12:00pm gmt on friday. last time i was here, i was getting someone with the same mindset, in klitschko. i thought that was going to be two rangy boxes jabbing all night, but it didn't turn out that way, it turned out completely different. with povetkin, i know he has got the same mindset, tough fight, everything is on the line, he wants to become champion and unfortunately it has to be me that has to defend it and fight him back. so let's rock and roll, nothing to lose and everything to gain. in case you missed it, five—time winners sevilla

got their europa league season off to a flying start with a 5—1 home win over standard liege, which saw ever banega and this man, wissam ben yedder, both notch two each. elsewhere, rangers in theirfirst european group match for seven years snatched a 2—2 draw away to spanish side villarreal, while chelsea were 1—0 winners in greece over paok salonika thanks to willian‘s first—half goal, and arsenal accounted for ukrainian side vorskla poltava, as pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice. tiger woods holds a share of the lead heading into the second round of the tour championship in atlanta in the coming hours. the 1a—time major winner eagled the final hole to go level with rickie fowler on five—under as he plays this tournament for the first time in five years. whilejustin rose, who is tied for second just a stroke further back, chases the $10 million bonus for winning the fedex cup. he was second behind bryson dechambeau heading into it.

now anyone who has played golf will be aware of the clothing etiquette enforced in many clubs across the world. from the need to wear collars, to shorts covering the knees, it seems french golfer matthieu pavon received special dispensation during the opening round of the portugal masters. his ball ended perilously close to the water at the par—five 12th, and pavon was determined not to get his trousers wet. he bogeyed the hole but still ended with a three—under—par round of 68. i suppose that's what you call a brief spot of bother. ijust go i just go straight ijust go straight into the i just go straight into the water. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the team, that is your friday sport briefing. art auctions are nothing new, but next month, christie's in new york are putting a very unusual work up for sale. it is a painting which is expected to go for something like $10,000. now, that doesn't sound like a lot.

but it is quite impressive when you find out who, or what, the artist is, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. when you think of portraits, this is probably the sort of thing you have in mind. the great and the good, kings, queens, presidents, immortalised on canvas through paint, brushstrokes, and a splash of genius. these portraits, at first glance, look kind of similar. but, close—up, you may notice the odd difference. the artist's signature is a bit of a giveaway, too. the three gentlemen are part of what is known as the obvious collective. they have used a computer algorithm,

utilising artificial intelligence to create new work. in effect, the computer has become the artist. translation: with this series of portraits, we've really decided to integrate the world of art, and to ask the question, can a machine be creative, and then show people what is possible with the technology of artificial intelligence. using a database of 15,000 existing paintings, the algorithm create its own unique portraits. but some more traditional artists remain unconvinced. translation: if there was no angerfrom picasso, the guernica would never have existed. it's simple. there's always a feeling behind a painting, always — whether it's anger, yearning, desire. and artificial intelligence is...

well, you have the word artificial in it — voila! the obvious collective say they now want to explore the possibility of creating sculpture as well as paintings. they hope their creations may one day hang in galleries alongside the finest works of the renaissance. putting the art into artificial intelligence. first our art first ourartand first our art and next our microwaves, as amazon is trying to put voice control in all sorts of household goods from clocks to microwaves. is that useful orjust plain creepy? let us know your thoughts on this rave new world of digital assistants. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. stay with us here on bbc news. so much more to come. hello there. friday looks like being

a much cooler day, with some sunshine and blustery showers. but before then, storm bronagh has been really having an impact across england and wales. squally winds, gusts of 60 mph, on the culture and clearing away from the south—east. the centre of the storm is moving out into the north sea, taking away the worst of the rain. but some really windy weather still early in the morning across the coastal areas in the north—east of england. things calmed down a bit, it will still be blustery and we will still have north—westerly winds on friday, and that means some showers pushing down in that end, maybe a few getting into southern england. most of them will be further north where there could be on the heavy side. temperatures will be lower across the board, 13 to 17 degrees during the board, 13 to 17 degrees during the afternoon. into the evening, those showers continue for a while but for most of them, i think they will fade away. we will keep a few

for northern scotland and it gets cold quite quickly as the wind sta rts cold quite quickly as the wind starts to drop. so much cooler night then we've had for a while, especially across england and wales, those temperatures generally into the mid single figures. now, on saturday we have still got some showery rain in the far north of scotland. then we've got a slice of sunshine but thickening cloud is coming in from the south—west, to bring the rain into the south—west of england, into wales, perhaps into the south—east of england into the afternoon. those other temperatures, so afternoon. those other temperatures, so nothing to write home about at all. much chillierfeel, 1a to 15 degrees to typically. some uncertainty during the second half of the weekend. some of the models deepen this low pressure northwards, but we are more likely to see an area of low pressure running its way eastwards a cross area of low pressure running its way eastwards across england and wales, and so most of the impacts will be for england and wales. not only will it be very windy, we are also going to find some outbreaks of rain. somewhat quieter is the way it looks at the moment for scotland and northern ireland. the weather does come down as we move into the new week. the jet stream which has

come down as we move into the new week. thejet stream which has been picking up areas of low pressure is tracking its way further north, allowing higher pressure to build an across the uk. so so much needed calm conditions. still quite windy across northern and eastern areas in particular on monday. there may be one 01’ particular on monday. there may be one or two particular on monday. there may be one 01’ two showers particular on monday. there may be one or two showers but on the whole and they should be dry. there will be some sunshine. not that warm out there. those are the typical temperatures in the afternoon on the nights are set to get cooler. —— and the nights. this is the business briefing. i'm victoria fritz. sky under the hammer — the multi—billion dollar battle for the broadcast giant could soon be decided in britain's biggest ever auction. plus... 0ne potato. one potato. six minutes and seven

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