this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: iran's president heads to the united nations in new york, as tehran and washington trade blows over saturday's deadly attack on a military parade. what do we want? people's vote! when do we want it? now! as thousands march against brexit in the uk, labour's leaderjeremy corbyn says he'll back another referendum, if the party wants. and "honey, i bought a warship!" the maritime mission that's seen an australian couple shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars. sky tells its shareholders to back a takeover bid by comcast, putting the american cable firm in line to control one of europe's most profitable tv companies. also in business briefing, the us—china trade warjumps into top gear, with america applying tariffs on $250 billion worth of chinese imports.

good to have you with us. briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. so, later in the programme we'll be hearing from the couple who bought this old warship online and it wasn't cheap. so we'd like to know what is your biggest impulse buy? just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. iran's president hassan rouhani is heading to new york for what promises to be a tense few

days at the united nations general assembly. he's accused the us and its gulf allies of being behind a deadly attack on a military parade in southern iran on saturday. us diplomats have reacted angrily to his comments. later this week, president trump will chair a un security council meeting and has already tweeted that he will be "zeroing in on iran". from new york, here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. gunfire the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died, as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran said it was responsible,

but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls the bully, the united states, and the gulf states which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies any involvement, urging president rouhani instead to examine his own behaviour. whoever precisely was behind the attack in iran, it has injected yet more poison into relations between president trump and iran's president rouhani. both leaders will be here at the united nations

in new york this week, trading accusations and insults with greater intensity than ever. it means that the voices of america's european allies, including britain and france, still urging moderation, are likely to be all but drowned out. this was always going to be an extremely confrontational week here at the united nations in new york. president trump will see to that when he chairs a security council meeting for the first time, and focuses on iran. but the atmosphere in a polarised world suddenly feels even more unpredictable. james robbins, bbc news, new york. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual assault against the us supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. democrat senators are said to be investigating the latest claims, which are reported in the new yorker magazine. the new yorker also carries a statement from mr kavanaugh in which he denies the alleged event took place and calls it a smear. earlier, christine blasey ford, who has accused mr kavanaugh

of trying to rape her when they were both teenagers said she would speak to the senate judiciary committee on thursday. he also denies her allegations. two charities have reacted with shock to panama's decision to revoke the registration of the last non—governmental ship still rescuing would—be migrants to europe in the central mediterranean. sos mediterranee and medecins sans frontiers accuse italy of having put pressure on panama. the italian government denies this. the ship, the aquarius, has been banned from italian ports since june. is teams of divers are working to remove an artificial reef made is of old tyres from the seafloor south of france, after it was found to be leaking dangerous chemicals. 25,000 tyres were sunk into the mediterranean sea in the 1980's on the french riviera with the idea of creating habitats for marine life. in 2005 researchers found the tyres were leaking toxic chemicals into the environment.

in the maldives, the opposition candidate ibrahim mohamed solih has claimed victory in the presidential election. his supporters have held celebrations in the capital, mali. he criticised his rival, president abdulla yameen, and called on him to accept the will of the people. this is a moment of happiness. this is a moment of hope. this is a moment of history. for many of us, this has been a difficult journey. a journey that has led to a prison cell, or years in exile. it has been a journey that accompanied politicisation and breakdown of public institutions, but it has been a journey that has ended at the ballot box because the people will lead. in the uk, labour party officials

in the uk have agreed the wording of the brexit motion to be discussed at the party conference in liverpool. it will propose that, if there isn't a general election, labour should support all options, including campaigning for a public vote. that could include a referendum on a brexit deal. and as our political correspondent iain watson reports the government will also be releasing more information today about issues including immigration once britain leaves the eu. that will meet to discuss what the immigration system should look like after we leave the eu. they will need to decide how much labour mobility there will be. and how quickly new controls can be introduced if there is no deal. the government will also seek advice

