you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories. sir david attenborough calls on world leaders to combat climate change — describing it as the greatest threat to humanity in thousands of years — and that inaction could see the extinction of much of the natural world. theresa may dismisses suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. i will still have a job in two weeks‘ time. i will still have a job in two weeks' time. definitely? my job is making sure that we do what people, what the public asked us to, we leave the eu but in a way that is good for them. crisis on our high streets — figures compiled by bbc news suggest 40,000 jobs have been lost or put at risk in the retail sector this year. a vegan brings a landmark legal case against his former employer over claims he was sacked on the basis of his beliefs —which he says are akin to a religion. heading to the international space station — an international crew of astronauts prepare to blast off in a soyuz spacecraft —

two months after the dramatic failure of the last launch. this is the scene live at the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. let us listen into the count as they prepare for blast on on this mission, there are three... there is a russian astronaut, he is the crew commander, he is joined a russian astronaut, he is the crew commander, he isjoined by a canadian and american astronaut. engines are started. plotling up.

and lift off. we have lift off. blasting through the sky to the international space station. everything looking good so far, good first stage performance. delivering 930,000lb of thrust. as they are saying at mission control everything looking good so far, ten seconds in and it is still looking good. last time, two months ago it was looking good and then there was a problem, and they were forced to make an emergency landing, they have since said the issue was a fa u lty they have since said the issue was a faulty sensor, on the rocket that had been damaged during eh assembly. it caused problems with the booster

rockets and forced the cosmonaut to make an emergency landing. that time there were questions over how long it would be before we would see another soyuz rocket taking up. it is the only way to get to the international space station. station. it is. so it was critical that these rockets get back in to action, and less than two months after that previous failed launch, we are seeing the soyuz rocket launching heading back to the international space station. this launch had been scheduled for the 20th december, but they brought it forward , 20th december, but they brought it forward, because the current crew on the iss need to return to earth. they have been longer on the space station than had been anticipated, because of the failure of the last rocket launch. there we can see inside the capsule. the commander of the crew has said risk is part of

oui’ the crew has said risk is part of our profession, we are psychologically and technically prepared for blast off and any situation which god forbid may occur onboard. so these pictures coming to us live show the launch still going exactly as they had hoped it would, as it makes its way to the international space station. 150 seconds into flight. second stage, this core stage performing well, the launch shroud has been jettisoned revealing the soyuz underneath. launch shroud jettisoned. the second stage will continue to burn until 4 minute 43 seconds into the flight. 170 seconds... well, that is obviously a

relief for mission control, although they had of course said they were absolutely confident that the mission would be successful, they we re mission would be successful, they were not going to take any riskses with this, the first launch of the soyuz rocket after that emergency landing was forced, less than two months ago, when the rocket had issues on take off, with the booster rockets. so, we will obviously keep you updated but it is all going smoothly so far. crucial talks on climate change have begun at a united nations conference in poland — the most significant since the landmark paris agreement in 2015. scientists say that — at the moment — the world is on course to warm by three to five degrees by the end of the century. and that the greenhouse gases we're adding to the atmosphere need to be cut by 45% by the year 2030. in the past half hour sir david attenborough has been speaking at the conference in katowice.

rights now we are facing a man—made disaster of global scale. 0ur greatest threat in thousands of yea rs, greatest threat in thousands of years, climate change. if we don't ta ke years, climate change. if we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. the world's people who have spoken, their message is clear. time is running out. they want you, the decision makers, to act now. they're behind you, along with civil society, represented here today. supporting you, in making tough decisions, but also willing to make

sacrifices in their daily lives. to help make change happen, the united nations is launching the act now bot. helping people to discover simple every day actions that they can make. because they recognise that they too must play their part. the people have spoken. leaders of the world, you must lead. the continuation of our civilisations, and the natural world, upon which we depend, is in your hands. thank you. he was speaking there as the people's representative in what is called the people's seat, which is

set up to represent millions of people round the world. the ordinary people. one of the key players at the conference is amjad abdulla — the chief negotiator for the maldives, which is experiencing rising sea levels. he's been telling our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, that he's cautiously optimistic that there will be positive results from this conference. certainly i think we can, with a lot of hope, we're still hopeful to begin the work, and to really focus on the completion of the work programme. as you probably know, the urgency of the issues, the recent report of the ipcc 1.5 report, gives a wake up call again for us to act urgently and efficiently. if we don't begin the work swiftly, we willjeopardise the whole thing. you yourself are from the maldives, that's one of the places in the world that's threatened by sea—level rise, and i suppose the idea of having temperature rises above 1.5 is frightening for people who live there and other

small island states. it is. it is a fact. the scientists have told us and we are witnessing that daily in our part of the world, including my own country and the rest of the small islands. one of the big issues here that people talk about is money, that if there isn't enough money in the pot by 2020, or if there isn't a sign of it, there will be no progress on this issue, is that something you feel and believe? you hammer the most important critical, one of the key messaging coming out of the ipcc is that the world needs to act, we literally have two years and we need massive investment on financial flows. if we don't have that financial flows, we are doomed. and we cannot act, and the world needs to act decisively now — not tomorrow, now. people here are consumed here with finishing the paris rule book, it's a big document with lots of different parts into it. it's very technical. is there a danger that people will get stuck in dealing with this and not — and losing sight of the bigger picture?

i hope people are very cautious about completing the paris work programme because it provides operational guidance to implement effectively on the paris agreement, but more importantly i think it is important that unlocking the climate finance is critical in completion of the work as well. are you hopeful that we will be able to find success here in katowice? definitely, i am optimistic and hopeful we can do it. and we have done in the past and we will do it here. thank you very much indeed. theresa may has dismissed suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. the prime minister told itvs this morning she still expected to have a job in two weeks time. later today the government's chief legal adviser, the attorney general, will publish a shortened version of his guidance on brexit withdrawal agreement —

but mps of all parties are demanding to see the document in full. they are concerned by reports that geoffrey cox's advice contains a suggestion that the uk could end up in an indefinite customs union with the eu. the government says it must be free to receive full and frank legal advice in confidence. so — a busy few days ahead for the government. later today geoffrey cox will make his statement in parliament on the legal advice given to ministers tomorrow theresa in parliament on the legal advice given to ministers. tomorrow theresa may will begin five days of debate on that agreement — and on the document setting out plans for the uk's future relationship with the eu. after that — on tuesday december 11th — mps will be able to have their say in a "meaningful vote" on the brexit deal. let's go to westminster now and speak to our assistant political

