' cloud 'cloud and mist world, great, low cloud and mist fog patches around as well. some of that was captured by these spiders‘ webs in dorset. there will be changes the next 12 hours. a cold front is working into the north—west of the uk bringing much cooler conditions to scotland and northern ireland over the next 12 hours or so. the forecast today, we have rain working into scotland and northern ireland. a few patches for northern england and the north of wales but further south of the cloud is pretty thin. it‘s grey and low but only 300 metres thick and it‘s starting to clear away. for the midlands, metres thick and it‘s starting to clearaway. forthe midlands, east anglia, southern counties of england, we should get quite a bit of sunshine in the next few hours. tonight, the weather front thinks southwards clearing scotland and northern ireland but stalls across northern england and north wales. it will be there throughout the night and into friday. a lot of low cloud developing, some drizzle, mist fog patches further south. further north, the colder air is moving in, temperatures could get low enough for a temperatures could get low enough fora nip of temperatures could get low enough for a nip of frost in the countryside in scotland. there the

weather front slicing the uk and half on friday but the front will be quite weak on friday, so yes, there will be some rain for northern england and north wales but over time the rain will probably become quite light and patchy. to the north of the front some decent sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. southern parts of the uk starting off rather grey. this is friday afternoon, bright conditions for scotland, a few showers in the north—west. it should stay dry in northern ireland with some sunshine. cloudy and dumb for north england and north wales, mist and fog clearing in the south—east of sunshine. with sunshine, temperatures up to 22 celsius towards the south—east. quite a contrast further north where temperatures are a good 5 degrees lower than those we‘ll see this afternoon across scotland and northern ireland. the weekend weather prospects, for england and wales, low pressure is close by. that will bring wet and windy weather with the rain really quite slow moving as it works into east anglia and southern counties of england through the afternoon. the

north and west, scotland, northern ireland, north of england and north wales, a decent date with spells of sunshine but quite chilly and the second half of the weekend, the raval clear away, some sunshine for most of us but the weather will go downhill with the north—west of the country with rain returning to north—west parts of scotland and turning wet and windy so the rate will be happy. there are some changes to take place over the next few days, certainly turning much colder across the northern half of the uk. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... the dutch authorities say they caught these four russian agents trying to mount a cyber attack on the international chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw, putting even more pressure on moscow. watchdog, the 0pcw, putting even more pressure 011 moscow.“ watchdog, the 0pcw, putting even more pressure on moscow. if anyone had any questions in their mind about russian military involvement in the salisbury attacks, this will put to rest those doubts, because here you have evidence of the

russian military launching a cyber attack on the very organisation, international organisation in the netherlands, set up to investigate those novichok attacks and why would you do that if you weren‘t the guilty party? and that's all from the bbc news that one so it‘s goodbye from me and on bbc one time for some sport on bbc news. hello — i‘m hugh ferris. cristiano ronaldo has been left out of the portugal squad for next week‘s internationals against poland and scotland. the juventus forward was rested for portugal‘s games in september. and on wednesday, he denied an allegation that he raped kathryn mayorga in 2009 in las vegas. ronaldo said he was calm over "any and all investigations" as he had a "clear" conscience over the allegation. the former real madrid and manchester united player is his country‘s record goal—scorer with 85 in 154 appearances. gareth bale has been

included in the wales squad for their matches against spain and republic of ireland. he missed real madrid‘s champions league game this week through injury, but is one of 25 players named by ryan giggs. joe ledley misses out because of injury, and his withdrawal means there are two changes overall with tom lockyer also ruled out. george thomas and jazz richards come in. after defeat last night for spurs and liverpool in the champions league attention later today moves to the europa league, and the four british sides are split over the two kick off times. celtic and arsenal start early against the champions of austria and azerbaijan respectively. while chelsea play vidi, the hungarian league winners, and rangers take on rapid vienna. those two are the later kick—offs. england have included three uncapped players in their squad for the icc women‘s world t20 taking place in the caribbean next month. left arm spinners kirstie gordon and linsey smith receive their first call—ups, along with batter sophia dunkley — who helped the surrey stars win the women‘s super league.

