hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2. labour says it's likely to vote down any brexit deal based on theresa may's chequers plan and doesn't rule out the option of staying in the eu in any future referendum. it's right that parliament has the first say, but if we need to break the impasse, nobody is ruling out remain as an option. the cabinet agrees that after brexit, people from the eu should face the same immigration rules as those from the rest of the world. life expectancy in the uk stops improving for the first time since records began in the 19805 coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with katherine downes. a few days from the ryder cup? yes the players have been getting a feel for the course and the occasion. and they have been speaking to the press for the first time. we will hear from both teams at half past. thank

you. darren has all the weather for us. you. darren has all the weather for us. that looks beautiful. but it is stormy way out there? yes, we have got some more sunshine for england and wales and some warm weather over the next couple of days. no storm in sight, but that is a different site in the west pacific a massive typhoon there. thank you. also coming up: helping people who are paralysed walk again — a revolutionary new treatment using electrical implants in the spinal cord. good afternoon. labour says it will almost certainly vote down any deal on brexit the prime minister agrees with the eu, making it hard for her to get it through parliament. delegates at the party's conference in liverpool will vote this

afternoon on a motion that keeps open the possibility of the party campaigning for another referendum. sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, got a standing ovation at the conference when he said no one is ruling out ‘remain‘ as an option in any fresh referendum. iain watson reports from liverpool. get yourfree fudge if you are sitting on the fence! pro—eu campaigners want a labour to avoid being mealy—mouthed about brexit, they want a commitment to a new referendum that the party would stick to. under the glare of publicity, the brexit secretary didn't quite give them that, but he all but guaranteed that the bulk of labour mps would vote down any deal theresa may brings back from brussels. conference, when it comes to that vote in parliament, we do not accept... we do not accept that the choice is between whatever the prime minister manages to cobble

together, or no deal. that is not a meaningful vote. labour are against a conservative deal, but what is their plan? voting against the government is a first step, although they will need the help of conservative rebels to defeat the prime minister. if they succeed, they will call for a new general election defeat to not get it, campaigning for a new referendum becomes an option. yesterday, the shadow chancellor suggested a referendum would only be on mrs may's deal, the keir starmer was clear that a much wider question could be asked. it is right that parliament has the first say, but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. that went down well with delegates but the few leave campaigners here are far from ecstatic. and there were some words

of caution from the platform. if they fail us, we demand they go back to the people with a vote on the deal. conference, that is not a second referendum. despite what keir might have said earlier, it is a public vote on the terms of our departure. we must take care that by committing wholeheartedly to another referendum at this stage we do not alienate all those people across great swathes of our nation who, with sincerity, voted leave. many labour party members do not want a referendum to be an option on the table, but the preferred option of the party if they can get a general election. some people warned there will be a high political price to pay if labour is portrayed as the party of remain. if labour is seen not to be implementing the decision of the referendum in 2016, a large number of voters, particularly in wales, midlands and the north, marginal seats, will not vote labour, which seems important to avoid. most of the labour party is in step

on brexit at the moment, but further down the line there could be divisions on when or whether to call a referendum and what question to ask the voters. let's get the latest now from liverpool with our chief political correspondent vicki young. there has been a strong reaction to that speech from keir starmer. those who voted for brexit are in the minority here, but there has been a statement from the labour leave group saying, that would happen if there is a second referendum is labour would loose lots of mps and seats in the midlands and wales and that keir starmer‘s speech was a challenge tojeremy that keir starmer‘s speech was a challenge to jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. they see it as a leadership. they see it as a leadership bid by him. the issue of brexit is always important here, other things are being announced

here too. i will discuss that with labour's business spokesperson. on brexit, there is huge confusion, even during the debate, unite saying, if we have another referendum it won't have the option of remain in it. it is very unclear for people where labour are. no, what we have said at conference and we are having the debate about this, there was a meeting to agree a motion put together by a number of clps and trade unions and it was not to rule anything out, to push for a general election, but not rule out other options. i want to see a general election. if theresa may can't pass a deal, she will have lost the confidence of parliament and other own party and she would have no legitimate reason to carry on. in that situation we should be ina general on. in that situation we should be in a general election situation. but you can't make that happen. if you get to the option of some new

referendum, are you willing to say to people, you have the option to remain? the thing about a second referendum, it would be completely different, depending on which party was in power, this is the risk that i impress on people, if we have the current government in power, they could decide what the questions were and weight it in a particular direction and gain the result they wanted to and you know what is the referendum going to be? is it a referendum going to be? is it a referendum on if deal? a rerun of the referendum? who knows? let's talk about your announcement about the uk being carbon—neutral within 30 years. some would say it is unrealistic. how could you manage this? it is not unrealistic and the storms of the last for night have shown how climate change is affecting britain and the world and if we don't take action, we are not going to have a future. what we want to do is notjust tackle climate

change, because as a party that represents people, you would expect us represents people, you would expect us to do that, but we want to use it as an economic opportunity to revitalise communities, the ones that have been left behind for decades. you have been talking about high streets and businesses, many having a hard time. what can you do to help them? partly because people shop online. that's right it is partly because people shop online, to state the whole decline of the high street is linked to online retail is a bit of a fallacy, of course we are changing our shopping habit, but that doesn't mean to say we need to have empty shops, they should be changed into community spaces and we need a fresh approach. these principles were put forward by the reviews we have had and the government blames all of the decline oi'i government blames all of the decline

on simply the issue of online retailing. there are measures we have set out. in the long—term we are carrying out a review to tackle issues such as online seams tax to make the tax fairer. we also want to carry out a planning commission to look at all the different options that could be made available to local government to invest and revitalise communities, but in the short—term there are a number of actions the government can take today. we have set out a five—point plan. first banning atms and stopping the closure of banks and post office and secondly ensuring all under 25s have free bus travel and having free public wi—fi in town centres. the fourth is in relation to business rates. the fifth is in relation to landlord's registers of empty properties to find out who the landlords are and be able to engage

with them and bring community groups in orthe with them and bring community groups in or the interested parties. can i ask you about something else? this morning the idea of a deputy leader who has to be a woman has been ditched. many people thought you might be in the running for that. why is this happen something? i haven't seen the machinations of conference, i was in favour of a second deputy post, i thought it would be good to have a gender balance. i will have to find out what happened. i looks like the labour party has a problem with women and that pressure was put on the constituency to withdraw the idea, because it was seen as a threat to jeremy corbyn?” idea, because it was seen as a threat to jeremy corbyn? i don't think it is a threat to jeremy corbyn. i'm not sure what happened, but the nec voted in favour of the proposal this week, tom watson voted in fave of it. i don't see a problem in ensuring that we have that gender party. parity. but we want to see

women in politics and business. thank you. plenty of controversy here as ever. this afternoon there will be a debate about palestine and some are predicting that too could be controversial. thank you. the cabinet has agreed to new immigration rules after brexit. eu nationals wanting to live or work in the uk would be treated the same as migrants from elsewhere in the world. currently, government policy allows for 20,700 non—eu, high—skilled workers to come to the uk each year. but for eu residents and members of the european economic area, the ‘freedom of movement‘ principle allows to travel and work within the area without visas, regardless of skills. the latest figures showed net migration of 101,000 from the eu into britain last year. well, the new immigration system would be based on skills rather than nationality, but some business leaders fear a bar

on low—skilled eu migrants could damage the economy. our politcal correspondent leila nathoo gave us the latest from westminster. there has been a long time coming, but i think we are getting the beginning ofan but i think we are getting the beginning of an outline of post brexit immigration strategy. remember, we have had that government commissioned report from the migration advisory committee last week that recommended no preferential treatment for eu citizens and recommended prioritising highly skilled workers. yesterday, the cabinet heard from the chair of the committee and following that presentation the cabinet we understand are in agreement now to follow that key recommendation that eu citizens are not treated any differently from other citizens of other parts of world after brexit. so that is a significant shift away from where we

are now. now, mindful of the referendum result and the role immigration played in the campaign, the government has been clear that freedom of movement will ends after brexit after any transition period. but government sources are suggesting greater access to britain for eu citizens could form part of wider trade agreement they hope to strike with the eu and that offer could be extended to other countries that britain is hoping to do trade deals with, provided british citizens are offered the same treatment. there are concerns from business that the gap in low skilled vacancies, labour says the government is not prioritising the needs of the economy, but i think it is clear that there is now a agreement among the cabinet that eu citizens should not be differently from other citizens. but this is all

subject to negotiations. life expectancy in the uk has stopped increasing for the first time since 1982, when figures were first collected. women's life expectancy remains at 82.9 years, and men's at 79.2. the office for national statistics say that in some parts of the uk, life expectancy has even decreased. our health correspondent dominic hughes explained the change in the figures. life peck expectancy has not fallen. the rate of increase has been slowing down, but the latest figures show the rate of increase has plateaued and has not increased at all. we no that in fact in some parts of the uk there has been a slight drop. in scotland and in wales, both men and women have a life expectancy that is just over a month lower than the previous set of figures. the same applies to men in northern ireland. this pattern of a

slowing down of the increase in life expectancy has been seen across other developed country, across the eu and the united states, but it is clear too that the united kingdom lags behind many other comparable eu countries when it comes to this. why is it happen something that is the big question. we know there is a link between poverty and life expectancy. some researchers have drawn an association between the austerity that was introduced after the financial crash a decade ago, but that is hotly contested. the statisticians at the office of national statistics point out there was a severe flu season and an excess number of winter deaths. thank you. president trump's controversial nominee for the supreme court has appeared on american television alongside his wife to deny claims against him of sexual misconduct. a second woman has now come forward to make allegations

against brett kavanaugh — he says the claims are smears. and mr trump, who's in new york for the annual united nations general assembly, has again defended his embattled nominee. our correspondent barbara plett usher reports from the un headquarters. president trump is attending the united nations super bowl of diplomacy, but his mind is on the political battles in washington. the drama over his nominee for the supreme court took an unexpected turn last night. tonight, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh breaks his silence for the first time since being accused of attempted rape. i've never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school, not ever. he was trying to restore the image of a churchgoing family man, after two women accused him of sexual misconduct as a drunken youth. there are reports of a third. i am not going to let false accusations drive me out of this process.

we're looking for a fair process where i can be heard and defend my integrity, my lifelong record, my lifelong record of promoting dignity and equality for women, starting with the women who knew me when i was 1a years old. i'm not going anywhere. turmoil has also engulfed the justice department, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein forced to deny rumours that he offered to resign. reporter: has anyone asked you to resign? forced also to deny reports that he suggested secretly recording mr trump as part of attempts to remove him from office. speculation that the president would fire mr rosenstein dominated his international meetings at the un. i'm meeting with rod rosenstein on thursday when i get back from all of these meetings. we will be meeting at the white house and we will be determining what is going on. but despite the distractions in washington, president trump today has an audience here to address.

un members have a better sense now of his views and his style than they did last year, so they are probably less likely to be shocked by anything he might say. but they are dismayed at his record on issues that the un cares about. issues such as the iran nuclear deal. parties to the agreement met to try and save it after president trump withdrew. he has also pulled the us out of un bodies, he has cut funding and will further press the case for sovereign national rights in this sanctuary of multilateralism. defying the world to protect america's interests, that is his theme. but his struggle is to protect his own interests, back in washington. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, at the united nations in new york. president trump is due to make a speech to the united nations general assembly in new york after 3pm this afternoon. we'll bring that to you live. we are going to take you to the

river thames now, because we have had a report that a baluga whale has been spotted in these waters. i hope you're eagle—eyed, because i can't see it. but we are assured it is there. it was first spotted by an ecologist called dave andrews, who took these pictures and he does know. there you go. he does know what he is looking for. he said it had been feeding near the barges near gravesend and it has been spotted in east tilbury as well. almost certainly it is a baluga whale, we are told. marine divers said it seemed to be swimming strongly. it is holding its breath

isn't it? can we see some water 7 isn't it? can we see some water splashing? there is the odd splash and a barge gooing by. —— barge going by. people are being urged not to get too close. leave the whale be and let it swim. and watch it from shore. you will recall that about i think 12 years ago there was a bottle—nosed whale spotted in the thames that got into distress and they failed to refloat it and get it back to sea. but this one, the baluga is almost certainly there! it is swimming strongly. we will keep an eye on it. these are oui’ will keep an eye on it. these are our headlines. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, has said that labour is likely to vote down any brexit deal brought back from brussels by theresa may, because it looks set to fail their six tests for future prosperity

donald trump stands by his man, as supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh defends himself on prime time tv — denying sexually assaulting anyone. the office of national statistics says life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since 1982. coming up — a revolutionary new treatment using electrical implants in the spinal cord helping people who are paralysed walk again. and in sport, tiger woods draws as crowd as he heads out on to the course with the rest of the us ryder cup team in paris. it is master against pupil in the league cup. manchester united play derby and jose mourinho and frank lampard go head—to—head and farah williams is backin head—to—head and farah williams is back in phil neville's england squad to ta ke back in phil neville's england squad to take on brazil and australia. i will have more just after half past. the bodies of a british man

