this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11: scotland yard begins a criminal inquiry, into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes, within the labour party. a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminal building, after staff failed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair. a stark warning from the met office. the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade, due to global warming. life on the caravan, we join the thousands of central american migrants defying president trump, and heading for the us. and at 11:30 we'll be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers michael booker, from the daily express and rachel cunliffe, from city am. stay with us for that. good evening.

britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, has revealed that a criminal investigation has begun, into allegations of anti—semitic hate crime among labour party members. she said it appears "there may have been a crime committed". it comes after an internal labour party dossier detailing messages posted by members online, was handed to the metropolitan police in september. anti—semitic hate crime involves hostility towards dues, ranging from verbal abuse to physical assault. the labour party itself, is not under investigation. our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. today, no escaping this question. mr corbyn, any response to the police investigation? good morning. any response at all about the police investigation? good morning, how nice to see you.

do you think the labour party was involved in anti—semitism? good morning, how nice to see you. goodbye. are you finally going to take action on this, mr corbyn? goodbye. jeremy corbyn badly wants to put this row behind him but the accusations of anti—semitism in the labour party follow him, whichever way he turns. labour's been split and the dealership under attack for months. critics want more action, more regret at cases of anti—semitic abuse. corbyn loyalists claim the problem's exaggerated. but now police are on the case. we have been assessing some material which was passed to me in fact to me in a radio studio of all things. about two months ago, and we are now investigating some of that material because it appears there may have been crime committed. the leaked file at scotland yard includes an online message calling one female labour mp a zionist extremist who is about to get a good kicking.

four cases are said to be under particular scrutiny for potential hate crime, though not labour as a whole. some jewish labour mps say it's a lesson to their party. the labour party, particularly in the wake of thejo cox murder, has a duty of care to its members and they should have referred these matters themselves to the police. as a jewish mp for whom the labour party is the natural home, i now go round feeling fear and always looking over my shoulder. jeremy corbyn commands huge labour loyalty, many like him critical of israel. but he agreed under pressure to a new definition of anti—semitism and promised support to british jews. the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and exciting in the jewish community, and great dismay in the labour party. i say this to all in the jewish community: we are your ally. seniorfigures accept there's more to do. we have anti—semitism

in the labour party. we've improved our measures to deal with it. i don't want any anti—semite in my party. we want them out, and if they're guilty of hate crime we want them investigated and convicted too. accusations of anti—semitism may already have cost labour manyjewish supporters. political opponents from theresa may down mean to attack on this front, convinced it will hurt labour and maybe hinderjeremy corbyn‘s chances of winning power. there is anger and frustration in the party but the main political casualty could be labour itself. john pienaar, bbc news. a man who's paraplegic is suing luton airport, after staff failed to provide a wheelchair he could use himself. justin levene says the one he was offered was too rigid and could give him pressure sores. it also meant he'd be less independent, having to rely on others. his own chair had been left behind on a flight, and so he was left he says with no option, but to drag himself through the airport on the floor. our legal correspondent clive coleman has the story. what could have led to this?

luton airport, thank you very much. justin levene, a paraplegic, dragging himself through luton airport after his wheelchair was left behind by an airline. aged 20, justin coughed and herniated a disc, and an operation went wrong. but it hasn't held him back. he's become an international wheelchair athlete, trainer, and mentor to disabled athletes. in august last year, justin arrived back on a flight to luton airport. stranded without his self—propelling wheelchair, the airport offered him a rigid, high—backed one which had to be pushed by someone else. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain all of my independence. and one of the biggest problems i had was, if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs had been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence

was no longer there. and to be in one of those chairs, it made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you are in those chairs and they insisted on trying to strap me down in it, i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself. and i would have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. pressure sores can occui’ very quickly, sojustin asked if he could be transported by a motorised buggy. but luton airport doesn't have them. at the heart ofjustin's dispute with luton airport is his claim that, by failing to provide him with a self propelling wheelchair, the airport was in effect leaving him only one viable option, to haul himself along these floors for hundreds of yards, denying him both his independence and his dignity. once outside the terminal, justin used a luggage trolley to wheel himself to his taxi. his own wheelchair was returned a day later. in a statement, luton airport said: a significant number

