this is bbc news. i'm sean ley. the headlines at eleven: five ministers in theresa may's cabinet join forces to try to persuade her to make changes to the draft brexit agreement. i'm covering developments here at westminster, and those five cabinet members are concerned that the deal as it stands may not be winnable when it's taken to a vote here in parliament. the number of people missing in california's wildfires has now risen to more than 1000. 71 people are known to have died. the cia thinks the saudi crown prince ordered the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the us media. the bbc‘s annual children in need appeal raises a record amount of more than £50 million. and at 11.30 dateline looks at the fate of the brexit negotiations and that of the woman doing the negotiation on the uk's on the uk's behalf — theresa may.

good morning and welcome to bbc news. mps loyal to theresa may have been urging others to get behind her as she tries this weekend to build support for her brexit deal. it's understood that five leave—supporting cabinet ministers are hoping to persuade mrs may to make changes to the withdrawal agreement, while speculation continues about the number of tory mps who've submitted letters of no—confidence and whether there are enough to trigger a vote. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. this weekend, theresa may will take to papers, television and social media to try and sell her brexit deal to the public. but she may have a tougher task selling it to her party. if 48 of her mps call for it, she will face a vote

of no—confidence in her leadership. last night she called dozens of leading lights in local parties to try and persuade them to support her. and one of her allies has returned to the cabinet with this message. 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 and to help, the whole of the country. i worry sometimes that my colleagues are too concerned about the westminster bubble rather than keeping their eye on what ourjob is, to serve people. but other cabinet members are not quite as supportive. five leading leave campaigners including michael gove, andrea leadsom and liam fox will meet within days to call for further changes to the brexit deal. if the prime minister or the eu will not give away, then further resignations can not be ruled out. so far, theresa may has confounded conventional wisdom by surviving a series of setbacks.

any further loss of support could leave her vulnerable. iain watson, bbc news. michael gove, one of the five cabinet ministers planning to persuade the prime minister to re—neogiate the agreement, has been speak to reporters this morning. has theresa may scored an own goal? i'm has theresa may scored an own goal? i' m totally has theresa may scored an own goal? i'm totally supportive of the prime minister and i think she's doing a fantasticjob. are minister and i think she's doing a fantastic job. are you minister and i think she's doing a fantasticjob. are you planning on meeting colleagues today to discuss rewriting the withdrawal agreement? know i am collecting my child from football training and doing some work on the environment. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, susana mendonca, and asked her how these ministers think they can change the prime minister's mind. that isn't clear, to be honest, because as we know, brussels has indicated it doesn't want there to be any changes, and theresa may is ploughing ahead.

she said in the numerous speeches we've heard from her over the past few days that she thinks that this is the best deal that she can get. but nonetheless, we do have these five cabinet members, key brexiteers, who decided to stay. remember, there was a lot of speculation about whether or not michael gove would be going, whether or not penny mordaunt would be going. you know, they've decided to stay in the cabinet, but what they are particularly concerned about, as i understand, is that they think that the deal as it stands will not be winnable in terms of here at parliament. when there is that vote in parliament, that they would be able to get it through, and so they think there needs to be some tweaks. they're talking potentially, as i understand, andrea leadsom, one of the ideas is looking again at the irish border and whether or not technological solutions can be introduced, whether that can be introduced into the deal in some way. difficult to see, though, how that's going to change between now and the 25th of november, which of course is when the special eu summit is being held in order to effectively rubber—stamp this deal. but obviously, if these five cabinet members do not get what thereafter, what ——they‘re after,

we don't know whether or not they'd resign. we'd have to see, of course. liam fox, someone who previously had talked about how no deal is better than a bad deal, this week of course saying that he'd rather have a deal than no deal, so you know, people are changing their views, perhaps, from what they've said in the past, but we'll wait and see what happens. of course, theresa may, for her, it would be very difficult if she loses another cabinet member. certainly, if she lost five of them, that would be very difficult for her, because she's already lost to match key lost two match key figures this week, not least her second brexit secretary to go. so, very difficult times for her. we can speak to conservative mp marcus fysh, one of a number of mps who has submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. he joins us this morning from yeovil. you've submitted one of these letters. to what extent do you think