and his wife have been found buried in the garden of their home in northern thailand, after going missing a week ago. thai police say two men have been arrested and charged with murder of alan hogg and his wife, not sud—daen, and a third — the wife 5 brother — has been charged with conspiring to commit murder and theft. the british embassy in bangkok said they are in contact with thai authorities and providing support to the family. an inquest into the death of a girl who died after eating a pret a manger baguette — has heard that another 9 pret customers suffered allergic reactions to similar products in the year before. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperooze, who had a severe sesame allergy, collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice and died within hours. our correspondent angus crawford gave us the latest from west london coroner's court. well the court heard there were 21

similar adverse re actions. of those, nine related to sesame products and six to the type of bag etc she ate. the court was read a letter by a woman who had been just one in october 2015. she had eat an similar sandwich and had what she called a life—threatening allergic reaction to this. her life was only saved because her father was reaction to this. her life was only saved because herfather was a doctor. there was a hospital near by and she was treated with medication. the court heard that her mother, a gp, then rang pret amanager to warn them about the dangers of inadequate signposting. we heard from john

perkins of pret a manager, who said they are reviewing the signs on fridges. he said they reviewed the signs and then injanuary 2017, they updated them to include full allergen advice. angus crawford. three people who were paralysed from the waist down have been able to walk again afer a revolutionary electical device was implanted in their spinal cords. doctors in america say the device uses electrodes to stimulate nerves in the patients' spinal cords. experts say the device helps signals from the brain — that have been lost — reach the leg muscles. our health and science correspondent james gallagher reports. kelly thomas thought this would be impossible. it has been four years since she was paralysed from the waist down in a car accident. now, she can walk again, thanks to an implant in her spine and months of gruelling exercises. one day they were helping me, as usual, and then they stopped helping me and i took maybe three or four steps in sequence and ijust

stopped and my lips started quivering and my ears, my face got hot and my eyes got teary. i was like "oh my god, thatjust happened, i just took steps." kelly still needs a frame for balance, but says regaining movement has transformed her life. and she is not alone. jeff marquis was paralysed in a mountain biking accident, his spinal cord injury stops the instructions from his brain reaching his legs. so surgeons implanted device in his lower spine. it does not control his legs, instead it uses electricity to make the healthy part of his spinal—cord more responsive so now whenjeff thinks, the instructions can get through and he can move his legs. the spinal—cord is very receptive to sensory cues, so if it gets a little bit, the spinal—cord will give a little bit more.

and it's getting through the correct little bit to initiate the chain of events. teams of researchers at the university of louisville and the mayo clinic have used this technology to help three people walk again. i think the important aspect of it is that recovery is possible. the ability to stand without physical assistance and walk over ground without physical assistance, it is a possibility now. kelly is using the implant in her daily life and has plans of ditching the frame, too. this is not a miracle cure for paralysis, it is still unclear why it works for some patients and not others. but it is another sign of the huge steps being made to treat these most life changing of injuries. james gallagher, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren. we are looking out to the pacific.

yes, remember last week we had two named storms and an ex—hurricane battering the uk. this week it is quieter. but elsewhere it is not. this is a typhoon that developed quickly in the space of 48—hours from next to nothing to this beast. there are two things to note. the eye is very clearly defined. that indicates that it is a really powerful typhoon. we have sustained winds of 120mph. gusts of 150mph. it is just weaker than the one that swept into the fell pianos and philippines and it is almost stationery. there is a big area of high pressure up here. that is stopping that move there. what will

happen is that the big high pressure here will move away and it should track north. but only very slowly in the next 48 to 72 hours. it is going to be the islands of japan that will get battered. that is a big one and one that we will have to watch. may go to taiwan orjapan. there is not much land mass in its way. they try and take the path of least resista nce and take the path of least resistance to maintain the strength. what tends to happen, if they're going north, they approach japan and going north, they approach japan and go that way, because the jet stream picks it up. stormy in the atlantic as well? yes things are starting to kick off. this area of cloud was tropical storm kirk, the most

southerly named atlantic storm since 1902. it is now no longer a tropical storm, but just a 1902. it is now no longer a tropical storm, butjust a mass of cloud and it has lost the closed circulation and the winds have dropped. but the potential is there for it to develop and it will head to the wind ward isles. and the carolinas, another area of cloud. this is still an area of cloud, but again this an area that could develop into a tropical storm. it won't be like florence, but it may bring heavy rain. something we don't need. and our forecast? our forecast much more straight forward! we have a beautiful day in england and wales. blue skies after a cold and frosty

start. but a greyer, damper picture in northern ireland and western scotland. here we have this conveyor belt of cloud coming across the atlantic, may bring some cloud into northern england. but most is in northern ireland and scotland. not much rain in northern ireland today. most of it is in western scotland. we could see 15 degrees. england and wales sunnier and the winds lighter. 17 or 18. the winds are a feature not just with the 17 or 18. the winds are a feature notjust with the rain, but in the north—west of scotland gusts of 60mph forecast for the next few hours. the winds will ease tonight. still a brisk westly wind bringing more cloud. more rain in western scotland. we are left with a huge contrast in temperatures. milder in the northern half of the uk. but in

south wales and the midlands and southern england, the temperatures won't be far from freezing. not as cold as last. high pressure still in the south. . low pressure to the north and that front grinding to a halt. some rain first thing in northern wales and northern england. it should brighten up with some sunshine in eastern scotland as the rain continues in the west. for most, a warm day for the time of year and could get twenty one degrees in aberdeen. further south 22 is likely. thursday we see that rain moving south and some heavy rain moving south and some heavy rain in the north of scotland but that band of cloud and rain moving south and the rain ends and more cloud by the end of the day. some sunshine and showers coming into the north—west of scotland and the north—westerly wind and cooler and fresh esh. er —— fresher. we could

see 23 or 2a across some eastern parts of england. that is the peak of heat. the cooler and fresher air will sink southwards across the uk, dropping temperatures by friday, but with high pressure not far away on friday and into the weekend, most places should be dry with sunshine. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. labour's shadow brexit secretary has said his party

would almost certainly vote down any deal on brexit secured by the prime minister. sir keir starmer held out the prospect of a further referendum being called. it is right that parliament has the first say but if we need to break this impressed, then options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option! —— but if we need to break an impasse. the cabinet has agreed that eu migrants should not be given preferential treatment after brexit. a cabinet source said ministers unanimously supported a system based on skills rather than nationality. life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since figures began in 1982. women's life expectancy from birth remains at 82.9 years and for men it is 79.2. sport now on afternoon live with katherine. and the ryder cup countdown

continues and we have heard from tiger woods. iam i am absolutely enthralled by whale watch, i have a beluga picked out! the young guys who have been representing europe for the past decade, they have not seen old tiger woods, they have never had to face him at his best and now he's back on form, he's looking forward to showing them what they have been missing. the younger guys were on their way missing. the younger guys were on theirway in when missing. the younger guys were on their way in when i was on why way out, a —— when i was on my way out and they have never really played against me when i was playing well,

it has been five years since i last woi'i it has been five years since i last won a golf tournament. a lot of the players were just coming onto the scene. a circus around the ryder cup, it has begun, the celebrity matches under way, featuring the likes of condoleezza rice, out on the golf course, michael phelps, nile, from one direction, he is a keen golfer, and you can tune in on the website watching the celebrities having a go. what a line-up! at old trafford a case of teacher meets people... ! trafford a case of teacher meets people...! this trafford a case of teacher meets people. . .! this is derby county against manchester united in the third round of the league cup, derby cou nty third round of the league cup, derby county manager frank lampard, famous chelsea legend, and jose mourinho, used to manage chelsea, frank lampard used to manage chelsea, frank lampa rd has used to manage chelsea, frank lampard has been talking about how hugely influentialjose mourinho has been on his career, notjust as a play about inspiring him to get him into management because of his success , into management because of his success, is looking forward to going head—to—head with the old boss.

it will be great to see him and chat, i know that he will be supportive, not supportive on tuesday night but of my management career. he will spawn a lot of managers, a lot of his players, at any of his clubs, whatever club you play for underneath him, you will see him coming through. i appreciate the support, i have support from a lot of managers i have worked for. england's most capped player fara williams is back in phil neville's squad for two upcoming internationals next month. injury kept her out of the last round of fixtures when england secured their qualification for next year's world cup. the lionesses continue their preparation for the tournament in france with matches against brazil on october the 6th, and then australia 3 days later. it's been a mixed morning for great britain at the world judo championships in baku, the world number two natalie powell is out early but jemima yeats—brown still has a chance of a medal, after winning two bouts in the under 78 kilo division this morning and although she lost her quarter—final, she could still win

bronze through the repecharge. but powell's tournament is over after a shock defeat. she was knocked out in the third round by slovenia's klara apoteker. she won bronze last year and was bidding to become wales's first world champion but her challenge ended in a matter of seconds when she was thrown for ippon. she admitted she‘d ‘messed up‘. i don‘t think i started to badly, i started well but then i got caught. came in in good shape. i don‘t really know... sometimes, some competitions, you go in, thinking everything is going wrong, but when everything is going wrong, but when everything goes right before, you expect the result to come, and sometimes it doesn‘t work out like that. i know that you were

fascinated by the beluga, back to the river thames, watch your screens, we have been told that they beluga whale has been spotted in the river thames. these are live pictures. apparently, they were a lot better earlier. this is the thames estuary. they beluga whale has been spotted by david andrews, and all mythology is and ecologist. —— he is in ornithology is. —— ornithologist. the public is being urged not to get too close. these pictures were shot near gravesend, this beluga was swimming near the barges. the last sighting of a

beluga whale in the uk, three years ago, iam beluga whale in the uk, three years ago, i am told by the bbc news website, off the coast of northumberland, sightings are extremely rare, according tojulia cable, from the marine rescue, who has been giving us wants, she is saying, hopefully this one, it is a few minutes ago, those pictures, it has surfaced. they say they hope it will swim out to sea, back out to sea, we do not wa nt to sea, back out to sea, we do not want it travelling upstream in the thames, you may recall, 2006, a northern bottlenose whale got stranded in the river, despite all attem pts stranded in the river, despite all atte m pts to stranded in the river, despite all attempts to refloat it and get it back out to sea, it died, it was five metres long. there is the live shot again and there is a helicopter, you can see that shadow. there is a beluga whale in that river and we hope to catch sight of it again, and hoping nobody goes to

close to disturb it. there, there we are, just to the left of that boat, a splash... has gone under again... there it is! it is performing very nicely for us now. isn‘t it. there we are, a beluga in the thames estuary. also spotted by east tilbury, at coal house fought, so having a good old splash around in the river thames but we don‘t want it going too far upstream, that would be very worrying indeed. —— coalhouse fort. the bbc‘s had access to one of britain‘s worst prisons, criticised for high levels of drugs and violence. lindholme, near doncaster, is one of ten prisons being given extra government money. the prisons minister, rory stewart, recently said he‘ll resign if these jails haven‘t improved within a year. emma glasbey reports from lindholme. behind the doors of a prison struggling with drugs and violence.

so is it easy for people to get drugs in here? very easy. see drugs on a daily occurrence. it causes major problems for not only as inmates but for staff as well. stretching almost three miles, lindholme near doncaster has the largest perimeter fence of any prison in the country and faces a huge challenge to keep the drugs out. this was found yesterday, how did it get in? this were thrown over in the industrial area. just thrown over the. . ? thrown over the fence. and then you‘ve got these tiny mobile phones. yeah, they‘re quite popular within the prison. they‘re obviously a lot easier to conceal, they‘ll be a lot less obvious than carrying the likes of a samsung around. the phones help inmates get hold of more drugs, and with the drugs comes increasing violence.

you can never actually feel 100% safe in prison. you‘re in a very volatile environment. but with this introduction of spice, this new synthetic drug, prisons have become ultra—dangerous. on the day we filmed at lindholme, a prisoner was found dead in his cell. a link to drugs is not being ruled out. this category cjail is one of ten prisons getting a share of £10 million of government money to try and turn things around. i think there is a very good working relationship with the prisoners at lindholme and the staff. i think there‘s some really good work going on, which continues to be developed. it‘s work in progress but, yes, there has been improvements made. more prison officers have been recruited here, but the number of assaults has quadrupled in the past decade. one officer at lindholme told us staff are at breaking point. i‘ve been assaulted, my colleagues have been assaulted, it‘s horrible. it affects your life inside the jail and outside the jail. do you think you will stay in the job? i‘d like to think i can, but i don‘t know if i‘ll be able to.

