you're watching bbc news at nine with me carole walker. the headlines: pressure mounts on theresa may as she tries to get cabinet backing for a brexit withdrawal deal, as labour says there could be another referendum if we would call the general election, if that didn't happen, we must have all options on the table and that includes the option of a public vote. at least 31 people have died and more than 220 are missing as wildfires sweep california. council tenants on universal credit are struggling to pay rent. a bbc investigation finds arrears are two—and—a—half times higher than tenants still receiving the old housing benefit. a former fruit farm supervisor appears in court in australia accused of starting a nationwide food scare by placing needles in strawberries. a bbc investigation to expose fake news uncovers disinformation

by russia that could increase tensions with the united states. in sport: city looked like they enjoyed the manchester derby. the premier league leaders beat united 3—1. their third looked like a stroll in the park. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. our main story is the intense pressure on the prime minister to come forward with a brexit withdrawal deal within days. this morning labour confirmed it could seek to block brexit by holding another referendum. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, said the party would push for a general election if parliament rejected a brexit

deal, but if that failed, another vote would be on the table. theresa may's approach is also being criticised by both wings of her own party, with the former foreign secretary, borisjohnson, urging the cabinet to mutiny against her plans. the bbc has also been told that several members of the cabinet expressed significant doubts from the start about theresa may's chequers brexit plan. ministers described the proposal, which involves maintaining close ties with the eu, as worrying, disappointing and concerning. in a moment we will talk to adam fleming in brussels but first let's speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith who is in westminster. we have always talked about crunch moments in this process but now it really feels like that and pressure

is really mounting on the prime minister from is really mounting on the prime ministerfrom all sides. is really mounting on the prime minister from all sides. you are right. it has become a cliche for journalists to say the clock is ticking down and time is running out, but actually probably the next 48 hours are going to be decisive in terms of whether the government can getan eu terms of whether the government can get an eu summit to agree a deal this month. because if they can't, then everything becomes much more ominous for mrs may. first off the government would have to dramatically intensify no deal preparations, plough serious money and energy into getting ready for leaving without an agreement. that in itself would create increased momentum towards that no deal outcome. there is also a question over if there is not a summit this month, then will parliament really have the time to get in place the necessary legislation to get us that? and lastly i think there is a view that downing street really want to have the key commons vote before

christmas, before mps leave for christmas, before mps leave for christmas and the new year, in the belief that psychologically mps might take the view let's just get it over before the end of the year, and then we can start afresh. if the timetable slips and the so—called meaningful vote isn't until the new year, i think the view at number 10 is that it will be even harder to win the backing of mps. although interestingly this morning lord callaghan, one of the brexit ministers arriving in brussels for a general affairs council, he did not sound like the man really watching the clock. we are working hard for a deal on a the clock. we are working hard for a deal ona numberof the clock. we are working hard for a deal on a number of important issues that we feel have got to get bottomed out. but we can't rush it. we have got to get the right deal. this is an agreement that will endure for many years and we have got to get it right and take the time to get it right. you haven't got any time. we haven't set a particular deadline. we have to be

mindful of the parliamentary situation in the uk. it is important we take the time to get it right. meanwhile on the labour side some confusion following jeremy corbyn‘s remarks over the weekend that labour would not stop brexit. that has prompted a lot of thanks among some labour mps keen for labour to back the so—called peoples vote, a second referendum. and the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer again reiterated that the party's policy would be to ask for a general election should they vote down mrs may's deal but if they didn't get that, yes, all options would be on the table including a second referendum. have a listen. sorry, we have a technical gremlin. sir keir starmer seemed to be adopting a rather different tone certainly to

that ofjeremy corbyn, who seems to add a degree of finality to the prospect of labour ever blocking a second referendum. keir starmer saying that the party conference had agreed that a second referendum had to remain on the table and nothing should be ruled out. some seem tension there between the two labour sides. but we also know now that the concerns among cabinet ministers predates all the latest wranglings we have been having about the northern ireland backstop, with indications that even some pro—remain ministers were unhappy with the cheque is deal way back in july. with the cheque is deal way back in july- -- with the cheque is deal way back in july. —— chequers deal. that was the crucial chequers summit. the prime minister is facing trouble on all sides as she tries to push through on her brexit deal. norman, for now, many thanks. our brussels reporter, adam fleming, is in brussels where the 27 eu leaders are meeting today to discuss brexit. add, we were hearing there are about

the opposition that theresa may is facing at home. and it seems that in brussels they are posed to her plan —— opposed to her plan for any arrangements over a hardboard in northern ireland to be temporary. just to correct you, it is european affairs ministers meeting in brussels today for the meeting of the council where they talk about general eu matters and they are getting an update now from michel barnier on progress in the negotiations. you are absolutely right about one of the key sticking points, which has been the termination clause. how do both sides agree that it is time to end the backstop if it ever comes into place and move to a future trading relationship? the uk says it wants to have a say. there was some talk of the uk's withdrawing unilaterally from that. that is the opposite way

