you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: britain could stay under eu rules for even longer, after the latest talks in brussels failed to make any progress. an idea at this stage is to create an option to end the implementation period for a matter of months, and it would only be for a matter of months, but the point is that this is not expected to be used. the brexit secretary insists the prime minister has the cabinet's support but there's anger among some mps about the idea of a longer transition. the us asks turkey to hand over a surveillance recording — said to provide strong evidence that the journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. murders in england and wales are at their highest level for ten years — that's according to new figures. retail sales fall 0.8 percent in september, as consumers tighten their belts. england coach eddie jones announces his 36—man squad for next

for next month's autumn‘s international rugby series. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has said she'd consider extending the brexit transition period — but only by a few months. the move would give more time to resolve the irish border issue. let's get the very latest from brussels. what we have now are the leaders all locked in the next sessions of this summit but the brexit section, that has now passed. we now know there will be no deadline. the new leaders

meeting coming up, they have not set one of those. they told the negotiators to go away and try and come up with a solution. time is ticking by. the leaders said that the session last night where they had the mac heard from theresa may was positive. she was constructed in her tone was not a very different tone from eight few weeks ago. the reason they now has this option that is being put forward from the eu side, a way of perhaps trying to unblock some of the difficulties in this. this idea of extending the transition period after the uk leaves the eu next year. the period afterwards, during which nothing essentially changes. the status quo stays the same. the trade can flow back and forth really. the uk

follows all the eu rules while they sort out a future trading relationship. the idea is to extend that a little bit longer. it gives you more time to try and solve those difficult issues like the irish border issues, gives you more time to put something in place to deal with all of that. she has been put on the table. she expressed interest. this is what she said when asked about the idea today because it is politically difficult for her to sell this back. as i said yesterday, we've made good progress. we made good progress both on the withdrawal agreement and a future partnership, our future relationship. on the withdrawal agreement, there are issues remaining around the backstop. to remind everybody, the backstop is what would come in place to ensure that there will be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland if the future relationship is not in place by the end of the implementation period. now the original proposal from the eu was one we could not accept in the uk. it would have created a customs border down the irish sea. earlier in the year we put forward a proposal as to how

to deal with this issue. a further idea that has emerged, and it is an idea at this stage, is to create an option to extend the implementation period for a matter of months, and it would only be for a matter of months. but the point is that this is not expected to be used because we are working to ensure that we have that future relationship in place by the end of december 2020. i'm clear that it is possible to do that and that's what we're working for and in those circumstances there will be no need for any proposal of this sort and i'm clear that i expect the implementation period to end at the end of december 2020. as she says, she didn't want to see this extension used but it is useful to the negotiations possibly. that is because of this issue of the

irish border and the backstop. the insurance policy to avoid any border controls having to be brought in in future. to give us a little bit more, we arejoined future. to give us a little bit more, we are joined from chris morris. the irish backstop, remind others, what is it? the backstop is a term... if you think in terms of a safety net, it is a guarantee there will be no hard border. no new border checks between the republic of ireland and northern ireland once the uk has left. that backstop operates under all circumstances. there is a hope, and aspiration if you like, that they can avoid a hard border under the terms of a future free—trade relationship. don't forget, free trade deals take years and years to negotiate and implement, a lot more than a 21

month transition. if they can do that trade deal in time or if there isaa that trade deal in time or if there is a a delay or they can't reach an agreement that keeps the border open, that is when the backstop would kick in automatically. so the backstop would avoid those border checks. how? here is a problem. the other agreed in principle that the backstop should be legally enforceable, but what do the legal texts actually say? it is a customs union and the single market. what is the relationship of northern ireland to those two economic bodies of the eu and what is evolution should not be rest of the uk to the best the mac those as well. the problem is you have very profound issues on both sides. for the united you have very profound issues on both sides. forthe united kingdom, we want nobody down the irish sea. nothing which appears to completely separate northern ireland economically from the rest of the uk. on

economically from the rest of the uk. 0n the other side, the eu is saying you can't undermine the integrity of our economic area, the single market. if you want to say you want to keep the uk together but wa nt you want to keep the uk together but want complete access to the single market for northern ireland, you are having your cake and eating it. a phrase that has been used a lot in this process. that is a problem with the back spot the —— backstop. the problem is you can extend transitions, you can have mechanisms, review clauses but the bottom line is the backstop has to operate under all circumstances and it has to be legally written into the withdrawal agreement which has to be approved before brexit happens. thank you very much. that is the issue that is at the heart of this process. the irish border. this idea for the extension of a

transition period, well that would avoid the back backstop. it has problems. it means continuing to pay into the eu budget, continuing to access into the eu budget, continuing to a ccess e u into the eu budget, continuing to access eu rules without having a seat at the table because during the transition once a uk has left, it will not have a place here at summits like this in future. that is why i think many in the uk, many conservative mps and others, say that this is an unacceptable idea. it would be delaying. it is going to be sellable? how would it work from the british and irish perspective? patti smith from the irish pound. this idea of extending the transition, will it help to unblock this negotiation. i am not convinced

it will. i think chris which is absolutely right. the backstop remains, it is and be giving more time before it kicks in. but it has to be agreed within the withdrawal agreement and therefore signed up in november. they must average this deal by then. the only formula at the moment for a backstop is one thatis the moment for a backstop is one that is completely unacceptable to britain, particularly to the unionists in northern ireland because of this effective border down the irish sea. michel barnier has done its best to not dramatise the checks that will happen on the irish sea. the regulatory controls could be done in factories in england, away from the border. various things could be done on paperand various things could be done on paper and computer. the checks would attack to be inclusive but they are still saying this represents

different treatment of northern ireland and is therefore u na cce pta ble ireland and is therefore unacceptable to us as unionists. i am not convinced that the extension idea is palatable. it is not really going to run. the extension idea essentially says, you will never have to bring in that backstop because we are time to negotiate something else. but even extending it to almost three years, does that give time really? is that enough? underlying this discussion is what people are actually thinking about the likelihood of a future framework relationship between eu and the uk. and the level of ambition of such a very few people believe the british and irish won't actually say it publicly. very few believe that such a deal can be done because of huge red lines. it would affect that...

if they want to get a deal that is better than the backstop and... that is very difficult. there is a lot of discussion going on about prolonging period. it is smoke and mirrors trying to get away from this problem. at the heart of it that future relationship deal is not to be good enough. the dup says the backstop will be there good and they are right. when you blow a that smoke and mirrors, people seem to think, well, the last minute someone will give the somewhere. the ucd space for that still to happen and if so, where? is the irish government going to concede something? who is going to have to give way? the irish government and the eu would say that in the course of the negotiations, particular

michel barnier 's of the negotiations, particular michel barnier '5 work, it is an awful lot to make it palatable. they cannot really see it going any further without infringing on the eu single market. the 27 wilson blew not allow them to do that. there is really any broom on the eu and irish side. it is a question of theresa may crossing one of her red lines. that is what we have come down to. they will face difficult choices. they will face difficult choices. the eu won't budge from its position, you are saying. they have budged significantly. it has been as accommodating as it can and is offering these things like the extension as a way of making it easier for theresa may to move, but she ultimately had to decide on what she ultimately had to decide on what she wants to do. but there are some voices that say, well, a no deal, if this all collapses, would be

enormously damaging for the uk, of course, but for the eu and particularly for ireland. is that a real fear that is growing question mark time is slipping by and november is coming. there is a real fear. 0ne november is coming. there is a real fear. one of the things that is interesting in this process is the uk government and the eu are both published 70 — 100 papers on no deal planning, everything from moving animals to rules of drugs and various things. the one thing that they haven't published a paper on is what happens on the irish border on the day after a no deal. because they don't know. because, although they don't know. because, although they both say the british and the irish both say we won't put up any obstructions or border infrastructure, the eu may require them to do so and this is a big forge going on on that issue. and that could leave ireland very exposed then, if the eu side... if

the deal collapses, the irish side are faced with pressure from the eu to put up an external border. ireland is it caught up in a very difficult situation. i think i learned has made much of the unity of the 27 in backing it up to this point. it would be very difficult for the irish, after a point. it would be very difficult forthe irish, aftera no point. it would be very difficult for the irish, after a no deal, to say to the 26 others, we're not going to do what you want us to do. the solidarity works two ways. you have followed these negotiations all the way from the beginning. argue still hopeful, thinking that a deal can be reached in the time? eu negotiations have been quite creative and it is possible. i think we are certainly into december before we get the formula. there is

