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 jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. crimes of violence are up again in england and wales — new figures show the number of murders is the highest for 10 years. targeting the fraudsters — banks will introduce new measures to stop people transferring money into fake accounts. not quite dressed for the beach — harry and meghan get a warm reception as they visit a coastline clean—up campaign in melbourne. and coming up on bbc news, new faces for england, but there is no place for england, but there is no place for danny cipriani, but ben morgan is in, as eddiejones names a new look england squad for the autumn internationals.

good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may is attempting to defuse a row within the conservative party over her willingness to consider extending the transition period after brexit by "a matter of months", to ensure there is no hard border in northern ireland. she has faced widespread criticism, after a warning that any extension beyond the end of 2020 could cost britain billions of pounds in extra contributions to the eu. mrs may has insisted that she does not expect to use the extra time, because she still hoped to agree a trade deal with the eu in time. damian grammaticas sent this report from brussels. morning. a cheery angela merkel. a chipper dutch prime minister. brexit talks may have stalled, but no signs

yet of stress. translation: the reason, explained belgian charles michel, the ball is in the uk's court. theresa may now has an offer to consider, and extended transition, stretching the period after the uk quits the uk last —— quits the eu last year but that acrylics cheer that effectively stays under its rules would mean extra time to sort out a trade deal but would tie the uk to the eu for longer. the the point is 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 are working for. last night, the other leaders listen to mrs may appeal to their friendship to reach a deal, then headed off without her to relax over a beer in the centre of brussels. but the idea of binding the uk to the eu for

longer is already stirred opposition from conservative mps, as in transition they must follow eu rules but have no say in anything. the 21 months when we are in the eu roebuck but not contributing to those rules is problematic. an extension is problematic. as you rightly pointed out it doesn't solve the northern irish issue because any time limit would fall foul of the european union's you that they need a backstop. the most common phrase to me isjust get backstop. the most common phrase to me is just get on with it, and backstop. the most common phrase to me isjust get on with it, and if this means more prevarication, more delay, it opens up the horror of very large sums of money possibly being handed over as we get into the next european spending round, so it's pretty unattractive. but unattractive also macro for all sides are the other options, including a total impasse in the talks and a chaotic exit for the uk next year. this new idea which eu

leaders seem open to to extend the transition period make some sense to the negotiations because it will allow more time to sort out problems like the irish border. the difficulty is that for theresa may taking this back home and selling it politically may be a tough thing to do. we exactly know that theresa may is in do. we exactly know that theresa may isina do. we exactly know that theresa may is in a tricky situation because she has huge pressure in the uk and at westminster, we have common interest to defend or so, so we need to find the right balance but we can't allow cherry picking and destroy in fact the internal market and the rules. this is in the interests of our economy. so red lines on all sides is, now the brexit negotiations enter their endgame and it is mrs may under most pressure, hemmed in both at brussels and at home, time ebbing away to strike a deal. in a moment, we can hear from our assistant political editor norman smith, who's in westminster, but first our correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. what is the feeling there now about

what theresa may has had to say? well, simon, use all those leaders this morning looking pretty relaxed about everything, that is quite extraordinary in some ways, if you think about it, because what they just decided last night was there is no point them scheduling any more meetings, any more summits, to try to sign off a brexit deal because they don't see the prospect of that happening for weeks or even months. what they did say was that they were encouraged by the sort of positive tone of what they heard, and i think pa rt tone of what they heard, and i think part of the reason they feel a little bit relaxed perhaps, even though none of them want this to end in the deadlock of a no deal, is that they see the difficult decisions at this point in theresa may's sort of court, and that particular row around this episode of extending the transition presents difficult choices. but the eu leaders also feel that they have their bottom line that they are not going to shift on, they need that brexit backstop, that irish border

guarantee. they are not going to budge on that. difficult decision for the uk. there will be no time limit on it. another difficult decision for the uk, and they see i think the need for theresa may to confront those difficult decisions. meanwhile, they will sit and wait for the negotiations and what can happen there then. so the issues i think they see are that there is time ebbing away, but hard choices the uk faces, and they wait to hear. thank you very much. and norman, thatis thank you very much. and norman, that is the point, whatever the difficulties there, she faces a very ha rd difficulties there, she faces a very hard sell here. width the truth is the kind of krakatoa style explosion of rage which greeted this idea frankly caught downing street off—guard, that is why we saw mrs may saying don't worry, it isjust an option and it would only be for a few months, everyone just calm down. the trouble is even mooting the idea