of international and uk airports do provide self propelling wheelchairs. paralympian anne wafula—strike, who has also faced problems at airports, understands justin levene‘s actions. i would feel like my independence was being taken away, and honestly, as a disabled person we are still in charge of the type of people we want to be. are we the people thatjust want to be pushed around, you know, for people to be feeling sorry for us? no. justin levene‘s story is at the cutting edge of thinking about disability issues. is it enough for service providers like airports to give some assistance, even if what they offer denies the disabled person independence? clive coleman, bbc news. after the joint hottest summer

on record this year, the met office has confirmed the uk has experienced more weather extremes in the ten years, compared to previous decades. the hottest days have become almost one degree celsius warmer, while the coldest days are not so cold. and the number of nights when temperatures stay above 20 degrees celsius is increasing. the met office says the changes are consistent with man made global warming. here's our science editor david shukman. the year began with the punishing conditions of the beast from the east. roads were paralysed by snow. but 2018 also brought the total opposite, with intense heat in the summer. and the met office says that as the climate changes, more extremes like this are likely. it is no picnic being on the road before the gritting and sending vehicles put in an appearance.

the scientists went through weather records from as far back as the 1960s, tracking floods and other events and they confirmed what other researchers are saying, that the impacts of rising temperatures are already being felt. we often think of climate change as a problem for future generations, but what the numbers show in this new report is that we are already starting to experience the effects of climate change and these extreme events will continue to increase into the future. so, for someone like me in his early 30s, it is my generation that are going to be experiencing the brunt of those effects. one effect of more intense heat is the risk of fires. this one, lastjuly in south wales, was one of many fanned by prolonged spells of high temperatures. even now, signs of the blaze are still visible. a reminder of why understanding weather extremes really matters. this new report comes up with very striking findings by comparing the years between 1961 and 1990 with the most recent decade.

here is what they have found. the hottest days have become even hotter, up 0.8 celsius. the coldest days have become a bit less chilly, up 1.7 celsius. and we are getting more so—called tropical nights, where the temperature never goes below 20. up from eight in all the 60s, 70s and 80s, to as many as four in the last ten years. and it's night—time heat that's most threatening to the elderly. there's lots of different symptoms, the most obvious things being things like heatstroke or dehydration and they can have a myriad range of different symptoms in themselves, but there are also what people do not necessarily realise is, heat can increase our risk of lots of different health conditions, things like stroke, heart failure and even heart attacks can be increased in risk by it. the country has always faced storms

and other dangers from the weather, but this latest research is a warning that they may become more threatening in future. david shukman, bbc news, in south wales. two teenagers have been killed in south london within the space of 2a hours. a 17—year—old died this afternoon outside clapham south tube station, and yesterday a 15—year—old was attacked in a fast food take away shop. our correspondentjon donnison sent this report from clapham. are still a area cordoned off a while for this is the evidence. this latest stabbing happened in broad daylight roundabout half past four, around 50 yards from where i am now around 50 yards from where i am now a bang outside clapham south chip seshan. witnesses told us there was some sort of scuffle and a number of doctors who were passing by on a very busy time of day tried save this boy who had been stabbed, 17 yea rs this boy who had been stabbed, 17 years old, but he died about an hour

later in hospital. this isjust a day after another teenager was stabbed, 15—year—old jodi hughes, in bellingham in south london and there today, friends and family have laying flowers on the spot where he was killed. this brings total number of homicides in london this year up to 115. cressida dick, because —— the commissionerfor the metropolitan police, gave an interview to the bbc and described such killings as dastardly and accepted there had been a sharp rise in violent crime but said it had now plateaued. the truth is, that killings like these are happening every 3—4 days in london, many of the big and is young people. —— word many of the victims. —— many of the victims. activists from amnesty international have renamed the road outside the saudi embassy in london as "khashoggi street" to mark the one—month anniversary of the journalist's murder. the campaigners temporarily erected a mock street sign in front

