this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8. the environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but it is the only choice. we have got to recognise that if we don't vote for this deal the alternatives are no deal or no brexit. president macron is booed as he visits the scene of the worst riots in paris in years. a warning that the world is at a crossroads at a crucial climate change conference in poland. three astronauts are ready to blast off to the international space station, two months after the unprecendented failure of russia's soyuz spacecraft arsenal back in it. and victory for arsenal against tottenham we'll have more on the latest in today's sport news on sportsday. good evening.

one of the leading brexit supporters within the government, michael gove, has insisted that theresa may can win the crucial commons vote on her eu deal in nine days‘ time. with dozens of conservative mps publicly saying they cannot support the deal, the environment secretary, who helped lead the leave campaign, admitted it wasn't perfect. but he's warned mps that the alternative is "no deal or no brexit". labour say that if mrs may's plan is defeated, they will table a no—confidence vote to try to force a general election. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. from a global summit theresa may returns to the heart of political realities of westminster, where she has nine days to sell her brexit deal to a deeply sceptical parliament. the area which i have the greatest concern about... ministers accept the agreement on the table is a compromise, but today it received a sales pitch from a key member of the cabinet.

this deal of course is not perfect. but it does provide those of us who campaigned to leave with an opportunity to take back control of the borders and have control of immigration policy. it means we end the huge automatic sums that go the eu every week, and it gives us the capacity in huge sectors of the economy to diverge if we think that is right. one of the leading figures in the leave campaign, michael gove, has stuck by the prime minister, refusing to follow up brexiteers out of the cabinet, and mr gove says tory mps who want to leave the eu have no choice but to vote for the deal. i reflected long and hard about this deal, but i concluded, like lots of people, that while it is imperfect it is the right thing to do. but former allies in the brexit cause have split, and dozens of tory mps who hate the compromise deal remain determined to defeat it in the commons. it is hugely difficult.

this is an important issue, it is a big step to vote against something that your government, your prime minister is advocating, and i don't really believe the sort of the fanciful numbers about 100 conservative mps voting against it. but there will be at least 40, i think, who have such grave reservations will just have to vote against it. the withdrawal deal contains a mechanism for guaranteeing no checks on the irish border after brexit. it would kick in if a trade deal between the uk and the eu can't be agreed on time. may's critics warn the uk could be stuck in this arrangement indefinitely, and want to see the government's full legal advice. that will be the battle in the house of commons tomorrow, when the attorney general makes a statement to mps. it will be the first skirmish in what will be a compelling and profoundly important few days in parliament, leading up to the big vote on december 11th. theresa may has very little time to persuade her mps to back her plan, and the question then, that nobody can answer, is what happens if a deal is rejected?

if she loses that vote, the legislation we have passed says she must come back to the house and make a statement about what she is going to do next. she has 21 days to do that so she will probably come back the next day, but it seems to me if the prime minister has lost a vote of that sort of significance, then there has to be a question of confidence in the government. and that could lead to a general election. some tory members will urge the government to leave the eu with no deal, but pressure will continue to build too, for the whole issue to be put back to voters. that is a choice parliament's clearly struggling to come to terms with and can't agree on, so i think it is the best thing now, given we had a referendum in the first place, let's go back to the public, they can give their informed consent on the way forward. last week theresa may plugged her brexit on a tour of country. her mps are the ones

she need to convince. her future, the country's future will be decided during a critical winter in politics. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the features writer at the independentjames rampton and the broadcaster lynn faulds—wood. the french president emmanuel macron has been holding emergency talks, following some of the worst rioting in paris in recent years. three people have died and more than 100 were injured after protests against high fuel taxes and rising prices erupted into widespread violence. the president was booed and heckled by some onlookers today, as he went to see the extent of the damage. from paris, lucy williamson reports. france's scars are visible today, burned into its most exclusive streets. the cost of economic conflict, long felt outside the city centre, now being scrubbed inch—by—inch

