this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten. european council president, donald tusk, brands theresa may "uncompromising" after she demands respect in brexit negotiations. on the eve of his party conference — the shadow chancellor says labour would completely renationalise the railways. supermarket chain co—op is to scrap plastic carrier bags — replacing them with a compostable version also coming up this hour: a shake up for army training. press—ups and eight—mile marches are out — and exercises replicating the battlefield are in — new physical tests for the british army. she's entered this exam, she's done well and she claims her rightful prize, and she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. who was miss harrison? the rhs wants to track down a woman from the turn of the 20th century — who was refused a gardening scholarship because of her gender. and at 10.30 — the travel show looks

back at some of the travel highlights over the last few months — including a once neglected and crime ridden skyscrapper injohannesburg that's now a symbol of success in south africa. hello and very good morning to you. welcome to bbc news. donald tusk, who chaired this week's eu summit in salzburg, has described theresa may as "surprisingly uncompromising", after she demanded respect in the brexit negotiations. mr tusk says the prime minister has known for weeks about the eu's objections to the chequers proposals and that her tough position is causing the current stalemate. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. eu leaders had turned on theresa may at a summit this week, giving her brexit proposals the cold shoulder,

bluntly saying they wouldn't work. and so, on her return to london, the prime minister sought to get back on the front foot, striking a defiant tone in a televised statement, saying talks were now at an impasse. at this late stage in the negotiations, it is not acceptable to simply reject the other side's proposals without a detailed explanation and counterproposals. so we now need to hear from the eu what the real issues are, and what their alternative is, so that we can discuss them. until we do, we cannot make progress. it's the plans agreed by the cabinet at the prime minister's country residence of chequers injuly that theresa may is determined to stick with, but she's yet to convince her own party of their merits, let alone brussels. chequers is neither acceptable to the european union, nor actually to parliament, therefore we need to get on as fast as possible with negotiating a full free trade agreement

with the closest possible relationship, because time to achieve a deal is running out. the president of the eu council, donald tusk, responded to theresa may, saying her stance this week had been surprisingly tough and in fact uncompromising, but he remained convinced a compromise was still possible. the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. it's just weeks before the next summit when a deal is supposed to be reached, and she has what is sure to be a tense gathering of her party to get through too. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent matt cole is here. jeremy hunt are saying on the radio this morning that eu leaders need to pull back from the abyss. and stop insulting the prime minister. donald tusk, the president of the eu council, after that salzburg summit

where theresa may was pretty much told, no thanks, we don't want your proposals, come up with something else, he tweeted a picture of some ca kes else, he tweeted a picture of some cakes with no cherries on, a picture of theresa may looking at some cake, no cherries here, the idea being they are accusing the british plan of cherry picking the best bits of the single market and trying to junk the single market and trying to junk the rest, something they said from the rest, something they said from the start is not acceptable. that wheat has gone down very badly, and i think that is fed into this idea that the eu is being perceived as being discourteous. some in europe might perhaps think that wheat was illjudged and might perhaps think that wheat was ill judged and miss might perhaps think that wheat was illjudged and miss timed, but the problem remains that we have two sides, theresa may, who doesn't want to see any deal done that could affect in her words the integrity of the united kingdom, that carves northern ireland office. 0n the other side, the european union don't wa nt other side, the european union don't want a deal that sees their single market unravel, and at the moment they would say theresa may's plan will do that and we will say no. where the compromise can come,

donald tusk says one can still happen, but where and how, that's not very clear. there is a sort of inevitability about this, one might suggest, because domestic politics, theresa may has her party conference coming up, and this will play well among pro believe conservatives —— pro leave conservatives. the one thing you learn when you are negotiating with the eu, it goes down to seconds before midnight, and then something gets done. that said, no one has ever left the eu before, and we are breaking so much new ground here that perhaps the old rules that we just look to think, it will be fine, will be broken finally, and that will be the exception that proves the rule. i think at the moment theresa may has

a difficult few days coming up, because she has been welcomed by pro leave mps in her own party, but many of those are saying well done for standing up to the eu, now drop your chequers plan because we don't like it either. and she has said there is no other alternative. there is no other credible deal on the table, so she says now it is for the eu to explain why come up with something else. from the start, the eu have so, we else. from the start, the eu have so, we are else. from the start, the eu have so, we are not the ones leaving, why should we come up with the plan? so there could be tension. but remember we have a number of different bits of agreement to be done. the divorce neil needs to be done, then a future trading relationship. if you could get a deal done and how northern ireland will work or at least a backstop as to what we would fall backstop as to what we would fall back on if it can't be done, you could get through the divorce, then the future trading relationship, which is still difficult, could be dealt with later in a transition period. thank you very much. the prime minister's former speechwriter, chris wilkins, joins us now. thank you for being with us.

