hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. 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 was a —— river plate fa ns buenos aires as was a —— river plate fans are three missiles at police. they should have been cheering on their team at the historic football final. instead, the supporters look like a full—blown —— look like they are part of a full—blown riot. earlier, river plate plans attacked the bus carrying the boca juniors players. they were affected by tear gas from police. two players have been taken to hospital. to read as reported to have slipped as a 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. while the match now looks set to go ahead on sunday, there are still concerns about more violence and ugly scenes ahead. lebo diseko, bbc news. the british prime minister 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. here's our europe correspondent adam fleming in 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 look at some other stories in brief: 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 14% since last year. nearly 8,000 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, insurances 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's encouraging dissent. translation: 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, the government has said it's listening, but there's no sign yet it's changing course. security forces can clear the barricades but political resistance is far harder to quell. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. leaders of the incoming mexican government say they're still discussing how to deal with migrants travelling to the united states, following reports that a deal had been reached with the trump administration. the washington post said mexican officials had agreed to let migrants trying to enter the us stay in mexico while their asylum claims were heard. but the incoming mexican foreign minister denied that any decision had been reached on the issue. a convoy of almost 3,000 central american migrants has reached the mexican border city of tijuana hoping to gain entry into the us.

the bbc‘s will grant is on the line now from the border city of tijuana mexico. will, is it likely that mexico will agree to keep these migrants for the many years it will take to process their claims? a good question. what is happening is we have handover of power taking place in mexico, basically, at the same time this ca rava n basically, at the same time this caravan has arrived. perhaps in part this was the intention to come in if period of transition. you mentioned the incoming administration are the ones who are being asked whether or not they would accept this deal from the united states, the trump administration. those seeking asylum would stay in mexico while their applications were being processed

rather than the us. that would be a huge concession by the incoming mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador. it might be one that he measures domestically doable, that he can do that and not necessarily lose votes or support in mexico. you are in tijuana. can you give us an idea of what it's like and how the city is coping with those many migrants? in a sense, it is fairto those many migrants? in a sense, it is fair to say the pressure is growing. the migrants themselves are growing. the migrants themselves are growing increasingly tense. the situation is getting more and more difficult. the food rations are fewer and fewer and the migrants who are arriving by busload of gradually catching up. you had one main caravan, the one we have been travelling with, all the way from the border with what all, all the way down to the border with the united states, completely across mexico. the later caravans are catching up and they are staying in

the same space. that space, every square inch of it, is taken up by tense, tarpaulins, there are children running around and it is a very, very difficult situation. as i say, because resources are being stretched so thinly now. in terms of the political situation, what kind of person is the new president lopez obrador? is he pro migrants? essentially, he is. he says these things are a result of poverty which he wants to tackle in his own nation. he is a left wing and he is traditionally always for migrant rights. it comes as a let down, i would say, for his traditional supporters to see him already potentially giving mr trump what he would want on this very emotive

issue of this caravan. but as the incoming foreign minister said, there is no deal done yet. they are going to meet again on sunday and we will see if they will come up with anything concrete van and until then, the migrants are preparing to walk again to the border and protest, too. there is possibly going to be another flashpoint here in tijuana as well. thank you for bringing us up to date. let's have a little more about brexit now. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party — which props up the british government at westminster — has urged theresa may to focus on a 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's 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 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. this is bbc news.

our main story this hour: one of the biggest matches in south american football, the copa libertadores final, has been postponed after a bus carrying the boca juniors team is attacked in buenos aires. let's get more on our main story this hourfrom our south american football correspondent tim vickery. thank you very much for your time. first of all, how unusual is it for something like this to happen? well, u nfortu nately i something like this to happen? well, unfortunately i have to tell you that this isn't a great surprise. it isa that this isn't a great surprise. it is a disaster, really, for south american club football. in the glorious history of south american clu b glorious history of south american club football, this match is i think the biggest thing that has ever happened. it has got the biggest global audience that has ever watched a club game between two south american sides. and i'm afraid you have come into our house and you have seen everything in a huge mess. there are real problems in south

american societies and in south american societies and in south american football, and some of them came to the surface. and what we saw with the attack on the team bus of boca juniors is perhaps in part football hooliganism. it is also in pa rt football hooliganism. it is also in part corruption and corrupt values ofa part corruption and corrupt values of a society moving in the wrong direction. he organised groups of thugs in argentina, it is notjust hooliganism, it is business. they make their living from being thugs. they get a cut from players' wages, a cut of transfer deals, even, is some sometimes alleged, and they make money from ticket sales on the black market. and one interpretation of the violence that we saw is that he organised groups of bugs were responsible because one of their touting operations, and they could make a fortune on the black market selling tickets for this game, one of their touting operations was interrupted, and this was their

