good afternoon. theresa may is heading to brussels for last—minute talks ahead of tomorrow's summit, where eu leaders are due to sign two key brexit documents. she'll meet the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, to finalise the withdrawal agreement as well as a political declaration on future relations. this morning the chancellor phillip hammond defended the deal mrs may has negotiated, insisting it was the best way to reunite a divided country and protect the economy. but northern ireland's democratic unionist party — on whose votes the government relies in the house of commons — says it'll vote against. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports from belfast, where the dup conference is taking place. her report contains some flashing images. it's the most closely watched party conference in history. the dup, are poised to vote down the draft brexit deal. the published withdrawal

agreement portrays a pitiful and pathetic place for the united kingdom. hundreds of pages, devoted toa kingdom. hundreds of pages, devoted to a backstop, which would buy the united kingdom into taking the rules of the european union with no right to leave and no end date. their objections remain with the so—called backstop, the plan to avoid a hard irish border. today, the dup's deputy leader had this message. so, prime minister, the message from this conference: from every section of this party is: in the backstop. applause -- bin applause —— bin the backstop. tories have beenin —— bin the backstop. tories have been in town trying to allay the fears. last night, the chancellor philip hammond told delegates at a private dinner that the backstop may never have to be used. but if it is,

say the dup, northern ireland would remain fixed to eu rules, even after the rest of the uk goes its own way. many northern ireland businesses are backing the deal, putting business at odds with the dup, who say it undermines the integrity of the uk. well, i think that's an argument that no one in the business community in northern ireland act sets, very sio seldom in northern ireland you see unanimity about everything but when you find every single business organisation is telling you something different, i think the dup should take cognizance of that. the dup will continue defending their position here, remaining dug in against that deal. they are about to be cheered on by another big brexiteer, when boris johnson takes to the stage this afternoon. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. theresa may is expected to be in brussels later this afternoon ahead of tomorrow's meeting of eu heads of government. spain's prime minister, though, insists he will not attend unless spanish objections concerning gibraltar are sorted out.

our correspondent gavin lee is in brussels. how serious is the spanish threat of a "no show" (05) threat of a "no show". how serious is the spanish threat of a "no show"? well, pedro sanchez, the prime minister, has arrived back in madrid from cuba, when he gave that speech last night to say that unless they have an explicit legal text saying that spain has a say, final say, with the uk over gibraltar, which it still contests the british overseas territory, he will not be attending tomorrow's summit, which means the summit cannot go ahead because you cannot have an extraordinary summit with one key member missing. according to eu rules. talking to eu officials today, they are saying the brits and spanish officials are trying to come to some way to placate the spanish and they are going that way. as things stand, it appears the summit is still scheduled. after 17 months of negotiations, this time tomorrow, with the withdrawal agreement, legal document the withdrawal treat me ——

treaty are due to be signed off and the tone we are told from both sides will be sombre, to reflect what has been 45 years of british membership in the eu. gavin lee in brussels, thank you. police in paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating for a second weekend against a planned rise in fuel tax. clashes broke out on the champs—elysees despite a police security cordon around key sites. over the past year, the price of diesel has risen by around 23%. lisa hampele reports. a sea of yellow. the protesters in their trademark hi—vis jackets on the champs—elysees. the authorities mean business too, using water cannon and tear gas against the thousands of protesters, trying to prevent them moving down to the palais de la concorde and the presidential palace, which has been cordoned off.

organisers bill this as act two in their rolling campaign. they are angry about an increase in diesel tax, justified by the government as an anti—pollution levy. but the campaign has grown into a broad opposition, against president emmanuel macron. this metal worker says, "we feel like we've been working for years now and it's just extortion, while members of the government live like princes". "it's not even possible to live anymore after paying taxes", says this woman. "i'm disgusted, i'm telling you, if i saw him, i wouldn't be able to shake his hand and i'd tell him exactly what i think". some here have been ripping up the street and trying to build barricades. but as protesters let off fireworks, the authorities have the power to move them on. close to 300,000 people protested across france, last week. it's estimated that by the end of today, 30,000 will have taken

to the streets here in paris. lisa hampele, bbc news. police are questioning a man, after an officer was stabbed outside a train station in east london. police said the male officer was attacked with a knife outside ilford station, last night. the officer's injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. climate change will cost america hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human health, if no action is taken — a us government report has warned. president trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the reality of climate change. our correspondent, james cook, has more. this, say many scientists, is what climate change looks like. in recent years, california has seen bigger, deadlier and more destructive wildfires than ever before. during a cold snap in washington this week, president trump tweeted, "whatever happened to global warming?" now, his own government experts have answered the question. it's here, they say. its effects are serious, and without dramatic change, they will be catastrophic. already, says the report, more frequent and intense storms