from the capital's face. among the targets last night was yasmin‘s car. she's not a government representative, but a single parent, with five children. translation: i understand the protestors but the way they are acting right now, no. we are not dying from hunger, we have social care. it's not perfect, but i also work and raise my kids, i suffer from the tax rises too. last night's violence was unusual for france. those now flocking to this movement include anarchists and political agitators. not everyone even bothered to wear the protest uniform. president macron said rioters will not be tolerated, but it is not always easy to tell who's who. even among the many peaceful protestors are those who say france's institutions aren't working, and rebellion is overdue. the most popular demand at protest sites round country — macron resign. they are cleaning off the graffiti now, but the discontent sparked by this movement is harder to wipe away.

president macron has cast himself as an economic reformer who stands firm against protestors, but when do protestors simply become the french people? jean will be 70 this month but he was at the protest here last night too. but he was at the protest translation: if the protest had gone very calmly, macron would have come back from argentina and said "it's all fine, it will die down, i'll stick to my position and i won't change anything." it's sad to say but it's the reality. president macron met his government for an urgent meeting today. a spokesman said a state of emergency could be imposed. he was booed even as he came to thank the firemen on duty for the protests. fresh from the battles of the g20 sumit in argentina,

the french president is facing even tougher diplomacy at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. i've been speaking to sophie pedder, paris bureau chief at the economist and i asked her to describe what took place in paris over the weekend. it was scenes of rioting and the most extreme rioting france has known since the riots of 2005 where the country ended up imposing a state of emergency. you cannot really call it scenes of war but certainly urban devastation in some of the smartest parts of paris and the symbolism was very important and the symbolism was very important and the smart quarters and neighbourhoods of paris at the famous landmarks like the arc de triomphe. it was very dramatic what was happening last night on the aftermath has left a lot of people wondering how the country will pick itself up after this. i think it is the worst crisis macron has faced since becoming president. how

serious is it from ins —— for his presidency? he has faced down protest before and it's not new to him to face resistance. he was elected to do things that were not popular and some of them have been difficult and he has had a union led protests a nd difficult and he has had a union led protests and carved out an image of someone protests and carved out an image of someone who doesn't give into the street, but this is nothing to do with the typical friends protest. there is no union or political organisation. this is a grassroots revolt that spread online and tapped into a deeper sense of injustice out there in france and has become personalised against macron it makes it more difficult to deal with the fa ct it more difficult to deal with the fact that you don't have leaders. some of the people in the protest don't want there to be leaders, they wa nt don't want there to be leaders, they want this to be the people speaking but it's difficult for macron to deal with it and who do you speak with. some of the spokesmen have been identified and those who come

forward , been identified and those who come forward, the legitimacy has been questioned, so it's a very new and different and volatile a more fuss situation for him to handle. what is unique about these protests?” situation for him to handle. what is unique about these protests? i think it is the nature of the movement and how it has sprung from nowhere and use new technology and is a digital form of populism but what is interesting in a way is that the established populist leaders, and you have some strong established populist leaders, and you have some strong ones established populist leaders, and you have some strong ones with the far rightand you have some strong ones with the far right and far left, they have found it impossible, despite their effo rts found it impossible, despite their efforts to piggyback on this movement. it's interesting because they are almost too mainstream and pa rt they are almost too mainstream and part of the establishment themselves and this is a movement that does not wa nt to and this is a movement that does not want to have politicians cashing in on the protests. it is both new and

different but also very widespread and non—urban and is across france and non—urban and is across france and the provinces and in is in places where people drive long distances to work and it makes it both a nationwide movement but a new phenomenon for france in its nature. what can emmanuel macron do to get this to settle down? we have had people die as a consequence of the demonstrations. i don't think we wa nt to demonstrations. i don't think we want to exaggerate the violence which was very intense in paris but the numbers have been small in terms of people who died during this but to put it in perspective, he has two issues, one is the security situation and there was some talk of various options being imposing a state of emergency which france had done during the terrorist attacks so