of the diplomatic compound in mayfair, in a symbolic gesture honouring jamal khashoggi. they staged the friday lunchtime stunt to coincide with the time that he was last seen alive entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul, on the 2nd of october. it comes as a turkish official claimed jamal khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid, after being cut up. the shale gas company cuadrilla, says it's seen the first natural gas flow at its site in lancashire, since fracking operations began there just over two weeks ago. the firm says it's a good early indication of the potential of the site. campaigners against fracking are continuing to raise environmental concerns, following a series of earth tremors. a christian woman cleared of blasphemy charges in pakistan, could be banned from ever leaving the country. the authorities have started legal proceedings against asia bibi,

to place her on a travel ban list, as part of a deal struck with islamists. the agreement ended three days of violent protests across the country. ms bibi, who's a mother of five, had been on death row since 2010. she was cleared by a court earlier this week but has yet to be released. sucunder kamani reports. the punishment for blasphemers, hang them. this was the chart at a demonstration in islamabad which saw thousands of protesters out on streets in cities across pakistan. they are angry this christian woman, asia bibi, had her death sentence overturned by the country's supreme court. she had been convicted of blasphemy following an argument with a group of muslim women in her village who refused to drink water from the same cup as her. after the verdict, supporters of hardline clerics set up these roadblocks,

occupying key interchanges, causing huge disruption. but today, the government announced an agreement with the protesters, allowing them to challenge the acquittal and letting the court decide whether asia bibi should be banned from leaving the country. we have to options, either to use force, and when you use force, people can be killed. we tried negotiations and negotiations, you take something and you leave something. tonight, here, the protests a re you leave something. tonight, here, the protests are coming to a close. for many, it will be a relief but others are already criticising the agreement as being a sign of the government's weakness. for those taking part in the demonstrations, this feels like a victory. translation: if they set free again, we will be back the seat —— streets. we will sacrifice our lives. asia

bibi has spent nearly a decade in prison. herfamily bibi has spent nearly a decade in prison. her family say even when she is released, she needs to flee the country. for the moment, though, she is still waiting for her freedom. the headlines on bbc news: police launch a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminal building because staff failed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair. a stark warning from the met office — the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade due to global warming. in a tweet, donald trump has announced the return of all the us sanctions on iran, that were previously lifted under the obama adminstration. the measures, targeting iran's energy, ship—building, and banking sectors, will come into force on monday. eight countries are however being granted temporary waivers,

allowing them to continue importing iranian oil. mr trump made the announcement while campaigning ahead of the midterm elections which are this coming tuesday. earlier this evening, he was in huntington, west virginia, where he made a last—ditch effort to win republican votes there. he spoke about the economy, migration and his support of coal mining. at the moment the republicans control both houses of congress, and president trump is campaigning hard to try and keep it that way. my colleague, philippa thomas is crunching the numbers for us in st louis, missouri — where the president campaigned last night. currently, the republicans hold at

51- 49 currently, the republicans hold at 51— 49 and they want to take back control and rest one of the levers of power from the president that the democrats had to hold onto their own senate seats and vulnerable senator is right here in misery, claye mcaskill, the democrat senator, who faces the problem not only that donald trump is very popular here in misery but he is spending a lot of time here campaigning for her a permanent, josh hall e. let's give you a look at this particular contest. democrat claire mcaskill needs all the help she can get. no one here wants to name him but he is still defining the agenda. the very character our country is on the ballot this time—out. character our country is on the ballot this time-out. we have some

doors to knock, we have some falling calls to make. fighting in trump country, she defines herself as a moderate, not a liberal but it may not be enough to save her. we've got to get outside our comfort zone and talk to people we never have before. which is why this first time democratic candidate is putting in the hours to get out the vote. hello, iam patrice the hours to get out the vote. hello, i am patrice billings. this notices she is backing claire mcaskill but patrice billings agrees the senator is not taking anything for granted. she is not and nor should she. at this moment, she is not a slam dunk for re—election. should she. at this moment, she is not a slam dunk for re-election. she has found it matters you to be a candidate conservatives can warm to. iamagun candidate conservatives can warm to. i am a gun owner. men love to talk about guns and weapons and i do too. they like to talk about

