tonight at ten, labour says it will reject theresa may's proposals for brexit when those plans are put before mps. jeremy corbyn tells the bbc that the deal will not meet labour's key tests on protecting jobs and prosperity, and parliament could well reject the plans. 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. and the labour conference in liverpool voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to keep open the option of another eu referendum. but the prime minister has again firmly ruled out any prospect of a second referendum we'll have the latest. also tonight... at the un in new york, president trump launches a ferocious attack on iran, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction". the us entertainer bill cosby is to be sent to prison following his conviction for drugging and molesting a woman. life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since 1982. an extremely rare sighting

of a beluga whale spotted in the river thames driven thousands of miles off course by last week's storms. and the first major exhibition of pacific island art in britain is the venue for the duchess of sussex's first solo royal engagement this evening. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... paul pogba watches manchester united against derby from the stands, asjose mourihno says he will not captain the club again because of his attitude. good evening. labour has declared that it's set to reject theresa may's proposals for leaving the eu when those plans are put before mps. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told the bbc that the government

will have to return to the negotiating table in brussels if parliament rejects the deal. and at the labour conference today delegates voted overwhelmingly to keep the option of backing another referendum with the possibility of remaining in the eu. mr corbyn has been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. i believe the european union to be a capitalist club that is for the few, not the many. the party might push for another referendum that could give you a choice to stay in the eu. our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. wildly popular with some... despite what keir may have said earlier, it's a public vote on the terms of our departure. but appalling to others. for months, labour has been edging towards this moment. can i firstly see all those in favour...

members today overwhelmingly backed the idea of having another brexit referendum. and the leadership formalised the almost inevitable — they are on course to try to vote down the brexit deal in parliament. jeremy corbyn, do you know what no one else in the country does know yet — what the final shape of the brexit deal will be? no, i don't. all i know is this government has had 27 months to negotiate a brexit deal. if you don't know yet, then, the shape of the final deal, how can you decide now that you are almost certainly going to vote against it? i have never said that. i've said we will test whatever they come back with. your shadow brexit secretary has said today, "if theresa may brings back a deal that fails our test, that looks increasingly likely labour will vote against it — no ifs, no buts." he said if the six tests are not met, we will vote against the deal. we have made that very clear for some months now. aren't you pushing us towards leaving without a deal? not at all. this proposal the government

will make will have to come 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 can't agree to this. these are the parameters that parliament wants us to negotiate on, and go back and do that. you can't guarantee that would happen. if labour votes down the deal with other people opposing it too, the chances of us 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 that the government will then collapse itself, and we would have an election in which i hope the people of this country would make a choice of a different government that was serious about a relationship with europe. if you held another referendum, you'd be sticking two fingers up to 17.4 million people who voted to leave, who wanted politicians like you to listen to their concerns. we haven't said there's going to be anything yet. all options must be considered if and when this government collapses or its negotiations collapse. and if there were another

referendum, would you vote leave or remain? well, we don't know what the question is going to be in the referendum so that it's a hypothetical question. in the referendum so that is a hypothetical question. as you say yourself, what the party has been talking about this week is what to do if there were another referendum. i don't know what the questions will be so i can't answer that question. but if there were a referendum? i can't 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 hasn't done enough to close down prejudice towardsjews. do you wish, though, given how long this has all gone on, do you wish you'd handled any of it differently? i've done everything i can within this party to make sure we have a process. i've done everything i can in my life to oppose racism in any form. jeremy corbyn‘s fans are here in vast numbers. the party conference is not an easy week for any leader, let alone labour, and let alone now. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, liverpool.

the prime minister has again rejected calls for another eu referendum, which some delegates at the labour conference have been calling for. speaking as she arrived at the un in new york theresa may told our correspondent ben wright that politicians should deliver on the original brexit vote in 2016. on the issue of a second referendum, parliament voted to give people the choice as to whether to leave the european union. people chose. i believe that people should be able to trust their politicians to deliver on that vote and not go back and say, "you might have got it wrong, why don't you have another go." no. no second referendum. the people voted, we will deliver on that vote. live to ben in new york, who's been travelling with the prime minister. to what extent has labour's position

today and for clarification of it limits the prime minister? she is undoubtedly in a very tight spot. if the prime minister has a cunning plan for saving a brexit deal with the eu and then getting it through parliament then she is keeping it to herself. number ten have had a wretched few days, a setback in salzburg and the rebuff from eu leaders, but i get the sense downing street is fairly confident a deal with the eu can be reached later in the autumn and they have been encouraged by commons today from leo varadkar, the irish taoiseach, who said he thought a deal could be reached in november. but it's a big but, if there is an agreement it has to go through parliament. ijust don't see how that can happen. labour looks set to post whatever the prime minister brings back from negotiations with the eu. today, tori brexiteers said at least 50 of

