this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at apm: the brexit secretary dominic raab is currently holding unscheduled talks in brussels with his eu counterpart, michel barnier, just days before a crucial eu summit. there are also reports that ambassadors for the 27 member states have been summoned to a meeting. meanwhile, back home the former brexit secretary david davis calls for a cabinet rebellion over theresa may's brexit plans, but the health secretary appeals for unity. everyone needs to get behind the prime minister and pull behind her because she's trying to deliver the best deal for britain and that's how we move forward. in other news — the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement demanding a "credible investigation" jamal khashoggi was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul. virgin trains and stagecoach shared in £51.2 million worth of dividends

from the west coast main line railway, shortly before walking away from another franchise. the companies were also joint owners of the collapsed east coast franchise, which was put back under government control in june. nhs england plans to crackdown on people who wrongly claim free prescriptions — the government says it could save the health service £300 million a year. and trains between exeter and netwon abbot are disrupted because of rail damage caused by storm callum, but the worst of the weather has passed. hello, good afternoon. the brexit secretary dominic raab is holding unscheduled talks in brussels with his eu counterpart, michel barnier. the government said they would discuss "several big issues," ahead of a european council meeting later this week. there are also reports that ambassadors of the other 27 members

of the eu have been summonded for a meeting in brussels. it follows calls from mr raab‘s predecessor, david davis, for the cabinet to rebel against the prime minister's plans for a withdrawal deal. our political correspondent helen catt reports. david davis has never been shy of walking into a fight over brexit. just days before a crucial eu summit, he is urging theresa may's most senior ministers to front up as well. he wants them to force the pm to scrap any plans to keep the same customs rules as europe, to avoid border checks in ireland, by asserting the cabinet's collective authority. could that mean threatening resignations? i have never been good at speculating, but i do say to anyone in the cabinet who has concerns about it, you have to make them very clear to the prime minister. we mustn't have a little cabal outside the cabinet running this, it has to be a cabinet decision. downing street says any such arrangement will be temporarily and time—limited. but, speaking to andrew marr

earlier, the health secretary, matt hancock, seemed to hint that might not mean setting a date for it to end, something the eu has been resisting. everybody needs to get behind the prime minister and pull behind her, because she is trying to deliver the best deal for britain, and that's the best way to take this forward. this arrangement would only come into place if the eu and the government can't agree a deal on how to trade in future. the democratic unionist party, whose votes theresa may relies on, won't accept anything that treats northern ireland differently. while labour, which wants to stay in the customs union permanently, has implied theresa may's plans may struggle to convince them as well. frankly, if she comes back with something which is just a fudge that she's cooked up in brussels and it doesn't meet our tests, we are not going to vote for it. the british people are not stupid, we're not stupid, we're not voting for something which is essentially a bridge to nowhere. we need to know what our future relationship with the eu is going to be, and a fudge won't fix that. the clock is ticking for theresa may. even if her cabinet stays onside, she will have to convince the eu this week that enough progress

has been made to get a final deal next month. let's talk to our reporter in brussels, adam fleming. you actually broke the story about the eu ambassadors being summoned for this meeting. that significantly ups the interest in what is going on this afternoon, doesn't it? yes, if they are meeting it is because they wa nt to they are meeting it is because they want to hear about progress that has been made in the talks and here you hear rumours that the member states have heard positives from the meetings. the thing about all this is it seems quite exciting with dominic raab making this last—minute dash to brussels and the ambassador has been summoned on a sunday evening, diplomats working on a sunday night! but a lot of this was kind of expected as negotiations reach a crucial one sensed it stays like this, you need to get the

politicians involved, either to seal the final deal or to make big decisions about the last few remaining issues. see you would expect a dominic raab to turn up at a moment like this. it isjust expect a dominic raab to turn up at a moment like this. it is just that it wasn't in the diary and we didn't get lots of forewarning. the 27 remaining member states of the eu have been kept just remaining member states of the eu have been keptjust as much in the dark as we have about the brexit negotiations because it really has just been about the negotiating teams being in that room at the european commission, locked in there for the last week or so. the ambassadors last met on friday night in luxembourg with a message from the european commission that things are the european commission that things a re really the european commission that things are really sensitive and wait and see and we will tell you when there is news. so all of these diplomats from across europe basically been told the thing that we have been told. but the invitation of that is that there is news now and the logic, as you say, is that the heads of government dinner is on wednesday ahead of the summit on thursday. is the sense in brussels that we are reaching the point at which a decision will be made, one way or another this week and therefore all