circumstances that i've been involved in as a police officer, and ido involved in as a police officer, and i do too. there has been a surge of new voters registering in this county, saint charles, but they don't have to say for which party and canvassing customers of this vintage car dealer, i found and canvassing customers of this vintage car dealer, ifound many still driven by enthusiasm for mr trump. you were also nodding, that you think energy is up for conservatives. i think so, you think energy is up for conservatives. ithink so, and i think the confirmation of kavanaugh had a lot to do with it. driving through the swamp and the sewers, trying to belittle him. the guy was highly qualified. i agree with trump in some things, some things i don't. he could stay off twitter of it a bit of the least you know how he feels about a subject. mcaskill or hawley? i have to go with poorly. local republican activists are not

unknown in trying to boostjosh hall e's chances. isn't it in a credible honour to have donald trump in misery, it is amazing. the president will be back on monday, making this his last stop before election day, confident that he has the powers to help republicans harvest those final vital votes. this stage of the campaign is sometimes called gotv, get out the vote. in essence, turn out on tuesday. this is where donald trump, really interesting. is infusing more voters or is it turning off. easier tonic or is he toxic? we won't know until the results come out on tuesday night. with president trump threatening to send thousands troops to the border, to prevent a group of migrants from central america entering the united states, critics have suggested he's stoking fears over immigration,

to win over voters in next week's all important mid—term elections. today, he pulled back on a threat, to shoot people who threw stones at the military, saying instead they'd be arrested. nevertheless the so called caravan of migrants continues to move. around 7.000 people are heading north, and have now reached wahaca in southern mexico. most say they're fleeing violence and poverty in central america. our correspondent will grant is travelling with them, and has sent us this special report. in the desperation to cross mexico as fast as possible, even the most dangerous of lifts will do. on this trip, a helping hand can cut the migrantsjourney time trip, a helping hand can cut the migrants journey time by ours. for decades, one of honduras's main exports has been copied. now it seems is coffee farmers.

translation: our crops had a disease called lee frost, meaning they wouldn't mature at harvest so we lost our entire livelihood. no one here has money. 66% of honduras live in poverty but the rule poor maybe have leased a war. this man didn't even let his family know he was leaving for fear they might talk him out of it. now he is struggling to reach them to tell them he's ok. translation: linda coffee harvest was ruined, there was no money, no work, nothing. if there is regular work, nothing. if there is regular work, we would try to stay but right now we just don't have enough to live on. i even had to pull my daughters out of school because can't afford or them to study. not eve ryo ne can't afford or them to study. not everyone is leaving over failing crops and poor harvests. they keep dragging their daughter north,

insisting life in honduras would amount toa insisting life in honduras would amount to a death sentence after some refused tojoin amount to a death sentence after some refused to join a amount to a death sentence after some refused tojoin a gang. ask the migrants why are they left central america and most will either say extreme violence or extreme poverty, especially those involved in honduras's decimated copy production. ask them why now and many say they simply grabbed the opportunity when it presented itself. three weeks ago, the group set off from honduras in a wave of optimism. the ca ravan's set off from honduras in a wave of optimism. the caravan's supporters say it was a spontaneous exodus. the company stations say it was organised paid for by everyone from the democrats to venezuelan to george soros. there is a lot of play here, including the mid—term elections but most of the migrants arejust caught elections but most of the migrants are just caught in the middle. elections but most of the migrants arejust caught in the middle. will grant, bbc news, oaxaca, mexico. a terminally ill iraqi woman who's been trapped in the uk is one step closer to her dying wish of returning to baghdad to see her eight—year—old son.