editor, norman smith. every day there are so many strands to this, norman, aren't there? we are reaching show time if you like, just on that last point you mentioned about the idea, this vote could be delayed. the home secretary sajid javid clear this morning oh no, that is not going to happen, the vote will take place obtuse, so we know that, and this morning i thought mrs may when she appeared on itv striking quite a defiant note, no sign that she's poised to buckle, despite the enormous pressure on her to rethink her deal, again stressing the deal is the deal, and batting away the idea that she could quit if it is voted down, saying she expected to still be prime minister in two weeks' time, and she's got

plenty of other things she wants to do. of course the decision could be taken out of her hands if senior cabinet ministers were to go to her sand say it is time you moved along, oi’ sand say it is time you moved along, or her brexiteer critics finally manage to get those 48 letters that they have been talking about, buzzes mrs may, for now, seems determined to fight but obviously a lot of time has been spent on brexit, and i think what i want to do — there's an awful lot more that i want to do, in other areas, and i think once we get this — let's get this over the line, then we can put that greater focus on those other issues too. i will still have a job in two weeks' time. definitely? and myjob is making sure that we do what people, what the public asked us to. we leave the eu but we do it in a way that's good good for them. not quite i am going on and on, but i'm going nowhere soon. meanwhile, trouble looms over the legal advice

for her brexit deal, which the government is steadfastly refusing to publish the full legal text, which the opposition parties are demanding and indeed some of her own party are demanding, figures like borisjohnson, party are demanding, figures like boris johnson, another former minister stephen crabbe saying we need to see the full legal advice. eriam need to see the full legal advice. er i amjoined need to see the full legal advice. er i am joined by the shadow solicitor—general. the government say they are not going to publish it because governments don't have to publish it, is there any way, any way you can actually force them to publish it? well, it does look like we will have to hold the government in contempt of parliament which would be unprecedented. let us be clear on 13th november there was a debate in parliament, in which and indeed the shadow brexit secretary made clear what was required was the publication of the full legal advice, the attorney general has given to cabinet, on the withdrawal agreement, after it was finalised but before the meaningful vote in

parliament so mps but before the meaningful vote in parliament so mp5 on all sides of the house can see the full implications of what the government is suggesting they sign up to. that hasn't been done, there seems no sign that is going to be done, and an off for the attorney general to make a verbal statement to parliament and produce a summary was made in the course of that debate, and the house rejected that, the house moved on and passed the motion that the full legal advice be disclosed and not one government memberof disclosed and not one government member of parliament votes against it. that is what the government should do. you, jeremy corbyn has made clear labour is going to vote against the deal, so doesn't matter what the legal advice says you have made your mind up that the deal is not good enough. of course there are other matters that the deal can be considered on and we have been clear about that, there is no comprehensive customs union, that strong single market deal we are looking for and there is no protections on workers' rights and environmental protection but it is vital that across different parties

in the house of commons, we can see the full legal implications of this and it is no point the attorney general hiding behind the law office rs general hiding behind the law officers convention, the ministerial code very clear, that ministers in exception article 50 circumstances have an ability to disclose the legal a vice, what could be more exceptional at the moment?” legal a vice, what could be more exceptional at the moment? i come back to question, is there anything you can do to force the government to hand over the advice, you can pursue a procedure for contempt but that can take a —— take a long time. so is there any practically you can do that would ensure the government had to hand over that advice? well i think with respect that is to underestimate the impact of being held in contempt of parliament, because clearly the speaker in the first instance has to rule whether there is a case of contempt. there has to be an urgent debate in parliament which could be at any moment, it would be on a motion if

you like of the matter being referred to the committee on standards and privileges but in a sense the technicality norman, is obviously important, but what is more important here is the substance, it is unprecedented for a government to be in that position, where it is isn'tjust ignoring the will of parliament, it is will thefully ignoring the will of parliament where it didn't vote against the motion on 13th november. that is seriously deep water for any government to be in and puts enormous pressure on the attorney general to do the right thing in these circumstances. thank you very much. joanna we will hear from thank you very much. joanna we will hearfrom mrs thank you very much. joanna we will hear from mrs may thank you very much. joanna we will hearfrom mrs may in thank you very much. joanna we will hear from mrs may in the thank you very much. joanna we will hearfrom mrs may in the common, she will be talking about her g20 trip to argentina, a lot of it is going to argentina, a lot of it is going to be focussed on the trade deals she says she was talking to other world leaders about. that a key part of her brexit narrative and then we will get geoffrey cox, the attorney general, interesting i thinkjust to see how much grief he gets from his

own brexiteers behind him, trying to eek out more details about the controversial issue of the backstop. the soyuz rocket is now successfully in orbit. it went into orbit at eight minutes and 45 seconds after taking off from the space station, and it is heading for the international space station and should be there in six hours' time, so should be there in six hours' time, so there will be relief at mission control that the rocket launch has gone off smoothly. a man has been shot during a police operation in south—west london. it happened in wimbledon at ten—past—eight this morning, during the operation by officers from the met‘s flying squad, assisted by firearms officers. the man was shot by police and taken by ambulance to a london hospital. a second man has been arrested for conspiracy to rob. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has launched an independent investigation. in a moment we'll have

all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... sir david attenborough calls on world leaders to combat climate change — describing it as the greatest threat to humanity in thousands of years — and that inaction could see the extinction of much of the natural world. theresa may dismisses suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. the prime minister told itvs this morning she still expected to have a job in two weeks' time. crisis on our high streets — figures compiled by bbc news suggest 40—thousand jobs have been lost or put at risk in the retail sector this year. i'm ben bland. in the business news. qatar has announced it is pulling out of the organisation of oil exporting countries — or 0pec — just days before the group meets in vienna. the gulf state joined in 1961.

it plans to leave injanuary and said would focus on gas production rather than oil. qatar's energy minister denied it was because some other arab states have cut—off relations with qatar over its alleged support for terrorism. energy giant royal dutch shell will set carbon emission targets and link them to its executive pay. the anglo—dutch company has been under pressure from some big investors. the plan will have to be approved by a shareholder vote in 2020. the firm is still in talks over the precise figures over carbon targets and what percentage of pay might be affected. thomas cook shares are down almost another 20% today. you might remember that last week the travel firm warned that profits would be weaker than expected this year. that was its second profit warning in two months. since last week's warning, shares have plunged 44%. there is no doubt about it — the way in which we are shopping is changing.

