you can see those 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 perhaps later on today costing in excess of a0 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 0ctober. 0vernight, 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 drift further east. not raining for all in scotland, a band of cloud across

into northern ireland in the afternoon of further south we keep the sunny spells and temperatures will peak at around 17 degrees. as we move into saturday, we talked about this yesterday, folk could be an issue. for most it should lift and we will see the sunshine coming through. —— fog. but it could head into low cloud and you could be in for a disappointing saturday. generally across england and wales, sunny spells continue. another weather from pushing sunny spells continue. another weatherfrom pushing into the north—west and wind strength and here. in eastern scotland, temperatures around 17 degrees and high teens into the south east corner. into sunday, the weather front is there. isobars squeezing together and the breeze into the far north—west and that will push steadily south and east. generally speaking across much of scotland and northern ireland, there will be a lot of cloud around and there will be outbreaks of rain. it will be a

wea k be outbreaks of rain. it will be a weak affairand for be outbreaks of rain. it will be a weak affair and for much of england and wales we continue to see plenty of dry, sunny weather. temperatures of dry, sunny weather. temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees. all in all, not a bad weekend. a reminder of our main stories. 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. 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, this is not expected to be used. their critics say it will mean spending more money to the eu and more control under eu rules. plenty more control under eu rules. plenty more on the news channel this afternoon but that is it from the bbc news at one. now we join the

news teams where you are this afternoon. good afternoon. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. eight new players, no danny cipriani. eddiejones the england rugby union coach has picked his squad for the autumn internationals next month. lots of changes, as patrick gearey reports. a yearfrom a year from the world cup eddie jones has been solving the puzzle with it teaches keep disappearing. aid of a 26 grand slam winning team are not available for the autumn internationals. we had a string of injuries and people were saying the game is getting to physical but you go through these cycles and you never know why it happens. itjust happens and it will rectify itself.

last nightjones lost another one. nathan hughes the powerhouse number eight is banned for punching them tweeting about it. he was supposed to ta ke tweeting about it. he was supposed to take billy vunipola's place in the side. he broke his arm and is 12 weeks out. england have more players to choose from from any other rugby nation but still a place for danny cipriani. a controversial call a controversial character and after year of indifferent results focuses on the man making them. he has lost with england five of the last international is that this is a new season and they are building up for the world cup. what he has to do is find the replacements. but it's a pressure on the players and the whole squad. jones and england would have been hoping this autumn would raise the memories of spring they came fifth in the six nations. within three weeks they face the all blacks just when they wanted to be

fine—tuning for the world cup england keep having to replace the engine. 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 a months. kaneria has apologised to westfield, and says he "cannot live a life with lies". luke shaw has signed a new five year contract at manchester united. it's a big turn around for the 23—year—old who was heavily criticised by boss jose mourinho last season. but he's made the left back squad his own this term, is back in the england squad, and has been rewarded with a new contract worth around £150,000 a week. 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. 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 — 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. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. liam fox liam fox the latest in a growing number of officials pulling out of that international investment conference in saudi arabia. the uk saying they want to hear the truth behind what has happened to the missing journalist. we will have more on that throughout the afternoon. to our top story.

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. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. that's what she says it will sue but her critics think otherwise. it's a raid a in westminster when every single tory mp i've spoken to this morning is in agreement. trouble is they oppose this idea mrs may has given space to of some extension to the transition period which is why i think we saw this morning the prime minister out and about desperately trying to put the idea back in its box saying it may never happen. and if it did happen, don't worry, it would only be for a few months. but there doesn't seem to be any support as far as there doesn't seem to be any support as farasi there doesn't seem to be any support as far as i can see in westminster on her own backbenches for this. let's talk to nicky morgan the former cabinet mr. your take on this

extension of the transition?” former cabinet mr. your take on this extension of the transition? i think it would be unhelpful to the overall position of where we want to get to in our relationship with the eu. the prime minister is exploring all options and she wants a deal and parliament once a deal but the difficulty of the transition is we are ina difficulty of the transition is we are in a holding pattern then and i don't think any of us can take much more of this carrying on not having a resolution and not being able to work on the future relationships we will have with the eu and other countries. along the transition period put off the inevitable decisions. so what do people like you now argue for? clearly you don't wa nt you now argue for? clearly you don't want a no deal or canada deal. what is it you are pressing for? many of