chris, so what was the prime minister trying to achieve? it was a statement that she had to make, she had to say something on thursday, and she achieved what she wa nted thursday, and she achieved what she wanted to. firstly she clearly had a message for the party, for the conservative party and particularly for those who are concerned about the future of brexit and whether it will happen. she was very uncompromising, it was a strong message for them, and they responded well. but more than that i think it was also talking to the country at large, and really reflected what a lot of people now think, because i think however people voted two years ago in the referendum, a lot of people are now just ago in the referendum, a lot of people are nowjust think, let's get a deal done and get it over the line, because we want to move on and we are a bit bored, she was talking to them and i think probably reflecting a lot of what they think, and it will have gone down very well

with a lot of people across the country as a result. it was a piece of political theatre, you get the camera to downing street, you look into camera and you deliver your punch line. it's not something she is normally that comfortable in doing. do you think it would be something she did with a degree of reluctance? i think she had to do something, but when i saw this, i thought this was quite a personal statement from a prime minister who feels over the past few months that she has compromised already. she has moved from her initial starting negotiating position and made compromises, we have conducted the negotiations and agreed a large element of the withdrawal process. they're just a couple of points remaining. quite important points! they are important points, but she has moved on compromise, and then

she has put this quite detailed plan on the table for what our future relationship would like, nobody else is but a plan on the table, only her, and what you saw in the statement yesterday was her first rate than that rather engaging with the substance of that, thursday was all about political gameplaying, playing to domestic audiences, and she doesn't respond well to that. but she has done a bit about herself. ahead of the summit she was saying, as much to her own party as europe, is no alternative, do back—ups quote that mac to perhaps quote margaret thatcher, her tina moment. but in any negotiation, you are going to have to move, and they will have to move, too. there were tactical missteps this week. the article went into the german newspaper, that was probably

slightly illjudged. newspaper, that was probably slightly ill judged. i newspaper, that was probably slightly illjudged. i have worked in westminster a lot, and this is one of those things that you slightly do by default, we have a summit coming up, put an article in the european newspaper without stepping back and saying, strategically why are we doing this on what we want to achieve? but the fundamental point is that over the past few months or the past year, the prime minister and the government have compromised, they have negotiated in good faith, they have negotiated in good faith, they have moved from the initial position, i don't think anyone could look at that and say the government has been completely uncompromising. so probably now as we get to the sharp end of these negotiations, it is right to look across the table and say, we have compromised, how can we do this deal and what have you got? do you think it'll silenced her party critics? i don't think it will silence them, but i think it was the right statement to make yesterday, and it certainly dealt with the initial uproar after thursday. but of course the prime

minister has a really big speech to make in ten days at the conservative party conference, and that is going to bea party conference, and that is going to be a lot more complicated. it is quite easy in a sense to march out in downing street in front of the flags and deliver an uncompromising statement like that, but next week's speech will be a lot more competitive, and of course the days between now and then will be conjugated to get through, too. chris wilkins, thank you for being with us on bbc news this morning. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would be ready to start nationalising key industries from the day it takes office. speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit would be established in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail could be completed within five years. meanwhile the shadow equalities minister, dawn butler, will use labour's national women's conference today to outline plans

for supporting victims of domestic abuse. she will say the government is not taking equality seriously — and labour would create a stand—alone department for women and equalities. the supermarket chain co—op is scrapping plastic carrier bags from 1,400 of its uk shops today, and replacing them with a compostable version. it's the latest retailer to cut down after the government laid out plans to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in britain within 25 years, as emma simpson reports. plastic waste — we're drowning in it. around a million tonnes of plastic is generated by uk supermarkets every year, and they've been coming up with a host of measures to try to stem the tide. take iceland, where plastic packaging is on the way out. from fruit and veg to plastic dishes for ready meals. all its own branded products will have paper or biodegradable packaging within five years. at morrisons, you can take your own container

