this is the briefing. i'm victoria fritz. our top story: breaking the rules. the eu warns italy it's planned spending for 2019 is too high. —— its. more pressure on the kingdom. donald trump hardens his tone over the alleged murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the president is also pressuring mexico to stop central american migrants from reaching the united states. and an angelic moment in australia. meghan and harry enjoy a bit of bonding on bondi beach. in business, trade wars and a multi—trillion dollar debt pile weigh on china, as growth slows to its weakest since the financial crisis. i'll be speaking to the british head of the international chambers of commerce about the implications of the us—china trade war. a warm welcome to the programme,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. you can be part of the conversation as well. keira knightley admits she bans her 3—year—old daughter from watching some disney films because they send out the wrong message. do you agree? or is this a snow queen drama from the snowflake generation? tell us what you think, just use #bbcthebriefing. you could be forgiven for thinking that brexit has been the only preoccupation for the eu over the past week, but its members are also worried about another problem, italy and its budget. the italian government is planning a spending boost for what it calls a people's budget to end austerity, but brussels is warning that it appears to break eu rules

and might even be rejected. lebo diseko reports. it's four months since italy's new government was sworn in. the populace coalition swept to power, saying they'd end poverty. they promised tax cuts, better pensions and new social welfare policies, all of which come at a cost. and now the d raft of which come at a cost. and now the draft of the budget to finance those pledges has put the country on a collision course with the eu. it says italy's proposed government spending is too high, and the country's public debt breaks eu rules. translation: country's public debt breaks eu rules. translationzlj country's public debt breaks eu rules. translation: i have three questions for the italian government, how will it pay for the new measures? who will meet the additional costs? and how will be debt be reduced? italy's plans would set the budget deficit and 2.4% of gdp to allow for

greater spending. that's actually below the eu's deficit limit of 3% of gdp, but the country already has huge debt. it currently stands at 131% of gdp, second only to greece. and its memories of the greek crisis that hang over europe like a spectre. the country's skyhigh death meant it had to be rescued by a emergency loans from the eu and imf. the austerity measures that followed led to social unrest and real fears it could crash out of the eurozone. italy is the third biggest economy in the eurozone, meaning many see it as being too big to be allowed to fail. yet the idea of paying to bail the country out would be something other eu countries would resist. the president of the european

commission, jean—claude juncker, says he anticipates insults and abuse by some member states if they we re abuse by some member states if they were to accept italy's budget plans. brussels could reject the italian budget and send it back for revision. if that happens, it would bea revision. if that happens, it would be a first for the european union. lotus eco, bbc news. certainly a first for the european union. —— lebo diseko. this is an interesting stand—off between the eu and italy. interesting. after the italian government came in place, we saw the exchange of words between the eu commission and the new government, which seems to be coming down to this conflict over the budget and the question as to whether italy should be allowed to boost spending in order to boost the economy, as the government is saying, or what the eu is saying, bring up debt, which is already the

highest in europe after greece. how likely is it that this institution is going to really impose any strict rules ? is going to really impose any strict rules? how would it even do it? is this an organisation that can really change the italian budget? it's not as if the eu can change it, but it could impose rules that are forcing the italian government to bring down debt. if it doesn't do that, then there's the reaction that seen within markets and you see them quite an impact there. so there's no direct enforcement powers the european commission has over italy's budget, but it could enforce measures saying we'd like you to bring down the deficit, and we'd like you to make changes to your budget plan. if they don't then do that, then there's going to be another element of this bringing up tensions and also having markets react, which is one of the concerns investors have that you could see another market fallout because of

