this is bbc news. i'm aaron safir. our top stories: violence forces the postponement of one of south america's biggest football matches after boca junior‘s team bus is attacked in buenos aires. a day of meetings in brussels for theresa may ahead of the historic eu summit that will approve her brexit deal but she denies making concessions on gibraltar to prevent a spanish boycott. the uk's position on the sovereignty ofjob also has not changed and will not change. i am proud that gibraltar is british and i will a lwa ys gibraltar is british and i will always stand by gibraltar. riot police in paris fire tear gas and watercannon at demonstrators protesting over fuel prices riot police in paris fire tear gas and watercannon marvelling at a mummy — archaelogists in egypt unveil one of the best preserved relics found near the valley of the kings. and the latest massa probes set to

touchdown on mars. hello and welcome to bbc news. officials have postponed one of the biggest football matches in argentina's history after a bus carrying one of the teams was attacked by rival fans, injuring several of the players. the final of the south american club championship, the copa libertadores, was due to take place between two rival clubs from buenos aires. lebo diseko has this report. running battles on the streets of buenos aires as river plate fans throw missiles as police. they should have been cheering on their tea m should have been cheering on their team at the historic football final.

instead, the supporters are part of what likes like a full—blown riot. earlier, real —— river plate bands attacked a bus carrying boca junior fa ns to attacked a bus carrying boca junior fans to the stadium. players were also affected by the teargas used by police. to boca junior players have been taken to hospital. peres is reported to have had slivers of broken glass in his eye. this had been the most anticipated game in the history of the two football giants. the first time they were facing each other in a big south american final. there are still concerns about more violence and ugly scenes ahead. it's been a day speculation, rumour and the many argentines inside the stadium, shame. the boca juniors

coach had its windows smashed by the river plate fans and the police response which was either to use tear gas or pepper spray court boca juniors players in the bus. they entered the stadium with our hands over their mouths. one of the players was taken to hospital with glass in his eye. we were seeing some violent scenes from the streets of wayne azeris. is that reflected inside the stadium? it isn't at all. the atmosphere when i arrived five hours ago was building to a crescendo of anticipation and excitement but as the match was called off, and this bone men's continued, the energy has been sucked out of the fans, attention has been sucked out of the air here. it is almost palpable. although the

fa ns it is almost palpable. although the fans have tried to gather themselves and rally around and at best, it's noisy in places, but nowhere near the intimidating noise. not what anyone coming from abroad was expecting. the british pm is in brussels, ahead of sunday's historic eu summit to formally approve the draft brexit deal. theresa may has insisted the uk will always stand by gibraltar. she was speaking after spain dropped its threat to boycott the summit. the eu says it will now go ahead, and the uk's withdrawal deal is expected to be agreed by all leaders. our europe correspondent adam fleming reports from brussels. at last, the final steps in the talks to secure britain's departure from the eu. theresa may ushered into the european commission for the second time in a week.

not to negotiate, that's over. but to shake the final deal. and was that a smile of relief it hadn't been derailed at the last minute? prime minister, did you compromise over gibraltar? hours earlier, her ambassador to the eu had written a letter reiterating how brexit would affect the rock. reassuring the spanish prime minister enough that he dropped his threat to boycott tomorrow's summit. translation: spain has reached an agreement on gibraltar. the first thing i want to tell you is that the european council is therefore going to be held tomorrow. arriving for her next courtesy call in brussels, the prime minister said it was a clarification, not a cave—in. the uk's position on the sovereignty of gibraltar has not changed and will not change. i'm proud that gibraltar is british and i will always stand by gibraltar. this process has lasted for 18 months.

the prime minister has had to shuttle backwards and forwards. it chewed up two brexit secretaries. it started with a blank sheet of paper and ends with a brexit deal more than 600 pages long. it has brought us a withdrawal agreement that fixes the divorce terms by guaranteeing the rights of eu nationals in the uk and brits in europe. settling the uk's financial obligations, estimated at £39 billion. with an insurance policy to avoid checks on the irish border. there's also a road map to the future relationship. one based on free trade, not necessarily the frictionless trade promised by the prime minister. with continued cooperation on security and unlimited migration from the eu, free movement will come to an end. while theresa may has breakfast here tomorrow, her fellow leaders will rubber—stamp their side of the bargain. then she'll be shown into the room. history made before sunday lunch.

adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. there's more on brexit — with anaylsis and research from our correspondents and editors. all on our our website, bbc.com/news. let's get some of the day's other news. voters in taiwan have rejected same—sex marriage, despite a ruling by the island's top court last year that a ban was unconstitutional. it's unclear how the result of a series of referendums on the issue on saturday will affect the court decision. before the votes, taiwan appeared to be on course to become the first place in asia to legalise same—sex marriages. but in recent months there's been a backlash. the president of zimbabwe says his predecessor robert mugabe is in singapore receiving medical treatment and is now unable to walk. it's exactly a year since mr mugabe was forced to resign —

during his last few years in office he made several trips out of the country for unexplained health reasons. deforestation in brazil's amazon region has reached its highest level in a decade, increasing by nearly fourteen percent since last year. nearly 8m000 square kilometres of the world's largest rainforest was destroyed between august 2017 and july 2018. police in paris have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters who want president macron to drop an increase in the tax on diesel. 130 people have been arrested acrosds the country. diesel is the most commonly used fuel in french cars and the cost has risen significantly over the past 12 months, as part of the president's drive against pollution. lucy williamson reports from paris. this, a reminderfor france's president — sparks can quickly ignite into flames. the champs elysees not a tourist site today, but an unofficial battleground. protesters armed with paving stones,

pushed back by tear gas, water cannon, riot police. this movement is about more than fuel prices. its supporters, tired of taxes and tired of politicians. their slogans threatening revolution. the french authorities, a joke to some. translation: we have to pay rent, food, insurance and telephone. what's left at the end of the month? nothing. i don't want macron to just cut taxes, i want him to resign. translation: why is it always the little taxpayer who has to pay? we've been tightening our belts for 30 years. if it gets any tighter we're going to explode. the government banned protestors from this street today, pointing them to the eiffel tower instead. the far—right leader marine le pen questioned why. the government says she is encouraging dissent. translation: we are using water cannon and tear gas to push back the assailants.

the ultra—right is mobilised and answered marine le pen's call. they want to attack institutions, they want to attack governing mps. the government said no protests on this street and look what happens. they say ultra—right elements are responsible for the violence here, but many ordinary people say they also support this movement. this protest has brought together people from all political backgrounds, all parts of france, but it is a movement with no national leader, no formal structure, its membership and its identity hard to control. tonight with protests dying down, no signs the government is changing course. political resistance is hard to quell. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the incoming mexican government denies a deal has been reached with the trump administration that would see migrants trying to enter the us stay in mexico while their asylum claims are heard. the new mexican government takes

office on december first and said they may meet as early as sunday to discuss the matter. a convoy of almost three thousand central american migrants has reached the mexican border city of tijuana hoping to gain entry into the us. sarah kinosian is a freelance journalist and she is tijuana now. back and forth that a deal had been reached and now this denial from the mexican wreck government. there were reports a deal had been reached, the incoming government denied it had been reached and there would be a meeting on sunday morning. the incoming government said there would be amenable to such an agreement but those on the ground in tijuana... i

think this is... people are scrambling to try to figure out what to do with the thousands that are currently here and more that are coming... that is becoming an issue that has more pressing every day with a large number of migrants on the border. what kind of conditions are they coming in? there are about 5000 migrants here. they are being sheltered at a sports complex in northern tijuana. it's basically a refugee camp. most of the migrants are intense, on a basketball court and really at this point, wherever they can. you can barely at this

point walkaround,... if it was rainy season. . . point walkaround,... if it was rainy season... the other day it rained, and there were pools of water that gathered around the bathroom, trash has been piling up so conditions are worshipping. —— worsening. people are in the camp and unsure of what to do at this point. thank you very much forjoining us. apologies for the quality of the connection there. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the master of suspense and style, nicolas roeg, who directed films such as dont look now, has died at the age of 90. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately.

