labour warns the prime minister that if a brexit deal is rejected by parliament, she will have to go back to brussels and renegotiate. jeremy corbyn says the party will decide whether to back the deal the government will then have to go back to the eu and say, look, our parliament can't agree to this, these are the parameters that parliament wants us to negotiate on, and go back and do that. the shadow brexit secretary said labour would not rule out staying in the eu. holding back the years — there's no improvement in life expectancy for men and women in the uk for the first time in 30 years a victim of the contaminated blood scandal — which has left almost 3,000 people dead — tells an inquiry that those responsible should be prosecuted. those responsible for this historic and horrific tragedy, which has lasted decades, must be identified. at the un, president trump calls on

the world to isolate iran, accusing its leaders of stoking its violence and international tensions. a whale is spotted in the thames thousands of miles from home. a rare sighting — it's thought to be a beluga from the high arctic. and coming up on bbc news: europe get ready to try to regain the ryder cup after losing it at hazeltine two years ago, but they'll be underdogs against the us. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has told the bbc that if a brexit deal secured by the prime minister is rejected by parliament, theresa may would have to go back to europe and renegotiate.

his warning came after labour's shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, indicated that the party is likely to vote against any brexit deal — making it much harder for the prime minister to win a majority in parliament. and he said nobody should rule out a public vote, that included an option to remain in the eu. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, sent this report from the party conference in liverpool. i believe the european union to be a capitalist club that is for the few, not the many! how to keep the whole crowd together. nobody is ruling out remain as an option. but wildly popular with some. despite what keir said earlier, it is a public vote on the terms of our departure. appalling to us. labour is now promising there could be another

referendum and the leader would vote down theresa may's exit. do you know what no one else in the country does know yet, what the final shape of the brexit steel will be? know yet, what the final shape of the brexit steelwill be? no, i don't, all i know is this government has had 27 months to negotiate a brexit steel. if you don't know the shape of the final brexit deal, have any decide now you are almost certainly going to vote against it? i have never said it, i have said we would test whatever they come back with. your shadow brexit secretary today said it theresa may brings back a deal that fails our test, that looks increasingly likely, labour will vote against it. he said if the six tests are not met, we will vote against the deal, we have made that clear for will vote against the deal, we have made that clearfor some will vote against the deal, we have made that clear for some months now. it isa made that clear for some months now. it is a bit more than that, keir starmer sending a strong message to the country that labour is running to vote down the brexit deal. we have made it very clear all along. you are not pushing us to leave without a deal? not at all. this proposal agreement will make will have to go back to parliament in i

suppose the next month or so. the government will then have to go back to the eu and say, look, our parliament cannot agree to this. these are the parameters parliament wa nts these are the parameters parliament wants is to negotiate on and go that —— and go and do that. wants is to negotiate on and go that -- and go and do that. if labour votes down the deal with other people opposing it, the chances of leaving without arrangements which some in your party have described as a catastrophe, you have said that would be the worst deal of all, that becomes more likely. the greater likelihood is the government will colla pse likelihood is the government will collapse itself and we would have an election in which i hope the people of this country would make a choice for different arguments that was serious about a relationship with europe and series about protecting trade. if you held another referendum, you would be sticking two things up to 17.4 million people who voted to leave and who wanted politicians like you to listen to their concerns. we have not said anything yet. we have said all options must be considered if and when this government collapses or

its negotiations collapsed. the options are still bad. and if there we re options are still bad. and if there were another referendum, would you vote leave or remain? we don't know what the question is going to be in the referendum so that is a hypothetical question. this is all hypothetical question. this is all hypothetical as you say yourself. we don't know what the question will be so don't know what the question will be soi don't know what the question will be so i cannot answer that. i cannot a nswer so i cannot answer that. i cannot answer that question because we don't know what the question is going to be. free palestine! while the volume of support for palestine was huge this afternoon, there are still concerns the leadership has not done enough to close down prejudice towards jews. do you wish given how long this has gone on you had handled this differently? i have done everything ican differently? i have done everything i can within this party to make sure we have a process. i have done everything i can in my life to oppose racism in any form. there are crowd pleaser is here as well. labour would subsidise 30 hours of childcare for two—year—olds