this. we'll leave it there for a moment. i know you're going to come back and do the papers with me soon, so i'll see you soon, nina. pressure is building on saudi arabia to acknowledge and explain the suspected murder of thejournalist and government critic jamal khashoggi, last seen in turkey two weeks ago. the us treasury secretary has pulled out of a high—profile investment conference in riyadh next week, so have his opposite numbers from britain and france. president trump has now declared that mr khashoggi is most likely dead. and if the saudis are responsible, he said, the consequences should be very severe. chris buckler has more. yes, the president is still pushing for a pause. he says he wants to see the outcome of these different investigations that are ongoing, and we know that there are still very active investigations in turkey at the moment. but there is definitely a hardening of language, and you get a sense that that is partly because donald trump has seen the details of multiple intelligence reports. he said that to the new york times, and he says that, if saudi arabia

were involved, then ultimately there will be severe consequences. but, again, he's still not saying what those will be. but i think there is pressure growing, notjust on saudi arabia but also on president trump, to be seen to act on this. because he has talked about the potential of it being rogue killers, of really wanting to stop and take a break, and not point the finger at saudi arabia at the moment. but, at the same time, there does seem to be growing suspicions that saudi arabia could have been involved, and the longer thatjamal khashoggi is missing, the more that there are questions being asked of the saudi government itself. that was chris buckler reporting from washington. and you can keep up to date all with the latest developments on our website. you'll find plenty of analysis, as well as reaction from international leaders and officials. just go to bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. let's brief you on some

of the other stories making the news. some pictures coming in to us now. these are pictures coming from sydney. you can see the sydney harbour bridge. leading up the field, as you can see, with a pair of sunglasses, is none other than prince harry. he's going up... the duke of sussex is going up with the australian prime minister, scott morrison, and invictus competitors, we understand, they are climbing the syd ney we understand, they are climbing the sydney harbour bridge to raise the invictus flag. that's happening live in sydney as we speak. this is part of their royal tour, harry and meghan e, going around the world. they've been on bondi beach doing a little bit of bonding with the locals earlier in the day. as you can see, pictures coming in of the duke of sussex, prince harry, along

with the australian prime minister and invictus competitors climbing the sydney harbour bridge to hopefully raise the invictus flag. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the us department of justice has opened an investigation into accusatons of child abuse against hundreds of roman catholic priests in pennsylvania. a grand jury report in august found credible evidence that more than 1,000 children had been abused by 300 priests across the state, and that church officials covered it up. warnings have been issued across eastern spain ahead of what's expected to be the worst torrential rainfall in ten years. around 20 centimetres of rain are forecast in just 12 hours. it's just days since tropical storm leslie swept across the country, and flash floods in the balearic islands left 13 people dead. the wife of interpol‘s former president, meng hongwei, has called for more freedom in china, weeks after her husband was detained there.

in her first interview with british media, grace meng told the bbc that she's had no updates on her husband. the chinese authorities have since confirmed he's being held on suspicion of bribery. some more royal news. prince harry and meghan markle are continuing their tour of australia. they started the day being greeted by huge crowds on a visit to sydney's iconic bondi beach. the duke and duchess of sussex met a local surfing group that raises awareness for mental health while being cheered by hundreds of supporters looking on. it's the couple's first overseas trip together and, it began with them announcing they're expecting a child. hywel griffith reports from sydney. barefoot on bondi, the day started with a relaxed feel... if that's possible with hundreds of people watching every step. the royals came

to experience fluro friday, a way of supporting people tackling mental health problems by meeting up for a chat and a surf at the beach, as well as a group hug, of course. what prince harry said to me really stuck out, if you're struggling, reaching out, if you're struggling, reaching out for help is not a weakness, it's a sign of strength so it's going to show people around the world that mental health does not discriminate. prince harry may be sixth in line to the throne, but in australia he polls as the nation's favourite royal. while a clear majority of the people here want the country to be a republic, with every visit, the crowds have still turned out. the trip here to bondi was another example of the royal couple wanting to be seen to be approachable, hands—on, huggable even. in reality, every step of that or is tightly choreographed and it happens under intense scrutiny. thousands of tourists climb sydney harbour bridge