a change of leadership can improve the brexit deal? is it your belief that somebody other than theresa may would be able to get something out of the european union that she hasn't been able to? so, the deal that the european union negotiators have negotiated is not in the national interest at all. it basically keeps us tied into a customs union and taking vast swathes of legislation from the eu with our final court swathes of legislation from the eu with ourfinal court on swathes of legislation from the eu with our final court on those matters being the european court of justice, so it is simply not true that it justice, so it is simply not true thatitis justice, so it is simply not true that it is leaving the eu, so we need to go back to the deal that's a lwa ys need to go back to the deal that's always been on the table, which is a comprehensive free trade agreement between us and the eu and the maximum facilitation, all of the normal techniques for trade facilitation that are there in existing eu law, to make sure that oui’ existing eu law, to make sure that our borders remain smooth. that's a... that's a plan that i've put,

and the detail that i try to put the number ten and work on them with pretty much a year now, and they just haven't been interested in listening to that because someone somewhere has this plan to keep us in the eu. isn't it the case that any comprehensive free trade deal will only come after the withdrawal agreement has been agreed? they've already said that, so until the withdrawal agreement goes through parliament, you can't get that free trade deal. wouldn't it be better to get the withdrawal agreement through and then concentrate on the free trade deal you are very keen on?” think trade deal you are very keen on?|j think it was wrong to accept their position that we couldn't talk about the future framework within the withdrawal agreement. they have in fa ct withdrawal agreement. they have in fact done exactly that with the plan for a customs union for the future being put within the withdrawal agreement draft, so there's a lot that we can agree will be the situation as of the 1st of april, things to keep the borders with, things to keep the borders with,

things to keep our aviation running and mutual recognition of our different qualifications. there is a lot of work that can be done. whether we enter into a free trade agreement of whether we can't make a withdrawal agreement at all, these are the same sorts of things that we need to be talking about, and should have been talking about for many months now. there's still time to put them in place, but we need to get on with it now. do you believe that theresa may is an obstacle to that theresa may is an obstacle to that and that is why you want rid of her, or is it that you are just fed up her, or is it that you are just fed up with her? i have tried to engage on the substance of these issues for a long time, but it is now clear that the prime minister's intention is not to honour the result of the referendum, not to our manifesto pledges, and not to get us the best future arrangement between us and the eu, which keeps us an independent country. i mean, this is absolutely fundamental. i don't think any prime minister recommending those things has any

authority to pursue them. let me ask you finally about the news that has emerged that suggests that a group of cabinet ministers including michael gove, when we saw a few minutes ago, is hoping to persuade theresa may to reopen some of the point in the withdrawal agreement. what prospector you think there is that? i wish them better luck than i've had in trying to speak to them about these things. to be honest, the withdrawal agreement is so fundamentally in so many ways, i cannot imagine. when i was in holland a week before last, dutch politicians were telling me that while the uk isjust in perpetual concession and capitulation mode, they have no basis to ask the european commission to think about doing anything differently, and as a result, the european commission position is very firm. i can't imagine how with them knowing our

prime minister might not be in place, that they need to change anything. thank you very much. more than a thousand people have been reported missing in a california wildfire which has destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 71 people. president trump is due to visit the area of northern california devastated by the state's worst—ever wildfire later today. the town of paradise and villages around it were almost completely destroyed. from there, the bbc‘s dave lee reports. this is the first step in a very long process. a crew of firefighters lifts away large debris and makes sure the area is safe. soon, a second team of cadaver dogs will sweep the area. if they find remains, the coroner's office will arrive. it takes time, even with the more than 400 specialists now on the ground in paradise, the town worst hit by this fire. progress seems to be going backwards. each day we hear about several confirmed deaths, but with it comes