like hurricane harvey, which ravaged houston and texas, are destroying property and may damage critical infrastructure, such as bridges, power plants and oil refineries. crop yields and labour productivity will decline. there will be a rise in the spread of tropical disease. the poorest americans will be hardest hit. one of the things that's quite striking about the report, for example, is that we could see a future where the south—eastern parts of the united states experience forest fire seasons that look like what happens in the west, right now. the scientists say substantial and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions are essential, and they do report some progress. without major, urgent action, says the report, the impacts of climate change will soon cascade into every corner of american life. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. with all the sport now,

here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. good afternoon, england may have already won their test series in sri lanka, but are now on course for a 3—0 series win, after a brilliant spell from the bowlers and fielders. after england had been dismissed for 336, keatonjennings showed the sri lankan openers. the hosts seemed to be building a strong first innings, before a dramatic collaspe. in just under 15 overs after tea, eight wickets fell for 57 runs. jennings taking four catches, at short leg. adil rashid finished with test—best figures of 5—19 as sri lanka were bowled out for 240. england were three without loss and led by 99, when bad light ended play, england's women, meanwhile, will face australia in the world t20 final in antigua, at midnight. they'll be looking to add to the 50 over world cup title they won last year and become double world champions. jo currie is there for us. the sir viv richards stadium is one

of the most iconic grounds in the world and cricket fans will be hoping this final does itjustice. but why wouldn't it? the rivalry between england and australia is as old as cricket itself. but this final doesn't just give old as cricket itself. but this final doesn'tjust give england the opportunity to get one over on a familiarfoe, it opportunity to get one over on a familiar foe, it gives them the opportunity to make history. that's because it's been almost a decade now since they were last crowned double world champions and now they find themselves just one game away from adding the world t20 to the one—day title they claimed last year. for captain heather knight, she says it's a huge opportunity. it's a probably once in a career opportunity that comes along. if we manage to do it, it will be a real achievement. we have put ourselves in the best possible place to do that and now it's about how we perform tomorrow. it would put the team of 2017—2018 in the history books the same way 2009 was. that is

what you want as a player, you want to be remembered for winning trophies and being successful and thatis trophies and being successful and that is no different for this team. england on the verge of being crowned double world champions for the first time since 2009. if it's australia who claim this final, they will also make history, being their fourth title, more than any other team. if you want to follow the action, you can listen to full match commentary on tess match commentary on 5live. tune in, set your alarm that it will be an absolutely cracking final. it is the final day of rugby union's autumn internationals. wales take on south africa, aiming to win their first ever clean sweep of autumn victories. wales have won four of the past five meetings between the sides and are currently on an eight match winning run after wins against scotland, australia, and tonga, earlier this month. elsewhere, england aim to finish their autumn on a high, they host australia at twickenham. scotland take on argentina at murrayfield. and ireland, fresh off the back of beating new zealand, last week, face slightly less challenging opposition in the usa.

the premier league returns this afternoon after the international break. the game of the day is at tea time with chelsea taking on tottenham at wembley. claudio ranieri is back in the premier league — now managing bottom club fulham, who take on southampton. liverpool travel to watford and manchester city face west ham. after a slow start, the champions, celtic, are enjoying a six—game unbeaten run in the scottish premiership. they are in action in the early kick off away against hamilton and have taken an early lead — ryan christie openning the scoring for the league leaders. that's all the sport for now. plenty more to come this afternoon. thank you very much. that's all for now, the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm, bye for now. have a good afternoon. the national crime agency has issued

a warning to organised gangs, which it says are behind a recent spike in illegal attempts to cross the english channel in small boats and dinghys. the nca says that crossing the channel in this way is highly dangerous and demonstrates a "lack of regard for human life". this morning, the french authorities picked up five migrants from a small boat just off the coast southwest of calais. on friday, eight iranians were brought ashore after their dinghy was spotted off the coast of kent. in fact, just this month alone, there've been more than 100 suspected migrants picked up by authorities, having reached uk waters. earlier i spoke to chris hogben, the national crime agency's operational lead for tackling people smuggling. i asked him why the numbers attempting the crossing are increasing. we have seen a real spike in the

numbers of attempts across the channel by small boats and ribs, involving almost exclusively in iranian migrants since the beginning of october. we're now working with uk law enforcement colleagues and also the french law enforcement, trying to identify the crane groups behind it and bring them tojustice, ultimately stopping the attempts. i would just say that this is nothing new. we have seen attempts using small boats and ribs on and off over the last two or three years. what has really changed is the intensity in terms of the numbers. we have seen in terms of the numbers. we have seen a in terms of the numbers. we have seen a real spike since the beginning of october. is that likely to reduce again because of the weather conditions, if nothing else changes at least? this week we have seen changes at least? this week we have seen fairly calm weather, which makes it easier for people to try these attempts. what i would say is

