good afternoon. supporters of the prime minister have dismissed the proposal from five of her cabinet colleagues that she should try to re—negotiate key parts of the brexit deal with the european union. one minister described the idea of further changes as a "fantasy". the five, who include the environment secretary, michael gove, are thought to want to change what's known as the backstop agreement affecting the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. theresa may has been speaking to party members, as she seeks to fend off a potential vote of no confidence in her leadership. our political correspondent susanna mendonca reports. he is sticking with the prime minister, but is he going in the same direction? michael gove is among a group of cabinet brexiteers thought to be trying to change the brexit deal. today he was tight—lipped about that. brexit deal. today he was tight-lipped about that. i am supportive of the prime minister, she is doing a fantasticjob. theresa may has been trying to get the party behind her and her plan,

calling constituency parties and doing interviews to sell the idea. her supporters are calling for unity. these five leading kallis leave campaigners who have stayed in the cabinet are expected to meet in the next few days to discuss how to push through changes to the brexit plan which the government has already agreed with the eu. to think thatjust because some cabinet ministers make demands of the prime minister that the details are going to change is fa ntasy. details are going to change is fantasy. the reality of life is we have a choice, which is to back everybody should. it is understood this group of cabinet ministers are seeking to justify their continuing attem pts seeking to justify their continuing atte m pts to seeking to justify their continuing attempts to challenge the detail of the prime minister's deal by arguing that it may not be winnable when mps vote on it in parliament. meanwhile the np of this constituency, alton,

is the only one who knows how many letters calling for the prime minister to stand down have been received by a backbench committee of conservative mps. if graham brady, who chairs the committee, gets 48 litres, it would trigger a vote of no—confidence in mrs may. how does that play outside the westminster village? she has done very well to get this far. no one else would have done better. everyone is trying to sta b done better. everyone is trying to stab her in the back to get for the i’ui'i stab her in the back to get for the run in their careers and i do not think they will do it. those brexiteers who have been putting forward letters calling for a no—confidence vote say the plan needs to be stopped. checkers is a betrayal of the decision of the british people. they voted for us to leave. we're doing what we are doing in order to try and on the order they gave us as members of parliament. labour have said that they could renegotiate the deal. for two years they could renegotiate the deal. for two yea rs now, they could renegotiate the deal. for two years now, she has been negotiating, not with eu partners but within the conservative party itself, so the divisions within the

conservative party have overridden, i think, the interests of the country. the european union has already indicated it is not in the market for reopening discussions around the withdrawal deal, so the reality is that despite all the political positioning going on in the conservative party, any adjustments could only happen if that changes. the number of people reported missing in california's worst wildfire on record has risen to more than a thousand. the blaze has destroyed thousands of homes and killed more than 70 people. president trump is due to visit the area later today. our correspondent 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 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. everybody has been doing their best,

but it is crazy, and i know a lot of my people did not get out. a couple of them, i heard, in their homes, that died right in front of me. you know, you feel helpless when you're a man and you cannot tell. there are a growing number still unaccounted for. as of tonight, the list that we will be releasing, the current list of unaccounted for individual, stands at 1,011, which is an increase from yesterday of 380. this mobile home park used to be known as the enchanted forests, but now it is 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 francisco, schools and businesses were closed down due to terrible air quality, currently measured as being the worst anywhere in the world. it is expected that president trump will pay a visit to teams fighting these fires and maybe meet some of those who have been evacuated.

hundreds remain in emergency shelters. the president will meet a community determined to get back on its feet. dave lee, bbc news, in paradise. tens of thousands of people are blocking roads across france in protest at rising prices and fuel taxes. a protester in the south—east of the country has died after a motorist tried to drive through a blockade. the argentinian navy says the wreck of one of its submarines which sankjust over a year ago has been located. 44 crew were on board the ara sanjuan when it disappeared during a routine mission in the south atlantic. officials say a us company found the vessel in 800 metres of water. america's central intelligence agency has concluded that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman was involved in the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the united states. the journalist was killed last month while visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul.

