you're watching bbc news at 9 with me annita mcveigh — the headlines... theresa may heads to brussels today, under pressure to secure further brexit concessions ahead of a summit this weekend. here at westminster, a cabinet minister has dismissed the threat of a no—deal brexit, saying it could never happen. the parliament, the house of commons, will stop no—deal, as damian collins already said earlier. there is not a majority in the house of commons to allow that to take place. the number of children treated for stab wounds in england more than doubles over the past four years. new moves to end the conflict in yemen as one charity estimates 85,000 children underfive have died from hunger since the war began. survivors of terror attacks say victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. we got brilliant care with the physical wounds, but the mental

health side, it felt like we were left to our own devices. interpol chooses a south korean to lead the organisation, after international pressure to reject the candidacy of a senior russian official new research reveals male humpback whales undergo a "cultural revolution" every few years when they change their song anthem. forrest! scotland clinche a euro 2020 play—off place and nations league promotion after a dramatic and angst—ridden night against israel at hampden. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9.

theresa may will meet eu officials later as the two sides scramble to finalise a brexit deal in time for sunday's summit of european leaders. the eu missed its deadline last night to complete the text of its declaration on future relations with the uk, amid concerns from several member states. stumbling blocks remain over uk access to the eu single market, access to uk waters for eu boats and gibraltar. the pm is under pressure from her own mps not to give any further ground. the prime minister is under pressure from her own mps not to give any further ground. in a moment, we'll find out what's happening in brussels with adam fleming, but, first, to our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. the dup keeping the pressure up at home for theresa may, refusing to back the government in voting. is there anything she can get out of this meeting today to help her the deal at home and ease the pressure?

i think deal at home and ease the pressure? ithinka deal at home and ease the pressure? i think a key task will be to give away nothing. she really has no room for any further concessions. some of theissues for any further concessions. some of the issues cited such as fishing rights, access to uk waters, the position of gibraltar, a very, very emotive issue. those sort of areas, it seems to be the prime minister has no scope to give any ground whatsoever. for mrs may, it is a meeting that is all about, i suppose, hunkering down, toughing it out, coming back, being able to say to tory mps, i stood my ground. at the same time, her chances of getting the deal through the house of commons seems, to me, to have taken something of a hit this morning after the new work and pensions secretary amber rudd appeared to dismiss the idea that there could ever be a no—deal brexit. now, why this matters is not

just because it is at odds with mrs may's stance, she has repeatedly, as we know, said that no deal is better than a bad deal, just last week she said if mps voted down her deal then the only two remaining options were either no brexit or no deal. the real reason that this matters is because the whole strategy of team may has been to say to mps that don't like the deal, look, if you vote down my deal, we really could tip over the cliff and leave with no deal. this morning, amber rudd appeared to be saying that's just not going to happen. it is my view that parliament, the house of commons, will stop no—deal, as damian collins already said earlier. there isn't a majority in the house of commons to allow that to take place. so, therefore, we are looking at another referendum ? i don't think we are looking at another referendum. i think that what will happen

is people will take a careful look over the abyss, mp5 of all parties, and consider what they think is in the best interests of the whole country. and i think the likelihood is, despite what people say, that the withdrawal agreement will get through. i surmise that steam will be coming out of the ears of a chief whip. because it has been much his key leverage on disgruntled tory mps thinking of voting against the prime minister. in effect saying, woe betide you if you vote against theresa may's deal, because the only other option is no deal. now, there are many at westminster who will agree with amber rudd, and think she is simply being candid, speaking the truth that mps would not allow britain to leave without a deal. the fa ct britain to leave without a deal. the fact that she has given voice to that view makes mrs may's task of getting an agreement through the commons even harder. lets get the

view from brussels now with adam fleming, who is there. good morning to you. pressure for the eu 27th side ahead of the summit on sunday to try to sort out the stumbling blocks that remain for them. so, what do they want to get out of this meeting between jean—claude juncker and theresa may later? well, the plan was that the two would meet this afternoon at 4.34 afternoon tea, and in front of them would be a completed text of the political declaration setting up the framework for the future relationship and a whole load of areas from trade, security, transport, data protection, you name it. that was supposed to be concluded by the negotiating teams in brussels by last night. it was not. there were still the three big sticking point is that we have been talking about already, gibraltar, goods and access to british fishing waters for eu boats in future. now, i havejust

been handed a note, a diplomatic summary been handed a note, a diplomatic summary prepared by a member state ofa summary prepared by a member state of a meeting last night of eu ambassadors. it is not a verbatim transcript, it is one country's take on what was said, but lays bare what theseissues on what was said, but lays bare what these issues are. on goods and the uk proposalfor a these issues are. on goods and the uk proposal for a free—trade area in goods with the common rule book, the so—called chequers plan that the prime minister proposed in the summer, france apparently said that they could see that spelling the end of the single market. one fish, partly what the uk wants his annual negotiations on access, very similar to what norway does with the eu every year. that was an acceptable to the eu 27. on gibraltar, the eu proposed the final text just says quite boldly that the future relationship will not necessarily apply to gibraltar. apparently, the british negotiators came with the text saying the total opposite. there is another sticking point to be resolved. in the withdrawal

