good evening. supporters of the prime minister, have dismissed calls from five members of the cabinet for changes to her brexit withdrawal agreement with the european union. the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, says there's the potential to improve the deal, before theresa may presents it to the eu at a summit next week. however, that's been described as a fantasy by another government minister. mrs may has been speaking to local conservative party members, as she seeks to head off a possible vote of no confidence in her leadership. our political correspondent iain watson has more. fighting for her deal in fighting for her leadership, this weekend could be crucial to theresa may's political survival. he didn't storm out of the cabinet, government insiders say michael gove‘s decision not to resign was a pivotal moment back—up theresa may in number ten. i'm in number ten. i' m totally in number ten. i'm totally supportive of the prime

minister, i think she's doing a fantasticjob. but she could be gearing up for arguments behind closed doors. he and brexiteer colleagues penny mordaunt, andrea leadsom and liam fox are said to press for further changes to the prime minister's deal. the uk can be trapped in a permanent customs arrangements and it is very important we get clarity and improvement on that particular aspect —— the uk cannot be trapped. others were dismissive. just because some cabinet ministers make demands of the prime minister that details will change is, ithink of the prime minister that details will change is, i think of fantasy. the reality of life is that we have a choice, too backless, which i think everybody should, because if we don't, we will probably go over the cliff edge having no deal at all. “ we all. — — we have all. —— we have a choice, which is to back this. theresa may's fate is in

the hands of her mps when they return to westminster next week. she has appealed to local party chairman to prop her up by a putting pressure of... we have been speaking to leading lights in local conservative parties, a limited snapshot of opinion but while there seems to be little enthusiasm for theresa may's deal there is little support for a leadership challenge. as one constituency party chairman said, it is not a good deal, but it is the only deal, we need to plough on. but some mps disagree. this letter ex presses but some mps disagree. this letter expresses no confidence in the prime minister. over the weekend, conservative mps will take soundings, as we call it, consult with local party workers in their constituencies and ask them what they think they should do. this is the man who will receive any no—confidence letters, sir graham brady, he will hold a ballot of mps on theresa may's feature is 48 of his colleagues call for it. what do his colleagues call for it. what do his cheshire constituents think? i think she has done very well to

get this far, i don't think anybody else would have done any better. everybody is trying to stab her in the back to get further in their careers, i don't think they will do it. but the party and that the public will decide if theresa may remains as prime minister. president trump has arrived in california, where he's due to meet officials, firefighters, and some of those affected by the most devastating wildfires in the state's history. more than 70 people are now known to have died, and over 1000 are missing. the town of paradise is one of the worst hit areas, where hundreds of residents are sleltering tents and cars. our correspondent dan johnson is there. what reception as the president is likely to get? he heads here saying he stands with the people of california but a p pa re ntly the people of california but apparently not all of the people here are with him. is it so often the case, the president was divisive and controversial. —— as is so often

the case. his initial response was to blame the fires on gross forestry mismanagement and he threatened to cut federalfunding mismanagement and he threatened to cut federal funding for forestry management here. people have counted out that many areas here are managed by the national government, that is something that prompted anger in the early days of the disaster. one thing that is clear, you have to seed paradise to believe what has been lost here and there are still investigators at work trying to establish exactly how devastating this fire was and how much has been lost. thank you for that. more strikes are affecting two of the country's biggest rail operators. workers at south western railway, and at northern are taking industrial action in the continuing dispute over the role of guards on trains. northern says just 30 % of its services are running. more than 100,000 people have been blocking roads across france in protest at rising fuel taxes.

the government has promised that the police will prevent the country being brought to a standstill. one person was killed in an accident, when a motorist tried to drive through a blockade. dozens of people around the country have been injured us media is reporting that the cia believes saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the journalist was killed last month while visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia has called the latest claims false and insists that the crown prince knew nothing about plans for the killing. england's cricketers need three more wickets for victory in the second test against sri lanka after a topsy turvy fourth day in kandy. they set the home side 301 to win, and reduced them to 226—7, before rain stopped play. patrick gearey reports. test cricket can appear a very gentle game, but it can change direction suddenly and brutally, especially on a pitch like this. especially with a bowler like jack leach.