of extending the transition is just like getting a jerry can of kerosene and pouring it over the anger in the tory party and it hasjust and pouring it over the anger in the tory party and it has just exploded. brexiteers have gone ballistic, because they say, all right, we went along with two years transition, talking about three years? their fear is that cutting free from the eu isjust fear is that cutting free from the eu is just disappearing fear is that cutting free from the eu isjust disappearing into never— never land. they are also angry about the money, as our remainers, who say the cost could spiral up to they say potentially £18 billion, and none of this, they say, resolves the vexed issue of the northern ireland backstop. in other words, doesn't get you any closer to the deal. one former minister said the deal. one former minister said the blancmange of backbenchers, that sort of wobbly lot in the middle, they are in despair over the way this has been handled, so we have ended up in the position of the last 24 hours where mrs may has said yes, she has managed to unite the tory party, the trouble as she has managed to unite them in opposition

to her. thank you both very much. if you're unsure about the various terms surrounding brexit, then you can go to the bbc news website and look for the brexit jargon—buster — your guide to all the key terms. president trump has asked turkey for a copy of a recording, said to contain clear and disturbing evidence that the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. the washington post has published the last column written by mr khashoggi before he went missing more than two weeks ago; in it he says arab governments are given free rein to silence the media. chris buckler reports from washington. 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 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 istambul residence, the washington post published mr khashoggi's last column, an article which its editor said showed his passion forfreedom, freedom they believe he gave his life for. in the opinion piece, mr khashoggi writes of the jailing ofjournalists and attacks on the media in the arab world, no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community. and he goes on to say that arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. 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 are an ally and a tremendous purchaser of not only military

equipment, but other things. when i went there, they committed to purchase $450 billion worth of things and $110 billion worth of military. those are the biggest orders in the history of this country. probably the history of the world. there is pressure for saudi arabia to give some kind of explanation for what happened afterjamal khashoggi was pictured entering its consulate. one of the saudi crown prince's own bodyguards, maher mutreb, is accused of being part of a hit squad that flew into istanbul. and with claims that there is 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. our correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. simon, it is a plastic tightrope

that the us and turkey are trying to —— a diplomatic tightrope that the us and turkey are trying to tread with saudi arabia to preserve that relationship was as for the british relationship, the bbc now understands that liam fox, the international trade secretary, has pulled out of an important investment conference in riyadh next week, so i think that is a clear sign of where britain stands on this issue at the moment, is the latest high—profile name to pull out of that high—profile showpiece. in terms of donald trump he wavers between warning the saudis of severe punishment, and then saying that he disapproved of the approach of guilty until proven innocent, and that the saudis are an important ally. why? clearly because saudi arabia is key to his foreign policy of containing iran, but also critics in washington would say because of his business dealings with the saudi kingdom, to whom he sold real estate and yachts and the like. as for turkey, it was much harderfor the

turks to walk away from this, because of course the probable killing happened here on turkish soil and macabre details are now coming out about the dismemberment of the body and the torture that might have happened to jamal khashoggi, and the danger in this diplomatic tightrope would be if the turks release these audio and video recordings they say they have that would directly implicate and incriminate the saudis, do they have them, possibly? they are reluctant to say that they bugged their consulates. do they not have them possibly? this is being used as leveraged over the saudis, but what is clear is that the image of saudi arabia has probably been irreversibly damaged, and on that the irony is that jamal khashoggi would have done more through probable death than he did in his writings through life. thank you brain much. the number of murders in england and wales has risen to its highest level for ten years. figures from the office of national statistics, published this morning, show that the overall number of crimes recorded by police has gone up by 9%. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is with me to explain more.

what else do these figures tell us? there is a cliche that you can make statistics tell you anything you like, but these statistics, and there are two ways of measuring crime, have been showing over the last ten years a reduction in the overall level of crime. and something called the british crime survey that effectively asks people at the had been a victim of crime in the last year, that is currently stable, but what the police figures also tell us is what the police called high crime, where people get mergers, seriously injured —— get murdered, drugs, knives, those sorts of things, they are clearly increasing and the statisticians are in agreement about that, so there is a clear rise. violence up i9%, robbery up 22%, sexual offences 18%. the concern is that this is a trend thatis the concern is that this is a trend that is not going to turn around. the murder rate is a concern. in london, we've seen a large number of

murders this year approaching the figures for last year. the police in london have had to launch a violent crime task force to try and tackle that problem. but there is also some evidence that some of the policing is having an effect. just a few days ago, the met announced that its anti—scooter gang operation, operation venice, had actually reduce the number of incidents by about a third. there is also some evidence that when it comes to gun offences that the figures are starting to come down on the suggesting that perhaps criminals are finding it harder to get or carry guns around because of policing, and that that might be pushing people to the use of knives more. so not all bad news but some good news. tom, thank you very much. the scottish government has confirmed a case of bse. precautionary restrictions have been put in place at the farm in aberdeenshire. officials say there was no risk to human health. there have been 16 cases of bse since 2011, most recently in 2015. a jury

has ajury has been retracing the last footsteps of two schoolgirls who were found dead on the south downs, 32 years ago. russell bishop is on trial — for the second time — accused of the murders of nine—year—olds karen hadaway this is wild park, just behind us here. this is where the two girls, karen hadaway and nicola fellows, both nine years old, went missing on the 9th of october 1986. they had been out to play after school. they didn't return home that evening and it was the following day when their bodies were found, not far from here in the park in a den. now today, the jury has been brought here really, to get a sense of the geography and the area where the girls were found. they were brought here from the old bailey by coach. they have been accompanied by the judge, mrjustice sweeney and also the barristers, who are not wearing their traditional clothes today, instead wearing suits and ties. and they have been taken around those key locations.

