a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: despite a string of ministerial resignations and moves to unseat her as leader, prime minister may insists she will see her brexit deal through. i believe with every fibre of my being that the course i have set out is the right one for our country and all our people. and european leaders claim they won't renegotiate the draft brexit deal, even if it's rejected by the british parliament. awaiting verdicts on charges of genocide, two former leaders of the khmer rouge on trial in cambodia. the world's most expensive painting by a living artist sold at auction. more than $90 million for this work by david hockney. hello to you.

after a day of high political drama, another looks very likely today, as britain's prime ministerfights to save her brexit withdrawal deal. with the uk due to leave the european union injust four months, theresa may faced hours of hostile questioning in parliament, a series of ministerial resignations, and moves to unseat her as leader. she insists the only alternative to her plan is to leave the eu without any deal, or no brexit at all. the bbc understands that one of her most senior colleagues, michael gove, has rejected her offer of becoming the new brexit secretary, and is now also considering quitting her cabinet. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg. on exactly the spot where theresa may took on the job of prime minister... the march of the brexiteers trying to walk her to the exit. what we need is a leader who will say to the european union,

it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom, it is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union. what do you say to some of our viewers and listeners who think this is self—indulgent, you are complaining about a practical compromise? it is nothing to do with ambition of brexiteers, it is about ambition for brexit and the country. leaving the european union is the most fantastic opportunity for the united kingdom. the ugly fight over how we leave the european union. we voted yes! now an open battle in the tory party girl who runs the country. those who still back her, exasperated. stop rocking the boat, stop wrecking, otherwise this will prove an historic, disastrous period, notjust

for the government, but for the country more widely. government and the cabinet made a definite decision. 50 her government and the cabinet made a definite decision. so her choice to get up, to go to work and to use the phrase, get on with the job. it is not even 2a hours since cabinet relu cta ntly not even 2a hours since cabinet reluctantly agreed to back a compromise with the eu. but after two of them quit she had to try to explain it to the commons. two of them quit she had to try to explain it to the commonsli two of them quit she had to try to explain it to the commons. i do not pretend it has been a comfortable process , pretend it has been a comfortable process, or that either we all the eu are entirely happy with all of the arrangements that have been included within it. mr speaker, when i first became prime minister in 2016, there was no ready—made blueprint for brexit. many people

said it was simply not be done. i have never accepted that. i have been committed to delivering the referendum, and ensuring the uk leads the eu absolutely and on time. this is not the deal the country was promised and parliament cannot and i believe will not accept a false choice between this bad deal and no deal. the government must now withdraw this half baked deal which it is clear does not have the backing of the cabinet, this parliament or the country as a whole. there is no escaping the big problems, though. the brexit secretary and some colleagues quitting, convinced the pm has signed up to a suffocating relationship with the eu. there comes a point where the terms are so bad that i felt i could not in good conscience see that deal over the line. would you forgive some viewers including lots of people who may have voted for brexit who would be

really angry at people like you who campaignfor really angry at people like you who campaign for brexit, now it gets difficult, really hard, and you walk away. there are risks in any course we ta ke away. there are risks in any course we take at this historicjuncture but i think the worst possible outcome when you balance the risks is to give in to the eu's blackmail and accept a deal bad for the economy and devastating for trust in democracy. so can she really carry on? a challenge to her leadership, a plan with little support in parliament? she will try. serving in high office is an honour and privilege. it is also a heavy responsibility. that is true at any time, but especially when the stakes are so time, but especially when the stakes are so high. negotiating the uk's withdrawal from the eu after a0 yea rs, withdrawal from the eu after a0 years, and building from the ground up years, and building from the ground upa new years, and building from the ground up a new and injuring relationship for the good of our children and grandchildren, is a matter of the high as consequence. my approach

throughout has been to put the national interest first. i do not judge harshly those of my colleagues who seek to do the same, but who reached a different conclusion. i am sorry that they have chosen to leave the government and i thank them for their service. but i believe with every fibre of my being that the course i have set out is the right one for our country and all our people. it is very clear you want to stick to your plan. isn't it the case, though, that others are seeking to take that decision out of your hands? i'm going to do my job of getting the best deal for britain. i'm going to do myjob of getting a deal that is in the national interest. when the vote comes before the house of commons, mps will be doing theirjob. and am i going to see this through? yes. evenif i going to see this through? yes. even if you try, try and try again, you don't always succeed. this prime minister, this government, is still in place, but certainly not in

control. and it may notjust be mrs may standing in the way of renegotiating the deal. the mood music from europe isn't encouraging. here's german chancellor angela merkel. translation: we now have a document on the table that britain and the eu 27 have agreed to. so for me there is no question at the moment whether we negotiate further. if members of the government still want to try for a new deal, how would they go about ousting prime minister may? it comes down to the conservative party's rather antiquated sounding 1922 committee. chris cook, policy editor for the bbc‘s newsnight, explains it for us. if 15% of conservative mps wrote to the chairman of the 1922 committee saying they no longer have confidence in the party leader, there is a confidence vote among tory mps. right now, 15% means a8 mps, and the current chairman is sir

