this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11: theresa may is backed by cabinet ministers, after a wave of resignations. leading brexiteers pledge support for the prime minister. to have confidence in the prime minister? i absolutely do. ithink it is absolutely vital we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making chalk in the areas that matter so much to the british people, we can get a good outcome. the prime minister is still facing a possible vote of no confidence, but the cabinet‘s newest member warns colleagues against. this is not a time for changing our leader. this is a time for pulling together, for making sure that we remember who we are here to serve, who we are here to help. that is the whole of the country. we'll have the latest on a possible leadership challenge, and on today's cabinet appointments. also tonight: in the us, rescue workers are intensifying their search after california's deadliest wildfire. the number of people missing is now over 600. levels of poverty in some british towns and cities are a disgrace,

according to a united nations survey. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers the broadcaster, john stapleton, and kate proctor, political correspondent at the london evening standard. good evening. welcome to bbc news. at the end of a very challenging week for prime minister, when her future was openly questioned by colleagues. theresa may has moved to fill the gaps created by this week's resignations, following the publication of her brexit plans. steve barclay, a junior health minister, who supported the leave campaign, has been promoted to brexit secretary, replacing dominic raab. and the former home secretary amber

rudd makes a return to the cabinet as work and pensions secretary. despite speculation that he would resign in protest at the draft withdrawal agreement, michael gove has declared his confidence in mrs may's leadership and stays on as environment secretary. but the prime minister's position is still far from secure, with a growing number of conservative backbenchers calling for a vote of no confidence. this report by our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flashing images. imagine, submitting yourself first thing in the morning to this... and here in the studio with me this morning, the prime minister. ..literally taking a call from the public asking you to quit. why do you think you should stay on as pm when you have failed, despite your no doubt honourable intentions, to honour the referendum results? and if you cannot do that, i respectfully ask you to do the right thing in the national interest — to stand down and allow someone from the brexit camp to take the lead. i believe that we've got a good deal from europe. we've still got some things to sort out with them, but i believe we've got a good deal from the european union, and that's what i'll

put to parliament. she was more keen to pitch her brexit compromise. this message needs to be convincing to survive. myjob is to persuade, you know, first and foremost, my conservative benches, those who are working with us — the dup are working with us obviously in confidence and supply. but i want to say, to be able to say to all parliamentarians, every mp — i believe, truly believe, that this is the best deal for britain. reporter: will you be resigning today, mr gove? good morning. he doesn't think it's much of a good deal. but, after wobbling and wavering, look... the minister's red box, still in his hand. do you have confidence in the prime minister today? i absolutely do. i'm also looking forward to continuing to work with all of my government colleagues and all my colleagues from parliament in order to make sure that we get the best future for britain. i think it's absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people we can get a good outcome. thank you very much. we know this cabinet minister, penny mordaunt, doesn't like the agreement that much either.

but neither is she going anywhere fast. i've not got anything to say to you this morning, i'm afraid. and, look who's back. amber rudd, the former home secretary. yet to remember she's got a ministerial car, along with her newjob. and maybe part of her task — to defend the pm and her deal like this. this is not a time for changing our leader. this is a time for pulling together by making sure that we remember who we are here to serve, who we are here to help — and that is the whole of the country. and i worry sometimes that my colleagues are too concerned about the westminster bubble rather than keeping an eye on what ourjob is — to serve people. and you'll soon hear more of this man. meet steve barclay. a big promotion for him to the new brexit secretary. and this long—time cabinet brexiteer. notjust urging colleagues to back the pm, but no longer saying no deal is better than a bad deal — a complete change. we're not elected to do what we want. we are elected to do what's in the national interest. and, ultimately, i hope

that across parliament will recognise that a deal is better than no deal. businesses do require certainty. this melee isn't for a celebrity, but for a leading eurosceptic. there's absolutely no need to have a big flap. no need for a big flap, he says. he and his colleagues are only trying to depose the prime minister! it's time to put the letters in and to have the vote and test the will of the conservative party to continue. he and many brexiteers believe the prime minister has signed up to a relationship that's just far too cosy with the eu. so, letters are being written to try and force a contest. but they need 48. we've done our honest best to persuade her not to stick to it. she's made plain that she will, and therefore the party, i'm afraid, now faces a stark choice. and for you, that choice is, she has to go?

