hello. you're watching afternoon live. i'm ben brown. today at 2pm: n0 audio. at the labour conference, jeremy corbyn promises to transform and rebuild a divided britain, with what he calls a green jobs revolution and an expansion of free childcare our programme will create over 400,000 skilled jobs to ensure that comes about. good jobs. the labour leader also laid down a challenge the labour leader also challenged theresa may on brexit,

saying the party would vote against any deal which didn't protectjobs and avoid a hard border in northern ireland. the birmingham pub bombings. we're about to hear the result of an appeal into the scope of the new inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 attack. tens of thousands of people in england who've had hernia mesh implants could face painful complications. we have an special report. i can't even sleep properly. i used to sleep on my front. three hours a night, if i'm lucky, now. i regularly take pills. i have to, to function. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport: thank you. manchester united manager jose mourinho has denied a fallout between himself and paul pogba, despite telling the frenchman he will not captain the side again this season. paul pogba watched from the stands as united lost 8—7 to derby in the efl cup. pictures have emerged from training today which

suggests all is not well between the two. thanks. we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. also, mel coles has all the weather. it feels like we have more than one season in a day at the moment. chilly start, but when the sunshine gets going it feels positively summery. but there is always an exception to the rule. the details coming up. also coming up: spotted again swimming in the thames. the beleagured beluga whale stranded far from home. hello. this is afternoon live. i'm ben brown. jeremy corbyn has made his key note address to the labour party conference.

in his speech he called for a fundamental change to the direction of britain's economy, vowing to end what he called greed is good capitalism. mr corbyn‘s speech marked the end of the party conference, which has been dominated by discussions about brexit. mr corbyn offered to reach out to theresa may if she backed his approach to negotiations with the eu. he also outlined a number of new policies including what he's called a greenjobs revolution. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. nice to see you. surrounded by his senior team, jeremy corbyn made his way to the stage this morning. support frenzy has been clearer. the question is how far back can translate beyond this conference and across the country. please welcome the leader of the labour party and oui’ the leader of the labour party and our next prime minister, jeremy corbyn. his answer, a promise of a

radical change, ripping up the old economic system and replacing it with something new. and the message to his party, to stand together. real unity is based on the freedom to disagree and debate, then come together around a democratic decision, as we've done this week. so we need to foster a much greater culture of tolerance, and into abuse online and in person. we must learn... we must learn to listen a bit more and shot a bit less. to focus on what unites us and to accept losing a vote while maintaining the right to pick up the debate again. we are on a journey together, and we can only complete the journey together! he addressed the journey together! he addressed the row over anti—semitism which has

dogged the party through the summer. the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and anxiety in the jewish community and caused immense hurt and anxiety in thejewish community and great dismay in the labour party. i hope we believe we can work together to draw a line under this. i say this to all the jewish community, draw a line under this. i say this to all thejewish community, this party, this movement, will always be implacable campaigners against anti—semitism and racism in all its forms. we are your allies. he said change was needed, an end to austerity, more money for public services, investment in wind and solar energy, extending free childcare, and renationalising the water and real industries. ten years ago this month, the whole edifice of greed is good deregulated financial ca ptors greed is good deregulated financial captors or. it came crashing down to earth with devastating consequences. but instead of making essential changes to a broken economic system,

the political establishment strained every sinew to bail out and prop up the system that led to the crash in the system that led to the crash in the first place. part of the solution, he said, is giving workers a stake in largerfirms, rebalancing power. people in this country now that the old way of running things is not working any more. and unless we, the labour party, offer radical solutions, others will fill the gap, with the politics of blame and division. on foreign policy, he is clearest ignored and yet that russia was buying the salisbury attack. and on brexit, he said labour wouldn't vote for the prime minister's current plan, but he had this offer. brexit is about the future of our country and our

vital interests. it's not about leadership squabbles or parliamentary posturing. i say this to her, in all sincerity and helpfulness, if you deliver a deal that includes a customs union and no ha rd that includes a customs union and no hard border in ireland, if you protect jobs, people's rights hard border in ireland, if you protectjobs, people's rights of work and environmental and consumer standards, then we will support that sensible deal. a deal that will be backed by most businesses in the world and trade unions. but if you can't negotiate that deal, then you need to make way for a party that can and will. and that's what they want. general election. this speech wasn't just a pitch want. general election. this speech wasn'tjust a pitch to those supporters already here, but to those who might be won over across the country. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in liverpool. a pretty long speech and a rapturous

reception from the party faithful. what did you pick out? an incredible reception, as you might expect. of the whole list of domestic policies. jeremy corbyn trying to show he is a leader who want to be prime minister and they have a programme for government that can be delivered. and i suppose that is the big question. a lot on offer there. free childcare, scrapping tuition fees, renationalising industry. all of that has to be paid for. let's discuss it a bit more. i'm joined by richard burgon. there's a lot on offer at there. but it's incredibly expensive. are you confident that voters trust labour to be able to make the sums add up cheering and applause at the last general election, we were the first party in history to print, publish and distribute in addition to our ma nifesto,

distribute in addition to our manifesto, a separate document which listed the full cost of our spending programme. where the 48 billion would be raised. we will do the same at the next general election. a lot on domestic issues. you're trying to get away from the issue of brexit in some senses, but it dominates the landscape. over the next three or six months, it is inevitably going to be about that. this idea at the emperorjeremy corbyn seem to be holding up the offer of supporting theresa may on brexit on sam cane deal, where are we now with labour policy? what jeremy was saying is, yes, we have a whole raft of policies which are progressive and answer some of the problems which caused lots of people to feel the frustration which made them vote for brexit, but labour's policy on how to with deal these negotiations is quite simple. we accept and respect the outcome of the referendum. a

labour government would negotiate a brexit deal which fulfils the six tests which keir starmer has been setting out for a long period of time. you are from a constituency that voted to leave. is there some concern that labour is looking like party that wants to delay or store brexit? jeremy was clear today and got a standing ovation. he was talking about the way of bringing people together who voted remain, bringing people together who voted leave, and that's what the labour party is all about, bringing the country together. in negotiating a deal with the european union puts labour would secure. it is something which could bring the country together. i know you have been talking about a general election, but it's not really in labour's gift. you cannot call that. there is still the possibility that this

government continues until 2022.m the newspaper today, there was talk of the conservatives planning for the possibility of a general election. we want to force a general election. we want to force a general election. people said donald trump would never become president. iwish you never had. people said labour would not do as well as we did in the last election. these are uncertain political times. we want a general election as soon as possible. if we get one soon, we will negotiate a deal with the european union that meets keir starmer's six tests and will protect consumer rights. it will bring people together. we've had enough of disunity in this country. there's been disunity in the party. the summer been disunity in the party. the summer has been difficult with the row over anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn spoke about it, but he spoke about the row having hurt the community, rather than the fact that there is anti—semitism in your party. well, there is and have been

instances of individuals making richard, awful anti—semitic comments and having those awful views on the party. and it's right at those people have been expelled. no—one who is serious is suggesting it's not a problem. jeromy tackled that problem today in a way which i think will gain the confidence of the public and of the jewish community. and all the diverse opinions within the jewish community. his life has been defined by combating racism, being against racism in all its forms. today he spoke out against anti—semitism, against islamophobia and against the way in which windrush citizens have been treated by this government. labour government led by jeremy by this government. labour government led byjeremy corbyn would protect all communities. the jewish community and the muslim community would be kept secure. all minority backgrounds would know that they are part of the many, then many they are part of the many, then many the labour party will be rooting

for. thank you. this was jeremy corbyn‘s fourth conference as leader. in the past, there has been division with tensions between the leadership and several labour mps. division with tensions between the leadership and several labour mp5. i think we will be pleased this week that there haven't been huge divisions. some concern over brexit, but generally i think you will feel they got their message across with a whole raft of policies. many thanks. let's discuss further mr corbyn‘s pledge to create 400,000 newjobs in the energy industry. i'm joined by neil strachan, director of the university college london energy institute. so he said 400,000 skilled green jobs that labour would create nationwide by investing in technology is to cut net carbon emissions by 60% by 2030. what do you make of that is a promise? emissions by 60% by 2030. what do you make of that is a promise7m certainly is a good road to go down.

particularly thinking about our building stock which is very inefficient and there are lots of skilled and semiskilled jobs in terms of retrofitting are building stock. what exactly does that mean? going into people's homes and making them more energy efficient. loft insulation, cavity wall insulation. you could have thosejobs in parts of the country which are currently economically deprived. what would labour do to create these jobs and to make britain greener? there are two key elements. spending money on making the planning system easier. spending money, particularly for a low income households, to give them subsidies and also zero interest —— 0% interest for people to retrofit these measures. streamlining the planning process and changing the balance about money for capacity are

key measures the government could take. how bold promise is all of this? these days, all parties say that their manifesto is green and environmentally conscious. what would you say about these labour promises in particular are compared to other parties? everyone is in the same area in terms of targets. but the 400,000 jobs over ten years, is that cumulative as i believe? but also netjobs. that cumulative as i believe? but also net jobs. anywhere that cumulative as i believe? but also netjobs. anywhere you put money into the economy, there is a ripple effect and you will lose jobs in other parts. so the idea that investment in this part of the economy would create job losses elsewhere. are there are certain

things the united kingdom has signed up things the united kingdom has signed up to do, in terms of climate change and the environment? clearly the uk government has signed up for emission reduction targets by 2030. i think what is perhaps more important is the uk is trying to position itself as a leader in new industries. they're both manufacturing industries, they are relatively more mundane industries such as insulating homes. and they are also the finance, marketing and other industries the uk has traditionally been very good at. all parties making green promises. what extent parties making green promises. what exte nt d o parties making green promises. what extent do you think the electorate when it comes to polling day and footing and casting their ballots, today actually care about those green promises? people might say they care, but what's the evidence? i wish it was the number one issue in people's minds, but when you tie

it to long—term environmental damage, the global environment and local air pollution, and also when you tie it into jobs and local air pollution, and also when you tie it intojobs and economic prosperity, it has a relevance, although clearly not as high as immigration, health or education. good to talk to you. in the last few minutes, sir peter thornton qc, the coroner in charge of new inquests into the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, has won a court of appeal challenge against a ruling which overturned his decision not to investigate who was responsible for the atrocities as part of the proceedings. we have concluded there was no error in his approach and his decision is not open to legal objection. for the detailed reasons given in the judgment which i no hand down, we allow the appeal and restore the original decision. the parties have

been given until friday 28 september to file written submissions of any ancillary matters which we will determine on the papers. thank you. our news correspondent jon ironmongerjoins me now from birmingham. the birmingham pub bombings was such a horrific atrocity back in 1974. the coroner didn't want to include in his inquests into the death an investigation into who was responsible. it was always the families's greatest wish that this inquest would point the finger of blame on the people behind this campaign. it has been a long campaign. it has been a long campaign. 44 years since the pub bombings and there has never been an effective criminal trials are now

one has ever been held to account in a criminal court of law. this judgment today is a huge blow for them. i'm dying to know byjulie whose18—year—old sister was killed in the bombs. just try to summarise how you are feeling now. we are clearly very disappointed. we feel rejected. but we will continue to fight for truth, justice and accountability. if we don't, it's clear the british establishment don't care, so we will continue to fight on and we will take stock of the decision states. we will speak to our legal —— legal team. and our qc. we will get their assessment of the decision and then either decide to appeal or whether to continue on in the inquest process. to add insult to injury, we only have two

days to appeal. we only have until friday to make this decision. we have had to wait months for this decision but now we only have two days. it's ludicrous. what sort of judicial system allows 21 people to be murdered en masse and they know that some of the murderers are still at their liberty that some of the murderers are still at theirliberty and that some of the murderers are still at their liberty and no one is looking for them. what kind of a society are we leaving for our future generations?” society are we leaving for our future generations? i think clearly the coroner sympathises with your case. he doesn't want this inquest to become a proxy criminal trial. do you not understand his reasoning is for it? we fully understand his legal perspective, however there is also another argument on the other side. if you was to use hillsborough asa direct side. if you was to use hillsborough as a direct up—to—date example, the brought in the perpetrator issue and that has now followed onto potential prosecutions. what's so different

about our case? you can't go around arriving in a city killing with impunity and then be allowed to continue to move on without any fear of retribution. it's been a huge, long struggle for you. what kind of impact is having on you and others who lost people? it has a massive impact on all of us. our health is affected. we are continually re—traumatised, every single time we do interviews, every single time we have to go to court, we get decisions like this. but we will brush ourselves down, pick ourselves up brush ourselves down, pick ourselves up and continue to fight. 21 people have no voice. we have no conscience. we are other voices. neither

conscience. because we are other voices. neither conscience. because the british establishment and the legal system, the judiciary system apparently the envy the judiciary system apparently the e nvy of the judiciary system apparently the envy of the world, doesn't seem to ca re envy of the world, doesn't seem to care about victims of terrorism. we most certainly do. for as long as we have breath in us, we will continue to fight for them. will you mount a legal challenge? we need to step back. we will have a conference team with our legal team based in belfast and ourqc. we with our legal team based in belfast and our qc. we will see what their overall legal viewpoint is. then we will discuss it as a group, as a democratic group, which is what we do all the time. then we will move forward from there. is it the case that you have no faith in any subsequent police investigation, is it that if one is launched? not with we st it that if one is launched? not with west midlands police. we have no faith in the hierarchy of west midlands police due to the fact we have been campaigning and been treated so badly. i wrote to the then chief constable in 2009, asking

what he was going to do about the biggest unsolved murder of the 20th—century? he got someone to reply saying they were too busy. i demanded we had a meeting. they sent a letter from the desk sergeant saying they were both on holiday. that was in 2009. that is how we are treated. thank you. the inquest could get under way before the end of the year, but now with a much more narrow scope after the judgment today. thank you. the prime minister has put pressure on iran to release a charity worker who's been in prison in tehran for more than two years. during talks at the un general assembly in new york, theresa may told the iranian

president hassan rouhani that she has serious concerns about the jailing of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the british—iranian woman was given a five year prison sentence for spying — a charge she denies. mrs may will address the un assembly later. meanwhile, the prime minister has been speaking to bloomberg's global business forum in new york. the prime minister said a post—brexit britain would have the lowest rates of corperation tax in the g20. we have a plan to deliver an economy which is highly skilled and high—quality bop of low tax smart regulation. let you see this very clearly. whatever your business investing in a post—brexit britain, whatever your business, investing in a post—brexit britain will give you the lowest rate of corporation tax in the g20. you will access service

industries of the financial sector in london that are the envy of the world. some of the best universities in the world, strong institutions, a sound approach to public finance and a consistent and dependable approach to high standards but intelligent regulation. and yes, located in the uk, you will be able to access the talent you need. freedom of movement will end when we leave the european union, but we will put in place a new immigration system that will allow businesses and universities to attract the brightest and best to the uk. european diplomats are meeting in brussels this afternoon to continue discussing their preparations for brexit including the possiblity of a no—deal. a leaked document says the work towards a no deal scenario has to intensify because of the uncertainty about whether a deal can be reached between britain and the eu. our brussels correspondent adam flemming can give us his analysis.