graham brady. if the prime minister wins the confidence vote that follows, she can stay, and there will be no fresh challenges for a year. but if the prime minister loses a confidence vote, she is obliged to stand aside, then there is a leadership contest she cannot take part in. that is a leadership contest where, normally, mps expect to choose two candidates to be put forward to the party membership. but that could take weeks, at least. more time than the party feels they have with the brexit clock ticking away. but it is hard to see how mps could be prevailed upon to choose one candidate on the party, as they have done in the past, given the divisions inside the conservatives. a leadership election could split them down the middle. let's get some of

the day's other news: north korean leader kimjong—un has supervised the test of a new high—tech tactical weapon according to the country's state media. it's the first time in a year that kim jong—un has inspected a weapons test site. the korean central news agency described the test as a success but gave no details on the type of weapon. scientists from more than 60 countries will vote later on whether to change the way the kilogramme is measured. for more than 100 years it's been defined by the weight of a platinum based cylinder locked away in a safe in paris. it's expected to be replaced with a system which involves accurately measuring an electric current. the united states has imposed sanctions on 17 saudis for their alleged role in the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. and a saudi prosecutor has announced he is seeking the death penalty for five people charged with the killing. caroline rigby reports. killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul, apparently by lethal injection. in a news conference broadcast live

on television in the kingdom, its deputy public prosecutor laid out yet another saudi narrative of the killing. translation: the way in which the crime was committed has been discovered. it was after a struggle, a fight, and the administering of a lethal injection, which led to his death. an official revealed jamal khashoggi's murder was ordered by the head of a negotiating team working to have khashoggi return from exile. but the crown prince knew nothing of the plan. it is a view echoed by the saudi arabian foreign minister. this was a routine operation and we have a better sense of what happened. this was individuals exceeding their authority and going beyond their mandate. and these individuals made a tremendous mistake, and for this mistake they will pay a price.

and that price became clearer today. prosecutors revealed they had charged 11 suspects over the murder and are seeking the death penalty for five of them. the united states also appears to be stepping up its response to the killing. imposing sanctions on 17 saudi arabian individuals for serious human rights abuses resulting from their roles in the killing ofjamal khashoggi. they include key aides of the crown prince, as well as the istanbul consul general, who, following the mr khashoggi's disappearance, allowed cameras into the consulate, in an attempt to prove that the journalist was not inside. the us has not pointed any fingers at the crown prince himself. although it is eager to hold those responsible to hold those responsible to account, the trump administration will be keen to tread carefully to preserve the important strategic relationship between the two countries. judges at a tribunal in cambodia are about to deliver a verdict

on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rouge, nuon chea and khieu samphan. they are accused of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities. our south—east asia correspondent jonathan head is in bangkok. jonathan, this is a terrible piece of history under way here. it is a terrible piece of history in some ways to a limited extent being settled because this is the part to the trial against these two very senior leaders of the khmer rouge. it was split in two in order to get the verdicts against the earlier on crimes against humanity charges while they were still alive. the eldest of them, nuon chea, is 92 yea rs eldest of them, nuon chea, is 92 years old. this is the second part and probably the last of the verdicts in this long—running process. it involves other allegations of crimes against humanity in relation to forced

labour projects and incarceration, prisons, and of course charges of genocide where the khmer rouge targeted two minorities, and the judges have ruled that they found those crimes took place. we are just waiting to hear their verdict on the responsibility of these two men. u nfortu nately responsibility of these two men. unfortunately the whole tribunal, a hybrid of cambodian and international law, has a limited mandate, further limited by the cambodian government's refusal to allow more than a handful of senior leaders to be brought to trial. it has been a very drawnout and expensive process lasting about 20 yea rs expensive process lasting about 20 years from its beginning. but for those who suffered under the khmer rouge, at least seeing the details of these crimes documented and seeing some leaders held accountable will offer some kind of closure. we arejust seeing will offer some kind of closure. we are just seeing the tribunal in session on our screens. are just seeing the tribunal in session on our screens. just bring us session on our screens. just bring us up—to—date with some of the

history. this was a group which ruled cambodia in the 1970s. left something like 2 million people dead. that is the best estimate. the numbers will never be known. it was a very extreme experiment and extraordinarily violent. the maoist group emerged in the 1960s. many of them had been european trained intellectuals who bought into the prevailing philosophy at the time influenced by china's experiments, but to get much further. they believed that cambodia, which was sucked into the vietnam war conflict, and badly bombed by us forces, that cambodia should be taken back to its agrarian roots. they force evacuated the capital of phnom penh and other cities and drove people out into the countryside to live on these are brutally run communes. and they sort out what they believed were party enemies everywhere including inside their own party in what became in their own party in what became in the end almost a frenzy of killing.