the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: one of the biggest matches in south american football, the copa libertadores final, is postponed after a bus carrying the boca juniors team is attacked in buenos aires. after theresa may's day of meetings in brussels, the eu says it is ready to sign the brexit withdrawal agreement at sunday's special summit. let's stay with brexit. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party, which props up the british government at westminster, has urged theresa may to focus on getting a better deal. more now on sunday's brexit summit in brussels. our political correspondent alex forsyth told us, after the hicup over gibralter, things should in theory go smoothly for theresa may. i think you can expect it, but when it comes to brexit i take everything with a pinch of salt. we have spoken about these big meetings time and time again when the eu leaders get together. this really is the biggie because this is the one in theory when they will rubberstamp the

agreement, as you say, getting over that problem with gibraltar, having resolved that, it looks like it is going to go ahead and be a fairly smooth summit, they will get the deal signed. but of course, if that happens, the big thing for theresa may is then bringing it back to the uk and somehow trying to get her mps to back it as well. and that is not going to be an easy task as well. she has to face down her own mps, the opposition parties, and one of the opposition parties, and one of the smaller parties that keeps her in government, as well. yes, that is the dup, which keeps her in government. they have lent their support to theresa may, so they are effectively partners of the conservative party, but they have already started to pull back on that support because they are not happy with this deal. that is ten but she can't count on. as you say, labour, the main opposition, they are signalling they are not supporting this deal and conservative mps are pretty unhappy as well. those who wa nted pretty unhappy as well. those who wanted to stay in the eu and those who wanted to leave, across—the—board there are a lot of critics she is facing, and when you do the numbers, when you do the

maths, it is looking increasingly difficult for her to get that through. having said that, there are a couple of weeks before the vote at the moment the government is doing a betting behind this. so theresa may has written a letter in the british newspapers appealing to the public to and get behind the deal. i think the hope is that she can shift public opinion, that mightjust push some of the mps to supporting it as well, but it is going to be tough. let's stay with brexit. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party, which props up the british government at westminster, has urged theresa may to focus on getting a better deal. arlene foster told the dup's annual conference the party should work for what she called an improved outcome. from belfast, here is our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. this is the most closely watched conference in the party's history. northern ireland's dup, whose support the government depends on, are poised to vote against theresa may's draft brexit deal. but this d raft may's draft brexit deal. but this draft agreement fails her own key commitments. the prime minister has

not been able to guarantee an outcome that eliminates the risk of introduction of the backstop arrangements. now, on the one hand, we're told that the backstop would be the best of both worlds, and on the other hand, we're told we're not going to need the backstop. the backstop is the eu's legal guarantee to prevent a hard irish border. bin the backstop. but, within the dup, it is bitterly opposed. and look who has become an ally. borisjohnson was in belfast to lend his support, saying it was the confidence and supply arrangement with the dup keeping jeremy corbyn out of downing street. it is absolutely vital that we keep this partnership going, and we keep this confidence and supply arrangement going. if the so—called irish backstop was to be used, northern ireland would remain fixed to eu rules, even after the rest of the uk goes its own way. many northern ireland businesses are supporting the deal.

but they are 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 accepts. it's very seldom in northern ireland you see unanimity about everything, but when you find that every single business organisation is telling you something different, then i think the dup should take cognisance of that. but the dup see this as their moment to stand firm, and they aren't backing down. well, never before has this party been so centrestage. they've been fired up by boris, and know they have the backing of the brexiteers in westminster. archaeologists have found an ancient egyptian tomb which is believed to be more than 3,000 years old. the discovery on the west bank of the nile at luxor contained two mummies encased in coffins which researchers said had been perfectly preserved. sodaba haidare reports. this ancient coffin is one

of the two discovered in luxor, on the banks of the river nile. it contains the mummy of a woman almost perfectly preserved in linen inside a coffin for more than 3,000 years. ancient egyptians mummified humans to preserve their bodies for the afterlife. the woman was from the 18th egyptian dynasty, whose most famous pharaohs include tutankhamun and rameses ii. it is the first time egyptian authorities have opened a sealed sarcophagus before the international media. the discovery was made by a french—led mission in a northern region, alongside other significant finds. september 2018, we did continue the work, and then we found a side chamber sealed with mud bricks.