agreement. that is basically closed, apart from one bit. the paragraph that says the limitation period running from 2020 could be extended. —— implementation period. it now says that the ultimate data for that is 20xxx. that has to be filled in with a number. the eu has proposed 2022, and the uk has not made a counter offer yet. that is four things they will have to to be discussing over the afternoon tea and cucumber sandwiches, if that is what they are being served. the eu's expectation, the diplomats, they think that it will be finalised after the meeting, in time for the ambassadors to discuss it tomorrow, meaning a finished product will be on the table for eu leaders to discuss on sunday morning. angela merkel has apparently said she will

not come to the summit unless there isa not come to the summit unless there is a finished text on the table. very briefly, diplomats are saying that the text will be there, but realistically do you think that the sunday summit could be a bit of trouble? we have heard that theresa may has no room to give anything away in the talks withjean—claude juncker, it doesn't sound like there is wiggle room for either side? 0ther is wiggle room for either side? other people in brussels say that sunday could turn into a proper negotiation, rather than just signing on the dotted line, which is what everybody wanted to be quick and easy. it is notjust the british situation, emmanuel macron is facing trouble at home, the french government have been the ones that have been really pushing for this stuff on a level playing field, conditions that would apply to the uk in return for access to the single market. norman was talking about how fishing is a in the uk. it isa about how fishing is a in the uk. it is a really emotive issue in denmark, france, the netherlands and belgium. and gibraltar, and incredibly emotive issue in spain,

as it has been for decades and centuries. and there were regional elections in spain coming up. actually, look at the domestic political ingredients and the best laid plans of the negotiations and diplomats in brussels may well not be best laid after all. we have already seen an example of that in the last 24 hours. they wanted that political declaration done and dusted last night. it wasn't. there's been a big rise in the number of children receiving treatment for knife attacks. the bbc has analysed data from the nhs in england for the last four years. 0ver that time there's been an 86 percent increase in the number of under 18s being treated in hospital, following an attack with a knife or sharp object. that compares to a 33% rise in adults being treated over the same period. in total last year, 573 under 18s attended hospital for knife wounds — most of them aged 16 and i7. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to meet some of the people trying to tackle the problem. in september, bereaved mum tracey hansen appeared on breakfast

with a message for the london mayor. what would you want to say to him? to sit down and share with him our frustrations. will you do that? of course, i'll carry on meeting with bereaved families and experts, including tracey. two months on, tracey‘s about to meet sadiq khan. how are you feeling before your meeting with the mayor? hopeful. is he doing enough at the moment to tackle knife crime? he's saying it's a generation, it's going take up to ten years, i'd actually really have to say why, why does it have to take ten years? tracey‘s son, josh, was stabbed and killed in 2015. josh was murdered in an unprovoked knife attack. for no reason, no fight, no altercation, totally unprovoked. the person who killed josh has never been caught. as well as more support for bereaved families, tracey and josh's sister, brooke, want to talk to children in primary schools about the reality of knife crime.

they've set up a charity injosh‘s memory, but are finding it hard to get access. schools could potentially not want somebody to come in and talk about knife crime. they might worry it might make children think more about knife crime. all organisations talking about knife crime need to be speaking in schools as young as primary. the average age of those being attacked with a sharp object, such as a knife, seems to be getting lower. we've analysed nhs data from across england. last year, 11% of those admitted to hospital because of such an attack were children, and the rise in the number of child victims far exceeds the rise in the number of adult victims. five steps to stay safe... all saints primary school in bootle in merseyside, and a pilot scheme aimed at nine and ten—year—olds. a tough topic, perhaps, for children this age, but these parents support it. i think it's a really, really good idea, especially with boys, because they see what other boys are doing and they go,

"i might do that!" why do you think some kids are attracted to knives or gangs? people have got nothing better to do now, these children, they all tend to get into groups. i'm saying, "i'm 0k, but you're not." it's that feeling of belonging with a group of older children. is that going to be in a positive way or a negative way? so you just met the mayor, how did it go? really, really well. yeah, very positive. through sharing our story and the devastation it had on us, you can change somebody‘s mindset quite quickly. we met the mayor later at the spotlight youth centre in east london, which offers creative classes for teenagers. some schools are worried about their school being labelled by allowing in groups like the group tracey founded. my message to all schools is, nobody is immune to this challenge. there might be a weapon... such a tough subject

at such a young age, but for many, lessons like this are the best way forward. tim muffet, bbc news. the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital sanaa, to try to lay the groundwork for urgent peace talks. the fighting and a partial blockade have left millions of people in need of humanitarian aid. save the children, estimates that 85,000 children, under the age of five, may have died from acute malnutrition since 2015. caroline rigby reports on the latest in the conflict — a warning this report contains some images you might find distressing. ten—year—old nazir is fighting for her life. four of her siblings never even made it to hospital. like so many others, they were collateral damage in this devastating war. the conflict in yemen has been raging for three and a half years, between a saudi—led military coalition and iranian—backed houthi rebels. as the main entry point for food