to the way brussels see it. they think it should be a joint decision where both uk and eu agree together that there would be no need for the backstop plan to exist any more. and the future trading relationship could be put into place. the question is what mechanism do you use for making that decision? is it thejoint committee use for making that decision? is it the joint committee made up of politicians from each side which is envisaged in the brexit treaty in the withdrawal agreement. or would it bea the withdrawal agreement. or would it be a separate independent arbitration panel that would sit above that joint committee arbitration panel that would sit above thatjoint committee which would be made up of people from the uk side, the eu side, and third parties from elsewhere, who were not involved in the eu or the uk. and would there be a role for the european court of justice? would there be a role for the european court ofjustice? but one of those layers of panel referred the question to the european court ofjustice? —— code one of those layers of panel referred the question? it is very difficult. and thatis question? it is very difficult. and that is why i am told that michel

barnier‘s deputy was working late into the night in brussels last night to try and find a comp eyes on that point. that is really what all of this has come down to. —— find a compromise. it is technical and difficult but underlying it is a fundamental printable for many in theresa may's own party, which is that the uk must after brexit be free to decide for itself when it is going to break away from these very close ties that lock it into so many of the eu's rules and regulations. there was a meeting on friday night of the member states ambassadors who we re of the member states ambassadors who were getting an update on the task force of the european commission and one other thing that came out that was the date ofjuly 2020, which is when both sides will have to decide which way they are going. is it going to be that there is no future trade relationship ready yet but the uk wide temporary customs arrangement is ready so you go into

that? or will that not be ready either so you have got to go into the backstop, the northern ireland only option of northern ireland staying in the customs union and lots of elements of the single market? it is just fascinating or scary to think we can be having this conversation that we are having now in summer2020, conversation that we are having now in summer 2020, when the stakes will feel even higher, certainly as high as they do today. and the reason the eu is being so strict on this is two reasons. number one, their commitments to northern ireland and ireland and there being no hard border as part of the peace process. and that is why they are pushing so ha rd and that is why they are pushing so hard on this. and the second thing, i think michel barnier feels he has got the future of the eu's single market, what they feel as their biggest achievement in this place, in their hands, and he is carrying it and it is a fragile thing that he has got to protect and he does not wa nt to has got to protect and he does not want to write anything into brexit treaty that would be legally binding

and could jeopardise something that eu sees as a massive achievement in historical terms. that is why the sta kes feel historical terms. that is why the stakes feel incredibly high at the moment. adam, many thanks for the latest from brussels. the number of people who have lost their lives in the most destructive wildfires in californian history has risen to 31. more than a quarter of a million others have been forced to flee their homes. the governor of california has urged president trump to declare the wildfires a major disaster, which would release federal emergency funds. tom hanson is a reporterfor cbs and joins us from new york. first of all, the scale of these fires, in an area which does routinely have wildfires, this is on another scale. yes, the images that you are seeing another scale. yes, the images that you are seeing are another scale. yes, the images that you are seeing are just truly incredible and jaw—dropping. basically what you are seeing is a perfect storm, so to speak, of conditions that make these wildfires so conditions that make these wildfires

so ferocious and lethal. keep in mind historically we should be done with the dry season by now but california has not seen any significant rain, so there are dry arid landscape is fuelling the fires. and itjust takes one smouldering bit of ice to ignite the massive blaze, which makes the fire is very hard to predict and it makes it very difficult to get out in front of the flames. that makes it very risky for first responders. at this point there are massive efforts to combat the fires across the state. governor brown has asked for a major disaster declaration which would give funding to both first responders and the residents affected, but that is kind of where we stand right now. what sort of reaction are we getting from president trump and from the federal government? do they appear to be ready to make that change so that more funding will be available to help in this disaster? yes, i should first note the controversial tweet

that president trump sent out yesterday. and i quote this. there is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in california except that forest management is so poor. billions of dollars are given each year with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. needless to say, this is incredibly controversial and tweet that has been criticised by leading democrats including the governor of california. mr brown said that forest management is just one small element and governments must take a whole range of actions to address the problem that he said could cost billions of dollars to tackle. as of now, the flames that ucr not well contained. you have the wolsey fire which is 10% contained and then the campfire which is standing at about 2596 campfire which is standing at about 25% containment. and with stronger

winds along the way, it does not appear that the flames will go away any time soon. john, thank you very much for the latest from new york. eric bush was evacuated five days ago from the town of paradise in california. 6700 homes and businesses have burned down there. hejoins us now on the line. thank you very much for talking to us. what do you know about what has happened to your home? well, currently we don't really know because we have not been able to go back. all we have been able to go back. all we have been able to go back. all we have been able to encounter of videos and pictures, but not clear evidence. i am currently staying at my friend's house and another evacuee is with me and his father snapped up and got pictures of what was his house, sadly. it is a devastating event, to