so we did open it. we found two intact wooden coffins in perfectly preserved preservation, with flowers on top of them. the other tomb, from 2,000 years ago, includes the overseer of the shrine, and over 1,000 figurines of servants which ancient egyptians believed would serve the dead in the afterlife. archaeologists moved 300 metres of rubble over five months to uncover the tomb, which contain coloured wall scenes depicting the owner and his family. so far, egypt has revealed other discoveries this year. one of the britain's and the world's most original film directors, nicolas roeg, has died at the age of 90. he had a career spanning six decades and was celebrated for his original and controversial film—making, including don't look now,

performance and the man who fell to earth. jon donnison looks back at his career. i sent your food back to get it warm. julie christie and donald sutherland in nic roeg's masterpiece don't look now. it was sumptuous and eerie, both hypnotising and unsettling. he was a cameraman before he was a director. here he is on the set of fahrenheit 451, filming julie christie. he was director of photography on doctor zhivago, but fell out with the director, david lean, who sacked him. his replacement won an oscar, partly for roeg's work. why don't you go to a hotel? his first film as director was performance, with mickjagger as a rock star and james fox as a gangster. it included graphic scenes

of violence, sex and drug—taking. you know, you're really a freak. i don't mean that unkindly. the man who fell to earth featured another musician, david bowie, in a sprawling work of science fiction. he could be driven. on one film, the crew threatened a walk—out when he filmed for 2h hours nonstop. but no other british director could match nic roeg's visual imagination, or his skill at wrongfooting, bewildering and delighting audiences. nasa's latest mission to mars, insight, is due to arrive on the red planet on monday. everything looks set for the lander to touch down just before 8:00pm gmt. although landing on mars is something that has been done many times before, it is not an easy feat, and success depends on precise calculation.

let's hope it sends us some interesting pictures from the red planet. thank you for watching bbc news. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining me. in the short term, no big changes to our weather. that will come, but it won't arrive until the middle part of the week. as far as sunday is concerned, actually, for most of us it is looking decent enough, and pretty good as well across the south of the country, where recently we have had a lot of cloud and some rain as well. now, here is the big picture across the continent. a lot of blue, so that means that the air‘s still cold and it's coming out of eastern parts of europe and also scandinavia, but that will change,

asi scandinavia, but that will change, as i say, by the time we get to around about tuesday, wednesday. milderair around about tuesday, wednesday. milder air starts to arrive off the atlantic. here is the early hours of sunday morning. temperatures will be above freezing in bigger towns and cities, two degrees thomas aiken we re cities, two degrees thomas aiken were in edinburgh, around about six or seven in the south but we will have pockets of frost here and there, especially where we will have seen clearer skies overnight, and that's properly across western scotla nd that's properly across western scotland and northern ireland. now, sunday itself at times will be cloudy, so not expecting clear blue skies, and in fact you might even need your umbrella from time to time in the north—west of the country. there could be a few showers here carried by that easterly wind. but in the south, a better day. temperatures will get up to about eight degrees in london, so still pretty chilly, and only six celsius expected in edinburgh. now, here is the big teacher on monday. you will notice of the low pressure sitting out there and the atlantic. it is heading our way but it won't reach us heading our way but it won't reach us until monday night, early hours of tuesday. it will reach western parts of the uk. so monday still a quiet day, in fact very little wind first thing in the morning on monday. there will be so mist and

fog around, quite tricky driving conditions may be out in the countryside first thing on monday. particularly around say western and central areas of the uk. but the day itself is going to be fairly decent and still chilly. temperatures will be no higher than around six again in edinburgh, seven maybe in liverpool, possibly getting up to around 10 degrees in plymouth. on monday night into tuesday we start to see a change. that bibelot in the atla ntic starts to see a change. that bibelot in the atlantic starts whooshing in much milder air, much, much atlantic starts whooshing in much milderair, much, much milderair in our direction, but with that you can see a lot of arrows here, so that means stronger winds, in fact the risk of gailes on the way —— big low. and it is a big area of low pressure with small those running around it, and these could be responsible for bringing some very strong winds to some parts of the country during the course of the week. so keeping an eye on next week, there will be a fair bit of rain on ourway, week, there will be a fair bit of rain on our way, but look at that, look at those temperatures. 1a celsius, but remember, gale force winds potentially almost anywhere in the uk. that's it from me. goodbye. this is bbc news.

the headlines: one of the biggest football matches in argentina's history, the copa libertadores final, has been postponed after the boca juniors team bus was attacked by rival fans in buenos aires. they were due to play river plate. theresa may has written an open letter to the nation urging people to back her brexit deal. the plan was finalised with the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, in brussels ahead of a historic summit on sunday. but it faces widespread opposition in the british parliament. police in paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for an end to fuel tax rises. protests by a grassroots movement identified by their hi—vizjackets have been held across france for the second weekend running. the search is on for missing footage of sir david attenborough