this is bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at midday. labour leadership team say they ‘would back members' on another brexit vote. lam there, i am there, elected as a leader of this party, elected as the leader in order to bring greater democracy to this party. there will be a clear boating conference. i don't know what is going to come out of all the meetings that are going on. could the brexit talks lead to a snap election this autumn? reports that plans are being drawn up — but the brexit secretary says he won't let the eu dictate negotiations. this is a bump on the road. we will hold of nerve. we will keep oracle and will keep negotiating in good faith. i think we'd keep these negotiations going. i think we'd keep these negotiations going. 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 thousand older people last year — with 6 people over 60 falling victim every hour. britain's anthonyjoshua successfully defends his three world heavyweight titles knocking out alexander povetkin at wembley. and could the bbc thriller bodyguard be behind a surge in interest in counter—terrorism jobs? the metropolitan police say thousands have visited their recruitment pages in recent weeks. and coming up at 12.30 — click travels to new delhi to meet the ceo of india's first billion dollar company. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, and his deputy tom watson have both

said they would back another referendum on brexit if party members wanted it. dozens of motions supporting the idea have been submitted to the labour conference which started this morning. mr corbyn, in an interview with andrew marr, said he would prefer a general election to settle brexit but he would do whatever the conference decided. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in liverpool for us at the conference. as with so much else in life, brexit really dominating the wheat flour. and there is a real tussle going on here now over what their party's position should be brexit, with the says the leadership riders clinging on, trying to hold onto their position which is to say they favour a general election and then for a

labour government to try and negotiate and improve the deal. but huge pressure is coming. in the summer we huge pressure is coming. in the summer we have huge pressure is coming. in the summer we have some huge pressure is coming. in the summer we have some of the big unions coming out in favour of another referendum. we have had more than 125 motion submitted to this conference, also making the case for that second referendum. the demonstration expected in liverpool this afternoon, also banging the drum fora this afternoon, also banging the drum for a second referendum. and overnight, tom watson, the deputy leader, saying if that is what the party wa nts leader, saying if that is what the party wants the leadership should listen. and crucially, this morning, jeremy corbyn appeared to just open the door a bit more to the prospect of labour backing another referendum, saying, it's conference votes for it, then he will be bound by that route. we are having a debate at all confident we will come to a conclusion on that. preferences that we will demand tests against the government under preference would be that we would want a general

election and we can negotiate future relationships with europe. let's see what comes out of conference. it is the biggest conference we've ever had, we are a democratic party. do you feel bound by what the co nfe re nce do you feel bound by what the conference decides, as the leader? obviously, i'm their elected as a leader of this party. elected as the leader of this party. elected as the leader in order to bring greater democracy to this party that is its other what i happened in the past three years. will this party get a chance this week to vote on the issue of a second referendum, clearly? there will be a clear boating conference. i don't know what is going to come out of all the meetings that are going on. they don't have smoke—filled rooms here any more but there is a suspicion that could be a late—night fudge to try and new term any vote on binding labourto fudge to try and new term any vote on binding labour to suppose another referendum because all these motions emitted will have to be boiled down and quality motions and the fear of some of the people is that the eventual motion they debate is

drafted in such a way as not to tie the hands of the leadership. this morning i caught up with tom watson and they asked him, did he think that the motion would have to be clear—cut, no room forfudge? his answer, yes. there can be no fudge. well, we have changed the party and given it back to its members. we have a whole load of rule changes this week to be discussed that really do make us 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 then we will have to take that on board. it is not all one—way traffic at this conference with those in favour of staying in the eu having the upper hand, because in the last hour or s0 upper hand, because in the last hour or so we upper hand, because in the last hour or so we have glen mccluskey, leader of unite, saying, ok, if we do have a second referendum, staying in the eu should not, should not be on the

ballot paper. the referendum should not be on do we want to go back into the european union. that shouldn't even be an option? no, because the people have already decided on that. we very rarely have referendums in this country. the people are decided. against my wishes of a union's but they have decided. so if the parliamentarians, if spineless tory mps lose the courage of their convictions and vote against whatever deal comes back, then my union and labour's policy at the moment is to say, well, if you are incapable of carrying out your functions in parliament we should take the deal back to the people. there is a real tussle at this conference there is a real tussle at this c0 nfe re nce over there is a real tussle at this conference over what the party's stand should be one another referendum on brexit. all the signs are that although the pressure is growing for one, the leadership are