this is a meeting that is happening this afternoon between the ambassadors to the youth of the 27 countries who are staying and the european commission which is the organisation which runs the brexit talks from day—to—day, and is in charge for preparedness, getting ready for all potential brexit outcomes. the document says that preparedness effort needs to be stepped up because there's continuing uncertainty about whether there will be a brexit deal at the end of all this and whether that deal will be able to get through the british parliament. there's a really interesting line on the second page that talks about the need for political choices to be made about how far to go to mitigate the effects of no deal. some people will read that and interpreted it as the eu at acknowledging they may have to step in and do something to

help the uk to keep things running if there is no deal, if the talks break down and there is no brexit deal on 29 march next year. up until now, the eu has said it would be no negotiations, no site deals with the uk in that event. this suggests, hence a bit, that might not be the case. in terms ofjeremy corbyn's visit here tomorrow to see michel barnier, the chief negotiator, worth remembering his door is open to all sorts of people, whether it's nicola sturgeon or nigel farage. the only negotiate with the brexit secretary, dominic raab. let's bring you the latest about the whale stranded in the thames estuary. the rspca say there are not currently any major concerns for the welfare of the animal. this is the whale that is normally found around several thousand miles away in the arctic but is currently in the

thames. our correspondent simon jones is in gravesend. tell us more about what the rspca are seeing. we can see people behind you. they are trying to get a glimpse of the beluga whale. beautiful blue skies as well. beautiful day and lots of whale watchers here again. now, the rspca are saying they don't have major safety concerns for the whale and the reason for that they say is that it appears to be feeding well on the bottom of the sea, eating crabs. it appears to be diving normally and appears to be diving normally and appears to be swimming fast. they're saying the best chance of survival of the whale is if it manages to make its way back out to sea of its own accord. we are keeping shipping away and monitoring the situation. a lot of people have come down today to see this extraordinary sight. many people with cameras and telescopes. the wheel was last spotted a few minutes ago out in that stretch of water over there. it

is quite an extraordinary sight when you see it. you suddenly see a flash of white. you think it mightjust be a wave but then it something bigger than that and that's when you realise it is actually the whale. so a lot of excitement here, but also rather tempered with the knowledge that it shouldn't really be here, it should be thousands of miles away in the arctic, so people are very concerned about what's going to happen. the rspca very much monitoring the situation. what the are intending to do is keep a watch. they are ready on standby with vests if necessary if the animal does become distressed or should become beached. but they are trying to move away from that option at the moment, to see whether it will move in that direction of its own accord. what they don't want it to do is to head up they don't want it to do is to head up towards the thames because then they could be dealing with big problems. but has become a bit of a tourist attraction here. more and more people arriving during the afternoon. initially for a few hours

this morning no one knew where it was. there were no confirmed sightings, but as soon as the first sightings, but as soon as the first sightings came, late this morning, people started heading down again because people want to get a site of this the chance. although the whole, deep down, they would be here for too long. simon, many thanks. simon jones with the whale watchers in gravesend. now the weather with mel. we are keeping an area on this area here. but this time of the year it is almost like a big warm hot bath. if you have cold air above it, that is the perfect recipe to see some convection. we could see some big clouds forming, some heavy rain, it could lead to some flash flooding and there could be some damaging winds associated with at too. it is

very difficult to pinpoint exactly where it will go. there is the potential for it to affect molto, sicily and southern greece, so if you are heading to these mediterranean destinations, and let's face it, it is still quite a popular place to be going this time of year, it is still warm there. keep an eye on the local forecast to see if our goes. back here we have some big differences in our temperatures. there is usually an exception to the rule that is certainly the case through north—western parts of scotland, more clout from outbreaks of rain comes in quite gusty winds as well. that is because we have this were the product that has almost stored across the area. north—eastern england, south east

england, 22 celsius the maximum, 72 fahrenheit. as we head on into this evening, the weather front we mentioned earlier makes very slow progress. it will pep up for a time. here we will hang onto more clout. as we head through thursday, the weather front starts to make progress down towards the south. as we do so it will lose meant. as the day goes on it will introduce some patchy rain to northern ireland and more clout through north—western parts of england. once again down to east anglia and the south—east that is where we will see the highest of the temperatures, lengthy spells sunshine, something much cooler behind that weather front, reflected

in the temperatures here, barely up into double figures, down towards the south and the east, 23 the maximum, 73 fahrenheit. cooler air eventually makes inroads for all of us, as that weather front continues to sink southwards as we had through friday, opening the floodgates to that much cooler air through the north, and north sea coasts might be quite chilly on friday but actually friday is looking like a decent day, plenty of sunshine around, a little bit more clout perhaps in northern ireland, north—west england and dublin to scotland but rarely not spoiling the day but noticeably cooler, even when we hang on to the sunshine for much of the day through friday, the temperatures will barely reach the mid teens, that is the trend. high pressure certainly in the driving seat. good spells of sunshine around particularly on saturday. a bit more in the way of cloud on sunday but wherever you are it will feel noticeably cooler as we had through the weekend. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines. jeremy corbyn has promised to sweep away a ‘greed is good' culture, which he says led to the financial crisis if he becomes prime minister, in his speech at the labour party conference. the labour leader also laid down a challenge to theresa may on brexit, vowing that the party will vote against her current plan and oppose leaving the eu with no deal. the appeal court has ruled that suspects in the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not be named at fresh inquests. as many as 170,000 people who have had hernia mesh implants in england in the past six years could face complications. the procedure is said to have a complication rate of up to 30%. and the rspca says there are no major concerns for the welfare of a beluga whale, which has been spotted swimming in the thames again today. the rare mammal was first seen feeding in waters near gravesend in kent, yesterday afternoon.

sport now on afternoon live with azi farni. asa as a liverpool fan, it gives me no pleasure to ask you about those tensions at manchester united? yes, it has been brewing for a while but the relationship seems to have gotten worse between managerjose mourinho and midfielder paul pogba. mourinho and midfielder paul pogba. mourinho has denied there is a fallout between himself and pogba, despite telling the frenchman that he will not captain the side again this season. the world cup winner watched from the stands as united last 8—7 to derby county on penalties in the carabao cup. it appears mourinho said something to pogba that caused him to react and it all seemed quite tense. last night, mourinho denied suggestions

ofa night, mourinho denied suggestions of a rift, saying the only truth is i made the decision by him not to be second captain any more but there is no fallout and no question. i'm sure you believe that. such a shame. the ryder cup coming up, what is the latest on that? according to rory mcilroy, they will not be too waryjust about tiger woods. his comeback from spinal surgery taking an upward trajectory in recent months. the usa are favourites, with six of the world's top ten in their team, but mcilroy says europe won't give woods any special treatment. this week, he is one of 12. we're not looking at any individuals, we are trying just to beat the us team. there was great what he did, it

brings a lot of excitement to the game, but! brings a lot of excitement to the game, but i think to focus on one player is silly. normally, a home tie means advantage. but tottenham face unfamiliar terrority tonight as their home match against watford in the league cup will be played more than 50 miles away from home. the new white hart lane stadium is still not ready — and wembley, where spurs have been playing their premier league games, is not avaliable. so for tonight, home is milton keynes. our sports correspondent richard conway has more. it is already a feature on the london skyline, just not yet on the football fixture list. work on tottenham's new stadium has overrun, due to what the club has described as unavoidable safety issues. with their old ground white hart lane demolished in may 2017, the plan was to have the complex work completed with just a to have the complex work completed withjust a single to have the complex work completed with just a single season of disruption. you would not have

actually achieved as much as we have achieved with the stadium. be patient with us, we know the frustrations, we understand the frustration, but in actual fact you will get the greater stadium in britain. the stadium was always an ambitious object and when it is com plete ambitious object and when it is complete it will host american football and spurs home games, but the delays have meant this season the delays have meant this season the team have become football nomads. wembley, as was the case last season, remains home for now, but there is no guarantee on the national stadium's availability, so tonight spurs must travel 50 miles onato tonight spurs must travel 50 miles on a to milton keynes to play watford, and with no news on when the new stadium will finally be ready, fans are increasingly frustrated. it has been a radio silence from the club, and i can understand their point of view, i can understand the fact they don't wa nt can understand the fact they don't want to commit to another date and then fail to meet that date, but as a fan we would like to know. we would like some certainty on this. if it is going to be next year, fine, tell us. we can plan for that.

semifinalists in the fa cup and third in the premier league, but none has mike season at when we worked out well in the end, but with increased expectations, set against a backdrop of uncertainty, the manager hopes the stadium issues are resolved soon. i would like to finish the stadium. i promise you, ifi finish the stadium. i promise you, if i need to go to work after training here and help the builders to finish the stadium as soon as possible so the fans would be happy, and all the players happy, and of course the chairman, sure, will be happy, i promise i would go. stadium is more thanjust happy, i promise i would go. stadium is more than just a building, it is part of a community where hopes and dreams are housed. spurs's new ground is tantalisingly within reach, and kick—off can't come soon enough of those who will call it home. richard conway, bbc news, tottenham. that's all the sport for now. back to the labour leader's speech

at the party conference in liverpool. in his speech he called for a fundamental change to the direction of britain's economy, vowing to end what he called greed is good capitalism. mr corbyn offered to reach out to theresa may if she backed his approach to negotiations with the eu. he also outlined a number of new policies including what he's called a greenjobs revolution. they have made a big radical proposal on the economy, they are going with the grain of many people who have seen their incomes broadly stag nate who have seen their incomes broadly stagnate over a 10—year period. i think that is why he is in pretty fertile territory. the big issue of course for anyone to be government is what happens when you actually get into government? there are then two big challenges forjeremy corbyn. the government doesn't operate in a vacuum, it needs funding from businesses, notjust here, but from around the world. if businesses believe that funding here

is at risk, so for example they own a private water company and it is going to be nationalised, they then will move their money elsewhere, so you have this issue called capital flight, you have this issue called capital flight, capital flow away from britain. the second issue is we have very high employment in this country already, so the notion of creating 400,000 jobs in a country where there are already tens of thousands of vacancies in the construction sector for example, is rather difficult. so it is that classic old adage, in military language, strategy never survives first contact with the enemy, and the enemy might be forjeremy corbyn, if he were to become prime minister, capitalflight he were to become prime minister, capital flight out of the country because businesses see britain as too risky, and frankly he can't produce the 400,000 jobs because there are already such high levels of employment in britain. it is not a lack of employment that is the

problem, it is a skilled issue rather than a creation ofjobs issue. what is business's attitude to the labour party now, would you say? it is really interesting, they are not going to war with labour in any way, because they know there are many people who do believe the economy is not working for them, and that comes down to that incomes issue, the stagnation of incomes. of course businesses broadly believe u nless course businesses broadly believe unless government intervention but they are very aware that the mood has changed over free markets and theissues has changed over free markets and the issues around free markets, that people do feel the financial crisis revealed that buccaneering capitalism was a problem and that politicians and businesses need to come together to find solutions, so it is not that they are going to walk about anything that constrains their area of action, and also possibly takes assets away from them, nationalisation, is going to be pushed back again, but business knows the public in this broad

debate is not on their side, they are on the side of intervention, and jeremy corbyn also knows that. thank you for being with us, thank you. we arejust go to you for being with us, thank you. we are just go to take you to the enquiry into contaminated blood, in which 2500 nhs patients are thought to have died from contaminated blood in the 70s and 805. this to have died from contaminated blood in the 705 and 805. this is a qc representing the government. the a cce pta nce representing the government. the acceptance that this happened is an a cce pta nce acceptance that this happened is an acceptance that this happened is an acceptance that things went wrong. things happen that should not have happened, so on the half of my clients, i say unreservedly that we are sorry. we are sorry that this should be so, that this happened when it should not have done. this i5 when it should not have done. this is the beginning of a journey to uncover is the beginning of a journey to u ncover exactly is the beginning of a journey to uncover exactly what happened and why, but from those i represent, it begins with an expression of sorrow and regret. sir brian, overthe

