this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11pm: just days to agree a brexit deal, the pressure builds on the prime minister in a speech tonight she says there will not be an agreement at any cost. the brexit talks are not about me or my personal fortunes, they are about the national interest, and that means making what i believe to be the right choices, not the easy ones. a couple from leicester who named their baby boy adolf out of admiration for hitler are among three people jailed for belonging to the banned neo—nazi group national action. also tonight, the united nations is warning of catstrophic consequences for millions as yemen's war intensifies. as saudi coaliton and government forces advance on the port of hudaydah and rebel houthi fighters dig in, the foreign secretary is in saudi arabia for talks aimed at bringing about a ceasefire. the death toll in the california wildfires reaches

31, with more than 200 people missing in what could become the state's deadliest fire ever. and the co—creator of marvel comics, stan lee, has died at the age of 95. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers polly mackenzie, director of the think tank, demos, and the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie. stay with us for that. good evening. theresa may says brexit talks are in the endgame, but negotiations are immensely difficult, and a deal on how the uk leaves the european union, will not be struck at any cost. the uk leaves the european union will not be struck at any cost. the prime minister is still hoping

to announce a draft agreement with brussels by the end of the month, triggering a special eu summit. but now, several cabinet ministers have privately told the bbc that mrs may should drop her current strategy for brexit as they believe it won't get through parliament, and some are suggesting she should walk away from talks. here's our political editor, laura kuennsberg. her report does contain some flash photography. fanfare trumpets can't drown out the turmoil. the prime minister had hoped by now to clinch her brexit deal but a pact with brussels isn't ready and some of her colleagues even believe she should ditch her plan or walk away. at a grand banquet in london tonight, she said she would stand firm. the negotiations for our departure are now in the endgame. we are working extremely hard through the night to make progress on the remaining issues in the withdrawal agreement which are significant. i will not compromise on what people

voted for in the referendum. this will not be an agreement at any cost. and there's no shelter for her in parliament, and maybe not in cabinet either. allies hope she can find full support, but these don't sound like the words of a minister eager to sign up now. the important thing is that there's two checks on this deal. there's cabinet and there's parliament. so cabinet'sjob is to put something to parliament that is going to deliver on the referendum result, and we need to work together as a cabinet to do that. i'm going to be supporting the prime minister to get a good deal for the country. lovely to see you. the brexit secretary's trying to make it work, but they might need more than a cup of tea to stiffen the nerves this week. sources suggest if the cabinet can't agree in the next couple of days, the government can't stick to its timetable of a deal with the eu this month. they may not want to say it publicly,

but there are nerves at the top table over whether the uk could be stuck in a relationship with the eu even after brexit, with no way out. the prime minister's trying to get the very, very best deal for britain and our negotiating team are out in brussels. i wish them all good luck in making sure that we get absolutely the right deal. but the prime minister's allies believe she has to push on, though we understand there was widespread discontent in the heat of the summer over number ten's preferred proposal struck at her country house, chequers. multiple ministers, remainers as well as brexiteers, calling the proposals worrying. it was and is a very unhappy compromise. but the prime minister and her allies are determined to push on. last week, cabinet agreed they had to try to get a deal this month. that means signing something of this week. but that seems to be slipping. three different cabinet ministers have told me theresa may has to ditch her current proposals because they simply won't get enough votes in here, in parliament.

one told me to continue this way would be to self—harm. another suggested it is time for her to walk away. the government seems to be running into trouble everywhere. labour's trying to make ministers publish their legal advice on brexit and might get enough support from others in a vote tomorrow to force them. of course, governments need confidential legal advice, but there are exceptions to that rule, and we are in exceptional circumstances. we have what will be a legally binding treaty, and mps are going to be asked to vote for it. in those circumstances, we need to see the legal advice that sets out the base upon which our votes are being asked for. cabinet will gather once more tomorrow, but it seems again they will delay rather than decide. there's simply no refuge for theresa may or her government right now. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. and as our chief political correspondent, vicki young, has been explaining theresa may will not acccept a brexit deal at any cost.