this activity is preparatory to that, rather than it isjust this activity is preparatory to that, rather than it is just another staging post on what seems to have been a very long process? well, there will be a decision made, definitely on wednesday night, by those 27 other eu leaders, and the decision will be, has there been decisive progress in negotiations over the withdrawal agreement, is thatis over the withdrawal agreement, is that is the document the terms of the divorce. for eu leaders to then schedule another summit in the middle of november where they would sign off on the whole deal which would be the withdrawal agreement and this separate document called the political declaration which will speu the political declaration which will spell out the shape of the future relationship. so that is the sequencing. there has to be enough progress in the divorce related issues this weekend in the next couple of days for then eu leaders to say, fine, we will now spend the next month writing that political declaration. and there are rumours that if you leaders feel there hasn't been enough progress made on the withdrawal agreement, the november summit will still happen, but it will be focused on planning

for no deal instead of planning for the future relationship and signing off the whole deal. so we will definitely get a decision made on wednesday. it is just whether to proceed down a good platform to proceed down a good platform to proceed down a slightly more dramatic bad pass. just a quick note, though, and what they are probably discussing today. the government statement that accompanies dominic raab‘s visit says there are still big, outstanding issues, plural, so not just the infamous northern irish backstop, the back—up plan for avoiding the rear direction of a ha rd avoiding the rear direction of a hard border. the last i heard, they we re hard border. the last i heard, they were still talking about the dispute resolution system for the brexit treaty after it has got into place and geographical indications, which is protecting european regional products like parma ham and feta cheese, which unbelievably is still a block in the process. it is extraordinary, isn't it? it all comes down ultimately to protecting national interests just as much as eu wants. adam fleming in brussels. iam sure eu wants. adam fleming in brussels. i am sure we will hear more from you

during the course of the evening. for now, let's move onto other this afternoon. britain, germany and france have issued a joint statement have issued a joint statement urging a credible investigation journalist jamal khashoggi. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and his counterparts said they were treating the incident with the utmost seriousness. they said there needed to be a credible investigation, and they expected a complete and detailed response from the saudi arabia. our correspondentjon donnisonjoins me now with the latest. the statement in itself perhaps isn't a surprise. but it interesting that they want to issue it now because we have obviously seen growing momentum in terms of the criticism of saudi arabia. perhaps a relu cta nce criticism of saudi arabia. perhaps a reluctance in the past to be critical of saudi arabia. absolutely, and apart a few social media comments from the foreign secretaryjeremy media comments from the foreign secretary jeremy hunt this media comments from the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt this is the most combines a statement from him at least but it does come as you say after those remarks from president trump yesterday saying that saudi arabia could face severe punishment if it was found to have been behind

the murder of jamal khashoggi. if it was found to have been behind the murder ofjamal khashoggi. the wording in theirs is not quite as strong as that, to be honest. talking about grave concern, as you say, needs to be a credible investigation, both parties the turks and the saudis need to cooperate, and i think what is going to be interesting are reports that there are audio and video recordings of this murder and torture possibly taking place. the saudis, of course, deny it. if those tapes do emerge in the coming days, and i was bidding to one turkish journalist yesterday who was saying he thought they probably would, then i think the pressure will really step up. it is interesting in terms of rhetorically over the last few weeks on a number of issues the canadians mildly criticising the awarding of a woman in detention and then there was a huge backlash from the saudi authorities, quite an aggressive push back. today we have another

aggressive push back, saying if you impose sanctions, we will impose even bigger sanctions, and there is a danger presumably that the saudis don't want to hear this message. yes, and the wording coming out from saudi arabia, as you suggest, is a little bit stronger. state news agency quoted an official source saying the kingdom affirmed its total rejection of any threats and attem pts total rejection of any threats and atte m pts to total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, be it through economic sanctions, clinical pressure, or repeating false accusations. official said saudi arabia would respond with something bigger. as it put it. quick point. the stock market in saudi arabia dropped about 5% when it opened this morning and that followed 5% losses earlier in the week. and this is kind of money that presumably the saudis at the moment really can't afford to lose, given all the other economic pressures they are under. that's right. we have got this major investment conference which is meant to bea investment conference which is meant to be a sort of showpiece for saudi arabia to promote the country coming up arabia to promote the country coming up and about 80 days' time. a lot of speculation about whether the trade