today for consumers and businesses ifa today for consumers and businesses if a deal cannot be struck with brussels. and labour has it on brexit too. 0vernight, delegates spend hours and hours crammed into a room, try to handwrite a complaint that would appeal to different wings of the party and unite under one policy they could all agree on. and they seem to have succeeded. these delegates had, between them, submitted more than 100 motions over brexit and after five and half hours of discussion, they boiled them down to just of discussion, they boiled them down tojust one. of discussion, they boiled them down to just one. that motions as if parliament that down the prime minister's and shall deal with brussels, the voting on the public on brexit will be an option if there isa on brexit will be an option if there is a general election. supporters of the new referendum saw this as progress. this is a clear step forward. this is a clear commitment to the people, a public vote on brexit, not just to the people, a public vote on brexit, notjust on the terms of brexit, notjust on the terms of brexit, but on brexit in general on the table. the important point was

that leaves didn't have a voice and we had to make sure that was heard and recognised and that is what we think we have done. the conference asa think we have done. the conference as a whole will vote on brexit tomorrow and the gap between the two main parties on this crucial issue is is about to grow wider. let's talk you through one of our leading stories in business briefing today. sky has recommended its shareholders accept a takeover offer by the us cable giant comcast, which submitted the highest bid in an auction competing against murdoch's fox. the comcast bid values sky at more than $39—billion, it's paying more than $23 a share, that's almost double what they were worth a year ago. with us is kulveer ranger, vice president of strategy and communications at atos. you are going to talk through all sorts of stories later. let's focus

on this sky comcast news. macro to outbid them big—time. —— comcast. this is fascinating. is not often that somebody gets over rupert murdoch, taking away basically his old est murdoch, taking away basically his oldest child. rupert murdoch has been a driver in the media industry to decades but he established sky over 30 years ago. this business, probably the original destructor when it came to media and television, bringing cable and satellite television, investing in its own media, radically changing the way of sports and the premier league and all as we know it in terms of how much money it has brought to that industry. they are creating this really european superbase of 23 million subscribers, which is what has attracted the big beast from america, comcast. in the age we are in with netflix and is on prime, the likes of comcast, some of

the old stalwarts of the industry, they had to take radical action and comcast was on a mission. you are right. they have lifted their market. this is a business that has a revenue somewhere market. this is a business that has a revenue somewhere around $85 billion per year. it is a vast organisation, it produces content, has cable subscribers, but it is looking at its global position, looking at its global position, looking how it improves its content. 0bviously, sky's shareholders are doing ajig of 0bviously, sky's shareholders are doing a jig of delight, but their customers the two looked at the offer here because comcast is not known for its customer focused. interesting times ahead for sky, exciting but something sky customers will be looking at. and we will continue that business briefing. thank you for that. we'll have another view on that deal and i will be asking the question if you are a sky customer, what does that mean

few? —— for you. a bbc investigation into the killing of women and children in northern cameroon has proved for the first time where, when and who killed them. the government of cameroon initially dismissed video of the story as "fake news" but then arrested seven men. the bbc‘s africa security correspondent, tomi 0ladipo, reports. these women and children are being led to their deaths. the soldiers accuse them of belonging to the jihadists group boko haram. in the final scene of this video, too graphic to show here, they are blindfolded, forced to the ground and shot at close range 22 times. some claimed this atrocity took lace in mali, others said it was filmed in the far north of cameron, where government soldiers have been fighting boko haram since 2014. a detailed bbc investigation has, for

the first time, proved where this happened, when it happened and who is responsible for this atrocity. in latejuly, we received a tipoff from a cameroonian source. close to this town, we found a match for this region line. it places the scene on a dirt road just outside the village. the video also reveals this track. these buildings and these trees. putting all this evidence together, we can say that the killings happened here. as to when the killings took place, this building is visible on satellite imagery, but only until february 2016. satellite images also captured this structure, only present in march 2015. this footpath also only appears in the hot, dry season between january and april copy a simple mathematical formula, using the soldiers shadow, tells us the

angle of the sun in comparison to the horizon copy when we add this data together, we can say that the killings happened between march 20 and aprilfive, killings happened between march 20 and april five, 2015. killings happened between march 20 and aprilfive, 2015. back injuly, cameron's minister of communication is it that the killers were not cameroonian soldiers. the weapons, he said, are not those used by the cameroonian army in this area of operation. but our analysis shows that one of these guns is a serbian made gun and it is used by some divisions of the cameroonian military. he also claimed cameroonian soldiers in the far north to not wear these camouflaged fatigues. but this report by channel 4in fatigues. but this report by channel 4 in 2015, shows cameroonian soldiers wearing exactly that. we put these findings to the government of cameroon. the government statement makes clear