it‘s hard to say. because it feels like i‘ve failed. the prisons minister has said he‘ll resign if he doesn‘t cut the level of drugs and violence. the challenge is huge, but it‘s one that urgently needs to be met. emma glasbey, bbc news. domestic abuse victims and their children in england and wales are being put at risk because probation officers are failing to supervise offenders properly. thats according to a report by the probation watchdog. the inspectorate of probation said it had grave concerns about the work done by community rehabilitation companies in england and wales. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly explains. police responding to a report of domestic violence. those convicted all end up in the community on probation. the companies given the

job of rehabilitating them are failing, that is the conclusion of today‘s by the probation watchdog will stop while offenders are left to effectively drift through probation supervision period they are probation supervision period they a re left probation supervision period they are left to go back to live with people they have abused, to threaten those people, to intimidate, and to abuse those people. that should not be happening. at this rehabilitation centre in merseyside, they are having successes. jamie has received the help he needed to turn around what was a verbally abusive relationship which is partner. could have potentially been injail, could have potentially been injail, could have potentially been injail, could have potentially not even have children, i did not want my boys to grow up thinking it is ok to speak to people like that. generally, today‘s report has found that staff had unmanageable workloads and as a result, in 70% of cases, work to protect victims and children was not

good enough. a huge proportion of cases going through the system are links to domestic abuse, it is unacceptable that in seven of ten cases, the victims of these crimes are not being protected properly and the level of understanding around the ongoing impact and harm that can be caused by domestic abuse is not fully understood. the government says it is working to better protect and support victims of domestic abuse and improve the companies dealing with the perpetrators. susannah is here in a moment she will be telling us what‘s hot and what‘s not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live.

labour says it‘s likely to vote down any brexit deal based on theresa may‘s chequers plan and doesn‘t rule out the option of staying in the eu in any future referendum. donald trump stands by his man as supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh defends himself on prime time tv denying sexually assaulting anyone. life expectancy in the uk stops improving for the first time since records began in the 1980s. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. revenues made by manchester united have hit a record as the football club earned more money from tv rights. the club reported revenues of £590m in the year to the end ofjune, up 1.5% on the prior year, and forecast they would top £600 million next time. the co—founders of photo—sharing giant instagram are both leaving the firm after reports the two disagreed with owners facebook. instagram was bought by facebook in 2012 for £760 million and now has more than one billion users. us fashion giant michael kors has confirmed that it‘s buying the italian fashion house versace.

the £1.6 billion deal has outraged some fans of the brand. creative director, donatella versace, has run versace since the 1997 murder of her brother gianni. she called the sale a "very exciting moment" and "allow versace to reach its full potential". manchester united making a lot of money, what is pushing up profits? the club may be seventh in the premier league and eight points behind liverpool, as far as finances 90, behind liverpool, as far as finances go, really is in the super league, all to do with revenues from television, people watching manchester united around the world, pushing up profits for the firm, television revenues rose after £204 million, the club finished second in the premier league last season, six the premier league last season, six the season before. there was a big fall in revenue in the final quarter, that was due to manchester united‘s poor performance in the

champions league and that revenue fell 16%. united fail to make it to the quarterfinals, a real knock on effect immediately to revenues if the team does not perform very well. really good barometer, how do they compare with other clubs? another survey, the football money league from the light, showed that manchester united top the table of 20 richest clubs for the second year ina row, 20 richest clubs for the second year in a row, that was for last season. —— deloitte. looks set for that trend to continue. revenues of £600 million per year expected next year, that will depend upon how players perform on the pitch. news from the fashion world. global fashion perform on the pitch. news from the fashion world. globalfashion house michael kors has snapped up the italian giant the saatchi for £1.6 billion. —— versace. last year, michael cors boughtjimmy choo,

global expansion continues, but fans are not impressed, they are venting frustration on social media, unhappy at the direction the brand is taking, donatella versace, who took over running the firm, being creative director after her brother was murdered in 1997, she said it was murdered in 1997, she said it was a really exciting time for the brand. kim is in new york, hello, tell us more about this deal. michael cors is a key strategy, it wants to enter the european market, the european luxury market because quite honestly, it is not doing quite honestly, it is not doing quite as well as expected here in the united states, expanded a little more rapidly than many analysts thought it should and as a result it has had to discount some of its handbags. i want to mention, when it comes to michael cors, different market, and bags sell for something like £350 here in the united states,

when it comes to versace, something like £1000, so they are two different markets that michael kors is trying to tap into. it is going to change its name to capri holdings to change its name to capri holdings to signal it is taking a different tack when it comes to the customer base. —— michael kors. tack when it comes to the customer base. -- michael kors. moving upmarket to the luxury market is interesting, particularly with the purchase ofjimmy choo as well. for sure, it will be a struggle for the brand, investors were not happy with the deal, we saw that shares of michael kors dipped 8% yesterday after reports leaked suggesting it was considering the purchase, many a nalysts was considering the purchase, many analysts said it was too high, 1.5, £1.3 billion, $2 billion, significant amount of money to pay for the company which other investors and other companies have suggested is not run as well as other european luxury brands, mains to be seen if michael kors can turn around versace, can put in strict

procedures when it comes to the back end of the operation, it says it thinks it can grow sales in europe to something like $2 billion, £1.6 billion. remains to be seen whether or not it can shift focus to europe, otherwise, investors might be quite unhappy with this purchase price. certainly seems as though the sergei fa ns certainly seems as though the sergei fans on twitter, they are not impressed by this. -- it certainly seems that the saatchi fans on twitter are disappointed. —— versa ce. twitter are disappointed. —— versace. sometimes quite hard for a brand to flourish, when it is part ofa brand to flourish, when it is part of a huge fashion empire. when it comes to michael kors, especially when they talk about why they are investing in the saatchi, they have ke pt investing in the saatchi, they have kept on because they do not want to change the brand, they say they can

provide the back—end operations. —— versace. hr, accounting, crucial things which allow a brand to flourish and they will keep the creative part of the company in europe and hopefully that will be enough to spur the brand on. thank you very much. 8100 positive territory, pushed up by the higher oil price, because there are concerns about sanctions looming over iran, by the united states. that has lifted oil companies like royal dutch shell and bp up 2.33%. as far as retail is concerned, bright spot. prepared for a no deal scenario as well as the other scenarios,

apparently, positive statement out from them today. thank you very much, see you later. in northern ireland, the dup leader arlene foster has been giving evidence to a public inquiry into a botched green energy scheme. the scheme paid businesses one pound sixty for every pound they spent on renewable fuels, resulting in losses of nearly £500 million. chris page reports from stormont. as winter approaches, millions worry about paying fuel bills, two years ago, it was the opposite for hundreds of businesses in northern ireland, the row over what was nicknamed the cash for ash scandal had a huge political impact. arlene foster used to be the first minister, now the main focus of stormont is this public enquiry. looking at one of the reasons are government collapsed. a green energy scheme ran massively overbudget, this morning she was challenged about why she forgot about a meeting three years ago when a political adviser first told her about problems with the scheme. adviser first told her about

problems with the schemelj adviser first told her about problems with the scheme. i do not have a clear recollection of the fa cts have a clear recollection of the facts presented to me, i apologise, i beazley did not think it was an issue of any great thing at that time and it was not put across as a big issue and therefore i did not think it was of any issue. —— obviously. the scheme was designed to get businesses to switch from fossil fuels to green energies, it was too generous, the more they burned, the more they earned, for every pounds worth of environmentally friendly fuel, the user got back £1 60 from the public purse, the projected overspend was estimated to be £490 million over 20 yea rs. estimated to be £490 million over 20 years. jonathan bell, in charge of the scheme, told the chair that the dup tried to discredit him for speaking out about the floors of the scheme. you are asserting that the dup has created a massive smear

campaign against you. -- flaws. yes. and that is politics, is it? yes, it isa grubby and that is politics, is it? yes, it is a grubby world. in written evidence to the enquiry, arlene foster has denied there was any attempt to smear mr bell or a strategy to protect her as dup leader. the renewable heat incentive and its multi—million pound failings was not the only reason why the power—sharing executive collapsed, but it did trigger the final row between the dup and their power—sharing partners, sinn fein, 20 months on, there is still no sign of devolution returning. around 1200 issues have been identified at the new school in dumfries which has been closed because of safety concerns. the north west community campus opened in august but was shut after three weeks. the figure emerged at this morning‘s meeting of dumfries and galloway council. there‘s still no date for the reopening. archaeologists have found

a 400—year—old shipwreck off the coast of portugal. the team believe the ship was returning from india when it sank sometime between 1575 and 1625. spices, ceramics and cannons engraved with portugal‘s coat of arms all lie around the wreck, found near the capital lisbon. time for a look at the weather. for most of england and wales, lovely sunny day, after the cold and locally frosty start, for scotland and northern ireland, different story, atlantic influence, dragging much more cloud, outbreak of rain as well, already had a little bit of rain for northern ireland, not a great deal of rain to come, pushing up great deal of rain to come, pushing up the west of scotland, some sunshine for eastern scotland, highs

of 18 celsius, here it is a little breezy perhaps, strongest winds are where we have rain on scotland, gust of 50 to 60 mph. overnight, wind will lesson a little bit but low in a lot of cloud and continue to have outbreaks of rain, always wettest over the hills in western scotland. here, across the north of the uk, temperatures will not change much during the day. further south, colder across parts of wales, the midlands and southern england, temperaturesjust midlands and southern england, temperatures just above freezing in the countryside, that is an improvement on what we have last night. cloud and rain coming courtesy of this weather front, stuck on wednesday across northern parts of scotland, higher pressure to the south means more sunshine, cloud greets the day across northern england and northern wales, most of the rain becoming confined to the northern half of scotland, allowing brighter conditions, eastern scotland, and the north—east of

england and here it will warm up as well, much warmer than today, temperatures 21 degrees in aberdeen, with sunny skies to the south, 22 is not out of the question. sunny start for england and wales, starting to move south on thursday across scotland and northern ireland, same time, rain petering out, sunny spells following, showers in the north—west, here the air will be much cooler, you can see on the temperature chart. still warm for this time of year, across wales, midlands, southern england, temperatures may be 23 degrees, underneath the band of cloud, cooler, in the sunshine behind it, cooler, in the sunshine behind it, cooler and fresh air. north—westerly breeze will push across the whole of the country in time for friday, temperatures dropping everywhere, still high—pressure lingering across than uk into the weekend. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall today at 3. labour says it‘s likely to vote down any brexit deal based on theresa may‘s chequers plan — and doesn‘t rule out the option

of staying in the eu in any future referendum. it‘s right that parliament has the first say, but if we need to break the impasse, nobody is ruling out remain as an option. the cabinet agrees that after brexit, people from the eu should face the same immigration rules as those from the rest of the world. life expectancy in the uk stops improving for the first time since records began in the 1980s. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. and look ahead a few days to the ryder cup. the players have been getting a feel for the course and tiger woods said he is looking forward to show the new guys what it was like to face the old tiger. thank you. thanks and we‘ll be joining you for a full update

just after half—past. darren has all the weather. more sunshine in england and wales. some warm conditions over the next couple of days. how long will it last though? hopefully i will be able to give you the answers later in the programme. also coming up — whale watching but not as you knowit. a beluga whale has swum into the river thames in kent and is feeding around one of the barges on the river. good afternoon. labour says it will almost certainly vote down any deal on brexit the prime minister agrees with the eu, making it hard for her to get it through parliament. delegates at the party‘s conference in liverpool will vote this afternoon on a motion that keeps open the possibility of the party campaigning for another referendum. sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit

secretary, got a standing ovation at the conference when he said no one is ruling out ‘remain‘ as an option in any fresh referendum. iain watson reports from liverpool. get yourfree fudge if you are sitting on the fence! pro—eu campaigners want a labour to avoid being mealy—mouthed about brexit, they want a commitment to a new referendum that the party would stick to. under the glare of publicity, the brexit secretary didn‘t quite give them that, but he all but guaranteed that the bulk of labour mps would vote down any deal theresa may brings back from brussels. conference, when it comes to that vote in parliament, we do not accept... we do not accept that the choice is between whatever the prime minister manages to cobble together, or no deal. that is not a meaningful vote. labour are against a conservative deal, but what is their plan?