she has made it very clear that the uk must be able to sign its own trade deals. that's something that there are many in her party who feel is very important, and there are many who fear what's being put forward now about the uk staying in a customs arrangement could be a problem for that. and in light of that idea of signing trade agreements around the world, she talked about what would be her first foreign trade visit after brexit, so after the end of march next year emojis there's tree will be going to the asia—pacific area next spring, and hoping to sign trade deals there and hoping to sign trade deals there and she talked about really having a broader relationship with asia in particular as the uk really branches out, as she would see it, to other parts of the world. sale a speech

there, but i think really all i think really all eyes this week in westminster will still be tomorrow, of course, on that cabinet meeting. there's been some expectation where that could be the moment cabinet signs off some kind of deal with the eu, but now that looks like it will bea eu, but now that looks like it will be a normal cabinet meeting, we'll have to see what people say there with reports there are some cabinet ministers prepared to say to her that it's time she walks away from the talks. she didn't get them that impression tonight but we'll see as the day goes on what you finally decide to do. three people have been convicted of being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action. adam thomas and cloudia patatas, whom the jury heard had named their baby boy adolf, out of admiration for hitler, were convicted at birmingham crown court, along with daniel bogunovic. we can now report that ten people have been found guilty, of being members of national action this year, including a serving soldier.

daniel sandford has the story. we're going to have white families and white children! a provocative national action demo before it was banned as a neo—nazi terrorist organisation after celebrating the murder of the labour mpjo cox. on the left here, giving the nazi salute, was the group's main organiser in the midlands, alex deakin. an open nazi, he recruited university students and even schoolchildren, and after the ban he took his members underground, borrowing tactics from so—called islamic state and communicating using an encrypted chat group named after the ku klux klan. he and seven of his members have now been found guilty of belonging to a banned group. they are learning from other terrorist organisations how to communicate, how to radicalise, how to recruit individuals, how to gather weaponry and equipment. there's so much concern about the growing threat from extreme right—wing

groups that the security service, mi5, has taken over from the police in gathering and analysing intelligence on them. these groups are now being dealt with in the same way as other terrorist organisations. perhaps the most dangerous man in the midlands group was mikko vehvilainen, a serving lance corporal in the british army. he wrote about creating civil disorder and attacking national infrastructure and accumulated a personal arsenal of guns, crossbows and knives. he had access to young soldiers in his regiment, the royal anglian, and recruited at least three to the neo—nazi cause. convicted of being a memeber of national action in april, he's been thrown out of the army, along with one of his recruits. one of the most extreme people in the midlands group was adam thomas, who also wanted to join the army. he and his partner, claudia patatas, gave their baby

the middle name adolf, after adolf hitler. amazingly, just two years earlier, adam thomas had been in israel and trying to convert to the jewish faith, but by the time of their arrest, patatas and thomas were stockpiling weapons for the race war they thought they was coming, including a £1,000 crossbow. adam thomas even discussed stealing an assualt rifle from the army, and with his friend darren fletcher, seen here on the left, he talked about killing mps. and it's not been just talk. in wales, a former national action member, zach davis, was convicted of attempting to murder a sikh dentist. another, jack renshaw, admitting plotting to murder his mp in lancashire. and a third, jack coulson, was found guilty of building a viable pipe—bomb in yorkshire. national action was banned almost two years ago, but counterterrorism detectives are still unearthing signs of it operating after the ban and are still investigating some of those who founded the group. daniel sandford, bbc news. the united nations is warning of catastrophic consequences as the fighting

intensifies in yemen. air strikes from a saudi led coalition, which is backed by the us and britain, fighting houthi rebels backed by iran, have nearly doubled in the first week of november, compared to the whole of the previous month. now there are real fears that the port city of hudaydah, which receives vital aid supplies for millions of people, could be destroyed. reports suggest 150 people have been killed there, in the last 2a hours, with much of the fighting, in residential neighbourhoods. nawal al—maghafi is in the rebel held city of sanaa. pushing towards the city, coalition troops led by the saudi and emirati forces are attempting to take the strategic port of hudaydah from houthi rebels. for three years, the conflict in yemen has been stuck in a painful stalemate. this offensive could change

the course of the war. but it comes at a heavy cost. a father in despair. he clutches the lifeless body of his three—year—old daughter. "what do i do now," he cries. grief has become routine for the people of yemen. this time, a family killed in a coalition air strike as they sheltered in their home. the un has warned this current offensive could cost up to 250,000 lives. dawn, and the family begins to remove the bodies. the fighting around the city has intensified since the us and uk called for a ceasefire. the houthi rebel leadership say the coalition couldn't maintain this offensive without the support

of their main allies in the west. translation: the coalition is joined between the saudis, the americans and the british. britain is directly involved in the aggression against the yemeni people. the british and americans deny they are involved in any targeting in yemen, but more than 500,000 people have fled since this offensive started. schools like this are no longer places of learning, they're now homes for dozens of families. children's classrooms now turned into makeshift bedrooms. they fear the winter months. the people here rely on the charity of others living nearby to survive. this woman has seven children. along with everyone else, they face violence and hunger. translation: we are victims here, we face the threat of death at any second.