well, if it means defending the destiny of our country, which i believe is literally what is now at stake, then, reluctantly, i'm afraid to say, yes, she does. it's impossible to tell right now if the tory tussles will end in the prime minister leaving office. no—one in westminster knows. hard for all of us to fathom. i think it's a complete shambles. you don't know from one day to the next what's happening. it doesn't feel as if there's in power. what she's been saying for months and just stringing us along until a boom, right at the end, it's too late to say anything, take it or leave it. i hope we go home for the weekend and they chill off and come back and support her. theresa may's team will do everything they can to help her cling on. but neither the chief whip will anyone knows if in days they'll be fighting a vote to oust her, or only having the hugejob of pushing her brexit you'll through parliament. i've never accepted the argument that the prime minister can come back with whatever she is cobbled together and say, well, it may not be very good, but the alternative is even worse. in the 21st—century,

looking at the future of our country, with got to be able to do better than that. tonight, downing street appears at least to have a new and calmer cabinet. but we do not know yet, and they don't either, if theresa may can stay on. because many people in her own party do not wish her well. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the chief constable of northern ireland has rejected claims that threats to security at the border with the republic, are being exaggerated. concerns have been raised that any new checkpoint could be targeted by paramilitaries — and that political uncertainty could generate tensions amongst republicans or loyalists. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page begins his exclusive report on patrol with an officer based in the south of county armagh. six zero, six zero. two boys made off in a van across the border, windscreen smashed. they have got proof they've taken drugs. 0n the uk's only land frontier, police are on the front line. 0fficers routinely patrol

in a convoy of four armoured cars. they are conscious of the risk of being rammed or trapped on narrow roads by cross—border criminals. crime gangs and individuals use the border as a way of evading capture by police. we have good cooperation with our colleagues in the south, but we cannot cross the border because we're carrying firearms. so, if you are involved in a pursuit and the car goes across the border somewhere like this... that's it. that's us stopped. and then would the police force in the irish republic pick up the pursuit? yes, they would pick it up. even in recent years, paramilitaries have targeted police with murderous intent. you can see the hedge line and the hedge line is the border. they planted a landmine here and they used the border conveniently to get away. the police service of northern ireland says its task is set to become even more demanding. it is recruiting around 100 extra officers to prepare for brexit

and is likely to ask the government to fund more. the chief constable is hoping for a brexit deal, but thinks that would not solve all the issues. even a deal scenario, you know, we would need to try to work out and protect the likely responses to it. there are people in the brexit debate who will say that the threat of violence at the border, or the threat to stability in northern ireland is being exaggerated. what are your thoughts on that? those that say that we or others are overplaying the border of brexit in policing terms, they are simply wrong. history tells us that these issues around identity and people's position, as irish citizens all british citizens or both, all of that plays out at times into increasing tension. and the man in charge of the police in the irish republic says any increase in organised crime like smuggling would benefit dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. one of the principal issues might be about driving funding

for terrorist groups. but also then they will wish to use any difference in the border arrangement as a rallying call to their campaigns. in spite of the continuing threat, the border beat‘s changed remarkably since the frontier looked like this. no—one is expecting military watchtowers to return, but police who built up relationships with previously hostile communities hope the gains of relative peace will be protected. i'm not a politician, i'm a police officer. but small decisions that are made can have massive implications for me working along the border. without seeing this, you perhaps don't realise what it's really like. chris page, bbc news, in county armagh. johnston press, the owner of many national and regional newspapers, including the i, the yorkshire post and the scotsman has announced its set to go into administration. the company had put itself up for sale last month. with me is our correspondent, chi chi izundu.

