this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11pm. sir philip green categorically denies allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, after being named in parliament as the businessman who took out an injunction against the daily telegraph. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction eventing publication of the full details of the story. illegally forced to take a dna test, the home secretary apologises to hundreds of people who were told to prove they were entitled to settle in the uk. the fbi says it's stepped up its hunt for whoever is behind a series of crude bombs sent to leading democrats and critics of president trump. also coming up: debenhams becomes the latest retailer to announce the closure of high street stores. the company's announced plans to shut 50 shops in the uk over the next few years, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. and at 11:30pm, we'll be

taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. stay with us for that. good evening. the retail billionaire sir philip green has categorically denied allegations of sexual harrassment and bullying after he was named in parliament as the businessman behind an injunction to stop the claims being published. in a highly unusual move, the former cabinet minister lord hain revealed that the top shop owner was the man behind the so—called gagging order. lord hain defended the decision saying he felt it was his duty to reveal sir philip's name after being contacted by someone "intimately involved" in the case.

here's our special correspondent lucy manning. he was the man who couldn't be named. now everyone knows the businessman who tried to hide his identity is sir philip green. money, famous friends, a retail empire, but no match for the house of lords, the calm surroundings the scene fora dramatic naming, using rules that stop those talking in parliament being sued. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction preventing publication of the full details of the story, which is clearly in the public interest. until then, a temporary court injunction had stopped the daily telegraph publishing a story which it claims is about sir philip facing allegations of sexual and racial harassment. tonight, the top shop owner responded. in a statement, sir philip said,

"to the extent it has been suggested i have been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, i categorically and wholly deny these allegations." he said that, like all big businesses, his business of 20,000 people sometimes did receive complaints, in which some cases were settled. but he said he took any complaints very seriously. the businessman would have expected his identity to remain hidden after winning the latest round of his court case against the telegraph. in the post—#metoo era, it's right to report that, first of all, a very senior businessman has used power, money and influence to try and silence employees who have claims of wrongdoing against them, and also because we think our readership would expect us, particularly having been the newspaper who broke the expenses scandal, to hold senior high profile figures to account. while sir philip does relax on his luxury yacht,

he also works hard. he built up businesses including bhs, top shop and burton. but he's no stranger to controversy. he sold bhs for £1, and it later collapsed with a massive hole in its pension fund. the businessman did eventually pay more than £300 million into it, but failed to impress mps when they quizzed him about it. sir, do you mind not looking at me like that all the time? it's really disturbing. put your glasses back on. you look better with your glasses on. i just think that's an unnecessary statement. i think you should withdraw it, and i think it's very rude. the claims about him are, of course, only allegations, but some mps say if they turn out to be true, sir philip green should become just philip green. well, it's very difficult to see how that honour could remain. i mean, it was a surprise to me that he survived the pension scandal. so a controversial naming of sir philip green. he has faced many battles in the business world, but now must

fight for his reputation. lucy manning, bbc news. earlier i asked our legal correspondent clive coleman where today's developments leave the apparent conflict between the law and parliamentary privilege. i think it leaves everything in a bit of a mess. we had a similar situation some seven years ago, i think it leaves everything in a bit of a mess. people will remember the super injunction story that was a very big story that ran and ran. seven years ago, there was an injunction in place, i can say now it was related to the football the ryan giggs, over allegations of an affair. and that got out on the twitter, in spite of the injunction, some 75,000 people tweeted it, and john hemming, the liberal democrat mp stood up in parliament and named him. now that was seen to be constitutionally really quite thing, because the injunction is ordered by the court, it is the rule of law, working an operative,

and then mp standing up and using parliamentary privilege to effectively pierce the injunction was seen as not a good thing if it happened on a regular basis. the judiciary and parliamentary authorities got together, and they tried to work out a way of whereby these two very powerful arms of the constitution, parliament and courts, would respect one another‘s roles. and we have had peace until today. soi and we have had peace until today. so i think that this represents the return to that difficult time, and certainly if this was to happen on a regular basis, which it does not, but if it did, it would be a cause for real concern. the parliamentary authorities might well have to do something about it, because there'd be no point in having court injunctions if they would just be breached regularly. lord hain has