ben foakes' sharp work got rid of kaushal silva. sometimes the reactions involved are so fast we can barely see them. somehow keatonjennings, on the right of screen, knew where this was going. somehow he caught it. all in a fraction of a second. leach suckered another, sri lanka 26—3 chasing 301. dimuth karunaratne rebuilt carefully until another sudden jolt. jennings again. you need the replay to appreciate his brilliance. unable to catch it himself, he made sure foakes could. karunaratne caught by committee. battling against the tide, angelo mathews, dropped for lack of fitness earlier this year but showing plenty of stamina this time. he took his team more than halfway to their target. with sweeping support from niroshan dickwella by tee, sri lanka needed just 82 for victory. five wickets in hand, how's your nerve? moeen ali's response? well, howzat? mathews out almost immediately after the interval. the pendulum swung back, or rather spun back. it was england's spinners making the difference.

leach took sri lanka's seventh wicket six seconds before the rain came. england should win this tomorrow, as long as they can stop any sudden movements. patrick geary, bbc news. wales are on their way to a clean sweep in the autumn rugby internationals, after their ten try thrashing of tonga. the game was level at 24—all before the welsh broke away, scrum half aled davies with the try of the series so far, as they went on to add another 50 points, winning 74—24 while at twickenham, england came back from being five points down at half—time to beat japan 35—15 the former bbc newsreader richard baker has died. he was 93 and he introduced the corporation's first television news bulletin, way back in 1954. david sillito looks back at his life. 1954, and the first ever bbc television news bulletin began

with the voice of richard baker. here is an illustrated summary of the news. it'll be followed by the latest film of events and happenings at home and abroad. in those early days, newsreaders were never seen because it was feared that our facial expressions might not always look impartial and, worse still, that we might turn the news into a personality performance. richard baker — for more than a quarter of a century, he helped to define the calm, clear voice of bbc tv news. police reinforcements were drafted into downing street tonight as the crowd outside number 10 built up to about 300. good evening, and first, the big fire... 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 to you and a very warm welcome from the royal albert hall. in his spare time, he had a go at acting, here with prince edward. forgot you, sir?! 0h, notorious villain! 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. 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. that's it. i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are.

bye for now. hello, this is bbc news. let's have more now that five brexit—backing cabinet ministers are said to be working together to try to amend theresa may's draft deal. they include influential leavers michael gove and liam fox, who opted to remain in the cabinet after a slew of government ministers resigned when mrs may unveiled her plans. it's thought they want to change the way in which northern ireland's relationship with the eu is managed in the transition period. meanwhile, other mps have concluded its time to oust mrs may from office. earlier, we spoke to anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist, about what might happen now between theresa may and her cabinet ministers.

i assume she will say that she does not want to go this route, and if she wanted to stay in the cabinet, she wanted to stay in the cabinet, she will have to take on my negotiating strategy. it is possible she may go back on 1—2 tweaks on that very complicated agreement about the backstop intended to fend off the reduction of the hard order off the reduction of the hard order of northern ireland. then she needs to get the taken the box from the eu 27, which would need to happen by the end of the week. assuming that goes to plan, i'm sure they'll be happy to get rid of and then, she needs to get towards the summit of the eu, and then she needs to get back, and we're looking at that big comments vote. that is assuming this timetable is not disrupted by anything dramatic, and we can have a

leadership challenge in that time. it isa leadership challenge in that time. it is a to—do list. leadership challenge in that time. it is a to-do list. something dramatic, could this brought on by those five brexiteers in the cabinet? they could, the fact that has stayed, and people are looking to michael gove for leadership on this, he did not take thejob, he has been in very active brexiteers, but he is now trying to be constructive. i always think the future of theresa may lies in the low—fat cabinet, those who are centrists some way, but that is what jeremy hunt and michael gove... michael gove is saying he's not happy with this. i think if you were to walk out, that would add fuel to fire of those trying for that vote of no—confidence in trying to get the number of letters you need to get put under this arcane system to have a no—confidence vote. the fact he has gone back in good faith would

show that he intends to give it a go. so this vote of confidence or no confidence, how likely is it that the european research group will get it? and in terms of timing, have they shot themselves in the foot?“ they shot themselves in the foot?“ they could've moved to early, they clearly don't have those 48 names that they need to call for a vote of no—confidence. in fact as far as the information that i have, they seemed to have been well short of it. however, it could be that when people go way for the weekend and look in detail at this deal, i don't think many people on the brexiteers side look at this deal and think it is better than they thought. they are more likely to look at it and think if they were going to do anything about it, this is the moment. so we may assume that we could see that challenge, if it is to be triggered, pretty soon. the possible mistake that was made was that it came so hard on the heels of theresa may's statement. the one thing i've been writing over the weekend is that some people feel a bit sorry for her, regardless of

