hello, this is bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: theresa may is set to meet eu leaders at a summit where they'll approve the withdrawal agreement with the uk and the declaration on future relations. mrs may is still facing difficulties getting the deal through parliament so she's written an open letter to the nation urging people to get behind the agreement. violence forces the postponement of one of south america's biggest football matches after the boca juniors team bus is attacked in buenos aires. chewing over the facts. swiss voters go to the polls to choose whether to pay farmers to let their cows grow their horns naturally. and — trying to gain a new insight into the red planet — the latest nasa probe is set to touch down on mars. theresa may will meet other eu leaders in the next few hours,

at a summit where they'll approve the brexit withdrawal agreement with the uk, and the declaration on future relations. the british prime minister is still facing difficulties getting the deal through parliament — so she's written an open letter to the nation. our correspondent, adam fleming reports from brussels. the prime minister ending a round of meetings in brussels last night. the uk wakes up to an open letter from her. in it, she says the deal works for all of our people whether you voted leave or remained and after brexit day next march, we will then begina brexit day next march, we will then begin a new chapter in our national life. it was all nearly derailed the last minute with pressure from the

spanish government over how brexit will play out in gibraltar. translation: in the framework of the current declaration, the european council reinforced spain's position. uk's position has not changed and will not changed. i am proud that gibraltar is british and will always stand by gibraltar. the other eu leaders will rubberstamp air side of the bargain in this room before to may is ushered in. the brexit deal, completed by sunday lunch. the future of fishing after brexit, is one area that's causing concern for some eu members. anna holligan has been to a communtity in the netherlands, worried about what happens next. dutch fishermen catch more than half of theirfish in british dutch fishermen catch more than half of their fish in british waters.

lot of families are relying on fish. not only on the fishing boats but also the fish industry. for us, it is very important we can have access to british waters. this seas are round all eu nations are effectively pulled which means boats from one country can fish in another‘s waters. we are fishing ourselves also in british waters. 80— 90% from the community less from the fish. but fishing accounts for less than 196 but fishing accounts for less than i% of dutch gdp. but fishing accounts for less than 1% of dutch gdp. on a national basis, it's a little so it is easy to give away fisheries for a bigger gains. and varies a twist in this tale. trade access is vital to britain because it exports that all cooked seafood it catches and imports the majority of what it consumes. and here is word that deep

disagreements exist, on getting the right balance between access for uk produce to eu markets and the eu fishing vessels to uk waters. the fear on this side of the channel is that british fishermen is lobbying —— are lobbying to get at eager amount of the quota is currently assigned to either etu nations. this fish was netted off the english coast by dutch fishermen will stop it being processed in the netherlands and sold back to britain. this box goes to british markets and produced for the markets. all the fish quay —— caught in british waters is caught by dutch guys, not british guys. there will be people listening who think it is a bit strange. they cannot produce

like us. we own all the machines. the netherlands is not the only nation with a vocal fishing lobby. with more political clout, you might expect given its overall contribution to the economy. this has the potential to get ugly. anna holligan, abc news. we will have all the coverage here in bbc world news. — that's all at bbc.com/news — or you can download the bbc news app. 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, these supporters 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. other players have cuts from smashed windows and were also affected by tear gas used by police. fans are frustrated after the evening was cut short. translation: it's a complete embarrassment. the sad thing is, the vast majority of people have come to enjoy this game peacefully with their family 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've 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 were facing each other inafinal. as the boca team left the stadium, the match was scheduled to go again, but there were still concerns about more violence and ugly scenes to come. lebo diseko, bbc 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. voters in taiwan have rejected same—sex marriage, despite a ruling by the island's top court that a ban

was unconstitutional. in polls to elect local leaders held at the same time, the democratic progressive party, suffered a number of heavy defeats, prompting president tsai ing—wen to resign as chair of the party. 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. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s will grant in tijuana and i asked him if a new deal might have been reached with the new incoming mexican government. 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 0brador 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 group of migrants who might reach that border crossing as well. indeed, migrants would be staying in tijuana for some time. you are there — what is the situation there? there are thousands now in this one sports centre. they wake up every morning and can see into the united states.

they are sleeping under tents, very cheap tents, tarpaulins. some are literally in the open air. there are obviously many, many children, elderly, disabled people as well. frustrations are growing. we are expecting to see peaceful protests from the migrants as they walk to the border crossing. calling for more to be done. frustrations are definitely building. lopez 0brador is the new president coming in. how 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. who would want to help the poorest and most vulnerable on their way

on their way through mexico. 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 or if he ends up dealing with the reality of large flows of people through mexico. it should be interesting to watch at the very least. 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 news.

the latest headlines: theresa may prepares for the historic eu summit that is set to approve the draft brexit withdrawal deal. she has written an open letter to the nation urging the british people to get behind the agreement. 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. more now on the violence in argentina. tim vickery, our south america 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 conditions 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. one will ask whether their constitution should be rewritten to give priority to domestic law over international law and treaties. another is on social security payments. the third vote is on the issue of cows' horns. 0ne farmer has been campaigning to stop the practice of removing their horns. imogen foulkes tells us more. so typically swiss, the cows, the

bells. but actually, nowadays, not the horns. three quarters of swiss cows the horns. three quarters of swiss cows don't have horns any more. many farmers say it is safer to remove them, to prevent cows injuring one another. but not this farmer. he says the de—horning process is painful and unnatural. translation: their horns are a port of —— part of their bodies, a natural part of them. if you touch the horns, they are warm. they have blood circulating through them too. the cows circulating through them too. the cows need them for circulation, even for controlling their blood temperature. and so armin has collected the necessary 100,000 signatures, taken them to parliament, met government ministers, and now the whole country will vote. should farmers get more support if they leave the horns on?

0pinion polls show this single—handed campaign has won a lot of sympathy from the environmentally conscious swiss. 0ne of sympathy from the environmentally conscious swiss. one thing is for sure. whichever way the vote goes, armin‘s cows, at least, will be keeping their horns. there are also some serious referenda including giving priority to domestic law of international law, which will have implications for their relationship with the eu. 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. nicolas roeg, who has died at the age of 90. nasa's latest mission to mars is due to land on the red planet on monday. it is not an easy mission, and success depends on precise calculation. explaining nasa's latest mission to mars. four white lion cubs have been given their names at a ceremony in the zoo, you can see them there. they are four of only about 200

white lion ‘s worldwide in human care. much more coming up, stay with us “— care. much more coming up, stay with us —— white lions. 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 — 111 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: 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. 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. switzerland is holding a referendum on whether to pay farmers to let their cows and goats grow horns naturally. at the moment three quarters of swiss cows don't have horns. many farmers believe that cutting the horns is cruel and unnecessary. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.