aid, the rebel—held port of hudaydah has been a focus of international efforts to broker a truce, but hopes of a deal suffered further setback this week when fighting escalated. the un describes yemen as the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster, with 14 million people on the brink of famine, more than half of them children. and the charity save the children estimates 85,000 under the age of five may have already died of malnutrition since april 2015. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have pledged almost £400 million to help tackle the crisis. but as well as being the country's largest aid donors, they are also the biggest military powers in a coalition repeatedly blamed for civilian deaths. there should be an end to this conflict. let's put enough pressure on the houthis to come this time to attend this dialogue, and let's be serious to reach

a political solution that brings peace to yemen. 0n the ground, for now, the war goes on, but the un remains hopeful it can resume peace talks between the two sides within the coming weeks. caroline rigby, bbc news. joining me in the studio is mark kaye. he's the senior conflict and humanitarian advocacy advisor for save the children. thank you forjoining us. as much as this is a terrible famine and the united nations says it is the worst in living memory, it is important to explain that this isn'tjust in living memory, it is important to explain that this isn't just a famine caused by a lack of domestic food production, although that is at very low levels, you say it is entirely man—made? very low levels, you say it is

entirely man-made? what is so shocking about these numbers, 85,000 children under the age of five that have died in the last three and a half years, it's really important to recognise there are real lives there, mothers and fathers that have had to bury their children. and that isa had to bury their children. and that is a conservative estimate, that number? 85,000? just under the age of five. it's almost impossible to know the true scale of the crisis. what is so horrific about this is that it what is so horrific about this is thatitis what is so horrific about this is that it is completely man—made. those children have not died as the result of drought, they have not died because crops have failed, they have died because parties in the conflict, responsible for this conflict, responsible for this conflict, have waged war in a way that has meant that civilians and particularly children are paying the highest price. you say this is a starvation as a weapon of war? of the parties in conflict, the saudis, the parties in conflict, the saudis, the emirati is, the houthi and the government of yemen, they decided they wanted to end the war, they could do it right now. then we would see that the 85,000 that have lost

their lives, that number would not continue to rise. if it continues this way, we will continue to see that number rising exponentially. we're going to see some pictures from save the children. absolutely heartbreaking to see the condition that some of these little children are in. it is clearly really difficult, logistically, to get the sort of aid in that needs to get into yemen to help these children. we are simply a sticking plaster. agencies like save the children are on the ground and we have had over 140,000 children across the country. as the numbers show, there is a huge gap and children are still falling through those cracks and dying. what other people on the ground actually able to do? at the moment, we have health clinics, mobile teams that go out and ensure that children that are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, or acute malnutrition, are put on special foods to get them

off toa are put on special foods to get them off to a safe weight. the real problem is that it is a vicious cycle. we have children coming into the clinics, we are able to nurse them to health, they then leave and suffer the exact same problems because they go back to their communities and families simply can't afford to buy the food in the markets because the economy has collapsed. 0r there is no food in the markets because there are huge restrictions on getting commercial food into and around the country. 0r they cannot access the markets because roads, bridges, they have been destroyed by bombs and shelling. it is a vicious cycle. the children go home and they get sick again, they come back in and u nfortu nately, again, they come back in and unfortunately, the next time or the third time, they are less likely to survive. i was struck by something that our chief international correspondent said, that yemen was one of the worst places in the world to bea one of the worst places in the world to be a mother orfather, because of the suffering parents have to watch their children going through. 0ur viewers will be aware, of course, of the long—running conflict in yemen and the impact of it. just give us save the children's take on the

causes of this conflict. well, the causes of this conflict. well, the causes are essentially that you have a group of parties in the conflict that are fighting a war that no one can win. there is no military solution to the crisis. the only way it can end is by getting around the table, talking about the crisis and is essentially stopping it. that is what we have been calling for for a while now. we are pushing with the un security council in new york, there is a resolution on the table. we really need the security council to pass the resolution. it cannot be watered down. there needs to be a stop to this crisis thousands more children will perish. it a political solution, does it need a military effort? does not need a military solution, all the parties think that there is a military solution, that is the problem. in the sense of un peacekeepers? ideally, if the parties stopped fighting it would mean the crisis would stop and aid agencies would be able to make sure more children are not dying. as we

mentioned in the introduction, the un envoy to yemen is trying again to lay the ground work for peace talks, not peace talks yet, but the groundwork for that. do you have any optimism that could be different?” think it is probably the most hopeful i have been since working on the crisis, and i have been working on it sincejuly the crisis, and i have been working on it since july 2015. the crisis, and i have been working on it sincejuly 2015. it the crisis, and i have been working on it since july 2015. it feels like we are in a position where there might be some momentum. that momentum cannot be lost. if the world does not act on this, many more children will die and that would be an absolute travesty. for the sake of the children, i really hope that you are right this time and that the peace talks to take off. good luck with your work in the country, mark hayes... sorry, mark kay from save the children. thank you for talking to us. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may heads to brussels today, under pressure to secure further brexit concessions ahead of a summit this weekend. new

