this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11pm: the american comedian bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. thejudge said he is a sexually violent predator. labour votes to keep open the option of another eu referendum, and warns the prime minister if mps reject a brexit deal, she'll have to renegotiate. 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." at the un, president trump delivers a blistering attack on iran, accusing it of sowing chaos, death and destruction. life expectancy in the uk has stopped improving for the first time since 1982. and a whale is spotted in the thames, driven thousands of miles off course by last week's storms. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another look at the papers,

with our reviewers, jim waterson from the guardian, and rosamund urwin from the sunday times. stay with us for that. good evening. one of the biggest names in american television, bill cosby, has been jailed for sexual assault. the 81—year—old comedian was sentenced to between three and 10 years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. he was described by the sentencing judge as a sexually violent predator and must now also undergo counselling for life and be listed on the sex offenders register. our correspondent, nada tawfik, sent this from norristown in pennsylvania. do you have any comment, sir?

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. 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's shown no remorse. mr cosby has clearly 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. delegates at the labour party conference have voted to approve a motion that could pave the way for another eu referendum. they've voted for the party to keep all options, including a fresh referendum, on the table if mps are deadlocked over brexit. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn,

has told the bbc that the government will have to return to the negotiating table in brussels if parliament rejects the deal. 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 would 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 that 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 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 towards jews. 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 anyform. 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. meanwhile, 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. the prime minister there talking to political correspondent ben wright. our political correspondent ben wright is in new york and has been travelling with the prime minister. he explained how the options open to theresa may are becoming increasingly limited. she's undoubtedly in a very, very

tight spot. and if the prime minister does have a cunning plan for sealing a brexit deal with the eu, and then getting it through parliament, then she's keeping it to herself. number 10 have had a wretched few days, they have that setback, of course, in salzburg, the rebuff from eu leaders but i get the sense downing street are fairly confident a deal with it you can still be reached later in the autumn, and they've been encouraged to today by the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, saying an agreement can be reached in november. but there's a big but, even if there is an agreement it needs to go through parliament and at the moment i can't see how that can happen. labour are set to oppose whatever the prime minister brings back from negotiations with the use. today tory brexiteers said at least 50 of them would oppose the chequers deal. the numbers simply aren't there for her with no majority in the commons. i asked the prime minister what she would do in that situation and she said, as you heard, there would be

no referendum and early on the plane she said there wouldn't be a general election. she's edgy wasn't bluffing about her threat to walk away and have a no deal, and, and this is crucial, she is sticking with her chequers plan. the stark reality is starting to dawn here, and soon the prime minister is going to have to make some very difficult choices. ben wright there alive in new york. —— there lives in new york. —— there live in new york. in a forthright speech to the united nations general assembly, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership and accused 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 organization. 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 a has heard that nine other people had suffered similar allergic reactions. she had a severe sesame allergy and collapsed during a flight allergy and collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice. she

died within hours in 2016. the inquest heard there were nine cases of sesame related allergy in the zones in the year before natasha died. a spokesman for bread monday said the company changed stickers on fridge magnets last year to include details of specific allergens —— incidents —— for predator monday. one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that has 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.

..fight for the affected community... 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 ‘til 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 is 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 headlines on bbc news: the american comedian bill cosby has been sentenced to between three

and ten years in prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. thejudge said he is a sexually violent predator. jeremy corbyn says if parliament rejects a brexit agreement brokered by theresa may, britain will have to go back into talks with the eu to seek a better deal. in a speech at the un general assemby, president trump has attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing chaos, death and destruction. 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 is being 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. it is 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 is good or bad for the town? i think it'll be a good thing, actually, because i think we've got enough unskilled workers. you know, that 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'd be detrimental to the town. i talked to our neighbour the other day, who runs a job agency, and he said he's looking for 600 staff, all variousjobs, skilled and unskilled, he 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. 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 has been a similarfall

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. that is 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, you know, 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 is 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 is at the bottom, where a baby boy born between 2015 and ‘17 is expected to live to 77, and just over 81 in the case of females. in northern ireland, it is now 78.1; years for males, just over 82 forfemales. that is 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 is 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. i think there's a lot of nourishment in guinness. know what i mean? the good news, there is some — more men than ever before are living to 100. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. a whale has been spotted in the river thames estuary off the coast of kent. it is 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 shapejust 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 riverbanks for a glimpse of the visitor. well, 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, was back in 2006. it got into difficulties and rescuers couldn't save it. tonight, there are fears for the beluga. the 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 britain, 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 islands 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 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 is captain cook's pacific expeditions in the late 18th century, and their impact on the indigenous islanders, and on 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 by european

institutions, raises the question of ownership, and whether any of these objects should be returned to the countries from which they came. for indigenous peoples all around the world, if they came back and were shared, they would actually accrue more knowledge, research from on the ground, and these gifts would probably come back again, too. sometimes we don't necessarily want to repatriate these. for the duchess of sussex, the exhibition serves as a useful introduction to the cultures of the pacific region, where she is going on an official visit with prince harry next month. will gompertz, bbc news. and there are plenty of pictures of meghan markle in tomorrow's front pages. and we will take another in—depth look at tomorrow's papers with our reviewers, jim waterson, who is media editor at the guardian, and rosamund urwin, she's the financial services correspondent for the sunday times. that is coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it is time for the weather, with ben rich. hello there. temperatures are going

to be up and down a little bit over the next ten days, and there are various reasons for that. but one factor particularly at night is cloud cover. now, during tuesday ‘s southern areas had the best of the sunshine. further north and west there is more cloud, more of a breeze and outbreaks of rain. not with those clear skies in the south and those cloudy wants further north, we start wednesday morning with a real divide, a real split in the temperatures. double figures in the temperatures. double figures in the north, well down into single figures in the south but where we have that chilly start in the south we will have the best of the sunshine through the day. a bit more cloud in north—west england, northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland with some outbreaks of rain. quite windy in the north but with some shelter from that wind in the eastern side of scotland we will see some sunshine. i is perhaps at 21 degrees in aberdeen and many parts of england and wales up into the low 20s as well. as we go through wednesday night we will continue to see rain across particularly north—western parts of scotland. further south the skies

will be relatively clear and it will be fairly chilly, perhaps not quite as chilly is the last few nights. good see some faulty batches during thursday in southern areas but the southern parts could see the best of the sunshine and the best of the warmth during the day. but through the north—west something cool and fresher showing its hand behind this band of cloud and patchy rain, which will be sinking its way further south—east was as the day wears on. during thursday night that band of cloud and frontal system is going to sink south eastwards and that means for all of us on friday we import some cooler airfrom the for all of us on friday we import some cooler air from the north—west. so whereas thursday might bring temperatures in the south—east about 23 degrees, by friday you can forget about that. there will be a fair amount of sunshine, some patchy cloud especially up into the north—west but these are the top temperatures you can expect, 13— 17 degrees. then we go into the weekend