that would not be a complete novelty for france but in a way that is more difficult, how does he answer this? on the one hand he wants to remain the leader and does not want to give in and continue to do the right thing for france and trying to make it easierfor people thing for france and trying to make it easier for people to create businesses and jobs and in a way modernise the welfare state to make it more flexible but at the same time he has to give some kind of sign that he's not completely indifferent in polls backed by the majority of the french so it's a delicate balance and this will be the real test that could determine his presidency. the international fashion brand ted baker has promised an independent investigation into allegations of what's described as "forced hugging" by its chief executive. ray kelvin is pictured here and he usually chooses to be photographed not showing his face. staff have begun an online petition accusing the 62—year—old founder

of verbal, physical and sexual harrassment — claims they say are entirely at odds with the company's values. our business correspondent joe miller has more. an anonymous business —— petition was posted online and has already garnered around 2000 signatures. in it, employees at ted baker allege the boss of the company, ray kelvin who took them from a small stall in glasgow selling shirts to a global fashion phenomenon not only engages employees and unwanted embraces but also asked female staff if they would sit on his knee or whether they can massage his ears. they say he also engages in sexual innuendo and the creator of the petition says that then went to the human resources department to complain and said that this is just what he is like. ted baker has issued a

statement saying that the allegations are not in step with the value of the company or the ceo but they say that hugging has become pa rt they say that hugging has become part of the culture at ted baker, even though it was always voluntary and they say that the boss often greeted people whether they were shareholders or business partners or collea g u es shareholders or business partners or colleagues with a hug. ‘the threat to humanity from global warming has never been worse' — that's that's the warning given to over 200 countries attending crucial climate change talks at a united nations conference in poland. they're hoping to agree on rules to implement the paris agreement of 2015 — the international treaty designed to tackle global warming. scientists say that, at the moment, the world is on course for warming of three to five degrees celsius by 2100 and that the greenhouse gases we're adding to the atmosphere need to be cut by 45% by 2030. one of the biggest sources of pollution is coal, and poland — the host country for these talks — produces more of it than any other in the eu. our science editor

david shukman reports. a mountain of coal lies freshly dug at a mine, one of many here in southern poland, at the centre of arguments over what to do about global warming. ok, so we're on our way down and i'm starting to feeel the air pressure in my ears now. our first sight of the mining process. this coal is used to make steel, but most is burned to generate electricity. we reach a tangle of cables and pipes, and the rock above us keeps shifting. this is literally the coal face, and despite that spray of water it's amazingly dusty round here, very noisy, a really hostile place to work. and because coal can be

so polluting, many countries, including britain, have moved away from it, but here in poland, thousands of people work in the coal mines. coal is a mainstay of the polish economy, so while climate scientists say the world should move away from coal, here it looks set to last for decades. but back at the surface, one green campaigner offers a different vision of clean solar power. he knows he's outnumbered here. burning coal, burning fossilfuels, using fossil fuels in the energy sector, it is a source of huge co2 emotions and it hurts our climate, it hurts our planet. this region has some of the dirtiest air in europe. something that will focus minds as the climate talks get under way.

david shuckman, bbc news in poland. the environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but it is the only choice french president emmanuel macron holds an urgent security meeting following a day of riots by thousands of anti—government protesters and a warning that the world is at a crossroads at a crucial climate change conference in poland. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good evening. one of the strangest goals you'll see, deep into added time decided the merseyside derby, as liverpool kept the pressure on the premier league leaders aith a 1—0 win over their local rivals everton at anfield. austin halewood has more. without a win in front of the kop

this century they needed a fast start and this century they needed a fast startand an this century they needed a fast start and an early chance. it came, they just missed it. start and an early chance. it came, theyjust missed it. alisson keeping everton out, and the miss was difficult to watch. liverpool had chances of their own but they struggled to score. sadly omani could not find the target and z and security could only find pickford, the everton keeper with another important save —— shaqiri. opportunities harder to come back in the second half angle positions were wasted. divick origi missing from injuries out on day of heated derbies, this one frustrated rather than fired until in the 96th minute, with a match looking destined for a draw, a moment of madness from jordan pickford let liverpool in.