voting against the government is a first step, although they will need the help of conservative rebels to defeat the prime minister. if they succeed, they will call for a new general election defeat to not get it, campaigning for a new referendum becomes an option. yesterday, the shadow chancellor suggested a referendum would only be on mrs may‘s deal, but keir starmer was clear that a much wider question could be asked. it is right that parliament has the first say, but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. that went down well with delegates but the few leave campaigners here are far from ecstatic. and there were some words of caution from the platform. if they fail us, we demand they go back to the people with a vote on the deal. conference, that is not

a second referendum. despite what keir might have said earlier, it is a public vote on the terms of our departure. we must take care that by committing wholeheartedly to another referendum at this stage we do not alienate all those people across great swathes of our nation who, with sincerity, voted leave. many labour party members do not want a referendum to be an option on the table, but the preferred option of the party if they can get a general election. some people warned there will be a high political price to pay if labour is portrayed as the party of remain. if labour is seen not to be implementing the decision of the referendum in 2016, a large number of voters, particularly in wales, midlands and the north, marginal seats, will not vote labour, which seems important to avoid. most of the labour party is in step on brexit at the moment, but further down the line there could be divisions on when or whether to call a referendum and what question

to ask the voters. let‘s get the latest now from liverpool with our chief political correspondent vicki young. yes, there are divisions over this issue. it is obvious that the overwhelming majority of labour members, labour people here, are certainly on the side of another referendum. they were very much campaigning for remain. but there is some reluctance still among some in the leadership. we thought from emily thornberry this afternoon and she‘s clearly concerned about the idea of having another vote. let‘s discuss this with the former the labour cabinet minister, ben bradshaw. you‘re on the side of remain. what do you say to those who are concerned that it can be seen of are concerned that it can be seen of a betrayal of the millions who voted

for brexit and lots of labour supporters in constituents in the midlands and the north. views are shifting and labour views are shifting and labour views are shifting more than most. the idea that democracy stands still at one point when we are faced with the choice of a bad deal, or no deal, should be even worse, in those circumstances, when parliament rejects both of the options, you don't do the sensible thing, to put the decision back to the people is nonsense. that would be the only sensible thing to do. you will find us sensible thing to do. you will find us when that time comes very united asa us when that time comes very united as a conference has shown us today. you think you can persuadejeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell, the unite union is not in favour of a question giving an option of remain. they say if you‘re going to honour the referendum it is about how we leave. it is the members' views that counts. the members have expressed

their views in this resolution passed with keir starmer getting a standing ovation. i'm confident in the event that we get a bad deal or a no—deal brexit that parliament rejects both options, the only sensible option would be to have another referendum and by then even some of the people like len mclusky maybe in the right place. but what about trust in politicians, people voted thinking it would be binding and millions will say, you asked us, we gave the answer and you‘re ignoring us. the people who have done most damage to trust in politicians are the tory government who have failed in these negotiations. the whole thing has beena negotiations. the whole thing has been a shambles and has taken two years for the government to come up with the position and theresa may has lost a series of cabinet ministers, they still can't agree if they want a norway—type or a canada type relation. in the absence of the government being able to make a

decision what, is the alternative. the british people will see that the sensible thing to do to bring the country back together, to get a decision and get over all of this uncertainty and mess is to have a referendum and settle the issue once and for all. but it continues the uncertainty, i spoke to the head of cbi who said businesses are worried. we are two years down the line, we still don‘t know and the prospect of yet another vote is even worse. businesses and the cbi are worried, they're worried about a no—deal brexit and a hard brexit. so in the circumstances, i have described, i'm confident they will come in behind the idea of another referendum, because that will be the only way out for the country that won't damage business, not damage jobs and not going to damage our economy. you sound very sure that theresa may‘s deal if she gets one would be voted down. but what is going on here,

isn‘t that helping her case. she can go to the backbenchers and those worried about backing her agreement and say, look, if you‘re not careful you will get no brexit, look at what labour is up to. you‘re helping get her deal through parliament?” labour is up to. you‘re helping get her dealthrough parliament? i don't think. so i think there are enough conservative mps who have... would also been very worried about a no—deal brexit or a canada—type deal and wouldn't vote for that. the only danger is she comes back with a fudge. people want a decision made one way or another. the idea we just kick the can down the road to delay the difficult decision and again we will have to have this debate. people have had enough and want it sorted one way or another. i'm confident we will end up with another referendum and we will fight for reform in the eu and will decide

thatis for reform in the eu and will decide that is where our future lies. thank you. i mentioned emily thornberry. she is speaking to conference now. let‘s listen to her. it isa it is a hundred years since the first women of our country won the right to vote and won the right to stand for parliament. don‘t let anybody say we were given those rights, girls, because the women who came before us, weren‘t given anything. they fought for those right and suffered for those right and some of them died for those rights. everything that we now enjoy was won by those brave and brilliant women. but it‘s also been a hundred yea rs women. but it‘s also been a hundred years since a young woman who never got the right to vote gave birth to her only son. a son who was refused

permission to attend her funeral 50 yea rs permission to attend her funeral 50 years later, because he was in a prison cell on robben island. she never got to see her son freed and change the country and inspire the world. but he called her the centre of his universe. so we owe it to her that he did. we also celebrate this year the anniversaries of some labour‘s greatst achievements. 70 yea rs labour‘s greatst achievements. 70 years since the attlee government created the nhs and 50 years since the wilson government signed the none proliferation agreement. 20 yea rs none proliferation agreement. 20 years since tony blair secured the good friday agreement which the tories are trying to jeopardise and 20 years since a labour government declared the devolution revolution that the tories are trying to ignore

as they go a choice between no deal and chequers deal. neither one of which we will ever accept. but conference it is a year of solemn anniversary, a hundred years since the end of the first world war, where young men united not in the spirit of international, but in the words of keir hardy to fill the horrid graves of war in the same of selfish and incompetent statesmen who had failed to preserve the peace. applause. it is 70 years since the assassination of gandy and

the kennedies shot dead and 50 years since... problem with sound. skavps and 80 years since the spanish civil war. we pay tribute today to those brave men and women, including one of think cities‘ greatest sons, the legendary jack jones. they were prepared to sacrifice their youth, their future and their lives to try and stop the rise of fascism in europe and we need the same spirit today, conference, because make no mistake, those dangerous forces are on the rise again on a pace and a scale not seen since the days of the

international brigades. you know it is not just international brigades. you know it is notjust the scenes international brigades. you know it is not just the scenes from cha rlottesville is not just the scenes from charlottesville to stockholm of masked men. it is national leaders with a form of nationalism that is a hatred of everyone else by the erosion of democracy and free speech. by the demonisation of any minority or religion or any media out deemed to be the enemy. we know these governments are contributing to the creation of a world where the human race is more divided than at any time since the 30s and a world which is unable to deal with the problems that we face. that is why our world leaders shrug their

shoulders as climate change reaches the point of no return and governments continue to sell arms to saudi arabia, even when it is proved they‘re being used to murder innocent women and children in yemen. applause. that is why in the war in syria too it remains with dozens war in syria too it remains with d oze ns of war in syria too it remains with dozens of ma jr. jor countries playing their own lethal play —— major countries playing power games. iran can help nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe jailed. and donald trump can tearup zaghari—ratcliffe jailed. and donald trump can tear up treaties it took other leaders years to agree. all

because the world order has been turned into a globalfree—for—all. and the leadership to fix it is not there. but conference it is here. it is here in this hall and it‘s here on this stage and it‘s here in jeremy corbyn! applause. and we as a labour party in government must be there to lead the world in a different direction. so we will support our forces, maintain 296 we will support our forces, maintain 2% defence spending, invest more in peace keeping and never hesitate to defend ourselves, our allies and our citizens abroad, but we will never

go back to supporting illegal wars of intervention with no plans for the aftermath and no thought for to consequences whether in terms of innocent lives lost or the ungoverned status created. we will rise to the challenge that nelson mandela set this conference 18 years ago. when he told us, one of labour‘s major political tasks was to become once more the keepers of our brotherers and sisters around the world. applause. withjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, we must and we will lead the world in promoting human rights, in pursuing an end to conflict and in turning the promise of a nuclear—free world from an impossible dream into a concrete

goal. with the leadership of eve ryo ne goal. with the leadership of everyone of us, we must honour the member of the international brigades and lead the fight against fascism, racism and anti—semitism. that is what we have always done. that is what we have always done. that is what we have always done both at home and abroad and that is what we must always do. we must always do that. we were there in spain fighting franco in 1936 and in cable street that same year fighting alongside thejewish street that same year fighting alongside the jewish community street that same year fighting alongside thejewish community to stop the black shirt and we were in liverpool a year later when oswald mosley tried to speak and was forced out without saying a world... applause. and we were there in the 19805, i applause. and we were there in the 1980s, i was there when we marched

against the national front and let‘s remember we won all those battles. we beat the black shirt and the nf and the nbn and the edl and whatever they call themselves today, however they call themselves today, however they dress up their racial hatred. and we are there in the same streets telling the fascists no paseran! no paseran! when we look back on those battles, it wasn‘t the tories assembling in the streets to fight the forces of fascism, it has been the forces of fascism, it has been the men and women in this room, it has been jack jones

the men and women in this room, it has been jackjones and jeremy‘s pa rents, has been jackjones and jeremy‘s parents, diane abbot and jeremy corbyn and john mcdonald. while i make the... mrauz mrau. applause while i never disagree withjohn, i disagree on this, we don‘t need a new anti—nazi league. because the anti—nazi league is in this hall and on this stage. but conference let me speak about something from the depths of my heart and my soul and i say something i never thought that i would have to say in my lifetime as a labour member. and it is this. if we wa nt a labour member. and it is this. if we want to root out fascism and racism and hatred from our world and from our country, then we must start we must start with rooting out in our own party. we all support the palestinian cause

and we are all committed to recognise the palestinian state when we get into government and i... applause. and i stand here with no hesitation when i condemn the binyamin netanyahu government for its racist policies and criminal actions against the palestinian people. but i know as well and we must all acknowledge there are sickening individuals on the fringes of our movement who use our legitimate support for palestine as a cloak and a coverfor their despicable lay tread ofjewish people and their desire to see

israel destroyed. those people stand for everything that we have always stood against and they must be kicked out of our party in the same way that we kicked out oswald mosley from liverpool! applause. and there is something more. because if we want to realise the dream of the international, to unite the human race and reunite our country, then we must start with uniting our own party and ending the pointless conflicts which divide our movement, which poison our online debate and distract ourjob — which is fighting

the tories. because as gandhi said, we just mirror the world, if we can‘t show the strength to change ourselves, to change the way we behave to each other, how can we ever hope to change the country and a i spire to change the country and a i spire to change the country and a i spire to change the world ? change the country and a i spire to change the world? —— aspire to change the world? —— aspire to change the world? —— aspire to change the world ? change the world? —— aspire to change the world? if we do, if we do, if we can, if we can do all that, just think what we are capable of. think what mystery we can make —— history we can make in government and what we can achieve that future labour conferences will remember as great anniversary. i want to close a story about a siege of madrid in 1936 when every day people expected their streets to fall to the fascist forces and sure enough one day they

heard a huge army on the march. iron clad boots, men marching, making the earth tremble. a they crouched waiting for the order to attack. but then she said, the army began to sing, and a thrill goes down the spines of people, is this dream said women who were sobbing, but no, it wasn‘t. the men marching down the street had started to sing the international. in french and italian and german and english. the men of the international brigade singing different words, but all with the same meaning. that when any of us is under attack from the forces of hatred, we are all under attack and we must fight back together.