begins with an expression of sorrow and regret. sir brian, over the last two and a half days, we have listened and we have heard the powerful and moving voices of some of those who have actually lived through tragedy, have experienced infection and its devastating effects upon their family and loved one5, effects upon their family and loved ones, the infected and the affected, to use the language of your enquiry. together with those in this hall, i and members of the team from the department of health and social care have heard individual ‘5 and their representatives speak of the truly horrendous throngs that have been visited upon us, to use the words of one of the core participants who spoke yesterday. we will continue to listen and to reflect upon those experiences, as you fulfil your promises to put the infected and the affected at the heart of this

enquiry. we will convey back to tho5e enquiry. we will convey back to those i represent the words, the emotions and the aspirations for this enquiry of those who have been heard in this hearing room. now, we have heard many points, not only about what has happened, but about continuing or current 5teps about what has happened, but about continuing or current steps that are needed, and we will reflect upon them as your work continues. it is them as your work continues. it is the position of this enquiry and the approval of the cabinet office of its wide term5 approval of the cabinet office of its wide terms of what reference represents a commitment, it is a commitment to ensuring that those infected and those affected are given full and truthful answer5 infected and those affected are given full and truthful answers to que5tion5 given full and truthful answers to questions that they have been asking for decades. it is a commitment to investigating and making findings to i55ues investigating and making findings to issues of responsibility, individual re5pon5ibilities, issues of responsibility, individual responsibilities, as well as

organisation and systemic failures. it is organisation and systemic failures. it i5a organisation and systemic failures. it is a commitment to seeking to ensure that nothing similar happens again. and so i should say this clearly, tho5e again. and so i should say this clearly, those i represent understand and will seek to support this enquiry in achieving tho5e objectives. i will come back to that, but first can iju5t briefly returned to the subject of who i represent. i mentioned the department of health and social care and its predecessor bodies. that include5 and its predecessor bodies. that includes for present purposes the representation of those organisations or bodies for which the department is responsible over the department is responsible over the years, such as the medicines and health care products regulatory agency, mhra, a5 health care products regulatory agency, mhra, as well as individuals who work with them. you will appreciate the formulation i have ju5t appreciate the formulation i have just given is somewhat broad, perhap5 just given is somewhat broad, perhaps even just given is somewhat broad, perha p5 even ill—defined just given is somewhat broad, perhaps even ill—defined at the moment. the breadth of the

department's re5pon5ibilities has altered over the years, and that is affected in the fact that the welsh and northern ireland governments have separate representation for you, for example, while some nhs bodie5, regional health authorities for example, no longer exist. but what we wish to ensure i5 for example, no longer exist. but what we wish to ensure is that there are no gaps in the coverage and reach of this enquiry, in particular we are committed to assisting you in ensuring that the enquiry has full knowledge of and can exercise its statutory rights and access to all repository documents and can gather further written and oral evidence from those who are able and available to assist you. we will look at those who we represent and whether there are any gaps in coverage as the enquiry progresses, and take action is needed. the enquiry is of course independent of

government, including of the department of health and social care. as core participants, we therefore stand on an equal footing with other core participants. it would be foolish of me to ignore or not to mention the fact that many of those who have suffered contamination with infected blood or blood products, their affected families and friends, do not trust the department of health, or individuals who have worked in it over the years. there have been eloquent statements about breaches of trust experienced, as well as many reminders of what may at worst have been a cover—up, or at best a lack of candour about past events. there has been repeated mention of the destruction of documents, both government papers and medical records. now, standing here today, i do not seek to comment upon all to

respond to those statements, or to that legacy of distress and distrust. that will be a process over the months that follows these hearings, as your enquiry investigates these matters. but two points, if i may, in response to the fears or the distrust which has been expressed of those whom i represent, and my two points are about the conduct of this enquiry. first, as i have already said, you and your team are of course independent, with no links to any particular actors or interest groups in this long—running tragedy, and you will act, we know, with scrupulous impasse at it, in conducting your investigation into these matters. you've already made that quite clear in your own opening address to its core participants, and all those who attended the enquiry on monday. but, secondly,

servers, as i have stated, we are committed to assisting you to fulfilling the terms of reference in all of their breadth, including, for example, your investigation of the issues of candour, openness and cover—up. it will be the task of my legal team, as well as those who are supporting behind—the—scenes, to ensure that our actions reflect that commitment. we wish to ensure that, with time and with experience, this commitment cannot be dismissed as mere empty words, but can be seen to be demonstrated in the end agent and in the learning of the department of health and social care and its staff and its present tense in this enquiry, and you and your team, sir brian, are entitled to look to us to fulfil that promise over the coming months. now, iam

fulfil that promise over the coming months. now, i am sure that at times this process will not be straightforward, and there will be differences of perspectives and diverging views, strongly held views, between core participants. one of the roles of any core participants and its legal team, if it has one, is to show the enquiry how issues were perceived by those participants at the relevant time, in the light of the information which was known at the time, and that of course includes enabling reflection on what could have been known with full enquiry, or what ought to have been known. but perspectives about what was said or donein perspectives about what was said or done in the past or what is submitted about it now are likely to differ, even to collide, but the important point here today, however, is the commitment of the team which i represent, together with our clients, to ensuring the fullest possible picture is laid before you,

so that you can make findings upon it. now this, we believe, is necessary. it comes from our obligations to you as the chair of a public enquiry with full statutory powers, but just as public enquiry with full statutory powers, butjust as important, it is also right, right because it is the way to ensure you can meet your terms of reference, right because it will enable you to give the infected and those affected the answer is that they have been looking for, and right because there is an important public interest in the recommendations that you are empowered to make, and in seeking to prevent future similar tragedies. sir brian, you will have heard it said no doubt, even in the midst of appalling nhs treatment errors and mistakes, that the professionals involved did not intentionally seek to harm their patients. all but a

very small minority, a tiny proportion of health professionals, are motivated by a desire to treat and to help. equally, although it may not be universally accepted, and speaking very generally, one of the motivations of those working for government, in government, is public service. now this enquiry will put a mirror before many professional and government figures, and that mirror may reflect uncomfortable truths. with the assistance of core participants, we know that the enquiry would explore the gaps between those witnesses's aspirations or motivations, and the reality of what happened to and what was experienced by the infected and the affected. but i would ask for an appreciation of the fact that

confronting and acknowledging these gaps all realities will be a difficult and painful experience for many witnesses. that is not a complaint, it is right and proper that it should take place. and nor ami that it should take place. and nor am i seeking to make any comparison with the suffering of those affected or infected, which is on a different plane completely. but we would look to the enquiry to create by its conduct and its procedures a space, which enables learning and reflection by those it seeks to call to account. sir, i do not use the word safe space. public enquiries are not safe or cosy places, and nor should they be. but a space to allow candid reflection. and i would hope that this objective of enabling

learning and reflection through the conduct of this enquiry will be shared by all core participants, and that there will be co—in achieving this. not over the summer, as you will know, we have been working on preliminary disclosure or information request from the enquiry, and to date we have delivered several thousand documents, but plainly that is a mere beginning. we are committed to working with the enquiry‘s own team and its presents tips on the disclosure of documents to ensure that there can be no questions or doubt about the completeness or the integrity of the documents supplied. we know that the enquiry wants to see as fast a pace of delivery as reasonably as possible and that it wishes to be seen that the department keeps pace with the enquiry‘s requests, and the department is forming a dedicated tea m department is forming a dedicated team to deliver those commitments.

that is the qc representing the government, representing the department for health and social ca re department for health and social care in england. the government through that qc making an unreserved apology to the victims of the infected contaminated blood tragedy, excepting things went wrong, that the government was sorry, and that it should never have happened. you are watching bbc news, a look at the weather now. we are seeing big variations in our temperatures at the moment, by night under clear skies those temperatures are plummeting, but as we had through the day and the sunshine starts to work its magic, those temperatures rise and it feels quite summery, but not everywhere. we have more clout with outbreaks of rain, and it is quite windy, particularly through north—western parts of scotland, because we have a weather front straddling scotland, which will make very slow progress straddling scotland, which will make very slow progress over straddling scotland, which will make very slow progress over the next day or so. introducing heavy rain as well. in the sunshine it does feel

pleasant, highs of around 21 celsius, 70 fahrenheit. as we head into the evening, once again temperatures dropping away, a touch of frost and sunroof all the spots, but not through north—western part of scotla nd but not through north—western part of scotland once again, and perhaps parts of northern ireland too, brea ks parts of northern ireland too, breaks of rain and hear temperatures will hold up. as we had through thursday gradually, and it is slow progress, this weather front eventually starts to slip a little bit further southwards. it will introduce some heavy rain initially further in the day from the far north—west but as it works its way is down, it loses some are meant, so for many areas through north—western parts of england it will introduce a bit more clout. under that it will feel fresher but down to the south east and east anglia, once again the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. here we could see 23 celsius, 73,000 head, but the other

side of that cold front, temperatures —— 73 fahrenheit. open the floodgates, that much cooler air coming down from the north. actually friday looks like being a fairly good—looking day. plenty of sunshine, but those places remaining dry, but even in the sunshine through friday, temperatures at best reaching mid—teens, so quite a come—down. that fresher theme continued as we hit the weekend. high—pressure dominates. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown.

today at 3:00: at the labour conference, jeremy corbyn promises to transform and rebuild a divided britain with what he calls a "green jobs revolution" and an expansion of free childcare. our programme of investment and transformation to achieve a 60% reduction in emissions by 2030 will create over 400,000 skilled jobs to ensure that comes about. good jobs. the labour leader also challenged theresa may on brexit, saying the party would vote against any deal which didn't protectjobs and avoid a hard border in northern ireland an apology on behalf of the government — at the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal which killed more than 2,500 nhs patients.

i say unreservedly that we are sorry. we are sorry that this should be so that this happens when it should not have done. the birmingham pub bombings: the appeal court rules that suspects will not be named at the inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 attack. tens of thousands of people in england who've had hernia mesh implants could face painful complications — we have an special report. i can't even sleep properly. i used to sleep on my front. three hours a night, if i'm lucky, now. i regularly take pills. i have to, to function. coming up on afternoon live all the sport... manchester united bossjose mourinho has denied there is a fallout between himself and paul pogba, despite telling the frenchman he not dent the side again this season. pol

pot but watched from the sides as manchester united were beaten on penalties by derby. thanks. we'll be joining you for a full update just after half—past. also, mel coles has all the weather. it feels like we have more than one season in a day at the moment. chilly start, but when the sunshine gets going it feels positively summery. but there is always an exception to the rule. the details coming up. lovely weather for wales watching. it has been spotted swimming in the thames, the beleaguered beluga whale, farfrom home. hello everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm ben brown. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has promised to end

"greed—is—good" capitalism — if he becomes prime minister. in his speech to party conference he called for a fundamental change to the direction of britain's economy — promising to create 400,000 newjobs by investing in green energy and to extend free childcare. mr corbyn's speech marked the end of a conference which has been dominated by discussions about brexit. he offered to "reach out" to theresa may if she backed his approach to negotiations with the eu. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. nice to see you. surrounded by his senior team, jeremy corbyn made his way to the stage this morning. the support for him has been clear. the question is how far back can translate beyond this conference and across the country.

please welcome the leader of the labour party and our next prime minister, jeremy corbyn. his answer, a promise of a radical change, ripping up the old economic system and replacing it with something new. and the message to his party, to stand together. real unity is based on the freedom to disagree and debate, then come together around a democratic decision, as we've done this week. so we need to foster a much greater culture of tolerance, and into abuse online and in person. we must learn... we must learn to listen a bit more and shot a bit less. we must learn to listen a bit more and shout a bit less. to focus on what unites us and to accept losing a vote while maintaining the right to pick up the debate again. we are on a journey together, and we can only complete that journey together!

he addressed the row over anti—semitism which has dogged the party through the summer. the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and anxiety in thejewish community and great dismay in the labour party. i hope and believe we can work together to draw a line under this. i say this to all thejewish community, this party, this movement, will always be implacable campaigners against anti—semitism and racism in all its forms. we are your allies. he said change was needed, an end to austerity, more money for public services, investment in wind and solar energy, extending free childcare, and renationalising the water and rail industries. ten years ago this month, the whole edifice of greed is good deregulated financial capitalism.

it came crashing down to earth with devastating consequences. but instead of making essential changes to a broken economic system, the political establishment strained every sinew to bail out and prop up the system that led to the crash in the first place. part of the solution, he said, is giving workers a stake in larger firms, rebalancing power. people in this country know that the old way of running things is not working any more. and unless we, the labour party, offer radical solutions, others will fill the gap, with the politics of blame and division. on foreign policy, he is clearest ignored and yet that russia was buying the salisbury attack. and on brexit, he said labour wouldn't vote for the prime minister's current plan, but he had this offer.