n ew m oves new moves to end the conflict in yemen, as one charity estimates 85,000 children under the age of five have died from hunger since the war began. the number of children treated for stab wounds in england more than doubles over the past four years. here are your sports headlines. james forrest hit a hat—trick as scotla nd james forrest hit a hat—trick as scotland beat israel 3—2 in the nations league. it means they win their group nations league. it means they win theirgroup and nations league. it means they win their group and get a place in the play—offs for euro 2020. the chief executive of the professional footballers‘ association refused to a nswer footballers‘ association refused to answer questions about his future last night. gordon taylor is facing calls to step down amid claims that the union does not do enough to support members. and james anderson will be rested for the test against sri lanka which starts on friday in colombo. he will be replaced by stuart broad, who is yet to feature

in the series. i‘ll be back with more on those stories in the next half—hour, including a full round—up of the back pages. survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today, to hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they received was inadequate. lauren moss reports. terror attacks have killed, wounded and left many with permanent injuries. there‘s always a rush to save those caught up in the horror. afterwards, some of the scars that remain aren‘t physical. 15—year—old natalie and her mother, valerie, were at manchester arena last year. both have struggled to receive counselling on the nhs. people like me have been put on, like, waiting lists for a counsellor for ages, and they‘ve still not

received the support that they need 18 months on. and, like, thatjust shows how, like, people can‘t get the support they need when they need it. please don't hesitate to call us again if you need us... a survey by the campaign group survivors against terror has praised the charity sector for providing help, but identified what it‘s called a profound crisis in nhs mental health support. staff say services are stretched. we‘ve got to balance the needs of victims of terror attacks against victims of sexual assault and car traffic collisions, etc, etc. so there is a limited resource, so it‘s about how we try and use it most effectively. the government admits more needs to be done to provide support. later, campaigners will hand a copy of the report and an open letter in to downing street.

those who‘ve been left with invisible, lasting injuries say they want to prevent others from experiencing the same struggles. lauren moss, bbc news. more than 50,000 children in the uk have developed a gambling problem — according to figures released by the gambling commission. the regulator says more teenagers now gamble than drink alcohol, smoke or use drugs. the report said that while children were gambling via new technologies, large numbers are making bets through more conventional means. it also blamed the increase on the rise of tv adverts and warns that another 70,000 children could be at risk. interpol has elected south korean kim jong—yang as its president, rejecting the russian frontrunner who had been accused of abusing the international police body‘s arrest warrant system. he beat russia‘s alexander prokopchuk, who had been widely tipped to win. although the president isn‘t responsible for the day—to—day running of interpol — there was growing concern that mr prokopchuk would use the role to target critics of russia‘s president putin. us president donald trump has been asked to determine

whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. republican and democratic senators are demanding a second investigation into his death. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. five years ago actor and artist shiv grewal suffered a cardiac arrest. his heart stopped beating for seven minutes before he was resusitated by paramedics. his near death experience is now helping doctors . 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has been to meet him to find out if patient recovery could be improved by changes to the hospital environment. my name is shiv — shivinder grewal. i used to be an actor.

i was aware somewhere in myself that i was in deep trouble and i almost knew i was dead. these paintings are by shiv grewal. they‘re images of what he saw as he hovered between life and death. his heart had stopped for seven minutes and he was in a coma. i had a feeling that there was consciousness other than mine and it was everywhere. and then, he woke up. and one of his most powerful memories was of an object that he felt helped return him to life. a window. there was a physical window and it was like a beacon.

it had a — "there‘s more out there". intensive care is a world of machines and artificial light. night and day can merge and, for patients, it can be terrifying. a place of delirium and hallucinations. the hallucinations are often wide—ranging. i have to say, it is not uncommon for a patient to think they are in place of torture, a place where we are trying to kill them. and so, king‘s college hospital, deep in the urban jungle of south london, is planning a new approach. after talking to patients such as shiv, they‘re planning to have in their new intensive care unit a ward in a garden. when we are able to take

the patients outside, the impact is often tangible amongst the staff that do it. one of the things we are hoping to do is to build an outdoor intensive care unit and we are putting, amongst the planting, piped medical gases, powerand data, so that we will be able to take patients still early on in recovery in their beds, to the outside world. shiv grewal‘s paintings, then, are a window on a mentaljourney to the outer limits and evidence that perhaps the best way to return is a mix of machines, medicine — and light, nature and the wind on your face. david sillito, bbc news. in a moment the weather but first let‘s join victoria derbyshire to find out what she‘s got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. as the number of

teenagers addicted to gambling doubles in the last year, we will be speaking to the mother of one young man who, one year ago, took his own life after becoming hooked on gambling as a teenager. and let us no this morning what conversations you have had with your kids about gambling. send an e—mail. that, and the latest news and exclusive interviews, including today‘s brexit blind date, when tv presenterjune and the original stig get heated over immigration. do we keep the borders open to anyone who wants to come can come? did you hear me say that once? sight you have been described in the landscape.” that once? sight you have been described in the landscape. i need to, what i said from the get go was, cameron was not tough enough on freedom of movement. it's easy to say that. that'll conversation at