applause. if we can show that same unity today in our party and root out prejudice and end division in our own ranks and then we can heal our own ranks and then we can heal our divided country. we can unite our divided country. we can unite our fractured world and show the greatest achievements of our socialist movement lie not in the past but in our future. that is the kind of government we need for our country and the kind of britain we need for our world. thank you. studio: emily thornberry getting a

warm reception for her speech there. she confirmed what sir keir starmer said earlier, regarding not accepting the chequers deal and not accepting the chequers deal and not accepting no deal either. because it would fail the six tests for the future prosperity of the united kingdom. she talked about the change in the world order and her concerns about the rise of fascism and anti—semitism, particularly a problem that has beset the labour party for the last few years. her call there to root out racism in the party. whilst racism exists, eve ryo ne party. whilst racism exists, everyone is compromised. they can‘t stand by and watch that kind of exploitation. emily thornberry

there. life expectancy in the uk has stopped increasing for the first time since 1982, when figures were first collected. women‘s life expectancy remains at 82.9 years, and men‘s at 79.2. the office for national statistics says that in some parts of the uk, life expectancy has even decreased. our health correspondent dominic hughes explains the change in the figures. life expectancy has not fallen. the rate of increase has been slowing down, but the latest figures show the rate of increase has plateaued and has not increased at all. we know that in fact in some parts of the uk there has been a slight drop. in scotland and in wales, both men and women have a life expectancy that is just over a month lower than the previous set of figures. the same applies to men in northern ireland. this pattern of a slowing down of the increase in life expectancy has been seen across other

developed country, across the eu and the united states, but it is clear too that the united kingdom lags behind many other comparable eu countries when it comes to this. why is it happen something that is the big question. we know there is a link between poverty and life expectancy. some researchers have drawn an association between the austerity that was introduced after the financial crash a decade ago, but that is hotly contested. the statisticians at the office of national statistics point out there was a severe flu season and an excess number of winter deaths. i‘m nowjoined by richard murray, director of policy at the king‘s fund, an independent charity working to improve health and care in england. thank you for coming in. we hear it

is not so easy to work out exactly what the causes are, but what are the possible factors? we can see a couple of the reasons why mortality has gone up. there have been more severe winters with flu and that raises the question about how is it that flu has got more deadly. we are seeing a big slow down in the improvements from heart disease. for many years, reduction in heart disease has been a big driver behind improving life expectancy and that is flattening out. we need to look to our european partners, many are seeing similar trends, even if they appear worse in the uk. surely life expectancy will stop improving, we are not going to keep getting older and older? that is true. but you have to remember that particularly for women, life expectancy in the uk isn‘t particularly high. if you go to japan isn‘t particularly high. if you go tojapan and isn‘t particularly high. if you go to japan and france, women there

live a lot longer than in the united kingdom. even men, we are a bit above the average but nowhere near the top. so there would be some way to go before the united kingdom caught up with some of the other countries. what these to happen to work and why it has stopped improving? we need a draw together the evidence from this country and europe about the disease that are driving lesson and trying to understand what it is about them that has changed. it has been going on since 2010, that is when the slowdown began. it is surprisingly did not have some of the eight nations already, in some ways the eye was taken off the ball, we are now wondering why life expectancy stopped going up. this was obvious a couple of years ago that this was coming. some commentators will want to look towards austerity and to see whether the changes in government policy, particularly around benefit

and that kind of thing, has had an impact. how do isolate that to work out whether it is a factor? it is a difficult statistical question, we have got a natural experiment with our european partners, some have had austerity much more severe than ours. some have not had it at all. we can draw evidence from them. we have to tie with what we have seen through blue and heart disease. we have to try and make the link between austerity and some diseases becoming severe than they have in the past. how much more telling would it be from your point of view if these figures were broken down into such a economic groups and regional groups geographically?m would help, and we can see some differences around scotland and northern ireland and england. some delays differences are very small. it is hard to tell enough to be confident what is driving them. just like it well has been spotted

in the tenth century. the public have been what to stay away for the own safety. let the begin spot at this time. we would be very lucky to spot it. every full day to be swimming in the thames estuary if you are a while. there has been a sighting about three years ago in the north—east of england. then if i do live bit more information about them. beluga whales can grow up to 5.5 metres which is 18 feet long. they wait up to 3.5 thousand pounds. tanya ferrie is the implied manager for the port of london authority. she is on the river thames now. thank you forjoining us this

afternoon. what can you see when you are? i have gotten the back of the boat to talk to you out of the wind. we have been monitoring the animal and it seems to be swimming around the barges. it has been herfor a couple of hours. we are continuing to monitor it. where are they normally found ? to monitor it. where are they normally found? not on the thames. i believe they are in the arctic. it must be finding these waters rather warm. the thames does stay quite warm. the thames does stay quite warm until quite late in the autumn. it will be quite warm. i don‘t know what the temperature is, but it could get up to 23 in the summer. it will be very different to what it is used to add quite a long way from where it should be. we do normally get porpoises and seals and some dolphins in the summer. we have had

some other visitors over the years, you may remember the big whale that arrived in london a new years ago. we have not had a beluga above all. greasing we can see you just off the back of the boat. if you look up, there‘s a helicopter, that is ours. what would it be feeding upon the? i‘m not entirely sure that it would want. the cancer is quite murky. —— the cairns it. i don‘t know if they feed entirely by sonar or if they use their site, but if they are eating things like jellyfish, be deducted to have a great deal of jellyfish in the thames, but we have 999 jellyfish in the thames, but we have egg lot of plastic bags which could be quite an issue for the animal, finding things forfood.

be quite an issue for the animal, finding things for food. we haven‘t seen anything, any activity that implies it is feeding. it seems to be swimming in the same area. the temptation of courses when something this exciting happens for people to flock to the spot. these are recorded pictures that we are looking at. from where the beluga surfaced earlier. what is the advice to people who are tempted to get quite close? the advice from ours is bony navigated to keep an extra i have to keep their distance from the animal. we certainly do not want people trying to attempt to rescue yet, and we have strong links with professional and volunteer organisations who have done this type of thing in the past, if we do u nfortu nately type of thing in the past, if we do unfortunately need to rescue it of remove it from the thames. we are hoping if we get enough space and the panay on it, it will find its own way back out into an environment more appropriate. you must have a

number of different wildlife and marine groups that your turn to for advice and support on this. absolutely, we have been talking to them this afternoon, to gauge how quickly any action would be needed. at the moment we have heard from british divers that it is still swimming healthily. by the time being we do not intend to do any, or have not been advised to do any intervention. it is a beautiful day out there. how much traffic as they been up and down since news of it began to be reported? quite a number of ships come up and down the thames, but they are the other side of the river, so it is a relative distance. if it stays longer goes to

a different area, it may come closer to the shipping area where there are recreational users, closer to the banks. it can get a bit shallower, it did get a bit closer to the size of the river. it is a beautiful day to be out there, what a treat for you. on that boat that we can see, tanya speaking to us, we‘re just dooming end, thank you very much for talking to us. the president trump will be delivering his speech to the gathered delegates, heads of state, ambassadors, we will be hearing from him ina ambassadors, we will be hearing from him in a moment. expected to assert us sovereignty, we are also expecting later in the day to hear from the iranian president, who

believes that there was involvement in the deaths of 25 people and pay round the other day by gulf states, but he believes are backed by the usa, he says he will confront this —— in the united states over this. president trump is also having to deal the speculation over the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. madam president, mr secretary general. world leaders, ambassadors, distinguished delegates. one year ago i stood before you for the first time. in this grand hall. i addressed the threats facing our world, and i presented a vision to achieve a brighterfuture. for all of humanity. today i stand before the

united nations general assembly to share the extraordinary progress we have made. in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america byes so true. didn‘t expect that reaction, but that is how it goes. that‘s ok. laughter applause milla mcdonnell america‘s economy is booming like never before. it is my collection, we have added $12 trillion in wealth, the stock market is at an all—time high in history. jobless claims are at a 50 year low. african—american, hispanic american and asian american unemployment have all achieved their

lowest levels ever recorded. we have added more than 4 million newjobs, including have a million manufacturing jobs. we have passed the biggest tax cuts and reforms in american history. we have started the construction of a major border wall and we are greatly strengthened border security. we have secured wreck and funding for our military, $700 billion this year, and $716 billion next year. our military will soon be more powerful than it has ever been before. in other words, the united states is stronger, safer, and a richer country than it was when i assumed office less than two years ago. we are standing up for america and for the american

people. and we are also standing up for the world. this is great news for the world. this is great news for our citizens, and for peace—loving people everywhere. we believe that when nations respect the rights of their neighbours and defend the interests of their people they can better work together to secure the blessings of safety, prosperity and peace. each of us here today is the ms area of a distinct culture, a rich history, and a people bound together by ties of memory, tradition and the values that made our homelands like nowhere else on earth. that is why america will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control and domination. i honour the right of every nation in this room

to pursue its own customs, police and traditions. the united states will not tell you how to live or work, or worship. we only ask that you honour our sovereignty in return. from warsaw to brussels to tokyo to singapore, it has been my highest honour to represent the united states abroad. i have forged close relationships and friendships and strong partnerships with the leaders of many nations in this room, and our approach has always yielded incredible change. with support from many countries here today, we have engaged with north korea to replace the spectre of conflict with a bold and new push for peace. in june conflict with a bold and new push for peace. injune i travelled to singapore to meet face—to—face with north korea‘s leader. we had highly

productive conversations and meetings. we agreed that it was in both countries interests to pursue the demineralisation of the korean peninsula. since that meeting we have already seen a number of encouraging measures that few could have imagined only a short time ago. the missiles are no logo flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped. —— no longerflying. some facilities are already being dismantled and our hostages have been released, and has promised the remains of ourfallen been released, and has promised the remains of our fallen heroes are being returned home. too late at rest in american soil. —— to lay. i would like to thank the north korean leaderfor the steps he has would like to thank the north korean leader for the steps he has taken, although much work remains to be done. the sanctions will stay in

place until denuclearisation occurs. i also want to thank the many member states who helped us meet this moment. a moment that is actually far greater than people would understand. far greater. but for also their support and critical support that we will all need going forward. special thanks to present mood of south korea, prime minister abbey of japan, and mood of south korea, prime minister abbey ofjapan, and president of china. in the middle east, our new approach is also yielded great strides and very historic change. following my trip to saudi arabia last year, the gulf countries opened a new centre to target terrorist financing. they are enforcing new

sanctions, working with ours to identify and track terrorist networks and take on more responsibility for fighting terrorism and extremism and never region. the uid, saudi arabia, qatar have pledged billions of dollars to aid the people of syria and yemen, they are pursuing multiple avenues to ending yemen‘s horrible, frederick civil war. —— the uae. it is up to the nations of the region to decide what kind of future they wa nt to decide what kind of future they want for themselves and their children. for that reason, the united states is working with the gulf corporation counsel. jordan and egypt to establish a regional strategic alliance so that middle

eastern ages can advise prosperity, stability and security across their home region. faxed to the united states military, and our partnership with many of your nations, i am pleased to report that the bloodthirsty killers known as islamic state have been driven out from the territory they once held in iraq and syria. we will continue to work with friends and allies to deny radical islamic terrorists any funding a territory or support. or any means of infiltrating our borders. the ongoing tragedy in syria is heartbreaking. i was shared goals must be the de—escalation of military conflict. along with a political solution that honours the will of the syrian people. —— our shared goals. we urge of the united

nations led peace process be reinvigorated. rest assured the united states will respond and chemical weapons are deployed by the assad regime. i commend the people ofjordan and other neighbouring countries for hosting refugees from this very brutal civil war. as we see a jordan the most compassionate policy is to place refugees as close to their homes as possible, to ease their eventual return to be part of their eventual return to be part of the rebuilding process. this approach also stretches finite resources to help far more people increasingly the impact of every dollar spent. every solution to the humanitarian crisis in syria must

also include a strategy to address the brutal regime that is fuelled and financed it. the corrupt dictatorship in iran. iran‘s leaders, death and destruction is what they sow. they do not respect their neighbours or borders. they do not respect the sovereign rights of nations. instead iran‘s leaders ponder the nation‘s resources to enrich themselves and to spread mayhem across the middle east and far beyond. —— plunder the nation ‘s resources . far beyond. —— plunder the nation ‘s resources. the people are outraged that their leaders have embezzled billions of dollars, received valuable portions of the economy and looted the people‘s religious endowments, all to line their own

pockets and send their proxies to wage war, not good. iran‘s neighbours have paid a heavy toll for the region‘s agenda. an agenda of aggression and expansion. that is why so many countries in the middle east strongly supported my decision to withdraw the united states from the horrible 2015 iran nuclear deal. and reimpose nuclear sanctions. the iran deal was a windfall for iran‘s leaders. in the years since the deal was reached, iran‘s military budget grew nearly 40%. the dictatorship use the funds to build nuclear capable missiles, increase internal repression, finance terrorism and find havoc and slaughter in syria

and yemen. the united states has launched a campaign of economic pressure to deny the regime the fundsit pressure to deny the regime the funds it needs to advance its bloody agenda. last month we began reimposing hard—hitting nuclear sanctions that have been lifted under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume november five, and more will follow. and we‘re working with countries that m port every name crude oil to cut their purchases substantially. —— import. we cannot allow the world‘s leading sponsor of terrorism to possess the planet‘s most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chants death to america, and then

threatened israel with annihilation, to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth. just cannot do it. we asked all nations to isolate iran‘s regime. as long as it‘s aggression continues. and we asked all nations to support iran‘s people as they struggle to reclaim their religious and righteous destiny. this year we also took another significant step forward in the middle east in recognition of every sovereign state to determine its own capital. i move the us embassy in israeljerusalem. the united states is committed to a future of peace and stability in the region. including peace between the israelis and the palestinians. that

aim has advanced, not harmed, by acknowledging the obvious facts. america posed by policy of principled realism means we will not be held hostage to old dogmas, discredited ideologies and so—called experts who have been proven wrong over the years, time and time again. this is true not only in matters of peace but in matters of prosperity. we believe that trade must be fair and reciprocal. the united states will not be taken advantage of any longer. for decades the united states opened its economy, the largest by far on earth, with few conditions. we allowed foreign goods

from all over the world to flow freely across our borders. yet other countries did not grant is fair and reciprocal access to their markets in return. even worse, some countries abused their openness to dump their products, subsidise their groups, target our industries, and manipulate their currencies to gain unfair advantage over our country. asa unfair advantage over our country. as a result, our trade deficit ballooned to nearly $800 billion a year. for this reason, we are systematically renegotiating broken and bad trade deals. last month we announced a ground—breaking us—mexico trade agreement, and just yesterday i stood with president