divick origi this time would not miss. absolutely amazing. a finish for to savour and a trip everton will be to get. —— desperate to forget. elsewhere today, chelsea moved up to third after a comfortable 2—0 win over fulham. arsenal came from 2—1 down to beat tottenham hotspur 4—2. it extends their unbeaten run to 19 matches in all competitions. the match was ill—tempered too with jan vertonghan sent off late on. meanwhile a tottenham supporter has been arrested, after a banana skin was thrown onto the pitch after pierre emerick aubameyang had put arsenal ahead. there were also six other arrests for public order offences at the emirates stadium. celtic have won their 7th successive domestic trophy — beating aberdeen 1—0 in the scottish league cup final at hampden park. ryan christie scored the only goal of the game in the first half,

before scott sinclair saw his penalty saved by the aberdeen goalkeeper. the result means celtic have won every trophy on offer in scotland since brendan rodgers took over as managerjust over 2 years ago... while celtic were busy celebrating, rangers fans were happy to see their side go top of the scottish premiership. a 2—1win away at hearts has taken steven gerrard's side a point clear of their glasgow rivals. tyson fury says the the world knows who the real wbc champion is and believes the decision was a gift for deontay wilder, after the ringsidejudges scored their heavyweight title fight as a controversial draw. fury was ahead on two of the judges' scorecards before he was dropped by wilder with a big right hand in the 12th, and final round of the fight. but despite the heavy blow fury managed to get to his feet and finish the fight. and in the aftermath fury called for a rematch. it what —— it was what it was and i

enjoyed every second i won't claim screaming daylight robbery, and leave the audience to think what they think, but two men tried their guts out. we train for ten weeks, away from our families and put the sacrifices in and came in great shape, very fit, and it showed. i hope everybody enjoyed it as much as we did and i'm sure we will put a great show on in the second fight. that is where we go, but there will probably be a rematch anyway it's a fight everybody wants to see again. you think about it, heavyweight boxing has been in the doldrums for many years, and the last really true great heavyweight fight here in the states was actually in this arena, lennox lewis and vladimir klitschko 15 years ago and this has brought the heavyweight division back. england's netballers have completed a 3—0 series win over uganda after beating them in the final match at the copperbox. england won 66—37 with head

coach, tracey neville, using this game to further assess her squad ahead of next year's world cup in liverpool. that's all the sport for now. on the website and red button right now you can follow the uk championship snooker, judd trump in action at the minute. few, thank you very much. the ukip national executive committee has voted overwhelmingly against a motion of no confidence in the party leader gerard batten. the move will prevent another civil war in the party which has seen four new leaders in the past two years. mr batten's predecessor, nigel farage, called for the vote of no—confidence, after ukip hired the ex—english defence league leader, tommy robinson, as an adviser. a family of swans has been shot and killed in a suspected air gun attack. the bodies of five cygnets and their parents were discovered wrapped in plastic bags, after they were thrown down the bank of a stream in the kent village of benenden. x—ray images revealed one of the birds was peppered with pellets or shot.

the rspca has launched an investigation. it's really upsetting and it's disgusting that people think it is 0k to disgusting that people think it is ok to do something like this. this is effectively a senseless attack on vulnerable animals and it's just not 0k. it's vulnerable animals and it's just not ok. it's very strange for a whole family to be wiped out like this and obviously to have been shot elsewhere when they had been moved to this location and then put in plastic bags is bizarre. u nfortu nately plastic bags is bizarre. unfortunately air gun attacks are something we see a lot of at the rspca. last year was a five year high for reports we had of the sort of incidents and sadly, wildlife are the ones targeted in these sorts of attacks because they are out in the open so the rspca is calling for stricter licenses around the sale