used the public interest in this case. and he believes that what he did was in the public interest. lawyers would say to michael asked who was in a better position to determine what was in the public interest, thejudges who hear the legal arguments... and it really was a long and detailed judgement on the one hand, or parliamentarians who haven't done that? they have some knowledge of the case, but have not had the advantage of being at the court hearing. some people think that the parliament to our dutch parliamentarians, we should add, the right of parliamentarians to stand up right of parliamentarians to stand up and speak freely in parliament is a right that is enshrined in our constitution, going back to our bill of rights of 1689, it is very important that mps have the right to stand up and speak fearlessly on the right of constituents on issues without the fear of being dragged off to court. so you have this constitutional tension. where does it potentially take us? as i sit

here listening to you, i wonder whether this will now involve another reminder to parliamentarians to not do this very often, and then we carry on as we are? it may well. there was going to be a trial in this matter, the order that was passed by the court of it —— appeal was an injunction up —— pending a trial, which everyone expected to ta ke trial, which everyone expected to take place in the new year. whether that does take place now, we will have to wait and see. but i certainly think the senior people in parliament and amongst the judiciary will be wanting to talk to one another about this. well, non disclosure agreements were created by business, for business. so let's hearfrom simonjack now about the likely response to this from the business world. they'll be looking very carefully at how solid these nondisclosure agreements are, and how appropriate it is that they are used in certain circumstances. you are right that they were invented by businesses, but usually to protect commercially sensitive information. for example, a disgruntled employee at coca—cola could walk out with the recipe, so a lot of legal departments and companies will be looking

at this and how appropriate they are to be applied to more general areas like employee—employer spats. i think the specific issue though, for arcadia, the empire that philip green owns, which includes top shop, miss selfridge, dorothy perkins, a primarily female customer base, how will those customers respond to these allegations, which of course he strenuously denies? that will be from a purely commercial point of view, the interesting thing to watch in the days and weeks ahead. the home secretary has apologised to people who were wrongly told they would have to take a dna test to prove they were entitled to settle in the uk. sajid javid said some relatives of gurkhas and afghan nationals employed by the uk government were among around 400 people affected in recent years. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. british born and raised, even had a uk passport prove it,

but 60—year—old andrew's british father became estranged from his vietnamese mother, and then he refused to give the dna sample the home office wrongfully demanded to prove his son's identity. andrew was suddenly stateless. translation: you don't know where you belong. it's really upsetting me, and so confusing. letters like this by the hundred were sent in the last three years, with no legal authority, demanding dna evidence of identity and parentage. another embarrassment for the government. ten years ago, these gurkha vetera ns' last battle was for their right to stay in britain. and they won, with the help of celebrities and party leaders on their way to government. gurkhas' families too were unlawfully ordered to submit dna evidence they were here legally. and today, the home secretary's apology was unqualified. no one should have faced the demand to supply dna evidence and no one

should have been penalised for not providing it. in particular, i would like to extend my apology to those gurkhas and afghans that have been affected. mps have been told four times no requirement for dna was being imposed in immigration cases, it wasn't true. in afghanistan, translators working with british forces were also granted the right to live in the uk, and theirfamily members had received the same treatment, with no official authority. today, condemnation was swift. amongst the very first victims of this abuse were gurkhas and afghans, men and women who put their lives at risk to keep this country safe. under what internal regime in place at the home office was this allowed or encouraged, and at what level? it's another example of the home office being out

of control and a result of a migration target that we are still completely obsessed with, and more evidence that the hostile environment lives on. the home office's review of the dna demands found there were at least 4119 cases where letters had been sent. 51 of the letters were sent to gurkha families. there were 11 refusals, solely because no dna test was done. four of those involved gurkha relatives. the row invokes recent memories of the windrush scandal, in which migrants settled in britain for half a century and more had their status wrongly challenged, their legal right to stay denied. after that scandal, the home secretary promised fairer, more compassionate treatment of migrants, sweeping away a culture seen as the desire to cut migrant numbers by all means available. now he's the one with wrongs to right and apologies to make. the so—called hostile environment around migration took root during theresa may's time at the home office. now a new mess is having to be