them would oppose the chequers deal. the numbers are simply not there for her without a majority in the commons. when i asked the prime minister what she would do in that situation she said, there would be no referendum. early on the plane she said there would not be a general election. she said she wasn't bluffing about her threat to walk away and have no deal. and, this is crucial, she is sticking with her chequers plan. the stark reality is starting to dawn here. and soon the prime minister will have to make some very difficult choices. ben wright, political correspondent at the un in new york. we will stay with brexit. the cabinet has been discussing what should happen to immigration to the uk after brexit. ministers 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 accepting fewer low—skilled migrants from the eu could damage the economy as our home editor mark easton reports from corby. corby‘s 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. thank you. now, it's fair to say that 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's good or bad for the town? i think it's a good thing, actually, because i think we've got enough unskilled workers. we could do fair enough with people that's got skills, but i think we've got more than enough of our own. they bring more money in as well as us. i mean, we've got a load of people that work in care in our place at work, eastern europeans, and they do the amount of stuff what we do. it would be detrimental to the town.

i talked to a neighbour the other day who runs a job agency and he said he's looking for 600 staff, all variousjobs, skilled and unskilled, can't get anyone. the corrugated sheds which typify 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 our workforce is migrant european workers. so that is, you know, if you take those away from us, then we're going to be struggling to find good people. well, why don't you train up british workers? we will train up anybody who comes to work for us. we get very few people from the uk wanting to come and work in this environment. corby‘s migration has been a focus of particular study for analysts at the ippr think tank, who reckon the government's proposed limit on low—skilled migrants would mean many potential workers from the eu would be unable to get a visa to work in the town. our estimate would be that about 80% of the people living in corby today

from the european union would not qualify to be working, to come to work in corby in the future. corby‘s steel industry was forged from the imported muscle and sweat of scottish labour. when that declined, new growth came with arrivals from eastern europe. now, this resilient town, like many, may have to reinvent itself for a new chapter. mark easton, bbc news, corby. in a forthright speech to the united nations general assembly, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership accusing it of instigating "chaos, death and destruction" across the middle east. mr trump also accused china of unfair trading practices and said america was rejecting globalism, in favour of patriotism. our north america editorjon sopel reports from new york. when roads are closed for you and red lights really aren't a thing,

there's no excuse for being half an hour late for a journey of less than a mile. but donald trump missed his speaking slot this morning and made himself even later by stopping to talk to reporters on his way in. but when he 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. laughter. didn't expect that reaction, but that's ok. the audience just giggled. us presidents are occasionally reviled, sometimes adored, but they're rarely laughed at. last year he threatened to destroy north korea and 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. but it wasn't all sweetness and light. this america first president rounded on opec, the international criminal court, and the world trade organisation. he justified his trade war against china, and then set out a vision starkly at odds with the internationalist audience listening to him. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. his principal target in the speech was iran. he called on nations to isolate tehran‘s rulers and support its people. not quite a cry for regime change, but it's clear where he stands. iran's leaders plunder the nation's resources to enrich themselves and to spread mayhem across the middle east and far beyond. and the iranians met fire with fire.

translation: unlawful unilateral sanctions in themselves constitute a form of economic terrorism and a breach of the right to development. the iranians and americans avoided each other over lunch, but as always donald trump was the centre of attention, even if many found his message distinctly uncomfortable. and on immigration and to those refugees fleeing persecution, donald trump said stay at home and make your own country's great again. that was heard in icy silence and the only time his speech was interrupted was with laughter. you get the impression the un doesn't much like donald trump, and it's a sentiment that is probably reciprocated. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. an inquest into the death of a 15—year—old girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger has heard that nine other people had suffered similar allergic reactions.

natasha ednan—laperouse, who had a severe sesame allergy, collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice and died within hours in 2016. the inquest heard there were nine cases of sesame—related allergy incidents in the year before natasha died. a spokesman for pret a manger told the hearing the company changed stickers on fridge cabinets last year to include details of specific allergens. one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that's affected tens of thousands of people in the uk since the 1970s has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. as victims, families and lawyers made their opening statements at the inquiry, the scottish government was heavily criticised for not being a key participant at the hearings. claims were also made about attempts to destroy official documents as our health editor hugh pym reports. 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 is not fully involved at the start of 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 if certain issues are resolved it will participate. other than that, campaigners seem reassured by what they've heard so far. hugh pym, bbc news.