ten o‘clock on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. thank you very much. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to carol. more and more layers required these days. absolutely right on this morning, too, we have also got some snow, not just on the hills but at lower levels as well and you can see quite nicely on the radar picture which shows rain and snow, where we have had the snow, across southern counties, parts of wales, northern england and scotland. we still have some snow showers coming in across southern areas at the moment, even at lower levels but they will tend to fade and ten to rain as we go through the afternoon. the band of rain continues to push across scotla nd rain continues to push across scotland and northern ireland, with snow in the hills in some of the heavier burst and in scotland, some at lower levels. also a keen easterly or south—easterly wind really taking the edge of the temperatures, so if you are outside for any length of time, you will notice it. through this evening and

overnight, many of the showers and most of the rain fade away, leaving cold skies, but patchy mist and fog and possibly eyes on untreated surfaces and then this cloud romps in from the north sea and tomorrow, it will drift further west, eradicating a nice bright start in the west. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines now... theresa may heads to brussels today, under pressure to secure further brexit concessions ahead of a summit this weekend. as the new work and pensions secretary admits there is no commons majority for no deal, undermining the government‘s approach. majority for no deal, undermining the government's approachm majority for no deal, undermining the government's approach. it is my view that when the deal comes before parliament, it will get through, despite what people say, but i do also feel, having spent the past six or seven months on the backbenches

talking to various other backbenchers, that parliament. a no deal. —— will stop a no deal. the number of children treated for stab wounds in england more than doubles over the past four years. new moves to end the conflict in yemen as one charity estimates 85,000 children underfive have died from hunger since the war began. survivors of terror attacks say victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. interpol chooses a south korean to lead the organisation, after international pressure to reject the candidacy of a senior russian official. new research reveals male humpback whales undergo a "cultural revolution" every few years when they change their signature song. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. let‘s look at the bbc news website

and one of the most read stories at number two is one about a reformed gangster shaft after a book launch, this is a reformed danish gang leader, he was tied to a gang linked with the drugs trade, nedim yasar, but left gang live a number of years ago. he had produced a memoir detailing how he did that and he was shot just detailing how he did that and he was shotjust a day before the book‘s release. he was targeted as he left a book launch on monday in the danish capital copenhagen. he was taken to hospital but died of his injuries. he had left the gang he was involved with back in 2012, the story tells you, when he learned he was going to become a father and had since acted mentoring young people also trying to leave gangs. the danish government paying tribute to

him and saying that he had tried with all his hard to change his way of life. as we continue our morning briefing, a little bit more news we have been hearing this morning, the work and pensions secretary amber rudd has appeared to rule out the option of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. but, aside from brexit, she‘s also been talking about the challenges she faces in her new role. she is the fifth person to run the department for work and pensions in the past couple of years and is responsible for the roll out of universal credit. she spoke tojohn humphrys on the today programme on bbc radio 4 about the financial difficulties many people who rely on welfare payments have encountered. i‘ve acknowledged, first, that universal credit is a tremendous force for good. and i really do believe that. it combines what were six benefits before, from three different places. it makes it much simpler, more straightforward for people to access, it makes it easier to get your payments immediately and incentivises you getting into work. so, there is tremendous good about universal credit. but i have acknowledged that there are problems as well.

you know, this is a new system, it is being rolled out slowly over the whole of the country. and it has had problems on the way. i think the biggest problem that has been identified already, and some adjustments have been made, is quite simply about getting cash into peoples hands as soon as they need it. a lot of people who are on universal credit, who need the money that universal credit provides, don‘t have any savings. we need to do better at getting the cash earlier. and, at the moment, it‘s designed with a five—week delay between when people file a claim, successfully file a claim, and when they get the benefits. yes, and so, there have been adjustments made to make sure that people can get that cash early. david gauke introduced some changes on housing benefit that meant there was a kind of access when you moved to your last two weeks of housing benefit. but, critically, there‘s also an allowance now for people to get a loan, a 100% loan, or the first month up front as soon as they apply. now, i know some people are concerned about that.

they think, oh, my gosh i don‘t want to go into debt, they might already have debt. but i‘m going to make sure that we do a betterjob of making it clear to people that they can get that money up front as soon as they apply. then they pay it back over, like, a 30—month period. and there‘s been reaction to that interview on social media. the labour mp david lammy has tweeted that "women fleeing abusive "partners could see a sudden cut in their benefits after "the universal credit roll—out. "this could endanger and trap some of my most vulnerable constituents." survivors of terror attacks will travel to downing street today, to hand over a report that says victims are being let down by a crisis in mental health services. the survivors against terror group says 270 people responded to its survey, with three—quarters claiming the mental health support they received was inadequate. ruth murrell survived the manchester arena terror attack — she was injured along with her daughter in the explosion and herfriend was killed. she has signed the letter and spoke to bbc breakfast.