it can be a missile or a warplane. we never know if we will make it until tomorrow. we are only alive because of god's mercy. the battle for hudaydah's having a catastrophic effect on an already dire humanitarian situation. the saudi—led coalition‘s aim is to strike a strategic, symbolic and financial blow to the houthis, but this advantage comes at a heavy cost and will no doubt leave yemen hungrier, poorer and still at war. this is one of the last functioning hospitals inside hudaydah. children lie weak, facing hunger. these pictures were shot three weeks ago. yesterday, the fighting reached the hospital. those who were strong enough fled for safety. for months, aid agencies have been warning that yemen is on the brink of the worst famine in 100 years. every day this offensive continues, that threat looms ever closer. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, yemen. the government says it has no

immediate plans to loosen the rules on when police officers can stop—and—search people in england and wales. senior officers had been in talks with the home office about potentially lowering the threshold that requires the police to have reasonable grounds for suspicion to stop and search someone. but today the policing minister, nick hurd, said there were currently no plans to change the rules. lord lester is facing suspension from the house of lords, for allegedly sexually harassing a woman. the conduct committee recommended he should be suspended untiljune, 2022. the peer, already suspended from the liberal democrats, described the allegations as completely untrue. the headlines on bbc news: just days to agree a brexit deal. the pressure builds on the prime minister. in a speech tonight, she says she will not sign up to an agreement "at any cost".

a couple from leicester who named their baby boy adolf, out of admiration for hitler, are among three people jailed for belonging to the banned neo—nazi group national action. as the fighting in yemen's war intensifies, the foreign secretary is in saudi arabia for talks aimed at bringing about a ceasefire. at least 31 people have now died in the deadliest wildfires on record in california. more than 200 others are missing. hot, dry winds are continuing to help the fires spread, and hampering attempts by thousands of firefighters to get them under control. two others died further south, near los angeles, after flames ravaged beach resorts, including malibu. from there, danjohnson hasjust sent us this report. they are called the devil winds, and they are doing the devil's work. a hot, dry breeze that carries a wall of flame over these hills, straight through

anything in its way. thousands of homes have burnt to the ground, some gone in a matter of minutes. here in malibu, leafy coastal neighbourhoods have been charred to ash. the wind blew across it, and that firestorm started coming down, down the hill here, and we had to run to the ocean. and then itjust blew through here like a tornado. the rich and famous haven't been spared. welcome to my home in malibu. this is film star gerard butler, returning home to find there is very little left. this guy right here, tyler, saved the whole block. and, on the edge of calabasas neighbours who ran for their lives were today reunited. he put that tree out right there. tyler and his wife saw homes across the street burning, so he got his family to safety, then stayed to fight back the flames with his garden hose. there was a point when i was

standing on the roof saying, "i'm not going to make it out of here," because the fire had surrounded us. you thought you were going to die? yeah, 100%. i was looking at a way to get away, and the only way i could have gotten away was to jump off my back roof. it appears that they are starting to get a handle on it, despite the wind... and today, others were at risk as the winds drove the flames on, taking more ground, threatening more homes. they are using every tool they've got. there are thousands of firefighters out on the ground, and they've had success here. they've beaten back the flames. but the problem is, new fires keep breaking out. there is a warning that californians may have to learn to live with this. this is not the new normal. this is the new abnormal. and this new abnormal will continue, certainly in the next ten, 15, 20 years. containing the fires is the priority, and counting the lives lost, but the winds have

picked up once more. five days in, the golden state still burns. danjohnson, bbc news, california. the man behind marvel comics, stan lee, has died. he was 95. he had a hand in creating several marvel characters, including iron man and the incredible hulk, which have appeared in some of hollywood's highest grossing films. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. # spider—man, spider—man. .. in comics... in cartoons... in cinema... stan lee's creations have captivated fans for decades. the charismatic face of marvel, known to millions, with the odd exception. nice try, buddy.