the us entertainer bill cosby has been called a "sexually—violent predator" by a judge in pennsylvania ahead of being sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for assaulting a woman in 200a. the lawyers for the 81—year—old have already said they'll appeal. thejudge when he handed down the sentence told bill cosby that no one was above the law and he said a lesser sentence would appreciate the seriousness of his crime, of drugging and sexually assaulting his victim in 200a. more than ten of his accusers were in court victim in 200a. more than ten of his accusers were in court to see the key moment when bill cosby learned his fate and the chief accuser in a statement of the court said that while we may never know the true impact... the true circumstances of

bill cosby‘s crime, we now know his reign of terror as a serial rapist is over. this will now be the image that defines bill cosby‘s life. in handcuffs and headed to prison to pay for his crimes. for decades he led a double life. and the man affectionately referred to as america's dad will now be classified as a sexually violent predator. it's a moment his victims never thought possible. outside of court, they celebrated. this is just going to show victims that they can make it through, and that there is justice at the end, and hallelujah. this is notjust about me too and the internet any more. it's about a defendant having to be accountable in a court of law, and being confined in state prison as a result of his criminal acts. do you think this will lead to a real sea change? well, i think it sends an important message. more than 60 women came forward with strikingly similar allegations, but only andrea

constand's attack was recent enough to bring charges. a former university employee, the entertainer entrapped her by posing as a mentor before drugging and molesting her at his pennsylvania home. her relief after the sentencing was visible. bill cosby has admitted to giving young women drugs before sex, but says it was done with their knowledge. and throughout the trial he has shown no remorse. mr cosby clearly has been denied his right to a fair trial. these injustices must be corrected immediately. at the height of his fame, bill cosby was the most watched man on television. his wholesome, lovable persona on the cosby show made him an icon. the fact he will now serve time in prison, after a long and fierce legal battle is a palpable shift of power, and a major milestone for women and victims' rights. nada tawfik, bbc news, pennsylvania. this case has really mirrored

america's evolving attitude toward sexual assault. in 2005 prosecutors refused to even bring charges. fast forward to where we are now with bill cosby serving time in prison. the first high—profile figure in the me too era to be given a sentence in prison. life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since 1982, when official figures began, according to data from the office for national statistics. for girls and boys born between 2015 and 2017 in england, the growth in life expectancy has come to a halt — at 82.9 years for a woman and 79.2 for a man. but in some parts of the uk it has even decreased. 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. our scotland editor sarah smith

reports from glasgow — the city with the lowest life expectancy in the uk. jonah, marvin and emilia will hopefully enjoy long and happy lives. but as they were born last year, they are statistically now more likely to die younger than babies born before them. it's a bit of a shock for their mums. yes, it's pretty sad. i suppose itjust reinforces the need for us to educate our children and really do the best we can to make sure they know how to look after themselves. i didn't picture a situation where life expectancy would be going down and he might not live as long as older kids, or if we had subsequent kids, they might not live as long. in glasgow's necropolis, the headstones illustrate the city's history of early death rates. it is still a place where people die younger than anywhere else in the country. scotland has the lowest life expectancy of any of the uk's four nations, and what's really troubling about today's figures is that they show — for the first time —

life expectancy decreasing. so, that means that people in scotland and in wales can actually anticipate dying younger. in the three nations where life expectancy has declined, scotland's at the bottom, where a baby boy born between 2015—17 is expected to live to 77, and just over 81 in the case of females. in northern ireland, it's now 78.1; years for males, just over 82 forfemales. that's the same for women in wales, just over 78 for men. in parts of the uk, life expectancy is going down. now, that's really dramatic. my argument has been that the health of the population tells us something very important about how well we're meeting the needs of the population, and if health is getting worse, that means something's going terribly wrong. service!

politicians will argue over what's going wrong. poverty, austerity or lifestyle. but in a deprived part of glasgow, i met men in their 80s who are beating the stats. i'm 89. you're 89? what's the secret, then, that you've managed to stay alive so much longer than the average scot? i'm always doing exercises. and i drink guinness. there's a lot of nourishment in guinness. you know what i mean? the good news — there is some — more men than ever before are living to 100. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the founders of the photo—sharing social media platform instagram — kevin systrom and mike krieger — are leaving the company to explore what they call their "curiosity and creativity". their announcement came amid persistent reports of tensions between the pair and facebook, which bought the photo sharing app six years ago. to look at the impact of the pair's departure in what has been a turbulent year for the parent company, here's our media editor amol rajan. a tough year for facebookjust got tougher. the issue is not merely that mike krieger and kevin systrom have left.