i think when we came out of hospital, it felt like we‘d left a little safety bubble and we felt... we imagined that the same help, the amazing help that we‘d had in the hospital, was going to continue out... what was that? regular counselling? no, we‘d had people to talk to in a hospital but we were told you will receive so much support when you are out of hospital, so we automatically assumed that the mental health side of things was going to have been taken care of. unfortunately, we got brilliant care for the physical wounds, but the mental health side, it felt like we were left to own devices, so... so what sort of lengths did you go to to try and get that? have you been asked to travel, has to pay lots of money to get that care privately? yes. the waiting list... my gp was absolutely fantastic and he wrote a letter to get me

referred to mental health but unfortunately in my particular area, the waiting list was 9—12 months and when you are at desperation point, where you feel like you are near ending your own life, you can‘t wait that long. you felt like that, did you? oh gosh, yes, i have neverfelt so danny my life, it was awful. —— oh gosh, yes, i have neverfelt so down in my life, it was awful. humpback whales are famed for having unique dialects, but it‘s been discovered they also change their tune. this is the song from one pod in 2003. whales call scientists studied whales off the east coast of australia over 13 years and found that the signature song of individual groups evolves gradually over time. this was what the same pod were singing two years later. different call

the research found evidence that gradual song changes are due to embellishments introduced by individuals that are then learned by the rest of the group. lead researcher dr jenny allen is from the university of queensland, australia and we can speak to her now via webcam. it's it‘s very good to have you with us on bbc news. i am interested to know first of all why you were deciding to study the songs produced by humpback whales. well, the main reason that we wanted to study their boss because —— study them was because it is a really unique example of culture in animals. when we talk about culture in animals, we talk about the fact that they learn from each other, from the individuals that they spend time

with and for humpback whales to learn a new song every year and spread it through an entire population is pretty unique, so it gave us population is pretty unique, so it gave us a population is pretty unique, so it gave us a really good opportunity to look at this cultural learning in animals. so you already knew they we re animals. so you already knew they were smart but you didn‘t know at what rate they could learn new information and pass it on, if you like? yes, we're not quite sure why or how they are able to learn such a complex thing and spread it so quickly, but they do it at a pretty incredible rate. and do you have any idea why they do this? well, we know that the song itself is reproductive in nature because the males are the only ones who seeing it and we primarily hear it on the breeding ground, but we suspect that it is eitherfor ground, but we suspect that it is either for females to impress them

all males to intimidate them, or possibly both, but we‘re pretty sure it functions in one or both of those capacities. and just to be clear, over the period that you have been studying the whales‘ song, you are studying the whales‘ song, you are studying the whales‘ song, you are studying the same individuals, these we re studying the same individuals, these were not different whales over the period were studying. no, this was one big population and we made sure... it is unlikely that we have the same exact individuals recorded from one year to the next but it is all the same population and they are all the same population and they are all singing the same thing at the same time, so we don‘t necessarily need the same individuals for this particular study. fascinating and good to talk to you, thank you for your time. and just before we finish the morning briefing, let‘s have a look at what is on the most watched list on the bbc news website and looking at number three, this is a story

about drones being used to save the great wall of china, which in sections is in disrepair, vegetation has grown, it has crumbled. you can see the film on the website and some of its bits are very difficult to get to, but now drones are being used to study the sections that are in need of repair, to survey them, to collect data and it is hoped that using this information, people will be able to... there is our china correspondent reporting on it, it is hoped that workers will be able to repair those sections of the wall and although they are using quite a high—tech way of survey in get, if you keep watching the story, you will see the low—tech way of getting the repair materials on site by donkeys. and that is it for today‘s morning briefing. it is time for sport and that get a full round—up

from the bbc sports centre, sally is where the bbc sports centre, sally is with us and an important win for scotla nd is with us and an important win for scotland last night. really important, yes, the nations league is becoming very, very popular. scotland are one step closer to their first major tournament in two decades after a 3—2 win over israel at hampden left them top of their nations league group — and earned them a place in the play—offs for euro 2020, if they don‘t make it through the usual qualifiers. joe lynskey reports. a new competition has brought scotland a new opportunity, topping the nations league group stage opens the back route to a major finals and a 20—year wait could now come to an end in the play—offs. to get there, scotland had to beat israel, but this stadium‘s rarely seen it done easy. when hampden‘s visitors opened the scoring, many sensed the same old story, but this team does have characters emerging now and james forrest is showing their clinical streak. this was the equaliser to break the tension. forrest had already scored twice for scotland against albania on saturday. now the celtic man was

crowning a perfect week. his second goal made hampden believe, but even in the noise, forrest was composed for a third. a hat—trick to define the night and restore the roar. there would be one israel goal back in an inevitable nervous finish, but this competition has unlocked a new scottish bravery and a route to a finals could be paved through a forrest. scotland thrashed albania 4—0 at the weekend — but wales couldn‘t even put one past them last night. bekim baleye scored the only goal of their friendly in elbasan. albania are ranked 60th in the world, to wales‘s 18th. manager ryan giggs said his players had let themselves down. it is disappointed changing room and it should be, because should have won that game, not because of any