why is this happening? johnston press had a £220 million bond that it had to start repaying byjune next year and they felt that are slated out was to look at a variety of options, including selling the company. when there had the offers for sale, they decided none of those we re for sale, they decided none of those were good enough and decided this option is to possibly go into administration. as you said, this is one of the uk's largest press companies, it owns about 200 and an online titles, it has been going since 1700, very historic as well, and some of the publications they have are incredibly historic. the problem being is that people are not buying newspapers and advertisers do not want to invest in product where people are not picking up, the people are not picking up, the people they are advertising who cannot get to it. what does that mean for jobs?

cannot get to it. what does that mean forjobs? had issued a statement tonight saying they had told staff that this was the only option available in —— available to them that week it viable for publications and online publications to continue. hopefullyjobs will stay, but it is not the only press publication that has been hit by bad news. shortlist magazine, a men's magazine that comes out every week around the country for free, announced it is closing after a decade, 20 jobs are expected to go and again, it is the problem that people are not paying for print and advertisers will not advertising material that they cannot people to. —— that they cannot attract people to. a private company, which provides homecare services for more than 13,000 elderly and disabled people, says it will transfer all of its contracts to other care providers. allied healthcare's ability to deliver care services was thrown into sharp doubt by regulators last week, who warned about its financial viability. the company says it is working with local authorities to minimise disruption. five men, who were crushed to death when a wall collapsed in birmingham

in 2016, were killed accidentally — according to an inquestjury — which said there was a ‘foreseeable risk‘ that it could happen. the men, from senegal and gambia, had been working at a metal recycling yard when the 12—foot concrete wall collapsed. the inquest found the dangers posed by the wall could have been identified. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may is backed by cabinet ministers, after a wave of resignations. leading brexiteers pledge support for the prime minister. stephen barclay is appointed brexit secretary, and amber rudd returns to the cabinet, at work & pensions. johnston press, which owns newspapers including the i, the scotsman and the yorkshire post, is preparing to enter into administration. the number of people missing after wildfires destroyed the californian town of paradise has risen to more than 600. so far 63 bodies have been discovered there, but the death toll is expected to rise considerably. at least three other people have

died in a separate wildfire in southern california. president trump will travel to the state tomorrow to meet those affected. 0ur correspondent dan johnson has the latest. these smouldering ruins still refuse to reveal how many lives were lost when paradise burned. the official number killed has kept slowly climbing. but the latest update brought a stunning new figure. the number of people who we are still looking for, who are unaccounted for, has increased to 631. and this number increased by 501 people. that is because they have checked the number of emergency calls made from people's homes when the fire was at its most intense. boards like this have appeared at shelters around town, with lists of people who are missing and the numbers of loved ones to contact.

but this search is increasingly being conducted on social media. so, facebook pages are filled with stories of family members missing, friends and relatives not heard from for more than a week. like jonathan's brother, maurice, missing, along with his wife and daughter. this isn't like maurice to just disappear off the face of the earth and not let anybody know. but we are still trying and we will do whatever it takes until he is found. dead or alive. here, another body has been found. another family will get a call. they will have the answer but so many more are still waiting. danjohnson, bbc news, in paradise. well i've been talking tojeff hill, a resident of paradise who lost his home in the californian wildfires, but managed to rescue a horse found in a backyard pool. he told us his story. we were going up there expecting the

worst, i was up there with my friend and he said his dad did not leave. he is 76 years old and he is just too old to rebuild his entire life so too old to rebuild his entire life so he will fight and we can to save his house. so we walked up, we had heard that property had burned, that neighbourhood had burned, that we we re neighbourhood had burned, that we were expecting, you know, the worst, and when we walked up and his house was still standing, we were very surprised and off in the distance where the pool was in the backyard we saw a mule who was pacing back and forth. if the animals don't know you they usually get spooked and run—off, it raised their attention when he wouldn't leave. so we walked closer, thinking he was hung up on something or somebody tied into a tree or whatever, and as we got closer he saw he was sitting there waiting on his friend who was stuck

in stranded in the pool. how did she avoid drowning? she was stuck on the pool cover, there are straps that go across that connects on both sides of the pool, she was suspended on her belly on her neck, she was basically floating, suspended in the deep end of the pool, and that was what kept her alive. i don't know how long she was there that she was weak, —— but she was weak. she had given up, she was sitting there shivering uncontrollably, you could tell in her eyes, the sadness, she had accepted, i feel she tell in her eyes, the sadness, she had accepted, ifeel she had accepted she was going to die in that pool. you got her out, and what happened to her when he got her out? we went to the shallow end of the pool we went to the shallow end of the pool, started taking the pool cover off and once we got to her, since she was being suspended by that pool