these men are innocent until proven guilty, and all of them will will receive a fair trial. something these women and children were not given. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: tiger woods' roaring comeback. the golfer returns to winning ways with his first pga tour title for more than five years. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened,

presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: as thousands march against brexit, labour's leaderjeremy corbyn says he'll back another referendum if the party wants. and iran's president is heading to the united nations

in new york as tehran and washington trade blows over saturday's deadly attack on a military parade. let's stay with that now. let's speak to michael singh of the washington institute. michael, you're going to that un meeting in new york, you'll be discussing this issue of iran, tell us discussing this issue of iran, tell us how you think the week will progress with president rouhani addressing the un on tuesday?” think frankly what we're likely to hear from both the think frankly what we're likely to hearfrom both the us think frankly what we're likely to hear from both the us and think frankly what we're likely to hearfrom both the us and iran think frankly what we're likely to hear from both the us and iran are state m e nts hear from both the us and iran are statements close to what we've heard in the past, the us has made clear it has a series of concerns about iranian behaviour, both in the nuclear and non—nuclear realms. are run, of course, is likely to rebuff

all of those concerns and issue some concerns of its own —— iran. this is the same dynamic we get every year at the un between the us and iran. will it be different given the attack on the military parade on saturday and the iranian accusation that the us and other gulf states are behind this? clearly iran is in are behind this? clearly iran is in a different position to a year ago with the pressure it has at home. it's true. what you will hear from the us and other governments is that this is an outrageous incident in iran, any terrorism is unacceptable and should be condemned. frankly every time there's a terrorist inside, incident inside iran, iran will blame foreign enemies, it's not clear if they believe sincerely they we re clear if they believe sincerely they were responsible because often we see action not against those claimed adversaries but domestic dissidents and so forth. i don't think that will dilate the concerns the us has

about iranian regional behaviour. i don't think it will dilate the concerns other states have, even if it engenders some sympathy. briefly, what do you think president trump means when he says he will be zeroing in on iran? he clearly wants to emphasise this issue. it is something he emphasised last year. it is of great concern for many in the us. you also heard him say he is willing to meet with president rouhani. there were reports last year that the us tried to arrange a meeting between president trump and president rouhani. i think you'll hear this jewel president rouhani. i think you'll hear thisjewel message, president rouhani. i think you'll hear this jewel message, pressure on the one hand but also this effort at a bold diplomatic opening on the other, much like the north korea policy. we will watch this space. michael singh, thank you very much indeed. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc

sports centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak, coming up on your monday sport briefing: tiger roars back, ronaldo keeps scoring and stand by for the world's largest rugby scrum, featuring 2,500 players. in golf, it's a week like no other, the ryder cup is almost upon us! the tournament gets underway on friday in paris for the first time. the captains, tomas bjorn andjim furyk, will face the media later on monday in the french capital, and we reckon all the talk will be about this man. a year ago, he wasn't sure if he'd ever return to golf after back surgery. now, five years after his last pga tour victory, tiger woods is finally a winner again after digging in on the final day to win the season ending tour championship by two shots. tennis's shenzen 0pen gets underway in china on monday, where andy murray will return to action. the former world number one is still recovering from hip surgery

in january, but will play there and then beijing next week, before finishing his season early to concentrate on rehabilitation. he faces home favourite zhang zhizhen on tuesday. one of these three men will be crowned the world's best player by fifa on monday night in london. liverpool's mohamed salah, real madrid's luka modric and his former teammate, cristiano ronaldo, now ofjuventus, are the three men on the shortlist after the 2017/18 season. cristiano ronaldo is settling into life atjuventus pretty well as they beat newly—promoted frosinone 2—0 in serie a. after scoring his third goal for the italian champions, as they beat newly—promoted frosinone 2—0 in serie a. ronaldo, who was sent off in wednesday's champions league win at valencia, broke the deadlock late in the game to ensurejuventus contunue their 100% start to the season and stay top. substitute federico berna rdeschi