say the least. it is a lot more than that. tell us about what happened when you were evacuated. at that stage, were the flames approaching? sadly i wasn't even in the town at the time. my sister was sleeping currently and my dad was heading up to the town because we were in a different city because i go to school in a town called chico which is right next to it. we got a call in second period of school that it was going ablaze. i was freaking out, calling my mom, my dad, couldn't get an answer, and i found out that it was getting scary out there. i saw videos of facebook of my dad with smoke billowing everywhere and fire everywhere and also my sister wasn't with us. her video got shared and you could see fire on both sides of the street and smoke everywhere and you couldn't

see anything and it was scary and i wasn't even there. it is really scary. you are safe now i'm staying with friends, but what have you heard about when you might be able to return to find out what has happened to your home? to return to find out what has happened to your home7|j to return to find out what has happened to your home? i haven't heard much but all i know is that the national guard is up there now. i think most of paradise is evacuated. there have been casualties and lots of people missing but we have not heard when we can go back and see our house, our homes, or anything. eric bush, thank you very much indeed for talking to us and best of luck with this very difficult situation. the headlines on bbc news: prime minister under pressure. theresa may tries to get

cabinet backing for withdrawal deal as labour say there could be another referendum. at least 31 people have died and more than 200 are missing as wildfires continue to sweep across california. the foreign secretary is to press saudi authorities on the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi, during a visit to the country today. manchester city put on a masterclass and beat rivals manchester united 3—1 to go two points clear at the top of the premier league. max versteppen loses his cool with esteban ocon after colliding with the french driver at the brazilian grand prix. verstappen has been sentenced to two days of community to two days of community service. roger federer made a disappointing start to his campaign at the atp finals in london. he was beaten two sets to love by kei nishikori ofjapan. but don't panic because he could still make it to the final. i will be back with more news stories in half an hour.

a bbc investigation has found that russian media & officials presented false claims about a us—funded laboratory in neighbouring georgia. the russian foreign ministry, defence ministry and pro—kremlin media claimed recently that untested drugs were given to georgian citizens at the lab, resulting in a large number of deaths. the us has accused russia of disinformation in order to distract attention away from incidents such as the salisbury poisonings in the uk. as part of our beyond fake news season, steve rosenberg reports from tbilisi. russian tv breaks a story about america. the us army has been experimenting on humans at a secret laboratory outside tbilisi. it sounds dramatic. but is it true? we've come to tbilisi, georgia, to investigate. the source of the russian news story

is a former head of georgian state security who fled to moscow. igor giorgadze is an ex—kgb man. his website has published leaked papers. proof, it claims, that georgians were given untested us medicines with deadly results. so these are real documents? these are real documents. but we found the man who compiled the original document and he says the story is wrong. the whole world knew this programme. it was to eliminate hepatitis c in georgia. it's strange that mr giorgadze showed this to people claiming that it is kind of experiments because 36,000 people were cured and maybe 200 of them were dead and had adverse events. cured of hepatitis? of course, cured of hepatitis. the american drugs used in the programme had been approved. they're in the world

health organisation's list of essential medicines. across town is the lugar lab, run by georgia but built by the pentagon to secure deadly pathogens. moscow claims that the us army takes up two floors here. it doesn't. the director let us check the whole building. maybe we are storing somewhere. where are the american soldiers here? laughter. and what about russia's assertion that the lab has plans for a drone to spread toxic mosquitoes? where is the evidence that we are doing here this? can they show us the evidence, that georgia is somewhere here in a dimension? the thing about disinformation, fake news, is that a lot of it sounds plausible until you stop and start picking apart what you're being told. and this story, as moscow has been telling it, is factually incorrect. but moscow doesn't seem too

concerned about that. there is no proof at all of any experiments. translation: we know there is no evidence right now. that doesn't mean that no evidence exists, right? suddenly even the man who started this story, igor giorgadze, is struggling to provide facts. but do you have evidence that drugs that had not been clinically approved were given to georgian patients? translation: no, i don't have any desire whatsoever to prove anything. i'm just asking questions. is this not simply, in a word, disinformation? i don't know, i don't know. but then the aim of disinformation isn't to prove a story, it's to sow doubt and to blur the line between fact and fiction. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. throughout this week,

we'll be exploring the issues around disinformation in our beyond fake news season. you can also follow the debate and research on our website. that's all at bbc. co. uk/fa kenews. two men aged 18 and 23 have been charged over a crash in sheffield on friday night which killed four people, including a one—year—old boy. adnan ashraf jarral, who was 35, and his son, usman, died when their people carrier collided with another vehicle which had been pursued by police. husband and wife miroslave duna and vlasta dunova were also killed in the crash. an inquest into the deaths of ten people shot dead by british soldiers 47 years ago will open later in belfast. an initial investigation into what's known as the ballymurphy massacre cleared the soldiers involved and referred to the unarmed