the issue is that they are merely the latest to do so. like other big tech companies, facebook‘s growth has leant heavily on the acquisitions of rivals, in order to smother competition. in 2012, it bought picture—sharing platform instagram for £629 million. two years later, it bought messaging service whatsapp for £11.11 billion. and just a month after that, it paid another £1.2 billion for virtual reality company oculus. it also tried to buy snapchat, but was rebuffed. among all these, instagram was the jewel in the crown. at first, some felt facebook had overpaid but now it looks like a steal. here's why. facebook, with over two billion users, is still growing. but the rate of growth has slowed. meanwhile, growth at instagram has been exponential, from 30 million users six years ago to over a billion now. crucially, much of that growth comes from younger users who are prized by advertisers. facebook wanted to sweat their asset, putting more ads on instagram. this is what reportedly led to tensions. the founders of instagram,

whatsapp and oculus have all now left facebook. but some perspective here is useful. still only 1a years old, facebook is one of the world's most innovative companies with a market capitalisation of nearly half a trillion dollars. moreover, all acquisitions bring tensions, perhaps especially in silicon valley. but after torrid headlines over the cambridge analytica data scandal, constant scrutiny over abuse of the platform by foreign powers, and now these latest departures amid slowing growth, mark zuckerberg could be forgiven for feeling like he's running out of friends. many thanks. a whale has been spotted in the river thames estuary off the coast of kent. it's thought to be a beluga whale — a species usually found thousands of miles away in the high arctic. marine life rescuers have urged the public not to get too close but our correspondent robert hall has been trying to get a proper look. thousands of miles from the arctic, just 2a from the centre of london.

when a bird—watcher on the salt marshes east of gravesend caught a glimpse of a white shape just offshore, he couldn't believe his eyes. it was a beluga whale, lost and far further south than any previous british sighting. within hours, the news had spread across social media, bringing whale—spotters out onto the river banks for a glimpse of the visitor. as soon as i arrived i saw a glimpse of it but it has only been resurfacing once every 15, 20 minutes. seeing the beluga whale, which i've never seen, never ever imagined i would see in britain, let alone virtually in london. patrols from the port of london authority have kept vessels clear and monitored the whale as it searched for food. the advice from us is for the navigators particularly to keep an extra eye out and keep their distance from the animal. it is still swimming very healthily. the last time a whale

swam into the thames, a bottlenose whale back in 2006, it got into difficulties and rescuers couldn't save it. tonight there are fears for the beluga. experts on board the patrol boat told me that after feeding they had hoped it would leave these busy shipping channels and head back out to sea. but there are still sightings, and that clearly hasn't happened. it too may be at risk. robert hall, bbc news, gravesend. the duchess of sussex carried out her first solo royal engagement this evening when she attended the opening of a major art exhibition. meghan joined guests at the royal academy of arts in central london. the show is the first major survey of pacific island art to be held in the uk and also marks the 250th anniversary of captain cook's first voyage to the pacific on the endeavour. our arts editor will gompertz has taken a look. we're used to a bit of a song and dance being made

about an exhibition opening, but not quite on this scale. this is the pacific islanders' way to mark the first—ever show of their art and culture at the royal academy in london. a special event that was made even more memorable with the arrival of the duchess of sussex... for her first solo official engagement. she appeared particularly taken with this 18th—century costume of the chief mourner from the island of tahiti. the exhibition covers around 600 years of oceanic artworks, from this centuries—old maori carving to these photographic portraits of life—casts taken in 2010. it's actually these treasures from the past as well as temporary it's actually these treasures from the past as well as contemporary works that are building connections and understanding between pacific islanders and people in britain and in europe. the exhibition tells many stories.

obviously there's captain cook's pacific expeditions in the late 18th century and their impact on the indigenous islanders... and in europe, where many of these objects were brought back and displayed in museums, where they were seen and studied by leading modern artists. for example, this fabulously decorated wooden beam which depicts a comic tale inspired the german expressionists. and carvings such as this male deity figure clearly influenced those artists working in paris in the early 20th century, who made the stylised abstract sculptures. and picasso was so mesmerised by this deity that he had a bronze version in his studio. the show of such wealth of pacific island treasures held