cleared up by the man widely supposed to want herjob. john pienaar, bbc news. the number of attacks on inmates and prison staff in england and wales has risen to another record high. assaults on staff were up by more than a quarter in the year tojune, with figures from the ministry ofjustice also showing a large rise in levels of self—harm among inmates. the government says it is recruiting more prison officers and strengthening jail security. saudi arabia's public prosecutor has admitted that the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi was premeditated. that contradicts previous claims that he died in a fist fight in the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month. meanwhile mr khashoggi's eldest son salah has reportedly arrived in washington with his family. he had previously been unable to leave saudi arabia because of a travel ban. and cia director gina haspel has briefed president trump on her visit to turkey this week over the killing.

the meeting comes after reports that ms haspel had heard audio recordings of the murder. no details of the briefing have been released. police in the united states are stepping up their efforts to find whoever is behind at least ten suspicious packages that have been sent to leading democrats and critics of president trump. two more were intercepted today, addressed to former vice president joe biden and to the hollywood star robert de niro. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant reports. these are the scenes that america woke up to, what looked like old footage from the war in iraq, but which were real—time images from a postal facility in delaware. a bomb disposal expert examining a suspect package, addressed to the former vice president, joe biden. yet another prominent democrat sent a crude bomb. in the middle of the night, lower manhattan became the focus and a package sent to the office

in tribeca of movie star robert de niro, an outspoken critic of donald trump. once again, a suspect explosive device hauled safely away in a vehicle that's fast becoming a familiar sight, the bomb squad's total containment vessel. we are treating them as live devices. as you see the way our bomb squad detectives went into cnn yesterday, this has to be taken with the utmost seriousness. so as far as a hoax device, we're not treating it that way. at a campaign rally last night, donald trump said acts of political violence were an attack on democracy, but some of his strongest remarks were directed atjournalists. as part of a larger national effort to bridge our divides and bring people together, the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative, and often times, false attacks and stories.

have to do it. the president accepted no personal blame for his part in the coarsening of american public life. and this morning on twitter, he renewed his attack on the media... that got this response from the former cia director john brennan, who was sent an explosive package. because none of the devices have exploded, the fbi has a mound of forensic evidence to help track down who's responsible. but some prominent conservatives have claimed this is all a liberal hoax, timed to coincide with crucial congressional elections. chris buckler is in washington for us.

an update on the state of the investigation, how do things stand? the focus is very much on the investigation today. there is still some concern at the moment, the fbi do not believe there are any other packages out there within the mailing system, but they're still concerned. there was a real sense today of just concerned. there was a real sense today ofjust how concerned. there was a real sense today of just how they're concerned. there was a real sense today ofjust how they're worried about these devices. with the bomb squad specifically going out and trying to sure that these packages we re trying to sure that these packages were safe. there is no doubt these we re were safe. there is no doubt these were crude is isis, not particularly sophisticated. in fact, some suggestions after the devices have been recovered that they were actually put together after gathering information from the internet. nonetheless, they been dangerous. if they had exploded, thatis dangerous. if they had exploded, that is because there was shrapnel inside them, glass designed to spray

over whoever should open them. but the key thing is that they did not go off, they have been investigated, and the fbi believes that gives him and the fbi believes that gives him a lot of opportunities. whenever you look at his packages, it must be said that they were put together with a certain amount of crudeness. but at the same time, they're also getting information about what they believe that's where they believed they were sent from. and mail facility north of miami has been looked at, some suggestions that the packages were delivered from there. so there is that focus on florida. just showing the image of the package that was sent to joe just showing the image of the package that was sent tojoe biden a little earlier on as we talk. a word about the politics of all this, because a lot is being said about what might be the motivation. we should stress the word might, help us should stress the word might, help us to the various arguments you are hearing. it is interesting, because you do have this clear argument that ultimately these were people who