brexit is about the future of our country and our vital interests. it's not about leadership squabbles or parliamentary posturing. i say this to her, in all sincerity and helpfulness, if you deliver a deal that includes a customs union and no hard border in ireland, if you protect jobs, people's rights of work and environmental and consumer standards, then we will support that sensible deal. a deal that will be backed by most businesses in the world and trade unions. but if you can't negotiate that deal, then you need to make way for a party that can and will. and that's what they want. a general election. this speech wasn'tjust a pitch to those supporters already here, but to those who might be won over across the country. alex forsyth, bbc news. our chief political correspondent

vicki young is in liverpool. quite a long speech, a rapturous reception from the party faithful, how important was the speech for the labour leader? i think what is striking about this is, you realise this is his fourth conference speech. he does feel much more secure. i think everybody feels his delivery is better, it is generally a more polished presentation. the substance is important and a whole list of items really of offers to voters and the question will always be, how about paying for it, how much will it cost, how will the money be raised ? much will it cost, how will the money be raised? labour's answer is in the 2017 manifesto they had similar offerings and it did cost and it will mean higher taxes. but jeremy corbyn did say it is in

equality he's trying to deal with. so the burden will fall on the highest paid. so a lot in the offer and he is trying to show he is a prime minister in waiting and a party in waiting, but it is up to the government and there doesn't seem any prospect of a general election right now. we have had these ongoing battles between many in the parliamentary labour party and jeremy corbyn. not many of those mp5 who are here, certainly not in the main hall. they were on the fringes and some didn't come at all. there hasn't been the battle and the anger that has been in previous yea rs. anger that has been in previous years. it seems to have gone away but there are some issues and differences over brexit. vicky young, thank you very much indeed. let's go live now to the united nation security council where the us president donald trump is leading a meeting on non—profileration of weapons

of mass destruction. it will be interesting to hear what donald trump has got to say, especially after his remarks to the general assembly yesterday, where he condemned iran's leaders in particular, accusing them of sowing chaos, death and destruction and calling on the world to isolate iran. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is at the united nations, and shejoins me now. donald trump, not a great fan of the un and yesterday they laughed at him, which didn't n am a hymn to the

united nations any more? yes, the world will be watching today. first of all, what he says and what is a highly scripted session at the un security council. the most important political body of the un. president trump isa political body of the un. president trump is a leader who was known to like to go off script. but this is the president who has made america first, the dominant ideology coming out of his administration but this global body is supposed to be about working together. this session is about a pressing issue which is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and president trump will use it to focus on what he believes is the main threat and that is iran. it is interesting that theresa may, we can see the french president macron, it is a very, you can see the relax formation of the dutch

prime minister. theresa may nodding and you wonder what they are discussing. it is relaxed and friendly. but when they sit down at the table they will have their own country's interests and a few hours ago we were discussing whether the prime minister would attend, would she send the foreign secretary jeremy hunt, or the british representative, karen pearce be at the table? but the factories may chose to attend and the other leaders suggest they will take this really seriously. this is a serious session, even though there may not be any resolutions or motions coming out of it. a big signal will come out of it. a big signal will come out of it and after the session where you mentioned for the world to use the phrase, the world laughed at president trump com he will make sure he doesn't get that reaction, or at least try. on iran, which he mentioned, there is deep division between the united states and the other parties to the nuclear

agreement, they have announced they will set up their own special payment system to continue trade and business ties with iran. so really emphasising how deep those divisions with the washington are? i'm keeping an eye on the famous table where world powers argue it out. it is often gridlocked. when it came to the iran nuclear deal, there was a consensus, a rare consensus. the deal of 2015 was described as the most important, multilateral deal on disarmament in decades. president trump has pulled out the united states but the other security council members are saying it is not a bilateral deal, it is working and the nuclear watchdog has verified at least ten times that iran is keeping its commitment. so they have convened a meeting to set up a

financial meeting to set up a financial meeting to set up a financial mechanism to bypass the us banks and the us dollar which control the international banking system. the move has been condemned by the american secretary of state. he described it as disturbing and deeply disappointing. they will do everything in their power and they do have a lot of power in the financial system, to make sure it doesn't work. what is fascinating about this visit by donald trump to the un, he is notan multilateralist, he doesn't like multilateralism, that is clear. he is in the heart of multilateralism, the headquarters of the united nations? that is the huge paradox for him. you wonder yesterday, when he was late for his speech, whether he was late for his speech, whether he was late for his speech, whether he was saying, why should i bother coming to this un general assembly? this year, as well as last year, one of his main themes or sovereignty,

american sovereignty, putting american sovereignty, putting american interests first. as he said at the start of his speech which elicited that wave of laughter, saying never had there been any us administration who had made so much progress in making america more prosperous and savour. that was because he was taking these policies. he said globalisation is not working. he talked about patriotism, which has echoes of the kind of populism the authoritarian tendencies we have been seeing in other states, who are putting their interests first, ahead of the valleys a nd interests first, ahead of the valleys and the principles of the international community, to try to work together to solve problems, work, from the un secretary and general said yesterday, none of these problems can be solved alone, we need solidarity and if we don't do it together, the world will be at risk. good to talk to you. we will

be dipping back into the un security council session and listening to donald trump and theresa may in the next few minutes. the government has apologised to the victims of the contaminated blood scandal which has claimed more than 2,500 victims since the 19705. eleanor grey, the qc representing the department of health told the public inquiry that mistakes ahd been made. things happened that should not have happened and so on behalf of my clients, i say unreservedly that we are sorry. we are sorry that this should be so. that this happened when it should not have done. this is the beginning of a journey to uncover is the beginning of a journey to u ncover exactly is the beginning of a journey to uncover exactly what happened and why. but from those i represent, it begins with an expression of sorrow and regret. sir brian, overthe

begins with an expression of sorrow and regret. sir brian, over the last two and a half days we have listened and we have heard the powerful and moving voices of some of those who have actually lived to tragedy. have experienced in section and its devastating effects on their families and loved ones. the infected and the affective, to use the language of your counsel to the enquiry. together with those in this hall, ie and members of the team from the department of health and social care have heard individuals and their representatives speak of the truly horrendous wrongs that have been visited upon us, to use the words of one of the core participants, who spoke yesterday. we will continue to listen and reflect upon those experiences as you fulfil your promises to put the infected and the affected at the heart of this enquiry. we will

convey heart of this enquiry. we will co nvey ba ck heart of this enquiry. we will convey back to those i represent the words, the emotions and the aspirations for this enquiry of those who have been heard in this hearing room. now we have heard many points, not only about what has happened, but about continuing or current steps that are needed and we will reflect upon them as your work continues. that was eleanor grey, the qc representing the department of health. who is at the inquiry shortly. she is at the enquiry and has been following the latest developments. the court of appeal has ruled that suspects in the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not be named at fresh inquests. the coroner had challenged an earlier high court ruling to allow evidence about the suspects. 21 people were killed when two ira bombs exploded in city centre pubs. we have concluded there

was no error of law in his approach and his decision is not open to legal objection. for the detailed reasons given in the judgment which i now hand down, we allow the appeal and restore the original decision. the parties have been given until friday 28 september to file written submissions of any ancillary matters which we will determine on the papers. thank you. our news correspondentjon ironmonger sent us this update from birmingham. it was always the family's greatest wish this inquest would point the finger of blame if you like, confers some sort of responsibility on the people behind this attack. it has been a long campaign, it has been 44 yea rs been a long campaign, it has been 44 years since the bombings and there has never been an effective criminal trial and no one has been held to account in a court of law. this judgment is a huge blow for them. i am joined byjulie hambleton,

judgment is a huge blow for them. i amjoined byjulie hambleton, his sister maxine, who was 18 at the time when she was killed by the bombs. just try to summarise how you are feeling now? we are clearly very disappointed. we feel rejected but we will continue to fight for the truth, justice and accountability because if we don't, it is clear the british establishment don't care. we will continue to fight on and we will continue to fight on and we will take stock of what the decision states. we will speak to our legal team and ourqc states. we will speak to our legal team and our qc to get their assessment of the decision and then either decide to appeal or whether tojust continue on, move for damage back into the inquest process. but to add insult to injury, we only have two days to appeal. we only have two days to appeal. we only have until friday to make this massive decision. we have had to wait all these months that this

decision to be made but we only have two days to make a decision. it is ludicrous. whatjudiciary two days to make a decision. it is ludicrous. what judiciary system allows 21 people to be murdered en masse and they know some of the murderers are still at their liberty and nobody is looking for them. what kind of society are we leaving for future generations? clearly, the coroner sympathises with your case and he has given his reason why he doesn't want this inquest to become a proxy criminal trial, do you not understand his reasons for it? we understand his reasons for it? we understand his reasons for it? we understand his legal perspective. however, there is another argument on the other side. if he was to use hillsborough as an up—to—date current example, they brought in the perpetrator issue and that has followed perpetrator issue and that has followe d o n perpetrator issue and that has followed on to potential prosecutions. what is so different about our case? you cannot go around... we are just going to go

live to donald trump speaking at the un security council in new york. the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the agenda is hereby adopted. i am destruction, the agenda is hereby adopted. iam honoured destruction, the agenda is hereby adopted. i am honoured to be here today to chair this meeting of the united nations security council. it is also my privilege to welcome the distinguished heads of state, heads of government, ministers and other leaders and representatives here with us, thank you. i also wish to warmly welcome secretary—general antonio guterres the joining us. thank you very much, mr secretary—general. the security council will now consider item two of the agenda. i will make a

statement in my capacity as president of the united states of america. it is a great honour to be here today at this un security council briefing to discuss a matter of urgent importance concerning and countering the proliferation of deadly chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. the nations of the world have long recognised that certain weapons are so dangerous and can inflict so much suffering that all of us have a vital interest in preventing their further development, spread and use. since my inauguration, the united states has taken bold action to confront

the sinister threats. many of us are rightly focused on the dangers of nuclear weapons. but we must never forget the risk posed by biological and chemical weapons. the united states was one of the first nations to unilaterally renounce the use of biological weapons and since world wari, we biological weapons and since world war i, we have led international effo rts war i, we have led international efforts against this scourge of chemical warfare. most recently in syria, we have twice impose severe consequences on the assad regime for using chemical weapons against innocent civilians. i want to thank prime minister may and president macron for their country's close partnership in those efforts last april. the syrian regime's butchery

has been enabled by russia and iran. the iranians regime exports violence, terror and turmoil and it elicited the procurers sensitive items to advance its ballistic missile al programme and proliferate these missiles, all across the middle east. the routine is the world's sponsor of terror and fuels conflict across the region and far beyond. a regime with this track record and must never be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. for the reason i possess nuclear weapons. for the reason i announced possess nuclear weapons. for the reason i announced earlier this year, that the united states would withdraw from the iran nuclear deal, this horrible one—sided deal allowed iran to continue its path towards a bomb and gave the regime cash lifeline when they needed it the

most. they were in big, big trouble. they needed cash. we gave it to them. in the year since the deal was signed, iran's aggression only increase. the regime use new funds to create terrorism, build nuclear weapons and foment chaos. following america's withdrawal, the united states began reimposing nuclear sanctions on iran. all of us nuclear related sanctions will be in full force by early november. they will be in full force. after that, the united states will pursue additional sanctions, tougher than ever before to counter the entire range of iran's malign conduct. any individual or entity who fails to

comply with these sanctions will face severe consequences. i comply with these sanctions will face severe consequences. i ask all members of the security council to work with the united states to ensure the iranians regime changes its behaviour and never acquires a nuclear bomb. with all of this said, i want to thank iran, russia and syria for, at my very strong urging and request, substantially slowing down their attack on idlib province and the 3 million people who live there in order to get 35,000 targeted terrorists. get the terrorists, but i hope the restraint continues. the world is watching. thank you also to turkey for helping to negotiate restraint. any think the usa can do to help resolve this problem in order to save perhaps

hundreds of thousands of lives, maybe more, we are willing and able. we are available to help. in my remarks yesterday to the united nations general assembly, i laid out my administration's commitment to building a morejust and peaceful future. regrettably, we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election. coming up in november. against my administration. they do not want me or others to win because iam the not want me or others to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade. we are winning on trade. we are winning at every level. we don't want them to meddle or interfere in our upcoming

election. as i also mentioned yesterday, we have seen the results of historic efforts to open new pathways to peace on the north korean peninsulas, on the korean peninsula and that is something we are extremely proud of. i am pleased to say that north korea has not conducted a missile test since last november. it has not conducted a nuclear test since last september. and the hostages have been returned to us and the remains of american heroes are now returning home. in junei heroes are now returning home. in june i held a historic summit with chairman kim jong—un june i held a historic summit with chairman kimjong—un in singapore, where he reaffirms his commitment to com plete where he reaffirms his commitment to complete denuclearisation. last

week, chairman kim reiterated that commitment to president moon at their third summit commitment to president moon at theirthird summitand commitment to president moon at their third summit and to me in a very strong letter. i think we will make a deal, but unfortunately, to ensure this progress continues, we must enforce existing un security council resolutions until denuclearisation occurs. however, we have detected that some nations are already violating these un sanctions. this includes illegal ship to ship transfers, which must end immediately. the safety of the korean peninsular, the region, and the world, depends on full compliance with the un security council resolutions, very, very important. but most importantly i believe that chairman kim jong—un, a

mani believe that chairman kim jong—un, a man i have gotten to know and like, wa nts pea ce man i have gotten to know and like, wants peace and prosperity for north korea. many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media, which nobody knows, but they are happening nevertheless, and they are happening nevertheless, and they are happening nevertheless, and they are happening in a very positive way. so i think you will have some very good news coming from north korea in the coming months and yea rs. korea in the coming months and years. i also very much appreciate what president moon of south korea had to say about me last night in television interviews. working with president moon has been my great honour, and, likewise, working with president xi of china, and prime minister abe has been a pleasure and

an honour. diplomats and public serva nts an honour. diplomats and public servants who came here to the united nations with the same noble goal, to build a future worthy of the patriots, true, true patriots, who sacrificed their lives for our nature in and for our future. to sacrificed their lives for our nature in and for ourfuture. to be successful, we need a commitment of every nation represented in this chamber, acting together we can replace the horrors of war with the blessings of safety and the beautiful promise of peace. thank you very much. i now resume my function as president of the security council, and give the floor to the president of france. that was donald trump, president of the security council. it is now