not a huge amount of negotiating to do. there is political decision to be taken, largely by london. and it is whether theresa may has the stomach for taking an the brexiteers and the unionists. i am stomach for taking an the brexiteers and the unionists. lam not stomach for taking an the brexiteers and the unionists. i am not entirely optimistic about that. but you don't see on the other side that those pressures leading to any cracks in the eu side? no, i don't, actually. i don't see any sign of that. i don't see any sign of a breakdown of the 27th and people saying different things and michel barnier eight, yesterday evening, got another vote of confidence from that group. thank you very much for your insight. as paddy were saying, interesting weeks ahead as the pressures mount and these because the asians... will it be the uk side that has to come the mac concede something quest let's

continue our discussions with political editor norman smith who is at westminster. norman, how is all of those discussions at brussels going down out there in westminster, particularly the talk of extending the transition period ? particularly the talk of extending the transition period? in a word, badly. in two words, very badly. there has been a ferocious backlash, predominately from hardline brexiteers to this idea of a extension. why? because they fear leaving the orbit of the eu is disappearing into never—never land. they are concerned that it will cost vast amount of money and they make the case that if they can't sort out the case that if they can't sort out the deal in two years, how can they sorted out in three years? and it

doesn't actually revolt that vexed issue of the northern ireland backstop. they have been caught on the hop by the ferocity of the backlash because this morning we have seen crunching through the reverse gears with number ten and then theresa may out and about saying, don't worry, this isjust one idea, it isjust an option. it would only be for a few months. 0n the question of whether it is going to cost billions, mrs may in an a nswer to cost billions, mrs may in an answer that question this morning. we are working with the european union to deal with the issue of ensuring that if there is a gap between the end of the implementation period and the point at which the future relationship comes in, we don't expect a gap to exist, but if there is we want to ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. we have put forward a proposal as to how to deal with this. a further idea has now emerged. we, of course, are working to ensure not just that we are able to ensure no hard border between northern ireland and ireland were such a gap in time to emerge,

but to ensure that the implementation period comes to an end in december 2020 because we are able to put the future relationship into place at the end of the implementation period and ensure no hard order between ireland and northern ireland. i mentioned that the hardline brexiteers were on the warpath. what about those who are not so inclined but i'm joined by eight former conservative minister. you were a remainer. argue sympathetic to the idea of extending the transition period? i am supported it to the fa ct period? i am supported it to the fact that the prime minister is trying to resolve this situation but ido trying to resolve this situation but i do think she has a can of worms with this proposition. i don't know how it would work. the sovereignty issue is difficult. but not actually contributing to those roles is

problematic but has been accepted by the house but an extension is problematic. it doesn't actually solve the northern ireland issue because they need a backstop. i am not sure how it resolves anything but it has undoubtedly unified many members of the conservative party in opposition to the idea! we heard from the former tory minister nick bowles this morning who was similarly scathing about the extension, but he also said that many tory mps who are not aligned in this brexit debate were in despair. how would you characterise the party? i think nick was very forthright this morning on radio. i do genuinely feel there is a growing sense of despondency and that is because conservative members and indeed members of parliament across the board can genuinely say that it is very difficult to see a solution to this issue. we do know, whether

you are a firm brexiteer or not, there is a genuine understanding that probably no deal will actually have a majority support in the house of commons. the question as to how to resolve this. the prime minister has been attempting to create a deal which will appeal and gain a majority in parliament. but this latest proposal tells you very clearly that every makes is simply making the situation worse. thanks very much indeed. it is something when you get remainer ‘s and brexiteers opposed to theresa may's thinking on the extension to the transition period. it gives you a sense of how much opposition potentially there is to the idea. sense of how much opposition potentially there is to the ideam we ever get to the idea of a meaningful vote on the shape of a final brexit deal, there has been some downcast over the issue of that vote taking place today. there is an almighty row brewing over transition. there is another

almighty bow brewing over the meaningful vote. this is because of moves by the government to curtail the ability of parliament to shape the ability of parliament to shape the final brexit deal because it seems the government want to map is going to argue is that mps have no real right to amend the final deal that theresa may put on the table. in other words, it will simply be tantamount to eight take it all the it vote. you are aware of that. what do you think about that possibility? i don't think it is going to fly. i think downing street and dominic raab have pushed this issue to an extent which is not acceptable across parliament. i was in the whips office when the concessions were made on this issue and you can't say that you want to bring back control of our democracy to parliament and then say we are going to offer a take it or leave it a deal. the concessions made on the house of commons and i think it is

imperative that mps do have their say but ultimately if mps can actually come to work a conclusion oi'i actually come to work a conclusion on to the conundrum,... at this point the meaningful vote issue is another headache which is unnecessary, in my view. concessions have been made, they should be stuck to. there are problems to the left of her, problems to be right up her, problems in front of her. last night the eu decided that they didn't think there is much point in having a membersummit so think there is much point in having a member summit so you have to say the past 2a hours not been great for the past 2a hours not been great for the prime minister. thank you very much. we will see what the next 2a hours bring. i have some breaking news to bring to you from scotland where the scottish government has announced that a case of bsp, more commonly known as mad cow disease, has been detected on a farm in aberdeenshire. the chief vet for

scotla nd aberdeenshire. the chief vet for scotland has been issuing a couple of tweets that we can show you... this is the first case in a decade according to the independent scotla nd according to the independent scotland editor who has been treating about this. the scottish government chief vet is also tweeting, liaising closely with other uk government agencies, all working together. she is farm and their household. they have been advised and are cooperating fully... the scottish government confirming use of this case of bse, more

commonly known as mad cow disease on a farm commonly known as mad cow disease on afarm in commonly known as mad cow disease on a farm in aberdeenshire. they say, in line with the disease prevention response plan restrictions have been put in place at the farm while further investigations to identify the origin of the disease are occurring. the washington post has published a final column byjamal khashoggi, the journalist who disappeared after he visited saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering him there — a claim saudi officials deny. in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi makes an appeal for a free media and freedom of expression in the arab world. from washington, here's chris buckler. no matter what the investigations and searches finally discover, there seems to be a growing acceptance that jamal khashoggi will not be found alive. inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, he disappeared,

and the claims that he was interrogated, tortured and murdered here are becoming more and more difficult for saudi arabia to simply deny. as a turkish crime scene investigation team left the saudi consul‘s istanbul residents, the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column, an article which its editor said showed his passion forfreedom, a freedom they believe he gave his life for. in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi writes the jailing ofjournalists and attacks on the media in the arab world no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community. the us secretary of state has now visited both ankara and riyadh, and offered reassurances to turkey's president erdogan that the truth would be uncovered. but president trump has done nothing to distance himself from saudi arabia, america's middle east ally. if you look at saudi arabia, they're an ally and they're a tremendous purchaser of not only

military equipment, but other things. there is pressure for saudi arabia to give some kind of explanation for what happened afterjamal khashoggi was pictured entering its consulate. and with claims that there's more evidence of a gruesome killing inside this consulate, the voices of international outrage are only likely to grow louder. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. crime in england and wales increased by 9% in the year to the end ofjune. the office for national statistics says the number of violent and sexual offences recorded by police went up by nearly a fifth, with robbery increasing by almost a quarter. and murders are now at their highest level for a decade, with 719 homicides recorded during the period. meanwhile, calls and messages to crimestoppers are at a record high, with many people saying they made contact with the crime—fighting charity because they couldn't

reach the police. the charity, crimestoppers, says it's handling a record number of phone calls. with me is mark hallas, the chief executive of the charity. thank you for coming in. let's talk about those crime figures published by the office for national statistics. when we hear about crime figures and get updates on them, we often hear that increases are in pa rt often hear that increases are in part due to more people reporting, better recording of crimes but there comes a point when you have to say, there must be an actual increase in crime as well stop i think it is a nuanced argument. the two sides of debate. there is definitely better recording by the police and authorities and ourselves. but also, after a period of time, the increase probably indicates there is an

increase in those areas too. it seems natural that fits with what you are reporting, that you are getting more calls. yes, we have received a record number of calls and contract from the public because we also receive online calls from the public. we are at an all—time high, rising by 6% of the last year and 40% over the last couple of yea rs and 40% over the last couple of years and that very much times with what we are seeing from the crime survey and also in terms of the types of crime as well. with increases in terms of violent crime of about one fifth, murders by 15%, almost exactly the same as what we are seeing in the survey, and also in respect to modern slavery and domestic abuse. people are calling ragtop is because they can't necessarily get through to the police. —— crimestoppers. you are not the place so it can be a fairly

erroneous experience if they don't wa nt erroneous experience if they don't want their details to be passed on. —— anonymous experience. want their details to be passed on. -- anonymous experience. there are more calls and contacts from the public because our messaging to the community is working better than ever and that is resulting in more contact. a small breeze and as well isa contact. a small breeze and as well is a small amount of frustration with 101. people know that they can contact us and get hold of those almost immediately. they should and will ring 909 in any case. our more people wanting to step up and actually purport something when they see something happening, when they know something is going on that is wrong that is criminal, that it is hurting others, or do you have a sense that more people want to take response to the unspeakable question mark yes, absolutely. it is clear from the figures that we're getting and the detail of it that people do wa nt to and the detail of it that people do want to contact us more on a daily basis. our survey and focus group

work and it looks like a of about of people, for fear of retaliation and retribution, can bring themselves to talk to police but many want to do the right thing and be reaching out to those people to give them hope and give them support anonymously is important. the critical thing that the information they pass is genuinely anonymous and there is no comeback the impact is we sent reports to the 43 police forces in this country which resulted in over 24,000 positive outcomes and 3500 arrests. also millions of pounds worth of drugs and money and property re cove red. drugs and money and property recovered. do you have enough money

to cope with these increasing calls? we are a charity which is the key thing to stress. so therefore it's a hand to mouth existence. we're meeting that challenge just about and by investing in the right quality people and investing in technology were just about able to meet the demand. where is your funding coming from? from the 43 police forces in this country. the home office who are strong partners. we raise a small amount of money commercially as well. are you asking the government and those forces for any more cash? budgets are tight for everybody and we are working hard to make sure that we had least maintain funding and its current level. now it's time for a look at the weather.