eventually they were overthrown by an invasion from vietnam at the beginning of 1979. and it has taken this long to bring these last surviving leaders to some form of justice. only three people have been convicted by these tribunal. they have cost $300 million. it has led to some debate about whether this was an adequate way to bring justice, although given the objections of the current cambodian government for it to go further i don't think they have the potential really, the possibility of making it a wide reaching tribunal. still awaiting that verdict and sentence from the tribunal. jonathan, thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: wejoin rescuers in california trying to find those who didn't survive the worst wildfires in the state's history. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. she has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister.

jackson's been released on bail of $3 million, after turning himself into police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that its opening the country's remaining whites only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc world news.

one main story: the british prime minister theresa may has said she is determined to press on with her plan for brexit, despite ministerial resignations and moves to challenge her leadership. we've been asking people who voted in the referendum what they think of the way brexit has turned out so far. danny savage visited newcastle. how is life going to be different for people after the last 2a hours in british politics? at this science centre in newcastle, people were still wondering what it all means. i just sort of want something to come out — just to sort of say, what is actually happening? what's the plan of happening? when is everything going to go ahead? is it going ahead, because there's sort of been back and forths? i just want to know what is actually the plan of brexit. and there was some sympathy for theresa may. i didn't vote conservative but i do feel that she's got a really...

i don't think anyone could do the job, to be honest, at the moment. i think she's got an impossible job. gosh! aren't you shiny, happy people? the artificial intelligence hadn't quite caught up with the public mood. if the actual government can't agree on it, it seems to suggest nobody really agrees on what's going on at the minute, and it's alljust a bit vague really. outside another north—east institution, there was more food for thought. are we out, are we in? are we europe, are we not? just let us know what's happening. because you feel as though you don't know at the moment? haven't got a clue. in a city which was divided down the middle in the referendum, three mechanics who voted out still want out, but... so, would you like a deal, no—deal or no brexit? i'd take a deal, to be honest. aye. deal? deal. i think it's an absolute shambles at the minute. i don't think we're getting any further forward. yeah, get on with it. why has it taken so long? i appreciate that we've got 30 years in the eu and they can'tjust undo it, like, but it seems shambolic

the way they're going about it. the thickness of the ice the government is skating on at the moment is definitely up for debate. as the day's resignations happened, people here made up their minds. they either back it or they don't. so don't back it and leave. if they get new people in, they do be leaving it. do you think she should resign? no. as the brexit exit plan was gutted and filleted, students at newcastle college are worried. i want to work abroad. i want to work on cruise ships, and it's going to be a lot more paperwork for me to do — to maybe even get a chance at that job, and that's not good for me. to some, it may feel like we're going round in circles, but for now, we just have to watch westminster sort itself out. danny savage, bbc news, newcastle. the morning's newspapers are just hitting the stands here in the uk — brexit, as you'd expect, is on all the front pages. the traditionally conservative daily telegraph quotes sources close to the northern

ireland unionist mps, whose votes mrs may relies on in parliament, saying they won't support the government any longer while she remains leader. the daily mail hits out at the tory brexiteers bidding for a confidence vote in the pm — it calls them preening saboteurs who are undermining their country's future. the biggest tabloid, the sun, compares theresa may's resolve to the cricketer geoffrey boycott and can't help this witty headline. the number of people missing after the worst of the californian wildfires has now jumped to more than 600. search teams have found seven more bodies, taking the confirmed death toll to 63. a0% of the fire is now under control. our north america correspondent dan johnson reports. these are the teams who must answer the painful questions that hang in this acrid air. where is my family member? what happened to my loved one? how many more people are dead? team five starting a search on location. house after house, street after street, the ashes of this community are slowly revealing

the lives once lived here. this work is difficult and the conditions can be dangerous, and the scale of the task is almost impossible to comprehend. more than 10,000 properties ruined, and more than 100 people still missing. there's no good news here, no positive outcome. only another name to add to the list of lives lost. they sift through the rubble with respect, and they're trying to preserve some dignity. they're special people. yeah, i don't think humans are intended to see this stuff, to be honest with you. but i think everybody that does this, they come in with the intent of trying to provide closure to the families, because right now they are missing. so there's still more for them to do, and as they look further, it only gets worse. danjohnson, bbc news, paradise. an international team of researchers

has discovered a huge impact crater underneath an ice glacier in north—west greenland. it's thought to be the result of a giant meteorite, around a kilometre in diameter, that crashed into the earth. and it may be one of the most recent such craters anywhere on the planet's surface. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. maybe 3 million years ago, maybe just 12,000 years ago, no one knows for sure, a huge meteorite crashed into the earth. for much of the time between then and now, the impact crater was hidden beneath millions of tons of ice. only when it was finally discovered did we begin to understand its size and its scale. 300 metres deep, 31 kilometres wide, much bigger than washington dc, even bigger than paris, and it's probably one of the youngest large impact craters on earth.