news that there are a growing number still unaccounted for. as of tonight, the list that we will be releasing, the current list of unaccounted for individuals stands at 1,011, which is an increase from yesterday of 380. the majority of those on that unaccounted for list are in their 70s, 80s and 90s. some of them may have lived in a place like this, this mobile home park used to be known as the enchanted forest, but is now one focus of the enormous search operation. the impact from these fires is being felt across the state of california, more than 100 miles away in san fransicso, schools and businesses were closed down due to terrible air quality, currently measured as being the worst anywhere in the world. on saturday, it's expected that president trump will pay a visit to teams fighting these fires and maybe meet some of those

who have been evacuated. he will meet a community determined to get back on its feet. i think we will come back bigger and better. right now they have got paradise strong, ridge strong and that is what we are. and i know there is a lot of people ready to come back, let's get this done. let's make paradise again. dave lee, bbc news, in paradise. america's foreign intelligence service — the cia — believes saudi arabia's crown prince ordered the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi. that's according to reports in the us which claim the agency has carried out a detailed assessment of evidence. saudi arabia has called the claim false and insists the crown prince knew nothing of the plans to kill mr khashoggi. the bbc‘s chris buckler reports from washington. the saudi crown prince is very aware of how things look. following jamal khashoggi's murder, he arranged to meet his son in front of the cameras,

apparently to offer his condolences. but the cia believe it was mohammed bin salman himself who gave the order for the washington post journalist to be killed. mr khashoggi was attacked when he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul. according to his former newspaper, the cia has been given details of phone calls, including one that was made at the request of the crown prince by his brother, reassuring mr khashoggi he would be safe if you to the consulate to get documents that would allow him to marry. the washington post says the intelligence agency also examined the call made by the saudi team who flew into istanbul to carry out the killing. apparently they contacted one of mohammed bin salman‘s top aides after the murder. the crown prince is seen here meeting the us secretary of state, and is a very powerful figure in a country that is an important ally to america. the united states has a imposed sanctions on the 17 individuals allegedly involved in the murder, but the cia report

is likely to increase the pressure for more action. saudi arabia, which has been conducting its own investigation, has blamed an intelligence officer and they've called the claims against mohammed bin salman false and based on theories and speculation. it's understood that the cia doesn't have one stand—alone piece of evidence that shows the crown prince was directly involved injamal khashoggi's death, but the agency's conclusions will further test relationships between washington and riyadh. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. one of britain's biggest newspaper groups, johnston press, is going into administration. the company prints more than 200 local and regional titles, including the scotsman and the yorkshire post, as well as the 'i'. it's blamed changes to the way facebook and google display stories, which has led to a fall in advertising. the move into administration is part of a rescue plan to keep the papers in circulation. the company had put itself up for sale last month and the group

said in a statement: 'this is the best remaining option available as it will preserve the jobs of the group's employees and ensure that the group's businesses will be carried on as normal. the group hopes that this transfer will be completed within the next 2a hours.‘ argentina's navy has tweeted that it's found a submarine that went missing just over a year ago, with 44 crew members on board. the submarine was returning from a routine mission to the southernmost tip of the country when it reported an electrical breakdown. it was ordered back to base but the crew was not heard from again. the headlines on bbc news: five ministers in theresa may's cabinet join forces to try to persuade her to make changes to the draft brexit agreement. the number of people missing in california's wildfires has now risen to more than 1000. 71 people are known to have died. the cia thinks the saudi crown prince ordered

the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the us media. the bbc‘s annual children in need appeal has raised a record amount of more than £50 million, taking it past the one—billion pound mark since it first started, almost a0 years ago. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back on last night. go on, rob. cue the totaliser! cheering the night's record—breaking total. the evening kicked off with a performance from west end musical, school of rock. the cast of eastenders took part in a walford walt disney song and dance extravaganza. while boy band boyzone

competed for the children in need stricly glitter ball trophy. welcome to the tardis! this is amazing. a doctor who superfan ogot to visit the tardis. and workers from children in need projects who thought they were making a music video, got to duet with some of their favourite stars. celebrities also went to visit some of the places where the money raised by everyone watching ends up being spent. it was a night of historic fundraising to help disadvantaged children across the uk. lizo mzimba, bbc news. how old do you think mickey mouse is?