we have had a rather cold start today across northern part of the uk. patchy frost here and there. also that of mist and fog which has mostly cleared away. the most of us is nice and sunny at the moment. but of cloud in the scottish borders. the bill of cloud in central and southern parts of england. that will clear the way. there will be sunny spells here. more cloud coming into the north—west of scotland but most of us having a sunny afternoon. temperatures getting up to 12 or 13 degrees. tonight, a bit of cloutier made but largely clear skies. patchy frost in north—eastern areas of england. some patchy rain spreading

and that rain will be with you for some time before friday but for most of us it's dry and bright again on friday. maximum temperature is up to i7 friday. maximum temperature is up to 17 celsius. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the prime minister confirms that the uk's post—brexit transition period could be extended, keeping the country tied to eu rules and law until 2020. but conservative backbenchers have expressed anger at the proposal. the number of murders in england and wales has risen to its highest level for ten years. there's also been a 19 per cent increase in violent incidents recorded by the police. the washington post has published the final column of missing journalist, jamal khashoggi, in which he criticised arab governments that are "silencing the media at an increasing rate". a case of bse — also known as mad cow disease ——

has been found on a farm in aberdeenshire. authorities say it is an isolated case and there is no risk to human health. shoppers tighten their belts. uk retail sales drop 0.8% last month, driven by a one and a half per cent fall in spending on food. gatwick airport announces it will use its standby runway for departing flights from the mid—2020s. rugby and the rest of the sport now with chris mitchell. good morning. england's rugby union coach, eddiejones, has named his training squad for next month's autumn internationals. jones has called up eight uncapped players in the 36—man squad. jones had lots of injuries and suspensions to deal

with, so who's in? well gloucester‘s number eight ben morgan is back. he hasn't played for three years, since the 2015 world cup. zac mercer also comes in as cover at number eight, a key position at the back of the scrum. the exeter pair alec hepburn and uncapped ben moon are both?selected as loosehead props, big guys at the front of the scrum. danny ciprinani, player of the month in september, is out. that will be controversial. dylan hartley and owen farrell have been named as co—captains byjones for the first time. the full squad is on the bbc sport website. when eddie jones got this england job he would have wanted at this point october and november 2018 to be honing in on that world cup. they we re be honing in on that world cup. they were highs in the jones in 2016 but for the last year england have been struggling for form and struggling to get their best players on the pitch. injuries and ingush rugby are not new but eddie jones has to try

something new but is —— so many of his front line players are unavailable. the former pakistan cricketer danish kaneria has admitted spot—fixing after six years of denial. the leg spinner was banned from playing in england and wales for life, after he was found to have pressured former essex team—mate mervyn westfield into spot—fixing during a game against durham in 2009. westfield was also banned and jailed for four months. kaneria has apologised to westfield, and says he "cannot live a life with lies". pakistan are currently playing a test against australia in abu dhabi and how about this for a bizarre run out. nice stroke from azhar ali, heading for the boundary, or so he thinks. it stops short. he's run out. you don't see that every day. have a look at this bit of magic from wayne rooney.

a brilliant free—kick for dc united overnight. his tenth goal since joining them in june. he's having a real impact in the states. dc were struggling at the wrong end of the table when he joined, but they're now in sixth place in the eastern conference. it was a mixed night for the two british clubs left in the women's champions league. karen carney‘s penalty gave chelsea a 1—0 win in theirfirst leg against fiorentina, but they could've had more goals were it not for an outstanding performance from the italian's goalkeeper. the scottish champions glasgow city are out after losing to barcelona. usain bolt has turned down a move to the champions of malta. valletta fc offered him a two—year deal. the eight time olympic champion is currently on trial at australia's central coast mariners. he scored two goals in a recent

pre—season friendly but so far hasn't been offered a contract. their season starts on sunday. tony bellew, the british cruiserweight, says doping tests are having an impact on his current training camp. bellew is an outspoken critic of drug cheats and has called for tougher sanctions. but he says he's had to provide five samples in seven weeks. he said, "i'm all for a clean sport but they are messing up my sleep patterns every week now". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. campaigners say men are putting themselves at risk of domestic violence by being unaware of a law that would allow them to ask police if their partner has an abusive history.

0ne police force told the bbc it's changed how it publicised the law, afterjust one man used the scheme in four years. katy austin reports. the domestic violence ian suffered at the hands of his former partner had a huge impact. i have some permanent scars from the assaults. when she told me she was going to kill me, she definitely intended to kill me. xx campaign for the mankind initiative and says people should ask for the partner's history, which can be done under the domestic violence disclosure scheme, known as clare's law, after claire woods was murdered by her ex. i spoke to someone who has used it. it was more mental abuse, i would say. after escaping one controlling relationship, mishka, which isn't her real name, asked police if a new boyfriend had any history of violence. severe warnings, violence toward women, quite harsh violence, which is quite worrying. mishka decided to leave him, but he's worried not all men can use the scheme, too, so he asked the police forces in the country how many men asked for disclosure.

23 forces could provide the gender breakdown and, out of those, the majority, 18 forces, saw 4% or fewer applications being made by men. what it is not doing is delivering the opportunity for a man to make a choice. that man is subject to a higher level of risk. lincolnshire police agrees with ian. the force has changed its training and stopped using the female—sounding name, clare's law. all our indications have been changing the domestic violence disclosure scheme and we have to make another one for men. whether it will come on par with women using the scheme is a question. however, can we increase the amount of applications we get from them? absolutely, and that's something we aim to do. the home office and national police chiefs' council both told us they are reviewing how the disclosure process is used across the country and how to encourage more people to use their right to know.

merseyside police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man following a shooting in the wavertree area of liverpool. police were called to a report of a 25 year—old man having been shot at ten forty last night. the man was taken to hospital where he died in the early hours. police say the man has been identified and his next of kin are in the process of being informed. police say the killing is believed to have been a targeted attack. commuters at paddington station are facing another day of disruption after overhead electric wires were severely damaged on tuesday night. many lines are back up and running, but some services will remain closed today while engineers finish the repairs. the cables were damaged during a test run of a new high speed train. paddington, which deals with 90—thousand passengers a day, was closed during morning rush hour yesterday. in recent weeks india has witnessed a wave of allegations on social media about harassment and assault in the workplace as the me too movement spreads to the country. alleged victims are now able

to speaking out online. devina gupta reports. it has been a weight of 20 long yea rs it has been a weight of 20 long years for this tv producer. as they michu movement gained the menton in india the ordeal has finally been heard. add social media not come about was done and dusted. the facebook post of describing a sexual assault has triggered massive support in the industry. something that was missing when she first revealed the alleged incident in a leading newspaper 14 years ago.|j was just waiting. i was 100% sure i had support. i wasn't wrong. she has accused this actor but his lawyers

have denied these allegations and filed a defamation case against her. india is one of the fastest—growing social media markets and stories shared here are galvanising women across the country. according to twitter almost 40,000 tweets on the michu movement have been shared in ten days that this movement is coming ata ten days that this movement is coming at a time when social media is grappling with the dangers of fa ke is grappling with the dangers of fake news. the legal challenge for immediate trial is that it is not a submission in a court of law. it is not something that is driven by principles of naturaljustice and the rules of law. there is no evidence testimony, it is only eight he said versus she said. but to 27—year—old who recently triggered that a comedian harassed by sending lewd photographs, the online vote can't be censored. a very small

amount who would use this as a chance, we need to look at the bigger picture and how many women are waiting to tell this story. the government has been threatening more regulations and interventions into how they do business in india. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister admits she'd consider extending the brexit transition period —— to ensure no hard border in northern ireland. murders in england and wales are at their highest the couple then headed to melbourne

