this is bbc news. the headlines at ten o'clock. backing another brexit vote — the labour leadership say they'll support another referendum, if that is what party members want. for any leadership it means that you do have to listen to the people and if they tell us that they want to shift position on brexit then we will have to take that on board. a tax on second homes — labour announces new plans as their annual conference gets underway today. us media giant comcast wins a bidding war to take control of tv broadcaster sky. shareholders are urged to accept the offer. falling for scams. reports of fraud almost double in three years. a bbc investigation reveals fraudsters scammed almost 50,000 older people last year — with six people over 60

falling victim every hour. britain's anthonyjoshua successfully defends his three world heavyweight titles, knocking out alexander povetkin at wembley. could the bbc drama bodyguard be behind a surge in interest in counter—terrorism jobs? and coming up at half past 10 — turning out plastic waste into fuel, we find out how it's being done in inside out — east. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, and his deputy, tom watson, have both said they would back a second referendum on brexit, if party members wanted it. dozens of motions supporting the idea have been submitted to the labour conference, which gets under way in liverpool this morning. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has more. labour's slogan for this year's

conference is rebuilding britain. the party wants to be seen as an alternative government. its leadership will be unveiling policies to appeal to those who feel left behind by economic change — people who, perhaps, voted for brexit. but some in the party want another vote on the eu, a new referendum on any final deal. the shadow chancellor has not ruled it out. it's on the table. we're keeping all the options open. but the people's vote campaign, which wants a new referendum, is pushing labour to go further, to make a positive commitment. a poll of more than 1000 labour members suggested... the main issues today won't simply be debated here on the conference floor. behind the scenes, there is a big push by some in the party's rank and file to make sure that later in this conference, there's a full debate on brexit, including the option of having a new referendum.

away from the glare of publicity, delegates will hammer out the final wording of any brexit motion today, though this wouldn't be debated in public until tuesday. significantly, the party's deputy leader, tom watson, has said that if members decide that they want a new referendum, he'll go out and argue for it. if somebody says to me that they're gonna have a go at it, you would call an election? i'm ready for it... and in the sunday mirror, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who's been reluctant to back a referendum, said he, too, would respect his members‘ wishes but his clear preference is for a general election. if that doesn't happen, calls from some ofjeremy corbyn‘s own members for a new vote are likely to grow louder. iain watson, bbc news, liverpool. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in liverpool for us at the conference. norman, a lot of pressure on the leadership — what is going to happen this week? well, it's clear the

labour leadership want this to be a conference dominated by chunky policies on things like workers' rights, cracking down on second home ownership. butterflies and no getting away from the almighty juggernaut of a brexit and a possible second vote coming down the tracks, with more than 100 constituencies and unions putting in motion is, many of them demanding a so—called people's vote. and significantly we are now beginning to seejeremy corbyn and tom watson beginning to open the door to that possibility. crucial, however, will be the sort of vote at this conference gets to decide on. will it bea conference gets to decide on. will it be a clear yes or no to support a second referendum 7 it be a clear yes or no to support a second referendum? 0r it be a clear yes or no to support a second referendum? or will it be a bit of a fudge? will party officials try not to tie the leadership‘s hands? this morning i spoke to mr watson and he was very clear there should be no fudge. well, we've changed the party, we've given it back to its members, we've got a whole load of rule changes this week to be discussed that really do make

asa to be discussed that really do make as a people's party. and of course for any leadership it means that you do have to listen to the people, and if they tell us they want to shift position on brexit, then we will have to take that on board. and what do you say to those many labour voters in often traditional labour seats who voted overwhelmingly for brexit and will say that the party is now betraying them? let'sjust let the debate and the conference ta ke let the debate and the conference take place, shall we? 0ur position is that the argument we are going to put to the delegates is that we think we need a meaningful vote in parliament. failing that we think the prime minister need to call a general election so that we can debate the issues around the deal. and it may be that we need to have a people's vote if parliament can't come to view, and i am sure that will be discussed at this week and let's see what comes out of the debate. but if our delegates want to argue for more democracy in this brexit process, then we will have to