still instinctively favouring a general election as their preferred option. the difficulty of courses, it is not at all clear how they get a general election because it is extremely unlikely that tory mps vote for one, meaning it would be pretty much impossible to engineer a general election. engineering support for a second referendum, however, might be much more feasible, because it is quite possible some tory mps could back that. for now, many thanks fascinating manoeuvrings there are in liverpool. the brexit minister, dominic raab has said an autumn election was not going to happen — because the idea was "for the birds". he also played down problems in the brexit negotiations with the eu — describing them as "a bump in the road" to be honest with you, away from the melodrama of salzburg, i think what

we need to do was hold a nerve. keep cool we need to do was hold a nerve. keep cool, continue to negotiate in good faith and really pressed the eu to be clearer on what their objections. i'm not talking about the dogmatically buff of the economic partnership proposals, we need clearer understanding of what the criticism is because we have tried calibrator proposals in a way that suits their concerns about the same time, there are no credible alternatives on the table from them or anyone else, for that matter. as we have been hearing campaigners are expected to use the labour conference to pile pressure on its leadership to support further referendum with mps and union leaders set tojoin referendum with mps and union leaders set to join the march calling for the leadership to back the so—called people's vote. they commissioned a you got pole which suggest that 86% of labour members wa nt suggest that 86% of labour members want a final same on the outcome of negotiations with brussels. earlier i spoke to the former you got present —— president.

i spoke to the former you got present -- president. we correctly predicted thatjeremy corbyn would become president of the labour party. it does do decent, reliable polls of labour party members. 90% wa nt polls of labour party members. 90% want britain to stay in the eu. 86% think there should be another referendum, a popular vote. and three quarters of labour members say if there is a general election, well, i can understand whyjeremy corbyn would prefer to go down the election good, but the quarters of labour party member say if there is an election the commitment to the referendum should be in the ma nifesto. referendum should be in the manifesto. in other words, the great majority of grassroots labour party members want a referendum irrespective of whether there is also a general election. the question is, of course, as to whether you correctly have a general election and a referendum before we are due to leave in march next year. ijust going back are due to leave in march next year. i just going back to that question of the labour politics in all of

this, clearlyjeremy corbyn would rather have a general election. there is that pressure from members but labour voters are not necessarily quite so strongly in favour of a second referendum. quite a lot of labour voters would vote to leave. that's actually not quite true because two things have happened. since the referendum two yea rs happened. since the referendum two years ago, some of the bigger ships from leave to remain have been amongst labour voters. a lot of labour voters in the north of england to the midlands devoted leave are looking at what a conservative government is doing, how they are playing it, saying, actually, i would rather stay in the eu. the latest figures show that way about three to one labour voters do wa nt about three to one labour voters do want a people's vote, popular vote, referendum, call it what will. so whether you look at labour activists all labour voters, it can make one further point. you got recently asked labour's targets. the people

not currently working with others say they would consider voting labour, key target group, and they say overwhelmingly, yes, we want to stay in the eu. we want a referendum. that same poll found that very, very few, i was surprised how few labour supporters, would be deterred by a referendum. so the fear of some labour mps that they put of labour voters by calling for a referendum, that simply isn't the case. directors of the british broadcaster, sky, have urged shareholders to accept a takeover offer of more than 30—billion pounds 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. 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 our 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 pressure 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 will not 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 so—called 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 social media. it shows mr miah saying he has lived in syria for nearly four years and that he worked as a medic in islamic state territory. 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 people reporting that they've been the victim of scamming has nearly doubled in the last three years.?in some cases, people had lost hundreds of thousands of pounds. ? fraudsters scammed almost 49 thousand 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 ombudsman 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 on bbc news. 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 more than 30 billion pounds. and fraud is on the rise. a bbc investigation finds 6 people over the age of 60 fall victim to a scam every hour. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. 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, with tyson fury and deontay wilder facing off in december. david ornstein is at wet wembley for us. it has barely stopped raining over the weekend, although it did when anthonyjoshua was in the ring, perhaps his power even greater than we knew.