in england and three and four—year—olds as happens already. those on average or below average income would have a longer period if they wish free, others would be expected to pay and capped at £4 an hour. that could be a big expansion of the service. a very big expansion of the service. a very big expansion of the service and it will cost about 4.5 billion which we think is an investment in our children. jeremy corbyn‘s fans are here in huge numbers. the party conference is not an easy week for any leader. let alone labour and let alone now. and the labour party has been talking much more loudly, much more explicitly about the possibility of another referendum on the european union. and they have also been much more explicit and much more hard line about the very likely outcome that they would try to force theresa may's deal down. this is, as you heard labour leaderjeremy corbyn sounding irritated about having to

talk about hypothetical questions, but we are in a hugely on certain period in politics when lots is uncertain. almost everything is hypothetical. and the biggest question in westminster in the next few weeks will be, what if? from liverpool, thank you. the cabinet has agreed in principle that highly skilled workers from all over the world should be prioritised and eu nationals should not be given preferential treatment. but some business leaders fear that raising the bar and allowing in fewer low—skilled eu migrants could damage the economy. our home editor, mark easton, reports from corby. corby has been described as england's fastest—growing town. thousands of eu migrant workers, particularly from poland, have seen its population and its economy expand rapidly in recent years. thank you very much indeed. it is

fairto thank you very much indeed. it is fair to say the prosperity of this town is reliant on often low skilled workers from europe, but the pace of change has also created real tensions here. with government ministers suggesting special treatment of eu workers will end with brexit and a squeeze on low skilled migration, do the people of corby think that is good or bad for the town? i think it is a good thing. because i think it is a good thing. because i think we have got enough unskilled workers. we could do fair enough with people that have got skilled but i think we have got more than enough of our own. they bring more money in as well as us, we have got a load of people that work in care in our place at work. eastern european is. and they do the amount of stuff that we do. it would be detrimental to the town. i talked to a neighbour the other day who was at the job agency and he is looking for 600 jobs skilled and unskilled and he cannot get anyone. the corrugated

shed that typified corby‘s economic expansion already struggle to find the people they need because of a slowdown in european migration. in this one, the boss says making it more difficult to recruit would pose real challenges. 50% of more difficult to recruit would pose real challenges. 5096 of our workforce is migrant european workers. so that is, if you take those away from us, we are going to be struggling to find good people. why don't you try not british workers? we will train at anybody who comes to work for us, we get very few people from the uk wanting to work in this environment. corby's migration has been a study for a nalysts at migration has been a study for analysts at the ippr think tank who reckon the god and's proposed limits on low skilled migrants would mean many potential workers from the eu could not get a visa to work in the town. our estimate would be about 80% of the people living in corby today from the european union would not qualify to be working, to work in corby in the future. corby's

steel industry was forged from the imported muscle and sweat of scottish labour. when that declaimed, new growth came with arrivals from eastern europe. now this resilient town, like many, may have to reinvent itself for a new chapter. in a speech to the un general assembly in new york, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction" across the middle east. donald trump also accused china of unfair trading practices — and said america was rejecting globalism, in favour of patriotism. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, reports. when roads are closed and red lights on to think, there is not much excuse on to think, there is not much excuse for being half an hour late for a journey of less than a mile, but donald trump mr speaker slot this morning and made himself even later by stopping to talk to reporters on his way in. when it did get under way, he went on a bit of a

victory lap with unexpected consequences. in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. didn't expect that reaction, but that is ok. the audiencejust that reaction, but that is ok. the audience just giggled. us presidents are occasionally reviled and sometimes adored, but they are rarely laughed at. last year, he threatens to destroy north korea and he taunted little rocket man. what a difference 12 months makes! the missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped. i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken. though much work remains to be done. today, it was imran in the cross hairs. america having pulled out of