respect it. is it your personal view that it should be in a labour ma nifesto ? that it should be in a labour manifesto? it is my view that the co nfe re nce manifesto? it is my view that the conference should debate this and if in their wisdom they decide that we are moving towards a people's vote, then that would obviously be something we would have to consider but it would be very difficult i would think for a leadership to have a conference position that supports that i'm for it not to end up in a manifesto but there are circumstances where you need to keep your options open. of course there is going to have to be a special meeting, you could come up with some sort of fudge aspect is it important to have a clear vote on a second referendum being in the manifesto? it isa referendum being in the manifesto? it is a bit ofa referendum being in the manifesto? it is a bit of a binary choice, you can't really fudge that. the days of me being involved in those kinds of things at conference are a little while ago. we have got more of them than usual this year. i would imagine out of that process the co nfe re nce imagine out of that process the conference will be given a clear choice, although that is really down to our delegates in their locked

rooms, which is taking place right 110w. rooms, which is taking place right now. so, tom watson there pretty clearly indicating that he believes there should not be any sort of fudge or ambiguous motion when it comes to the so—called second referendum, people's vote. i am joined by someone who backs the people's vote campaign — what do you say to people who would argue we have already had a people's vote and people voted to leave the eu? well, look, brexit is the biggest issue we are facing in a generation. and i don't believe that the question at the referendum two years ago, that people voted for what we are seeing now, which is the mess of the last couple of days, the mess of the last couple of days, the mess of the last couple of days, the mess of the last couple of years, the brexiteers in the conservative party steering theresa may, not knowing what to do. we're seeing absolute chaos and i don't believe that's what anyone voted for. i don't believe anyone voted for. i don't believe anyone voted to be poorer and that's what

we're seeing. what's wrong with labour's current position, because we knowjeremy corbyn has said, yes, we knowjeremy corbyn has said, yes, we wa nt we knowjeremy corbyn has said, yes, we want a general election and if we don't get that well, we would keep the option open of a second referendum — what is wrong with that? lock, a general election is what we are all fighting for. however at the moment we don't have the numbers for that. but we could have the numbers for people's vote. and as the biggest disaster careering towards us, a bad deal or a careering towards us, a bad deal or 3110 careering towards us, a bad deal or a no deal, which literally would make everybody poorer, we're seeing businesses up in arms, businesses in my of cardiff north, up and down the country, we're seeing public services which are going to be hit, doctors and nurses leaving the nhs. now, the way we can do that, and i think more and more people are coming to that realisation, and we are seeing it and people up under my country, is that, put that deal back to the people, giving people the final say. you maybe will have heard

barry gardiner, the shadow trade secretary who in effect said, the tories are making a mess of this, labour should just stand back and let them make a mess of it? well, you know, ithink let them make a mess of it? well, you know, i think that we have a duty as a party to take a clear steer on this, to say, look, we don't want us careering with a no deal, with a bad deal, which is very much what we are facing, we've seen after the absolutely cars of the last few days, that is what we are facing. so i believe that the way through this is that we can get the numbers in parliament for a people's vote, we can get the membership behind us to get a very clear steer ona behind us to get a very clear steer on a people's vote. you may have support in the labour party, but what do you say to those many labour voters often in traditional labour seats who voted overwhelmingly for brexit, the party is turning its back on them, were it to embrace a second referendum ? back on them, were it to embrace a second referendum?” back on them, were it to embrace a second referendum? i don't believe that's the case, actually. i don't

think we want a rerun of the referendum two years ago. this is about saying, we've come a long way in two years and we've seen in those two years the evidence emerging day m, two years the evidence emerging day in, day out, the disaster that is careering towards us. now, i think the only democratic, sensible thing to do is to put that decision back to do is to put that decision back to the people. thanks very much for your time. there is going to be an absolutely crucial meeting tonight of the composite arrangements committee, the people who have to work out what sort of motion is actually going to be debated on the floor of the confidence, and that is going to be crucial. the wording is going to be crucial. the wording is going to be absolutely crucial if people like tom watson are saying, let's not fudge this but i suspect there are also voices in the leadership saying, lets keep all our options on the table. directors of the british broadcaster sky have urged shareholders to accept a takeover offer of more

than £30 billion from the us media giant, comcast. after a long—running battle against rupert murdoch's 21st century fox, comcast won a blind auction for sky. our business editor simonjack reports. a woman accusing president trump's supreme court nominee it's been an epic battle between two heavyweights of the media world. in the final round, us cable giant and universal studios owner comcast delivered a knockout blow, offering £30 billion, 10% more than the disney—backed 21st century fox was prepared to pay. the prize — sky's 23 million customers across europe, ten million of them in the uk. the final bid has come in at £17.28, which is a 17% increase on the previous offer for sky, so they certainly have. and i think for comcast, sky is a very important strategic asset. it will help them diversify outside of the us, where they're seeing pressures of cord—cutting — that is, consumers are less and less paying for big, expensive cable packages. so, why are all these megadeals happening now?