president emmanuel macron of france who is making his address. at is just discuss what donald trump was saying, because of the studio here, listening and watching donald trump... dr leslie vinjamuri, head of the americas programme at chatham house, an independent think tank focusing on international affairs. he was talking about the iran nuclear deal being a horror overall deal, as he has said many times before, but on this here so deeply divided with britain, france cover china and russia, the other signatories. jenner and yet stand we re signatories. jenner and yet stand were he has the same goal europe has had, that president obama had, which is to ensure that iran does not get a nuclear weapons. but the very cleverly ta kes a nuclear weapons. but the very cleverly takes that and turns it on its head and says the iran nuclear deal was giving iran the ability to acquire that weapon when what we know is that the un inspectors went

in and on multiple occasions confirmed that iran was not actively pursuing the creation of further nuclear capacity. so he is very masterful actually in the line he ta kes masterful actually in the line he takes that he is taking a very tough line on iran, making it very clear that the next set of actions will come, the timing end of november, any painful effects with regards to oil prices won't be experienced by the people he is very much hoping will turn out and vote for him. on north korea, he said many things are happening with north korea. of course he had that summit with kim jong—un, and he is saying many things are happening in the scenes, good news will happen soon, we should expect more positive irrelevance in the next few months. there is a lot in there, of course one doesn't know what is behind the scenes, but we know there is not a consensus between north korea and

the united states about what denuclearisation means. that there are not still icbm sites, missile that element programmes. so much of what he claims, again he is masterful with the optics of claiming success, and from north korea's perspective, sure, we have seen normalisation of relations with the united states, kimjong—un has achieved that, important to him. what comes next? these are the difficult questions and if you sat there and listen to donald trump you would think that in fact we were moving very smoothly towards the resolution of the nuclear problem on the north korean peninsular. and it is fascinating to watch donald trump in this setting, in the heart of the united nations, the heart of multilateralism. and he is not co mforta ble multilateralism. and he is not comfortable with multilateralism, is he? you get the sense he hates the un, frankly, and here he is right at

the front of it, as president of the security council. there is a tremendous irony, if you go back to yesterday, his address before the un general assembly, saying he was against global governance, who travelled all the way to the united nations to say this, the same thing today, going before the security council to really push back on what the entire un stands for. so there isa the entire un stands for. so there is a lot of hypocrisy there but of course this is a president who understands the significance of the platform that the un g8 and the un security council provides. he went had been happy when he was laughed at in the general assembly. everybody has written about this and talked about it and it was a remarkable moment, i don't think any of the world public leaders were surprised by anything he said, they laughed at him, but he handled that tremendously well. i think he understands that he is not popular

with the audience he was speaking to, with a few exceptions, and it was remarkable that he actually impressed that, and even chuckled a bit. good to talk to you, thank you for your analysis. we will be going back to the un security council in just a few minutes because after president macron we will hear from theresa may, so you will be interesting to hear what she has to say from the security council. in the meantime, important news omid beluga whale —— on that beluga whale which has been spotted swimming in the thames once again, prompting more fears for its well—being. the rare arctic mammal first seen near gravesend in kent yesterday afternoon, and seen again today by our helicopter today. rescue teams on standby in case that whale gets into danger. let's go to our reporter who's in gravesend with the

very latest with the whale watchers behind you, lauren. yes, the people are still here, they have been lining the banks since the whale was first spotted yesterday afternoon. there was a little on the quiet side earlier, we thought perhaps the whale had moved off and out of the thames but it was spotted a few hours ago. as you can see the people behind here are very keen to get their own clips of it. it has been spotted a few minutes ago out there between these barges on the river thames. the water out there is quite deep, and we have spoken to the british and green divers. they have been keeping an eye on the welcome wanting to make sure it is not in any danger. they told us today it does look relatively healthy, and it seems to be of a good weight, so it is obviously feeding. of course it could be food that has brought it this far south, it is believed to be the furthest southerly sighting of a beluga whale. but the weather and the winds have been quite homogenous

recently too, this whale nominee belongs with its family in the arctic areas, commonly spotted off greenland, so they are still tried to work out what brought it so far south. although it is causing quite a bit of excitement, it is resurfacing every now and again, just bobbing up and disappearing again. there is a little bit of concern around it too, why is the whale here, will it be ok, we'll be to make its way out of the thames ain? to make its way out of the thames again? there is the hope that because it has moved further down, it mightfind because it has moved further down, it might find its way back at to open water, but the marine divers are not keeping a close eye —— they are not keeping a close eye —— they are keeping a close eye on it. they have told us of it gets too close to the sure they have a flotation device that they may be over to help it out, but there are long—term implications of that if it became beached elsewhere. the whale at the moment does not seem to be in any kind of discomfort, when it does appear, it services for a little while and then disappears and swims off again, so it is hoped it will make its own way back down the thames. thank you for the moment. i

will leave you with the whale watchers, let's talk to doctor mike jeffries, an expert on whales. some of the questions our correspondence was asking, for a start, what is this whale doing in the thames, thousands of miles from home? this whale doing in the thames, thousands of miles from home7m this whale doing in the thames, thousands of miles from home? it is a long way from home, but these wales, belugas, they are notoriously good long—distance migrants, so although some things turn up very unexpectedly, they are beginning to show up in british waters the last ten yea rs show up in british waters the last ten years or so. rare, and they should really be hanging around at in the high arctic, so this is an unusual sighting. you have to feel a little bits if this soul. -- you have to feel a little bit sorry for this lost soul. is looking for or driven away from the arctic waters? it might be a mix. they are not rare

up it might be a mix. they are not rare up north so it does feel like a stray. they were off the northumberland coast, a couple of them, two years ago, so this one here venturing further south is unusual, but they like coming into rivers. it is thought most whales if they start to come too far into rivers are in trouble. lugers do that around their normal habitat, so this might be a whale that is behaving quite normally, just a long way from home. have you got any concerns for this whale's safety, do you think it will be ok and find its way out and eventually find its way home to the arctic? i think you have to be concerned for its safety, it isa to be concerned for its safety, it is a long way from its friends, as i say, they like to be in family and large groups, and the southern north sea is a notorious trap. is of whales. we have had strandings of big whales that are in trouble as soon as they find themselves in

shallow water. belugas are possibly the ones with the best chance, they feed on fish in shallow water and it appears to be feeding. difficult for the marine divers, because you have to intervene, that could be very stressful for the whale. this one stands more chance than most but you have to feel sorry for it, as a little lost soul. you do actually, not so little though! all of these whale watchers, in great weather, taking pictures and wetting sightings of this extraordinary creature. eleanor grey yes. it is a startling creature. they have that net for charm, they have a smiley face, quite round, like human rabies cover to look at, they can twist and move their heads and they seemed to quite like people. they can mimic human speech in a query. —— in

aquariums. no wonder the are out there watching it and rooting for it. fantastic to talk to you, thank you very much indeed for being with us. doctor mikejeffries, an expert on wales at the department of wildlife and ecology science at northumberland university. up to 170,000 people who've had hernia mesh implants in england in the last six years could face painful complications. an investigation by the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has found that some patients have been left unable to walk, or to work. the medicines and healthcare regulatory authority still backs the use of hernia mesh. anna collinson has this report. i can't even sleep properly. i used to sleep on my front. three hours a night, if i'm lucky now. regularly take pills. i have to, to function. i have so many times come close to ending it because of the pain. one in ten of us develop a hernia.

the most common treatment involves a doctor pushing any bulging tissue back into the body and covering it with a piece of surgical mesh. in 2014, surgeons used a large piece to fix david ellis's recurring hernia. he woke up in pain, and despite numerous visits to the doctors and pain clinics, nothing helped. he lost hisjob, and much of his mobility. the victoria derbyshire programme can reveal the nhs has carried out nearly 570,000 hernia mesh operations in the past six years alone. leading surgeons believe the complication rate is between 12 and 30%, which means up to 170,000 patients could be hit. yet we found nhs trusts in england have no consistent policy for guidelines on treatment, or follow—up with patients. this doctor works in the private sector, and has repaired 27,000 hernias, most of the time without mesh. she says there is a big demand for removal, but few surgeons have the skills to do it.

it is really very, very difficult because the mesh is growing into the tissue, the material becomes so stiff, so sharp, that you can nearly hurt yourself if you touch the edge. she says 99.9% of these removals have been a success. i only have two patients so far who did not become pain—free after mesh removal. out of 3,000? yes. the uk regulator for devices, the mhra, says it has no evidence which would alter its stance on hernia mesh repairs. david, though, would consider himself evidence. i am a big bloke, i have always been strong, i have always looked after everybody else, and i can't do that. i can't even hold my granddaughter, for god's sake. david ellis ending that report from anna collinson.

vishala 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. at the labour conference, jeremy corbyn promises to transform and rebuild a divided britain — with what he calls a ‘green jobs revolution' and an expansion of free childcare. the government apologises to victims of the contaminated blood scandal, which killed more than two and a half thousand nhs patients. the court of appeal rules that suspects in the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not be named at inquests into the deaths of the 21 victims. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. barclays has apologised for giving wrong information to tens of thousands of customers who started compensation claims over payment protection insurance. the bank has admitted telling them they did not hold ppi policies, when in fact they did. america's central bank — the us federal reserve — is expected to raise interest rates

for a third time this year, as the country's economy shows no signs of slowing down. rates are likely to go up to cool inflation — and that has a knock—on effect around the world. mobile operators could soon be forced to reduce monthly bills for customers who have finished paying for their handset. the telecoms regulator ofcom says around 1.5 million consumers continue to be charged the same monthly fee, even though they should only be paying for the actual calls. now, boo—hoo, i'm not upset, the online fashion retailer, strong profits, and this is all about fast fashion. what exactly is fast fashion? it sounds a bit racy, doesn't it? basically it is trendy and cheap. it sounds ideal! it does, instead of spending lots of money on one single item, you spend less

money on several items, so the idea is that people want to stay trendy and keep up with fashion trends, and they will spread their money across lots of projects, and so a source we re lots of projects, and so a source were seen as the pioneers of this, an online retailer like boo—hoo, so therefore they are able to keep up with the latest trends but also because they are online retailers they don't have the same detail costs as bricks and mortar cost so they are able to save on costs. social media has been an important factor as well, we have a retail a nalyst to factor as well, we have a retail analyst to explain why they have done so well. you're it is becoming a really important part of any fashion retailer, because we are co nsta ntly fashion retailer, because we are constantly on our phones, looking on social media platforms, and it is a really important part of the fashion cycle, the purchasing journal, people are looking for that information. they lot of the fashion retailers like boohoo have tapped

into that. they have increased their production cycle so they can get new trends into online as quick as possible. that has been a key element of driving their growth. they are looking at capsule collections, building hype around them, and that is really important. school leavers according to a report not getting the skills they need to the workplace. tell us about that. this report looks at the sort of skills required in the workplace, coding for a trouble. this report says there is not enough done to invest in those skills at a school level. we can talk to rachel saunders at business in the community who commissioned this report. we talked about the right skills, this report, we mentioned coding and computer skills, is that what you are talking about? partly coding, computer skills, new

morrissey and literacy, but also those essential skills, presentation skills, leadership, teamwork, skills that are not necessarily taught strictly in the curriculum but really matter to anyone who wants to succeed either in education or at work. is that quite a lot of pressure to put on schools? will they be able to afford to teach children that is quite specific niche expertise? i think that's right and that is why businesses are keen to help, myjob is to get businesses to partner with schools to support. you could run an activity which included public speaking for example, or which had an enterprise task with young people working in teams. help children develop the skills business needs. apprenticeships, what do you think of that? it is really important we get the levy right, there are maybe

some teething problems but we need apprenticeships to increase. some young people that will be the right route and we need to make sure those essential skills are embedded into the apprenticeship frameworks. to some young people it is the academic route, if you go to university you will need to be able to make presentations and communicate a network if we can start teaching those skills at school, we will do so much better. so you think it is working then? i hope it will work, there is a little bit of flexibility neededin there is a little bit of flexibility needed in the system, not least for sme eorl. smaller businesses need to be able to get their hand on that pa rt be able to get their hand on that part and hopefully that is coming soon. would you like to see the autumn budget address that? the other thing is korea's leaders, that isa other thing is korea's leaders, that is a really important role. the government has introduced that new role in september for stop if there

was some resource put behind that to enable teachers to spend some real—time collaborating with business, that would really help. so more money for education leaders, then? always, always a good thing to invest in. thank you very much, rachel saunders. let's look of the markets. one of the biggest fall is in the ftse 100 markets. one of the biggest fall is in the ftse100 is a eight, we heard that the headlines earlier today, they have reported a fall in pre—tax profits because of extreme conditions affecting the roads. potholes for example has meant higher call—outs this year, so they have seen a knock—on and their share price had a bit of a knock this morning. many thanks indeed, see you later on. the copy of dh lawrence's ‘lady chatterley‘s lover‘ used by the judge who presided over the trial for obscenity in 1960 is to be sold at auction. it's predicted to fetch as much as £15,000. our arts correspondent, rebecca jones reports. it's the book that changed britain.