secretary, liam fox, will attend, as well as others, which have a lot of media organisations, cnn, the financial times, pulling out of that. so it is definitely a story to watch in the coming days. thank you very much. a 34—year—old british man has been shot dead in the french alps. the restaurant owner was cycling down a track as a hunting party made its way through nearby woods, according to the local prosecutor. the victim, who has not yet been named, was shot on saturday, and had been living for several years in the town of les gets. the foreign office says it's in touch with local authorities, and providing assistance to the man's family. a man who died following a landslide in south—west wales during storm callum is believed to be a 21—year—old man. he has been named locally as corey sharpling, who died as the landslip fell on the a484 at cwmduad between carmarthen and cardigan on saturday. trains are being disrupted along the devon coast because part of the track has been washed away by storm callum. great western railway says a large hole has opened up beneath the line between exeter and newton abbot. the number of rivers at risk

of flooding has halved as the worst of the storm passes. storm callum has also caused problems for many farmers across wales. becky eardley filmed this footage of a horse rescue in gilwern in montmouthshire. two men swam out in to water six—feet deep to lead the animal to safety. no—one was injured in the rescue and the horse is said to be recovering well. a clean—up operation is underway in portugal following one of the most powerful storms to hit the country since records began. the remnants of hurricane leslie swept through the country, bringing down hundreds of trees and power lines. from lisbon, alison roberts reports. across portugal, people are picking up the pieces after a night of hurricane—force winds left a path of destruction. 13 out of the country's i8 mainland districts had been on red alert, and people warned not to leave their homes. hurricane leslie, the first ever to hit portugal, arrived late on saturday.

on making landfall, it weakened to a tropical storm, but still packed plenty of punch. translation: the wind broke the windows and came in. i told my staff and clients to hide in the bathrooms and the kitchen, areas protected by walls, to prevent more serious situation. in central portugal, 6! people were forced to leave their homes. there, and further north, more than 300,000 people were without electricity. at lisbon and porto airports dozens of flights were cancelled or diverted. translation: i came to get my son, who was arriving from poland, and should be arriving at midnight, but because of the bad weather the flight was diverted to spain. across the border in spain, leslie also brought high winds, with gusts of up to 100km/h. alison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. the nhs is to launch a crackdown

on prescription fraud in england that costs the taxpayer millions of pounds every year. some people falsely or wrongly claim free prescriptions and also some rogue pharmacists and dentists falsify claims. but new technology could mean fake claims are easily identified, as richard galpin reports. every year, nhs england loses more than £250 million as a result of prescription fraud. people either deliberately or by mistake claiming they're eligible for free prescriptions. but not for much longer if the government crackdown is successful. the campaign's been launched today by the health secretary matt hancock. he's claiming the nhs will no longer be an easy target. those who steal from it, he says, will face the consequences. it's unbelievable that people should

defraud a national institution like the nhs, but it does happen and some of it is deliberate so we are going to halve prescription fraud over the next five years, saving £300 million. and technology is a big part of the solution. a computer database of everyone in england exempt from paying prescriptions will be created, so pharmacists can quickly check before the medication is handed over to patients. critics say most people wrongly claiming free prescriptions do so by mistake or misunderstanding and it will be difficult for pharmacists to deny medicines to patients. they are uncomfortable doing it. the challenge is uncomfortable. and if somebody is defrauding the system sometimes they could potentially get aggressive and you end up having to deal with a situation which takes time and it also takes time away from the pharmacist being able to

have conversations about their medicines with other patients. after pilots starting next year, the anti—fraud campaign is due to be rolled out across nhs england. richard galpin, bbc news. it's emerged the owners of virgin trains — sir richard branson and stagecoach — collected more than £50 million in dividends from the west coast main line before abandoning their east coast contract. the government had to take back control of the east coast line and missed out on more than £2 billion of franchise payments. virgin trains said the west coast line had exceeded its targets to the taxpayer. shadow rail minister, rachael maskell, said passengers should be "central" to the way railways are run. the headlines on bbc news: the brexit secretary, dominic raab is currently holding unscheduled talks with his eu counterpart michel barnier. ambassadors from the remaining 27 eu member states will also meet for a brexit update later this afternoon. the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement demanding a "credible investigation" into the allegation that the journalist,

jamal khashoggi was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul. virgin trains and stagecoach share between £51.2 million of dividends from the west coast mainline rail, shortly before walking away from the east coast contract. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzy. good afternoon. scotland will need to up their game tonight if they're to break their poor run of form. it's only a friendly at hampden, but it's against the european champions portugal. the scots lost to israel in the nations league last week — their fifth defeat in seven games under alex mcleish. captain andy robertson has questioned some of the media coverage of their performances. for me, i think the criticism is a bit harsh, but some people prefer when we do bad instead of when we do good.