i'm stan lee! he started in publishing in the 1930s, at the company that would eventually evolve into marvel, and where he helped to create the fantastic four, the hulk, ironman, black panther, the x—men, the avengers, and so many more. i would be writing these stories, along with the artists we'd be working with, and we would all be hoping that somebody would buy the comic books, so that we could keep ourjobs, and pay the rent, and not be thrown out in the streets. but we neverfor a minute could have envisioned anything like what happened to these characters. two—dimensional on the page, stan lee's creations were thoroughly three—dimensional characters. take spider—man — driven by guilt about not preventing the death of his uncle. the 1970s and 1980s saw stan lee expand into tv. mr mcgee, don't make me angry.

you wouldn't like me when i'm angry. it was inevitable that hollywood would come calling. and stan lee's frequent cameos — a constant on—screen reminder that he was consulted about the direction of the stories, and their often imperfect stars. big man in a suit of armour. take that off, who are you? genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. echoing their comic book origins, they had frequent conflicts. it's just a metaphor, it'sjust a metaphor, dude. his people are completely littoral. metaphors are going to go over his head. nothing goes over my head. my reflexes are too fast. i'm going to die next to the biggest idiots in the galaxy. superheroes who fought together as often as they fought each other, and that is the real

reason his characters still fill our comic books, and soar across our screens. stan lee, one of entertainment‘s most important ever figures, was a trailblazer. that is hilarious. he was the first comic book writer to understand that the human behind the mask was much more interesting, much more important, than the mask itself. you know, i guess one person can make a difference. ‘nuff said. the writer and comic book creator sta n the writer and comic book creator stan lee, who has died at the age of 95. earlier i spoke to the broadcaster jonathan ross, who is a lifelong fan of stan lee's work. i interviewed him for a documentary i was making about the cocreator he worked with when he created

spider—man, together they gave us spider—man, together they gave us spider—man, and he was a huge figure to all of us who were fans of comics, particularly marvel comics, which was or is my favourite, partly because of his style of dialogue and the characters, but also the way he communicated with the fans. in the pages of the comic books, nobody had really done that before. he spoke to us really done that before. he spoke to us like he knew how much we love what he was doing and he kept us updated with news, and he sold himself as almost kind of a hipster father figure, himself as almost kind of a hipster fatherfigure, he himself as almost kind of a hipster father figure, he was a kind himself as almost kind of a hipster fatherfigure, he was a kind of swinging voice in the progressive 60s, so really i think is personality more than anyone else imbued marvel comics with the character and quality as it has today. i remember growing up in reading marble, i knew who standley was, i'd had no idea who published dc comics —— stan lee. he was a person who reached out to ordinary readers and fans of comics as much as he did the kind of hard—core people who attended the comics conventions, and stuff, and he was a lwa ys conventions, and stuff, and he was always available. well, really, the kind of hard—core comic ventures

hadn't really grown as they have today. back then it was a much smaller group and the fact that he took any of it seriously, the fact that he responded to fans who were perhaps dismissed by dc and other comic outlets as just kids, i think thatis comic outlets as just kids, i think that is partly a reflection of the way he saw his own work. i mean, i think he was a frustrated novelist. i heard the reason he changed his name to stan lee from his original name, stan lieber, was because he was saving that for when he got the chance to write the great american novel, but in a way he achieved something greater, he touched so many people, billions, with his work, and the legacy lives on now. it isa work, and the legacy lives on now. it is a powerhouse in the entertainment industry. it is a powerhouse in the entertainment industrylj it is a powerhouse in the entertainment industry. i mean, not only comics themselves, but all those people who have been fans of comics who would cut go on to become writers and screenwriters, you think of someone like neil gaiman, for instance, who became a huge figure, but has grown out of that tradition. anyone who comes out of the world of