we re very ultimately these were people who were very high—profile democrats, or people who have been critical of donald trump. and it is clear that one of the evidential investigative opportunities at this stage is to look at those who have been supportive of the president and critical of democrats, particularly as is very contentious line that has been used around the midterms election campaign. so that is something that will be looked at, and certainly something democrats say is likely to be the case. they are pointing the finger at the president for inflaming things with his often aggressive rhetoric. 0n the other hand, we do have some on the other hand, we do have some on the right wing, particularly some talk show host for example, some right—wing commentators to suggest this could potentially be a liberal hoax, almost an attempt to gather sympathy for the democrats ahead of the election. note donald trump has not gone that far, he did tone down his language in a rally last night in wisconsin, but he also seemed to

ta ke in wisconsin, but he also seemed to take no responsibility for his rhetoric, instead pointing the blame at the media, suggesting that they had heightened the nature of political debate here, made it more aggressive, and that actually their negative stories had potentially contributed to all this. now as you get a mention —— imagine, there has been severe blowback from that, especially from cnn. remember that news network actually received one of these packages, and they feel that the president must do more to do what he claims to want to do, which is unite the country. beyond that, democrats are also saying that if you look at what he actually said, they are rather hollow words. it gives you the sense that while people might be saying they don't wa nt people might be saying they don't want aggressive rhetoric, it is likely to continue for the midterm elections in less than two weeks. thank you very much, chris. 4,000 jobs are at risk after the department store debenhams became the latest casualty on the high street. the retailer says it's closing 50 shops, a third of its empire, over the next five years after reporting an annual record loss of almost half a billion pounds.

this was due to a number of accounting adjustments but its underlying profits were also down sharply. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. this is debenhams' glossy vision of the future, pulling people in by making shopping fun, from blow—dries and beauty treatments... to make up tutorials and gin bars, but there's sobering news today. it wants to close 50 stores in a radical restructuring. our plan is very simple. we want to have fewer but better stores. we want to improve our shopping experience. we want to grow our online business, and we're doing that in a way that makes debenhams a more profitable business. right now, property is debenhams' biggest headache. these shops aren't cheap to run, and its costs are rising faster than its sales, partly because we're shopping more online. that means stores like this one are becoming less profitable. debenhams just doesn't need as much

space as it once did, and it's certainly not alone. 0ver there, that used to be a marks and spencer, until it closed over the summer. debenhams hasn't said which stores it wants to shut, but it's the last thing they need here in slough. like many high streets this year, it's been one closure after another. we lost marks and spencer, we lost british home stores, and if you go in along of the town, you'll see so many empty shops. if it wasn't here, i'm not sure what i would do or where i would go to get that stuff. but you do most of your shopping online? i do, i know! guilty, i do, i do. business rates and tax on property isn't helping either. debenhams now pays nearly three times more in rates than it makes in profits. the cost of business rates have just become too high for many retail businesses in deciding to keep a store open. we need the chancellor to take

the opportunity of next week's budget to look at the burden of business rates, bring that cost down, and reform the whole system. debenhams needs a helping hand from its landlords as well. they will have costly leases to get out of, and on top of that, they will have less money to invest in their stores in the future. and that's one of the key things that they need to do to survive. that's what it's done here at this new shop, but debenhams is now making a big retreat from high streets elsewhere. a business under real pressure to adapt. emma simpson, bbc news. at least 18 children have died after their bus was swept away in flash floods in jordan. the bus had been carrying 37 students and seven members of staff, when it washed away on the shores of the dead sea. a rescue operation involving helicopters and army troops is under way. us technology giant google says it has fired 48 people in the past two years for sexual harrassment.

in a letter to employees, the company revealed that this included 13 senior managers and is the result of an increasingly hard line on inappropriate conduct. you may have seen photos online or in the papers of an american tv presenter posing with wild animals, a goat and a sheep, that she shot dead on a hunting holiday in scotland. larysa switlyk, who describes herself as a "professional huntress," posted several pictures of herself smiling behind the animals. she shot them on the island of islay, on what's thought to be a private shooting expedition. the scottish government has now said that it's considering whether the law needs to be changed. britain's multi—billion pound games industry is preparing for the release of what could well be another blockbuster. red dead redemption 2 is a wild west adventure from the company behind grand theft auto. and much of the work has been done at the company's