you really believe that? yes, especially maybe some pundits or whatever — in fairness they have something to moan about but that's theirjob, that's what they get paid for, we go out to go on the right lines and as soon as we don't do that, people have stuff to write about. we gave them an excuse to write about us negatively, and we need to take it on the chin because it's part and parcel of football. we respect their decisions. there've been loads of goals in the women's super league today. arsenal are top of the table after thrashing champions chelsea 5—0. england'sjordan nobb scored twice, one a spectacular cross—come shot. vivianne miedama also climed two goals. it's chelsea's first league defeat in 26 games, and a first loss at home since july 2016. another big win for manchester city women. caroline we got the first of their seven goals against west ham. 7- their seven goals against west ham. 7— once it's finished. georgia

sta nway was 7— once it's finished. georgia stanway was also a target as aim of up stanway was also a target as aim of up to second in the table behind arsenal. saracens are in front in their champions cup opener against glasgow. they're leading 13—3 at half time with the only try coming from michael rose. toulong and newcastle are also in action — newcastle leading 16—15. meanwhile, danny cipriani gave england coach eddie jones a reminder of his abilities. the fly—half kicked 11! points for gloucester in the champions cup and played an integral role in the build up to the side's first—half try against french champions castres. a joint effort from tom marshall and callum braley set the side on their way to a 19—14 victory. novak djokovic has won his fourth shanghai masters title, beating borna coric in straight sets — extending his winning streak to 18 matches. djkokovic now moves above roger federer to number two in the world. but he can still catch rafael nadal at the top of the rankings before the end of the year — the spaniard is currently injured.

i couldn't ask for a better scenario. so i am very close to now rafael vidal in the rankings and putting myself in a very good position for the last period of the year. —— nadal. iam planning to play right now in paris and london and maybe another tour before that, maybe not. but the game is working really well. and ending a year as number one will definitely be the biggest achievement of this year. england's charley hull has missed out on a second lpga tour title, slipping from the overnight lead to finish second in south korea. hull had started well in incheon, making five birdies in herfinal round, but then undid that good work with four bogeys. she finished three shots behind home winner in gee chun. the nfl returns to london this evening for the first of three regular season games to be played outside the united states. wembley stadium will play host

to the oakland raiders and the seattle seahawks. the game was meant to be staged at tottenham's new stadium, which has been specially designed for nfl as well as football, but there have been building delays. totte n ha m tottenham would be really cool too. both places are amazing. obviously, the history of playing here at wembley but tottenham would be really cool too. the brand—new stadium at the first to play there but we did get a walk on the field and we got to experience the field and we got to experience the field andi and we got to experience the field and i kind of stuff, so that was really cool just to be and i kind of stuff, so that was really cooljust to be around the field and just to note is that it was going to be a call stadium for many years to come. i can can say too much. i think you're trying to get me here. it is getting there. i will say that. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a19 year old man has died after being involved

in a collision involving a car, a police vehicle and an ambulance. the incident happened on the a14 near ruff—ham, in the early hours of this morning. it's thought that the police vehicle and ambulance were not responding to an emergency at the time and no—one in either vehicle was injured. pope francis has conferred sainthood on the murdered archbishop of san salvador, oscar romero, at a ceremony in the vatican attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims. the pope wore the rope belt that was stained with the archbishop's blood when he was shot dead at the altar in 1980. during his life romero regularly spoke out against military atrocities during el salvador‘s civil war. john mcmanus reports. 1980. as el salvador‘s bloody civil conflict rages, another victim's funeral. but this was not just another critic of the military government, it was archbishop oscar romero. he was killed during mass. his weekly sermons called for an end to the violence.