there is no place for three world cup winners alex hartley seen here, georgia elwiss and laura marsh. england‘s men have arrived in sri lanka ahead of theirfirst one day warm up match on friday. it‘s just over three weeks since the fifth test against india finished at the 0val. jonny bairstow — who plays for the test and one day side — has played 91 days of international cricket since first september last year, raising concerns in some quarters about the workload of the modern player. you‘ve got to take a step back, take a step away and refresh and come back excited about playing cricket. that‘s exactly what we had to do over these last two weeks. coming into the tall with their heat and conditions in sri lanka, it‘s going to be tough. mentally tough and physically tough, and coming into it fresh and excited is the main thing. indian cricket has a new star

after prithvi shaw became the country‘s youngest batsman to score a century on debut during the opening day of their first test against west indies in rajkot the 18—year—old opener made 134 from 154 balls — reaching his hundred offjust 99 deliveries, before he was caught and bowled by devendra bishoo. india ended day one on 364—1; in theirfirst innings, cheteshwar pujara making 86. the great and good of indian cricket have been lining up with praise for the youngster. sachin tendulkar with "lovely to see such an attacking knock in your first innings, @prithvishaw! continue batting fearlessly." former test batsman vvs laxman tweeted it was a wonderful century and that the 18—year—old had a bright future. and "it‘sjust the beginning, the [ad has firepower," tweeted the former opener virender sehwag. practice for the japanese grand prix gets under way tomorrow. mercedes‘ lewis hamilton tightened his grip on the drivers championship last sunday with a little help from team orders. hamilton leads ferrari‘s sebastian

vettel by 50 points and has finished ahead of his title rival in the five of the last six races. ididn‘t i didn‘t know it was five out of six, now i know. the secret before just now has been not to count! no, he attacked every weekend, every weekend is different, the track is different and the circumstances are different. i‘m very happy to be here, this is my favourite track in the world so i better enjoy it and not spoil it by starting to count things that probably are against me, and focus on the things that are working for me. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the england squad will be announced in the next half an hour, plenty on that from me and also on the website. more now on our top story: the netherlands has accused russia‘s military intelligence service,

the gru, of carrying out a cyber attack on the international chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw. in a joint security briefing, the uk said the russian intelligence officers had tried to destabilise western democracies by hacking into the world anti—doping agency and other targets in the us, britain and ukraine. earlier, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt responded to the latest allegations against russia‘s military intelligence agency. if anyone had any questions in their mind about russian military involvement in the salisbury attacks, this will put to rest those doubts, because here you have evidence of the russian military launching a cyber attack on the very organisation, the international organisation in the netherlands set up to investigate those novichok attacks. why would you do that if you weren‘t the guilty party? the reality is this is part

of a pattern of cyber attacks in the uk, the us, malaysia, switzerland and now the netherlands. the russian government needs to know that if they flout international law in this way there will be consequences. they will be exposed, and people will see the russian government for what they are — which is an organisation that is trying to fester instability throughout the world, and that is totally unacceptable. today the uk has called out russia, specifically the gru, in terms of this cyber activity — most freshly the attacks on the 0pcw. what physical action beyond words is the uk and its allies going to do, beyond what‘s been done already? the first thing we are doing is to expose it, and the words matter, because there are countries all over the world that are hearing

both sides of the story. they are hearing what the russians say as well. this is the evidence that what we are getting from russia is fake news, and here is the hard evidence of russian military activity. of course it will go beyond that, and that‘s why we will be discussing with our allies what further sanctions should be imposed, and we will also be discussing how we will be working with our friends and allies to counter these cyber attacks, the new type of attack the whole world is having to deal with. you said today how the gru was behind the hack on the democratic national committee. is there any evidence, have you seen any evidence of russian interference in the brexit referendum? we haven‘t seen that interference, but we are always monitoring these things. what russia needs to know is if they do any of these things, but most of all if they try to interfere with the democratic processes in other countries, it will be exposed and there

will be consequences. within the last half hour, we‘ve had this reaction from nato. we are responding every day, and just the fact that this attempted or this attack by russia and the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons was disrupted, shows that we are getting better at reacting to this kind of cyber attacks. we are getting better at providing the necessary attribution and what happened today was that the uk and the netherlands has exposed what russia, their military

intelligence services are actually responsible for doing in many places in the world. reaction from nato to the details unveiled in the hague about that russian cyber attack on the chemical weapons watchdog. the irish prime minister leo varadkar is meeting donald tusk and other european union officials to discuss the brexit negotiations. they gave a news conference a short while ago — let‘s listen to what they had to say. as you know, i always try to present the eu‘s position honestly. telling the eu‘s position honestly. telling the truth, even if difficult and unpleasant, is the best way of showing respect for partners. that‘s how it was in salzburg and that‘s how it was in salzburg and that‘s how we will work in the coming days. first of all, we want to focus on

practical and realistic ways of minimising the damage caused by brexit. on both sides of the channel. emotional arguments that stress the issue of dignity sound attractive, but they do not fulfil an agreement. let us remember that every actor in this process has their dignity, and confrontation will not lead to anything good. second, the task of the eu‘s negotiators is to defend the interest of the european union as a whole. and of all the 27 member states. we very much regret that the uk has decided to leave, and we hope for the best relationship in the future. but no one can expect that because of brexit, the eu will give

