this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top stories: australia's prime minister gives a national apology to victims of child sexual abuse. to the children we failed, sorry. to the parents whose trust was betrayed, and who have struggled to pick up the pieces, sorry. as saudi arabia describes the killing ofjournalist jamal khashoggi as murder, turkey says it will reveal the entire truth about his death. the british prime minister will tell mps the brexit deal is nearly done. but will they believe her? italy's government defends its big spending plans, as another deadline looms in its showdown with the european union. a warm welcome to the programme,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think about any of our stories in today's programme. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. "as a nation, we failed them, and that will always be our shame" — the words of australia's prime minister, scott morrison, as he delivered a heartfelt apology to victims of child sexual abuse. a five—year investigation has found that thousands of people suffered in schools, churches, orphanages and family homes, and were ignored, even punished, when they complained. scott morrison delivered the apology, a key recommendation of the inquiry, to the australian parliament. the crimes of ritual,

sexual abuse happened in schools, churches, youth groups, scout troupes, orphanages, foster homes, sporting clubs, group homes, charities, and in family homes as well. it happened anywhere a predator thought they could get away with it, and the systems within these organisations allowed it to happen and turned a blind eye. it happened day after day, week after week, month after month, decade after decade — unrelenting torment. when a child spoke up, they weren't believed, and the crimes continued with impunity. the australian prime minister scott

morrison delivering what many called a heartfelt apology because of what happened over many decades to thousands of children. hundreds of people travelled across australia to be in canberra to hear that apology. we will be live there shortly to speak with our correspondent who is there, as well. that is coming very soon on this programme. western countries have increased the pressure still further on saudi arabia over the death in its turkish consulate of jamal khashoggi. germany, britain and france have signed a joint letter demanding facts, and chancellor angela merkel says her country will no longer export arms to riyadh. the saudi foreign minister has called the killing a huge and grave mistake, though he has insisted the crown prince didn't know. here is eliza philippidis. new footage showing his wife seen on

the left, spending the night waiting for herfiance, the left, spending the night waiting for her fiance, jamal khashoggi, the left, spending the night waiting for herfiance, jamal khashoggi, to come out at the saudi consulate. he never did. these pictures have been released showing what was probably the very last moment they spent together. saudi arabia has been under diplomatic pressure to tell the truth about what happened in istanbul. now they say his murder was a huge and grave mistake. we are determined to uncovered every stone. we are determined to find out all of the facts. and we are determined to punish those who are responsible for this murder. many governments are currently unconvinced by the saudis‘ explanations as to what happened. germany say they will not export arms to saudi arabia while the current uncertainty over the fate of mrjamal khashoggi persist. translation: there is an urgent need

to clarify what happened. we are far from having this cleared up, and those responsible held to account. inajoint those responsible held to account. in a joint statement, the uk, france and germany have condemned the murder, saying... the turkish president has vowed to reveal within days the naked truth over the death of the washington post journalist. translation: we are seeking justice, and this incident will be entirely revealed, entirely. why did 15 people come to istanbul? why did 15 people come to istanbul? why were 18 people arrested? this must be revealed in detail. questions are being raised as to whether the west will really punish the saudis. they possess around 80% of the world's oil reserves, and earnings from military contracts are

huge. returning to our top story, we were just hearing part of the speech from the prime minister of australia, scott morrison. we returned to canberra. you have spoken to many victims. hundreds have travelled to canberra to hear this apology. what is their reaction been like?” canberra to hear this apology. what is their reaction been like? i think eve ryo ne is their reaction been like? i think everyone has their own stories, so everyone's reaction is slightly different. certainly many of feel that the apology did carry weight. it was recognition that the highest level after what has been decades of being silenced, ignored, particularly as children, essentially being abused and then not having trusted anyone. so to hear that from the prime minister i

think was significant. however, many tell me that words aren't enough u nless tell me that words aren't enough unless they come coupled with actions. they are anxious to see whether the australian government will follow up on all of the recommendations of the royal commission, that five—year enquiry into abuse here. and many i have spoken to what even more action. changes in the law, particularly around the issue of covering up abuse. they want much tougherjail sentences, and the change in law, to prosecute anyone who has been accused of found guilty of concealing abuse. and as you say, they are looking for action now. there is some criticism as well about some of the compensation that has been put forward for those who have been victims. many arguing that many have even taken their own lives, they will never be compensated. absolutely, and as part of the apology, scott morrison did make clear that there was never any suggestion that they would expect forgiveness from victims, or that they could ever really make up for