comics, and there are many writers, people might be surprised by this, i know that ian rankin, the writer, for example, is also a big comic book fan. you have alan moore, who eve ryo ne book fan. you have alan moore, who everyone does, one of the great creators in this country, and as you say, neil gaiman, the bestselling phenomenon that he is, they were very much influenced and grew up reading stan lee, and what stan lee did was give it an element of you might save melodrama, certainly it was soap opera, there were kind of emotional storylines involving the real lives of the characters, so you are concerned about peter parker's relationship with his aunt, the fact that he couldn't get a girlfriend for years, the fact that he was trying to hold on to a job, he gave at that kind of soap opera quality, which really humanised comic books, and put them in the real world thrust. even though of course it is still a fantasy, they felt real more so than superman, who was an alien who lived in the antarctic, and that man who was a billionaire who lived ina cave, man who was a billionaire who lived in a cave, they were great characters, but they didn't resonate with us, i think, in the way that say spider—man did, or the fantastic

four, because they felt like real people, realfamilies. was four, because they felt like real people, real families. was he pleased, do you think, with the transition from the comic book format blu—ray printing and that really kind of bold thing that you got so excited about coming every week and every couple of weeks and the big screen, highly commercialised, glitzy, perhaps a bit less emotionally thrilling films? 0h bit less emotionally thrilling films? oh no, he adored it, because in the 70s, when he stepped away from writing, stepped away from being as hands—on with marble and handed over to other people, he was out there in la trying to get television and film products off the ground. i mean, i know... especially when the richard dahmer superman film came out, he was trying to get spider—man made. —— donner. they couldn't do it that convincingly, they could make a man fly but couldn't convincingly make a man's wing. he was frustrated for 15 or 20 yea rs, wing. he was frustrated for 15 or 20 years, and finally the marble cinematic universe took off —— man

swing. that is what is so lovely about the fact he lived to the great old age of 95, he got to see the characters he cocreated and shepherded and looked after and imbued with so much life, he got to see them go on to a whole new level. whether he pops up on the front pages, possibly a bit late for the first editions, but maybe later in the evening. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, polly mackenzie, who is the director of the think tank demos, and the conservative commentator and journalist tim montgomerie. that is coming upjust after the headlines at 11:30pm. some breaking news out of riyadh, following his meetings with the crown prince, and the first of them is that he has commented on the situation in yemen. he is pressing for a ceasefire, of course. he said he thought the prospects for ending nearly four gears of war there were more real after saudi arabia

confirmed that it was willing to evacuate 50 wounded houthi fighters for medical treatment. he said it is a desperate humanitarian situation and impressed everyone the urgency of the situation, and he said there would be progress in bringing to justice those responsible for the murder ofjournalistjamal khashoggi. one bit of positive news is that today the saudis confirmed to me that they are willing to allow the evacuation of 50 wounded pc fighters to get medical treatment in omagh, subject to conditions about who travels with them. —— wounded houthi fighters. this has been one of the conditions the houthi have placed on the peace talks, and if those were blocked that makes the prospect of those peace talks happening more real, and that would

be very important. now it is time for the weather, with sarah keith—lucas. over the past few days the weather has been particularly lovely. we have had some spells of sunshine but also frequent heavy and thundery downpours as well. this picture was taken on monday by one of our weather watchers in leicestershire. but we have had rainbows like this spotted across the country. as an area of low pressure meters were gradually sits on monday, that brought all the showers. by tuesday low pressure now setting off towards the easter with a ridge of high pressure in charge, bringing a quieter day. still a few showers for tuesday morning, particularfor quieter day. still a few showers for tuesday morning, particular for the west of scotland, north—west england and around the bristol channel. but they should fade away, these showers in the west, to lead a dry day across the country. top temperatures between 12 and 1a degrees, so still mild for the time of year. some rain works in from the north—west late on tuesday and overnight into wednesday, courtesy of the next frontal system heading in from the atlantic. that will bring some rain wednesday morning across parts of

northern ireland, perhaps scotland, north—west england as well. further south across england and wales, you are likely to stay dry through the day on wednesday, with some sunshine around as well, and with a south—westerly breeze it will feel pretty mild for the time of year. 1a or 15 degrees. further north around about 1k or 15 degrees. further north around about 1a or 15 degrees. and then later this week, from midweek onwards, things are settling down across the country. things are mainly dry and also pretty mild as well. so for wednesday night with still got a bit of rain in the north—west but what will start to see as we head through the thursday is this area of high pressure across the near continent exerting more of an influence across the uk. as it does so, it will bring the south—westerly winds. once again, the air with us on thursday could be the air with us on thursday could be the warmest day of the week. some uncertainty about how quickly this low cloud, mist and fog clears and birds away, but where it does so we could see 17 degrees or so. cooler