studios in edinburgh. bbc click reporter marc cieslak has more. red dead redemption 2 allows players to experience a vast virtual version of the old west. robbing trains, riding horses and even playing poker. that is all the work of rockstar games, and this latest release is so big it had to be created in nine different studios across four different countries. gentlemen, you all know what to do. about as far from the old west as you can get, edinburgh is home to rockstar north. it is the largest of the studios involved in an international effort to make this game. for us, it's biggest game have ever made. notjust cos it's bigger and broader but it is striving for more in depth. being able to go into more environment and interact with things, interact with people and animals. in a way we haven't been

able to do that before. the games industry is big business. last year in the uk it generated £3.35 billion in sales, almost as much as home music and video sales combined. but there are concerns in the games industry that those big numbers could be affected as the uk leaves the eu. one of our critical issues is the ability to hire the best talent from wherever they are in the world. if we don't have clarity over what that immigration system looks like, there will be some uncertainty. a gritty and atmospheric slice of roleplaying as an outlaw, from the extremes of caring for a sick horse to dealing with industrialisation spelling the end of the west at its wildest, even before its launch, this game is getting rave reviews. it seems a little piece of the american frontier

will forever have its virtual roots in the uk. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with stav da naos. hello there. so far this autumn has been pretty kind to as weather—wise. we've seen a lot of dry and sunny weather, pretty decent temperatures, too. always above the seasonal average. for example, you cast your mind back to last weekend, we saw top temperatures around 20 celsius. people dressed in t—shirts and also with flip—flops. that is not going to be the case thought into this coming weekend. we will be reaching for the winter clothing, the gloves, the hats, the scarves. temperatures will struggle to get anywhere near double figures. it is going to feel very cold and raw. that is because we are opening floodgates to the arctic. this brief arctic blast will bring quite a shock to the system

over the next few days. but it looks like it will be short lived. more on that in just a moment. the cold there, the real cold air comes in behind his cold front which will be sold to clear from the south coast. eventually will do. sunshine was in his place. but if it is any colder through the course of the day. there will be lots of showers around particularly northern, western and eastern coasts. over the mountains in the north. into saturday, this is the peak of the cold spell. northerly coming like the way south of the arctic. it will feel raw indeed when you add on that when. lots of showers across northern and western eastern coast. over the higher ground. further inland you are, you should see the best part of the sunshine. the seat height reaching 6—9d. if you're out on the wind, it will feel much colder than that. as we head north, the second part of the weekend, looks like we try to see a bit of a shift in the wind direction coming in more from the northeast, the north sea there. that will feed more showers into eastern coastal areas.

remember the north sea at the moment is at its warmest time of the year. particularly after the warm summer that we have had. it looks like any showers will certainly be raised of the north york moors. to the coast with some elevation over the top of the north york moors. into next week, quite messy but it does look like the week is on to start off with a wet and windy note for some of us. as the week goes on, those temperatures will slowly climb back up. this is the pressure chart into monday and tuesday. we have got this weather system trying to move in from the west. it looks like it will grind to a halt. into that area of high pressure. this is what is going to be the player for the winner on monday and tuesday. this area of low pressure, moving north out of the near continent. for monday, this looks like skies will begin to turn cloudy across england and wales, increasing amounts of showers and also increasing easterly wind. which will be quite cold and raw. best of the winter, scotland and northern ireland. dry with some sunshine.

but a cold day for all temperatures in single figures. tuesday at stages, looking pretty messy. this area of low pressure will get its act together. some pretty wet and windy weather, large portions of england and wales. a bit of uncertainty to how far west as it will arrive. it is going to be colder. sunshine across the extreme north and west. temperatures beginning to climb across the south and east. it will feel milder because the wind and the rain. looks like that could bring some snow to northern hills as the low pressure moves northward away from our shores, as we move deeper on into next week. and it looks like you see the atlantic come alive again. we will see some west or south westerly winds, a bit of uncertainty to when this next spell of wet and windy weather will arrive. the main message further ahead is that it is starting offjulian to next week with some wet and windy weather. as we pick up some air and weather systems off the atlantic.