they could ever really make up for the grief and loss and pain they have endured. however, financial redress is a key recommendation from the royal commission. redress scheme has been put in place. it took awhile, but all states have agreed to it. however, it is at a lower financial level than what was suggested by the royal commission, and those who have started the process have found it quite bureaucratic, quite painful, having to give victim impact statements, and the concern for some is that actually it will take years to access that money, and some may be left on the sidelines, suffering still. inevitably it is such a complex and difficult issue to grapple with. australia is seen as a world leader in actually confronting the spectre of abuse, and having an enquiry, and now a national apology, but there is so much more healing yet to be done. for now, thank you. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: italy has until noon in rome to respond to brussels's concerns that its budget for next year is unaffordable. the populist government wants

to spend more to meet campaign pledges such as a lower retirement age, a basic income for the poor, and boosting infrastructure spending. i will have more on that in business briefing in about 20 minutes. the governing law and justice party in poland has come out on top in the first round of regional elections, its first electoral test since winning an outright majority in parliament three years ago. exit polls gave the right—wing party more than 32% of the votes, 7% more than a centrist—liberal coalition. but the party is trailing in mayoral elections in poland's big cities, including the capital, warsaw. britain is piloting a scheme to give better protection to people being exploited to work in the largely unregulated hand ca rwash industry. it is thought that thousands of mostly eastern european men are being lured to work as slaves, stripped of their documents, forced to accept low wages and unsafe working conditions, under a constant threat of violence. the norwegian resistance hero

who led a daring mission that halted nazi germany's nuclear weapons ambitions in the second world war has died at the age of 99. in 1943 joachim ronneberg commanded a six—man team that destroyed key parts of a heavy water plant in occupied southern norway. the raid was later turned into a holywood film starring kirk douglas, the heroes of telemark. we have said it so many times — this could really be a crucial week in the crisis over brexit. the british prime minister will address mps on monday. but there is little progress to report, and there are even suggestions her conservative party could trigger a leadership election, such is the discontent among some lawmakers. with me now is kulveer ranger, who now works for the outsourcing company atos, but who previously

advised the conservative mayor of london boris johnson. good to see you. hello, sally. so give us your take on where we're at. some of the headlines in the media are saying she is going to tell her party m ps are saying she is going to tell her party mps in parliament we are 95% there with the deal. what we have been there for a very long time, haven't we? that is not new news, is a? doesn't sound like new news, and it sounds like there has been a couple of sticking points. the northern ireland border has been a major conversation point in what we are being told are the latter stages of this negotiation. and voices are getting more shrill on all sides, by the sound of things. obviously there was a march in london this weekend, as well, people who are not supportive of a position around brexit asking for, whether it is another vote, or basically not

wanting to have brexit. but at this point, i think we try to take the emotion away from it, at the prime minister does seem to be in this very challenging position between her party, the way parliament view the negotiation, and the way people generally are viewing the negotiation stop and how brussels view it as well. and the other point being, you are absolutely right, sally, the negotiations she is having with the european union. this is probably the most complicated negotiation for this country, probably one of them, in history. so the prime minister has a very tough job, if that is an understatement in any way. and as it gets to that crunch point, she is also playing a very high—stakes game of poker here. so she can't properly show all of her cards as she is doing the negotiation. she has people on all sides challenging her to show her hand, andi sides challenging her to show her hand, and i think she has to stay calm and collected through all of this. but as you said, there are

some very shrill voices saying she has got to a point where she hasn't got any more cards to play. we don't know. so what happens next, and who has got the trumps? we will be discussing this later in our media review, along with other stories for the day. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: free—falling frenzy, as hundreds of thrill—seekers jump off one of the highest road bridges in north america. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for 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 plain outside korem, it lights up a biblicalfamine, now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion — in argentina today, it is actually

cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain. but as good friends, we have always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style. after almost three decades in service, an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. you are watching the briefing. our headlines: australia's prime minister has delivered an apology to victims of child sex abuse, saying that the state failed for decades to stop those crimes. the saudi foreign minister has described the killing ofjournalist jamal khashoggi as murder, blaming it on a rogue operation. a senior us military commander