beach from where our correspondent spoke to us. day three of the royal tourin spoke to us. day three of the royal tour in melbourne was all about young people being active and taking pa rt young people being active and taking part in their community. they were definitely plenty of young people in the botanic darden ‘s earlier. some queueing from 5am to get the best spot for a glimpse of prince harry and meghan markle. after that goes on to and meghan markle. after that goes ontoa and meghan markle. after that goes on to a demonstration of sporting activities and a campaign for women in particular to be active. it's been adopted from england and has worked successfully in the state of victoria. after the tram ride to south melbourne beach they got active themselves on the beach. they sought young children getting rid of the plastic waste and the

environment is another concern. the message today was about engagement. when other interesting development today, although we have seen crowds in hundreds of thousands every day so far one of the republican movement in australia suggested they too are also seeing their numbers going up and that for every australian that wants to come and wave the flag where crown another one is signing up to support a republic eventually if the question of australia's sovereignty ever comes to weight public vote. in a moment we will have the business news but let's take a look at the headlines. the prime minister admits she'd consider extending the brexit transition period —— to ensure no hard border in northern ireland. murders in england and wales are at their highest level for ten years — according to new figures. the us asks turkey to hand over a surveillance recording — said to provide strong evidence that the journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. i'm victoria fritz.

in the business news: a warm summer lifts sales of food and ice cream at unilever, but the company remains tightlipped about the decision not to move its headquarters away from the uk. a bolt from the blue. the cypriot airline cobalt air has cancelled all its flights and indefinitely suspended operations, advising customers not to go to the airport. cobalt flew to 23 destinations and operated flights at heathrow, stansted, gatwick and manchester. ebay is sueing amazon for trying to poach its traders. the auction site says amazon employees opened ebay accounts to use the internal mailing system to contact sellers to tempt them into swapping platforms. unilever‘s sales are picking up, thanks, in part, to a warm summer across europe which boosted sales of food and ben and jerry's ice cream in particular. but could retail be about to freeze over?

we've just had some figures in for retail in the uk in september. they show a drop, this follows a surge over the summer. catherine shuttleworth, retail expert and ceo at savvy, joins me from our studio in leeds. let's start with these figures from unilever. it is a global company but it seems to be following the trends we are seeing more generally. absolutely. they are benefited from that warm summer. their ice cream sales have rocketed. they also have their brazilian business back on track. they are also seeing this slowdown in spending and lack of confidence with consumers. reading across from that, what would —— what should we be looking at whether comes to resale in the uk? the

headlines continue every day with retailers making big statements about their profits and expectations through to christmas. the 0ns figures show there has been a drop since august but it was a huge august. we were buying an awful lot of food. year—on—year the figures are up about 3.8% and what the figures do tell us is that a year —— a massive increases online. that is now responsible for about 17% of the retail figures now responsible for about 17% of the retailfigures and now responsible for about 17% of the retail figures and that is a story we will see continued through to christmas but we will also see a tale of two high st. some retailers doing well and some recycling to make a profit in the next few weeks. this run—up to christmas is a crucial period. are we likely to see more companies go bust? it's unlikely because most of them have paid their major rent payments. that is really a time of great times for

the retailers. this is where they tend to make their profit. if there's going to be lots of discounting its hard to sell products and make the full profit on them. but come january products and make the full profit on them. but comejanuary we will see some more casualties in retail but what they've got to do now is trade and trade well. thank you very much. gatwick, the uk's second busiest airport, has published plans to create what will effectively be a second runway from its existing standby runway. john lewis is trying to tempt shoppers to its new cheltenham store by offering them a chance to have the shop to themselves if they spend £10,000. the private shopping experience is one of several experiences the department store chain is offering in a bid to revive its flagging fortunes. the kleenex mansize brand is being ditched after sixty years. the company is replacing the name with extra large tissues after public concern that the old name was sexist. kleenex for men, was launched in 1956. mecca bingo owner rank group has

posted a hefty slump in sales over the past four months as high—rollers reined in their spending at the firm's casinos. investors taking a slice out of dominos pizza — as they buy into the stock — pushing up the value of the company. that's despite sales falling. it has launched a 25 million pound share buyback. a profit warning from flybe yesterday, now the collapse of cobalt, which flew to and from the uk to cyprus... the airline stocks are in for a turbulent time today. that's all the business news. back to brexit.

the prime minister has confirmed the post—brexit transition period for the uk could potentially be extended. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. it's hard to find anyone who seems enthusiastic about this idea of an extension to the transition period. that could the views of the leader of the european research groupjacob rees mogg. what do you make of the idea? i think it's a mistake and potentially costly one. we will have new budget without any veto and we are very unlikely to maintain our rebate. money is scarce and you have to decide should be give this pot of money to the european union or use it to help make universal credit work. potentially financially costly but politically costly? particularly

costly. the government '5 argument for the limitation period that it has accepted was that the eu takes two years to introduce a new rural and therefore any role in the pipeline we would have had our say on it at some point. it was what the government was putting up. if we extended to —— beyond two years the eu will make rules in which we will have had no say at all so it is reasonable. if it somehow diffuses some of the anxiety of the northern ireland backstop by providing more time to try and make sure that is a trade agreement it's a good idea. time to try and make sure that is a trade agreement it's a good ideam doesn't even do that because the backstop remains. work expands to fill the time available. if you extend the time you make the backstop just extend the time you make the backstopjust as likely extend the time you make the backstop just as likely at the end of that period rather than thinking suddenly a few months after the date it was meant to have ended it with real —— or themselves. they need to work a bit harder and get the solution and button up the deal

earlier rather than later. people like you have been waiting to leave the eu for 30 of 40 years but what difference does one or two more months make? i didn't have a strong view as a nine—year—old. it's not that issue, it's that the process has been set in motion and there was two years to agree the withdrawal agreement and article 15, that is all set out in a clear way in a reasonable way for the government to stick to. they mistakenly accepted as sequencing that is put the government negotiations in a weak position throughout and now in a weakened position they think that if they kick the can down the road that position might get stronger but it won't. so viewers not about money politics, it's about trust. that's a very good way of putting it. does the government really want to leave the government really want to leave the european union? are they committed to doing this properly and have they managed to go see it come to the —— competently?

have they managed to go see it come to the -- competently? what are the prospects of mrs may being able to secure backing for any extension? she got the withdrawal at through the house of commons but so far nothing as has gone through. whatever is agreed needs to come through in a withdrawal into lamentation bill and that might be a difficult piece of parliamentary manoeuvring. is there any prospect of this being agreed? people who backed remain are is a reluctance to acce pt backed remain are is a reluctance to accept this as i am. it's not a case of eurosceptics opposing this it's opposed across the conservative parliamentary party. we have seen around the transition, raul over the nature of the meaningful vote and arrival over brussels saying there's

no point having a november summit. is this becoming a question of mrs may's leadership? history will alwaysjudge the quality may's leadership? history will always judge the quality of leadership on the outcomes it achieves that there is a immediate pressure on the prime minister. why not? we would like to get to canada style agreement and free trade which has been offered by the european union and we need to extend that to include northern ireland. that should be the main focus of the quotations. you and like-minded people have been saying for weeks that the prime minister must pivot to some sort of canada deal. she has had resignations from the cabinet, she has got through the party conference, absolutely no sign she is going to dump checkers.

the proof that she can change her mind is in this addition to the transition period. i would like to see her change her mind in the right direction. thank you very much. you get a sense of the scale of the challenges now facing mrs may with unhappiness amongst the brexit ears and unhappiness as well amongst remain as! and unhappiness as well amongst remain as i did would appear some unhappiness in brussels as well. mrs may appears to be a leader somewhat the rest of friends. now it's time for a look at the weather. it looks nice and sunny at

westminster and we have lots of sunshine widely across the uk at the moment. this is another scene in north yorkshire. not a cloud in the sky. we do have a bit of cloud out there particularly towards the north and west of scotland. a bit of cloud for the midlands and through southern areas of england. even here that cloud will break and they will be lengthy spells of sunshine. so for all of us it's a fine tree —— day. tonight, clear spells again and patchy frost developing especially towards northern areas. more cloud and rain moving its way into western scotla nd and rain moving its way into western scotland for friday morning. those overnight temperatures down to single figures. we will continue

with rain across the west of scotla nd with rain across the west of scotland on friday but for eastern scotla nd scotland on friday but for eastern scotland they will be sunny spells. more cloud in northern ireland. for england and, another dry day with sunny spells. you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories. the prime minister admits she'd consider extending the brexit transition period, to ensure no hard border in northern ireland. it an idea at this stage, is to create an option to end the implementation period for a matter of months, and it would only be for a matter of months, but the point is that this is not expected to be used. the brexit secretary insists theresa may has the cabinet's support, but there's anger among some mps about the idea of a longer transition. eu leaders coming into the building

this morning are frustrated that has been no progress but remaining positive a deal can be achieved. we will get their thoughts this afternoon. murders in england and wales are at their highest level for ten years, according to new figures. the us asks turkey to hand over a surveillance recording, said to provide strong evidence that the journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. a case of bse — also known as mad cow disease — is found on a farm in aberdeenshire. england's rugby coach eddiejones announces his squad, for next month's autumn international series. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has said she'd consider extending the brexit transition period — but only by a few months.