civilians who died as gunmen. families say they've fought long and hard forjustice and hope to get some form of truth. a woman has appeared in court in australia accused of putting needles in strawberries. the 50—year—old is a former supervisor at a berry farm. she has been remanded in custody. since september there have been dozens of alleged incidents of sewing needles found hidden in fruit, sparking a nationwide panic. we can speak to our former sydney correspondent phil mercer who is following the case. tell us what has emerged in this case. this was a huge scare in australia in september of this year. police said there were 186 cases of sewing needles being contaminated in punnets of strawberries. the western australian and queensland state

governments offered rewards. the prime minister of the country said that those responsible were cowards and grubs. after a very long investigation, the police in queensland arrested a 50—year—old woman on sunday. she has appeared in court in brisbane. she has been remanded in custody and the court was told that she was motivated by spike and revenge. the authorities in australia say the investigations are ongoing. this woman has been charged with seven counts of contamination, usually these sorts of offences attract a prison sentence of up to three years, should she be found guilty. but given the circumstances, the police would be pushing for a sentence of up would be pushing for a sentence of up to ten years. many thanks for the latest. back to our main story of the day now, which is that several members of theresa may's cabinet expressed doubts about her chequers brexit plan from the start. joining me to talk about this is robert courts mp, member of the european research group, and baroness ros altmann.

thank you both very much indeed for joining us. we are hearing today that the number of those ministers at the chequers discussions were already very unhappy about this plan. of course we now know that borisjohnson plan. of course we now know that boris johnson and david plan. of course we now know that borisjohnson and david davis walked out over the deal. borisjohnson is calling on cabinet ministers to mutiny. robert, do you think that is what they should be doing?” wouldn't want to be in the position of telling cabinet members what they should be doing. what is very clear is that a great number of people from borisjohnson to david davis and of course me have a great number of concerns about the direction of travel laid out on the chequers. and i would ask the government, as i have been doing sincejuly, to look atan have been doing sincejuly, to look at an alternative way that secures the democratic accountability of our country going forward. what we have seen country going forward. what we have seen is that there are real concerns

on the remains side of the argument. there was a resignation last week of the person calling for a referendum. is that a real possibility?” the person calling for a referendum. is that a real possibility? i think it is. i don't know why it would be anti—democratic to ask the people to give us their opinion of whatever way forward we ultimately are facing. this is a monumental decision for the country. surely if we can't be absolutely sure that this is what the british people want, whatever it is we are facing, whether it is a chequers style deal, no deal, some other route, then we have a democratic dutyjust to check with the people. if they say this is what we want, we leave and it is fine andl what we want, we leave and it is fine and i think the country will come together. but none of the main parties is committed to having another referendum so that unlikely that it will happen. i don't think we will have any idea what labour's view is. they are talking out of both sides of their mouth on one side says yes and the other know. emily thornberry has now said yes.

we have got to see what happens in parliament. there are inevitably trade—offs. this is not working out in the way that the league campaign asked people to leave when they were voting to leave. so democratically we need to check with the british people. is this the way forward that you want? there are trade—offs here that people were not expecting. we we re that people were not expecting. we were told we would have our cake and eat it. we were told that would be all sorts of things that won't happen. if the british people still wa nt happen. if the british people still want to live, that is fine but i believe we have a duty to check because it is not what was originally expected. —— if the british people still want to leave. parliament is looking very difficult indeed for the prime minister, when there are people on the remains side of the argument as well as people on your side of the argument you want a clea n b rea k your side of the argument you want a clean break with the european union. do you think it will be possible for her to get the deal through parliament? what is really striking at the moment is you are seeing similar concerns addressed by

eve ryo ne similar concerns addressed by everyone on both sides. if you look at thejohnson everyone on both sides. if you look at the johnson brothers, everyone on both sides. if you look at thejohnson brothers, they everyone on both sides. if you look at the johnson brothers, they are selling similar things and it really comes down to the point about democratic accountability. i think thatis democratic accountability. i think that is the most important thing that is the most important thing that we must have. we must be in a position where our elected politicians are making the rules and regulations that govern this country and our economy. certainly there have been enough concerns raised from people on all sides of the party to suggest that there will be difficulties when this does come to parliament. what is your group, the european research group, going to do about this? as a bloc are you going to vote against the deal the prime minister appears to be trying to push through? it is important that we are not seen push through? it is important that we are not seen as a push through? it is important that we are not seen as a voting bloc. it isa we are not seen as a voting bloc. it is a research group and all the mps in it will have their own views. personally i will be scrutinising what the prime minister comes back with and i will give my view at that time but i will not speculate in advance about what that might be and what other people will do. thank you

very much forjoining us. in a moment the weather but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. sally was jailed for a minimum of 22 years after killing her 61—year—old husband richard with a hammer. they had been married for three decades. her lawyers are now planning to argue at the court of appeal that she killed her controlling husband only after enduring years of psychological abuse. their sons agree. we will talk to one of them, david, lives just after ten o'clock about his mother's bid to be released. that as well as labour's brexit spokesman telling us that brexit can be stopped, contradicting his boss. and the pensioner who legally wants to change his age from 69 to 49. coming up change his age from 69 to 49. coming up on bbc two, bbc news and online. many thanks, victoria. now let's catch up with the weather prospects for the week with carol. thank you.