plenty of that power was on display last night as he came back from adversity and an early scare to record an emphatic victory, a spectacular knockout, and the attention now turns to his next fight. could it be deontay wilder, could it be tyson fury? the message from anthony joshua is bring it on. there is a lot of room for these heavyweights, they are all talented, they can all fight, povetkin was not a champion, he came game, and people were entertained. if wilder is not serious, there are other people out there. when he is ready, we are ready. joshua's record is 22 victories and no defeats, 21 by way of knockout. he has packed out a major stadium for the fourth time injust 17 months, his appeal is like few others

in the history of boxing, and according to a former champion who was sat ringside last night he should fear nobody. he is showing a patience and brutal side when it is needed, and he is showing great finishing, that was a fantastic finish. he gets rid of that guy, remember, wladimir klitschko dropped him four times but couldn't get rid of him. anthony dropped him once and closed the show. the boy is the knockout king. that next fight will be back here on april the 13th, wembley stadium has already been booked, the only question is who it will be against, as anthony joshua's appeal continues to grow and he seeks to cement his domination of the heavyweight division. there was a warm welcome back to old trafford for sir alex ferguson yesterday afternoon. his first apperance after he had emergency surgery for a brain haemorrage in may. as he took his seat — united started well — summer signing fred scoring his first goal for the club in the 1st half but wolves — who have started strongly in their return to the premier

league — decided to spoil sir alex's homecoming joao moutinho equalising mid way through the second half. 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. salah has been named on a shortlist of 3 for fifa men's player of 2018. he'll have to beat two players from real madrid's champions league winning side — luka modric and cristiano ronaldo — to win it. elsewhere, champions manchester city scored five away at cardiff, 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 — they were held to a goalless draw at home to livingstone. and kick—off was held up for ten

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—nil. tiger woods has given himself every chance of winning his first tournament for five years. he shot a 65 in the third round and goes into the final day on 12 under par, three shots clear of rory mcilroy and justin rose. would love to be able to win. i have got a three shot lead and a bunch of quys got a three shot lead and a bunch of guys behind me who have been playing well and are playing well. and, you know, we will see what happens tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. 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. lay—bo 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 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. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has launched what's been described as the world's biggest universal healthcare scheme. the plan, dubbed as modicare, aims to grant 500 million people, nearly half of india's population, the entitlement to free health insurance. mr modi handed out medical cards at the launch, calling it a historic day for india. but critics say the government has failed to prepare the necessary infrastructure to effectively

implement the billion—pound programme. brits who sold up in the uk and moved to cyprus say they re facing financial ruin after the village they bought properties in started to crack up, destroying their homes. jeremy stern visited properties that are split apart in the middle, and spoke to home owners who were forced to move out. peter and his wife kate sold their home in berkshire in the 1990s and moved here, a village in cyprus. the quake started about three years

ago and have got larger and larger and as you have seen, they have now split the housing two. with their home condemned, they are now renting. we have lost really everything. and we we re we have lost really everything. and we were not going to get any help at all. this is a very strange thing. i think your healthjust all. this is a very strange thing. i think your health just deteriorates. you're not aware of that happening to any large degree. as far as i was concerned, i always liked extremely well and i started waking up every hour on the hour and worrying. elsewhere in the village deep holes have appeared out of nowhere. this is the driveway. louise from buckinghamshire is sharing her sisterjulie the extent of the damage since he last visited. our water mains. that is going to go. within a how far underneath the foundations it goes. it is worth nothing now. absolutely worthless. it actually cost us money to actually knock it down. have you got my despair?

no, nothing. nota penny. nota penny. a geologist hired by residents confirmed there is an active landslide under the village. it successfully proved, that would lead the cypriot government liable for compensation. suva, the government has not accepted there has been a landslide and there have been a big pay—outs. how much sympathy do you have for these people? there are in desperate circumstances. we are there. we are there and we will try to help them as much as we can. the residents have been told the damage is not covered by home insurance, a government report into the problems is expected next year. you can see the full story on bbc inside out in the south at 7.30pm on monday, or later on iplayer eight million people are expected to tune in for the finale of the 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. 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. the way we operate is not quite like david budd, who seems to be operating quite independently. so independently he even has an affair with the home secretary. 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 the bodyguard. there's been a surge of interest injoining the force. in needs 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. you will not be getting 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 are 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 of the police services. it is not a rare thing. we do have senior female officers. we also have senior bme officers. but we still 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. sunday started off the real north—south divide. a chilly start across northern scotland but further south we have seen some heavy and persistent rain and you can see that has been moving in across parts of wales, the midlands and along much of england. that is going to continue to britain's waste words, and then we will see an improving

picture. it will take its time, a speu picture. it will take its time, a spell of wet weather to clear from east anglia and the south—east. sunny spells and scattered showers. the company by brisk north—westerly wind just making it feel really quite cool out there. 11—15 the overall height. urbanites tonight that rain will ease away from the south—east, the winds will fall and the showers will ease so skies were clear. it is going to be a chilly start to monday morning. with low single figures for many. to dry, saddled start across the country with just the exception in the far north—west. we'll have a scattering of showers and the far north—west of scotland. looking ahead the dry settled story continues. early morning mist and fog could be a problem across england and wales.