this is a really dangerous method of trying to enter the uk. one of the downsides to a certain extent, some might say, with the tightened security around the uk border, is the fact it makes the criminals and migrants far more desperate in terms of measures they will go to to try to beat that security. and one of the things we see is the increase in this type of activity. we're talking about people using small boats and ribs, to cross one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. we have helmsman with very little experience, and we're talking about a small boat that is classed as overloaded, and an all every occasion the migrants do not have any form of safety equipment, so we're talking about a very dangerous method. when you look upstream at

the mediterranean region, the central, eastern and western brits, we have seen a number of tragedies where people have lost their lives and it is probably very fortunate indeed that we have not seen this sort of thing back in the english channel. a leading british surgeon has told the bbc about his experiences training medics in gaza during times of conflict. according to the un, more than 5,000 people have suffered bullet wounds in the war—torn region this year alone. many doctors have been aided byjohn wolfe, a retired surgeon from st mary's hospital in west london. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, went to meet him. this is a conflict that has changed even more lives this year. thousands of palestinians in gaza have suffered bullet wounds during protests at the perimeter fence with israel. it has put intense pressure on gaza's hospitals. you just open your fingers, let go... in this makeshift classroom,

palestinian surgeons learn the painstaking work of repairing arteries and avoiding amputation. they practise on goats' arteries, and learn from a british arterial surgeon, a world leader in his field. palestinians have protested since march, demanding a right to return. israel defends the use of live ammunition, pointing to violent attacks against its troops, stirred up, it says, by gaza's militant leaders. this is another person being brought in as the protests at the fence continue. the problem is that each of these cases, as the numbers build up, require specialist surgical skills, in a healthcare system already under pressure, and which lacks doctors. this volume of severe injuries is something that most countries never see. there are a lot of bullet wounds. as you know, there have been now over 5,000 bullet wounds since the end of march,

and i was asked to come three years ago to try and improve the standards of arterial surgery in gaza, and train up people in arterial surgery here. there aren't enough, certainly when there's conflict, there aren't enough arterial surgeons. no, don't touch. just leave — just let him work. john wolfe came to gaza with the international red cross. in surgery with palestinian medics, he passes on more than a0 years of experience. that's good, that's good. now you are in business. learning from him is ahmed, who now leads a small team of arterial surgeons at this hospital. they have performed conflict operations on more than 140 bullet wounds since march. gunshot injury, in the left leg... it took four hours of surgery to save this woman's leg. translation: i felt like i was dying, but they brought me

back to life. i am truly grateful to the doctors. with severe injuries. the training from a british surgeon has helped save limbs. but in gaza's overcrowded wards, the risk of infection which could mean amputation, still looms. more lives changed as this conflict continues. the white house has dismissed a hard hitting official report on climate change which warns of its impact on the us economy and society. written with the help of more than a dozen us government agencies, thee report says the size of the american economy will shrink by 10% by the end of this century if no action is taken. joining me is michal nachmany, policy analyst with the grantham institute for climate change.

what do you make of this report? this alarms us that everything we already know about climate change is happening, even to the biggest economy in the world, and if that biggest economy does not take active measures to mitigate the effect of climate change and to deal with the disasters already coming, severe effects would be brought up on american families and businesses. the term of a us president is comparatively short, four years, but it is possible he could stand for a second term, and donald trump is clear he does not believe in man—made climate change. in the absence of that push at the top, what can be done at another level to in the us to try to reduce this? president trump's approach has not

seeded down to national and local governments in the us, which is encouraging. we see action at all levels in the us. we see new york city deciding earlier this year to divest its pension fund and to take the fossil fuel industry to court, over damages concerning hurricane sandy. we can see enormous action that can be taken by citizens the world in daily lives and behaviours. in terms of legal action, has anywhere near this approach has been attempted in a sense hitting it where it hurts by shouting men played it hurts, in the wallet? there is increasing litigation action on many levels. more and more

entities are taking the fossil fuel industry to court, but also citizens are taking their governments to court to hold them accountable. the dutch supreme court just court to hold them accountable. the dutch supreme courtjust ruled a few weeks ago that the dutch government was indeed not doing enough as a result of a petition filed by concerned citizens. so they won the case? yes i'm the one big appeal in the court as well. —— and they won the court as well. —— and they won the appeal in the court. what sort of behaviour change can be made at micro level? people often say they would love to make a difference and help, but it is not going to be enough for me to do something. there are so many enough for me to do something. there are so many things one can do in daily life, from making sure your with great energy provider that produces energy by renewable sources 01’ produces energy by renewable sources ora produces energy by renewable sources or a lower carbon sources. there are