up because of brexit, the eu will give up its fundamental values and key interests. let me make this clear. the eu wants a relationship with the uk that is as special as possible. from the very beginning, the eu offer has been notjust a canada deal, but a canada plus plus plus deal. much further reaching and trade, and internal security and on foreign policy co—operation. this is a true measure of respect. and this offer remains in place. the eu is serious about getting the best possible deal, even though we haven‘t changed our minds that the consequences of brexit will be negative. for both sides. third, in

respecting our partners, we expect the same in return. comparing the eu to the soviet union is as an wise as it is insulting. the soviet union was about prisons and gulag is, borders and walls, violence against citizens and neighbours. the european union is about freedom and human rights, prosperity and peace, life without fear, it is about democracy and pluralism, and continent without internal borders and walls. as the president of the european council, and someone who spent half of my life in the soviet bloc, i know what i‘m talking about. the soviet spirit is still alive, as demonstrated by the attack in salisbury. you will know best where

to find this spirit. rather not in brussels. i am sure you will also remember who was the first to declare full solidarity, it was the uk at that critical moment. u nfortu nately, uk at that critical moment. unfortunately, it was not a unique incident. today, the dutch and uk governments informed about the cyber attack against the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague. it was carried out by kremlin intelligence services and the. and a half of the eu, i want a fiddly contempt this attack and express our complete solidarity with those affected. i will put the issue of cyber security on the agenda of the next european council. today, after my long discussion with my guest the taoiseach, i want to say

that the eu is united behind ireland and the need to preserve the northern ireland peace process. despite the uk government‘s rejection of the original eu backstop proposal, we will not give up backstop proposal, we will not give up seeking a workable solution that fully respects the good friday agreement, as well as the integrity of the single market and the customs union. unacceptable remarks that raise the temperature will achieve nothing except wasting more time. what needs to be done is maximum progress by the european council. i was party leader myself for 15 yea rs, was party leader myself for 15 years, and! was party leader myself for 15 years, and i know what the rules of party politics. but now, once the tory party conference is over, we should get down to business. thank you. thank you very much, donald,

for ayr our constructive meeting and for ayr our constructive meeting and for hosting me in brussels today. one of three meetings i'm having today in brussels with president donald tusk and with michel barnier and after that with the into. a meeting went very well and once againi meeting went very well and once again i want to thank the european council and the european institutions for their ongoing solidarity with ireland, as we enter what is going to be a critical and penultimate phase in negotiations with the uk over brexit. ireland's position and objectives is as they we re position and objectives is as they were at the very start, essentially were at the very start, essentially we want to achieve four things all aimed at minimising the damage that brexit will do to our country. those four things are protecting the common travel area, making sure that a hard border will not emerge

between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, protecting the rights of citizens in northern ireland who will continue to be irish and therefore european citizens even after brexit, and also as well as that ensuring that we have a trading relationship with the united kingdom after brexit that is as close as possible. so, all of those things are ireland's objectives, and we will continue to press the as we go forward into the final phase of these talks. i want to agree with president tusk in his call to get down to business. i'm keen to see an agreement concluded by november if at all possible. i think that is in the interest of ireland, the eu and the uk and i think we really need to get down to business over the next few weeks and make that possible. thank you. leo varadkar, the irish taoiseach and donald tusk with that news conference. in a moment the latest business news. first the headlines on bbc news.

dutch and british security forces foil an attempt by four russian spies — who were planning a cyber attack on the chemical weapons body looking into the poisoning of the skripals. the chief executive of royal bank of scotland has warns that leaving the eu without a deal could tip the uk economy into recession. uk aid agencies launch an appeal for emergency funds to help the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. i‘m maryam moshiri in the business news. sales of new cars last month are more than 20% down on last year. meanwhile, nissan warns about the impact of a possible no—deal on brexit. 7000 people work at nissan‘s sunderland plant. the japanese firm is urging the uk and eu to work together and towards a balanced brexit. more on this in a moment. ubereats riders and a small number of workers from jd wetherspoon, mcdonald‘s and tgi fridays

are striking over pay on thursday. walk—outs will be held in several uk cities, along with a rally in london. the industrial action is being taken in tandem with strikes by fast food workers on four continents. online retailing giant amazon has been criticised for cutting benefits for uk warehouse workers, offsetting part of a pay rise announced this week. the removal of employee share and incentive schemes could cost some workers £1,500 in a single year, according to the gmb union. the latest challenge over pay and workers‘ rights in the gig economy. about five million people work in the so—called gig economy. which is freelance work where contractors get paid for each "gig" they complete. that could be delivering takeaways, parcels or working as a cab driver. its supporters say it gives them flexible hours and control over how much or how little they work. critics say say itjust means