every month. for harry's accent, things will be in lockdown as he and australia's prime minister aim to plant the invictus games like at the summitahead of plant the invictus games like at the summit ahead of the opening ceremony tomorrow. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. and hyweljoins me from sydney now. looks like they're going down very well down under? absolutely. everywhere they've been, hundreds if not thousands of people have turned out. at bondi this morning, in melbourne yesterday, dubbo the day before. prince harry may be sixth in line, as we said, but he's very popular and its celebrity appeal, lots of people wanting the selfie and the moment and a brush with royalty. what's happening on the bridge behind me is prince harry climbing alongside the australian prime minister, scott morrison, to raise the invictus flag. that's the reason they're here now, for the invictus games in sydney, which

begins tomorrow. not quite at the summit yet, according to these live pictures, but on their way to the top of the bridge. i'm sure you will keep us up to date. interesting they chose sydney, the other side of the world, to announce they're expecting their first world, to announce they're expecting theirfirst child. world, to announce they're expecting their first child. one wonders whether that was a deliberate decision, to keep away from the british press at least for a couple more weeks. possibly. it's hard to say, isn't it? there was a royal wedding just a week ago where nobody‘s really talking about royal baby is, and maybe they decided to let that happen and the next public appearance then was here so rather than overshadow the wedding last week, make the announcement at the start of this tour. it's definitely dominated the first to days of the visit, everyone checking to see signs of a bump. but the visits and the engagements have all been about working with young people, inspiring young people and

today at bondi beach, folks, focused on mental health and helping people talk about things openly and sharing with people —— focused on. there's lots of focus on the baby and lots of people like a gossip about that too. they certainly do. me included! stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: a treat for fans of the late jonny hallyday, the man who introduced france to rock and roll as producers an historic moment that many of his victims have waited for four decades. the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer, and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the

plane outside koeum, it lights up a biblicalfamine, now, plane outside koeum, it lights up a biblical famine, now, in plane outside koeum, it lights up a biblicalfamine, now, in the 20th century. the depressive conclusion. in argentina today, it's actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain. but as good friends, we've always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bowers out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. you are watching the briefing. our headlines: italy is warned that its plans to increase spending and increase its public debt could break eu budget rules. the pressure is ramping up on saudi arabia. president trump says it certainly looks like the missing journalist

jamal khashoggi is dead. donald trump has threatened to close down america's southern border if mexico doesn't stop central american migrants from making their way to the united states. mr trump has already threatened to mobilise the us military to close the border, which stretches more than 3,000 km between america's east and west coast. will grant reports. hungry, wet and exhausted, these people are the reason president trump is threatening to send the military to the border. the caravan of central american migrants, the majority from honduras, has been on the road for several days now, making its way from san pedro too, they hope, the united states. despite president trump warning that

he could withdraw trade from honduras and quite a mother unless the group were stopped, so far their passage through central america hasn't been halted —— guatemala. they are permitted to travel through the region on the national identity cards. however, greater issues lie ahead. when they reach the guatemalan border with mexico, they are expected to have visas. many don't. that is one of the most porous borders in latin america, but security has been ramped up to prevent the migrants travelling any further north. some of the migrants are hoping to appeal to the mexicans‘ sense of empathy. translation: we ask the police, and mexican migration, do let us through. we are pacific caravan. we are not hurting anyone. does please, though, are likely to fall on deaf ears. meanwhile, shelters and volunteer organisations in the region are struggling to cope with

the number of people looking for support. translation: these poor people are fleeing from poverty and violence, because they have always been excluded. the united states has to change its economic and political strategy. and all the while, more stories are emerging of the conditions that the migrants are fleeing from. translation: that's the reason why i'm leaving the country. sun has been dead for four months, murdered by criminal gangs. __ my months, murdered by criminal gangs. —— my son. i don't want them to go back to the same thing. she has already been threatened. none of thatis already been threatened. none of that is likely to budge president trump, however. with the us mid—term elections just weeks away, this ca rava n elections just weeks away, this caravan of men and women, grandparents and young children, has taken on a domestic political dimension in the united states. it is one which may soon stop them in