arij altai was in the uk when she was told her cancer had spread across her bones, lungs and pelvis. her friends began a crowd funding campaign to get her home so she could die surrounded by her family. edward sault reports. arij altai has weeks, if not days to live. in her room at southampton hospital, she is now riddled with cancer and wants to see out her last moments in iraq with a husband and 80 old son, ali. i accept my destiny andi 80 old son, ali. i accept my destiny and i took the treatment. i came here, but now it is not enough. arij altai, her husband and son came to the uk in 2013, the couple is studying for a ph.d. the uk in 2013, the couple is studying fora ph.d. in the uk in 2013, the couple is studying for a ph.d. in linguistics at the university of southampton but in 2014, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, something she fought but at the beginning of this year she was given the crushing news that

the cancer had come back and this time, it was all over her body. the couple had to go back to iraq when he finished his doctorate. arij altai has been told she will be discharged into a hampshire hospice this weekend because there is no further treatment to her. my husband has to go back because he finished his study and it can't stay here, they won't allow him so i have to go back because nobody here wants me. i wa nt to back because nobody here wants me. i want to die now, but i want to see my son and be with him. her friends began raising money on air ambulance to get from the uk to baghdad. now they have seen the appeal rise from £4000 to £62,000, smashing their £56,000 target. we just wanted to say thank you. sorry we've not been able to thank everyone personally for the donations. we alljust a bit overwhelmed but we need to say thank you. it's hoped arij will be taken

from southampton airport to baghdad tomorrow morning. they are liaising with counterparts in iraq to discuss arij's care. it is bittersweet for arij's care. it is bittersweet for arij and her family arij's care. it is bittersweet for arij and herfamily and arij's care. it is bittersweet for arij and her family and friends. they know there is no miracle, no queue of magic wand but arij is closest to her dying wish of seeing her son for one last time. edible salt, bbc news, southampton. —— edward salt. the american actor, alec baldwin, has been arrested in new york city, accused of punching a man in a fight over a parking spot. a police department spokesperson told the bbc that the actor had been taken into custody and faced a probable winston churchill, jane austen and adam smith. each an eminent briton and each pictured — along with the queen — on our current set of banknotes. now the bank of england wants our suggestions for who to honour on the next new £50 note. the only rule: it must be a british scientist. so who are the contenders to be on the money? have you heard the news?

what news, charles? the bank of england has asked everyone to nominate who they think should be on the £50 note. you'll never guess. as has always been the case, the bank will not represent living people orfictional characters on our banknotes. so, i am afraid time lords of whatever gender are ineligible. avirgin laughter. so there you are, take your pick.

now it's time for the weather with ben rich. many started friday morning with a touch of frost but frost is not a word i will be using much at all in this week had forecast. word i will be using much at all in this week had forecastlj word i will be using much at all in this week had forecast. i do have some wind and rain for you, courtesy of this. this swirl of cloud was hurricane oscar. a deep low pressure system now and will be steered northwest by the jet stream which will mean it will be northern western errors which see the wettest and windiest of the weather through the weekend. the south and east on the weekend. the south and east on the other side of the jetstream, the weekend. the south and east on the other side of thejetstream, a better chance. saturday morning sta rts better chance. saturday morning starts frost free. apart from eastern england. that's where we will see the best of the sunshine but in northern ireland in scotland, 5°99y but in northern ireland in scotland, soggy morning. dusty wins, gusting

up soggy morning. dusty wins, gusting up to 40,50, soggy morning. dusty wins, gusting up to 40, 50, maybe 60 soggy morning. dusty wins, gusting up to 40,50, maybe 60 miles per hour. those wins coming from the south—west, bringing some milder across the country. the bridges generally 14 or 15 degrees. could get to 17 or 18 given some sunshine. as we get into saturday evening, still some outbreaks of rain. western and central areas, cardiff could see some rain that any fireworks displays, perhaps getting into edinburgh as well. it will stay pretty mild and as we go into the second half of the weekend, low pressure will be dominating the scene, moving to the north—west leaving us with mild south—westerly winds and still the weather front is slow—moving. turning very wet.