moon to announce the successful completion of the brand—new us career trade deal. and this isjust the beginning. many nations in this hall will agree that the world trading system is in dire need of change. for example, countries were admitted to the world trade organisation that violate every single principle on which the organisation is based on stop by the united states and many other nations played by the rules, these countries use government run industrial planning and state owned enterprises to break the system in their favour. they engage in relentless product dumping, forced technology transfer, and the theft of intellectual property. the united states must ——

lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs, nearly a quarter of all steel jobs. and 60,000 factories after china joined the wto. and we have racked up $13 trillion in trade deficits over the last two decades. but those days are over. we will no longer tolerate such abuse. do not allow our workers to be victimised. our companies to be cheated and our wealth to be plundered and transferred. america will never apologise for protecting its citizens. the united states hasjust announced paris on another $200 billion in chinese made goods. for a total so far of $250 billion. i have

great respect and affection for my friend, the president, but i had made clear our trade imbalances just not acceptable. china‘s market distortions and the way they deal cannot be tolerated. as my administration has demonstrated, america will always act in our national interest. i spoke before this body last year and warned that the un human rights council had become a grave embarrassment to this institution. shielding egregious human rights abuses while bashing america and its many friends. our ambassador to the united nations laid out a clear agenda for a

reform, but despite recorded and repeated warnings no action at all was taken. so the united states to be the only responsible course, we withdrew from the human rights council, and we will not return until real reform is enacted. for similar reasons the united states will provide no support in recognition to the international criminal court. as far as america is concerned, the icc has no jurisdiction. no legitimacy. no authority. the icc claims near universaljurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles ofjustice, fairness and due process. we will never surrender america‘s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global

bureaucracy. america is governed by americans. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty, not just from defend against threats to sovereignty, notjust from global governance, but also from other new forms of coercion and domination. in america we believe strongly in energy, security, for ourselves and for our allies. we have become the largest energy producer anywhere on the face of the earth. the united states stands ready to export our abundant affordable supply of oil, clea n abundant affordable supply of oil, clean call and natural gas. opec and

opec nations are as usual ripping off the rest of the world, and i don‘t like it. nobody should like it. we defend many of these nations for nothing. and then they take advantage of ours by giving as high oil prices. not good. we want them to start raising prices, we want them to start lowering prices. —— stop raising prices. we are not going to put up with it, these horrible prices, much longer. relies ona horrible prices, much longer. relies on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation. that is why we congratulate european states

such as poland for leading the construction of a baltic pipeline so that nations are not dependent on russia to meet their energy needs. germany will become totally dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course. we are committed in the western hemisphere to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansionist foreign powers, it has been our policy since president munro that we reject the interference of foreign nations in this hemisphere and in our own affairs. the united states has recently strengthened our laws to better screen foreign investments in our country for national security

threats and we welcome cooperation with countries in this region and around the world that wish to do the same. you need to do it for your own protection. the united states is also working with partners in latin america to fight threats from uncontrolled migration, tolerance for human trafficking and smuggling is not humane, it is a horrible thing which is going on at levels which nobody is ever seen before. it's which nobody is ever seen before. it‘s very very cruel. the illegal immigration funds criminal networks and ruthless gangs and the flow of deadly drugs. the illegal

immigration exploits vulnerable populations and hits hard working citizens and has produced a vicious cycle of crime and violence and poverty. only by upholding national borders, destroying criminal gangs, can we break this cycle and establish a real foundation for prosperity. we recognise the right of every nation in this room to set its own immigration policy in accordance with its national interest. just as we ask other countries to respect our own right to do the same. which we are doing. that is one reason the united states will not participate in the new global compact on migration. migration should not be governed by an international body. unaccountable to our own citizens. ultimately the

only long—term solution to the migration crisis is to help people build more hopefulfuture is in their home countries. make their countries great again. currently we are witnessing a human tragedy as an example in venezuela. more than 2 million people have fled the region conflicted by the socialist regime and its cuban sponsors. not long ago venezuelan was one of the richest countries on earth. today‘s socialism has bankrupted the oil—rich nation and driven its people into abject poverty. virtually everywhere socialism or commenters and has been tried it has

produced suffering and corruption and decay —— communism. socialism‘s thirst for power leads to expansion, incursion and oppression, and all nations of the world should resist socialism and the misery that it brings to everyone. in that spirit we asked the nations gathered here tojoin us in calling for the restoration of democracy in venezuela. today we are announcing additional sanctions against the repressive regime targeting its inner circle and close advisers and we are grateful for inner circle and close advisers and we are gratefulfor all of inner circle and close advisers and we are grateful for all of the work the united nations does around the world to help people build better lives for themselves and their families. the united states is the world‘s largest giver in the world by far of foreign aid but if you

give anything to us. —— but very few give anything to us. —— but very few give anything to us. —— but very few give anything to us and that is why we are having a hard look at us for assistance. that will be headed up by the secretary of state mike pompeo. we will examine what is working and what is not working and whether the countries who receive our dollars and our protection also have our interests at heart. moving forward , have our interests at heart. moving forward, we are only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us and frankly are our friends. and we expect other countries to pay their fairshare expect other countries to pay their fair share for the cost of their defence. the united states is committed to making the united nations more effective and

accountable. i have said many times that the united nations has unlimited potential. as part of our reform effort, i have told our negotiators that the united states will not pay more than 25% of the un peacekeeping budget and this will encourage other countries to step up and get involved and also share in this very large burden. we are working to shift more of our funding from assessed contributions to volu nta ry from assessed contributions to voluntary so that we can target a american re—sources to programmes with the best records of success and only when each of us does our part and contributes our share can we realise the un‘s highest aspirations. we must pursue peace

without fear and hope without despair and security without apology. looking around this call, with so much history —— this whole, with so much history —— this whole, with so much history, we think of the many who have come here to address the challenges of their nations and of their times. and our thoughts turn to the same question that ran through all their speeches and resolutions, through every word and resolutions, through every word and every hope. it is the question of what kind of world will we leave for our children? and what kind of nations they will inherit? the dreams that fill this call today —— fill this place today are as diverse as the people who have stood at his podium and as varied as the

countries represented right here in this body are. it really is something, it really is great, great history. there is india, a free society over a billion people, successfully lifting countless millions out of poverty and into the middle—class. saudi arabia were the king and the crown prince are pursuing bold new reforms —— were. israel, proudly celebrating its 70th anniversary as a thriving democracy in the holy land. in poland a great people are standing up for their independence and their security and their sovereignty. many countries are pursuing their own unique visions, building their own hopeful futures and chasing their own

wonderful dreams of destiny, of legacy, and of a home. the whole world is richer, humanity is better, because of this beautiful constellation of nations, each very special, each very unique, and each shining brightly in its part of the world. in each one we see awesome promise of people bound together by a shared past and working toward a common future. as for americans, we know what kind of future we want for ourselves and we know what kind of a nation america must always be. in america we believe in the majesty of freedom and the dignity of the individual and we believe in

self—government and the rule of law. and we prize the culture that sustains our liberty, a culture built on strong families, deep faith and fierce independence. we celebrate our heroes and we treasure our traditions and above all we love our traditions and above all we love our country. inside every one of this great chamber today and eve ryo ne this great chamber today and everyone listening all around the globe, there is the heart of the patriot that feels the same powerful love for your nation, the same intense loyalty to your homeland, the passion that burns in the hearts of patriots and the soles of nations has inspired reform and revolution, sacrifice and selflessness, scientific breakthroughs, and

magnificent works of art. our task is not to eraser it but to embrace it, to build with it and to draw on its ancient wisdom and to find within it the will to make our nations greater and our region is safer and the world better. to unleash this incredible potential in our people we must defend the foundations that make it all possible. sovereign and independent nations are the only vehicle where freedom has ever survived. democracy has ever injured. where a —— where peace has prospered. so we must protect our prosperity and our cherished independence above all. when we do we will find new avenues

for cooperation, unfolding before us, and we will find new passion for peacemaking, rising within us. we will find new purpose and resolve and you spirit flourishing all around —— you spirit. making this a more beautiful world in which to live. so, together, let‘s choose a future of patriotism, prosperity and pride, let‘s choose peace and freedom over domination and defeat. and let‘s come here to this place to stand for our people and their nations, for ever strong, for ever sovereign, for everjust nations, for ever strong, for ever sovereign, for ever just and nations, for ever strong, for ever sovereign, for everjust and for ever thankfulfor sovereign, for everjust and for ever thankful for the grace and the goodness and the glory of god. thank

you, god bless you, and god bless the nations of the world. thank you very much. thank you. applause studio: president trump addressing the united nations. he said the united states is stronger and richer and he has done more in two years than any other president before him. talking about foreign policy as you would expect. how he has had talks with the north korean leader about nuclear disarmament and talked about the need for sanctions against iran, feeling they are not observing the terms of their nuclear deal, wanting to invigorate some kind of peace process for syria to resolve the conflict. warning against russia‘s control over energy supplies, and the united states odds need to protect jobs and

the united states odds need to protectjobs and industry after what president trump described as china dumping steel and other goods and stealing intellectual property. need to resist expansionist policies, he said, foreign powers. they will also review foreign assistance that the united states gives to other countries, so some warning shots to some of those representatives gathered at the united nations. you are watching bbc news. the cabinet has agreed to new immigration rules after brexit. eu nationals wanting to live or work in the uk would be treated the same as migrants from elsewhere in the world. currently, government policy allows for 20,700 non—eu, high—skilled workers to come to the uk each year. but for eu residents and members of the european economic area, the ‘freedom of movement‘ principle allows to travel and work within the area without visas, regardless of skills. the latest figures showed net migration of 101,000 from the eu into britain last year.

well, the new immigration system would be based on skills rather than nationality, but some business leaders fear a bar on low—skilled eu migrants could damage the economy. our political correspondent leila nathoo is at westminster. we are beginning to get the first hints of what britain‘s post brexit immigration framework could look like with apparent agreement amongst the cabinet to follow the recommendations of the migration advisory committee. the report which recommended that eu —— does not be given preferential treatment over citizens from other countries —— eu nationals not be given preferential treatment. the government is considering giving greater access to eu citizens as part of a trade—off on the table but that will be made to other countries that we‘re hoping to other countries that we‘re hoping to do trade deals with. i‘m joined

by kenneth clarke. the conservative mp. is this the direction you would like to see it going? fatally. it is rather vague. —— vaguely. we have none of the details. a lot of british people wish to go and work abroad as part of their careers and we should respond to that and we need here people with skills and we need here people with skills and we need people who will do jobs that you can't get people to take from the english population, people who come here legally and settle down and make a contribution and behave themselves. in the 21st century we are used to living in multinational and multicultural and multilingual societies especially if you are in a big city and what the public want is some control. so you choose who is coming and european immigrants make a big contribution here at the

moment and we need to continue to ta ke moment and we need to continue to take the ones that make a contribution that we need. you don't agree with the principle of not giving eu citizens preferential treatment after brexit?” giving eu citizens preferential treatment after brexit? i don't mind that. i would take the same approach to immigrants from anywhere in the world. the change that has happened in the uk in my lifetime has made the country a more prosperous place but the key thing is that we want control. we had the illegal undocumented people, the failed asylu m undocumented people, the failed asylum seekers, people who overstate, they are is a problem, as are people who come from behave and who do not make a conjure visions of the weenie doctors and —— and who did not make a contribution. we need doctors and

nurses from all over the world, of course. basically, a common—sense policy is one, let's admit people we need and people who can make a contribution and who add to our economy and to our society and control it sensibly and maybe lower the hysterical rubbish that surrounds most of the rest of the european debate at the moment. does that mean focusing on higher skilled migration as the committee recommended? not necessarily. the limit on skilled people at the moment is absurd. health authorities hire doctors and nurses that they need and are told we are above the limit for this month so they can't ta ke limit for this month so they can't take them. we do need the skilled people. but they are pending other firms in other sectors, construction, hospitality, agriculture —— plenty of other firms. many firms or say they cannot

get english people were they are to apply for some of the jobs they want —— many firms who say. system has got to be devised that is not bureaucratic, taking months and turning away people, but the straightforward syste m turning away people, but the straightforward system of letting in people who will contribute to our economy. we have got to minimise the damage that leaving the eu is going to do because undoubtedly we will be poorer than we otherwise would be at the start. if we start putting in a really discriminatory antiforeigner immigration policy it will make it worse. one final question, the labour party says it is likely they will vote down the government‘s brexit deal that comes back to the commons. one of your colleagues on the tory backbenches says he and his collea g u es the tory backbenches says he and his colleagues are prepared to vote down the agreement if it is the chequers deal that comes back. how would you