their tracks. now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i‘m chetan pathak. coming up on friday‘s sport briefiing: lewis hamilton looks to wrap up the formula one drivers championship in texas this weekend. simona halep pulls out of the wta tour finals. and a bizarre run—out for pakistan, but australia will need more than that to stop them. major league baseball‘s world series is getting closer. we will soon know who will be competing in the best—of—seven series. coming up in the national league, the los angeles dodgers are one win away, having finished runners—up last season. they beat the milwaukee brewers 5—2 in their last game. so they have a 3—2 lead in their series, with game six in milwaukee on friday. the cleveland cavaliers will be looking to bounce back on friday after losing their opening

game of the nba season to the toronto raptors, going down "6—104. kyle lowry beat the clock at the end of the second quarter to give the raptors a is—point lead. and they never really looked like losing it. kawhi leonard, on his debut, scored 2a points. the cavs now face the minnesota timberwolves, who are also looking for their first win after losing their last game to the san antonio spurs. australia will resume on 47—1 in their second innings on day four of the second test against pakistan, still needing 491 runs to win. earlier, babar azam fell one short of a maiden test century and sarfraz ahmed hit 81, as pakistan declared on 400—9 in their second innings in abu dhabi. that set the tourists an unlikely 538 for victory. whoever wins the match will clinch the series, after the first test was drawn. the formula one drivers‘ championship could be wrapped up

this weekend if lewis hamilton can collect eight points more than sebastian vettel at the us grand prix. if that happens, it would be his fifth world title, bringing him level with the great juan manuel fangio. hamilton would sitjoint—second in the all—time list, behind only michael schumacher, who has seven. michael‘s stats are incredible, and i‘m still quite a long way away. but i‘m here for some time still, so i‘m just going to keep working hard, and keep trying to do what i do, and what i love, and i enjoy it, and we‘ll see where it takes us. in tennis, the world number one, simona halep, has had to pull out of the season—ending wta tour finals in singapore. the romanian, who won herfirst major, the french open, this year, has been struggling with a back problem that she picked up in wuhan last month. she was forced to retire during her first match at the china open, and pulled out of this week‘s kremlin cup.

and before we go, back to the pakistan—australia test match for one of the day‘s most memorable moments in abu dabhi. i say "memorable," but it is one pakistan batsman azhar ali will want to forget. here he is hitting what everyone assumed was going to be a four, the ball heading to the boundary — except it didn‘t quite make it. there it comes back, with azhar ali chatting away, oblivious to his mistake, as australia celebrate the run—out. thankfully for pakistan, it is highly unlikely to matter. that‘s all for friday‘s sport briefing. from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the team, goodbye. the man who brought rock‘n‘roll to france, johnny hallyday, has just released his last album, from beyond the grave. and it seems the french answer to elvis presley is as popular as ever, as andy beatt reports.

three, two, one... first in the queue for france‘s most anticipated record of the year. hundreds of fans flocked to the midnight launch in paris‘s champs elysees want to get their hands on johnny paris‘s champs elysees want to get their hands onjohnny hallyday‘s adf and final album. translation: i've already pre— ordered it, and being here is just to already pre— ordered it, and being here isjust to mark already pre— ordered it, and being here is just to mark the event. i‘ve been waiting a0 years for him, a0 yea rs been waiting a0 years for him, a0 years for him to be as close as possible to his concerts, and here i am. i‘m still here. possible to his concerts, and here i am. i'm still here. the release of my am. i'm still here. the release of my country‘s love, marks are closing chapter in a career that spanned nearly 60 years and sold more than 110 million records worldwide. he was a man who, in the 60s, hired