what they think about brexit. and they all think to take a pause, they know what happens when big rose happen. it could be that the more moderate brexiteers are thinking that this is not good, it would be better to let this play out. we simply do not know until the cabinet ends. well, let's get the thoughts now of a former deputy leader of the conservative party and leading eurosceptic, lord lilley. thank you for coming in, good afternoon. so much has happened over the past week, what is your assessment of it, first off? well it isa assessment of it, first off? well it is a huge shock because there is such a difference between the plan which she has come back with, and everything she was promising. she was promising 21 times that we would leave the customs union and single market, this keeps us in and gives us no market, this keeps us in and gives us no right to leave, unless we are allowed to leave by the eu, which is so allowed to leave by the eu, which is so intolerable. it is a shock to the

whole system. i have been trying up until this plan to discourage people with such influence as i have to put in letters, but i cannot do that any more. and if i were in the house of commons, i would more. and if i were in the house of commons, iwould put more. and if i were in the house of commons, i would put in a letter myself. people are just adapting to the extent to which we have just been let off the garden path. when she initially came out and said that no deal is better than a bad deal, you are quite bullied by the prime minister's stance on that. —— bullied. and he said this was her marxist crucial card that she was holding, has she folded? she has partly because she has come to believe her own rhetoric that a no deal is a bad thing. most people didn't really expect that we had to make a deal to leave the eu, we simply left the eu. boeing canada became independent, australia independent, when ended to look at

india became independent, and they just became independent and we had to sort things out, we didn't bargain as to whether they were independent. it is a very strange thing to the government has felt we need to ask permission to leave. so why is it then that we are not being told? when you look a lot of the details, we are talking here about international trade laws, which are hugely complicated. from what you have just hugely complicated. from what you havejust said, we hugely complicated. from what you have just said, we don't need to negotiate? most of the countries that the eu, there for us, trade with at present, we trade with world trade organisation terms. the wto was set up to help negotiate, to set up was set up to help negotiate, to set up the darker to provide the basis for trade. it would be desirable that we in addition have a free—trade agreement with the eu. but if we do not, it is not the end of the world. our trade with the countries we trade with on wto deals

has risen three times as fast as our trade with the eu since we set up a single market. so the single market has not benefited nearly as much as we hoped our trade with the rest of the world is rising strongly, that is where future lies. you've spoken in the past about the most favoured nations tariffs, to still hold that opinion? yes, under wto rules from other countries cannot discriminate against you were charged a higher tariff for your goods than they do for other goods that they also trade with countries on wto terms. we know the maximum tariff that the eu can charge against us on averages 4%. the exchange rate has been 15% since we have the referendum, so our exporters are better off even if we have to get out. i'd rather have no tariffs, but if we go to tariffs, we will be better off overall. that you are saying that if you're able to, you would be adding to the list of

22 letters at the moment, we need to get the 48? 22 have declared... i certainly didn't make it public when i wrote a letter. other people have not made a public. timing wise, is this not a strategically poor time to play this kind of political game? because essentially, it means you are willing to wreck the conservative party? because that's what would happen. conservative party? because that's what would happenlj conservative party? because that's what would happen. i don't think it would wreck the conservative party, i think it is a bad time, but so is any time. the reason i have been discouraging people is unnecessary, but now it is necessary because the prime minister's entirely betrayed him asa prime minister's entirely betrayed him as a she made and lost the confidence of a large number of people who put in letters. and if we are able to get onto an even keel,

we need a leader with whom we have confidence. who would that because lli confidence. who would that because ll i don't particularly mind, i think there are lots of characters. i probably have a favourite, but i shall not tell you because that will undermine them. ken clarke in the last way for hours said that this is possibly the biggest political shambles he has ever witnessed. and yet still, he voiced a degree of respect for how theresa may has performed over the last few days? she has shown an extraordinary degree of physical and mental resilience, and i think everyone admires that. it has just been deployed in exactly the opposite direction from what she was going to do ever since the referendum. in the referendum she campaigned to remain, but after she said we would leave

the customs union and get back control of our laws. now she is putting forward a deal which does none of those things, quite the reverse. if she was to be ousted in a vote of no—confidence, that is essentially triggering a general election? no. because it is purely a vote of confidence within the conservative party, meaning... actually if she was defeated, she will then cease to be leader of the conservative party, and they would use a new leader, who would buy convention become prime minister. i think it is less likely she will be defeated, but wants a large number of people had indicated they have no confidence, it would become very clear she cannot get this deal through. and then, she and the party in the cabinet would have to think again. back in october, you criticise the labour pm who was