look no further than the new kids on the block, netflix and amazon. both are winning new subscribers around the world. both are pouring billions into making their own original content. in the short—term, sky customers will notice little difference. both bidders had agreed to fund loss—making sky news for at least the next ten years. putting up prices will be hard, given the red—hot competition for eyeballs. comcast may have won, but they had to pay £30 billion. the real winners this weekend are the sky shareholders, which include the family of one rupert murdoch. he may not have succeeded in buying all of sky as he once wanted, but he won't be going home empty—handed. simon jack, bbc news. a british man who says he is a pharmacist from birmingham has been detained in syria on suspicion of being a member of the islamic state group. kurdish forces captured anwar miah in the eastern province of deir al—zour a month ago.

a video of his capture has surfaced on twitter and shows mr miah saying he has lived in syria for nearly four years and that he worked as a medic for the terror group. it is believed he is now being held in a prison in northern syria, guarded by us special forces. a murder investigation has been launched after a 19—year—old man died after being shot in east london last night. two other people were also seriously injured in the incident in walthamstow at around 11 o'clock. nobody has been arrested. there have been more than 100 murders in the capital so far this year. an investigation by bbc radio 5 live has found that the number of elderly an investigation by bbc radio 5 live has found that the number of elderly people reporting that they've been the victim of scamming has nearly doubled in the last three years.?|n some cases, people had lost hundreds of thousands of pounds. ? fraudsters scammed almost 119,000 older people across the uk in the past year, equivalent to nearly six every hour. caroline davies reports.

it's a crime that can happen in your own home, as simple as a convincing phone call or a few clicks on a computer. and for one group in particular, reported cases of fraud are becoming more common. the cost of personal fraud across all ages is estimated to be around £10 billion a year. figures requested in an investigation by 5 live show that nearly 119,000 people aged over 60 reported that they had been scammed and more than 1,000 of those victims were over 90. some experts worry the real number of over—60s affected is far higher and that older people are particularly at risk as they are more likely to live alone and be drawn into conversation with a fraudster. the impact can be devastating, leaving victims without savings, potentially reliant on the state to pay for their care. those who do fall victim to fraud once are often targeted again, sometimes being placed on a scammers' list of people

likely to be sucked in. the financial 0mbudsman service has said that scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and told banks that they should take the evolution of fraud into account, rather than assume it is their customers who have been grossly negligent. caroline davies, bbc news. the headlines. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, and his deputy, tom watson, say they would back another brexit referendum, if that's what party members want. us media giant comcast outbids rupert murdoch's 21st century fox to buy tv broadcaster sky for over £30 billion. and fraud is on the rise. a bbc investigation finds six people over the age of 60 fall victim to a scam every hour. good morning.

anthonyjoshua retained his three world titles last night with a seventh round stoppage of russia's alexander povetkin. it meansjoshua is now undefeated in 22 fights and speculation abounds over who he'll fight next. david 0rnstein was watching at wembley for us. normally it takes two teams to fill the stadium. here it was done by one man. anthonyjoshua is fast becoming the biggest roar his sport has ever seen. but with that there is added pressure. these fans don't really wa nt to pressure. these fans don't really want to watch him compete, they expect him to win and do so in style. joshua's task was to follow a

spectacular entrance with fireworks of his own. in wet conditions, such hopes were initially doused. alexander povetkin landing some brutal blows, raising the possibility of an almighty upset. the response, us was that of a true champion. not for the first time in his career, joshua alford coming adversity to devastate the russian and maintain his unblemished record, those supporters more than satisfied. ultimately i will always end up victorious because i think i've got a bit deeper depth, i know how to dig deep. i wasn't looking for the knockout but the incident told me he was hurt and i knew i had told me he was hurt and i knew i had to follow up and i knew it was time to follow up and i knew it was time to get him out of there. attention 110w to get him out of there. attention now turns to joshua's next to get him out of there. attention now turns tojoshua's next opponent. the same venue has already been booked for april — but who will it be? there was a warm welcome back to old trafford for sir alex ferguson yesterday,