dh lawrence's novel about a passionate affair between an aristocrat and her husband's gamekeeper. played here in this television adaptation by richard madden, who recently starred in the hit drama the bodyguard. although it was written in 1928, the novel had never been on sale here because of britain's strict obscenity laws. in 1960, penguin tried to publish the book but the company was taken to court in a bid to stop its publication. as this bbc dramatisation of the sensational trial shows. is it a book that you would even wish your wife or servants to read? well, yes, it seems. thejudge's wife marked up the sexually explicit passages of the novel in her husband's copy. she wrote down the page numbers which featured lovemaking, and more lovemaking,

as well as sections she considered coarse, on headed notepaper from the central criminal court. and have a look at this. she also hand—stitched a silk bag to conceal the book in. no doubt to prevent the press photographers from capturing an image of thejudge carrying the book into court. the trial itself came to encapsulate the clash between the old establishment and the new wave of liberalisation in britain. and penguin was acquitted. this represents such a key moment in our recent history, you know, the chatterley trial was such a moment at the opening of the 19605, one of the great first moments for the permissive society. the book sold 200,000 copies on its first day of publication, and 2 million in two years. it was a novel everybody wanted, though book shops reported not

everybody wanted to admit it. some of them just ask for lady c. some just give you three and six, and others ask for lady chatterley. this is far from the only copy of lady chatterley‘s lover to be read with particular attention to the sex scenes. but as the judge's copy, in one of the most notorious trials in british legal history, it is unique. rebecca jones, bbc news. much more news coming at the top of the hour, but now the weather forecast with mel coles. we are seeing big variations in our temperatures at the moment, by night under clear skies, those temperatures are plummeting, but as we head through the day, the sunshine starts to work its magic, those temperatures rise and it feels quite summary actually. but not everywhere, more cloud with outbreaks of rain and it is quite windy, particularly through north—western part of scotland, and thatis north—western part of scotland, and that is because we have a weather front that is just straddling scotla nd front that is just straddling scotland and it will make very slow

progress over the next day or so. introducing heavy rain as well as we head into this evening. underneath that clouded doesn't feel particularly warm, 13 to 15 celsius maximum, but in the sunshine pleasa nt maximum, but in the sunshine pleasant highs of 21 celsius, 70 fahrenheit. into those clear skies, once again the temp ajer dropping away this evening, a touch of frost perhaps, with some mist and fog developing, and perhaps parts of northern ireland as well we'll see outbreaks of rain overnight and here the temperatures will hold up. as we head through thursday, this weather front eventually starts to slip further southwards. they will introduce some rain to the far north—west but as it works its way down to the south it loses some momentum. under the cloud, down to the south it loses some momentum. underthe cloud, it down to the south it loses some momentum. under the cloud, it will feel a little bit fresher but down

towards the south and east, and through east anglia, once again we have the best of the sunshine, and the highest temperatures here, we could see 23 celsius, 73 fahrenheit. but the other side of that cold front, temperatures will struggle to reach double figures. as we head on into friday, gradually we will see that whether france look down towards the south, that opens the floodgates for that much cooler air coming down from the north. actually, friday looks like being a fairly good—looking day, plenty of sunshine around once again, a little bit more cloud working its way into pa rt bit more cloud working its way into part of northern ireland, north—west england and up into scotland, but most england and up into scotland, but m ost pla ces england and up into scotland, but most places remaining dry, but even in the sunshine through friday, temperatures at best reaching mid—teens. so quite a come down, a much fresher feeling day and that fresher theme continues as we head into the weekend. high pressure dominates, but even in the sunshine it will feel cool, with highs of around 14 or 15 celsius. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 4:00. at the labour conference, jeremy corbyn promises to transform and rebuild a divided britain

with what he calls a "green jobs revolution" and an expansion of free childcare. our programme of investment and transformation to achieve a 60% reduction in emissions by 2030 will create over 400,000 skilled jobs to ensure that comes about. good jobs. a government apology at the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal which killed more than 2,500 nhs patients. the birmingham pub bombings — the appeal court rules that suspects won't be named at new inquests into those who died in the 1974 attacks. president trump tells the united nations america will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear bomb. the regime is the world's leading sponsor of terror and fuels conflict across the region and far beyond.

a regime with this track record must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with azi farni. manchester united bossjose mourinho has denied suggestions of a fallout between himself and paul pogba, despite telling the frenchman he will not captain the side again this season. pogba wasn't in the squad for the defeat against derby last night and there was a very tense exchange between them in training today. thanks azi, ad lib question and mel coles has all the weather. we'll be joining you for a full update just after half—past. also, mel coles has all the weather. there is a north—south divide today, best of the sunshine to the south and could there be something brewing in the mediterranean? more details later in the programme. thanks mel.

also coming up — spotted again swimming in the thames — the beleagured beluga whale, stranded far from home. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. i'm ben brown. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has promised to end "greed—is—good" capitalism — if he becomes prime minister. in his speech to party conference he called for a fundamental change to the direction of britain's economy — promising to create 400,000 newjobs by investing in green energy, and to extend free childcare. mr corbyn's speech marked the end of a conference which has been dominated by discussions about brexit. he offered to "reach out" to theresa may if she backed his approach to negotiations with the eu. our political correspondent

alex forsyth reports nice to see you. surrounded by his senior team, jeremy corbyn made his way to the stage this morning. the support for him here has been clear. the question is how far that can translate beyond this conference and across the country. please welcome the leader of the labour party and our next prime minister, jeremy corbyn. his answer, a promise of a radical change, ripping up the old economic system and replacing it with something new. and the message to his party, to stand together. real unity is based on the freedom to disagree and debate, and then come together around a democratic decision, as we've done this week. so we need to foster a much greater culture of tolerance, an end to abuse online and in person.

we must learn... we must learn to listen a bit more and shout a bit less. to focus on what unites us and to accept losing a vote while maintaining the right to pick up the debate again. we are on a journey together, and we can only complete that journey together! he addressed the row over anti—semitism which has dogged the party through the summer. the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and anxiety in thejewish community and great dismay in the labour party. i hope and believe we can work together to draw a line under this. i say this to all thejewish community, this party, this movement, will always be implacable campaigners against anti—semitism and racism in all its forms. we are your allies. he said change was needed, an end to austerity,

more money for public services, investment in wind and solar energy, extending free childcare, and renationalising the water and rail industries. ten years ago this month, the whole edifice of greed is good deregulated financial capitalism. it came crashing down to earth with devastating consequences. but instead of making essential changes to a broken economic system, the political establishment strained every sinew to bail out and prop up the system that led to the crash in the first place. part of the solution, he said, is giving workers a stake in larger firms, rebalancing power. people in this country know that the old way of running things is not working any more. and unless we, the labour party,

offer radical solutions, others will fill the gap, with the politics of blame and division. on foreign policy, his clearest acknowledgement yet that russia was buying the salisbury attack. was behindthe salisbury attack. was behind the salisbury attack. and on brexit, he said labour wouldn't vote for the prime minister's current plan, but he had this offer. brexit is about the future of our country and our vital interests. it's not about leadership squabbles or parliamentary posturing. i say this to her, in all sincerity and helpfulness, if you deliver a deal that includes a customs union and no hard border in ireland, if you protect jobs, people's rights of work

and environmental and consumer standards, then we will support that sensible deal. a deal that will be backed by most businesses in the world and trade unions. but if you can't negotiate that deal, then you need to make way for a party that can and will. and that's what they want. a general election. this speech wasn'tjust a pitch to those supporters already here, but to those who might be won over across the country. alex forsyth, bbc news. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in liverpool. a rapturous reception for the speech, but what were the key promises thatjeremy corbyn was making? i think it is a big offer to voters, if you look at all of those things together, free tuition fees, free childcare, this idea of an environmental green revolution with

400,000 jobs. there is a lot for people to take in and look at. his tea m people to take in and look at. his team feel very strongly that things have changed and since the financial crash ten years ago people want a bigger state, the government to intervene more to help people and at the heart of his message is inequality. the economy doesn't work for everybody and he wants to change it so it does. they have called for a general election and it is not in their gift to get one but they will only succeed if their analysis is right. it is a message that many people now look at anfield they could vote for. but there are questions about how it is funded will continue. there is talk about the re—nationalisation programme and how much that my cost. there is no set figure put on that. questions to be answered by labour but they feel that over all, the message to voters is incredibly popular. also a lot of

talk about brexit and in particular about whether the party will campaignfora about whether the party will campaign for a fresh referendum on whether it will include a question of whether we should leave the eu or not. what did the labour leader have to say about brexit in his speech? that was the main area of division this week. yesterday, keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary getting up the shadow brexit secretary getting up and saying, we were possibly get to the situation where we would vote for a second referendum and their one is ruling out the option of remaining. there has been fear among some, jeremy corbyn, len mcdonnell ——john some, jeremy corbyn, len mcdonnell —— john mcdonnell and len mccluskey, labour might be seen as the party that might try to stop brexit. that isa that might try to stop brexit. that is a problem because many of their voters and constituencies voted to leave. today was a rebalancing by jeremy corbyn. we have heard a lot

about theresa may and a deal she may come back with. today he laid out he could support something she could do. there was speculation philip hammond the chancellor might want to delay the budget and moved to the autumn from the spring. he has announced it is going to be on october the 29th. he has treated about it from the treasury, october the 29th. interesting timing because it is between two crucial eu summits. one in the middle of october and talk of an emergency summit in november if there has been enough progress, where they might wrap up some negotiation and get a deal. he has decided to hold a budget in the middle of those two. it will be a tricky one as ever for him, notjust dealing with brexit and all of that. we know how he

feels about the problems, the bumpy nature of the exit he thinks there may be. also demands for more public spending, partly coming from labour and the kind of programme they are putting forward today but also his own backbenchers, mainly for the nhs and social care. vicky young, thank you for that breaking news. us president donald trump has urged other members of the un security council to work with america to ensure iran never acquires a nuclear bomb. chairing a session on weapons of mass destruction, he defended re—imposing sanctions on iran, and thanked iran, russia and syria for pulling back from an offensive against rebels in idlib. here he is addressing world leaders at the un security council. all us nuclear related sanctions will be in full force by early november. they will be in full

force. after that, the united states will pursue additional sanctions, tougher than ever before to counter the entire range of iran's malign conduct. any individual or entity who fails to comply with the sanctions will face severe consequences. i ask all members of the security council to work with the security council to work with the united states, to ensure the iranian regime changes its behaviour and ever acquires a nuclear bomb. following president trump's address, the president of france, emmanuel macron, said the international community remained united on iran despite mr trump's plan for more sanctions. translation: we, here retain the same objective, namely preventing

iran obtaining nuclear weapons and guarantee international control on the peaceful use of their nuclear programme. this is in perfect, but it isa programme. this is in perfect, but it is a decisive step in that direction. a serious crisis of conscience was opened by the knighted states. that was president matt bryant and you saw theresa may listening to him. we will hear from theresa may abba session. this is the peruvian leader. but we will back there to listen to theresa may in the next few minutes. just bringing you some breaking news we have been getting about donald trump's nominee for the supreme

court in the united states, bret cavanaugh, the court in the united states, bret cava naugh, the socially court in the united states, bret cavanaugh, the socially conservative nominee who would tilt the balance of the supreme court, it is said possibly for decades to come. there he is, meeting donald trump and they have already had two women stepping forward to allege sexual misconduct against mr kavanaugh. we are now hearing a bird woman has come forward and the lawyer for this third woman has said he has submitted has sworn statements to the senate judiciary submitted has sworn statements to the senatejudiciary committee. the lawyer has identified his client on twitter and posted an e—mail to the committee as well as what he said is sworn declaration from the woman her allegations involving kavanaugh in

incidents allegedly occurring back in the 19805. the third woman to make these allegations says she has witnessed sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh. she said she was gang raped at a party attended by brett kavanaugh. raped at a party attended by brett kava naugh. that is raped at a party attended by brett kavanaugh. that is the latest from washington, third woman coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by the donald trump supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. there will be more implications on that nomination with that news and we will bring you more from washington as it comes into us this afternoon. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: at the labour conference, jeremy corbyn promises to transform and rebuild a divided britain — with what he calls a ‘green jobs revolution' and an expansion of free childcare. the government apologises to victims of the contaminated blood scandal which killed more than

2,500 nhs patients. the court of appeal rules that suspects in the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not be named at inquests into the deaths of the 21 victims. in the sport, jose mourinho has denied suggestions of a fallout between himself and paul butler despite telling him he will not captained the side again this season. he watched from the stands for the did defeat against derby. in the ryder cup, it would be wrong to focus on tiger woods. europe are looking to win back the cup after losing it two years ago. great britain have been awarded a wild ca rd into next britain have been awarded a wild card into next year's revamped davis cup finals. it means of leon smith's tea m cup finals. it means of leon smith's team will not have to go through the preliminary round. argentina got the other wild card. more on those

stories just after 430 p. m. other wild card. more on those storiesjust after 430 pm. . the government has made an unreserved apology to the victims of the contaminated blood scandal which claimed more than 2,500 victims since the 19705. eleanor grey, the qc representing the department of health, told the public inquiry that mistakes had been made. an unreserved apology from the government? yes, the families would have been interested in what was said today. this is the third and final day of the preliminary

hearings at the infected blood enquiry. this morning we had a great deal of criticism of the government, criticism about its lack of candour and its secrecy around official documents. lawyers saying their clients had pursued freedom of information requests for documents they knew existed and there had been delayed, at the delay getting those documents from government departments. so this afternoon, the lawyer for the department of health and social care in england, also represented the former department of health, which was, for the whole of the uk, eleanor gray qc, made an apology on behalf of the government. things happen that should not have happened and so on behalf of my clients, i say unreservedly that we are sorry. we are sorry that this should be so. that this happened when it should not have done. this is the beginning of a journey to uncover exactly what happened and why. but from those i represent, it begins with an expression

of sorrow and regret. the nhs services that provide blood and transplant apologised today. their lawyer said they would be honest and transparent when they ta ke honest and transparent when they take part in the enquiry. he said, we get it and enquiry is likely to include the uncovering of facts that are seriously unpalatable. he said whatever those troops are, he said they were all so very sorry. -- truths. the enquiry also heard an extraordinary intervention from the former prime minister, john major, on this when he suggested i one time that the victims of contaminated blood could compensated with lottery money rather than government money? the enquiry were shown a letter that

the then prime ministerjohn major wrote about financial aid for the victims and their families. it is something that has been of great concern to people who have been extremely sick for many, many decades, some of them. they have never had formal compensation. they have had some payments, assistance payments, not all of them have had those. when they were asking for response after asking for financial support, john major wrote a letter in which he suggested perhaps the lottery could make some payments to some of the victims. i spoke to one of the families of the two—day's hearing about that, because when the letter was shown to be assembled families, cries of shame and disbelief from the families in the hall. one of them i spoke to said timmy commie was as though they were being treated like a good cause,

rather than innocent victims of one of the greatest nhs treatment disasters in its. sophie, thank you very much indeed. the court of appeal has ruled that suspects in the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not be named at fresh inquests. the coroner had challenged an earlier high court ruling to allow evidence about the suspects. 21 people were killed when two ira bombs exploded in city centre pubs. we have concluded that there was no error of law in his approach and that his decision is not open to legal objection. for the detailed reasons given in the judgment, which i now hand down, we allowed the appeal and restore the original decision. the parties have been given until friday the 28th of september to file written submissions on any ancillary matters which we were determined on the papers.