he told soldiers and police that their loyalty to the state was less important than the christian injunction "thou shalt not kill." his opponents called him "a guerilla in a cassock." his killers were never brought tojustice. today in rome, pope francis wore romero's bloodstained belt as he declared him a saint. some in the vatican oppose this canonisation. they thought romero's teachings veered too close to marxism, which the church has traditionally opposed. but pope francis, himself from south america, smoothed the path, with the pontiff confirming romero died a martyr for his faith, not his politics. in el salvador, where 75,000 died in the civil war, it has been a day to celebrate a man who paid the ultimate price for standing up dor justice. six other saints were also created today, including pope paul vi, who led the church for 15 years. he began a long process of reform, rejecting some of the more ostentatious trappings of papacy.

for a long time, many catholics wondered why the church refused to canonise archbishop romero. for them, today's celebration by the pope is a long overdue correction. the first rocket launch into space from british soil could happen as soon as 2020. it's thought it could be sent into orbit from a spaceport in the north of scotland. the uk's space industry is booming, thanks to a huge surge in demand for tiny satellites made here. joe miller has more. when the space race began in the 1950s, britain was very much a part of it, even managing to put a satellite into orbit. but space exploration was all but abandoned in the uk after politicians decided that taxpayers' money was better spent elsewhere. now, a boom in demand for satellite technology is bringing the sector back to life.

you might not immediately associate british business with the space industry, but the fact is, the uk is a world leader when it comes to manufacturing these — microsatellites that are usually the size of a washing machine. now, around 40% of these are made here, and very soon, they'll give us the ability to look at detailed video footage of earth. despite such home—grown expertise, satellites have to be launched in other countries. but the countdown to britain's first spaceport is already under way. on scotland's remote north coast. from our perspective it's a really good location for access into the orbits we are most interested in. so specifically the polar orbit, which is where a lot of the telecoms and small satellites will be able to operate on. armed with government grants, lockheed martin is hoping to grab a slice of an industry which could soon be with trillions of pounds. residents of the a'mhoine peninsula

hope the benefits will be felt closer to home. we're hoping there will be apprenticeships for young people there. we don't have the expertise, we know that, in space, and satellite production satellite launching. but hopefully you can train young people and give them opportunities to see that as future employment. the first ever rocket launched from uk soil could happen as soon as 2020. but it will take more than one success to propel the british space industry back into orbit. joe miller, bbc news. and you can see more on that story on the sky at night on bbc4 at 10 o'clock this evening. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, after the very heavy recent rain across western parts of the uk i'm sure we'll be picking up the bits and pieces for quite some time. the good news is that the weather is improving — the weather front is finally

clearing away, and the weather is turning a lot better across many western parts of the uk, so this evening, clear skies from scotland, northern ireland, through the lake district, wales, but across parts of the midlands and south—east it is still looking damp. and, if anything, the rain could turn heavy for a time overnight, in london, parts of east anglia, maybe lincolnshire as well. these are the early morning temperatures on monday across the country. 11 degrees in london, but very chilly in the north — only two or three degrees above freezing, so a real nip in the air for glasgow, edinburgh and belfast first thing. rain again across the south—east, so that rain refuses to clear away. it's really stubborn. looks like further rain for the capital and into east anglia tomorrow, possibly the midlands too. for the north, the sun is shining. goodbye. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines this hour:

the brexit secretary, dominic raab is currently holding unscheduled talks with his eu counterpart michel barnier. ambassadors from the remaining 27 eu member states will also meet for a brexit update later this afternoon. it comes ahead of a crucial summit on wednesday. the uk, france and germany have issued a joint statement demanding that the journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul. virgin trains and stagecoach shared in £51.2 million worth of dividends from the west coast main line railway last year, shortly before walking away from their east coast franchise in june. now on bbc news, inside out. tonight...

questions for britain's biggest pharmacy. a daughter's shocking discovery after her father's death and her fight for answers from boots uk. it began to dawn on me that dad had taken double his medications. also on the programme... death threats for the tv antiques expert working to protect elephants from the ivory trade. got a couple of phone calls. "i don't know why you're worried about the elephants being shot. the way you're going, you'll be next." and the mysterious death of claire martin — we have an important update on the case tonight. the stories that matter, closer to home. i'm lukwesa burak, and this is inside out for the east midlands. welcome to beeston in nottinghamshire, famously home of boots. their headquarters is just up the road. the company is the focus of our top story tonight. now, when gail pickles started clearing out her father's

home after he died, she made a shocking discovery about the medication he had been taking. unhappy with the response from his pharmacist, boots, the country's largest pharmacy chain, gail has, for the first time,