the move would give more time to resolve the irish border issue. however, mrs may told reporters in brussels that she didn't expect the extension would actually happen. some conservative mps and brexit campaigners have sharply criticised the idea, which would see the uk following eu rules for longer. christian fraser is in brussels. all this talk of extending the implementation period is fairly irreleva nt implementation period is fairly irrelevant at the moment to the eu 27, isn't it? untilthe irrelevant at the moment to the eu 27, isn't it? until the irish border backstop issue is resolved. precisely, yes. theresa may presented no new facts here last night. in fact, presented no new facts here last night. infact, she presented no new facts here last night. in fact, she reportedly only took half of the 30 minutes she was allotted before the dinner. that is allotted before the dinner. that is a frustration to many eu leaders who come into the building today. they we re come into the building today. they were hoping for more concrete progress. it is, in the words of one

french official, that an solvable problem of the irish border and how to secure frictionless trade that is in the way of any deal being finalised. the big news is this idea that you can have an extra year of months on the end of the transition, perhaps to make the backstop less releva nt. perhaps to make the backstop less relevant. that is certainly something that the european leaders are in favour of although the prime minister, which is asked this question, seemed less inclined to speu question, seemed less inclined to spell out what it would actually mean. well, as i said yesterday, we've made good progress. we made good progress both on the withdrawal agreement and a future partnership, our future relationship. on the withdrawal agreement, there are issues remaining around the backstop. to remind everybody, the backstop is what would come in place to ensure that there will be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland if the future relationship is not in place by the end of the implementation period. now the original proposal from the eu was one

we could not accept in the uk. it would have created a customs border down the irish sea. earlier in the year we put forward a proposal as to how to deal with this issue. a further idea that has emerged, and it is an idea at this stage, is to create an option to extend the implementation period for a matter of months, and it would only be for a matter of months. but the point is that this is not expected to be used because we are working to ensure that we have that future relationship in place by the end of december 2020. i'm clear that it is possible to do that and that's what we're working for and in those circumstances there will be no need for any proposal of this sort and i'm clear that i expect the implementation period to end at the end of december 2020. prime minister, many of your colleagues at home and many people who voted leave might be worried to hear you saying you'll basically stick with the status quo for longer and it could cost britain billions more to stay in for a bit longer.

what i've just said is that we are working with the european union to deal with this issue of ensuring that if there is a gap between the end of the implementation period and the point at which the future relationship comes in... we don't expect a gap to exist but if there is we want to ensure no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. we have put forward a proposal as to how to deal with this. a further idea has now emerged. we are now of course working to ensure not just that we are able to ensure no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, were such a gap in time to emerge, but to ensure that the implementation period comes to an end in december 2020 because we are able to put the future relationship into place at the end of the implementation period and ensure no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. thank you. so you get a flavour of the debate

there. on the upside, by increasing there. on the upside, by increasing the transition from two to three yea rs, the transition from two to three years, you push the back backstop further away and make it redundant. it might convince them that the trade agreement is more achievable because no one in this building things it is achievable inside two yea rs. things it is achievable inside two years. on the downside, there are brexiteers who say that remaining in the eu for another year would be paying billions more in and you don't soul the problem because the backstop is still left —— solve the problem. let's speak about that with the brussels correspondence for wall streetjournal. just to put that into context, yesterday the german chancellor said there can never

truly be frictionless trade across our border. you can push the back stop away as far as you want to and get the best deal you can possibly hope for, but at some point you have to a cce pt hope for, but at some point you have to accept that there will have to be some customs or regular terry controls either on the irish sea run the border. unless you remember of both, but then that comes with all the insoluble issues are triggered brexit in the first place, like paying into the eu budget. all that is still not solved. we're going in circles. let's say you remain in the single market, like norway, and some people are saying, let's happily norway option. but you have to sign up norway option. but you have to sign up to norway option. but you have to sign uptoa norway option. but you have to sign up to a customs union to get around the irish border issue, it is actually worse than norway because we are paying in the ilion ‘s. actually worse than norway because we are paying in the ilion 's. and when you are in a customs union you can't make your own trade agreements

with other countries, which is one of the main issues white brexit is happening. you sign your own free trade deals. that will be impossible if you are in a customs deal with the eu. are we actually alighting on the eu. are we actually alighting on the issue? either stay in the european union or walk? that is pretty much the message of the more harsh levers. like the belgian prime minister this morning. harsh levers. like the belgian prime ministerthis morning. he harsh levers. like the belgian prime minister this morning. he were saying that you can't make a set of proposals and the country at the same time. we need clarity on what the uk actually wants. of course he brexiteers would count the mac pointed to the canada option, a free—trade agreement which would remove some tariffs but still poses a problem of regulation. you would still need some checks because you are not a member of the single market. it is that option? do we

just need a debate in the uk where we say, look, we will have to accept that there will be some controlled consumer that is what the leaders here in europe are now witnessing, that the uk is still not... haven't decided which of the options to go for soap, from their point of view, we for soap, from their point of view, we will wait and see until they make up we will wait and see until they make up their minds and tell us what they want. when the prime minister says, we still hope to get a trade deal within two years or maybe three, should —— is she being totally honest? a trade deal can be a fast track. we have seen withjapan, the eu moved right quickly because japan was eu moved right quickly because japan was ina eu moved right quickly because japan was in a very tough spot after the trade war with the us. honestly, no. honestly, it takes a lot more years to sign off, especially such a

co nfe re nce to sign off, especially such a conference of agreement, which is also a security arrangements and defence policy. all of that. it'll ta ke defence policy. all of that. it'll take quite a few years. everybody throws arms up in the air and says, three years? you must bejoking! we could be talking about year five, yeah for, yeah six. it could last a lot longer, for sure. you been down on the floor. 0bviously lot longer, for sure. you been down on the floor. obviously it is now on ice. izzy frustration building?” think the crunch time is in november or december. as with every negotiation here in the eu, it is always up to the very last minute and there are still these two points ahead so in a way, it was conceivable that this was going to ta ke conceivable that this was going to take a bit longer than october. but

if the issues are not solved in decemberand we are if the issues are not solved in december and we are in a critical phase, for sure. thank you very much. some frank talk going on in the boom here today. we will hear what the european leaders think a little later on at their press conferences. thank you very much. let's get reaction from westminster with norman smith. you heard as saying that the sort of extension theresa may has been talking about would be delicately quick in the grand scheme of things, even though it is very problematic for many conservative backbenchers. i think one day not suggest that four, five or six years. there would bea four, five or six years. there would be a nuclear explosion here. that already has been a huge backlash to this idea of extending transition potentially by another year, even though theresa may has sought to

play it down saying, no, it is just an option. what is striking is that theresa may seems to have angered pretty much all wings of the tory party. 0bviously, brexiteers are written up in arms because they think leaving the eu has deposed bleep this bead into never neverland, but also prominent remain as. i am so pathetic to the prime minister is trying to resolve the situation, but i do think she has opened upa situation, but i do think she has opened up a can of worms with this proposition. i'm not sure how it would work. i think there are genuine questions in terms of the sovereignty issue. the 21 month period in the eu rule book but not actually contributing to those rules is problematic. it has been an extension is genuinely problematic and it doesn't actually solve the northern ireland issue because i suspect that any time limits on an extension would fall foul of the eu view that they need a backstop. it

has undoubtedly unified many members of the conservative party in opposition to the idea! what about the brexiteer view? here is jacob rees—mogg. i think it is a mistake and potentially a very costly one because we would be into a new financial framework, a new budget without the uk having any input. it is unlikely to maintain our rebate. money is scarce and you have to decide, should we give this pot of money to the eu should we use it to help with universal credit. and theresa may count on that solid group of tories on the middle ground, who are particularly wound up ground, who are particularly wound up about brexit. it seems not. nick bowles, former remain and former minister, said he thought many tory mps were not particular bothered about brexit but are now in despair about brexit but are now in despair about the way these associations have been handled. you get the sense

that theresa may has pleased no one in her party. thank you very much. more on today's main story coming up. officials say a case of bse, commonly known as mad cow disease, has been identified on a farm in aberdeenshire. restrictions have been put in place at the unnamed farm as an investigation is carried out into the source of the disease. the scottish government says the case was identified as part of routine testing and did not enter the human food chain. the washington post has published a final column byjamal khashoggi, the journalist who disappeared after he visited saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. turkey has accused the kingdom of murdering him there — a claim saudi officials deny.