jimi hendrix is a warmup act. the ten months since the rock legend‘s death had done nothing to diminish his iconic status or money spinning potential. there may not be any more new material, but the further refuses to fade. translation: were going to have the words, the voice, but we won‘t see him any more, except for pictures, videos with talk, but that‘s all, and that‘s hard. 800,000 copies of the record have gone on sale. experts expect it to go platinum before the day is out. stay with me on bbc news. i‘ll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. before i go and have a break, i will read you some of the tweets we have had on that story, that talking point, keira knightley saying she doesn‘t let her child watch some

disney movies because she says they have the wrong message. do you think thatis have the wrong message. do you think that is fair or have the wrong message. do you think that is fairora have the wrong message. do you think that is fair or a little bit too much? steven gillespie saying she has recently made some big deals to make new disney movies, in fact i think she was promoting a disney movie when she was saying this. her choice to band disney princess films is the ultimate snowflake film. the message of the story is only what you can see that to be and as an actress she should understand how people project themselves on the characters. one saying next—generation correction is the impact of idealism. another viewers asi impact of idealism. another viewers as i take it mothercare will have to change their name soon, the way things are going. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. let us know your thoughts. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. plenty coming up in the business in just a moment‘s time. we will be talking about china and some of the growth numbers which have come in a little bit flatter than expected. i see you a moment. hello there.

most of us had quite a bit of sunshine yesterday. the clear skies lasting well into the evening. and for the first part of the night as well. that‘s allowed temperatures to really plummet away, particular across england and wales, southern parts of scotland. but to the north—west have been watching the cloud thicken over the last few hours. a weather front is on its way and it will bring some wet weather for the early risers. the rain quite heavy for western scotland, where there‘ll also be gale—force gusts of wind in the western isles, becoming quite blowy for the northern isles as well. further south, some patches of frost to start the day in the countryside, particularly across northern england. a few patches in wales, one or two elsewhere. those temperatures actually lifting over the next few hours in scotland and northern ireland as this band of wet and windy weather works in. notice the rain eases off quite quickly for western scotland

and as the front sinks southwards during the day, there won‘t be much rain left on it, just a few spots perhaps across northern ireland, north—west england, into north wales. but the majority having a dry afternoon. the majority of the sunshine across the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england where it is mild. temperatures up to 16 degrees or so. through friday night, we‘ll keep the clear sky and light wind combination across england and wales but this time, we could see some fog patches forming as those temperatures take a bit of a dive. areas that could be particularly foggy — well, the welsh marches, somerset levels, maybe the salisbury plain as well. it means for some of us, we could wake up with scenes like this taking us into the first part of saturday morning and that fog could hang around for a few hours as well, before the sunshine comes out across england and wales. further north and west, for scotland and northern ireland, cloudier skies, some rain in the north—west of scotland easing through the day. temperature—wise, quite mild. 17 degrees for belfast, a 16 in newcastle, the mildest

weather towards the south—east, where temperatures could hit 18 and possibly 19 celsius. and for the second half of the weekend, high—pressure staying across england and wales so more fine weather on the way. ahead of it, a cold front is pushing into the north—west, bringing heavy rain to northern ireland and scotland on sunday. mist and fog slowly clearing across england and wales but once the sunshine comes out towards the south—east, it will be and other mild day. highs of 17 degrees but as the cold front pushes through across the country by monday, it will turn colder for all of us. hello. this is the business briefing. i‘m victoria fritz. trade wars and a multi—trillion dollar debt pile weigh on china, as growth slows to its weakest since the financial crisis. plus, ditching the desert davos. the us treasury secretary becomes the latest big name to pull out of saudi arabia‘s investment conference, as the boycott widens over disappeared journalist, jamal khashoggi. and on the markets, us shares tumble again, wiping out most of their gains

from tuesday‘s rally, as those concerns over trade wars and rising rates resurface. on the sell—off has continued across asia, not helped by those growth numbers from china