has called on britain to take back fighters from the uk who've been caught on the battlefield in syria. american backed syrian forces say they've captured some 700 foreigners from a0 countries, including the uk — fighters who left their own countries to join so called islamic state. the us is also appealing for allies to help in the rebuilding of raqqa, one year after the city was freed from is control. from there, our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports. these are the troops who hope to wipe is off the map in north—east syria. american back assyrian democratic forces preparing for the final assault on the last piece of extremist held territory. their

commander says they are up against more than 1000 islamic state fighters. the general says that includes an unknown number of british g hardy ‘s. they have already captured 700 foreign fighters. among them, these two, known as the beatles. associates of the is execution, jihad john, now held in limbo, stripped of their uk citizenship. britain may have tried to wash its hands of them, but the most senior us commander here believes it should ta ke us commander here believes it should take them back. we are trying very ha rd to take them back. we are trying very hard to make sure that the countries of origin give these foreign terrorist fighters back. the stf are certainly likely to be repatriated. those people who were linked to jihadijohn, should they be repatriated? we would certainly like them to be. it is not the only help

america wants. we were taken by us special forces to raqqa, america wants. we were taken by us specialforces to raqqa, much of america wants. we were taken by us special forces to raqqa, much of the city still lies in ruins. fear now is that without international support, this could once again become a breeding ground for violent extremism. is sleeper cells are still operating in the city. this is the legacy of is. this devastation was also caused by thousands and thousands of coalition bombs, mostly americans, but british ones too. the question now for the people of raqqa is who will rebuild the city? at a meeting of raqqa's city council, they complained about the lack of international support. this man says that none of the city's ridges have been repaired, much of the city is still without electricity and running water. it is the same message out on the streets. left on their own, they are scratching the surface. this man says he believes

and america should pay for the reconstruction of raqqa. but both the us and britain say they won't until there is a peace process for the whole of the country. that doesn't look likely any time soon. it is these children's futures that will suffer if the world now walk away. this boy lost his legs to an isp trap bomb. this boy was left injured by one of the thousands of ied's injured by one of the thousands of ied‘s with the high white extremists. —— left behind. he says when he is afraid he draws pictures of the war. this is his work. this is one of the project that has been paid for by the us, but in an effort to force other nations to do more, the trump administration has cut the funding. the money will run out by the end of the year. america still has boots on the ground, it says it

is other nations that need to do more, at it seems few more want to ta ke more, at it seems few more want to take responsibility for the aftermath of this war. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. us national security adviserjohn bolton will begin his two day visit to moscow where he'll meet senior russian officials. it comes days after president trump said he was pulling the us out of a cold war treaty with russia that stopped nuclear missile development. in las vegas later, former us president barack obama will headline a rally in support of the democrats ahead of the midterm elections next month. and also today, the french prime minister emmanuel macron will be visiting part of the country's south east which has been badly hit by floods. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak with monday's sport briefing. coming up naomi osaka looks

to win her first wta finals in singapore. the champagne stays on ice for lewis hamilton, but marc marquez wrapps up the motogp title injapan before disclocating his shoulder during the celebrations. two us open champions come face to face in the wta finals in singapore on monday. naomi osaka, who won herfirst major in new york this year, takes on the 2017 champion sloane stevens, as both players make their debut at the tournament. osaka's the first japanese tennis player to ever win a major and her coach, who was serena williams‘s hitting partner for eight years, reckons it won't be long until she becomes world number 1. you can't put a time or day on it. for me it isjust important you can't put a time or day on it. for me it is just important that she gives her best on a daily basis. there are certain things that i want

her to achieve or accomplished after each practice and if she does that and make the right decisions on the match court i believe that things will 40 match court i believe that things will a0 the bike itself and she is going to be number one, it isjust a matter of time. only time will tell. there's more action in the english premier league on monday, as arsenal look to return to the top four when they take on leicester city. arsenal lost their first two matches under unai emery against man city and chelsea, but victory at the emirates would be their 10th in a row in all competitions. the first time they'd achieve that in 11 years. lewis hamilton will have to wait a little longer to be crowned f1 world champion, afterjust missing out on the result he needed at the us grand prix. he finished third in a thrilling race, not as far ahead as he needed to be of title rival sebastian vettel who was fourth. hamilton and merzedez let victory slip through their fingers as kimi raikkonen won his first grand prix in five years. golf has a new world number one.