vote ? deal that comes back. how would you vote? it won't be the chequers deal that comes back from the negotiations, we always knew that. this is the start of the negotiations and both sides will have to compromise and they are undoubtedly well. i willjudge whatever agreement we have by what it says. we were promised a meaningful vote. a meaningful vote is not take it or leave it. my argument will be that if i don't like the agreement, that i don't think it is in the national interest and we could get better, and the government, if it loses, should go back and put to the europeans the proposals to get a better deal. parliament has got to be given a role and all the other parliaments will be given a say. we can't keep lurching from opinion poll to opinion poll, even if you call them referendums to parliamentary

democracy is required to deal with the complex details of a trade deal, none of which was ever put to the public in the referendum, nobody talked about leaving the single market and the customs union. it would have been absurd to do so. but when we see what we are doing our parliament has got to have a proper constructive role to play. the head—banging brexiteers can make statements about what they would do today but i hope the house of commons as a whole willjudge what is in the national interest when the government comes back with what it proposes. ken clarke, thanks for joining us. today the cabinet are in agreement about the broad principle of not giving eu nationals preferential treatment to citizens of other countries after brexit, as the beginnings of our post brexit immigration policy takes shape. thanks forjoining us. labour says it will almost certainly vote down any deal

on brexit the prime minister agrees with the eu, making it hard for her to get it through parliament. sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, got a standing ovation at the conference when he said no one is ruling out ‘remain‘ as an option in any fresh referendum. let‘s get the latest now from liverpool with our chief political correspondent vicki young. labour have been discussing this issue this week about what they do if the deal comes back but more importantly the idea of a people‘s vote, people fond of that idea think there should be another referendum, and people are now talking about that as more of a possibility. what labour decider could be pretty crucial in terms of the party arithmetic. keir starmer making the speech which was changed to the

rafters in the hall —— cheered. he made the crucial intervention, saying there would notjust be a vote on the terms of leaving the eu, but that remain should be an option in that. not everyone is as i‘m busy about that idea as him —— but eve ryo ne about that idea as him —— but everyone is as enthusiastic. we heard from emily thornbury. there are deeply anti—democratic forces around the world and in britain, too. i'm not going to be pa rt of britain, too. i'm not going to be part of that. i think that we had a referendum and we went up and down the country, and i said to people this is really serious, you have to make a decision, and we will abide by that decision. we said that solemnly and so we have got to stick to it. the fear amongst some in the labour party is that it would be seen as a betrayal if they were to

throw their weight behind a referendum, not excepting the original decision. len mccluskey from the unite union, he thinks that if there was to be a second vote it should be on the terms of departure from the eu, so clearly there is an issue. emily thornbury worried about being seen to betray many of the labour supporters who voted for brexit especially in areas of the midlands —— labour. one labour mp said it would mean the loss of dozens said it would mean the loss of d oze ns of said it would mean the loss of dozens of labour mps. this will all be played out before christmas. thanks forjoining us. theresa may is on board a plane bound for new york where she is going to join the united nations general assembly. we saw president trump there are a few moments ago. she has sent a message

from this plane, saying that no brexit deal is still better than a bad deal. that is at odds with what the shadow home secretary keir starmer said. in his view the chequers deal would not get past him and other labour mps because it doesn‘t pass the six tests labour are setting for a brexit deal regarding the economic consequences for the uk. but theresa may sticking to what she has always said, no brexit deal is better than a bad deal. an inquest into the death of a girl who died after eating a pret a manger baguette — has heard that another nine pret customers suffered allergic reactions to similar products in the year before. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperooze, who had a severe sesame allergy, collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice and died within hours. we can now talk to our correspondent, angus crawford, who has been in court. what have you heard? in the 12

months before her death, there had been 21 serious adversary actions as they call it, nine of those involved sesame and six of those the exact ba g u ette sesame and six of those the exact baguette type that she had eaten. of those events four ended up with the individual either in hospital or needing medical treatment. we heard a letter which was read to the court from the young woman who was just 17 in 2015, she had a horribly similar experience. she had been in a pret a manger and had a terrible reaction to this sesame and she said it was life—threatening. herfather to this sesame and she said it was life—threatening. her father was a doctor and he happened to be with her so he administered first aid and there was a hospitaljust next door and so she got intravenous steroids very quickly. and she said her mother then rang pret a manger to warn them and say that their allergy warning advice was not sufficient.

because pret a manger makes it sound which is in store it doesn‘t have to put all the ingredients and allergy advice on packaging of the actual sandwich, so later today in the court hearing we heard from jonathan perkins who is the head of risk and compliance at pret a manger. he said they reviewed the signs they put on they reviewed the signs they put on the fridge is where you get these averages which say if you have problems with allergies talk to staff —— where you get these savages. “— staff —— where you get these savages. —— where you get these sandwiches. that was clearly more than a year after that very serious incident. mr perkins then said as a father he wished he could have changed everything about what had happened that day to natasha. angus, thanks forjoining us. awail

a wail has been seen —— a whale has been seen off the coast of kent, an beluga whale. have you spotted it? yes, couple of times. it has been surfacing in the stretch of water behind me and some people happy concerned that it might be in distress —— have been concerned. this is something very unusual. it is thousands of miles from where it should be and it would normally reside near greenland in arctic waters. as well as the fascination, there is also concern. we can talk to one of those who has, to see it, gary taylor—fletcher up it is fascinating. -- gary taylor. it is

fascinating. -- gary taylor. it is fascinating. to see a spectacle like this in the river thames. it is amazing. a lovely white whale, really good. why did you rush down to see it? szczesny travelling 2000 miles. it isjust on your doorstep “ saves me miles. it isjust on your doorstep —— saves me travelling 2000 miles. i saw that on the twitter feed and decided to drop everything. you are more of a bird—watcher, so pretty and expected to have this on your doorstep? —— unexpected. and expected to have this on your doorstep? -- unexpected. yes, something like this, it is worth the journey, it is pretty core macro. —— cool. a lot of people here gathered, and there is also concern about what is happening. yes, early on it looked like it was rising and diving quite often but in the last half an hour it looks like it could have been breached on the beach the other

side. at the moment it is still quite a long way away at the moment so time will tell. the tide is on the town so it has the opportunity of going to drift down with the river. we will let you get back. the hope is that the whale will swim back of its own accord rather than heading up the thames but at the moment organisations like the rspca are moment organisations like the rspca a re closely moment organisations like the rspca are closely monitoring the situation to make sure that if they can be whale remains safe. quite a sight when it comes up in the water. you have to concentrate to see it because it only comes up for a few seconds and then it is gone, but many people here wanting to see it, although concern about what will happen eventually to this whale. simon, thanks forjoining us. and the uganda.

slightly different story for scotland, we have seen more cloud union from the atlantic, wind picking up. still a bit of rain as we had was the afternoon, early evening, most across western scotland. warm enough, 17 or 18, nice in the sunshine for england and wales. easy out there, strongest winds ina wales. easy out there, strongest winds in a north—west of scotland, gail is likely. the wind will ease down overnight, but we will keep the westerly airflow that the blow any a lot of cloud for the northern half of the country. more rate, especially across scotland, clear out further south, not quite as cold as last night but a mild night from north wales, northern england northwards. it is bit of light rain or drizzle first thing which should move away and brighten up, also across northern ireland and eastern parts of scotland as the rain becomes confined to the north and

west. a really warm day for most of the uk, 21 celsius in aberdeen with sunshine. sunny skies across england and wales, in the southeast 21 or 22 celsius. the latest headlines. liverpool which had a brexit secretary said his party would vote down any deal on brexit secured by the prime minister. keir starmer held at the prospect of a further referendum being called. it is right they have the first day, but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. president trump attack the iranians leadership accusing it of selling death and destruction. he‘s defended his decision to abandon the nuclear deal. an inquest

into the death of a 15—year—old who died after eating a pat sabre get said that other people had suffered similar reactions. she died injuly 2016. a blue gull wail has swum into the river thames, the authorities are monitoring it and as ascii all vessels to keep a distance. —— a beluga whale. tiger woods has been facing the media head of the ryder cup. he has, excellent live television at the moment. not just whale watch, but also the celebrity match as well between the usa and europe here ahead of the ryder cup points sunday. my favourite pairing at the moment is us secretary of state formally, condon is arise, and former surf world champion kelly slater. currently the usa are beating europe, if you‘re watching. not good

news for the europeans at the moment. the real players had been out on the course, getting a feel for the occasion. tiger woods has been there and done that, but he hasn‘t played for the us teams in 2012 and he says he is looking forward to showing the younger guys what he used to be able to do. the younger guys were on the way in and when i was on my way out. they had never really played against me, when i was playing well. it has been five years since i won a golf tournament. i have those been a tough person to beat. they have jokingly been saying that, i want to go against you. all right, here we go. that is what the ryder cup is about, but good news is that even when he was at his best he had a dodgy record at the ryder cup. some comfort for europe fans. you

have to fight on where you can. old trafford tonight, teacher meets people. it is, because derby take on manchester united in the third round of the league cup. derby boss is frank lampard, he says of the league cup. derby boss is frank lampard, he sastose mourinho was hugely influential in his career when they were both at chelsea and they face each other from the dugout as managers for the first time tonight. it's bloody great to see him and chat, i know he will be supported. —— it will be great. marino will spawn a lot of managers, a lot of his players, you will see people coming in as manager. —— jose mourinho. i can appreciate the support, i have got support from a lot of the managers. indolent's most capped player is back until neville ‘s squad but to upcoming international. injury kept her out

last time when england to do with their qualification for next year‘s world cup. the lionesses secure their place with matches against brazil on october the 6th and then australia three days later. boxer billyjo saunders has been fined £100,000 and given a severe reprimand about his future conduct after a social media video which the police describe as sickening, just a warning after flash. saunders police describe as sickening, just a warning afterflash. saunders has apologised for the video in which he tells a woman he will give her drugs to perform a six act. the british board of boxing control is find him guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute. a final go to charity. tyson yuri and wild but come face—to—face with the venue for their matchup has announced. they we re their matchup has announced. they were fighting bitter about. julia reports back protector has admitted it is happening sooner than he would have liked but thatjury it is happening sooner than he would have liked but that jury was it is happening sooner than he would have liked but thatjury was adamant he is ready. contract would not

prevent him from facing anthony georgiou in april if the beetle wilder. the netherlands dominated the women‘s‘s individual time trial at cycling championships in austria. the winnerfinished 30 at cycling championships in austria. the winner finished 30 seconds quicker than her compatriot will stop the dutch podium was completed by ellen van died. better‘s alice barzagli leave them is good only manage fifth, 22nd and 23rd. that is all the sport. we will be back later this afternoon. more on the news that the cabinet has agreed to new immigration rules after brexit. eu nationals wanted to live or work in the uk but be treated the same as migrants from elsewhere in the world. sp2 craig beaumont from the federation of small businesses. i

know that the ssp has concerns, why? if you start off looking at the skill shortages hitting all small businesses across the uk, the confidence of the committee is down and one of the major drivers is the inability to recruit skilled people. it is the golden rule that small business or any size can recruit the right people with the right skills at the right time. we are looking at these proposals and saying, what should happen next? we have a tightening labour market, domestically. you also have the eu migration down to 50% less than it was five years ago. in our view, the solution is 2—pronged. focusing on domestic issues such as upscaling population, improving apprenticeships, getting rid of the investment of 10% charge. looking at training, and in terms of migration looking at how you get the skills you need, and you shouldn‘t do that by simply enlarging the

international system to the eu. the whole point about the cabinet is saying is that it is not going to be on nationality, it will be an waste on nationality, it will be an waste on skills whether you come in and it isa on skills whether you come in and it is a shortage of skills that you are talking about, surely this answers the question better. it does if you start by saying it should be based on skills, and that fits right. but if all you‘re doing is looking at these two systems, the eu system where there is no control, and an overseas syste m where there is no control, and an overseas system with controls so high that small businesses do not use it, what we need to see is a negotiation between those two points. you do make it so that the international system is slightly easierfor a this to international system is slightly easier for a this to navigate and that allows that allows that to the eu? that works well. 95% of small business is do not use the tiered system currently in place for non—eu citizens. the other issue is that if you are not skilled, you are going to be less likely to come to the uk.