and this is hitting jobs. around 40,000 people have been affected by the upheaval in the retail industry so far this year. this year we have seen the high—profile demise of big names such as maplin, toys r us and poundworld has been followed by a string of store closures at high street stalwarts such as marks & spencer, carphone warehouse and new look. retail is still the private sector's single largest employer — there are 2.8 million jobs, across all roles. consisting of1 million sales and retail assistants and 200,000 cashiers working in the uk. more than you expected perhaps? 18% of all shopping was carried out online in october. a decade ago, that figure was 5%. joining us now is kate mccarthy—booth. have you noticed that those looking

for retailjobs are finding a tougher time of it? it think it fluctuate, there is probably a feeling rather than a full reality. i think that people are concerned, ifi i think that people are concerned, if i stay in retail will thatjob still exist? but for me, retailjobs are still there, just in different places, maybe just not on the shop floor. when retailers face hard times and on the high street especially, they may be tempted to cut their costs by cutting jobs, is there a danger though that becomes a vicious circle where if you have fewer people in the stores the experience for customers isn't as good and they think i am going to go online? i think so but i don't think thatis online? i think so but i don't think that is what is happening, i mean for me talking to retailers about tech advancements, they are talking about tech taking over tills, so i think for the retailers i am involved in, and they are seeing that as an opportunity to deliver better service in store and there are some retailers out there that

believe in bricks and more tax, it is about combining thing as oppose to seeing it as one channel online, it is about only any channel now really. i mean i have been to a couple of retail trade fairs, and what struck me was just how much technology is playing a bigger part in the roles that humans used to do, are you seeing that have a big effect on retailjobs as well?|j effect on retailjobs as well?” think it will, and i think it will start to, but as again, i think it will displace jobs start to, but as again, i think it will displacejobs into start to, but as again, i think it will displace jobs into difference places, and as i say i think it makes things more efficient, brings cost down, which enables them to put it in different area, people will be neededin it in different area, people will be needed in retail, it is an industry thatis needed in retail, it is an industry that is all about people, and it as consumers want want to have that experience, shopping will an experience, shopping will an experience, any retailers that don't move forward, they are the ones that will lose. so it is a mixture of everything, i think tech isn't going to replace anything, we won't sit in

oui’ to replace anything, we won't sit in our bedrooms ordering on online because retail shopping is an experience we all love doing. do you think retailers really have themselves to blame in some cases being too slow to respond to changes? absolutely, definitely. not just online but not making it exciting and an experience, retailers that haven't changed, like any sector will be left behind, and you know we have clients that are openin you know we have clients that are open in stores, businesses are thriving, they are doing well but they have looked at who they are, what the consumer wants and adapted to that and they are looking to innovate. that is the key to this h it is really about making sure that the forefront of your city, and you think about the what the consumer wa nts think about the what the consumer wants and making shopping an overall experience rather than a functional experience. shopping in retail is a whole different experience and it can be. thank you kate. gleb stocks are rallying.

mining and energy stocks led a rally in british equity markets on monday after washington and beijing agreed a truce in their trade conflict, which has upended financial markets, and oil prices surged ahead of the 0pec meeting. mining stocks were among the top gainers, as the news led copper prices to rally to two—month highs, spurring hopes for demand for industrial metals from china, the world's largest consumer. 0il stocks were up as crude prices rallied 5% ahead of a meeting this week of the producer club 0pec that is expected to agree to cut supply. that's all the business news. a tribunal is to be asked to decide whether veganism is a "philosophical belief" akin to a religion, in a landmark legal action. jordi casamitjana says he was sacked by the league against cruel sports after disclosing it invested pension funds in firms involved in animal testing. he claims he was discriminated against, and the tribunal will now decide if veganism should be protected in law.

the league against cruel sports says he was dismissed for gross misconduct — not because of his veganism. mark hughes has been sacked as southampton manager after eight months in charge. the club, who drew with manchester united in the premier league on saturday, are 18th in the table. hughesjoined southampton in march, two months after being sacked by stoke city. the team have struggled this season and, under hughes, have won just three out of 22 league games. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. 0bal stocks are rallying. thank you. for many northern parts of the uk we started off this morning on a chilly but a bright note, plenty of sunshine at the moment across scotland, through northern ireland, and the far north of england, that is in sterling from one of our weather watchers, but across central areas it has been a wet start to the day. this is the

radar rainfall image through this morning you can see that rain moves further eastwards, now affecting many eastern areas of england. it will continue to rain for those eastern parts to for a good few hours yet before a lot of the rain will start to clear away, we will hold on to sunshine in northern ireland, scotland, northern england, sunny in wales, the midland and the south—west of england as well during this afternoon, a difference in temperatures in north part, 6—8. in england and wales those temperatures more like 11—14 degree, tonight that rain will clear away from east anglia, then for many there will be clear sky, a few showers move into scotland, and that could present a bit ofan scotland, and that could present a bit of an ice risk first thing on tuesday morning across scotland, but otherwise you can see where we have frost developing across the northern and eastern areas, a chilly night but those temperatures staying above freezing across southern areas. it will be a bright start to day on tuesday, lots of sunshine throughout the day. you will have the best of

the day. you will have the best of the blue skies towards northern area, ithink the blue skies towards northern area, i think for england and wales, high level cloud will move in from the south—west, making the sunshine turn just the south—west, making the sunshine turnjust a bit the south—west, making the sunshine turn just a bit hazy here and rain will start to move into the far south—west, just a bit chillier tomorrow compared to today. that rain across the south—west as we go through tuesday night, we it will continue to spread north and eastwards, linked with this weather system, it means that wednesday is going to be quite a wet day for much of england, wales and northern ireland, snow over the tops of the northern pennines and into the southern up land as well. that rain not reaching the far north of scotla nd not reaching the far north of scotland so staying dry and sunny here, elsewhere it will remain quite wet for many into wednesday afternoon. for the rest of the week, well, the weather is all coming in from the atlantic, it is by friday we have this big airia of low pressure starting to move in, look at the white lines, so a windy day expected on friday, and both on thursday and friday, there will be