he turns 90 tomorrow. the disney mascot has become one of the most successful cartoon characters of all time, and he's still going strong, as peter bowes found out in los angeles. the world's most famous mouse. whistling through his debut film, steamboat willie, in 1928. i only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing. that it was all started by a mouse. mickey mouse was first created and drawn by walt disney himself. mickey went on to appear in over 130 films. his distinctive appearance often changing with the times. they were cartoons that forever changed the entertainment landscape. some silent film comedians, when animation started to be popular, said things like, like charlie chaplin said, how

can we even compete? they don't even have to stop to take a breath. and they don't! you know, an animation character can literally do anything that you can make physically believable. and i think mickey is the embodiment of that. the first mickey mouse comic strips were published in the early 1930s and they were drawn at this desk by the legendary animator floyd gottfredson. this is one of his original pens and there is certainly a lot of history here. mickey mouse is far from history, at 90 he is still alive and well on the screen and at disney theme parks around the world. mickey is real. there is only one mickey. mickey is the easiest guy to work with, i am glad he is my boss. it takes you back to watching cartoons on saturday mornings and mickey mouse was the cartoon. mickey mouse has evolved over the years, he is still that classic character that brings happy memories. for a company built on the image and fortunes of a mouse, the cartoon character

is an invaluable asset. mickey is a mouse of many talents, he is the comedy mascot and here at disneyland he has taken part in countless parades and ceremonies over the past 60 plus years, but one of his main jobs is to pose for photographs, isn't it? let's do it. good job. you are not looking your age. you are looking pretty good. the timeless allure of mickey mouse. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. he looks younger than he does! surfers from around the world have been taking on huge waves at nazare in portugal. south african surfer grant 'twiggy‘ baker took the title in the world surf league's big wave tour. he played it safe during the opening rounds and peaked atjust the right time to catch this massive 40—foot wave, riding it to victory. sport and for a full round up,

we go over to the bbc sport centre. good morning, catherine. that looks completely terrifying! were starting with cricket, and rain has brought an end to playjust that the point it was all getting very tense. england set sri lanka... some stoic batting from the sri lankans. they went off because of rain about an hourago, and play they went off because of rain about an hour ago, and play has been halted for the day. the hosts 226—7, 82 short of their target. england have been excellent in the field, taking a couple of stunning catches. keating jennings has produced probably two of the best short leg catches. being at short leg with a helmet on, you are close to the back, it is the one position you don't want to be taking great catches, because it means you are in

there for life. great agility, and 110w there for life. great agility, and now the next one, off a sweet shop, is probably as good a catch as any you will see. and he didn't actually catch it. he plays a sweet shop, anticipates that, and parries it to the wicketkeeper, ben foakes. watch the wicketkeeper, ben foakes. watch the way he moves. then a 1—2, genius at short leg. england's women are through to the semifinals of the world t—mac. they blew away the south african tale with a hat—trick. england knocked off the 86 runs they needed to win with six overs to spare. in football, wales missed out on promotion from the nations lead group after losing 2—1 to denmark in cardiff. gareth bale was back from wales, but they missed chances and we re wales, but they missed chances and were punished when denmark scored before the half—time break. they sealed it later when martin braithwaite smashed in a second. gareth bale got one back for a while but it was too little, too late. we

will see the champions of the northern hemisphere are against the champions of the southern hemisphere later in dublin as ireland take on new zealand, the highlight of another packed day of action in the autumn internationals, as patrick geary reports. the psychology of the hacker is to defeat you before you begin, to make battle seem futile. when faced with the all blacks, ireland recognise the feeling. new zealand's unbeaten record over ireland has lasted through 128 games, until one game in chicago thatis games, until one game in chicago that is forever frozen in ireland's memory. the dynamic has changed since then. for this team, beating new zealand isn't an impossible leak but a necessary step towards their aim will on the world cup. it is a lwa ys aim will on the world cup. it is always an achievement to beat the all blacks. that is why we limit ourselves to just once every 115 yea rs. ourselves to just once every 115 years. it is formidable, and it would be a huge feather in these