they've already seen this morning, the den, the area where the two girls were discovered on the 10th of october 32 years ago. they also walked past a memorial, a long—standing memorial to the girls, but they didn't stop at that location. the judge had told them yesterday they didn't need to, it wasn't part of their considerations and there was no disrespect. they have also had pointed out to them, a fish and chip shop not too far away from here where some witnesses saw the girls on the afternoon they went missing. russell bishop isn't here with the jury today, he decided not to come today. thejudge told thejury it was a sensible decision by him and they shouldn't hold it against him. our top story this lunchtime. there's anger as theresa may says the uk's transition out of the eu could be extended by "a matter

of months" to ensure there's no visible border in northern ireland. coming up: howzat — the pakistani batsmen thought this was a boundary. we'll tell you what happened next. coming up on bbc news... wayne rooney is major league. he scores this wonder goalfor dc rooney is major league. he scores this wonder goal for dc united. it is his tenth of the season. it's more than a year since the terrorist attack on the ariana grande concert at the manchester arena, which left 22 people dead and hundreds injured. many of them were parents and children — the youngest to die was eight years old. this morning a pre—inquest hearing got under way. our correspondentjudith moritz is outside manchester town hall for us. yes, nearly 18 months since the attack at the arena. this is the first time today since the coroner,

who was appointed in august, sir john saunders, has held a prehearing. the inquest themselves could be at least a year away from now. so the hearing this morning was to make arrangements. there were families of those who died in the court room at the town hall and before the hearing got under way there was a minute's silence, all there was a minute's silence, all the names of the 22 people who died we re the names of the 22 people who died were read out. we learned a bit about why there is this length of time that the crown prosecution service say there are efforts being made to extradite from libya, the brother of the suicide bomber. but whilst there could still be a prosecution of that man, the inquest cannot be held yet because they could affect the outcome of the prosecution. so it is legal process, but in the meantime, they say they wa nt to but in the meantime, they say they want to make progress and there will be legal work ongoing behind—the—scenes with the aim to stop the inquests within the next

year or $0 stop the inquests within the next yearorso and stop the inquests within the next year or so and there was a lot of talk about where they will take place, whether there will be a jury, details like that. the next hearing in this process will be in february. judith, thank thank you very much. penny mordaunt has been heckled at a conference about sex abuse scandals. one former aid worker and russell blower from save the children confronted the cabinet minister onstage, alleging the government was trying to control women in the sector. it was the scandal that shocked the aid sector. this year we learned how some of oxfam's staff had severely compromised its dearly held values. they'd used young prostitute in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake. the charity dismissed for members of staff and that three quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened. and sexual harassment... today at a

special safeguarding summit, the government made it clear it wants to turn the page on the sex abuse scandals in the aid sector. let there be no doubt that that is what we are here to do. notjust to tinker around the edges but rewrites the way this sector operates from root to branch. amongst the announcements were a new project with interpol to let charities access criminal records more quickly. and support for a so—called passport for aid workers, meaning charities come voluntarily pool information aboutjob charities come voluntarily pool information about job applicants. that is an excellent time for me to intervene. but as the minister was in full flow, she was interrupted by a protester who had been an aid worker but quit in anger. this is about giving truth to power and i don't feel i have seen anything from what you have been coming out with with your solutions to tackle that.

0k. thank you for saying that. some of the anger is because save the children are helping to deliver the reforms when they have had their own scandal of sexual harassment in head office. but the charity itself believes change is happening. it's not a silver bullet, other things need to happen alongside it, including organisations working together to share information and that includes tough internal scrutiny and things much change survivors and communities first. scrutiny and things much change survivors and communities firstm nothing else, this eventful summit shows that the aid sector is still contorted about the way it has been run in the past. banks are introducing new measures to stop people being tricked into transferring money into fraudulent accounts. in future, customers will be warned if the name of someone they are trying to pay does not match the account details. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here to explain

how this new service will work. probably 70,000 people this year will be tricked into paying the wrong person. if you are buying a house and you have to pay a deposit but a fraudster hacks into the e—mail account of your solicitor and sends you a demand for the money with the solicitor‘s name on top but with the solicitor‘s name on top but with fraudulent bank details below and you pay it and that is how you get taken in. let me show you how electronic payments happen at the moment. what the banks look at is the sort code and the account number that you are sending the money to. they don't check the name and that is where the fraudsters have an opening to trick you into going to the wrong name. what confirmation of payee does, yes it will have the account number and the sort code, but it checks the person you are playing against the real name against the account you are paying, said the fraudster and it warns you