brooks koepka will replace dustinjohnson at the top of the rankings after another victory in south korea. the american held a four stroke advantage going into the final day in the cj cup. and managed to maintain that thanks to five birdies on the back nine, including that chip and run on the 16th. koepka's also won the us pga and us open titles this year. australian open champion caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title off to the worst possible start. the dane was beaten in straight sets by karolina pliskova in singapore. pliskova, a former world number one, wrapped up her opening group victory with an ace and she'll meet elina svitolina next, who beat petra kvitova. and before we go, have a look at this from marc marquez. the honda rider sealed his fifth motogp title injapan and during some very enthusiastic hugging that followed afterwards managed to disclocate his shoulder.

bit of panic here and then he needed some treatment on the track. but that wasn't going to stop him celebrating for long, and he was soon back up again like nothing had happened! what a guy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that's your monday sports briefing. as a pastime, it involves a tremendous leap of faith. base—jumping, the one where someone jumps off a tall fixed structure, like a cliff or a skyscraper, and parachutes back to earth. it's increasingly popular, but not always legal. however, in the us state of west virginia, once a year, they let hundreds of people base jump off one of the highest road bridges in north america. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. believe it or not, but this is supposed to be fun.

away they go, one after another, each of them proving that sir isaac newton knew exactly what he was talking about. most do it by themselves... but some enjoy a little company. the biggest officially approved gathering of base jumpers in the whole world. normally we have to sneak around and find objects to jump off of, but for six hours once a year, one day we get to come out here and do it legally. they were literally queueing up for the chance to jump into the great unknown and this was the picturesque venue. a bridge over the new river gorge in west virginia. more than 900 metres in length and a drop of more than 260 metres. it's no surprise some might want a little reassurance

before they depart. from your perspective it looks crazy and risky. from my perspective there is a lot of methodical background that goes into it. the packing, everything about what we have done has led up to this. there were plenty of onlookers preferring to observe, rather than participate. who knows, maybe next year they will be willing to give it a go. either way, one thing is clear, what goes up really must come down. brave or bonkers? tell us that you think. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we will be live to rome to talk about italy's controversial budget and brussels's concerns. see very soon. “— and brussels's concerns. see very soon. —— see you very soon. hello.

we have had some warmth in the sunshine this weekend, but by the end of the week things are looking much colder. more on that in a moment. slightly colder air behind sunday's cold front and north—westerly wind as we go through monday. this area of high pressure is a dominant feature through much of the week but this front is never too far away from the far north of scotland. that will bring strong winds, outbreaks of rain to orkney and shetland, some of that may filter to the northern highlands, but for much of scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, it is a dry and fine start to the new week. some spells of sunshine. a little bit more cloud for western fringes through the afternoon and these are average wind strengths through monday, some strong gusts for northern and western scotland, 50—60 mph, locally 70mph. a windy day and a cool day, 10 or 11 celsius. a cool day across the weekend compared to the weekend, with highs generally between 12 and 1a celsius. for most, it stays dry through the evening and overnight. more persistent rain working its way southwards across scotland, particularly for northern and western scotland and those strong winds extending to northern england and northern ireland. further south it stays dry but quite breezy. all this combined, it would not be as cold a night as the one just gone, lows between

5 and 10 celsius. more persistent rain for scotland on tuesday, courtesy of this front, which is still here. notice the squeeze in the isobars, it's still windy particularly across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england. and persistent rain particularly for northern and western scotland, the best of the sunshine further south and east you are, helping temperatures up to 15 or 16 celsius. similar temperatures for the eastern side of scotland, 12 or 13 further west. by the time we get to wednesday, our front has pulled away, looking dry across scotland, one or two showers, but then a fairly moist windflow, that will generate a little more cloud, but for most it stays dry. some spells of sunshine coming through, particularly across the east, temperatures up to 1a and 16 celsius. that mild air doesn't last very much longer, slowly we pull away as a go

towards the weekend, this plunge of arctic air pushing its way southwards. it'll feel very much colder by friday and then into the weekend. strong and cold northerly winds and the chance to see some snow in the hills of scotland and northern england. this is the business briefing, i'm sally bundock. standing up to brussels. italy's government defends its big spending plans as another deadline looms in its showdown with the european union. the world's two biggest economies take their trade war to latin america. china hits back after the us secretary of state warns against beijing's involvement in developing economies. and on the markets: it isa it is a mixed start to the day. hong kong given a boost by a bounceback in shanghai. earlier today the markets were up 3.5%.