us have been talking about the uk reapplying tojoin us have been talking about the uk reapplying to join something called the european free trade area that would mean we have access to the single market which would help businesses to trade across borders and if you have a customs arrangement alongside that covering the whole of the uk that the also help to resolve the issues around the irish border. what evidence to you have there is any support on the tory backbenches for it and whether mrs may could be convinced to change her mind? someone did ask the question about it the other day and she was careful about saying what she was careful about saying what she was careful about saying what she was looking for but it was not ruled out. there is growing support on the backbenches. some brexit here's the past have advocated the annoying model. what the prime minister wants is a deal that will command majority support in the house of commons. many of us feel this is something that is definitely worth exploring. how seriously do

you take the risk though there is no agreement anywhere and actually despite what people may want, no deal is what will happen? it's a real danger. it's more likely we will have deal than not. there are some people on my benches and elsewhere and figure no daylight come is fine. it would be very damaging to our constituents and businesses and our national interests but the longer you go on talking about a model that is unlikely to get support in the house of commons or be agreed with the eu thenl of commons or be agreed with the eu then i think you get closer and closer to a no daylight come. the other option which many people have talked about if parliament can't sort it out, handed back to the people in another referendum. sort it out, handed back to the people in another referendumlj people in another referendum.” understand why people say that. but i think having a second vote perpetuates the divisions and the

unhappiness in the country we have seen for the past two years. we need to get on. we needed to provide education, social care, health and other issues. we have to pass legislation in parliament to have a second vote and i am not convinced that legislation would get support and i'm not convinced what the question would be. the right thing to do in the national interest is to say there is something that commands support the house of commons and the chubby support. we will hear from the prime minister at around 3:30pm and it's going to be a fascinating news c0 nfe re nce and it's going to be a fascinating news conference because it's very ha rd to news conference because it's very hard to find any support in her party for this idea of extending transition. do you know where that press c0 nfe re nce transition. do you know where that press conference is happening?m brussels i think. 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 has 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 now campaigns 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 a% 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 communications 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. protesters in southern india angry at a supreme court ruling allowing all women to visit a famous temple in the state of kerala have clashed with police in a second day of violence. a female journalist from the new york times abandoned her attempt to reach the temple following threats and abuses. the hardliners also prevented women from reaching the hilltop site on wednesday. james clayton reports from kerala. this road is a lot quieter than usual because protesters here have essentially tried to shut down this part of kerela. what they have said to some of the drivers is, if you bring journalists into the temple complex then we will attack those cars. so a lot ofjournalists have tried to get in today and have failed. but we were there yesterday and we saw some of the violence meted out by some of those protesters, particularly

violence towards women. we saw buses being checked for women and when a woman was found in there, mobbed until the buses turned around. we sought one woman being illegally attacked by the protesters. essentially, what the protesters were saying was that they did not want women of menstruation—age, the ages of between 10 and 50, to enter that temple. what they believe is that the supreme court ruling which lifted that i am has replaced one form of dissemination with another, that of religious intolerance. that is why they are so angry. norway's prime minister erna solberg has issued an official government apology to norwegian women who were mistreated over world war two—era relationships with german soldiers. up to 50,000 norwegian women are thought to have had relationships with german soldiers. the germans were also encouraged to have children with them by ss leader heinrich himmler. the women became known by the nickname the "german girls",

and were targeted for reprisals in norway when the war ended — accused of betraying the country. 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. 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 dare trespass. this fence here represents the big divide in question in kenya today. on my left are 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 few 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 their ancestral land. it currently belongs to a multinational company

which processes tinned 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 5,000 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 amounts 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 8,000 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. 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 level for ten yea rs 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 tadhg enright with the business news.