when you buy meat and fish, and there are now paper bags, not plastic, for loose fruit and veg. black plastic is difficult to recycle, but asda has replaced it for all its fruit and veg. now the co—op has an environmentally friendly alternative for carrying shopping home. these bags will be rolled out in 1,400 stores. all of the major retailers have signed up to a really ambitious commitment under the uk plastics pact, and that's to make 100% of plastics packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. and so, all of them are working incredibly hard and fast to meet those objectives. it's notjust retailers — all businesses are now under pressure to act since the world has woken up to the scourge of plastic pollution. emma simpson, bbc news. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers

of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing over 130 people. it is thought the overloaded vessel tipped over when crowds on board moved to one side as it docked. lebo diseko reports. it is the worst kind of wait. hundreds of families desperate for news of their loved ones who'd been on board the mv nyerere. and as much as they hope for the best, some are already preparing for the worst. a community watches as the rescue effort continues, but hope is fading fast. translation: we can't reach my brother. yesterday morning, he spoke to our mum. we've not heard from him since. translation: i was told that i lost my aunt, my father and my younger sibling. it's a huge loss to us. this is what is left of the mv nyerere, its overturned hull floating on the water. lake victoria is africa's largest, and the ferry was travelling between the islands of ukerewe

and ukara, capsizing around 50 metres from ukara's shore. it operated a busy schedule, taking people to and from the market. and while it's not clear exactly how many people were on board, witnesses say it could have been up to 400 — that's four times its capacity. it's thought many of the passengers couldn't swim. the president has declared four days of national mourning, and a number of arrests have been made, including the captain, who apparently wasn't on board at the time. lebo diseko, bbc news. for the first time in 20 years the british army is introducing new physical tests for soldiers. press—ups, sit—ups and eight—mile marches are out, and exercises replicating the battlefield are in. the changes also coincide with a lifting of the ban on women serving in close combat roles. so are the new tests any easier? 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale went to find out. the old test was carrying

a big weight like this, 25kg over eight miles in under two hours. the new test, we're told, to simulate conditions in battle, and they are meant to be harder, not easier. so, i'm about to have a go. 0h! the telegraph's beating me! the idea of this is to simulate extracting a casualty after a firefight. piece of cake. what i've got here is a repeated lift—and—carry. it's similar to a replenish task, moving a 20kg obstacle from one site to another site over a distance of 30 metres. what you're going to do, pick the 20 kilos up, run round the cone and back, placing it onto the platform safely. from there, all you're going to do is place it on the floor, turn round and run back, simulating running back to the start position grab another obstacle. combat is gritty, it's dirty, it's hard work, and running one and a half miles in trainersjust doesn't represent what i do on the battlefield. whereas lifting, carrying ammunition, sandbags,

dragging casualties, moving underfire, that's all things we expect our ground close—combat troops to deal with. i do think it's probably difficult for a lot of females. those choosing to go that route, then i am sure they would be fit enough to pass the tests. this is not a test, you don't think, that's designed to make it easier for women to join the infantry? definitely not, no. these new army tests make no allowance for gender or age, which is a shame for me. i managed to complete just a quarter of the test. yes! jonathan beale, bbc news. let's speak now to james pryzbek, a former royal marine who now runs a crossfit gym. hejoins me via webcam from coventry. what do you make of this decision?” think it is a really positive move. it has been a long time coming, and

it is recreating a realistic battle environment rather than just going for a little jog, if environment rather than just going for a littlejog, if you like. presumably as a former mourinho required level of fitness was that bit higher than is required routinely of soldiers. —— a former royal marine. how were the fitness tests the army was pursuing? did they prepare soldiers for active engagement in the battlefield? not at all, to be honest. it was sort of continuation training, recreating that situation and environment, but your basic tests were more just a test of muscular injury and is, how many press ups can you do, how far can you run in a certain time, there was never a time out in afghanistan