rain in the forecast but the winds as they strengthen on friday they could be disruptive, so it is well worth staying attuned to the forecast. that is all from me. bye. you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories: at a key summit — sir david attenborough calls on world leaders to combat climate change — describing it as the greatest threat to humanity in thousands of years. if we don't take action, the colla pse if we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisation is and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. theresa may dismisses suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. i will still have a job in two weeks' time. myjob is making sure weeks' time. myjob is making sure we do what people, what the public asked us to. we leave the eu but do

it in asked us to. we leave the eu but do itina asked us to. we leave the eu but do it in a way that is good for them. a successful launch for the first manned soyuz rocket to the international space station since 0ctober‘s aborted mission. and in sport — southampton sack manager mark hughes, after eight months in charge. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. sir david attenborough has called on world leaders to act now to combat climate change, which he says is the greatest threat to humanity in thousands of years. in a speech at the un climate talks in poland, he said if action wasn't taken the extinction of much of the natural world was on the horizon. the crucial talks are being billed as the most significant since the landmark paris agreement in 2015. scientists say that, at the moment, the world is on course for warming of three to five degrees by the end of the century, and that the greenhouse gases we're adding to the atmosphere need to be cut by 45% by the year 2030.

our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, reports. all across the world of the disastrous impact of the changing climate can clearly be seen, says scientist, from fires, floods, droughts and storms, the fingerprint of the use of fossil fuels continues to emerge. against this worrying background, we celebrated broadcaster sir david attenborough came to tell un negotiators the harsh truth about the threat posed by climate change to humans and animals alike. right now, we are facing a man—made disaster of global scale. 0ur facing a man—made disaster of global scale. our greatest threat in thousands of years. climate change. if we do not take action, the colla pse if we do not take action, the collapse of our civilisation is and

the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. she is not the only one raising his voice. in demonstrations around the world young people made it clear this meeting must deliver significant action on cutting emissions. some of the negotiators agreed that the issue is one of life and death. the most important, one of the key messages from this is the world needs to act. we literally have 12 years and week needs massive investment. if we do not have that, we're doomed. one of the hurdles to progress on rising emissions is the dependence of many nations and coal. many delegates are believed to avoid deadly climate change coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel has no role in the future but the polish government disagrees and say it is a key part of the economy in this part of

poland and literally under our feet at this conference. the pressure on negotiators has perhaps never been greater. scientists believe, equally, the threat to our fragile planet has never been a more intense. theresa may has dismissed suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. the prime minister told itvs this morning she still expected to have a job in two weeks' time. later today the government's chief legal adviser, the attorney general, will publish a shortened version of his guidance on brexit withdrawal agreement — but mps of all parties are demanding to see the document in full. they are concerned by reports that geoffrey cox's advice contains a suggestion that the uk could end up in an indefinite customs union with the eu. the government says it must be free to receive full and frank legal advice in confidence. so, a busy few days ahead for the government. later today geoffrey cox will make his statement in parliament on the legal

advice given to ministers. tomorrow theresa may will begin five days of debate on that agreement, and on the document setting out plans for the uk's future relationship with the eu. after that, on tuesday december 11th, mps will be able to have their say in a "meaningful vote" on the brexit deal. let's go to westminster now and speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith. theresa may has been speaking this morning saying she is confident she will be in a job in two weeks. interesting in that i thought she struck quite a defiant note, not just dismissing the idea she could be forced out but also implying she intended to carry on as prime minister for some intended to carry on as prime ministerfor some time, intended to carry on as prime

minister for some time, saying there was lots more she wanted to do. also increasing the pressure on her own mps, suggesting they had a democratic duty to back her brexit deal because she said it reflected the will of the people. let's be honest, she is a prime minister under colossal pressure because, frankly, the number still a difficult for her if she is to have any chance of winning the vote, on top of which a new front has opened up, with the with the demands the government published the full legal advice that has brought together the opposition parties and a good number of tory mps as well, which would suggest, work this to come to a vote, it is quite possible the government could be defeated on that as well. the labour position is that brexit is such an enormous moment that parliament and the public should have the right to see the full legal advice given to ministers, that was the argument put

forward earlier by the shadow attorney general. i think it's really important that if the house of commons is being asked to make a decision of such enormous importance, long—term importance for the country, the house of commons should see the attorney general's advice. this is something that should happen on matters of war and peace and should happen on something of such enormous significance for our people. also, the house of commons voted to see the advice and the government did not oppose that. ultimately, we live in a system of parliamentary sovereignty. even mrs may and even her government have to answer to parliament, and parliament has spoken. the government say they will publish what is called a position paper which is a summary of their advice, and the attorney general will take questions for as long as mps want to ask them, we are told, in the

commons this afternoon. i'm joined by the former attorney general, is that good enough? i always took the view the government was right in resisting punching the attorney's advice, the advice should not be published that by publishing the advice. the government is also right in saying that publishing a position paper is right and sending the attorney to parliament is also right. the attorney can answer questions. the difficulty is two weeks ago parliament voted, against my recommendation, to ask for advice and so there is a constitutional issue about whether the government can properly resist producing it. i simply do not know what will happen this afternoon. i hope my colleagues will listen carefully, look at the position paper, look at the attorney's advice and understand if the attorney were to say something different to parliament or in the position paper from the advice he gave the government, his reputation

would be in tatters and i do not believe he will do that. i hope they might be satisfied with it but i also accept that at the end of the day parliament demands, by means of a contempt motion, the motion of two weeks ago be observed, i think the government has probably got to comply. would they have too complied before the meaningful vote? is there any realistic parliament and the advice can be extracted from the government ahead of next tuesday? it would be very pointless to have a situation where we end up with the meaningful vote followed by the government producing the advice several days later. i would hope the government would be considering very carefully its position and also, as i say, it will come out of what happened in parliament, clearly, if somebody moves a contempt motion against the government for not producing this advice and parliament we re producing this advice and parliament were to reverse that, or rejected, that's the end of the matter. the

