welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: violence forces the postponement of one of south america's biggest football matches — after the boca juniors team bus is attacked in buenos aires. theresa may prepares for the historic eu summit that's set to approve the draft brexit withdrawal deal — she's written an open letter to the nation urging the british people to get behind the agreement. riot police in paris fire tear gas and watercannon at demonstrators protesting overfuel prices. and trying to gain a new insight into the red planet — the latest nasa probe is set to touch down on mars. 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 river plate fans throw missiles at police. they should have been cheering on their team at the historic football final. instead, the supporters look are part of what looks like a full—blown riot. earlier, river plate fans attacked the bus carrying the boca juniors to the stadium. boca captain pablo perez had

an injured eye, apparently after shards of glass got into it. players suffered cuts from smashed windows and were also affected by tear gas used by police. translation: it's a complete embarrassment. the thing is, the vast majority of people have come to enjoy this game peacefully with theirfamily enjoy this game peacefully with their family and children enjoy this game peacefully with theirfamily and children but because of 300 misfits, it is always the same people, soccer has been hurt. translation: this was supposed to project a good image of people celebrating. i am very bitter. i always hoped that things could change but they are not changing. this had been the most anticipated game in the history of the two football giants, the first time they we re football giants, the first time they were facing each other in a final. as the boca team had but the

stadium, the match was scheduled to go again and that there were still concerns about more violence and ugly scenes to come. 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 it's overseas territory of 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.

well theresa may has written an open letter to the nation, urging people to back her brexit deal. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, says the letter is an attempt to change the widespread opposition she faces in parliament. theresa may knows she's got some pretty fierce critics in parliament who don't like this brexit deal and so she's pitching it directly to the public. this is a letter to the nation. when she talks about her sense of duty in trying to negotiate a deal which honours the referendum result. she says it's the right deal for those who'd backed leave and those who'd backed remain. and she deliberately uses, i think, some quite strong and fairly emotive language in this letter. she talks about the date when we will finally leave the european union on march 29 next year as being a moment of renewal and reconciliation, for the country to come together. and she says she's going to campaign with her heart and soul to try and get parliament

to back this deal. the problem is, there are already a number of mps, including a number in her own party, who have said quite frankly that they will not be supporting it. so theresa may might be trying to persuade the public in the hope that that might shift a few minds in parliament but whether that will be enough to get this deal through, well, that's another question. there's more on brexit — with anaylsis and research from our correspondents and editors. all on our website, bbc.com/news. let's get some of the day's other news. 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. the french president has criticised

demonstrators who clashed with police in paris during protests sparked by rising fuel prices. emmanuel macron tweeted "shame on those who attacked" officers. police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters on the champs—elysees. 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 three thousand 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. i think it's likely that this will be something the new government in mexico, when its sworn on the of december, might do, that is to say that the administration of lopez obrador sees it as a favourable way to deal with the issue. they might not lose too much domestically. while those applications go through

the majority and also of course, for any other caravan coming through on any other caravan coming through on any other caravan coming through on any other group of migrants who might reach that border crossing as well. indeed, migrants would be staying in t1 at some time. what is the situation there? there are thousands now in this one sports centre. they wake up every morning and consent to the united states. they are sleeping under tens, very cheap tents, tarpaulins. some are literally in the open air. there are obviously many, many children, elderly disabled people. frustrations are growing. we are expecting to see peaceful protests from the migrants as they walked to the border crossing. calling for more to be done. frustrations are

definitely building. lopez obrador is the new president coming in. how do you deal with this in the long—term? do you deal with this in the long-term? that's a very good question. in the long—term, he has traditionally been somebody who would back migrant rights. on their way through to mexico, he would usually back them. one thing you say, as a candidate, is very different to the reality once you are in power so when he is in power, when he is finally president, after three attempts, this is a successful attempt on his third go, we will see it is able to put into place the sorts of things you talked as a candidate worthy ends up dealing with the reality of large flows of people through mexico. it should be interesting to watch at the very

least. we will indeed watch it. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the master of suspense and style. nicolas roeg, who directed films such as don't 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 world 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. theresa may prepares for the historic eu summit that's set to approve the draft brexit withdrawal deal. she's written an open letter to the nation urging the british people to get behind the agreement. more now on the violence in argentina. tim vickery,

our south american football correspondent, said it came as no surprise. it's a disaster, really, for south american club football. in the glorious history of south american club football, this match is, i think, the biggest thing that's ever happened. it's got the biggest global audience that has ever watched a club game between two south american sides. and i'm afraid you've come into our house and you've seen everything in a huge mess. there are real problems 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's also in part corruption, and corrupt values of a society moving in the wrong direction. the organised groups of thugs in argentina — it's not just hooliganism, it's 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 the organised groups of thugs 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's obvious that the route of the boca juniors' coach on the way to the stadium should have been cordoned off

at key moments. it's also — it was clear well over an hour before the scheduled kick—off that this game really shouldn't have gone ahead. players had been injured, player safety should surely be paramount, and the players there 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 to be reached, for the game to be put back 2a hours. to 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 on being put 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 shouldn't take place, it was announced that the game will take place instead on sunday. now, i have to tell you that there's 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, that's not 100% confirmed, so i'm afraid the chaos just gets deeper and deeper. people in switzerland are voting on sunday in three separate referendums.

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 the northern region of el—assasif, 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 4,000 years ago, belongs to thaw—irkhet—if, the overseer of the shrine, along with 1,000 miniature 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 contains 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 warmed. 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. # i rememberyou in hemlock road, 1956... 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. donald sutherland, who starred in roeg's 1973 "don't look now" paid this tribute. he said, "he is a fearless visionary, always was, always will be. he was a liberating joy to work for". "i fell in love with him then and will love him forever." 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 8pm gmt. although landing on mars is something that's been done many times before, it's not an easy feat and success depends on precise calculation. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc. before we go, we want to tell you

that four rare white lion cubs born ata that four rare white lion cubs born at a german zoo injuly have him given their names at a ceremony in the zoo. mari, niala, simba, and taj o the zoo. mari, niala, simba, and tajo are about —— are among only a few white lines. there are believed to be only 15 left in the wild. the animals are not i'll buy knows but harry genetic rarity. they come from south africa near the kruger national park. as a species they are considered to be critically endangered. 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 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 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 around 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 gales 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. protests by a grassroots movement identified by their hi—vizjackets have been held across france for the second weekend running.