thank you. our news correspondentjon ironmonger sent us this update from birmingham. it was always the family's greatest wish this inquest would point the finger of blame if you like, confers some sort of responsibility on the people behind this attack. it has been a long campaign, it has been 44 years since the bombings and there has never been an effective criminal trial and no one has been held to account in a court of law. thisjudgment is a huge blow for them. i am joined byjulie hambleton, whose sister maxine, who was 18 at the time when she was killed by the bombs. just try to summarise how you are feeling now? we are clearly very disappointed. we feel rejected but we will continue to fight for the truth, justice and accountability because if we don't, it is clear the british establishment don't care. we will continue to fight on and we will take stock

of what the decision states. we will speak to our legal team krw law and our qc to get their assessment of the decision and then either decide to appeal or whether to just continue on, move back into the inquest process. but to add insult to injury, we only have two days to appeal. we only have until friday to make this massive decision. we have had to wait all these months for this decision to be made but we only have two days to make a decision. it is ludicrous. what judiciary system allows 21 people to be murdered en masse and they know some of the murderers are still at their liberty and nobody is looking for them. what kind of society are we leaving for future generations? clearly, the coroner sympathises with your case and he has given his reason why he doesn't want

this inquest to become a proxy criminal trial, do you not understand his reasons for it? we fully understand his legal perspective. however, there is another argument on the other side. if he was to use hillsborough as an up—to—date current example, they brought in the perpetrator issue and that has followed on to potential prosecutions. that was reaction to that verdict, the ruling on the birmingham pub bombings in class. let's discuss further mr corbyn's pledge to create 400,000 newjobs in the energy industry. i'm joined by environmental and political activist, george monbiot. what did you make of whatjeremy corbyn had to say, he talked about a greenjob revolution, 400,000

corbyn had to say, he talked about a green job revolution, 400,000 jobs? this is great and it is in startling contrast from what we are seeing from the conservatives, but i don't think it goes far enough. we also need to see labour making it clear commitment to get rid of the bad stuff, stop the airport expansion, stop the expansion of roads. when it comes to climate change, its not the good stuff you do it's the bad stuff you stop doing which is what counts. lurking under this is economic growth. it is driving our environmental crisis and until a major party is brave enough and at the moment the greens are the only one brave enough to step forward and say, actually we need a whole new economic system which isn't based on internet growth on a finite planet. we will keep pushing natural systems towards ruin. george, iwill have

we will keep pushing natural systems towards ruin. george, i will have to interrupt you because theresa may is speaking at the un security council. the international community has invested huge energy into containing the horrific forces that emerged in the horrific forces that emerged in the 20th century. the multilateral framework of treaties liberating weapons of mass destruction is one of the greatest achievements of the international community, demonstrating the value of global cooperation. it has improved security, brought a measure of predictability and stability and paved the way to arms control agreement and disarmament. when many of us around this table were born it was feared dozens of nuclear weapon states might emerge. of the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons have seen nearly 30 states abandon their pursuit of nuclear weapons. global stockpiles have been reduced by close to 80% since the cold war peak. that is success on a truly global scale. similar,

cold war peak. that is success on a truly globalscale. similar, if cold war peak. that is success on a truly global scale. similar, if not greater success has been achieved on chemical and biological weapons. over 96% have declared stockpiles of chemical weapons have been destroyed under international verification. no country professes publicly to possess biological weapons. but the last 18 months have seen these hard—won gains last 18 months have seen these ha rd—won gains challenged. last 18 months have seen these hard—won gains challenged. we have seen chemical weapons used in syria, malaysia and the uk. the conventions governing our nuclear compact are being picked that, predictability and stability are declining. if we do not increase our collective effo rts do not increase our collective efforts to preserve and build on what we have, there is a very real risk these games will subside or fall away. the 1970 non—proliferation treaty is rightly perceived as the flagship of the international community's determination against nuclear proliferation. supporting it requires leadership, leadership of

the administration and you personally, mr president, are demonstrating on the world's most pressing nuclear threat. in meeting kim jong—un you have created an historic opportunity for complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation. consensus from this council to impose sanctions on dprk has played no small part but we will not continue meaningful progress towards peace on the korean peninsula without sustaining pressure. sanctions must be listened to by all including neighbours. we must stay vigilant. ensuring nonproliferation requires collectively just ship, nonproliferation requires collectivelyjust ship, like the type that led to the agreement in 2015 for thejoint type that led to the agreement in 2015 for the joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran nuclear deal. for many years the scale of iran's nuclear programme raise concerns. this remains the best means of preventing iran developing

a nuclear weapon and we will preserve the organisation as long as iran will abide by its obligations. iran will abide by its obligations. iran must make sure they implement their obligations fully and to monitor their compliance we support the iaea using inspections and other monitoring provisions to their full. other aspects of iran's policies, in particular its destabilising regional behaviour and sustained effo rts regional behaviour and sustained efforts to enhance its ballistic missile capability, continue to cause serious concerns. the international community and where appropriate, the security council, need to be ready to address this. iran's proliferation of technology to groups like his brother in lebanon or as the un's panel of experts included, in yemen, is not compliant with security council resolutions. it risks a dangerous

resolution, so we need to see decisive action in this council to tackle both the transit and proliferation of both these technologies and increase the costs for those responsible. it is reg retta ble for those responsible. it is regrettable russia continues to prevent the council from upholding its responsibility to stop this destabilising activity. mr president, nowhere are the grim consequences of the erosion of global norms on weapons of mass destruction more apparent than in syria, where the un has concluded a sad's regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons. a direct assault ona chemical weapons. a direct assault on a century—old ban is vital to our peace and security. but russia has wielded its veto to prevent the security council from holding the sad regime to account, even shutting down the international body established to investigate chemical weapons used in syria. soi so i welcome the decision of 150 countries in june to

so i welcome the decision of 150 countries injune to empower the 0pcw to attribute responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in syria and to put in place arrangements for attribution for any country that request it. i would like to thank resident camp and president macron for their shared determination with the uk to deter the use of chemical weapons in syria through us, uk and frenchjoint military weapons in syria through us, uk and french joint military action in april. these actions sent a clear message to the assad regime. perpetrators of chemical weapons use cannot escape identification or act with impunity. the regime's backers must use their influence to ensure chemical weapons are not used again, for there must be no doubt we will response roughly and appropriately if they are. the uk saw the consequences of these norms being eroded in salisbury this year, when russia recklessly deployed a nerve agent on our streets. the united kingdom has presented detailed evidence, clearly laid out in charges of attempted murder, and the use and possession of a chemical

weapon against two agents of the russian state. we have taken appropriate action with our allies and we will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure our collective security. russia has only sought to escape through desperate fabrication. permanent neighbours of the un security council must not attack and undermine the international nonproliferation regimes and the institutions that underpin them. all members of the council must fulfil their responsibilities to safeguard them, in support of international peace and security. it is my sincere hope that russia will rejoin the international consensus against the use of chemical weapons and the collective effort to uphold it. if so, this council will again be able to work together to read the world of chemical weapons. what if not, we should leave no one —— to rid the world of chemical weapons. not all the challenges faced by the counter

proliferation framework before this council but they are no less urgent. we need to strengthen the rules to keep pace with new technologies and more conflicts global supply chains. we must help every un memo to develop their capabilities and regulation and ensure they are able to make their contribution to this global effort. the quiet but essential role of the united nations plays must be at the heart of these efforts, so as un members we should invest the expertise and diplomatic resources necessary in the conventions. mr president, it was collective engagement by states across the globe that produced the canterbury thracian framework. even the most powerful recognised that investing in collective rules—based restraint was the only effective way of redressing national—security interests and avoiding unilateral course to force. we cannot let the framework be undermined today by those who reject the values and disregard the rules that have kept us safe. it will take collective

engagement to reinforce it in the face of today's challengers, and in this, as has always been the case, the uk will play a leading role. thank you. thank you very much, prime minister. i now give the floor to the prime minister of the netherlands. that was prime minister theresa may with her contribution to the united nations security council, talking as many people would have expected about the attack in salisbury, and condemning the russian government, which britain believes was responsible, saying she sincerely hope that russia would rejoin the international consensus against the use of chemical weapons. that is the latest from the un security council, we will have more throughout the afternoon and evening. we will get a sports update for you now on afternoon live. it has been brewing for a while but

the russian ship between manchester united managerjose mourinho and midfielder paul pogba seems to have gotten worse. mourinho has denied there is a fallout between himself and pogba, despite telling the frenchman he will not captain the side again this season. the world cup when watched from the stands as united lost 8—7 on penalties to derby in the efl cup. and there was a bit of a frosty exchange between the pair in training today. it appears that mourinho said something to pogba that caused him to react and it all seemed quite tense. well, last night, mourinho denied suggestions of a rift, saying, "the only truth is that i made the decision for him not to be second captain any more but there is no fallout, no problem". according to rumour: common europe will not just be according to rumour: common europe will notjust be focusing on tiger

woods when it comes to the threat of the usa at the ryder cup. —— according to rory mcilroy. woods of course comes to the ryder cup off the back of a first win in five years on the pga tour, with his comeback from spinal surgery taking an upward trajectory in recent months. the usa are favourites, with six of the world's top ten in their team, but mcilroy says europe won't give woods any special treatment. this week, he is one of 12, you know, we're not looking at any individuals, we're just trying to beat the us team. it is great what he did on sunday, it was great for golf, you know, it brings a lot of excitement to the game, but i think to focus on one player is silly. normally, a home tie means advantage. but tottenham face unfamiliar terrority tonight as their home match against watford in the league cup will be played more than 50 miles away from home. the new white hart lane stadium is still not ready — and wembley, where spurs have been playing their premier league games, is not avaliable. so for tonight home is milton keynes. our sports correspondent richard conway has more. it is already a feature on the london skyline, just not yet

on the football fixture list. work on tottenham's new stadium has overrun, due to what the club has described as unavoidable safety issues. with their old ground, white hart lane, demolished in may 2017, the plan was to have the complex work completed with just a single season of disruption. we have tried to do something in double time. if you look at any other project of this nature, you would not have actually achieved as much as we have achieved with the stadium. be patient with us, we know the frustrations, we understand the frustrations, but in actual fact you will get the greatest stadium in britain. the stadium was always an ambitious project, and when it is complete it will host american football and spurs home games, but the delays have meant this season the team have become football nomads. wembley, as was the case last season, remains home for now, but there is no guarantee on the national stadium's

availability, so tonight spurs must travel 50 miles north, to milton keynes, to play watford, and with no news on when the new stadium will finally be ready, fans are increasingly frustrated. it has been a radio silence from the club, and i can understand their point of view, i can understand the fact they don't want to commit to another date and then fail to meet that date, but as a fan, we would like to know. we would like some certainty on this. if it is going to be next year, fine, tell us. we can plan for that. semifinalists in the fa cup and third in the premier league, spurs' season at when we worked out well spurs' season at wembley worked out well in the end, but with increased expectations, set against a backdrop of uncertainty, the manager hopes the stadium issues are resolved soon. i would like to finish the stadium. i promise you, if i need to go to work after training here and help the builders to finish the stadium as soon as possible, so the fans would be happy, and all the players happy, and of course the chairman, sure, will be happy, i promise i would go.