in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi makes an appeal for a free media and freedom of expression in the arab world. from washington, here's chris buckler. no matter what the investigations and searches finally discover, there seems to be a growing acceptance that jamal khashoggi will not be found alive. inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, he disappeared, and the claims that he was interrogated, tortured and murdered here are becoming more and more difficult for saudi arabia to simply deny. as a turkish crime scene investigation team left the saudi consul‘s istanbul residents, the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column, an article which its editor said showed his passion forfreedom, a freedom they believe he gave his life for. in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi writes the jailing ofjournalists and attacks on the media in the arab world no longer carry the consequence of a backlash

from the international community. the us secretary of state has now visited both ankara and riyadh, and offered reassurances to turkey's president erdogan that the truth would be uncovered. but president trump has done nothing to distance himself from saudi arabia, america's middle east ally. if you look at saudi arabia, they're an ally and they're a tremendous purchaser of not only military equipment, but other things. there is pressure for saudi arabia to give some kind of explanation for what happened afterjamal khashoggi was pictured entering its consulate. and with claims that there's more evidence of a gruesome killing inside this consulate, the voices of international outrage are only likely to grow louder. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. 0ur correspondent martin patience is in the turkish capital ankara. hello. as we saw in chris's report,

turkey has had its friend six investigators in the consulate. what is turkey's next move? possibly handing over these audio recordings to the us president donald trump. if it exists, and donald trump appeared to question that, it details the final moments of jamal to question that, it details the final moments ofjamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate. we only know about this audio recording because it was leaked, apparently, toa because it was leaked, apparently, to a turkish newspaper and then all these reports in the international press a re these reports in the international press are following from that. so this really is a murky affair with all sides playing games, saying one thing in public and then different things in private or in fact leaking intelligence or information to the turkish press. it is a very confused

picture. but what we can say is that more than two weeks ago, bse went into the saudi consulate and no one is seen since and that is because practically everyone believes he was murdered inside the consulate. so what does turkey want out of this? when reconsidering its relationship with saudi arabia and the us, what is looking to get out of this? with saudi arabia and the us, what is looking to get out of thi57m with saudi arabia and the us, what is looking to get out of this? it is very interesting because i think it is not clear. this is... deals are being perhaps code behind closed doors. they would like a apology from saudi arabia firstly. they consider it a state—sponsored murder on turkish soil. it is interesting that turkey hasn't officially accused saudi arabia of a murder. what it is doing is leaking information to the press so those allegations, those accusations are being made by the turkish press, but

not specifically the turkish president. that is significant because what that shows is perhaps turkey is open to some kind of deal. its economy is struggling. apps it would want economic support from saudi arabia and in terms of america, or a whole range of issues, that relationship has been strained over the past year and i think perhaps the turkish president would wa nt perhaps the turkish president would want more respect, as he sees it, from washington. thank you very much. sport now, here's chris marshall. england's rugby union coach — eddiejones — has named his squad for next month's autumn internationals. there are eight uncapped players among the 36jones had lots of injuries and suspensions to deal with, his back row has been decimated.

well gloucester‘s number 8 ben morgan is back — he hasn't played for three years, since the 2015 world cup... zac mercer also comes in as cover at number 8 — a key position at the back of the scrum... the exeter pair alec hepburn and uncapped ben moon are both?selected as loosehead. dylan hartley and owen farrell have been named as co—captains byjones for the first time. the full squad is on the bbc sport website... the former pakistan cricketer danish kaneria has admitted spot—fixing after six years of denial. the leg spinner was banned from playing in england and wales for life, after he was found to have pressured former essex team—mate mervyn westfield into spot—fixing during a game against durham in 2009. westfield was also banned

and jailed for four months. kaneria has apologised to westfield, and says he "cannot live a life with lies". pakistan are currently playing a test against australia in abu dhabi...and how about this for a bizarre run out. nice stroke from azhar ali...heading for the boundary...or so he thinks. it stops short. he's run out. pakistan still in a strong position. 490 runs ahead on day three. usain bolt has turned down a move to the champions of malta. valletta fc offered him a two—year deal. the eight time 0lympic champion is currently on trial at australia's central coast mariners.

he scored two goals in a recent pre—season friendly but — so far — hasn't been offered a contract. their season starts on sunday. tony bellew — the british cruiserweight — says doping tests are having an impact on his current training camp. bellew — who fights in november — has been an outspoken critic of drug cheats and he's called for tougher sanctions on them. but he says he's had to provide five samples in seven weeks. "i'm all for a clean sport," he says "but they're messing up my sleep patterns every week" that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the number of violent and sexual offences recorded by police went up by nearly a fifth, with robbery increasing by almost a quarter — according to new data from the office of national statistics. and murders are now at their highest level for a decade, with 719 homicides recorded during the period. meanwhile, calls and messages to crimestoppers are at a record high, with many people saying

they made contact with the crime—fighting charity because they couldn't reach the police. the bbc‘s head of data science robert cuffe is here to talk us through these figures. what's happening to serious violent crime? the homicide than big you quoted a couple of seconds ago is pretty slack. it is up by 14% year on year. it affects fewer than 1000 people in the country but it is important because it is an bellwether. we get into debates about, is it better recorded or is there more reporting. that is not the case for homicides. they are on the up. they would bring down and have been going on since 2014. we have seen it reflected elsewhere. this doesn't affect many people but it affects them seriously. knife and gun crime affect around 40,000 people in 2011,

but over the last four or five years it has been drifting up again. there is that leading indicator of problems at the high end. again, very rare. fewer than 50,000 people in england and wales, 50 million. body in indicator. talk to others about the broader trends we are seeing in these latest figures jamal khashoggi most people won't be a victim of knife or gun crime. the violent crime the experience is shoving outside a pub or those kinds of things. we see over the long term that has been going down dramatically. it peaked in 1995 and since then it has been down and down until it is about one third of what it was 20 years ago. there is a worry in blip up at the end. but i could show you this picture for scotland, for theft. but the broad

context that we see is a crime generally has been on its way down very very long period of but there are significant, woody in indicators in the high end part of violent crime. let's look at the bit more detail. theft is interesting because there are four or 5 million cases a year, but since 2014 we are seeing an increasing the number of crimes that the police record. it is gone about 15% stop but the number of charges with theft where the case was successfully brought to that conclusion has gone down. you would think if the number of crimes are going up then the number of detections would at least be steady. but it has actually gone down. is that they keep or defraud the authorities and the public? the detection rate and the prosecution may cost him exactly, and the drift down you see in detection rate over

the last four or five years is deep. the decline in the number of police since 2010, the changes in the nature of crime they are being investigated are more sexual offences which are longer to investigate a more competitive. the burden on the place has changed and thatis burden on the place has changed and that is reflected in the figures. it has to be said that the police, when they beat direct their attention to areas of crime, it does have an effect. since a up—to—date task force in place to deal with mopeds crime, we have seen a 30 3% drop —— 33% drop. but there are some woody in indicators in the long—term. —— worrying indicators we can talk now to the policing minister, nick hurd, who is in westminster. minister, nick hurd, that last interview, there weri

concerns in that last interview, there were concerns that there were some woody in trends with the most violent offences, murders and so on. what is your region to these figures? there are woody in trends but we need to keep perspective. the background here is that you are at a low risk of being a victim of crime in modern britain. that remains the case and the overall pattern in terms of crime is stable. after many years of decline. but within that we are seeing some woody in growth and —— worrying growth and we are most concerned about the spike in serious violence which is devastating for those most directly affected and very unsettling for the rest of us. that is why we are taking decisive action over the last year, both on

mopeds crime and broader serious violence to a combination of better support for the police and tackling the root causes by some very necessary long—term workaround prevention and intervention to do a betterjob of trying to steer young people away from violence and crime. we are recently announced another £200,000 for a useful and to dojust that, work with communities up and down the country to steer young people away from bad to try since, violence and crime. it is interesting, that last point. i interviewed the chief executive for crimestoppers earlier and the number of calls to crimestoppers is going up of calls to crimestoppers is going up significantly. if you break those calls down you can see demographically that many of those calls are coming from younger people, from black and ethnic

minority communities as well. you seem more comfortable —— they seem more comfortable talking to crimestoppers, a charity, then talking to the police, leaving aside those who can't easily get through to the police. is that a concern for due? is that something that needs to be addressed? due? is that something that needs to be addressed ? making due? is that something that needs to be addressed? making those connections between the community and the police who operate in their communities easier? it is fundamental to our policing model. we are the people... there is a fundamental link and trust between us as fundamental link and trust between usasa fundamental link and trust between us as a citizen and our place is absolutely fundamental and in some communities and demographics that is harderand communities and demographics that is harder and more difficult. that is an absolute priority for others, for example, to make sure that every police force in the company is genuinely representative of the communities they serve and none of them are in time. can i interrupt? you can see why if people are