his first apperance after he had emergency surgery for a brain haemorrage in may. united started well, summer signing fred scoring his first goal for the club in the 1st half. but wolves have started strongly in their return to the premier league and decided to spoil sir alex's homecoming. liverpool's best start to a premier league season has taken them to the top of the table. they've won all six games so far. they beat southampton 3—0, mo salah scoring their third. sergio aguero marked his 300th appearance for manchester city with the first goal in their 5—0 thrashing of cardiff. riyad mahrez scored twice, his first goals for city, who are up to second in the table. elsewhere there were wins for tottenham, burnley and leicester. crystal palace and newcastle played out a 0—0 draw, fulham and watford finished 1—1 in the early kick off. two fixtures today — chelsea travel to the london stadium to face struggling west ham,

and later, arsenal host everton. celtic and rangers both play today in the scottish premiership. hearts dropped points for the first time this season, they were held to a goalless draw at home to livingstone. and kick—off was held up for 10 minutes by a false fire alarm in the match between hamilton and st mirren, but that was as exciting as it got for the visitors, who were beaten 3—0. tiger woods has given himself every chance of winning his first tournament for five years. he had an outstanding start to the third round at the tour championship in atlanta, with birdies at six of his first seven holes. he shot a 65 and goes into the final day on 12 under par, three shots clear of rory mcilroy and justin rose. well, i would love to be able to win this event, i've got a three shot lead, i've got a bunch of guys behind me that have been playing

well and are playing well. and, you know, will see what happens tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. iranian leaders have accused us—backed gulf states of being behind an attack on a military parade which killed 25 people, including a child. tehran accuses the us and others of harbouring members of iranian separatist groups. an anti—arab group and islamic state both claimed responsibility for the attack, but there's no evidence to show they were involved. a woman accusing president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify against him next week. lawyers for christine blasey ford say she has accepted a request to appear before the senatejudiciary committee to be questioned about the alleged attack at a party in 1982. judge kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the allegations. lebo diseko reports. arriving home accompanied

by security, brett kavanaugh, seen here in the red cap, still at the centre of a storm. the conservative judge is donald trump's choice to fill the vacant seat on the supreme court. last week, that seemed almost a certainty, until allegations of sexual assault emerged in the media. christine blasey ford says he tried to rape her when they were teenagers in the 1980s — an allegation judge kavanaugh strenuously denies. but it has delayed a vote on his nomination to america's highest court. there have been days of negotiations over whether dr ford would give evidence before the senatejudiciary committee. now, it seems there may just be a breakthrough. in a statement, her lawyers said... some republicans, including donald trump, say this

is a deliberate attempt to delay and ultimately obstruct judge kavanaugh's confirmation. but ina but in a time of increased scrutiny of how sexual assault allegations are dealt with, many are also trying to tread carefully. the president and i are confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly, with the utmost respect for all concerned, and i believe thatjudge brett kavanaugh will soon bejustice brett kavanaugh. and take his seat on the supreme court of the united states of america. dr ford may have accepted the request to appear before the senate committee, but her lawyers are still negotiating the terms. when she gives evidence, who is in the room, and who she is questioned by, are all still issues to be agreed.

lebo diseko, bbc news. voters are going to the polls in the maldives in an election which opposition groups have warned will not be free and fair. president abdulla yameen is seeking a second term in office, despite concerns about his record on human rights and the jailing of his rivals. it's been reported that police raided the headquarters of the opposition alliance yesterday. people have been evacuated in california after a wildfire spread across thousands of acres in just a few hours. hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain the fire, which is burning in a rural area of the state. no injuries have been reported. here are some dramatic pictures of indonesia's anak krakatua volcano, erupting during the night. the volcano has erupted at least 44 times this week alone, according to the country's meteorological agency. it's been active sincejune, but has not caused any disruption