government is entitled to have attested in the house of commons. it parliament persists in demanding it in view of the government had this motion past two weeks ago, i think the government would because it's usually in difficulty in not producing the advice. as i say, the government has good reason not to publish this advice and as a previous attorney i am entirely sympathetic to its view if you stop having the publication of attorneys' advice it becomes very difficult for the attorney to produce advice cove rs the attorney to produce advice covers all the bases any proper fashion. would it make a difference in the sense most people have probably made up their minds on the deal already so materially, in terms of the vote on tuesday, with publishing the advice have any significant impact on your thing? and much of it necessarily would. the flaws in the government's deal are obvious. you only have to read the text and i have no doubt the attorney general violated those flaws, the lea ks attorney general violated those flaws, the leaks that have come out

suggest he correctly drew attention to the problem of being locked into the northern ireland backstop and the northern ireland backstop and the difficulties we may have from extracting ourselves that the attorney general highlighted those flaws. that is clearly a major issue parliament will have to consider. seeing the advice laid out in black and white, i find seeing the advice laid out in black and white, ifind it seeing the advice laid out in black and white, i find it rather difficult to see how it will make any difference to this at all. dominic grieve, thank you very much. we will get the attorney general at around 4:30pm. before that we will have the prime minister giving a statement. we are told the prime minister will be spending lots of time this week at westminster, rather than out and about touring the country, she will focus her effort in trying to win over those sceptical mps on her own backbenches. a man has been shot

during a police operation in south—west london. it happened in wimbledon at 8:10 this morning, during the operation by officers from the met‘s flying squad, assisted by firearms officers. the man was shot by police and taken by ambulance to a london hospital. a second man has been arrested for conspiracy to rob. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has launched an independent investigation. figures compiled by the bbc indicate that about 40,000 retailjobs have either been lost or put at risk this year. 20,000 people have lost theirjobs, while a similar number are approaching christmas under the threat of redundancy. a change in shopping habits and rising business costs have been blamed for the difficulties facing retailers. a senior welsh mp wants the government to outlaw a new, extreme far right group after an undercover bbc wales investigation revealed its online recruitment tactics. system resistance network says it wants a "white revolution"

and urges followers to spread hate in communities. stephen doughty wants srn to be banned and platforms who promote it closed down. we need to have a much quicker process for looking at the prescription of organisations and i understand the processes that have to go on but we sometimes do wait a long time before action is taken. it is also about penalties for technology and internet companies that continue to post this content. —— continue to host this content. a crew of russian, american and canadian astronauts have taken off in a russian soyuz spacecraft today to the international space station. exactly eight minutes and 45 seconds

after that, nasa said it safely had entered orbit. the crew members say that —— say they have absolute trust in the flight preparations. more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. police in tenerife are searching for a british woman who vanished from outside a bar in the early hours of friday morning. 28—year—old amy louise gerard, who is from cleethorpes, had been working as an animal trainer at a tenerife marine park. she was last seen outside an irish bar in puerto de la cruz in the north of the island. the foreign office says it is assisting her family. qatar has announced that it will withdraw from the oil producers' cartel, 0pec, at the start of next year. the country's oil output is only about 600,000 barrels a day but it is the world's biggest exporter of liquified natural gas. it has recently clashed with the de facto 0pec leader, saudi arabia. the headlines on bbc news:

at a key summit — sir david attenborough calls on world leaders to combat climate change — describing it describing it as the greatest threat to humanity in thousands of years. theresa may dismisses suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. the prime minister told itvs this morning she still expected to have a job in two weeks time. crisis on our high streets — figures compiled by bbc news suggest 40,000 jobs have been lost or put at risk in the retail sector this year. and in sport. there's been another premier league sacking — mark hughes has left southampton after eight months in charge. he helped keep the syncs up last season but leaves them in the

relegation zone, one point off the bottom of the table. they earned a impressive draw with manchester, united ‘s at the weekend. the assistant manager kelvin davis will ta ke assistant manager kelvin davis will take control of the team for the match against tottenham on wednesday but the club say the search for a new manager is already under way. jessica ennis—hill has been speaking to gareth southgate, after england's wonderful run to the world cup semifinals. he told them it still hurts. the disappointment will still be there until we go and win something but that has to be balanced with the reaction from our supporters at the end, where you just saw this sea of england fans who have been on a building journey together, maybe we weren't quite ready to win collectively, myself as

well as the players, at that moment. you can watch a lot more of that interview tomorrow night at 10:45pm, bbc one. sports personality to those 0n bbc one. sports personality to those on any team. a great sporting year. she will be meeting some of the headline makers of the year. the president of the ioc says they have never seen a host city as well prepared as tokyo this far ahead of an olympic games. they began a three—day inspection today and among the venue is then expected to visit yokohama stadium where baseball and softball matches will be played. the organising committee have warned about the danger of overconfidence in all their preparations but they said she has been very impressed by their progress. we have not seen an olympic city being as ready as tokyo 18 months

before the games. some of the cities, even in most, we had to organise crisis meetings with the executive board a couple of months before the games. you have really reached a very high level of preparation. that's all the sport for now, i will be back after the 1pm news. bbc analysis of official figures shows there's been a significant fall in the money councils spend on caring for each elderly person in england, scotland and wales in the last eight years. the biggest drop was in england where spending has fallen by nearly a quarter. there are no comparable figures for northern ireland. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. want a cup of tea? no? what about a glass of bitter lemon? this is a day when 89—year—old dottie harmon simply doesn't want to get out of bed. she has alzheimer's and needs constant care. it means her daughter sam has seen first—hand the pressures on the care

system that today's analysis of spending reveals. the contrast shows what life is to be like. but when they needed help, it was hard to get. her mother spent three months in a hospital ward before they found a bed in local authority funded home. there is lots of expensive places for people to go. if you don't have £5,000 a month, well, between 4,000 and £5,000 a month, then you have to wait for a local authority bed. it is crucial that as families, we find somewhere that is spot—on. because it is really tough? yeah. the bbc‘s analysis shows council spending on care for each person

aged 65 and over has fallen in the last eight years, with the biggest drop in england. here at age uk portsmouth, they have said that has meant the loss of many early help services. i think in the long run it is costing us more because people are reaching that crisis point which possibly could have been prevented, and then they perhaps need more support, more help. councils say cuts to their funding have meant they have had to make difficult choices. the government maintains it has put more than £3.6 billion extra into care this year, and that it will publish plans for its long—term funding soon. alison holt, bbc news, portsmouth. a vegan man is bringing a landmark legal action in which a tribunal will decide for the first time whether veganism is a "philosophical belief," akin to a religion, and therefore protected in law. jordi casamitjana claims he was sacked by the league against cruel sports for disclosing it invested pension funds in companies that carried

out tests on animals. our legal correspondent clive coleman has been to meet him. if these were puppies, do you think people should have the choice to kill them this way? this is veganism in action. this shows you the whole life of the animal, how they are killed. jordi casamitjana is an ethical vegan who regularly takes to the streets of london to inform and persuade others that they should take up the vegan lifestyle. some people only eat a vegan diet but they don't care about the environment or the animal, only their health. i care about the animals and environment and my health and everything which is why i use this term ethical vegan, because to me vegan is a belief and affects all my life. jordi worked for the league against cruel sports and claims that, to his surprise, he discovered it was investing its pension funds in companies that carried out animal testing.