today a mixture of sun and showers. no pressure is anchored out into the atlantic. this front. nick ross today and tonight, bringing showers with it as it does so. —— this front will swing around today. we have another weather front very close. showers continue in the west. in the south, as well. some will drift east. but ahead of them will be dry weather and sunshine. but a breezy day. blustery winds around those showers. temperature wise, we are looking at a range from 11 in the north to highs of about 15 in the south. through this evening and overnight, we hang on to some showers. a weather front eventually getting down to the south east. a ridge of high pressure built in. many of the showers will fade. it will still be a breezy night. we

will still be a breezy night. we will have clear skies. temperatures falling in towns and cities between five and eight. tomorrow, we start with the showers, but they will continue to die away. a lot of fine weather, and sunshine, still breezy, but temperatures similar to today. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: pressure mounts on theresa may as she tries to get cabinet backing for a brexit withdrawal deal — as labour says there could be another referendum. if the deal didn't get through we would call for a general election. if that didn't happen we must have all options on the table, and that includes the option of a public vote. at least 31 people have died and more than 220 are missing as wildfires sweep california. two men are to appear in court charged in connection with a collision in sheffield which killed 4 people — including one man and his son.

bbc research shows average rent arrears the council tenants on universal credit are two and a half times higher than tenant is still receiving the old housing benefit. —— tenants still receiving. a former fruit farm supervisor appears in court in australia accused of starting a nationwide food scare by placing needles in strawberries. in sport: city looked like they enjoyed the manchester derby. the premier league leaders beat united 3—1 time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the conversation surrounding today's stories, along with the best content from the bbc and beyond. we can take a look on the bbc news website. top of our list this morning is the story about how funds have flooded in for melbourne's

homeless hero. this is a fundraising campaign, which has raised almost £50,000 to help a homeless man. he had tried to stop that attack in melbourne last week by pushing a trolley at the attacker who was trying to stab two police officers. video footage of the homeless man, michael rogers, ramming the trolley at the attacker had quickly gone viral online. an extraordinary story of the homeless hero. another story which is interesting quite a lot of you is this breakthrough which says that a neck scan may be able to detect dementia early on before symptoms appear. researchers are saying a five—minute scan can be used. reserachers are claiming that

a five—minute scan could be used to spot people at risk of dementia before symptoms appear. for fifteen years, reserachers monitored the blood vessels in the necks of more than 3,000 people using ultrasound scanners — and they found that the most intense pulses went on to experience greater cognitive decline ove the next decade than other participants. a lot of interest in that one. we can move on and look at one of the other stories... burned to death because of a rumour on whatsapp. we have a big story about fake news at the moment on bbc news. this explores how rumours of child abductors spread through whatsapp in a small town in mexico, the rumours were fake, but a mob burned two men to death

before anyone checked. it's part of a bbc series on fake news — and we'll have more on it in the next few minutes. an extraordinary story, this, about deaths prompted by a mob who believed rumours on the internet which were simply not true. let's move on and look at some of our most watched stories. we've been talking a lot about brexit this morning, several members of the cabinet expressing significant doubts from the start about theresa may's chequers brexit plan, which they agreed to support during a meeting injuly. there agreed to support during a meeting in july. there is agreed to support during a meeting injuly. there is this article in the daily telegraph from the former foreign secretary, boris johnson, who has urged the cabinet to mutiny. he says theresa may is on the verge of total surrender to brussels over brexit. and also says britain is to

sign up to something even worse than its current constitutional decision, terms which might be forced on the economy, which comes at a time when we are hearing a lot of opposition from the remain side of the argument. we will keep you up—to—date on a lot of the developing lines on that big story. we've also heard from the conservative mp and former education secretaryjustin greening about how cabinet ministers voiced doubts about theresa may's brexit plans, and she was speaking to louise minchin this morning. —— justine greening. i always believed in cabinet collective responsibility, and i think cabinet ministers, really, ought to be out selling government policy rather than undermining it from the sidelines. i've been very clear about where i stand that i am a backbench mp, so i have to say that i'm surprised to read all of this in the papers today. tell us about what impact that will have on the prime minister. she's negotiating this right now, what impact does that have on other european leaders and her?