cover, she actually ended up going under once we took it off, by the pa rt under once we took it off, by the part she was being suspended by, so we grabbed the pool cover and floated her all the way to the shallow end where she could stand. after she stood up and stuff, i got a chain, that was the only thing i had, i wrapped around her neck and we pulled up the steps. and she got up, walk up the steps and got out and kind of shook off and came over to us and love. us for a minute, and kind of shook off and came over to us and love. us fora minute, —— loved on us for a minute. i took that as her saying thank you, and after a minute of that she turned around and started walking away, as she was walking away kind of looked back at us, one more time, you know, to reassure us, to her saying thank you and i will be all right.

levels of poverty in some of britain's towns and cities are a disgrace, according to a united nations survey. a un envoy concluded that government policies have inflicted unnecessary misery and suffering on millions, including many people in work, despite the uk being the world's fifth richest economy. and the united nations warns it will get worse after brexit, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. i am watching poverty cripple my mother. i lost my house, and it's a lonely world out here. to go to school, go to college and spend all your money on university... it doesn't work like that anymore. often ignored, but for the past ten days, the poor have been listened to. why are so many people crumbling under their burden and losing their fight? here injaywick in essex, england's poorest area, the united nations came to hear what it's like to have little. if i was to die now, no—one would miss me. i'm useless, i can't provide for my family. i'm just going to end it.

the meeting was one of nine held across the uk by the un's special investigator on extreme poverty. his conclusion — the government is in denial about the problem. what i saw is a lot of misery. a lot of people who feel that the system is failing them. a lot of people who feel that the system is really there just to punish them. philip alston said he found staggering levels of child poverty, and a harsh welfare regime that tells the poor... that people who need benefits should be reminded constantly that they are lucky to get anything, that nothing will be made easy. he called for immediate changes to universal credit, the main welfare reform, and deplored the disproportionate effect on women of benefit changes. if you had got a group of misogynists in a room and said, "guys, how can we make this system work for men and not for women?" they wouldn't have come up

with too many other ideas than what's already in place. as you'd expect, ministers have hit back, saying they completely disagree with the un's analysis. they say that household incomes have never been higher, there are a million fewer people living in absolute poverty than in 2010, and that they're committed to providing the right support to those in need. the un's criticisms won't quickly improve the lot of the poor, in jaywick or elsewhere, but they may focus more minds on the daily struggles of millions of britons. michael buchanan, bbc news. funeral prayers have taken place in saudi arabia, turkey and several other countries for the murdered saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. khashoggi's son salah met mourners in jeddah, while hundreds attended prayers in the holy cities of mecca and medina, as well as in istanbul. the body of khashoggi, who was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul on 2 october, has not been found.

the telecoms firms ee and virgin media have been fined a total of more than £13 million by the regulator 0fcom, for overcharging thousands of customers who wanted to leave broadband and phone contracts early. ee has issued an apology and says it accepts the findings. virgin media says it has compensated customers who were affected, and is going to appeal. the cnn journalist who clashed with president trump at a news conference and subsequently had his media pass removed, is to get it back. ajudge in washington dc has ordered the white house to return the pass tojim acosta, who said the decision was good news for freedom of speech, and the independence of the media. the incident has highlighted the tense and hostile relations between the president and journalists, as our north america editor jon sopel reports. they are hundreds of miles away, though. they are hundreds and hundreds of miles away. that's not an invasion. honestly, i think you should let me run the country. you run cnn.