concerned about retribution, revenge and we can see there is an issue with detection and prosecution rate, why they might then choose to go through a rather more anonymous process with the likes of crimestoppers rather than talk to the police question mark they perform a very important service and i thank them for it but i would a lwa ys i thank them for it but i would always do not always encourage people to talk to the police because they are the response ability to respond to your concern and your... we're talking about serious violence which is on top of most people's minds. i which is on top of most people's minds. lam which is on top of most people's minds. i am encouraged to see the police response to this problem. here in london, where i am sitting, they are clearly very high profile numbers in terms of homicides, i can see that is beginning to stabilise. lam not see that is beginning to stabilise. i am not remotely, placement about that but we're given the lease more resources ‘— that but we're given the lease more resources —— complacent about that. it will be even harder to own and by

and possess the most dangerous weapons. and possess the most dangerous weapons. we're taking action on this issue, the burning of drugs —— the running of drugs. more robust pleasing but it is very important to balance that with more preventative work to steer the increasingly young people... in manchester recently they were at pains to point out that they were at pains to point out that they are very young indeed. we need to work earlier in those communities to work earlier in those communities to steer them away from bad choices that can have a devastating impact on their away from crime figures, question on brexit. your thoughts on the idea of an extended transition period and

actually leaving that to one side as well in a sense, isn't sorting out the irish border issue the most fundamental thing the government has got to do right now?” fundamental thing the government has got to do right now? i heard the prime minister this morning. she made it quite clear it is an idea thatis made it quite clear it is an idea that is being discussed but i am sitting in a tv studio in london and she is in brussels. she is negotiating and i'm not. i'm not going to add anything to what she has said. in principle would you support that if it helped avoid a ha rd support that if it helped avoid a hard border in ireland? i'm100% supportive hard border in ireland? i'm 10096 supportive of the hard border in ireland? i'm10096 supportive of the prime minister. on theissue supportive of the prime minister. on the issue of getting things in the right order, it has to be sorting out the border question first and the backstop question. it's clearly a significant issue in the negotiations. there are ideas on the table. by have complete support in

the and trust and the prime minister. i the and trust and the prime minister. lam the and trust and the prime minister. i am not actively involved in the negotiations sol minister. i am not actively involved in the negotiations so i have no value to add to the discussions and i will to her. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom. just like yesterday at a quiet story across the uk. no significant rain to point out. in fact some beautiful weather, just look at this photograph in suffolk. lots of sunshine coming through. there is a little bit more cloud in northern ireland and western scotland and we had yesterday and a few isolated showers. but the winds will strengthen throughout the day and a weather front will push in overnight tonight. heavy rain to the west but

clearer skies to the north—east so here we will see a difference. a chilly start tomorrow morning. we start off friday with a north to south divide and any fog were left. it will be a sunny day. the weather front sweeps southwards and a few showers. top temperatures around 12 degrees. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the prime minister confirms that the uk's post—brexit transition period could be extended, keeping the country tied to eu rules and law until 2020. but some conservative backbenchers have expressed anger at the proposal. the number of murders in england and wales has risen to its highest level for ten years. figures out his morning also show there's been a 19 per cent increase in violent incidents recorded by the police. the washington post has published the final column of missing journalist

jamal khashoggi in which he criticised arab governments that are "silencing the media at an increasing rate". gatwick airport announces it will use its standby runway for departing flights from the mid—2020s. a case of bse, also known as mad cow disease, has been found on a farm in aberdeenshire. authorities say it is an isolated case and there is no risk to human health. and as world of international aid converges on london one government minister found herself confronted on stage. more on that before 1:00pm. an independent review has found that the murder of a 79 year old man could have been avoided had his killer received proper mental health care. donald lock, a retired solicitor, was stabbed to death by matthew daley in worthing, west sussex in july 2015. daley was convicted

of manslaugher in 2016. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, is here. just begin by reminding the viewers about the background. this was an awful case. it was an incident on a road near worthing in sussex in 2015. it was a minor collision and one of the men came out of the car, a 79—year—old retired lawyer, and he was set upon by matthew daly and stabbed nearly 40 times. at the trial in 2016 daly was convicted of the manslaughter of donald locke but at the trial his parents said they had repeatedly asked the mental health trust the media to provide matthew daly with appropriate support and she said on the day of the killing it was a day when all

her night his came true. it led to an independent review which has been published this morning. what evidence and background history was there to suggest that a few daly might act out his violent impulses in this way? he had been in touch with the sussex partnership nhs trust since 2008 and over the years between 2008 and 2015 this review finds they were a number of opportunities to appreciate the increasing numbers of levels of ireland's he was displaying. in 2011 he threatened to shoot himself and in 2013 his father told staff that is sent could injure someone or worse. in 2014 his girlfriend. she was concerned he might kill someone. despite all of that the trust did not put together a proper assessment of matthew daly and assumed the

criminal justice system of matthew daly and assumed the criminaljustice system should deal with any episodes of violence and effectively they failed matthew daly and donald locke. what did the review say about that medication if there was any between the mental health trust and the police and about the specific failings and why those happened ? about the specific failings and why those happened? in terms of the police, they say by 2014 there was a discussion about matthew daly‘s increasing levels of violence and the trust decided people should be encouraged to go to the police if they had concerns because he was threatening to attack them as of the public. in terms of the communication, it's clear that matthew daly‘s family were in co nsta nt matthew daly‘s family were in constant contact with the trust and say you need to do something about alison. they were periods when he wasn't taking his medication. still

nothing was being done. they assessed as being on the autistic spectrum and this was something the family would told about to begin with and didn't agree with because one of the recurring things the review makes clear is that matthew daly says he kept hearing voices in his head. that did not seem to be treated rob lee. when he went periods of time without taking his medication, they didn't deal with him rob lee. it seems staggering given the warnings. what is the trust saying about all of this? the trust saying about all of this? the trust apologised to the daly family at the trial in 2016 and that apology continues to be the case because they acknowledge they fail him. they say they have now reviewed and updated their processes and

while now mental health trust will give a guarantee that any incident won't be repeated they say they have learned many lessons. 32 years after they were killed, a jury has been retracing the last footsteps of two schoolgirls who were found dead on the south downs. former roofer russell bishop is on trial for the second time, accused of the murders of nine—year—olds karen hadaway and nicola fellows. helena lee has sent this update from wild park, near brighton, where the girls went missing. this is wild park just behind us here. that is the park where 32 years ago almost to the day that nicola fellows and karen hadaway, both nine years old, were playing after school one afternoon on the 9th of october 1986. they were seen at a fish and chip shop not too far away from where we are on that day and then they weren't seen again. they were found the following day in woods in that parkjust behind us.

today the jury has been brought here to the scene to retrace their steps. they were brought by coach from the old bailey in london accompanied by the judge mrjustice sweeney and the barristers, who are not wearing their traditional clothing today but are in suits and ties. they were brought here with a police escort. there are uniformed officers around this area today as the jurors are taken around. that is so that no members of the public can disrupt their viewing in any way today and the juror 's are going to be taken around various landmarks in this area, in particular into the park behind us at the scene at the den in the area where the girls were filed. they will also walk past a long standing memorial which is in the park which is dedicated to the two girls. the judge told them that they won't be stopping at that more real. that is because it is not relevant

to their considerations in the case and it is not disrespectful. today russell bishop the defendant is not here. he has decided not to come here as the two revisit the site. the judge yesterday told the jury that it was a sensible decision by him and that they doesn't hold it against him. the jury is expected to be here throughout the day looking at various sites which will come up as evidence during this trial. merseyside police have launched a murder investigation after a man died in a shooting in the wavertree area of liverpool. officers were called to a report of a shooting at ten forty last night. the 25—year—old man was taken to hospital where he died in the early hours. police say the killing is believed to have been a targeted attack. the international development secretary penny mordaunt has been heckled at a conference about sex

abuse in the aid sector. a former aid worker, alexia pepper de caires, confronted the cabinet minister on stage alleging the government was trying to control women in the sector. the prostestor said : "we do not need fancy new systems. we need systematic change and we need to understand the sexism, racism and abuse of power from the top of the leadership". it's an excellent time for me to intervene. a numberof it's an excellent time for me to intervene. a number of us would like to be on this platform but we have been kept back. paula donovan refused to get on a plane last night. she asked to speak and the women i am in touch with asked to talk about the real change that needs to happen and we have been ke pt needs to happen and we have been kept back. ok, well, thank you for saying that. penny mordaunt

responding to that intervention during his speech earlier. gatwick airport has announced that it plans to use its standby runway for routine use for departing flights, alongside the main runway, by the mid—2020s. currently the standby runway, which sits next to the main runway, is only used when the main runway is closed for maintenance or emergencies. the airport, the second biggest to serve london, lost out to heathrow when the government's airports commission recommended where the next full runway should be built in south—east england. campaigners have accused the airport of attempting to create a second runway 'by the backdoor‘. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister admits she'd consider extending the brexit transition period to ensure no hard border in northern ireland. murders in england and wales are at their highest level for 10 years, according to new figures. the us asks turkey to hand over a surveillance recording said to provide strong evidence that the journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. campaigners say men

are putting themselves at risk of domestic violence by being unaware of a law that would allow them to ask police if their partner has an abusive history. 0ne police force told the bbc it's changed how it publicised the law, afterjust one man used the scheme in four years. katy austin reports. the domestic violence ian suffered at the hands of his former partner had a huge impact. i have some permanent scars from the assaults. when she told me she was going to kill me, she definitely intended to kill me. he campaigned for the mankind initiative and says people should ask for the partner's history, which can be done under the domestic violence disclosure scheme, known as clare's law, after claire woods was murdered by her ex. i spoke to someone who has used it.