revenge, this was their response. so totally inadequate precautions and security, and it is obvious that the root of the boca juniors' coach on the way to the stadium should have been cordoned off at key moments. it is also clear well over an hour before the scheduled kick—off that this game really shouldn't have gone ahead. players had been injured, players' safety should surely be paramount, and the players of boca juniors were not in physical or psychological condition to play this game. and yet it took hours and hours and hours for a final decision to be reached, and it was the clubs who pushed for this decision, for the game to be put back 2a hours. to the game to be put back 2a hours. to the shame of the authorities in this pa rt the shame of the authorities in this part of the world, they were trying to get the game played, and the kick—off time kept having pushed back and back and back, and in the

end, over 2.5 hours after the scheduled kick—off time, more than 3.5 hours after it was clear that the game should not take place, it was announced that the game will ta ke was announced that the game will take place instead on sunday. i have to tell you there is already a doubt with that. the local council in buenos aires has banned river plate stadium because it exceeded its capacity for saturday's match and emergency exits were blocked. now, that should be negotiable, river plate should be able to pay a fine and ensure that the game goes ahead on sunday. but at the moment it not 100% confirmed. so i'm afraid the chaos just yet deeper and deeper. we will wait and see what happens on sunday. thank you very much. voters in taiwan have rejected same—sex marriage, despite a ruling by the island's top court last year that a ban was unconstitutional. in polls to elect local leaders, held at the same time, the governing democratic progressive party suffered a number of heavy defeats, prompting president tsai ing—wen to resign as chair of the party. cindy sui reports from taipei.

this is the scene sweeping across taiwan on saturday. supporters of the former ruling party, kmt, celebrating its amazing comeback. the party friendly to china won a majority of the 22 cities and counties in taiwan, including the three most populous municipalities on the island. in the last two elections, it has suffered serious defeats after the current ruling party spread fears that the knt‘s policies to promote better relations with china would hurt the south ruled island's democracy. the dpp lost even in its strongholds. president tsai ing—wen stepped down as head of her party, to accept full responsibility. voters said they were dissatisfied with president tsai and her party for not only the slow economy, low wages and wealth gap, but also a worsening of relations with china since she come into power in 2016. translation: i'm not satisfied

with the tsai government's administration. i don't like taiwan independence, and i don't like merging with mainland china. i also don't want to see war break out between the two sides of the taiwan strait. ijust hope there are opportunities to help taiwan change for the better. the people of taiwan have taught the ruling party, dpp, a lesson in democracy, and that is you can blame china all you want, and you can spread fears all you want, about potential threats to independence and democracy and sovereignty, but in the end, you have to face responsibility for your own shortcomings, and that is your inability to build long—lasting peace in taiwan that would benefit the lives of ordinary people. 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 named thuya, and 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, it was sealed with mud bricks. so we did open it. we found two intact wooden coffins in perfect condition of preservation, with flowers on top of them. the other tomb, from 2,000 years ago, belongs to thaw—irkhet—if, the overseer of the shrine, along with 1,000 figurines of servants, which ancient egyptians believed would serve the dead in the afterlife. the archaeologists removed 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 over a dozen ancient

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, tommy, 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. i love a good space of story, and that one was explaining nasa's latest mission to mars. let's have a look at the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. 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's concerned, actually, for most of us it's looking decent enough, and pretty good as well across the south of the country, where recently we've had a lot of cloud and some rain too.

now, here's 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, as i say. by the time we get to around about tuesday, wednesday, milder air starts to arrive off the atlantic. here's the early hours of sunday morning. temperatures will be above freezing in bigger towns and cities, two degrees, say, in edinburgh, around about 6 or 7 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 probably across western scotland and northern ireland. now, sunday itself at times will be cloudy, so not promising 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's the big picture on monday. now, you'll notice a big low pressure sitting out there in the atlantic.

it is heading our way, but it won't reach us until monday night, early hours of tuesday, it'll 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'll be some mist and fog around. quite tricky driving conditions, maybe, 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 ten degrees in plymouth. and then monday night into tuesday, we start to see a change. that big low in the atlantic starts whooshing in much milder air, much, much milder air, in our direction. but with that, you can see a lot of arrows here, so that means stronger winds — in fact, risk of gails on the way. and it is a big area of low pressure, with smaller lows even 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 we're keeping an eye on next week. there'll be a fair bit of rain on our way, but look at that, look at those temperatures — 1a degrees celsius. but remember, gale—force winds, potentially, almost anywhere in the uk. that's it from me, bye—bye. 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 british public, 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.