how much of a problem is that? pretty large, everyone knows that high skilled people are probably going to be all right. everyone in politics is talking about high skilled employees and how to bring them in. popular that are missing is made skilled, which small businesses disproportionately employ. some low skills as well. lots of businesses are seasonal, tourism, hospitality, all rely on those kinds of skilled, those level of skills. we need a strategy that does all three and does not leave those of another skills or maybe skills without a way to come in. more than £500 million was stolen from british bank customers in the first half of this year. the industry group uk finance says that £145 million of that was stolen in so—called push payment scams by people who are tricked into sending money to another account. we

are joined sending money to another account. we arejoined by nick amos, a teacher who had a bank scam in which she lost £7,000 as a victim. what happened? i received a text from my bank, natwest, six o‘clock on a friday night to say that amazon had taken £1500 friday night to say that amazon had ta ken £1500 out friday night to say that amazon had taken £1500 out of my account. if this transaction was not you, could you throw the number? so straightaway i found it, was kept on hold for 15 minutes, and spoke to a lady who was in a busy call centre room. she asked if it was me, i said no. she said we need to go through security to cancel the transaction. i don‘t really do much online banking, soi i don‘t really do much online banking, so i said i do not know my pass code or by numbers. she said we could only go through it by using one of those pin entering machines. i got it out, put my card in, she asked me to enter my number, i did not tell her it, entered it, and the

number came up on it and i gave her the number. she said that‘s right, you got through security, i can now cancel the transaction. either update your online banking procedure so that you get any notifications from now on. i left that as that, had a weekend, monday morning i received a text for my bank to say that i had gone over my overdraft. i have never used it since i was a student. i phoned them up, it was a time when we had really bad snow, so i was kept on hold for quite a long time. i spoke to them and they said, we didn‘t contact you. you were scammed. you were not able to get the money back? why? straightaway i was at the end of the £5,000 overdraft a nd was at the end of the £5,000 overdraft and not a penny. they said, we cannot do anything because of your actions on the friday. family, house, iwas of your actions on the friday. family, house, i was left absolutely penniless. eventually they said that

they would put it back to zero on my balance so they took out the overdraft. i have been fighting emesis to try to get my money back, asi emesis to try to get my money back, as i did not feel my actions were grossly negligent. a lot of people are finding this, and that they think they will be covered, but of certain actions are taken, that is not the case. what advice would you get? —— would you get? not the case. what advice would you get? -- would you get? you have to be aware that the knowledge i dialling is one of the back of your card. i have spoken to hundreds of people said that time and u nfortu nately people said that time and unfortunately some of them have taken my advice and have a similar situation, and this summer has been a nightmare for us with the financial loss and what we wanted to do with the money. just trying to get by. i wouldn‘t go back into online banking because i do not trust it to do it to look after my cash. what actions and liabilities

do you think the bank should have? there should be some kind of customer care to allow me to be a customer care to allow me to be a customer of a bank for 25 years and then, when i need it, iam a teacher, i am then, when i need it, iam a teacher, iam in then, when i need it, iam a teacher, i am in charge of pupils and parents put me in charge of pupils, when i need someone who is the nicely sensible i need them to build is me. when i have made a mistake or not, and you to be able to see them and for them to guide me about how to go in the future. to say that i have made a mistake and to relieve me is not really acceptable. thank you very much for telling us your story, thank you. back to the united nations in new york where president trump has been addressing the general assembly. he attacked opec oil producing nations, saying they were burping the rest of the world of high oil prices while relying on american military support. he accused china of product dumping and intellectual property theft and accused iran of being the

world prodl leading sponsor of terrorism. additional sanctions will resume november five. more terrorism. additional sanctions will resume novemberfive. more will follow. we a re resume novemberfive. more will follow. we are working with countries that import a reigning crude oil to cut their purchases substantially. we cannot allow the world spotlight leading sponsor of terrorism to possess the planet‘s most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chants, death to america, and threatens israel with annihilation, to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth. just cannot do it. his opening address was met with laughter when he claimed he had achieved more in less than two years than any previous administration. achieved more in less than two years than any previous administrationm less tha n than any previous administrationm less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in

the history of our country. laughter america... so true. laughter bello didn‘t expect that reaction, but that‘s ok. let‘s speak to our chief international correspondence who is at the united nations in new york. he barely left a region of the world untouched. he didn't spare neither enemies nor allies. at the world‘s raters podium to address the world‘s raters podium to address the world leaders, he began this speech by talking about bright vision for all of humanity, suggesting that this was going to be an american‘s moment to talk about what america was doing for the world. but this was doing for the world. but this was a speech about america first, saying like last year, and american

interests, american sovereignty. as you heard, american progress, which got that unexpected reaction. but it was by the enemies that he had the most of his strongest remarks, singling out around as the greatest threat, talking about the horrible iran nuclear deal that the united states has now withdrawn from. it was as always a very selective reading of what was going on in the world, no mention of climate change, one of the main themes of secretary general speech where he warned that the world was on the brink of runaway climate change. no mention of russia. this was very much a speech about how trump sees the world, which will not be the same way that many of the other leading members of the united nations see the world. it will play very well with president trump‘s supporters.

theresa may has just landed with president trump‘s supporters. theresa may hasjust landed in new york where she is going to be joining the rest of the general assembly at the united nations, but she has been speaking to correspondence travelling with her. we heard earlier the cabinet has agreed on the nature of immigration rules for eu citizens after brexit, saying citizens will be treated just the same as anybody from anywhere else. she said that the future immigration rules must continue to bring net migration bound, but do so ina way bring net migration bound, but do so in a way that is good for the british economy. she said ending the free movement of people from the eu was non—negotiable. asked if she ruled out putting eu migration on the table, she said people had voted foran the table, she said people had voted for an end to free movement and that would happen. it has to be managed ina way would happen. it has to be managed in a way that is good for the uk‘s future. more about skills rather than nationality. you are watching bbc news, thomas susannah is here

and we‘ll be bringing you the news. labour says it is like to vote down any brexit deal based on three is a boss at chequers plan, but does not fool out a second referendum. president trump attacks iran, saying his leader so chaos, death and destruction. the inquest into the death of a teenager who died after eating a baguette is told customers of the same fast food chain also suffered allergic reactions to similar products. us fashion giant is confirmed that it is by the italian fashion house versace. the £1.6 billion deal has asked its fans of the brand, an attila versace has run the company says 1997. she called the cell a very exciting moment to allow sajid javid its full

potential. ryanair says moment to allow sajid javid its full potential. rya nair says it moment to allow sajid javid its full potential. ryanair says it has cancelled 198% of its scheduled flights this friday. it says it has adjusted its schedule after strike action in spain, belgium, holland, portugal, italy and germany. they say this will affect around 30,000 passengers who will be notified by text and e—mail. revenues made by manchester united have hit a record as the football club earned more money from tv rights will stop they reported revenues at 1.5% on the year before. £600 million next time. one of italy‘s most prized fashion houses has been snapped up. the saatchi, known for its bold glamorous and sometimes outrageous designs, who could forget elizabeth hurley‘s safety pin dress? huge name, and the real red carpet

favourite. headed up by donatella versa ce says favourite. headed up by donatella versace says her brother was murdered, so you can see her there with the saatchi chief executive. michael kors has snapped up versace for £1.6 billion. a huge deal but not all fashion followers are too impressed. just like bumper profits at manchester united. seventh in the pirelli, but as far as finances go, super league. £590 million is reported as revenue to the end of june. it is all to do with people watching tv, tv revenues soared. 5.296 watching tv, tv revenues soared. 5.2% to £204 million. travel disruption for ryanair. they have cancelled 190 flights, around 8% of those scheduled. because of strikes across italy. over this long—running action between rya nair

across italy. over this long—running action between ryanair and its staff, some of whom say they do not like the working conditions and they are very angry. this have a chat to sophie. not the first time that ryanair has had to face this disruption. this time it is to do with strikes are not a lack of pilots. ryanair passengers have had to get used to a lot of disruption of the last year also. this strike really is down to the employee working conditions. a lot of european employers are employed at the irish contractors, which means they have to be paid in irish bank accounts and they do not get some of the deployment rights and benefits in their home countries. real strike action, ryanair have spotted in the best way they can. cancelling flights soap passengers have the certainty of what is happening. problem still ahead. manchester united, it had some record breaking reve nu es united, it had some record breaking revenues in. what is interesting is that there was every bit nose

reve nu es that there was every bit nose revenues when they fail to progress in the uefa championship last year. it shows that performers on the pitch translates very quickly into the bottom line. there are many companies who want to be associated with what is the world but the wealthiest football club and their sponsorship deals remain reasonably stable. it does vary with how well they do on the page. it is partly due to that television revenue, the more matches that are shown on tv, the better and the more money they get. after the number of people in stadiums, but yes, performers on the pitch translates into the bottom line. that big fashion deal, what do you think of michael cause and what they see in versace? is it to access they see in versace? is it to access the luxury market? gives them a foothold in europe. they bought jimmy choo last year, so trying to get into europe and the profile of

his company. they sell a a lot of handbags and accessories, he was to increase the profile and the luxury standing of the brand, particularly in europe. a quick check on how the markets are faring. it is positive, boosted by oil companies in particular because of the rise in the price of oil. president trump talked about the fact that he believed the oil cartel opec are not acting in the best interest of the world. they have restricted supply to some extent but are not turning off the taps as much as what president trump once and the price has gone up. bp keeps share prices up has gone up. bp keeps share prices up to 2.9% of the back of the rising oil price, and in retail next nearly up oil price, and in retail next nearly ‘7 oil price, and in retail next nearly up 8% because of a bright spot as far as its figures out today projected revenues of the yacob much

better than initially expected. they said they were reasonable and optimistic over brexit. they say they are looking at what a scenarios and will be able to cope. —— lots of different scenarios. fans of doctor who were out in force at the premiere of the new series, and is the first time societies sick tv, a woman takes the starring role. but jodie whittaker the 30th doctor. alien worlds, the past, the future. so far, so familiar, but the new doctor who also has perhaps a more contemporary feel. the show‘s launch was in sheffield, a key location in the new series. which is of course also making history with jodie whittaker, the first woman to play the doctor. it is really emotional because when i was younger the characters that i wanted to be were, 90% of the time, portrayed by the boys. so, for some young kids now

to realise that you can look up to women, you can look up to men, but essentially you are looking up to the doctor, who is an alien and represents something for everyone. jodie whittaker‘s casting lead to headlines all around the world, but the show‘s aim to become more inclusive has gone on behind the camera as well. on the writing and directing team there are more women, more people of colour, all bringing the episodes to life. it is important it is a show for everyone, it‘s inclusive for everybody regardless of gender or heritage. it is a big, inclusive show and doctor who is about celebrating life and the universe and being alive and that sense of adventure is absolutely open to all. to work best for audiences, doctor who, of course, has to have stories that excite viewers of all ages. the team is hoping that in its new home on sunday nights, it‘ll satisfy traditional viewers and bring in new ones too. lizo mzimba, bbc news, sheffield.

now time for the web. most of england and wells, another lovely sunny day after that cold and locally frosty start. for scotland and northern ireland, a different story, more in the way of an atla ntic story, more in the way of an atlantic influence that drags an much more cloud around here, outbreaks of rain. we have had a little bit of rain for northern ireland, not a great deal to come in the afternoon, but the wetter weather is pushing its way up the western side of scotland. some sunshine for eastern scotland, attempted 14 celsius, sunnier further south across england and wales, highs of 18,000. breezy, shall dispose when we have the rain any north west of scotland, das of 50-60 any north west of scotland, das of 50—60 mph. overnight in the wings will lessen, but will keep blowing

inaa lot of will lessen, but will keep blowing in a a lot of clouds, and will continue to see some outbreaks of rain, always wettest in the hills in western scotland. across the north of the uk, temperatures and trading during the day, but further south that will be quite a bit colder across parts of wales, midlands and southern england. temperatures just above freezing in the front which is stuck on wednesday across northern pa rt stuck on wednesday across northern part of scotland. high pressure to the south means more sunshine. cloud across northern england and north wells, spots of rain, most of it becoming confined to the northern half of scotland, allowing brighter conditions for northern ireland, eastern scotland and the north—east of england. it will warm up as well, warmer than today, temperatures of 221 celsius in aberdeen, sunnier skies towards the south, 22 not out of the question. sunny start for england and wales on thursday, band of clouds starting to move

southwards. same time, the rain is petering out, sunny spells falling, showers any north—west. the air is much cooler, still warm for the time of year across wales and the midlands and southern england. tempted 23 celsius or so underneath that bandon cloud. it will be cooler and fresh air. a north—westerly breeze pushing its way down across the whole of the country in time for friday. tebbit is dropping everywhere, still high—pressure lingering across the uk into the weekend. today at five, the labour conference is all set to vote on a motion which will define its approach to a brexit deal. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn,

tells the bbc that labour will measure any deal against the six key tests that it‘s set out. this government has had 37 months to negotiate a brexit deal, has not done so, and that our party represent people in communities that voted both leave and remain but all of whom are worried about theirjobs and worried about the economic future of this country. — 27 months. but the shadow brexit secretary says all options should be kept on the table, including a so—called people‘s vote, and the possibility of remaining in the eu. it‘s right that parliament has the first say, but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. cheering and applause