i think clearly she needs to be able to continue with the negotiation. my personal view on the steel is that it's the worst of all worlds. as i said, i think it leaves us less in control of the rules that shape our day—to—day lives and businesses. i don't think it is a good deal. but the bottom line is she certainly should be able to expect support from her cabinet. knife crime has been another big story today. 119 people — nearly all young men — have been stabbed to death in london this year. many believe that one way of reducing the statistic is to stop and search anyone the police suspect might be carrying a knife and now police chiefs want to lower the level of suspicion an officer needs. one of those who has died this year was 21—year—old benjamin pieknyi from romania —

he was stabbed to death in march in broad daylight in a shopping centre in east london. benjamin's aunt — cristina pieknyi — has been spreaking tojon humphrys on radio 4's today programme — and told him that benjamin was minding his own business when he was attacked. he didn't have any weapons. according to his friend, and obviously everything was on cctv, they was literallyjust minding their own business, doing their own thing, as we all do. this thing happened. and his killers were caught? yes, they were, within probably about, i would say, five days from the time it happened they were all in police custody. and what happened to them? they were all sentenced last wednesday at the old bailey. the actual killer got 24 years. two of them were sentenced and charged with manslaughter, and got 12 years. and two of the others were given 14 months and 30 months for public disorder. and what was the effect on your

family and benjamin's relatives? you have stayed in this country, but some of them left? yes. he lived with his brother. i should have said from romania. year, from romania. —— yeah, from romania. they were devastated. this kind of thing, you don't expect to happen to your family. they thought they were coming to a safe country. yes, they did, and being the type of people they were, they were brought up to, obviously, mind their own business, be respectful of others, and that was the way their mum taught them since they were babies. obviously when this kind of thing happens to someone who comes from a fairly small town in many are worth nothing really happens, the devastation on the family is absolutely horrendous. you don't expect your child to come

and live abroad and then not come home any more. this week the bbc is focusing on the issue of fake news and how to respond it, but what exactly is it? here is a video by zoe kleinman which many people are watching online and explained it simply... fake news isn't just online and explained it simply... fake news isn'tjust news you don't like it is designed to spread confusion and obscure the truth with lies, hoaxes, and conspiracies. and there is a lot of it around. in the summer, facebook warned millions of us summer, facebook warned millions of us that content we had seen all our news feeds at actually come from accou nts news feeds at actually come from accounts linked with russia and

iran, so how on earth didn't reach us? fake news is often posted on the jet at looking website and social media pages. they are designed to be sensational or controversial, making it more likely to be shared, especially if they back up our existing beliefs. sometimes they'll even mixed in with real news fake news can be amplified by bots, automated accounts designed to look like real people. there can be millions of them commenting on and reposting stories to make it look like the story is going viral. then, when celebrities or organisations share them, they lend credit ability to the fake news. the social networks are working to limit the spread of fake news but it isn't easy. facebook said it had to give up easy. facebook said it had to give up putting a red warning triangle to fa ke up putting a red warning triangle to fake news stories because it made people more determined to read them. now it is working with third—party fa ct now it is working with third—party fact chequers to make fake news less

prominent in our newsfeeds. —— fact checkers. but sometimes it can be too late for many of us to see a correction. and what about private m essa g es correction. and what about private messages when fake news travels without public scrutiny? sometimes fa ke without public scrutiny? sometimes fake news is easy to spot, perhaps the article is badly written or the images don't look quite right. but as technology gets more sophisticated and accessible it's becoming harder to believe what we see and hear online. that's it for today's morning briefing. now a sports round—up. city beat united 3—1 in the manchester derby and now have a 2 point lead over liverpool at the top of the the city beat united 3—1 in the manchester derby and now

have a 2 point lead over liverpool at the top of the premier league. city were 2—0 up after 50 minutes with goals from david silva and sergio aguero. anthony martial scored a penalty for united, but a superb passing move was finished of by ilkay gundogan for his side's third. look at that, but at the end of the game raheem sterling was told off by his boss, pep guardiola, for being too fans with his footwork. showboating. that just too fans with his footwork. showboating. thatjust shows you how serious pep guardiola is about not taking this title for granted. we felt all the players would make a good performance against united. we wa nt to good performance against united. we want to play good for our fans for everything good to happen. we felt we we re everything good to happen. we felt we were playing a bit comfortable, but the second half was much, much

better. we were in the game until minute 80 something. and something killed the spirit and the morale of my team. one thing is a bad performance, another thing is a performance with mistakes. i think our performance is a performance with mistakes. the three goals we conceded our mistakes. —— are mistakes. let's move away from the derby. mo salah scored his sixth league goal of the season as liverpool beat fulham 2—0 at anfield. fulham are bottom of the table — liverpool second. chelsea kept their unbeaten run but could only draw 0—0 with everton whose keeperjordan pickford made a number of saves to earn his side an away point. fingertips to say that one, brilliant. henrikh mkhitaryan scored a late equaliser against wolves at the emirates to stretch arsenal's unbeaten run to 16 matches. the gunners are fifth, three points behind tottenham.