he says he drew this to his bosses' attention but when nothing changed, he informed other employees and was sacked as a result. in a statement, the league against cruel sports said: jordi is now bringing a legal case, claiming he was discriminated against on the basis of his vegan belief. for veganism to qualify as a philosophical belief, it has to meet a number of criteria. for instance, it has to be genuinely held belief, it has to cover a substantial part of a person's life and it has to be worthy of respect in a democratic society. so that means that it can't interfere with the fundamental human rights of everyone else. butjust how practical is the legal

recognition of everyone's beliefs? the irony in all this is that rights are intended to be liberating but if we're all turned into rights—bearers with my rights clashing with your rights, we end up having to appeal to the courts to sort out our differences and that can become oppressive for everybody. next year, a tribunal will, for the first time, decide if veganism is a philosophical belief protected by law. the case could provide vegans with protection against discrimination in employment, education and the provision of goods and servicesm and those holding other beliefs could receive similar legal protection. clive coleman, bbc news. when michelle 0bama visited a london school back in 2009 to talk about education, her speech had a lasting impact on the pupils. the former first lady returns to the city tonight to speak at an event in front of almost 3,000 people. among the guests will be some pupils from a south london girls school.

our community affairs correspondent adina campbell has been talking to them. i like host because she is a strong woman. she makes me feel like i can also succeed in life —— i like michelle 0bama. michelle 0bama. michelle 0bama. michelle 0bama is not only beautiful on the outside but she is beautiful on the outside but she is beautiful on the outside but she is beautiful on the inside, too. we have secured what many say is a golden ticket, to write these girls will be in the same room as michelle 0bama. has it sunkin same room as michelle 0bama. has it sunk in yet? when i told my mum, she was so jealous. she was so excited, we told everyone. we were so excited, i couldn't believe it. literally. i feel special right now because i'm going to meet michelle 0bama. i know lots of people aren't going to get that opportunity.” 0bama. i know lots of people aren't

going to get that opportunity. i was going to get that opportunity. i was going to get that opportunity. i was going to my next class and the english teacher told me to come that i was wondering what is this fork and she told me i'm going to meet michelle 0bama and i was very, very shocked. with the emotions and expectations are running high, all eyes will now be on the clock. this is not the first time the former first lady has created a buzz among young people here in the uk. in 2015, she made a surprise visit to this school in east london. the impact of that day is still being felt. when michelle 0bamac walked m, felt. when michelle 0bamac walked in, the shock on our faces... felt. when michelle 0bamac walked in, the shock on ourfaces... went back —— just fuelling her speaking has influenced me so much. after seeing her it has inspired me even more and has made my ambition is higher. it has made you think if she can do it, then we can do it.

inspiring young people of colour is one of michelle 0bama's priorities and despite her own success she often speaks about the challenges and stereotypes she has had to endure, something other leading black women say is still a problem. there is a lot that needs to change. asa there is a lot that needs to change. as a society overall, we need to own up as a society overall, we need to own up to the impacts of discrimination and prejudice and what this means in the way our society works. in the way that our institutions work, in the things that we take for granted. i love her. for these girls, they are looking forward to meeting the woman who means so much to them. they are very lucky to get those tickets, almost impossible to get hold of and they are selling for thousands of pounds. uefa have announced bingo is hosting the 2021

women's european championship —— is hosting. —— england is hosting. we will see big changes and our weather this week. 0ften we will see big changes and our weather this week. often it will be pretty cloudy, rain returning from mid week onwards and a windy end to the week. some of‘s have already seen some rain, wettest across northern england, this was the scene on the m62 over the pennines near huddersfield. the rain pushing eastwards, showers in the south and to the north—west. lots of cloud for england and wales, scotland and northern ireland have the best of the sunshine so far. underneath the sunny skies, a beautiful picture sentin sunny skies, a beautiful picture sent in showing the clear skies in dumfries & galloway earlier. 0vernight, the clear skies will spread southwards thanks to north—westerly winds and with showers across western scotland,

some will be wintry over high ground and temperatures well below freezing, that is the risk of some icy stretches through the night and into tuesday morning. a cold night, widespread frost developing, into the countryside it will be a cold one underneath clearing skies. 0n tuesday, after the chilly start, we will see an area of cloud and working in a cross and that will trap some cold air sought the cold est trap some cold air sought the coldest day of the week for many parts of the country, some showers across scotland, highs of seven celsius. towards the middle of the week we start to see the atlantic liven up at outbreaks of rain working in. wet weatherfor wednesday for northern ireland, wales and england, was south—westerly winds as well. those winds will be driving in mild air, temperatures rising, highs of 12, 13

for plymouth, quite chilly for the far north of scotland, just around five celsius in aberdeen. towards the end of the week this area of low pressure comes in, bringing some strong winds up by friday across the north—west of the country with severe gales, rain easing to showers but blustery day nationwide. pretty mild in the south with highs of 14 celsius. that is your weather. zpesmt hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines. at a key summit sir david attenborough calls on world leaders to combat climate change — describing it as the greatest threat to humanity in thousands of years. theresa may dismisses suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. the prime minister told itvs this morning she still expected to have a job in two weeks' time. crisis on our high streets — figures compiled by bbc news suggest 40,000 jobs have been lost or put at risk in the retail