if the names are different and you can stop the payment. how much fraud are we talking about? around 300 million this year. most of the cost is shouldered by customers rather than the banks. that is why there is an urgency to deal with it. this one coming until between april and july next year, so next other expect to see these warnings come up on your phone or computer if you are making a payment. simon, thank you very much. the duke and duchess of sussex have hit the beach during a visit to melbourne, but there's been no time to relax. on the third day of their tour of australia they've been looking at efforts to keep the coastline litter—free. in front of thousands of well—wishers prince harry also spoke of "fast fashion" and its environmental impact. our royal correspondentjonny dymond reports from melbourne. from australia's second city, a first—class welcome. they only came for a day. for many here, it would be a day to remember. for one young woman, it was all a bit too much.

as for that royal no touching rule? forget about it, you could almost feel the love. outside the governor's residence, a scheme to get women into fitness. for meghan, a chance to try aussie rules football. for the women involved, the chance to meet their inspiration. she's definitely a role model, i feel like anybody who has a position of power and uses it for good is considered a role model. her work with women and even coming here and speaking to the people, local melburnians about getting active, shows she is interested and wants to help in anyway that she can. from the green grass to the golden sands.

but this was a beach trip with a purpose. championing the clean—up campaign that battles the plastic and needles that sweep up on the coast. watching the couple's every move, more crowds. a beach clean—up may not seem like a very royal concern, but it is a concern for people who live in melbourne. and it's the way the couple have got involved in issues like this that has connected them with australians. ijust think harry is just lovely. harry in particular? yeah, harry in particular. i really think they have taken on board the people's princess, i am going to say concept, that diana, was her signature really and it's coming down through harry and his new wife. it was a brief visit, but melbourne loved it and the couple showed that royalty and relevance can go hand—in—hand. jonny diamond, bbc news, melbourne.

what sounds like a cat but looks like a bird? it is not the start of a bad joke but a description of a north american bird that has turned up north american bird that has turned up in cornwall. it is the great bird. squarking. it is only the second time it has been spotted in the uk. they came today to catch a glimpse of the bird, a species native to north america. we have stepped away from the group because the name of the game is not only patients, but also silence. the twitchers are poised with their cameras and it really is a waiting game. what is it like when you are waiting and you actually spot it? it is not

pleasurable, i have to say. there it goes. it's just pleasurable, i have to say. there it goes. it'sjust gone past. it has flown right over our heads. that was timing. it is extremely stressful, i have to say. when you have over a 40 minute wait and then it pops up, it is light relief. their patience was eventually rewarded. it has been blown across by the winds we have had recently and the conditions abroad, it doesn't belong here, it isa rare abroad, it doesn't belong here, it is a rare bird. it is a migrator re—species in america and it mimics a catlike noise which is why it is called a bird. we didn't get close enough to hear it, but you can hear it's called in this footage captured in florida. many travelled hundreds of miles so and a lot depended on this little bird. i think it is about the longest i have had to wait

for bird without giving up. we set out at 5am so it is a relief. going to drive back now. it's not known how long the bird will survive here but that's not stopping those keen to catch a glimpse while they can. naomi dimond, bbc news, cornwall. now, howzat for a mix up? pakistani batsmen thought they'd hit a boundary from this ball, but as you can see the it didn't quite make it and was held up in the outfield, just short of the rope line. the batsmen stood in the middle of the pitch as they chatted, thinking they'd just scored four runs. but an australian fielder ran to the ball, threw it back to the wicket keeper and this happened... he knocked the stumps off, running out one of the unsuspecting batsmen. former england captain, michael vaughan, described it as one of the most extraordinary runouts he's ever seen. now, let's have a look at the weather, hello, louise. it is glorious out there, you can

get out and enjoyed the autumn colour across much of england and wales. this is cumbria and this is suffolk. it looks like it will stay like that for most of the afternoon because if you take a look at the satellite picture you can see those clear skies across england and wales. there is more cloud into the north west with the frontal system arriving through the night. we will start to see the wind picking up perhaps later on today costing in excess of 40 miles an hour. enjoy the afternoon, it is going to be lovely with lots of sunny spells coming through. it is stilljust above the average at 16 or 17 degrees. not bad in the back half of october. overnight, the cloud and the wind will stand in and rain will push into the west of scotland. not as cold as the one just passed, temperatures at about 10 degrees. to

the north—east we could see low single figures potentially into the north—east of england. high pressure generally controlling the story at the moment. shifting after the east and into the far north—west we will see a weather front that will bring wetter weather into western scotland. it will gradually