when i needed to do lots of press ups. but wasn't itjust about maintaining general levels of fitness? i just maintaining general levels of fitness? ijust think it needs maintaining general levels of fitness? i just think it needs to move as it is doing towards this functional style of fitness. this sort of training is getting bigger and bigger, and it's more everyday life and specific to the services, so army, navy, fire service, police, it is everyday stuff, being able to carry loads, carry a casualty, moving underfire, carry loads, carry a casualty, moving under fire, things carry loads, carry a casualty, moving underfire, things like that, thatis moving underfire, things like that, that is thejob. moving underfire, things like that, that is the job. so why not test for that? do you think in part it was a legacy of a long period where frankly we weren't involved in warfare, active warfare, most of the training was about keeping people prepared, but they will almost never going to use it in combat, and that now u nfortu nately going to use it in combat, and that now unfortunately having had the experience of long years in afghanistan and iraq, perhaps the top brass have realised that this

wasn't appropriate? definitely, the current soldiering climb with all the lessons that hopefully we have learned from afghanistan, that is what war at the minute is going to bite, so why not train and prepare for that environment. and one of the reasons this is being done now is because of the decision to allow women to serve on the front line. in terms of capability, is there any difference now? you run a gym, see you train men and women. at my gym? yes, i think having standardised tests for a job role is brilliant, and hopefully men and women will both pass. if they are good enough. rather than making allowances for a gender gap or anything like that.

thejob is quite clear, so it should just be pass orfail, which is great. thank you very much for being with us. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. it is 21 minutes past ten. european council president, donald tusk, defends the eu's response to the brexit negotiations, insisting the prime minister knew her proposals were unacceptable labour's shadow chancellor says his party would renationalise the rail industry within five years. and scrapping plastic carrier bags — supermarket chain co—op introduces compostable shopping bags. bags and you can put them on the compost it afterwards. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. you will crack it by the end of the

morning, you will have compostable down! good morning. they could be getting wet but the fans are expected to fill up wembley stadium for anthonyjoshua's latest world title defence. he looks in pretty decent shape too ahead of his fight with russian alexander povetkin. joshua weighed in more than a stone heavy their his opponent. but will that give him the edge tonight. everything aboutjoshua is bigger and everything about povetkin is smaller and it's been that way for 15 years, which makes him an expert at fighting big guys. because every time little alexander povetkin gets in the ring, takes off his robe, he is a bit chubby, and he turns round and in the opposite corner is some man mountain. he is used to fighting big guys. he has a fantastic formula for beating big guys. joshua and his trainer rob mccracken, i can tell you they are very nervous and are wary of tonight's fight. radio 5live's steve bunce there.

there has been a lot of focus on what might be next forjoshua. tyson fury and wbc world heavyweight champion deontay wilder will be on a list of possible opponents. they have confimed their fight will take place on the 1st december in the united states. contracts have been signed with the venue for the bout expected to be announced next week. only two premier league sides still have a 100% record for the season — chelsea, who play west ham tomorrow — and liverpool, who take on southampton at anfield this afternoon. managerjurgen klopp says the club don't expect mo salah to replicate his form of last season, when he scored 44 times. he only has two to his name in six matches so far. but klopp isn't worried. it's really no problem. we constantly have to deal with the new situations. people are very positive about this player, about this player, about this player, and i have to decide, "do i talk to him about that or not?" "do i leave him alone in that situation. do i talk to him?" all that stuff, it's always like this. but with mo, it's fine. so these are the rest of the

fixtures for you. liverpool—southampton kick offs at 3:00pm. both manchester clubs are also in action at 3:00pm. champions city travel to cardiff. united host wovles. fulham and watford is the lunch time game, while brighton and tottenham kick—off at tea—time. golf, and as we head towards the ryder cup, we already have a europe versus usa contest on our hands, at the tour championship in atlanta. justin rose and tiger woods are tied for the lead on 7—under—par. woods is looking for his first victory since 2013. rose is playing in his first tournament as world number one and will take the fedex cup title with a win in atlanta this week. woods and rose will be paired with each other to play today. 0bviously playing with him versus playing in front of him, there is a big crowd, people are excited about watching tiger play again today, he is feeling comfortable, looks like he is driving well, looks co mforta ble he is driving well, looks comfortable with the blade. so it is