lots of the back pages this morning talking about the football. shall we have a look through some of them to see what they are saying. the guardian say mind the gap, a reference to the 12 point gap between in the the premier league table. on the back page, pep has had it easy, according tojose mourinho, talking about the run of games manchester city had before the derby. the times is highlighting the fact that this is manchester united's worst start since 1990, as if they needed reminding. the daily star go with show off, the pictures of pep guardiola making a beeline for raheem sterling after the final whistle to tell him off for all of that showboating. and max verstappen looking reflective. celtic moved top of the scottish premiership on goal difference from hearts after a 0—0 draw

away to livingston. it was a bit more lively at ibrox where rangers thumped motherwell 7—1 to go third. scott arfield and eros grezda both scored twice. rangers are just 2 points behind celtic. england's women were beaten at home for the first time since phil neville took over as manager, losing 2—0 to sweden in a friendly. the match was england captain steph houghton's 100th for her country but there was little cause for celebration as her side were undone by goals from sofia jakobsson and anna anvegard. the opening day of the atp finals in london produced a big shock with kei nishikori beating roger federer. nishikori had never beaten federer indoors, but took the first set on a tie break and claimed the second 6—3. the format is round robin, so federer, who's won the end of year tournament six times, could still reach the final. now, take a look at these pictures of andy murray getting back to fitness... murray put this video on instagram of his latest workouts. one of his latest workouts.

after returning from hip surgery, the former world number one ended his season in speptember and is targetting the brisbane international in january for his latest comeback. looking good, andy! i definitely do not think i could do that. there was pushing and shoving on and off the track as lewis hamilton won the brazilian grand prix. he's already reatined his world title. max verstappen was leading and on course for a superb win until he was taken out by esteban ocon who was well behind in the race. hamilton took full advantage to take the win and guarantee merecedes the constructors title. what these incredible pictures. verstappen was obviously not best pleased with ocon and after the race sought out the frenchman and proceeded the push him a few times in the weighing room. as a result — he's been given two days public service by the sport's governing body! verstappen says he has no regrets. very bad tempered. now i'm delifghted to say that we're joined by england women's

rugby star katy daley—mclean. fresh off the back of a fantastic weekend for you, your 100th cap, congratulations. thank you. what a game on friday night. absolutely. i'd been building on that for a while, to finally get out there with the girls and get my hundredth, and to cap it off with a win, great evening. and you scored a flamboyant try. flamboyant? i had to run really fast. chuckles how difficult has it been for you to get to this point? you had the most incredible presentation of your hundredth cap, because you weren't given it by somebody official, tell us given it by somebody official, tell us what happened. i was really lucky. i had my sister and my niece with me throughout the game. that was amazing for me because they have been so big in myjourney. post the game we get my actual cap and it was

presented by my dad. that brought a tear to my eye. to have my family with me, they have been instrumental in myjourney, for them to share that was a fantastic moment. you are not going to stop at 100, are you? hopefully not. a couple of big games coming up. yes, this was the big game of the international series. america on friday, then we go to doncaster, we play canada on sunday, then we finish with ireland at twickenham. we have some big games to get over the end of the season. thank you. i know you have had lots of interviews on the back of your hundredth cap. congratulations. it's lovely to see you. that is just about it from me. in the meantime i will be practising my andy murray style training moves. good luck with that. thanks. an investigation by the bbc‘s panorama programme has found

the average rent arrears for council tenants on universal credit are two—and—a—half times higher than tenants who still receive the old housing benefit. the chancellor, philip hammond, announced extra money for universal credit in his budget last month, to counter warnings that moving onto the all—in—one benefit system could push people into extreme poverty. catrin nye reports: anthony smith lost his job a year ago and had to claim universal credit. he struggled with the online system and lost benefits for missing job centre appointments. i have just explained to you... he owes £4000 in rent to the council and is facing eviction. i've even looked for somewhere to live, and i've found a bridge. the only thing i'm not playing ball with is i can't work the computer. i'm left behind. under the old system, housing benefit was paid directly to the council, but now it's paid direct to claimants like anthony as part of one single benefit, universal credit. anthony should then pay rent to the county council,

but he's way behind, and so are others. we had a rent arrears position last year of 1.6 million. it's now £450,000 worse than it was then, and a large proportion of that is attributable to universal credit. panorama has discovered that across the uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind with their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that's more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the old system, paying rent direct to councils. the key point here is to make sure that people get support in terms of funding, and that is why earlier this year we introduced a package worth £1.5 billion, which means anyone coming on to universal credit who is currently receiving housing benefit will get two weeks of extra money. critics argue much bigger changes are still needed.