dietary choices and consumption choices you can make, we are a day after black friday where people use ridiculous amounts of useless things that they do not need, and cause damage to the planet. citizens in democratic society have to engage with their politicians on all levels, on local and national levels, on local and national levels, to make sure the politicians are making the right decisions. commercial decisions, and decisions made... china is exporting some of its fossil fuel power station knowledge and skill to countries like serbia and other parts of the world. ina like serbia and other parts of the world. in a sense, it is all very well for the chinese to pay lip service to good things in climate change, but if they are doing things in other parts of the world, does it

not cancel out the good? all economies are moving at different paces and in different ways towards a lower carbon and eventually no carbon economy, and china are doing many things is a huge economy, they have been very ambitious in their climate change policies, but those transitions cannot be very quick, something you have to take time to meet your growth needs, and i think there's a movement in the right direction, albeit not in the right pace, china included. regarding the us report, do you hold out hope of it changing minds in the white house? it is a good question, i think president trump should take his report and have a nice weekend reading to see what federal agencies have said to him, and again bringing back to the fact that when dealing with the results of climate change

and the disasters associated with it, a lot of local action is important, and it is happening. doctor, thank you very much. researchers in florida have shown that bottlenose dolphins can work together to perform and complete tasks. the dolphin research center undertook a year—long project in collaboration with the university of western australia, and studied pairs of dolphins in the florida keys. gail maclellan tells us what they found. dolphins have long been regarded as the most intelligent of marine mammals. and this study confirms their extraordinary abilities. researchers wanted to see if dolphins could actively co—operate with each other, notjust perform the same action in the same place and time. could they understand their partners role in the game? the game was the dolphins had to swim across the lagoon and press the button simultaneously, specifically within a 1—second time window. to succeed, the two dolphins each

had to press their button at same time, whether they had been sent across the together or with a delay in time of up to 20 seconds. the buttons were wired to a computer to record the actions and time difference. the dolphins didn't just succeed at this task, they were amazing at it so by the end, the difference in time between their button presses was just 370 milliseconds. that's about a third of the second and that kind of precision shows they didn'tjust co—operate, they actively co—ordinated in a super—precise way to synchronise their behaviours. when one dolphin was delayed, the other would wait so they could press the buttons together or the delayed dolphin would swim significantly faster than its partner to make up the difference, showing a sophisticated understanding of how to play the game. while it's not unusual for mammals to work cooperatively in the wild, these dolphins have shown that some understand how a partner's role

combines with their own. researchers believe that this is an intellectual ability that dolphins apply to many different situations in the wild. gail maclellan, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex will be moving out of kensington palace and into their own cottage before the birth of their first child. harry and meghan will move to frogmore cottage in the grounds of windsor castle early next year. the couple got married at windsor castle in may and held their reception for around 200 guests at frogmore house, a 17th century royal residence on the same estate. kensington palace said windsor was a "very special place" for the couple. recognise this sound ? singing yes, that is undeniably

‘the lion king', but not as we know it. the trailer for the live action re—telling of the classic disney film has been released and it's already had 21 million views in 2a hours. the remake is due to hit cinemas next summer and its cast includes the likes of beyonce, seth rogan and donald glover. it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. i will not ask you to sing for us. tell us about the weather, at least. the answer is no is? let us take a look at what you wanted to know about, which is the weather. last weekend there was sunshine, this weekend there was sunshine, this weekend there was sunshine, this weekend there is not so much. there is some in the highland scotland, but in the east and south of the uk, there are showers. the most persistent rain has been into south wales, weaving showers behind, particularly near the south coast.

there is variable cloud and sunny spells today, clear spells tonight, and temperatures at the lowest overnight will be near freezing computer parts elsewhere. so you could see a touch of frost. tomorrow, and easterly flow, and a stronger wind pushing across england, and showers. monday, still fairly quiet, and choose the onwards this week it turns —— tuesday onwards this week, it turns wetter. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may is set to head to brussels for talks today with top eu officials ahead of sunday's crucial summit to formally sign off the brexit deal. spain has said it will not attend unless a last—minute disagreement over gibraltar is resolved. the dup deputy leader nigel dodds

has told the pm it's not too late to bin her brexit deal. speaking at his annual conference, he's warned that the proposed withdrawal agreement would see the uk assume a "pitiful and pathetic place".