a stadium is more than just a building, it is a part of a community, where hopes and dreams are housed. spurs' new ground is tantalisingly within reach, and kick—off can't come soon enough for those who will call it home. great britain have been awarded a wildcard into next year s revamped davis cup finals. it means leon smith's team won't have to negotiate february 5 preliminary round, and are now guaranteed a place among the 18 teams, which will compete for the title next november. the other wildcard has been handed to argentina. ? thatis that is all the sport for now, thanks ben. many thanks indeed, see you later on. let's return now to jeremy corbyn's speech at the labour party conference — he made a number of commitments on energy policy, jobs, child care and public services, including policing. so, if labour were to

enter government, do their policy sums add up? i asked our economics editor kamal ahmed. they have certainly made a big, radical proposal on the economy, and i think it is the one main reason. where they are going with a grain of many people who have seen their incomes broadly stagnate over a 10—year period, and i think that is why he is in pretty fertile territory. the big issue for any wa nt to territory. the big issue for any want to be government is what happens when you actually get into government! clear macro a government does not operate in a vacuum, it needs funding from businesses, not just here, but funding from around the world. if businesses believe that funding is at risk, so for example they own a private water company and it is going to be nationalised, they then will move their money elsewhere, so you have this issue called capital flow, capitalflight this issue called capital flow, capital flight away from britain. the second problem of course is that

we have very high employment in this country already, so the notion of creating 400,000 jobs in a country where there are already tens of thousands of vacancies in the construction sector for example, is rather difficult. so it's that classic old adage in military language, strategy never survives first contact with the enemy. the enemy might be forjeremy corbyn, if he were to become prime minister, capitalflight he were to become prime minister, capital flight out of the country because britain is seen as too risky, and he can't reduce the jobs because they're already such high levels of employment in britain. that is not a lack of employment thatis that is not a lack of employment that is the problem, it is a skills issue he is looking at, rather than a creation ofjobs issue. issue he is looking at, rather than a creation of jobs issue. what is business's attitude to the labour party now, would you say? it is really interesting colour they are not going to war with labour in any way, that is because they know there

are many people who do believe the economy is not working for them, and it comes down to that incomes issue, the stagnation of incomes. of course businesses broadly believe in less government intervention, but they are very aware government intervention, but they are very aware that the mood has changed over free markets and the issues around free markets, that people do feel that the financial crisis revealed buccaneering capitalism was a problem, and that politicians and businesses need to come together to find a solution, so it is not that they are going to war, but anything that constrains their area of action, and also possibly takes assets away from them, nationalisation, is going to be pushed back again, but business knows the public in this broader debate is not on their side, they are on the side of intervention, and jeremy corbyn also knows that. now the latest omid beluga whale that has been stranded in the thames,

spotted coming in again today. more fears for its well—being. this is the rare arctic beluga whale, that was first seen near gravesend in kent yesterday afternoon. rescue teams are on standby, in case that whale gets into any danger. that the moment it seems, as you can see from those latest pictures we have today, to be swimming freely, without problems. our reporter lauren moss is in gravesend for us. with all those whale watchers behind you, and perfect weather conditions were watching whales actually. how is the beluga getting on at the moment? yes, it is a very nice day for some whale watching, and people have come down here, trying to get a glimpse, it is causing quite a lot of excitement, but of course they lot of the attention is absolutely on the condition of the whale, because it is thousands of miles away from home. it has been spotted in the last ten minutes or so sort of between these two barges. its

surfaces, disappears under the water, and then resurfaces before it disappears for some considerable time, but people asked all hoping to get some photographs of it. the families have come down with their children, but of course conservationists are also on standby, because the priority here is the whale. it is thousands of miles away from home, belugas are known to swim in the waters around the arctic, often seen in greenland, and they are often with families of whales. in a pod. this family double one must have got confused, or perhaps the weather conditions affected its ability to navigate and thatis affected its ability to navigate and that is why it has ended up here in the thames. we are not really too sure that the main issue is to make sure that the main issue is to make sure it is ok, and at the moment it does seem to be relatively healthy. the british marine divers have been out on a week this afternoon just keeping an eye on the whale from a distance, to not frighten it, because they say it can be easily alarmed, and they don't want it to

swim further that way where there are many ships, and they want indeed ships to try and avoided if possible. they are asking the public not to get in boats and get in the water because that could also disturb it. we hope is that the whale will make its own way down the thames into more open waters, where it will then be able to find its way back to where it belongs, because, like i said, it is thousands of miles away from home. but it doesn't be relatively healthy, it is a good weight, it is swimming strongly, the rspca have released a statement this afternoon, saying they have no major concerns about it at the moment, because it does seem to be swimming 0k and looking well. but really they wa nt 0k and looking well. but really they want it to make its own way back down there on its own steam, so people asked to stay back, take some photos of the camp they don't really wa nt to photos of the camp they don't really want to cause any upset to the whale, they wanted to find its way safely home. let's hope it does that as soon as possible. thank you for that update. charlotte is here with

the latest business news, we will have that in just a moment. first a quick look at the headlines. jeremy corbyn tells his party conference that labour is ready to start work on a "radical plan" to rebuild and transform the country and promises a "green jobs revolution". the government apologises to victims of the contaminated blood scandal which killed more than two and a half thousand nhs patients. the court of appeal rules that suspects in the 1974 birmingham pub bombings will not be named at inquests into the deaths of the 21 victims. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. mobile operators could soon be forced to reduce monthly bills for customers who have finished paying for their handset. the telecoms regulator ofcom says around 1.5 million consumers continue to be charged the same monthly fee, even though they should only be paying for the actual calls. it is now consulting on plans to cut charges, and improve transparency. barclays has apologised for giving

wrong information to tens of thousands of customers, who started compensation claims over payment protection insurance. the bank has admitted telling them they did not hold ppi policies, when in fact they did. america's central bank — the us federal reserve — is expected to raise interest rates for a third time this year, as the country's economy shows no signs of slowing down. rates are likely to go up to cool inflation — and that has a knock—on effect around the world. right, we will look at the markets, and in particular the aa, which people might not know is a listed company. that's right, it is on the ftse 250, it had a bit of a bad day, the ftse100 in positive territory but it has spent most of the day in the negative territory. aa one of the negative territory. aa one of the biggest fourlis, almost 13% because of what happened today was that its results were reported, and

it reported a loss in pre—tax profits, so quite a big loss. its boss simon brake well said it was down to the pothole epidemic. it is dramatic, because bad conditions on the road mean more call—outs for the likes of aaa, so higher costs and it has taken its toll. that is kind of what they are there for. that's true. we can find out more about this with our markets guest, james hughes, chief market analyst. how are you? not so bad, thanks for having me on. the aaa, it is kind of what they are meant to be doing, going out there and helping people with their cars when they have trouble, is this something they had not anticipated ? we trouble, is this something they had not anticipated? we talk a lot about extreme weather changes and how that is impacting the roads, it is probably something they will have to factor in? of course, if you look at how the aa the forms, it is one of those companies that actually when it is doing the job it is supposed to be doing, it is spending money.

what the aa wants is subscriptions, they want people to paper the service and breakdown cover and insurance for when they need it, that obviously when they have two then provide that service, it cost them money. in this situation where we have had bad weather, and it seems that when numbers are bad for something, we either blame the weather or brexit at the moment. when the weather has been bad, it causes more potholes, and that has been the issue, the aa said. they have seen quite a lot of changes in the company, innovation has been quite keep us up they have an amazing brand, the aaa, they have continued to perform well on the back of that but recentlyjust last year it has been a struggle but they have been trying to innovate, and that has been one of the key areas for them, innovation and technology. it will be interesting to see how they do over the course of the next year ‘s they do over the course of the next year '5 top move on to boohoo, they say their social media brands have done it well. that has helped them

those tonnes of sales they have made over the past 12 months. it has done ready welcome it has gone from strength to strength, is this part of the online model or have they managed to adapt quite well to new trends in the market? of course, yes, that is one of the areas that has been performing particularly well. it takes you away from the high street woes we always talk about some of online retailers that are performing particularly well. with boohoo .com, it is one of the specific movers on social media. instagram has been an amazing sign of growth within their company. their instagram followers are up. those collaborations with big instagram styles, it makes a huge difference, and that is how they have been able to perform so well. you take that and look of the difference between the retail, the high street models, and that online model, there is a huge difference in

the profits they are getting and you can see which one is performing better. they do seem to have the edge on the bricks and mortar. yellow laachraoui have had news of fox selling their existing shares in comcast. you're we expected this to happen, we knew that comcast and the numbers were therefore stop we expected the bid to be accepted, fox have said how proud they are at how much they have grown in skye. if you look at the issues sky have had and the obstacles they have had to ove rco m e the obstacles they have had to overcome in the years that fox has been one of the majority shareholders there, the big changes in media, sky have managed to continue to be profitable and move with those times. fox selling that state, still an enormous deal. sky isa state, still an enormous deal. sky is a massive company, not much

market reaction, we expected this to happen. it will be interesting to see what happens in the remaining few days. thank you, james a quick look at the markets. sylla the ftse100 in positive territory, the ftse100 in positive territory, the pound against the euro, against the pound against the euro, against the dollar, it has been above $130. currency markets watching up that all—important federal currency markets watching up that all—importa nt federal reserve. european markets have been looking at that today. we will have full coverage of that later this evening on bbc news, thank you for the moment. construction of the new royal liverpool hospital is to start, after it was put on hold

following the collapse of carillion. it is set to open by 2020 after the government backed a proposal by the nhs trust to end a current deal, and com plete nhs trust to end a current deal, and complete the construction work with public sector funding. up to 170,000 people who've had hernia mesh implants in england in the last 6 years could face painful complications. an investigation by the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has found that some patients have been left unable to walk, or to work. the medicines and healthcare regulatory authority still backs the use of hernia mesh. anna collinson has this report. i can't even sleep properly. i used to sleep on my front. three hours a night, if i'm lucky now. regularly take pills. i have to, to function. i have so many times come close to ending it because of the pain. one in ten of us develop a hernia. the most common treatment involves a doctor pushing any bulging tissue back into the body and covering it

with a piece of surgical mesh. in 2014, surgeons used a large piece to fix david ellis's recurring hernia. he woke up in pain, and despite numerous visits to the doctors and pain clinics, nothing helped. he lost hisjob, and much of his mobility. the victoria derbyshire programme can reveal the nhs has carried out nearly 570,000 hernia mesh operations in the past six years alone. leading surgeons believe the complication rate is between 12 and 30%, which means up to 170,000 patients could be hit. yet we found nhs trusts in england have no consistent policy for guidelines on treatment, or follow—up with patients. this doctor works in the private sector, and has repaired 27,000 hernias, most of the time without mesh. she says there is a big demand for removal, but few surgeons have the skills to do it. it is really very, very difficult because the mesh is growing into the tissue, the material becomes so stiff, so sharp, that you can nearly hurt

yourself if you touch the edge. she says 99.9% of these removals have been a success. i only have two patients so far who did not become pain—free after mesh removal. out of 3,000? yes. the uk regulator for devices, the mhra, says it has no evidence which would alter its stance on hernia mesh repairs. david, though, would consider himself evidence. i am a big bloke, i have always been strong, i have always looked after everybody else, and i can't do that. i can't even hold my granddaughter, for god's sake. david ellis ending that report from anna collinson. every sport has its own quirky rules — and in this one you can only hit the ball if you're floating! it is of course ‘space tennis' — a game quite literally out of this world. for astronauts on the international

space station, the game means a novel new way to relax — with the game being the first time tennis has ever been played in micro—gravity. space station commander andrewj. feustel and his partner ricky arnold managed to edge out their opponents nasa's serena m. au n—chancellor and the european space agency's alexander gerst. it does look a bit more like table tennis. it is the first time it has been played in space. looks like fun. that is it from your afternoon live team for today, next on bbc news, the news at five. first, the weather with mel coles. we are seeing big variations

in our temperatures at the moment, by night under clear skies, those temperatures are plummeting, but as we head through the day, the sunshine starts to work its magic, those temperatures rise and it feels quite summery actually. but not everywhere, more cloud with outbreaks of rain and it is quite windy, particularly through north—western part of scotland, and that is because we have a weather front that is just straddling scotland and it will make very slow progress over the next day or so. introducing heavy rain as well as we head into this evening. underneath that cloud, it doesn't feel particularly warm, 13 to 15 celsius maximum, but in the sunshine pleasant highs of 21 celsius, 70 fahrenheit. into those clear skies, once again the temperatures dropping away this evening, a touch of frost perhaps, with some mist and fog developing, and perhaps parts of northern ireland as well we'll see outbreaks of rain overnight and here the temperatures will hold up. as we head through thursday, gradually this weather front eventually starts to slip further southwards. it will introduce some heavy rain to the far north—west but as it

works its way down to the south it loses some momentum. for loses some momentum. many areas through nortr parts for many areas through northern parts of england it will introduce more cloud, through northern ireland, too. under the cloud, it will feel a little bit fresher but down towards the south and east, and through east anglia, once again we have the best of the sunshine, and the highest temperatures here, we could see 23 celsius, 73 fahrenheit. but the other side of that cold front, temperatures will struggle to reach double figures. as we head on into friday, gradually we will see that weather front slip down towards the south, that opens the floodgates for that much cooler air coming down from the north. actually, friday looks like being a fairly good—looking day, plenty of sunshine around once again, a little bit more cloud working its way into parts of northern ireland, north—west england and up into scotland, but most places remaining dry, but even in the sunshine through friday, temperatures at best reaching mid—teens. so quite a come down, a much fresher feeling day and that fresher theme continues as we head into the weekend.

high pressure dominates, but even in the sunshine it will feel cool, with highs of around 14 or 15 celsius. today at 5pm... jeremy corbyn sets out his vision for a "radical plan" to "tra nsform" britain. free childcare for two to four—year—olds and a "green jobs revolution" are promised, as the labour leader delivers a rousing message to members. our task is to build britain, build a britain together, build a britain for that security together, and we can. jeremy corbyn again warns that labour will vote against the government's current brexit plan, if it doesn't meet his party's criteria. as it stands, labour will vote against the chequers plan or whatever is left of it, and oppose leaving the eu with no deal. and it is inconceivable that we should crash out of europe with no deal — it would be a national disaster.