referee decisions, just totally controlled the verstappen we thought it was going to be easy, we thought the goal would, and, it was going to be easy, we thought the goalwould, and, me, personally, i smelt it, i spelt it towards the end of the first that we could get a result that could go against us because of our complacency and concentration. a letter calling for gordon taylor to stand down as chief executive of the professional footballer‘s association has around 300 signatures of former and current players. taylor refused to answer questions about his future last night — he‘s been in charge for 37 years. the main complaints are that the union doesn‘t do enough to protect its members and needs modernising. and that story is on some of the sports pages this morning. the sun say he‘s been branded a "dinosaur" by some former players, who‘ve questioned the size of his salary. the guardian has a very striking story in its back page — david conn reports on the workers paid £40 a week to build stadia in qatarfor the world cup which begins in four years today. and the times have a picture

of former england rugby captain will carling — back in the camp — his job is to train the players on leadership skills. staying with rugby, france will wear rainbow laces in their boots for their final test of the autumn series on saturday, when they play fiji, as a show of support for former wales captain gareth thomas. serge simon, the vice president of the french rugby union, tweeted the news saying "all of french rugby is with you" following the homophobic attack on thomas last weekend in cardiff. during his playing career thomas spent three years at toulouse, helping them to a european title. james anderson will be rested for england‘s third test against sri lanka, which starts on friday in colombo. he‘s played a relatively minor role in their two wins so far, taking only one wicket, and he steps aside for stuart broad, who‘s yet to feature in the series, which england have already won.

i understand the reasoning behind it. you know, the series has been wrapped up, it‘s an opportunity to rotate and i think with the winter we‘ve got ahead, you know, it makes sense for stewart to get some cricket. we‘ve got what is a tough tour of the west indies, so it could bea tour of the west indies, so it could be a long period without him bowling, so to have him get a game under his belt, i think, is good for him and the team. and few sports fa ns him and the team. and few sports fans out there, let‘s have a look at what is coming up. there is fa cup football on radio 5live sports extra tonight, with commentary on the first—round replay between salford city and shrewsbury. and at 5 live, eight o‘clock, a celebration of the great jane robinson‘s 40—year career at bbc as rugby union commentator tributes from the likes ofjonny wilkinson and former prime minister

tony blair —— ian robertson. it will bea tony blair —— ian robertson. it will be a great listen. and sportsday is here at 6:30pm. back to you. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may heads to brussels today, under pressure to secure further brexit concessions ahead of a summit this weekend, of a summit this weekend. new moves to end the conflict in yemen as one charity estimates 85,000 children underfive have died from hunger since the war began. the number of children treated for stab wounds in england more than doubles over the past four years. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt are looking. this week is the bbc‘s 100 women series — which highlights inspirational women

around the world. stacey cunningham is president of the new york stock exchange — the first woman to occupy that post and one of a few women in very senior positions in a very male dominated industry. she‘s been speakign to samira hussain. she‘s been speaking to samira hussain. there is still a discrepancy between the number of women and the number of men that are in finance, particularly in senior roles. do you see that changing? when i look around at the nyc management team or more brightly at the intercontinental exchange management team, there are a lot of senior women in very senior roles, you know, senior executives, sol women in very senior roles, you know, senior executives, so i don't see it quite as... you know, i do think there is a trend to have more senior women in leader roles and i think that we are moving in the right direction. we are not moving asa right direction. we are not moving as a global landscape, in the global

landscape, but i think we are heading in the right direction. still, the number of public company ceos still, the number of public company ce05 that women is very, it is dreadfully low, and it is frankly falling, which is the wrong direction to see colours i think we need society to change a little bit —— and sol need society to change a little bit —— and so i think we need. we need to see what the expectations of what a senior executive look like. why are there fewer women ceos. there has never really been ceo of an investment bank that is a woman. we welcome ceo is here to the new york stock exchange all the time and if i look back to date, most of them are men. there were two women who came in to celebrate bringing their companies public and ringing the bell but as we are standing on the bell but as we are standing on the bell podium, very few women, there are more women in senior executive roles of those companies, so we see women are rising through the ranks andl women are rising through the ranks and i think that is a sign of good things to come. do you think the finance industry is over to its own me to moment? when i look at some of

the trends we saw in finance a couple of decades ago, there was, i think a bit of a cleansing there and certainly there was a message that people need to be treated with respect in the office and there were stories of women where they had not been treated appropriately, and sol think finance may have been ahead of the game to some extent in this movement, but the message we need to ta ke movement, but the message we need to take away and we should all be taking from any of the events that have unfolded over the past 12 months or so is that every individual deserves to be treated with respect, and if you are coming into work each day, that is a base level right that you have. and as leaders of organisations, we need to make sure that is what is going on. for you personally, do you think you would be in this prominent role, president of the new york stock exchange, if you would have decided to perhaps have children earlier in life? what i can tell you is that a man proverb we wouldn't get that question, and that is important,