it may have been covered up by the relentless spread of the greenland ice sheet, but in some ways, the crater was always hiding in plain sight. nasa satellite images and new topographical maps prompting a more close—up examination. a research team flew over the hiawatha glacier, radar waves travelling through the ice, measuring its thickness and internal structure. examining this new data, scientists realised that they had uncovered one of the world's biggest impact craters, although this one isn't anything like as big as the one off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. the impact from that asteroid, around 65 million years ago, big enough to kill off the dinosaurs. scientists will now try to work out what effects the greenland meteorite had. these kind of impact events are rare but they have happened before,

they will happen again. tim allman, bbc news. one of the greatest works of modern art has been sold at auction in new york for just over $90 million. ‘portrait of an artist (pool with two figures)‘ was painted in 1972 by david hockney. it's a new record for a work by a living artist sold at auction. russell trott reports. the shimmering blue water depicted by david hockney forming the focal point of arguably his most famous work, portrait of an artist (pool with two figures). one of the 20th century's most recognised and loved pieces. and there it is. a tense auction room then as the world of art, like the subject matter, held its breath. then the shock and amazement, and not a little relief,

as it became the most valuable work of art by a living artist ever sold at auction. back in the early 1970s, david hockney worked 18 hours a day for two weeks to complete it. now at the age of 81, very few classic hockney pieces ever come up at auction. the sale beats the previous record at auction for a living artist by more than $30 million, the record for a painting by a living artist was sold privately and not at auction for around $110 million. but record or not, this painting still makes a splash wherever it is seen. a modern masterpiece by a modern master. russell trott, bbc news. is more for you any time on the bbc news website. —— there is more for you. hello there.

we started this week with some drenching downpours. we end the week on a much quieter note. albeit quite a murky one. some cloud, some mist and fog to start friday. i'm hopeful that things will brighten up a little bit later on. but sunshine amounts will vary, depending on where you are. most of us starting off grey and murky with some mist and some hill fog. but as we go on through the day, that cloud will tend to break up. northern scotland should see some sunshine even through the morning. and then, into the afternoon, a few other places willjoin in, mostly where you get a bit of shelter from high ground to the south, so parts of north cornwall, north devon, western and northern wales, here a decent chance of seeing a little bit of sunshine. elsewhere, the cloud should thin and break a little bit to reveal some brightness. temperatures generally around 13 or 1a degrees. the north coast of northern ireland, perhaps cumbria, the northern half of scotland, again, these areas likely to see some spells of sunshine with those temperatures again up

to 13 or 1a degrees. but, as we go through friday night, most places will again turn quite cloudy, that cloud lowering down onto the hills. it will get quite murky, some mist patches around. as a consequence, not a cold night, minimum temperatures between six to 12 degrees. so a mild start to saturday morning. quite a grey start as well. but there are some changes to come. high—pressure sitting out here across the near continent. but the winds around high pressure flow in a clockwise direction, and that is going to start to bring us more of a south—easterly flow. we'll start to tap into some drier air and so this cloud is going to retreat. we're going to peel it back from the map and we'll see increasing amounts of sunshine. so after that grey start, things should tend to brighten up. and by saturday afternoon, most of us should have blue skies overhead. those temperatures, ten, 11, 12 degrees, that won't feel too bad, although it will be quite breezy. and then, for sunday, quite a cold start, actually. could be a touch of frost around,

but then a lot of sunshine to take us through the day. still quite breezy and still not especially warm. those temperatures up to between nine to 12 degrees. but those temperatures are only going to head in one direction as we get into the start of next week, and that is downwards. we're going to start to import some much colder air from the near continent, and so temperatures are going to take a tumble. at the same time, we're going to bring in more in the way of cloud. so, largely grey skies as we go into monday and tuesday. it'll still be quite breezy, and temperatures for many stuck in single digits. the latest headlines for you from bbc news: prime minister theresa may has vowed to press on with her brexit plan, despite several ministerial resignations and a growing challenge to her leadership. other european union leaders have said they won't renegotiate the draft brexit agreement even if it's rejected by parliament in london. judges at the international tribunal in cambodia are about to deliver a verdict on genocide charges

against two leaders of the khmer rouge. nuon chea and khieu samphan are accused of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities. they have already been convicted of other crimes. the united states has imposed sanctions on 17 saudi officials for their alleged role in the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. in saudi arabia itself, a government prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five people charged with the killing at the saudi consulate in istanbul. you up—to—date on