0ur correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. why do we think the cia has reached this conclusion? it is based on a number of findings, including a reported phone call intercepted by us intelligence made that the request of the saudi crown prince, by his brother, the current saudi ambassador to washington to jamal khashoggi, encouraging him to go to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get papers for his upcoming marriage and assuring him he would be safe. the embassy in washington denies these allegations but the back—up turkey's conclusions which are that whenjamal khashoggi went to the saudi consulate in istanbul on was seven weeks ago, he was killed and his body was

probably dissolved in acid in a premeditated murder ordered by the top levels of the saudi government. the saudi prosecutor says this was a rogue operation by a group of saudis who came to turkey to try to deliver mr khashoggi right to saudi arabia without the knowledge of the crown prince and when the rendition fealty was killed on the spot. the turkish authorities believe that as an elaborate cover—up in an attempt to shield the crown prince and to bury the the former bbc newsreader richard baker has died. he was 93. mr baker introduced the bbc‘s first television bulletin in 1954, and hosted radio 4's start the week for 17 years. mr baker's son said his father died in hospital this morning. with all the sport now, here's katherine downes at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. some brilliant fielding was the highlight for england on day four of the second test, but sri lanka have kept themselves in with a chance of levelling the series, and rain, once again in kandy, stopped the day's play early. patrick gearey reports. never mind the scorecard, you could

read the match from england's faces this morning. they were grinning because the ball was spinning and they had the lead of 300. enterjack leach and banks to this, they started well. ten minutes later, jack leach suckered another one. keatonjennings made this state, reacting in a fraction of a second. another batsman followed. there was some rebuilding to do for the sri lankan is. he did it slowly and carefully. that was his 50. england had theirfirst problem. carefully. that was his 50. england had their first problem. 0ver carefully. that was his 50. england had their first problem. over to jennings. he could not take the catch but he made sure that someone else could. caught with a little help from his friends. sri lanka needed steadying and angelo mathews seized the initiative is. he is more than used to these situations and services. he took his time more than halfway to their targets when moeen ali thought that he had the dangerous batsman caught, he did not so dangerous batsman caught, he did not so much as begg. the umpire did not

think he hated. the umpire said otherwise. i would. think he hated. the umpire said otherwise. iwould. theirjoy think he hated. the umpire said otherwise. i would. theirjoy was soon swept away. sri lanka needed only 82 for victory with five wickets in hand. just after the break, angelo mathews was out. the game had turned once more. jack leach back into the breach. he got his man. as he came off, the covers came on. the drummer halted by the weather but england are almost home and dry. england's women, meanwhile, are through to the semifinals of the world t20. anya shrubsole starred with the ball, finishing off the south african tail with a hat—trick. england knocked off the 86 runs they needed to win with six overs to spare. wales missed out on promotion from their nations league group after losing 2—1 to denmark in cardiff. gareth bale was back for wales but they missed their chances and were punished when denmark scored just before the break. and they sealed it late on thanks to this finish from martin braithwaite. bale got one back but it was too little, too late. i do not like losing, but actually,

there were parts of that game that i really enjoyed, against a really good team, an experienced team. disciplined, efficient, and you saw that in the two games. that was probably the difference. quality wise there is not a lot to choose from but they are a team that have been together a long time and we will learn from these games, because teams like denmark, you can learn a lot from how they play and theyjust get thejob done. it's a big day of rugby union, and grand slam champions ireland will get the chance to test themselves against three—time world cup winners new zealand in dublin. and they will be desperate to improve their record over the best side in the world. ireland have only beaten the all blacks once in 30 matches. england head coach eddiejones will use today's match againstjapan to look at some of his fringe players with his world cup squad in mind. he's made 11 changes from the side thatjust lost to new zealand last weekend. and there's a big test for scotland, who host south africa at murrayfield. head coach gregor townsend's made six changes from last

weekend's win over fiji to face a side that he says are in the top two or three in the world. and england's danny willett has a share of the lead at golf‘s world tour championship in dubai. willett sank this putt at the 16th for his third birdie in a row to put him 14 under par. tommy fleetwood needs to win the tournament if he's to successfully defend his european title. as it stands he's way down the field, leaving his friend and ryder cup teammate francesco molinari in pole position to top the rankings. there's more on the bbc sport website — bbc. co. uk/sport. for now, that is all from me. thank you very much. katherine downes at the bbc sports centre. you can see more on all of an old today's stories on the news channel throughout the next news on bbc one is at five o'clock. have hello.

you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on the death of our colleague richard baker who has died at the age of 93. he introduced the bbc‘s first—ever television news bulletin in 1954. he is also associated with classical music, including the annual new year concert from vienna and the last at the proms. david sillitoe looks back ona the proms. david sillitoe looks back on a long career. 1954, and the first bbc television news bulletin began with the voice of richard baker. jelena kier is an illustrated... in those early days