added a second in injury time. arsenal made it four in a row in the premier league on sunday as they beat everton 2—0 to move up to sixth in the table. chelsea had been the earlier pace—setters in the league, but manager maurizio sarri watched his side fail to score for the first time this season, as they failed to catch liverpool at the top of the table. chelsea drawing 0—0 at west ham, which means they're now third, two points off the leaders. we moved the ball slowly. in the second half, especially in the last 30 minutes, very well i think. but we can do better. this is not our

best performance. before we go, time to look at this. the countdown is well and truly on to the start of the 2019 rugby world cup in japan. there's less than a year to go now until the tournament kicks—off on the 20th of september, and the hosts have been getting in the spirit. it's the first time japan will stage the tournament, and they've celebrated by staging the world's largest scrum. 2,586 rugby players and fans gathered in tokyo to set a new world record. the previous best was 1,758 in new zealand. good luck trying to find the ball! you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport team, that is your monday sport briefing. it certainly is and we thank you for that. now, this isn't the usual thing

you'd go searching for to buy online, but an australian couple managed to find exactly what they were looking for in the form of an old new zealand warship. for a few hundred thousand dollars, paul and wilma adams became the proud owners of the royal new zealand navy dive tender, manawanui. but this is no self indulgent impulse buy, there is a serious side to why they wanted to buy the ship. well, it seemed the best way to do it in today's world. you can pretty much get anything on the internet, they tell me, and we've proved it right, i guess. we had to pick it up ourselves actually. we sailed it back from new zealand in july this year back to australia. the long and short story is that it's 70 years since the second world war, and there are, worldwide, approximately 8,000 shipwrecks sunk during the war, 3,000 in our backyard here in the pacific, and they're starting to leak oil. so we wanted to investigate and find out exactly what we needed to do about that.

we went diving up in micronesia, and four out of ten shipwrecks we dived on were leaking oil. we started to investigate and find out what, and why and who's doing something about it, and basically we came up cold, very little is being done about it, very few people know about it. this is a worldwide problem, you guys are going to have the same. we only have 3,000 sunken ships here, there's 8,000 worldwide. the fact that they're starting to corrode to the extent that they're leaking oil is going to be a very serious problem for us all. putting their money where their mouth is! we asked you for your impulse buys, many of you have been in touch. i will let you know what they are after the break. hello.

a rather mixed weekend. sunshine and showers but heavy rain in the south, both on saturday and sunday. when the rain cleared, clearer skies, this was the sunset in whitstable on sunday evening. through the week, high pressure builds so things will turn warmer and drier, especially in the south. more rain and wind in northern parts of the uk later in the week, but on monday, not a bad day. high pressure in charge. the sunday low pressure system clearing into eastern europe, windy and chilly weather for continental over the next few days but closer to home, monday starts on a chilly night with a touch of frost in the countryside but most places looking dry with lovely autumnal sunshine. a few showers in the western scotland and the odd one into the north—west of england, but most places avoiding the showers. in the sunshine, temperatures around 14—16, touch warmer than sunday but not great

still for the time of year. we keep with the high pressure and dry conditions into tuesday. light winds, clear spells and another chilly night. we might be reaching for the thermostat. first thing tuesday even in towns and cities, temperatures down a few degrees above freezing. a touch of frost likely first thing tuesday, maybe some mist and fog around, but it should clear quickly. high pressure in charge for most, especially down to the south, but weather front is moving into the north—west meaning it will cloud over in northern ireland and scotland on tuesday with some outbreaks in the north—west at times. england and wales keeping dry and sunny with fairly light winds, so nice on tuesday. temperatures up to around 18, starting to nudge up a bit. typically the mid—teens for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the north—south split continues on wednesday. rainfall totals will be keeping up in western scotland over high

ground, 80 millimetres by the end of the week but again looking dry and a touch warmer. 20 likely in the south on wednesday, mid—to—high teens further north. thursday will be another decent day, the warmest of the week. things turning fresher by friday but we keep the sunshine. not a bad week of weather ahead. enjoy. bye— bye. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. the us—china trade war jumps into top gear, with america applying tariffs on $250 billion worth of chinese imports. sky tells its shareholders to back a takeover bid by comcast, putting the american cable firm in line to control one of europe's most profitable tv companies. and on the markets... a quieter day in asia. japan and china are closed for public holidays. hong kong is open. and of

course, those tariffs are now kicking in.