excited to be able to get a look at him back at his best, i played with him back at his best, i played with him earlier this year and enjoy playing with him at bay hill, there is more on my mind and just playing with tiger tomorrow, that's for sure. sam simmonds scored two tries for exeter to help them maintain their perfect start to the premiership rugby season. the england forward is the league's joint top—scorer, as exeter remain top of the table after they beat newcastle 24—17. willis halaholo was man of the match for cardiff, creating two tries and scoring one of his own as they beat munster 37—13 in the pro14. ulster are still unbeaten — but only just. a very late henry speight try earned them a point away to cheetahs in bloemfontein. it was a 10—try thriller, ending 39—39. that's all the sport for now. i was due in the next hour. katherine downes, thank you. the british broadcaster sky will be

auctioned off today, in a dramatic end to a two—year £26 billion takeover battle. the broadcaster has been subject to rival bids from rupert muroch‘s fox and the us comppany comcast. the auction begun on friday at 5pm and the takeover panel said all parties had agreed to the process, which will have a maximum of three rounds. a lot of companies and organisations have had to take a long, hard look in recent years at the way they recruit and treat female employees. but the royal horticultural society is looking into an incident of sexual discrimination with a difference. it took place 120 years ago. helen briggs has more. the turn of the century. queen victoria's on the throne, but women still can't vote, serve on a jury, or, as it turns out, win a prize to train as a gardener. this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given for one simple reason — the winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman.

she's entered this exam, she's done well and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship, but that never happened. scrawled over a document, the words of reverend william wilkes, then leader of the rhs, "it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship." although she may not personally have succeeded, she's chip—chip—chipping away at that sense that women can't do these things. if she'd been awarded that prize today, she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and who knows where her career might have taken her. a picture's starting to emerge of the mysterious miss harrison. we know from the syllabus of the exam she took, that she was well versed in all the main principles of gardening, from the names and orders of plants

to growing fruit. and student gardeners say it's hard to imagine women being excluded. it makes me feel very frustrated and angry. i would hate to have been restricted in that way, and i'm grateful to the people who've gone before that made it possible. but we still need to go further to make sure everyone's included. miss harrison paved the way for a new generation of gardeners. the rhs wants to make sure her name's not forgotten. they think her family may have letters that can tell them more about her. i'd really love to know what happened next. did she carry on fighting, did she carry on into a career in horticulture and make a living that way? i'm really curious to know what happened to miss harrison, because she's clearly a character, and did she prevail? and with your help, maybe they'll finally solve the mystery. helen briggs, bbc news. a baby meerkat stolen from a zoo in western australia has been found.

the four—week old disappeared from its enclosure at perth zoo on wednesday. police are speaking to a man and a woman after it was found in a town 80 miles away. vets say the animal was tired and hungry. zoo staff are preparing the animal to be reintroduced to its family — as there's a risk they won't accept it back. that is your aww moment for the morning, but here is a slightly more alarming one. a huge hive of more than 60,000 bees has been found in the roof of a hospital in cambridge. experts say the colony had probably been there for several years and it took them over 12 hours to remove them. staff at the fulborn hospital said that honey had been oozing from gaps in the brick and plaster. the hive has now been relocated to a field in lancashire, where the bees will live in peace. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. the wettest of the weather this weekend will be across central and southern areas

of england and wales. we have already got outbreaks of rain working their way eastwards. the northern extent of this probably stretching from northern parts of wales to northern areas of east anglia. ahead of it, a lot of cloud. some bright and sunny spells across north—east england and eastern scotland, but still quite a lot of showers feeding into northern and western areas of scotland. some of those mayjust sink their way into parts of northern england and northern ireland. temperatures not much higher than 12—16 celsius. still quite gusty winds for the western isles of scotland and later in the day for south west england. 0vernight, the rain starts to ease away from the south, but more rain arrives from the west through the early hours. some clearer skies for many, although still a few showers peppering northern and western parts of scotland and quite a chilly night away from the far south. more rain to come through tomorrow across central and southern parts of england and wales. it will be easing away eastwards through the afternoon.