sector this year. a successful launch for the first manned soyuz rocket to the international space station since 0ctober‘s aborted mission. crucial talks on climate change have begun at a united nations conference in poland — the most significant since the landmark paris agreement in 2015. scientists say that — at the moment — the world is on course to warm by three to five degrees by the end of the century. and that the greenhouse gases we're adding to the atmosphere need to be cut by 45% by the year 2030. in the past half hour, sir david attenborough has been speaking at the conference in katowice. right now, we are facing a man—made disaster of global scale. our greatest threat in thousands of years. climate change. if we don't take action,

the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. the world's people have spoken. their message is clear. time is running out. they want you, the decision makers, to act now. they're behind you, along with civil society, represented here today. supporting you, in making tough decision, but also willing to make sacrifices in their daily lives. to help make change happen, the united nations is launching the act now bot. helping people to discover simple every day actions that they can make, because they recognise

that they too must play their part. the people have spoken. leaders of the world, you must lead. the continuation of our cicilisations and the natural world upon which we depend is in your hands. thank you. 0ur environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, is at the conference in katowice in poland and told us what could emerge from the meeting. one is progress on what's called the paris rule book. now those are the set of instructions that will make the paris climate deal that was signed in 2015, make it operational. that is to ensure all countries are reporting their emissions in the same way, that countries can check on each other, they can see what's doing and that the money that's going to go to developing countries

is going to flow freely and everything can be seen. that is one of the key things, that's taken them a long time to get any progress on this, there's still 300 pages of text about how this rule book might work and a lot of dispute, so that is a big challenge for them here over the next couple of weeks. the other thing of course is the thing that most people are looking for, the scientists are looking for, that many people in different parts of the world are looking for, is greater ambitions on cutting emissions, because the science has been telling us over the next 12 years emissions need to be cut by about 45% if the world is to stay under 1.5 degrees of warming this century. those messages have been coming out loud and clear, and i think political leaders are coming here today to try and push their negotiators to say, everyone, look, the messages from science are stark, people are worried about this and we want progress. so those are the two main things people will be trying to get out of this conference. poland heavily relies on coal, and the government is refusing to reverse that — infact it has plans to start building a new coal mine next year. just down the road from where the climate change experts

are meeting is the biggest coal company in the european union — our science editor, david shukman went into the depths of it. we have now been equipped to go underground — helmet, goggles, a lamp, slightly weird looking clothes, designed not to produce a spark, because the risk down below is of a methane explosion. next stop, one kilometre down, and we're about to go. ok, so, we're on our way down now. it will take 45 seconds, and apparently it is good luck to lift your helmet and say good luck. and i'm starting to feel the air pressure on my ears now. ok, so, next stop is climbing inside a pretty tiny little train — going to see if i can squeeze myself in here. it's not the most comfortable of rides, some of the journeys underground go on for 45 minutes because the mine sprawls so far. our trip apparently will be another five minutes or so.

that sound of rock cascading comes with the odd very loud crack, which is incredibly unsettling. whenever we say, does this matter, is it safe? we're told, don't worry, it's just the rock working, as they put it. i think that means settling, after all the tunneling that's been done here. it's not often i can say this but i am literally at the coal face now and just up ahead of me is where the drills are hacking into the coal seam and great chunks of coal are being brought down by conveyor. it's amazingly hot, 28—29 degrees, noisy, a very hostile environment, partly because it's so dusty. but this is the reality of life for thousands of miners in poland. and because the coalmining industry

is so important to the economy here, it looks set to last for decades, whatever climate scientists and environmental activists want to see happen. after a couple of hours down here, i'm sure the effects are starting to show. but what is important is that there are different types of coal. what they'are after here is what is called coking coal, which is used to make steel. the company which runs this place says that if there is a ban on coalmining, how is the world going to make, for example, towers for wind turbines? it illustrates the many dilemmas surrounding this industry. well, that was quite an experience, particularly since the future of coal is being discussed at the un climate conference just up the road in katowice. and in a move which has infuriated environmental groups, the owner of this mine is actually one of the official sponsors. things could get pretty interesting. but right now, i'm off for a shower.

a far—right party has won seats in a spanish regional election for the first time since the country's military dictatorship ended in 1975. the vox party took 12 parliamentary seats in andalusia on sunday, beating expectations. the governing socialist party still won more than any other party — 33 seats — but with a greatly reduced majority. lebo diseko has more they said they would make spain great again, and it seems many voters agreed. the vox party took 12 seats in andalusia's parliament on sunday, beating expectations. it is the first time a far right party has won seats in a regional poll since the end of franco's dictatorship in the mid—19'70s, a change vox leaders say is long overdue. translation: andalusians once again made history,

as many times in the past. they have shaken off 36 years of socialist regimes, marking the way for the rest of the spanish people by saying that it is possible and even easier to do the same as the rest of the country. vox's leadership say their party's leadership is neitherfar right nor extremist, just a party of extreme necessity. but a tough stance from its candidates on issues like immigration seems to have struck a chord at the polls. the region has high unemployment and it is the main arrival point in the country for migrants crossing the mediterranean. french far right leader marine le pen tweeted a message of warm support and congratulations. the spanish party's win is just the latest in a resurgence of nationalism across europe. the win could make the party a kingmaker in a future coalition, and ultimately it could weaken the new prime minister, putting pressure on him to call early elections. australians have a reputation

for being rather fond of alcoholic drinks — but it seems that claim might not be rooted in reality. at least not if you look at officialfigures, which suggest consumption has fallen to their lowest levels in decades. according to the research, the average australian will, each year, knock back 224 cans of beer, and 38 bottles of wine. ani they'll also get through 17 bottles of cider — and polish off four bottles of spirits. but the same statistics also suggest that one fifth of the australian population are teetotal — meaning they never drink any alcohol at all. phil mercer has the story... believe it or not alcohol consum sthuion? australia is at its lowest since the early 60s, beer, wine and spirits are still a big part of life here, but in a land where with a boozy reputation it is young people who are drinking less.” boozy reputation it is young people who are drinking less. i think it is really interesting, we have turned a significant corner, we have

progressed, and seen an improvement, less binge drinking. i think we are seeing issues related to lifestyle and living healthier come into play. australia's tastes are changing, small craft brewers say beer made with native ingredients is becoming more popular, as drinkers choose quality over quantity. people drinking less, but drinking better so instead of taking their $30 into a pub, and saying i want to get as many beers as i can, they are saying i want to have the best experience i can, so i'm going to go in and i might only get two beers but i will have an experience, i am going to taste something, hear a story, be transported by this beer. australians do love to party, for many drinking is a national past time, especially on days when there are major sporting event, alcohol here is widely available, and it is relatively cheap. for most, it is