it was more mental abuse, i would say. after escaping one controlling relationship, mishka, which isn't her real name, asked police if a new boyfriend had any history of violence. severe warnings, violence toward women, quite harsh violence, which is quite worrying. mishka decided to leave him, but he's worried not all men can use the scheme, too, so he asked the police forces in the country how many men asked for disclosure. 23 forces could provide the gender breakdown and, out of those, the majority, 18 forces, saw 4% or fewer applications being made by men. what it is not doing is delivering the opportunity for a man to make a choice. that man is subject to a higher level of risk. lincolnshire police agrees with ian. the force has changed its training and stopped using the female—sounding name, clare's law. all our indications have been

changing the domestic violence disclosure scheme and we have to make another one for men. whether it will come on par with women using the scheme is a question. however, can we increase the amount of applications we get from them? absolutely, and that's something we aim to do. the home office and national police chiefs' council both told us they are reviewing how the disclosure process is used across the country and how to encourage more people to use their right to know. in recent weeks india has witnessed a wave of allegations on social media about harassment and assault in the workplace as the me too movement spreads to the country. alleged victims are now able to speaking out online. devina gupta reports. for tv producer it has been a weight of 20 long years. as the me too

movement gained momentum in the last week across india their ordeal has finally been heard. had social media not come up i was done and dusted. it was over. her facebook post describing the sexual assault has triggered massive support in the industry. something that was missing when she first revealed the alleged incident in aiding —— leading newspaper 14 years ago.” incident in aiding —— leading newspaper 14 years ago. i was weeping, tears were rolling down my face. i won 100 sent sure i had support. i wasn't wrong. face. i won 100 sent sure i had support. iwasn't wrong. she face. i won 100 sent sure i had support. i wasn't wrong. she has accused this actor. but his lawyers have denied the allegations. and filed a decimation case against her. india is one of the fastest—growing social media markets and stories shared here about galvanising women across the country. according to twitter almost 14,000 tweets are ——

have been shared injust twitter almost 14,000 tweets are —— have been shared in just ten days but this movement is also coming at a time when social media is grappling with the dangers of fake news. the legal challenges for a twitter trial is that it is not a submission the court of law. it is not something that is governed by principles of naturaljustice. there is no evidence so testimony, it is only a he said this is she said. but for this 27—year—old who recently tweeted that a public medium harassed her by sending lewd photographs, the online vote can be censored. a very small amount who would probably use this as a chance to hurt someone. we need to look at how many women are waiting to tell their story. with 250 million social media users, at a time when the

government has been threatening more revelations and interventions into how to do business in india. multinational food giant del monte is locked in a land battle in kenya over the renewal of its lease for a giant 20,000 acre pineapple farm north of nairobi. the fruit ends up in tin cans and juice cartons around the world. their 99—year lease is due to expire next year but some local people want del monte to give up at least a quarter of the land, which they say was grabbed from the country under colonial rule. ferdinand 0mondi reports. at the age of 85 this woman should be enjoying her sunset years in her rural home. but she spends her days in this poor district of the town, built on land which does not belong to her, expecting to be evicted any day. she says it is a familiar story which started many years ago when, as a little girl, she watched colonial settlers drive her family off their property. when the white man came they drove away the locals

with their livestock. since then we have moved from place to place. all i want is a place to stay and a place i can give to my children. this is a space where they can only lay their heads. just across from this land are vast areas of private farmland on which they do not trespass. these fence here represents the big divide in question in kenya today. on my left arm hundreds of people crammed into small spaces on land which they do not even own. 0n the right, hundreds upon hundreds of acres owned by a fume individuals with the right to this property. it is a thorny issue and a big contrast that has remained largely difficult to solve in kenya today. many landless people who live here say this vast plantation was there ancestral land. it currently belongs

to a multinational company which processes and fruit, del monte. they say they acquired the land from the british colonial administration in the 1920s on a 99 year lease. that lease is up for renewal next year but much of the local community does not want it renewed. at a public hearing in this town they listen to public submissions. the majority of the locals want del monte to give back some land for housing as part of any renewal deal. they claim the company has about 5000 acres of land it has never used. most also backed a conditional renewal. yes, you can renew it, the land that you are occupying which is productive. but when you have huge of land that isn't used, that doesn't make sense for the company to continue holding onto those lands. del monte declined to comment.

this farm employs around 8000 workers on its plantation. it is a major taxpayer for the kenyan economy. how the government will solve this stalemate will set a marker for future land cases for the people and multinationals which have invested in the country. the duke and duchess of sussex have been greeted by thousands of wellwishers on the third day of their official 16—day tour of australia. the couple met members of the public during a visit to melbourne before going on to meet youngsters involved in sporting and environmental projects. the couple then headed down to melbourne beach, from where our correspondent, hywel griffith, spoke to us. day three of the royal tour here in melbourne was all about young people being active and taking part in their community. there were definitely plenty of young people in the botanic gardens earlier, some queueing from 5am to get

the best spot for a glimpse of harry and meghan, who of course went walkabout, shook hundreds of hands and took part in some selfies. after that it was on to a demonstration of sporting activities and a campaign for women in particular to be active. it's one that's been adopted from england and has worked quite successfully here in the state of victoria, getting one in seven women active and doing some kind of sport. then after a tram ride down here to south melbourne beach, they got active themselves on the beach. they saw young children cleaning up, getting rid of some of the plastic waste. obviously the environment another concern but really the message today was about engagement. another interesting development today, although we've seen crowds in hundreds if not thousands every day so far, one of the republican movement in australia suggested they too are also seeing their numbers going up. for every australian who maybe wants to come and wave a flag or wear a crown, another one is signing up to support a republic eventually if the question of australian

sovereignty ever comes to a public vote. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. despite a chilly start to our day it's a glorious autumn day at therefore many. take a look at this picture from cumbria. a little more cloud around further north and west today and maybe a few isolated showers. increasingly breezy as well. temperatures will struggle just a little. the best of the sunshine will be further south. temperatures should peak in the south—east iran 16 degrees. the winds will start to strengthen. the

arrival of a weather front will push in from the west eventually. that will prevent temperatures from falling far. we could see some cold area and lower temperatures in the north—east of inman. generally speaking quite a quiet story that this time of year we start to see those of issues with a little bit of fog which could be a problem. that weatherford will bring some rain, some of it heavier for a time. weatherford will bring some rain, some of it heavierfor a time. not everywhere a cross some of it heavierfor a time. not everywhere across scotland will see wet weather. a band of cloud through the borders into northern ireland by the borders into northern ireland by the end of the day. to the south of that a reasonable and pleasant 17 degrees. it could potentially be quite a foggy start to the weekend. first thing on saturday across central and southern areas because they some of those areas might see they some of those areas might see the fog lifts but fingers crossed it will ease break—up and we will see

some sunshine. patchy rain in the far north—west of scotland. eastern areas of scotland could be pretty warm. the high pressurejust hangs in there part of the weekend for england and wales and that front will start to make inroads. it different story for the second half of the weekend for some. rain in scotla nd of the weekend for some. rain in scotland which will move into the north—west of england and northern ireland. the best of the sunshine looks likely to be further south. that is how the weekend is looking. a further idea that has emerged, and it is an idea at the moment, is to extend the emblem intention period for a matter of months, and it would only be for a matter of months, but the point is this is not expected to be used. we'll be live in brussels, and getting reaction from our assistant political editor in westminster. also this lunchtime... show us the evidence — the us asks turkey to produce a surveillance recording, said to showjournalist