the nuclear deal. he called on nations to isolate iran's rulers and support its people. not quite cry for regime change but it is clear where he stands. i quickly's leaders plundered the nation's resources to enrich themselves —— three's leaders. and to spread mayhem across the middle east and far beyond. and this america first president rounded on 0pec, the international criminal court and the world trade 0rganisation. hejustified court and the world trade 0rganisation. he justified his court and the world trade 0rganisation. hejustified his trade war against china and then set out a vision startlingly at odds with the internationalist audience listening to him. we reject the ideology of globalism. and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. and on immigration and to those refugees fleeing persecution, donald trump said, stay at home and make your own country is great again. that was heard in icy silence and the only time his speech was interrupted was

with laughter will stop you get the impression that the un doesn't much like donald trump and it is a sentiment that is probably reciprocated. one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that has claimed almost 3,000 lives since the 19705 has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. as victims, families and lawyers made their opening statements at the inquiry into infected blood, the scottish government was heavily criticised for not being a key participant in the inquiry. accusations were also heard about attempts to destroy official documents. here's our health editor, hugh pym. thejudge heading the inquiry has clearly struck the right note with those present. good morning, all. applause sir brian langstaff has said he wants to put people at the heart of the inquiry. thank you very much. della, whose son died as a result of his haemophilia treatment, was one of those who spoke. we have an inquiry with a judge and a team who are totally committed

to bringing out all the truths and untruths of this terrible tragedy. thanks, guys. applause and then, unusually for a public inquiry, there was a hug from the judge. michelle had transfusions in the 1980s, but had no idea she was infected with hepatitis c by contaminated blood until three years ago. she wants those in authority held to account. those responsible for this historic and horrific tragedy, which has lasted decades, must be identified! applause they must be held responsible for the consequences of their actions and prosecuted, if necessary. a lawyer for some of the victims and their families told the inquiry

there were reports that civil servants had deliberately destroyed documents to try to draw a line under the disaster, including the private papers of a secretary of state. there's frustration the scottish government has opted not to play a full part in the inquiry. it's really important that scotland engages with the actual process that it then has to follow up on, which is why we've been so surprised that they're holding back at this stage. the scottish government says it's reviewing its level of participation. other than that, campaigners seem reassured by what they've heard. hugh pym, bbc news. the time is 6:15 pm. our top story this evening. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has warned the prime minister that ever brexit deal is rejected by brussels she will have to go back and renegotiate. still to come. my

biggest worry about starting university is how to cope financially. from foster care to freshers week, we'll look at the extra challenges facing young people leaving care to go to university. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. fresh from his first win in five years, tiger woods enjoys his first practice with the rest of the us ryder cup team ahead of the tournament's start on friday. if you're woman living in the united kingdom the average life expectancy is 82.9 years. fora man, it's 79.2. but for the first time in more than 30 years, those numbers have stopped going up. in fact in some places, they've gone down. for girls and boys born between 2015 and 2017 in england, the growth in life expectancy has come to a halt. but for children born in scotland and wales it has dropped slightly,

byjust over a month. and there's been a similar fall for boys born in northern ireland. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports from glasgow which has the lowest life expectancy in the uk. jonah, marvin and emiliano hopefully enjoy long and happy lives. but born last year, they are more statistically likely to die younger than babies born before them. it's a bit of a shock for their mothers. yes, it's pretty sad. and it reinforces the need to educate our children and do the best we can and make sure they know how to look after themselves. i don't picture life expectancy going down and he might not live as long as older kids and if we have subsequent kids they might not live as long. in the glasgow necropolis the headstones illustrate the city's history of early death rates. it's still a place where people die younger than anywhere else in the country. scotla nd