the employer doesn‘t have to give regular employment benefits like holiday or sick pay, or provide regular hours. and so today, the strike is by couriers for ubereats. it‘s a food delivery service — and operates in 60 cities. there will be strikes in at least six of those cities today — between 5pm and 9pm. they‘re complaining that uber has made changes to how much they get paid, meaning they earn less. workers at two wetherspoon pubs in brighton go on strike. joining workers from mcdonald‘s outlets in london, cambridge and watford, and tgi fridays staff in milton keynes and two london branches. the strikes are being held to coincide with industrial action over pay by fast food workers in four continents. ubereats, jd wetherspoon and mcdonald‘s have defended their record on pay, while tgi fridays had no immediate comment. earlier we heard from james camps, from industrial workers of the world. it's

it‘s apparent that the companies that are employing these workers push this, its flexibility, you can do it in your spare time. but the reality of the koreas in the street is most of the riders are actually full—time and they have to do full—time and they have to do full—time or more than full—time to even make ends meet —— couriers in the street. what they really want is a guaranteed delivery rate so they can make enough to have a decent standard of living. this is a movement of gig economy workers of food delivery couriers standing up to themselves collectively, which is the first time in the uk they‘ve done so. another day, another warning from a high street retailer on the current uk trading environment. ted baker‘s pre—tax profits have slipped 3.2%, with the fashion retailer warning that trading continues to be "challenging". it said its performance was affected by unseasonable weather in the early part of the year followed by a very hot summer. shares in clothing retailer ted baker were at one

point now down 10.1% joining us now isjulie oxberry, retail expert and co—founder of the customer experience design consultancy. what do you make of ted baker‘s results 7 what do you make of ted baker‘s results? it‘s a tale of two sectors, online is doing well, the retail park not so well. well, ted baker is a very resilient brand and they are very consistent. it is incredibly difficult for the high street at the moment, obviously. with ted baker they have had other issues around house of fraser but they‘ve always had a really strong connection with their customer. they know their brand, they aren‘t afraid to experiment and i think if any brand was going to survive this, ted baker is going to do well. it‘s about taking the long view. is it enough to have the connection with your

customers? do you think today‘s problem is many retailers haven‘t concentrated enough on their online offering and that‘s where the money is? i think it's a combination. in the case of ted baker, they have been very, very good at looking at all channels. notjust online but also looking at how they can refresh their physical environment and bring social and retail together, so leisure and retail. they are looking at beauty, grooming, they‘re instagram is working really well. it's instagram is working really well. it‘s a combination of all retailers on everything. online retailers want to have a physical connection with customers, they want to offer different ways of fulfilment and creating more emotional connections and vice versa. ted baker has always had their eye on the two. ted baker has talked about the cold winter and hot,. why do these seasonal anomalies had such a big impact on clothing retailers? you could argue the impulse buy doesn‘t happen if the impulse buy doesn‘t happen if the weather changes. having been in

a ted bakers store this week, i can see there‘s plenty of warm stuff and fashionable stuff. i actually think the weather affects impulse, but in the weather affects impulse, but in the long run people will stick with a brand they know and love. in the case of ted baker, there‘s a lot of quirkiness and fresh stuff happening. thank you. the ted baker share price has recovered a bit but it‘s still down 8%. that‘s all the business news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. art of low cloud, misty conditions,

drizzly and damp. changes are afoot though. a cold front approaches the north—west, cooler air flows in though. a cold front approaches the north—west, cooler airflows in and that cooler is working in across northern part of the uk. much cooler for scotland and northern ireland. that brings some rain, a few patches for the north of wales. night, no such problem for england and wales, a lot of low cloud,

misty, fog patches, spots and drizzle barely budging from england to the afternoon. weather will be quite damp. like an apache as we go through the day, further south, dre, cloudy patchy start. —— likely patchy. here, in the cooler air, cloudy patchy start. —— likely patchy. here, in the coolerair, if you shout was working into the western isles should stay dry. brighter conditions towards the south—east, with afternoon sunshine here. quite a contrast further north, looking at highs of 11 or 12 degrees, you will notice the change, it will feel much cooler. we can weather prospects, starting with

rain across england and wales, quite slow moving and heavy at times, as it swings towards east anglia and south—east england during the afternoon, northwest, decent day, cold and luckily frosty, plenty of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, northern areas of england, northern wilds. sunday, reversal of fortune, england and wales has the best of the sunshine, downhill to the northwest, outbreaks of rain working into scotland. hello. you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m martine croxall. today at 2. the dutch authorities accuse russian intelligence of mounting a cyber attack on the international chemical weapons watchdog. at the time it was investigating the nerve agent attack in salisbury that poisoned sergei and yulia skripal. britain says the russians were trying to clean up their mess. if anyone had any questions in their minds about russian military involvement in seoul spree, this will put to rest those doubts. —— if anyone had any

questions in their minds about russian military —— if anyone had any questions in their minds