to flights or tourism. in 1883, there was an eruption in which more than 35,000 people died. eight million people are expected to tune in for the finale episode of bodyguard tonight. as well as causing a twitter frenzy each week, the series has prompted lots of interest in counter—terrorism policing. thousands of people have accessed the metropolitan police's recruitment site since the show started. but how realistic is richard madden's character david budd? our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. he's talked down a suicide bomber, been shot at in a car, and duffed up a government advisor. agh! all in day's work for a close protection officer? here's one man who should know. i have protected theresa

may when she was home secretary, you're right. and it is nothing and was nothing like what david budd did. agh! the way we operate is not quite like david budd, who seems to be operating independently! so independently, he even has an affair with the home secretary. that's not realistic at all! anybody who crosses that line would not last very long within the department and might not last very long within the police service. but the met police wants to capitalise on the popularity of bodyguard. there's been a surge of interest injoining the force. it needs to recruit detectives and technology experts. it's about encouraging people to have an ambition, dream big, and, actually, some day you could be protecting her majesty the queen, or protecting the home secretary. but you're not going to get that instantaneously. one feature of the programme is the large number of senior female officers and detectives from black and minority ethnic groups. it takes some doing... the reality is rather different. they're in a minority, as this asian

counterterrorism detective told me. she doesn't want to be identified because of the sensitive nature of her role. women and bme officers are in every rank and every specialism in the police services. in the police service. so it's not a rare thing. we do have senior female officers. we also have senior bme officers. but we still do need more diversity, without a shadow of a doubt. the character of david budd makes great telly and may inspire some potential recruits, but he's no substitute for a real close protection officer. it's not about making waves — they have to stay in the shadows. danny shaw, bbc news. the series finale of bodyguard is on bbc one at nine o'clock tonight. senior members of the royal family have allowed cameras to follow them for a new documentary about the queen as a global figure.

queen of the world, which will be shown on itv, was filmed over a year. in one episode, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, reveals a secret detail of her wedding dress for the first time. somewhere in here, there's a piece of... did you see it? the piece of blue fabric that's stitched inside? no! it's my something blue. it's my — it's fabric from my... oh, how nice! well, i hope it's still in there! yes, it should be. we'll have to look at that. it's fabric from the dress that i wore on our first date. photographs of a retiree cat—napping with his feline friends have gone viral, leaving a shelter in the united states inundated with more than £30,000 in donations. terry laurmen from wisconsin has been volunteering at his local animal shelter since 2016. he's supposed to help with the grooming, but he often joins the residents for a quick siesta. photos of terry, who has been nicknamed cat grandpa, have been shared more than 22,000 times. now it's time for a look at the weather.

0n on sunday it started off chilly across northern scotland and further south there was a lot of rain. that is going to continue to push its way is going to continue to push its way is to its and then we will see an improving picture. but it will take its times ends. this spell of wet weather will clear away eventually from the south—east. the brisk north—westerly wind will make it feel quite cool out there. 0vernight tonight, that rain will ease away from the south—east and the winds will become light and the showers will become light and the showers will ease and it is going to be a chilly start to monday morning, with low single figures for many. but it will be a dry, settled start the match of the country with just the

exception of the far north—west, where there will be a scattering of chavez. looking ahead, the dry, settled story continues. hello this is bbc news. labour leadership say they would be ready to back another eu referendum — if party members want one. if they say what they want to shift position on brexit we will have to ta ke position on brexit we will have to take that on board. a new tax on second homes in england — labour announce new plans as their annual conference gets underway. sky shareholders are urged to accept us media giant comcast‘s takeover offer of more

than 30 billion pounds for the tv broadcaster. and an increase in fraud. a bbc investigation reveals almost 50 thousand older people were victims of scams in the last year. now on bbc news, inside out has an exclusive report on the latest idea for disposing of the plastic mountain. hello and welcome to inside out. bury it, dig it up, recycle it. what can we do about plastic? scientists have found a way to make a new greener fuel from plastic dug up from landfill. 0pponents say it should be left where it is. we have the exclusive. this is a sample we've taken from a landfill site and it could potentially power your car in the future. confused about what you can and can't recycle? don't worry, help is at hand. you're lucky because in peterborough, you can recycle black. and the man who's picked up ten tonnes of other people's rubbish