anywhere else in the country. scotland has the lowest life expectancy of any of the uk's four nations, and what is troubling about the figures is that they show that the figures is that they show that the first time that life expectancy is decreasing, meaning people in scotla nd is decreasing, meaning people in scotland and wales can actually anticipate dying younger. in the three nations where life expectancy has declined, scotland is at the bottom, where her baby boy born between 2015/17 is expected to live till 77 and just over 81 in the case of females. in northern ireland, it's now 78.4 years for males and just over 82 the females, the same for women in wales, just over 78 for men. in parts of the uk life expectancy is going down. now it is really dramatic. my argument has been that the health of the population tells us something very important about how well we are meeting the needs of the population and health is getting worse, that means something is going terribly wrong. politicians will argue over

what is going wrong. poverty, austerity or lifestyle, but in a deprived part of glasgow i met men in their 80s who are beating the statistics. 89. what is the secret that you have managed to stay alive so that you have managed to stay alive so much longer than the others? i've a lwa ys so much longer than the others? i've always done exercise and drank guinness. you know what i mean? the good news, and there is some. more men than ever before are living to 100 years old. an inquest into the death of a teenage girl has heard that the food chain pret—a—manger failed to label baguettes containing sesame seeds, despite several allergic reactions among customers in the 12 months beforehand. natasha ednan—laperouse, who was 15, suffered a fatal reaction after eating a sandwich which did not carry a warning. nine people survived similar allergic reactions caused by pret products in the previous year. the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, has been giving evidence to a public enquiry about a badly mismanaged energy scheme that led to the collapse

of the northern ireland assembly. the scheme, nicknamed ‘cash for ash‘ was projected to run hundreds of millions of pounds over budget. the inquiry has exposed serious flaws within the northern ireland assembly, as our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. it was supposed to help save the environment but this renewable energy schemes threaten to cripple the public purse and it plunged northern ireland into political crisis. the renewable heat incentive, or rhi, was designed to encourage companies to install these biomass boilers, but with subsidies higher than the cost of the fuel, some firms earned huge sums heating their businesses at the taxpayers' expense. the dup leader, arlene foster, was the minister who signed off the scheme. today she was challenged over why she forgot about a meeting when an adviser at first told her of its problems. i don't have a clear

recollection and i apologise for that. but i obviously didn't think it was an issue of any moment at that time and had not been put across as a big issue by mr kearns and therefore i did not think it was of any issue. the inquiry has exposed a number of flaws. just two civil servants worked on rhi, compared with more than 70 working on a similar scheme in britain. staff gave advanced notice of a cut in the subsidies which created a spike in demand a massively increasing the overspend. and a dup adviser at the time, andrew crawford, shared confidential information with his cousin who was a claimant. previously, northern ireland's chief civil servant also revealed that key meetings were not minuted because the dup and sinn fein were sensitive to criticism. it is safer sometimes not to have a record that, for example, might be released under freedom of information. for those who signed up, like this car business, the deal

was, the more you burn, the more you earn. the subsidies have now been cut back but many companies will continue to receive reduced payments for 20 years. this poultry firm based in county tyrone has been one of the top earners, receiving more than £600,000 in subsidies. last year, the rh! scandal resulted in the collapse of power—sharing and the stalemate between the dup and sinn fein ever since. now revelations from the inquiry have done little to take the heat out of northern ireland's political crisis. emma vardy, bbc news. hardly any teenagers who've spent time with foster families or in care homes go to university. it's a stark fact that just 6% take up university places and the dropout rate once they're there is high. now campaigners are calling for more support and help for those known as care leavers. ashley john—ba ptise has been speaking to two young students who've been in care about their experiences of trying to get to university.

my name's tolu and i'm a care leaver. my biggest concern about starting university is how i'm going to cope financially. hello, tolu, nice to meet you. tolu's 19 and went into foster care at the age of five. i need suitcases because i only have one. and i also need, like, a laptop, books and bedding. it's quite tough seeing all my friends, like, prepare for uni and how their parents will drop them off. i'm scared that i'm going to be so lonely there because i always wished that i had a family that i could just go home to. ten years ago, i left care and started university, and i can remember as if it was yesterday the emotional and financial challenges of starting uni as a care leaver. from meeting tolu, it's clear that not much has changed. i'm amy and i'm a care leaver and i'm just about to go to university. i'm super excited and also a bit nervous. 19—year—old amy has chosen to stay on with her foster mum karen in york.