calling for a second referendum. you said that what he was saying was hugely irresponsible, he was playing party politics, you cannot use this opportunity to bring down government. it is too important for that, undermining the government's negotiating position. is this not exactly what doing now? no, because i think people have been giving sustenance to our opponents, like before the second world war, where else for the union said they would not fight... they gave every... i'm not fight... they gave every... i'm not comparing hitler to the eu. but we have effectively, people who have said to give us a really bad deal and we'll be able to force a second referendum and state and had invited the european union to take a tougher sta nce the european union to take a tougher stance than the other one —— otherwise would have done. we had to change the leader from chamberlain

to churchville. i think we will need a new churchville to take over for theresa may. she is every bit as nice as neville chamberlain, but not fit to lead us. you really think that someone else can deliver the brexit that britain voted for? yes stop what you think someone out there can deliver a? yes, almost anyone who is committed to it to deliver it. anyone who is prepared to hand over the negotiations to people who are not committed to it is bound end up with a very bad deal. a very unattractive deal. i have been saying for two years, i speak to business groups and tell them that no deal is much more likely than all the media tell you. plan for no deal, and you'll find that when you have planned, it is not nearly as frightening as the media gets out. and a surprising number of them agreed. now that we have done that, this is the situation. thank you very much

indeed. thank you very much. protesters have blocked off five major bridges in central london, demanding that the government takes greater action on climate change. demonstrators occupied southwark, blackfriars, waterloo, westminster, and lambeth bridges, after a week of action by the campaign group, extinction rebellion. the group said 6,000 people had joined the demonstrations, and there'd been 45 arrests. the bbc‘s annual children in need appeal has raised a record amount, more than £50 million, taking it past the £1 billion mark since it first started almost 40 years ago. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back on last night. go on, rob. cue the totaliser! cheering. the night's record—breaking total.

# i stay up too late... the evening kicked off with a performance from west end musical, school of rock. # every morning'sjust the same... 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 got 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. # just the touch of your love is enough # to knock me off my feet... 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. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, if you didn't see the sunshine today, you are more likely to see it tomorrow before it turns cloudy and colder next week. now, as we go through this evening and tonight, it is mainly dry and clear, though there is still some cloud around eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. the cloud, though, clearing from northern ireland where it's been a rather grey day. the south—easterly breeze means temperatures don't fall as far as if they would if it was calm, but still close to freezing in the coldest spots and you could wake up to a touch of frost in the morning, you're more likely to wake up to a gloriously sunny start and for it to stay that way throughout the day.

a bit of cloud still flirting with parts of eastern scotland and the far north east of england. still the same south—easterly breeze, still the same sort of temperatures as we've seen today, that's around 9—12d. now, the breeze is a noticeable feature of the weather, but it gets stronger into next week and that means these temperatures, it's the last we'll see of widely double figures. widely single figures in the weekend and feeling colder still in the wind. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines. five ministers in theresa may's cabinetjoin forces to try and persuade her to make changes to the draft brexit agreement. other ministers voice their support for the prime minister. the number of people missing in california's wildfires has now risen to more than 1,000. 71 people are known to have died. according to reports in us

media, the cia believes the saudi crown prince ordered the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the broadcaster, writer and former newsreader, richard baker, has died at the age of 93. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. what is going on in the world of rugby? how exciting. it has been very exciting. lots of international by very exciting. lots of international rugby union today. a big win for wales coming up and also the latest from scotland against south africa but england were in all sorts of trouble against japan at twickenham. they were five points behind midway through the second half, but late tries saw them win 35—15. ben croucher reports. the two of them forjapan on

separate. a team book to entertain a world group rather than donna. river does not win tackles for an england scored as early as the third minute. so you could west right as i well pray at the other man —— and means turning of counties for easy tries. england were wilting with michael leach a flanker e fading three tackles and elliott daily to lead the roses ready to ponder at half—time. earlier than the math plant the first rain was called upon and that stew period fitness allowed them to carry on. he stretched his way past japan for a try them to carry on. he stretched his way pastjapan for a try on debut. they turned on the boosters, and dyla n they turned on the boosters, and dylan hartley turned bulldozer for the final score. for 40 minutes at least a brave japan entertained but england's way dominance for more than enough. the finish of this game had a

massive impact for us. a lot of it disappointed got to that really. you need the squad of 23 to win test matches. all week we had a really good attitude. and sometimes he gets seduced at the start of the game and we score the first try and subconsciously thought the game would be easy. but then pointed against you, the referee gives them against you, the referee gives them a few calls and then we had a bit of a few calls and then we had a bit of a panic there for a wild. we got to half—time, regroup, iwas pleased with how we went about the second half. i think we won the second half 25-0. eddie jones admitted the something of a panic there. meanwhile, a much—changed wales side thrashed tonga 74—24 in cardiff, to remain undefeated in this yea r‘s autumn internationals. warren gatland made 14 changes to the team that beat australia last weekend, but wales eased into an early lead. three tries including a penalty try