it started as a bad—tempered exchange between an angry president and a provocative cnn correspondent. that's enough. put down the mic. the temperature rising when the white house justified removing acosta's hard pass, saying he had laid hands on an intern. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. ..and released an edited video that had been put out by a right—wing conspiracy theory rich website. but when this was ridiculed, the white house changed tack and said it was because he hadn't given back the microphone. this spat grew when the president threatened to take away the credentials of otherjournalists he thought were "rude." cnn took legal action and, significantly, all the other broadcasters herejoined in — including fox news, normally a cheerleaderfor the president. this was now about press freedom and, today in court, it was acosta 1, trump 0.

we're extremely pleased with the ruling today. that is a great day for the first amendment and journalism. we're very excited to have mr acosta be able to go back and get his hard pass and report the news about the white house. i want to thank all of my colleagues in the press who supported us this week and i want to thank the judge for the decision he made today. and let's go back to work. today, jim acosta was able to return to the white house. in this topsy—turvy world, the man who is meant to report the news seemed to be enjoying being the news. thanks, guys. thanks. decorum, you have to practise decorum. while the president, who has never shied away from a fight, bemoaned the lack of decorum in white house news conferences. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers the broadcaster john stapleton, and kate proctor, who's a political correspondent at the london evening standard. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with sarah keith—lucas. the past week has been exceptionally

mild, we have seen temperatures in the high teens, well above average for the state in november. —— this stage. friday we had some low cloud cover mr fogg, this picture was taken in east sussex but many parts of the country had similar scenes, not everywhere, this was inverness on friday. there was some sunshine breaking through at times. through the next ten days the trend is for dry settled weather to continue at first, this will start to turn cold through the course, there could be some winderlich —— wintry showers as well, particularly over the course mountains in the north. we start with cloud to the south—east and northwest, the sunshine makes its way to the north—west during the day, it will brighten up for most places, perhaps northern ireland and eastern scotland could keep cloud during the day. it will not be as warm as it has been, to bridges not doing too badly, 9— 13. a similar

day as we head into sunday, a clear night saturday into sunday could be a touch of frost as those temperatures for —— falljust a few degrees above freezing, it will be colder than that in the countryside. 0ne colder than that in the countryside. one or two faulty patches on sunday morning, that italy for eastern scotland, north—east england, they should clear away and sunday is looking like the sunnier day. across the board we have clear blue skies, a brisk breeze from the south—east and averages will reach 9— 13 or so. fairly average for this time of year. as we look ahead towards the new working week, things are about to change a little bit, we have the high—pressure sitting across scandinavia, notice this cold front which pushes its way in from the east. during monday this will introduce more cloud across the country, your best bet of keeping sunshine on monday is in parts of western scotland and northern ireland, wales and west in england too, but look at these temperatures, we are back into single figures for most we are back into single figures for m ost pla ces we are back into single figures for most places and you are around eight

degrees or so on most places and you are around eight degrees 01’ so on average most places and you are around eight degrees or so on average from monday afternoon. it will feel quite a lot colder than it has done over the past week or so. we still have high pressure a across scandinavia out towards the north—east, that will be drawing in an easterly breeze. by tuesday that easterly breeze could bring with it some cloud and showers, you can bring with it some cloud and showers, you can see bring with it some cloud and showers, you can see those showers dotted, it could be wintry over the mountains in the north. look at those temperatures, 6— nine degrees with the best of the sunshine in the west. wednesday brings a similar day ata west. wednesday brings a similar day at a coal easterly wind, you can see snowfall in the pennines, highland scotland, mountains as well, at low levels there will be some rain showers and it will feel chilly, justified in norwich. through the middle part of the weekly have that cold easterly breeze with us in that the winds could just change direction a little bit as we look towards the latter part of the week. certainly expecting a bit of snowfall over the mountains through the middle of the week. the first a

sting of snow to some places of the season. sting of snow to some places of the season. “— sting of snow to some places of the season. —— dusting. later next week into next weekend, low pressure is likely to develop some way towards the south— south—west of the uk and some uncertainty about the behaviour of this low pressure but it looks like he could move in from the south—west, bringing a spell of slightly milder but more unsettled weather, particularly across the southern half of the country. things like this possible by the end of next week, into next weekend, but before we get there we have a taste of winter on the way. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. theresa may is backed by cabinet ministers, after a wave of resignations. leading brexiteers pledge support for the prime minister.