she's now off to study at liverpool university. karen, how are you feeling? erm, nervous. yeah. i don't want her to leave me. it isjust massive. it's a massive part of my life. but i know that i've always wanted to go to uni. before i even met you, i knew i wanted to go. yeah. but without your support, i don't think i would have gone. i've got that somebody that loves me unconditionally. that's the most important thing in the world. i've started! are you 0k? yeah. it's clear that for amy, having a supportive foster mum makes a world of difference. now she's a few days into the start of term. i've loved every second of it. i feel like it's a honeymoon period. yeah, and there's nothing different about me. there's not an arrow on my head saying, look who you are. yeah, it's amazing really. i feel like i'm part of the uni now. tolu started at queen mary university of london — a little nervous, but resilient. ijust feel like i'm not going to be

as smart as everyone else. i feel like if you really have this passion and desire to go to university, go. like, don't let your circumstances or anyone tell you otherwise. tolu and amy are the lucky ones, but many other care leavers still struggle to make it to campus. yeah, that sounds really good. thank you. there's a whale in the thames — it's thought to be a beluga whale which is normally found in the high arctic. it was quite difficult to see at times — as you can tell. but it was spotted in the thames' estuary near gravesend in kent this afternoon. conservationists say it's thousands of miles away from where it should be and may well be lost and in trouble. robert hall has been watching from the shore. have you seen it? the short answer is no but you don't often asked to get to go whale watching. a lot of excitement that the beluga should be here to see it but also concern the

creature can get out of the thames. fingers crossed a night, those with the patients got a free show. thousands of miles from the arctic, just 24 from the centre of london. when a bird watcher on the salt marshes east of gravesend court a glimpse of a white shape just offshore, he could not believe his eyes. one of the rarest of sightings. within hours, the news had spread across social media bringing wales spotters out to the river banks for a glimpse of the visitor. as soon as i arrived i saw a glimpse of it but it has been servicing every 20 minutes or so. seeing a beluga whale, something i never thought i would see in britain, let alone in london. patrols from the port of london authority have helped to keep the vessel is clear and enabled wildlife experts to confirm that this was indeed a beluga. the advice from us

is to keep an extra eye out and for navigators to keep distance from the animal. last time a beluga strayed into the thames in 2006 rescuers failed to save its life. the hope tonight is that the outgoing tide will carry this unusual tourist to safer waters. what an amazing sight. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. what have you got for us? some warm weather to cross —— to come across many parts of the uk. lots of blue skies across england and wales today, lots of sunshine but a different story for a good pa rt but a different story for a good part of scotland and northern ireland where we have had grey skies and rain and drizzle and some of the cloud is pushing towards north wales and northern england and there will be part of rain and drizzle over night but that will be mostly across northern and western scotland, but quite windy. very mild across the northern half of the uk in contrast

with areas further south, the midlands, southern england having a clear night. a bit chilly but not as cold as it was last night. across the north, my older and underneath the north, my older and underneath the cloud there will be outbreaks of rain. we have a weather front stuck across northern scotland, but to the south of that in the warm air pressure will be high and so it will be drier as well. still breezy across the north of the uk to early spots of rain in northern england brightening up in northern ireland and brightening up across eastern scotla nd and brightening up across eastern scotland as the rain continues in the north and west. we will get some sunshine and with westerly winds we could get 21 degrees in aberdeen and in the sunny skies across england there will be 21 or even 22 celsius so lovely day. more sunshine for england and wales on thursday and rain across northern scotland with the cloud singing southwards and it's more a band of cloud heading into the north of england, but a contrasting temperatures. sunshine

but cooler air in scotland, and temperatures rising in england and wales will stop 23 or possibly 24 celsius. that is the peak of the heat. the cool and fresh north—westerly wind will arrive on friday come but still on the dry side. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s hello come you are watching bbc news with me rachel schofield. let's look at the headlines. jeremy corbyn says if parliament rejects a