players' caps if they could topple them on saturday. if ireland are the northern hemisphere's smash hits, scotla nd northern hemisphere's smash hits, scotland perhaps this year's breakthrough act, beating england in the six nations and looking fluid against fiji last saturday. there are six changes for a difficult match against the hulking south africans. whatever happens on saturday, sunday is going to hurt. if you ask any coach who is the team that provides the biggest challenge in the game physically, with their forwards, it would be south africa. they select the biggest, strongest men they can fine. i feel they are in the top two or three teams in the world in how they played against the best teams in the world. wales will best teams in the world. wales will be full of confidence after beating australia last weekend, but only one of that team will start the game against tonga. the welsh have the springboks a week later. england have made 11 changes that thought it had beat in the mighty new zealand only to have a try disallowed. they

face japan, the country of coach eddiejones's heritage, face japan, the country of coach eddie jones's heritage, and face japan, the country of coach eddiejones's heritage, and a team used to be in charge. rugby allows little room for sentiment and jones says he wants england to physically smash them. finally, a bit of road in the world darts about breaking wind at the grand slam of darts yesterday. both gary anderson and wesley harms accused each other of letting rip during their match. harms lost and blamed anderson's bowels for the problem. anderson said it was 1010% not him. that is all the sport for 110w. not him. that is all the sport for now. now time for the weather. after a drizzly start of the weekend, it gets brighter. a lot more sunshine developing. some of it

will be there this afternoon. high pressure a cross will be there this afternoon. high pressure across continental europe, clear skies here working towards us so clear skies here working towards us so far this morning, especially in the east. there have been some brea ks the east. there have been some breaks in the west, thanks to the breeze from the south east. from cloud hanging on across devon, cornwall and the isles of scilly. in the peak district on the pennines, some cloud will sit there in the afternoon. northern ireland struggles to brighten up, but a few sunny breaks, especially in the east. the other parts of the grampians, 0rkney and shetland, a fairamount of grampians, 0rkney and shetland, a fair amount of blood through the day. in western scotland, sunshine all the way, and temperatures of 1a celsius. cloud will come and go across the north—east of scotland overnight, but elsewhere, clear skies, leading to a cold night. the frost is mainly against continental

europe. we have greens on the temperature chart, meaning temperatures above freezing but low enough for a touch of frost on grass and cards in the morning. it would be lovely and sunny. sunshine for most of us, still patchy cloud in eastern scotland and maybe north—east england. temperatures just above where they should be for the time of year and they will drop away further into next week. high—pressure migrates north, easterly winds developing, ringing blue, colder air towards us on monday. more cloud on monday, threatening showers in the east. the best of breaks in the cloud will be in the west, but sunshine is possible just about anywhere. the temperatures are down in single figures for the vast majority. it gets colder still into tuesday. still a bit of cloud with sunny spells. a chance of rain in england and wales, but mostly on the hills

you could see sleet or snow. the temperatures will feel even colder in the wind. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme that pits some of the uk's leading commentators against the correspondents who write their stories for folks back home with the dateline "london". today, we devote the whole of the programme to the fate of the brexit negotiations and the fate of the woman doing the negotiating on the uk's behalf — theresa may. with me, katrin pribyl, uk and ireland correspondent for the newspaper publisher rnd in germany, eunice goes, portuguese journalist, academic iain martin, columnist with the times newspaper, and tim montgomerie, —— portuguesejournalist and academic, iain martin, columnist with the times newspaper, and tim montgomerie, political commentator, who founded the website conservativehome to give a voice to the party's grassroots. at times of crisis, there's always a classical analogy you can draw on. this weekend, theresa may resembles sisyphus, who according to greek myth spent eternity rolling a huge boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down again.

the task was laborious and futile and with no means of escape. theresa may's boulder is her chequers plan for brexit. sisyphus was punished for his deceitfulness. mrs may's job is on the line this weekend, in part because many of her backbenchers, as well as the democratic unionists who've kept her government in office, think she promised them one thing in the brexit negotiations, only to deliver something else. now she faces two challenges — one to her authority from five cabinet ministers who want her to re—open negotiations with the eu and demand changes, the other to her very survival