-- in those early days, newsreaders we re -- in those early days, newsreaders were never seen. -- in those early days, newsreaders were never seen. richard baker - for more than a quarter of a century, he helped to define the calm, clear voice of bbc tv news. police reinforcements have been drafted into downing street as the crowd outside number ten built up to around 300. good evening... he was a presenter rather than a journalist, but this veteran of the wartime arctic convoys was also a writer, his great love, music. a panellist on face the music, he presented radio programmes, and for many years he was the tv face of the proms. good evening and a very warm welcome from the royal albert hall. in his spare time, he had a go at acting, here with prince edward. and there

was also a memorable moment on morecambe and wise. he was still broadcasting into his 80s, but he'll always be remembered as the voice and then as one of the best—known faces of bbc news. as the voice and then as one of the best-known faces of bbc news. for the moment, that's all the news, except for a word about the weather. richard baker — who has died at the age of 93. five brexit—backing cabinet ministers are said to be working together to try to amend theresa may's draft deal. earlier, we spoke to the conservative mp, mark francois, who is one of a number of mps who submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. here's what he had to say. the prime minister is irretrievably

committed to chequers, which we believe means britain doesn't leave the eu that we would be half in and half out, the worst of all worlds, and the house of commons knows this, and that is why it will never pass the house of commons, and every mp who might be watching this broadcast knows in their heart of hearts that that is true. so your argument is that because she said this is the deal, take it or leave it, and you will leave it, as will your colleagues, someone else can come in and start again, effectively, or come in with some changes. is there any reason to believe that anyone in brussels will be interested? the house of commons has not yet agreed these are proposals. we haven't signed up so we are not honour bound. i would like to take this opportunity if i can to make an announcement. the draft agreement

is 585 pages long. it is extremely complex and it's written in eu legal language. i heard you on breakfast this morning saying you were still ploughing through it. i read a detailed legal summary yesterday, but i am now ploughing through page by page. to save the british people the trouble, slightly after nine o'clock tomorrow morning, my colleague steve baker mp, the deputy chairman of the erg will publish a link to a document which will only be about seven or eight pages long and which will explain in simple, plain, everyday english why the chequers proposals are so dangerous for the future of our country, and we will make that publicly available so that every citizen in the united kingdom,

every journalist, and crucially, every member of parliament, will have an opportunity to read that document. it will take about 15 minutes to read it, and then they will have the full facts at their disposal before they take any decision on what to do. given the chequers document appeared back injuly, why has it taken so many people so long to kind of go public with their objections? the cabinet colleagues who walked out earlier in the week, and you and some of your colleagues, you have held your fire for quite a long time. i'm a bit baffled by that. we have only had the detailfor a few days. you knew what you were objecting to back injuly. let me be clear: we knew the main point of the deal because they have been so leaked and trailed in the press, so we had a good idea of what was in it.

the difference is, we have now had an opportunity to plough through the precise legal detail. we have expert lawyers double—checking everything literally as i speak to you now. so what we will do, having got the benefit of these specialists at our disposal, we are called the european research group for a reason, and what we will now do is we will make a seven or eight page summary of that available to the british people just after 9am tomorrow, so anybody watching this programme will be able to read in plain english for themselves how bad the deal is. do you expect there to be a leadership challenge to theresa may, or are you now nervous that perhaps you don't have the numbers for a no—confidence vote to deliver the vote, that you don't have the 48 mps willing to send in letters, perhaps because they think it is a really terrible time to do it, a week before an eu summit and a month before a vote?

she will never win the vote in parliament. labour and the liberals are against it, as are 80 tory backbenchers. the dup, upon whom we rely for our majority in the commons, and who privately are hopping mad that the prime minister, have said they will vote against it. if they lose confidence in her, we can no longer govern, so it will never go through the house of commons, and that is why now is the time that everybody realises that, to have to do what we have done. we tried in private for months and months, literally, to persuade the prime minister to change course. the truth is, she really wasn't listening to a word we said. that's why when i published my letter yesterday, which went viral on the internet, i headed it, she just doesn't listen, a direct quote from nigel dodds, the leader of the dup

in parliament, who said that to her when she announced details. perhaps the lady is not for turning? i think she's completely wedded to chequers, which would mean that the united kingdom is half in and half out of the eu, meaning we have not left the eu, we have betrayed the decision of 17.4 million people in this country who voted clearly for us to leave. we cannot betray that trust. we cannot allow this to go through, and so this is now, i'm afraid, reluctantly, our only option. i have also been speaking to conservative commentator tim montgomery. there was polling that

finds conservative voters very split, half wanting theresa may's deal, half opposing, and split on her leadership as well, half wanting her leadership as well, half wanting her to continue, half not. it is believed voting conservative supporters who are most disappointed with her. i'm someone who is a big brexit supporter. i'm not happy with this deal. it's not all what i wanted, but i think it's the only game in town now, and that's why i would support it. i'm not sure i'm entirely in touch with all of the conservative members. in terms of mps, and you obviously talked to a lot of those in the cause of your daring bodywork, is not right in believing that 80 will vote against it and that therefore it can't get? —— of yourdaily it and that therefore it can't get? —— of your daily work. it will be rejected because of what mark says. i think of parliament then does that, we will see turbulence in the