a warm summer boosts sales of food & 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 to and from 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 and tempt them into swapping platforms. we've had some retail figures out this morning and they show a drop — this follows a surge over the summer. 0verall sales dropped by 0.8% in september, a fall fed in large part by food. it was a freak summer but now that the good weather has gone and we're no longer having

as many barbecues, food sales saw their steepest drop in three years in september, dropping 1.5%. the retail expert catherine shuttleworth gave us her forecast for what these figures mean for embattled high street retailers. the figures show there has been a drop since august but it was a huge august. we were buying an awful lot of food. actually year—on—year the figures are up 3.8% and what the figures are up 3.8% and what the figures do tell us today is that a massive increase in that is online. i think that's a story we will see continued through the christmas but we will also see a tailored to high street. we will some see some retailers doing well and some really struggle to make a profit in the next few weeks. gatwick, the uk's second

busiest airport, has published plans to transform its emergency standby runway into a fully functional second runway to help boost its capacity to compete with heathrow. john lewis is trying to tempt shoppers to its new cheltenham store by offering them a chance to have the entire shop to themselves — if they spend £10,000. the private shopping experience is one of several that the department store chain is offering as it tries to revive its fortunes. men no longer have their own kleenex. the kleenex mansize brand is being ditched after 60 years, after which its makers have come to the conclusion that it could be seen as a bit sexist. from now on, they'll be called extra large. how are the markets performing today? the ftse is not terribly optimistic about brextra time. investors disappointed by a 0.8% drop in retail sales in september. the pound though has recovered from some losses against the us dollar earlier this morning, and that's despite those disappointing retail sales figures. although it did suffer a bit

of a fall yesterday so this could simply be recovery mode. lower spending at the shops and also in the bingo halls. the mecca bingo lower spending at the shops and also in the bingo halls. the mecca bingo owner rank group has posted a big slump in sales over the past four months. but we are buying more pizza. sales at dominos have grown 6% over the past year and it's also announced it's buying back some of its own shares. that's pushed the price per slice of dominos higher. that's all the business news. later we will have full coverage

from brussels where we are waiting to hear from theresa may. from brussels where we are waiting to hearfrom theresa may. we from brussels where we are waiting to hear from theresa may. we will also hear from donald to hear from theresa may. we will also hearfrom donald tusk and to hear from theresa may. we will also hear from donald tusk and john could impair following those talks last night. the uk saying withdrawal from the eu could be extended. first, let's get an update on the weather. we are lucky enough to live in a beautiful country when the sun is shining. some stunning pictures being sent into us. this was cumbria this morning. it isjust as beautiful further east as well. warm enough to sit out and enjoy a cup of tea across the country. temperatures are expected to climb into the mid to high teens for some of us. the

best of the sunshine in the south. the winds will strengthen as we go through the afternoon. a weather front heading here overnight. temperatures this afternoon digging around 17 degrees. —— peaking. as we move through the evening we keep those clear skies across england and way. the cloud pushes in and will act like a blanket so double fingers in —— figures in western scotland. it's this weather front that is topping across high pressure as it slips into the near continent so u nfortu nately slips into the near continent so unfortunately it does bring a change to the story tomorrow. some of the rain will be heavy in the west but it will weaken substantially so not everywhere in scotland will see

rain. the best of the sunshine for friday afternoon in wales and england. even behind the front, you should see some sun. a different story on saturday morning. there could be some dense fog which will be slow to lift. it mailing in some places but most of us again will keep the settle theme. a week weather front of a push into the northwest again bringing slightly stronger breezes and more rain but eastern scotland with a little bit of warmth could see highs of 17 degrees. a similar story further south and east. as we move out of saturday and sunday another weather front could just push up further south and that will bring yet more rain. nothing really substantial but wet and windy weather in the northwest which will push into the

northwest which will push into the north of england and north wales during the latter stages of the day on sunday. the southeast keeps that sunshine. it's looking quite promising for most of us through the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2pm: extending the extension — there's anger among some conservative mps after the prime minister confirms that the uk's post—brexit transition period could be lengthened. 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. the us asks turkey to produce a surveillance recording — said to showjournalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul.

the number of murders in england and wales reaches a ten—year peak.