well, you can see that panorama investigation, the universal credit crisis, in full on bbc one tonight. the details for each region are on your screen now and it will also be available on bbc iplayer. a veterinary campaign group has accused the government of telling "bare faced lies" about the effectiveness of the ongoing badger cull in southwest england. the prion interest group said that government claims of a reduced number of bovine tb cases in cattle, as a result of the cull, was "badly wrong". the department for environment, food and rural affairs said it is the right approach and has had a positive impact. scottish wind turbines generated the equivalent of 98% of all the electricity needed in scotland last month. —— scottish wind turbines generated the equivalent of 96% of all the electricity needed in scotland last month. the most productive day

was the 23rd october, when turbines created enough energy to power more than 8.5 million homes, more than three times the demand, according to analysis by wwf scotland. it was an extraordinary weekend of events to commemorate the centenary of the armistice. from the people's procession to the faces of the fallen etched in the sand, yesterday we saw some spectacular armistice commemorations. our reporterjayne mccubbin has been taking a look at how the nation remembered the centenary of the end of the first world war. they lit beacons to symbolise an end to the darkness of war, to remember the moment the bullets stopped, to remember those who had fallen, and those who had brought their stories home. they said the war is over.

i said, he's gone mad. they said, listen, it's saying the war finishes this morning. the war is over — we just couldn't believe it. it was so unreal. and we very soon found ourselves picking our way over the bodies of men who'd fallen in the early attacks that morning. yes, it was a dreadful experience, there's no doubt about that. still, those of us who survived think ourselves jolly lucky. corporal edward glendinning and the other great war veterans have long gone, but their photographs were held with pride as relatives marched past the cenotaph in a people's parade. these are my grandfather's medals and my great uncle's. this is for my grandfather and this is for my uncle. very emotional marching along and thinking about them,

and thinking about everybody else. what a privilege, a real honour. so yeah, proud to have been here on this day, it was great. in cirencester, more than 3,000 people formed this human poppy to give thanks. around five million left these shores to fight. close to 900,000 never returned. some of the faces of those fallen were etched into the sand. in folkestone, war poet wilfred owen, killed days before armistice. his mother received news the very day the guns stopped. in northern ireland, john mccance, a rifleman with no known grave. in ayr, walter tull, the first black officer in the british army. in colwyn bay, hedd wyn, a welsh poet killed on the first day of the battle of passchendaele.

"hedd wyn" means "blessed peace." the tide eventually took away the faces, but not the memories, as the nation once again promised to never forget. victoria derbyshire will be here in a few minutes, first let's catch up with the weather and speak to simon. good morning, simon. good morning, simon. good morning, simon. good morning, the forecast today is similarto good morning, the forecast today is similar to yesterday's, a mixture of sunshine and showers. some will be on the heavy side, you might get stuck in a downpour. blustery conditions with those showers, as well. it's all because we have this area of low pressure out of the west ‘s leading in these showers. some rain in the far south—east of england. that will mostly here. ——

that will mostly clear. the further east you are, it is looking dry and bright. still the risk of the odd shower along southern coasts, but more so shower along southern coasts, but more so around wales, north—west england, and up in towards scotland. some showers will be on the heavier side, but there will be some sunshine coming through. quite blustery conditions, but that wind is coming in from the south or south west. it won't be very cold, maximum to be just getting west. it won't be very cold, maximum to bejust getting up west. it won't be very cold, maximum to be just getting up to 11 to 15. those showers will continue this evening and overnight, mainly around western and southern areas. if anything that rain will become heavier across the far south east of england and i'd. elsewhere, lengthy clear spells and to bridge is down to about six to 8 degrees. —— heavier across the far south—east of england tonight. for many on

tuesday, a drier and brighter day. lots of sunshine throughout. the cloud thickening over northern ireland later. the wind is still coming from the south—west, so temperatures up to about 11 to 14, 15 degrees, about the average for the time of year. wednesday, cloudy and wetter for scotland, north—west england, north—west wales, and northern ireland, breaking up into showers later. we are keeping these mild south—westerly winds. lots of orange on the map. temperatures getting up to the mid—teens mostly. perhaps 70 degrees towards the south—east of england during wednesday. into thursday, we still have the southerly wind. —— 17 degrees towards the south—east of england during wednesday. this mild air is scoring up from the south, so we will stay settled for the end of the week. but when you get light winds and moist air there is the risk of fog. hello.

good morning. it's monday. it's ten o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. jailed after hitting her husband with a hammer almost 20 times. now sally challen is preparing to argue she killed her husabnd of three decades because of years of psychological abuse. we'll talk to one of the couple's sons, who's supporting his mum's bid to be released from prison. the united nations has been to essex to investigate the impact of poverty and austerity and we went with them. this is one resident's story: i don't understand how i can be left living in a shed for 15 months. they couldn't care less. the un's investigator on poverty told us he's seen no evidence from the government of new policies which will help end austerity.