markets, i think we will see quite a public sense of outrage, how long is this going to go on, as much as anything, andi this going to go on, as much as anything, and i wonder whether mps will then start to reconsider their position. she might not get it through in the first attempt got..., but she could then get it through? mark and other brexiteers will be least accommodating and least flexible. the labour party will be interesting to watch. after eu leaders say at the summit it is the only deal they will agree to, labour will won't be able to say that another deal is on the horizon. labour could say they will vote relu cta ntly labour could say they will vote reluctantly for it in the national interest, and we have had strained scenarios in the past where prime ministers who don't have the support of the party have the support of the opposition, such as ramsay macdonald, robert peel with the corn laws. you know your history! i've

read some books! it is possible for a prime minister. you don't have to, as long as you have the votes in the commons, need the support of your party. that is why i worry for some of my fellow brexiteers. i think they will give the prime minister no option but to work with labour remainers to get the deal through, with all down the line is that that represents. this is a huge opportunity forjohn mcdonnell, who can contrast is the labour party with reckers in the tory party and say that they have put the national interest first. the opportunity to establish economic credibility is huge for them. i think the labour party will drag their feet for a while. after eu leaders have made their intervention, and potentially markets, i think labour might abstain or something, but they will be the people that will enable this bill to pass. you have been around

in conservative politics long enough, at least 20 years, to remember the history and have lived through some of it at the party has had on europe. are you worried about where this whole process, having been the party that championed brexit, could end up leaving the conservatives? i am deeply anxious about the conservative party, and not just because i about the conservative party, and notjust because i support the party. if there was a credible labour party opposition waiting in the wings, i would be more relaxed about it, but personally, i think jeremy corbyn is absolutely unfit to be prime minister. if the tory party cannot contain what could become a civil war, we are almost handing the keys of downing street tojeremy corbyn, and that frightens me very greatly. conservative commentator tim montgomery. let's take a look at a different kind of way stirring things up. 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. it is an extraordinary sight, isn't it? i don't know the prospects for surfers and whether the waves will be that big, but a man who does know is on the other side of the newsroom — nick miller. good weatherfor surfers? that change of wind direction does favour some parts of the uk for higher waves. most of us, on land, we are enjoying a bit more sunshine compared with how we started the day, which was rather grey and murky in places. more in the way of blue sky coming through. this is a view from northamptonshire earlier, just about in the sunshine here as we

have lost the cloud. drier air is coming in around an area of high pressure on the continent, the south—easterly blow dry air. plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow. the afternoon, there will be a bit more cloud around the isles of scilly, pots of cornwall and devon. northern ireland, eastern scotland, the pennines, these places will have more cloud as the afternoon goes on. temperatures in north—west scotland just knocking on the door of the mid—teens. in northern ireland, we lose the clout to night. we will keep some in eastern scotland and north east england, but it is largely clear. enough of a breeze to stop temperatures falling too far, as it would if it were calm. there will be a touch of frost as we start

the day tomorrow. the emphasis tomorrow will be on plenty of sunshine. plough through parts of eastern scotland and north east england. a sunny day in northern ireland, and temperatures pretty similar, 9—12dc. there is a change going into next week. the wind changes to an easterly, allowing the blue cold air to come in. cloudy conditions as well on monday. there could be drizzle in places, one or two light showers. drier weather with some brighter spells. it will be colder and feel colder in the easterly breeze with more cloud around, most of us sinking into single figures, where we will stay as the week goes on. the chance of seeing more sunny spells on tuesday, but a greater chance of picking up showers, maybe wintry on the tops of hills. they will be scattered about. if anything, the easterly breezes starting to strengthen, having a

greater impact on the feel of the weather, so it will feel like it is low single figures, maybe close to freezing in those spots where the wind is strongest, across eastern parts of the uk. the main message is, enjoy the sunshine and relative warmth we have this weekend. more coming up in half an hour. the headlines: five ministers in theresa may's cabinetjoined forces to try to persuade her to make changes to the d raft persuade her to make changes to the draft brexit agreement. the number of people missing in california's wildfires has risen to 1000. 71 people are known to have died. the cia thinks the saudi crown prince ordered the murder of a journalist, according to reports today. the bbc‘s annual children in need appeal raised over £50 million last night, a record amount. thank you very much for your company

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