and use of these firearms and rethinks there needs to be more regulation about the use of these guns —— and we think. amy ockelford, from the rspca. fears of an all—out trade war between the united states and china have receded, after a meeting between donald trump and the chinese president xijingping at the g20 summit in argentina. the us has suspended plans to increase tariffs on chinese goods from 10 to 25 per cent injanuary — and beijing has agreed to buy more american goods. our north america editorjon sopel‘s report contains some flashing images. president trump arrived back in to washington, early this morning, looking tired, but buoyed by what he said was an incredible deal with china. he and president xi met for two—and—a—half hours at the g20. president trump sounded optimistic there could be a breakthrough, in the escalating trade war between these two economic super powers. the relationship is very special, the relationship i have with president xi, and i think that is going to be a very primary reason why we'll probably end up getting something that will be good for china and good for the united states. the chinese have agreed to buy far

more american goods. in return, the us says it won't go ahead with new tariffs on chinese exports that were due to kick in on january 1st. in the meantime, talks between the us and china will get under way immediately, on a range of issues that the american side has flagged as areas of concern. there's a lot of detail still missing from this agreement. when the chinese say they will buy substantially more american goods, what does that mean? the devil is always in the detail in trade talks. nevertheless, global markets will be relieved progress has been made. but this is a ceasefire, not the end of hostilities. jon sopel, bbc news, buenos aires. an update now on a story we've been following today, and the hunt to find a british couple who lost their engagement ring down a grate in new york, is now over. the new york police department tweeted that it had found the couple had found the couple,

who are back in the uk, and thanked everyone who shared the story. they got engaged on friday, before losing the ring down the grate in times square. this cctv footage, posted on the nypd‘s twitter account, shows the pair trying to retrieve the ring, unsucessfully. police then recovered it, cleaned it, and say they are making arrangements to get it safely back to them. three astronauts will blast off to the international space station tomorrow, two months after the dramatic failure of a soyuz spacecraft sent the previous crew hurtling back to earth in an emergency capsule. russia suspended all manned flights after the accident — the first of its kind in over 30 years and a blow to moscow's pride in its space programme. but the soyuz is still the only way for astronauts to reach the iss, which makes space an increasingly rare example of us—russian co—operation. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. and there is liftoff of the soyuz... this was as routine as it gets in space travel. launch number 137 of the soyuz

spacecraft, carrying a russian and an american to the international space station. but moments after blastoff, things went badly wrong. these pictures were released after an investigation by russia's space agency found a problem with the rocket booster system. but it's been hailing the soyuz emergency systems, which catapulted the crew back to earth. now a new team are running through their preparations for the launch. this was their final exam, proving they can handle all procedures and any emergency. despite the drama last time, nasa's astronaut says she's ready for her maiden flight. it makes us very focused on what we need to do. i think it's made the whole team refocus on the importance of every detail. we're very confident in this vehicle after the incident. russia's space agency boss was confident, too, at this event marking 20 years

of the iss. dmitry rogozin outlined bold ambitions in space as he and nasa stressed warm relations despite the cool political climate. i don't see any problem, mr rogozin told me. there is trust. i spoke to president putin about this, and he's glad it's working. the soyuz is currently the only way up to the international space station. a rare example, then, of collaboration between russia and america. both sides say that cosmic collaboration will continue even as relations here on earth become increasingly hostile. russia's proud of its record in space that stems back to the days of cold war competition. the iss united old rivals, but as that project reaches an end and nasa plans a new station to orbit the moon, russia's role remains unclear. the space programme makes russia as a great power, and sends a political challenge

to the russian federation. because how will we cooperate in post—iss era? but this soyuz will head for the iss, its crew reassured that the aborted launch was the first in 35 years. this was their chance to try their own soyuz ahead of the countdown to blastoff. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. in a moment we'll have the weather with nick miller, but first, we'll leave you with images from the westonbirt arboretum in gloucestershire, which has been transformed into an illuminated winter wonderland for the 22nd year. here are some of the most striking images from the opening weekend. music