because society needs to change their expectations around what women should be doing and what men should be doing —— a man probably wouldn't get that question. if we focus on executives and let them manage their personal lives in their own way, i think you will see women progress more through society, progress more through business and achieve higher goals. society often has a different expectation for women than they do for men and that is something that isa for men and that is something that is a challenge for women that they do have to fight. stacey cunningham, president of the new york stock exchange. in a moment, the weather, but first, a few of the most striking images of the day. this dramatic footage shows a rescue during the woolsey fire in southern california. the footage is taken from a helmet cam, and shows rescuers flying a helicopter among the wind, smoke, and fire to land safely and rescue three people and two dogs on castro peak near malibu. the wildfire in the area is now largely contained, but these images have just been released. a new contenderfor britain‘s fattest dog

is being looked after at rescue centre in portsmouth. bopper the whopper is a collie who weighs eight stone. he‘s currently too big for the kennels at the gables farm shelter so he‘s living with a staff member while he tries to shed some pounds on a special diet. and we can actually go live to devon now to speak with that staff member. ruth rickard is the deputy manager at gables farm but currently has bopper living with her. i wonder, does he like that nickname? possibly not but he is getting lots of tlc, he is adorable. how did he come to be with you? he was given by his owner and u nfortu nately, was given by his owner and unfortunately, you know, they gave him to us at gables farm, and as a charity, we are able to give him the

help he needs to safely lose some weight. how overweight is he? well, he tipped the scales atjust under 50 kilos and he should be about 27 kilos, sony has 22 kilos to lose. long way to go, then. how is he doing with his new diet and exercise regime? well, he is loving going to lots of short walks now, now he is settled in and quite happy with us. he is very happy in our supervisor‘s office during the day and i take him home at night and he has a couple of nice big beds to relax on. how old is he? he is 11 years old. so once he loses some weight, are you hoping to re—home him? he loses some weight, are you hoping to re-home him? we will definitely find him a lovely new home, we are very good forfinding find him a lovely new home, we are very good for finding homes for older animals and we never give up on dogs or cats, so we will definitely find him a good home, he isa definitely find him a good home, he is a lovely dog. he seems to have a

very relaxed nature, just looking at him alongside you there. he is come here is absolutely adorable, or the ones is to have love and cuddles. he‘s not actually eating that much at the moment but i‘m managing to get into it enough that he once loved and cuddles and short walks more than anything else.” loved and cuddles and short walks more than anything else. i would ta ke more than anything else. i would take him home in a heartbeat but my dog would getjealous. i am sure there will be lots of people lining up there will be lots of people lining up to give him a lovely home. thank you very much and good luck to bopper, i hope you keep us updated on his progress. ruth ricard at the gables shelter. and bopper, hopefully more slimline soon. now the weather with simon king. good morning. this morning, some of us good morning. this morning, some of us woke up to a little bit of wet snow down to low levels across southern parts of england. that was the scene in east sussex, but further north andover higher ground, we had quite a bit more snow, quite a few centimetres in the yorkshire

dales and the high roots of the pennines, some treacherous conditions because of that snow falling. this is the radar imagery through this morning, you can see the wet snow still down towards wiltshire at the moment but more so across the pennines and across northern parts of scotland. now, a lot of showers across northern england at the moment will spread their way further north, it will become dry for many parts of england and wales with a few showers towards the south—west but if we take a look at the higher resolution model data across scotland, you can still see some snow over the higher ground of scotland, showers continuing here. drierfor scotland, showers continuing here. drier for southern scotland this afternoon, still further showers the northern ireland but the northern england, the east midlands, south—eastern areas of england, brightening up quite nicely with some sunshine but still some showers to come in south—west england and across the south of wales. with lighter winds converter yesterday across england and wales, not quite as cold, doesn‘t feel quite as cool but still some fairly strong winds

across scotland. this evening and tonight, quite a bit of pride in eastern areas which will keep temperatures above freezing, but further west with clear skies, we will develop quite a widespread frost across western areas, temperatures down to freezing, down to —3, but above freezing the northern ireland and down the eastern side with more cloud and that cloud through thursday morning could bring a few showers across the north—east of england and eastern scotland. further west, are bright enough start with some sunshine but then the cloud will tend to increase into the afternoon. maximum temperatures will be 7—8 or nine celsius, so still feeling pretty cold but not as cold as yesterday. friday, this area of low pressure with a weather front will bring showers in the south—west but otherwise, quite a quiet picture as we go through friday, actually. plenty of dry weather, a few showers across the east of scotland, further showers on that weather front into the south—west but otherwise, a few

bright sunny spells. that is it from me, bye—bye. hello, it‘s wednesday, it‘s ten o‘clock, i‘m victoria derbyshire. the number of 11 to 16—year—olds with a gambling problem has doubled since last year called to the gambling commission. we‘ll talk to one mum about her son — who a year ago took his own life after becoming addicted to gambling as teenager. the prime minister heads to brussels this afternoon — under pressure to get more concessions from eu leaders ahead here at westminster, a leading cabinet minister says that parliament will never vote for a no—deal brexit. and we‘ll bring you our latest brexit blind date — where we send two well known people with opposing views on a lunch date together. today it‘s the original stig from top gear and tv