in the first half. a spirited tonga then momentarilly levelled the score at 24—all just after the break. but wales, in the end, ran away with it. a blitz of seven tries after that. liam williams scoring his second in a 10—try rout. 50 u na nswered 50 unanswered points as well from the welsh. i think wejust i think we just did the basics pretty well. even though we scored really good tries and could off—load is essentially the basics of our game today were pretty good and against any team to do that in international rugby. pretty please with the effort. we are fully aware that next week will present a much different challenge and a much bigger challenge. i think the lads who played today it was a good set for us. scotland are playing south africa at murrayfield. they kicked off there about 15 minutes ago. the springboks scored the opening try, centrejesse kriel finishing off a lovely move. so many players involved in this

one. 7—0 this match is over on bbc2. the world's top two ranked sides are in action at 7:00. ireland vs world champions new zealand in dublin and you can follow live text coverage on the bbc sport website. it could be a nervy final day in kandy. england's cricketers are three wickets away from their first series win in sri lanka for 17 years. the hosts need 75 runs to win the second test and keep the series alive, patrick gearey was watching the action on day four. 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 a lead of 300. enterjack leach and thanks 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. for the sri lankans. he did it slowly and carefully. that was his 50. england had their first problem. over tojennings. 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. 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 much as beg. the umpire did not think he hit it. the umpire said otherwise. out. their joy 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. leach back into the breach. he got his man.

as he came off, the covers came on. the drama halted by the weather but england are almost home and dry. the final day's play gets under way atjust after 4:00 tomorrow morning. if england do win they'll look back at several key moments in the field today, not least keatonjennings brilliant reaction catch to dismiss dhananajaya de silva. i think at the time you get a feeling of what they are working to do. you watch his movements and you match his movements of where he is trying to hit the ball. you tried to then get in the way. i go down the pedal and i set off running. i ended up pedal and i set off running. i ended up having it right at me. i generally try to catch it and it just hit me hard and straight off to him. i'mjust just hit me hard and straight off to him. i'm just really pleased with it. alexander zverev has reached the final of the atp finals in london after beating roger federer in straight sets. he'll meet either novak djokovic or kevin anderson who play later this evening.

the german took the opening set 7—5, comfortably breaking federer in the decisive game. there was controversy in the second set, however, when zverev asked for a point to be replayed, a ball—boy had dropped a ball, distracting him mid—point. watch the ball boy here behind federer. zverev went on the win the tie break, but was booed at the end by the crowd. first of all i want to apologise for the frustration when the ball boychuk the ball. it is in the rosalie had to replay the point. i'm a little bit upset about the whole situation and how it all ended because this was not how i wanted it to and. i hope i will have many more great matches here and may be... i don't know what to say, i'm sorry.

meanwhile, jamie murray and partner bruno soares missed out on a place in the final after losing to american pair mike bryan and jack sock. at one set—all it went to a championship tie—break, the first to ten points and they lost that 10—4. that's the third year in a row that they've lost in the semis. danny willet has a share of the lead after the third round of the world tour championship in dubai. he's level with american patrick reed on 14 under par. the leaderboard looks good for english golfers. jordan smith is just one shot behind on 13 under, while a seven—under par 65 brought lee westwood up to tied fourth. but a disappointing round for tommy fleetwood means that francesco molinari will almost certainly end the year as the european number one. as our golf correspondent iain carter explains. in terms of anyone looking for a refill and sort of cliff edge climax to the european tour season that was

highly unlikely now because tommy fleetwood carded a 74 today and tumbled down the leaderboard. way too many players to retake on the final day. asa as a result the race to dubai will go to francesco molinari although he is on having the best week. today he shot high and tommy fleetwood. fleetwood would have to win this bp world tour championship tomorrow to have any chance at taking the race to dubai and defending that crown and there are just too many shots to be made up, too many players to beat and overtake. i think we can safely say that francesco molinari even though he is not having his best week will win the race to dubai for the first time. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the final of the northern ireland open after a thrilling deciding frame victory over mark selby. in a high quality contest, this incredible fluke in the decider proved pivotal for o'sullivan, as he cleared up to take the match on the final black. he'll face eitherjudd trump or the israeli—born scot eden sharav in tomorrow's final in belfast.

they play their semifinal later tonight. it looks like scotland have scored a brilliant try but they are checking to see if there was a forward pass against them. that is all the sport. i will