just a bit of fun, a social lubricant that helps them to to relax but for others alcohol has a far darker side. a march in sydney celebrated those trying to conquer their addiction, it is their most leighle drug. it kills more each year than all illicit substances all together. it isa illicit substances all together. it is a demon that is hard to ove rco m e it is a demon that is hard to overcome for some 1 it is a demon that is hard to overcome for some i needed alcohol to make me feel good, give me that confidence, allow me to get out of bed or whatever. just not wanting to live any more, so recovery is really given me a new gift of life and the opportunity to be that mum and that person i'm meant to be. the australian government recommends no more than two standard drinks each day. that plea for moderation appears to be working, although appearsto beworkingraltheugll love affair with booze australia's love affair with booze might be fade, it is still a place

that loves to party. petitions containing more than 1.3 million signatues have been delivered to ten downing street today calling for the government to implement a second referendum on the eu deal. the signatures were gathered by the final say campaign spearheaded by the independent newspaper, and the people's vote campaign driven by a group of influential mps... one of those mps is chuka umuna, the labour backbencher and spokesman for the people's vote campaign... hejoins me now from westminster.. thank you forjoining us it is a lot of signature... but presumably not going to change the government's position for now? let us see, ultimately, westminster is in a mess, i think that has been very clear for viewers to observer, as they have been watching news bulletins over the last few months frankly, there is not a consensus view on how we should leave the european union, there is not a consensus view

european union, there is not a consensus view on european union, there is not a consensus view on the deal, and the people haven't actually had their say on how we leave the european union. and the problem that i think theresa may in fairness to her has phasedis theresa may in fairness to her has phased is in a way she has been trying to circumstance square the circle of fantasy that was sold originally, you would be able to get all the benefits without any of the obligations and she has come up with a deal at the end of making all of those efforts, which has pleased neither people who voted to leave or to remain, in the first or the original referendum. so, if there we re original referendum. so, if there were to be a second referendum, what should be on the ballot paper? well, it is quite clear from the over one million people who have signed the independent digital newspaper's petition and the people's vote campaign petition that they want the ability to choose between what is being offered, to some extent, and the deal we have now, and all the research shows that the deal we have now as a member of the eu, is a

superior arrangement, now what else should go on the ballot paper is ultimately an issue for parliament. my ultimately an issue for parliament. my own personal view is that for those who wanted that extreme break from the european union, advocated by the likes of nigel farage and borisjohnson, they by the likes of nigel farage and boris johnson, they will want to feel if there is a people's vote their option is on the ballot paper as well. i have sympathy for that point of view, in terms o whether no deal should be on the ballot paper, one thing we can say there is agreement on is that overwhelming majority of parliament believe that would be absolutely catastrophic and be quite an inspore irresponsible avenue for them to take the country. be that as it may, shouldn't the people have the right to have answer that question if it is a people's vote, and say that is what they meant when swroeted when this country meant when swroeted when this cou ntry voted meant when swroeted when this country voted to leave? well, you are quite right, ultimately it is an issue for parliament and the electoral commission to determine, soiam electoral commission to determine, so i am pretty open minded. the no

bottom line for me is the opportunity to keep the current deal that we have, as a member of the european union, and to seek to change our country and tackle all those problems and issues which led many to leave vote to leave in the first players i want us to be able to address those problems as member of the european union, it is clear to me having been told that you know, our housing issue, the nhs, dysfunctional economy, having been told all of those issues would be resolved by voting to leave the european union or we would get a deal to address those, that has been proved through events, to be impossible. what do you say, because imean impossible. what do you say, because i mean ovenly this is a subject that everybody is talking about, you know, where ever you go you talk about it all the time, with you know it seems to be politics, ordinary people are talking about politics in a way that perhaps hasn't been done before, the question that is asked is about thwarting the will of the

people. they had their say.” is about thwarting the will of the people. they had their say. i don't see how you can thwart the will of the people if they having the say, if they are the ones who are determining what happens at the end of this process, if, say, jacob rees—mogg or some other individual was sitting in the ballot box with a voter, forcing them to vote a particular way then that would be thwarting the will of the people, but that is not how it works, if the people get the vote, on this issue, and how we leave the european union and how we leave the european union and whether it happens in the terms presented to them, that is just like any other vote, like a general election vote, you go into the ballot booth and you're the ones who get to determine this. some people would say a referendum is different. we have frequent general elections but a referendum is different. but i would question whether this particular one really is, because pa rt particular one really is, because part of the reason this has been so complicated and difficult is because it has affected every policy area, like brexit is not the discreet

issue people thought it was. who would have thought you would have government issuing technical notices on the need to stockpile medicine, who would have thought it would impact on the northern ireland peace agreement. who would have thought it would have an impact on you know, the transfer of goods from france to the transfer of goods from france to the uk and potentially us looking if we don't get proper arrangements, looking at dover becoming some giant lorry park. i think there is so many of these things that brexit touches on, likea of these things that brexit touches on, like a general election, there is no reason why we should seek the informed consent of the people, now we actually see what brexit looks like. what is there, i suppose what i would say to people on the other side of the argument, is what is there to be afraid of, because if you voted to leave the european union, two, three years ago now, and you still want to pursue that course, you get to say that again. and i honestly do think that that is the only way we are going to have of

settling this issue, because members of parliament simply cannot come to a view on how we leave the european union right now and when there is an impasse i don't see how you will resolve it without referring it back to the people. thank you. at a key summit sir david attenborough calls on world leaders to combat climate change — describing it as the greatest threat theresa may dismisses suggestions she could resign if she loses the meaningful vote on her brexit deal. the prime minister told itvs this morning she still expected to have a job in two weeks' time. crisis on our high streets — figures compiled by bbc news suggest 40—thousand jobs have been lost or put at risk in the retail sector this year. the mayor of london sadiq khan has warned the number of met police officers will drop to its lowest level since 2002 unless hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding can be secured. the mayor's office claims as things stand, scotland yard is required to make a further 300 and 35 million

pounds worth of savings over to make a further 335 million pounds worth of savings over the next three years. that's ten million more than previous forecasts. the mayor's call for more funding for police has been mirrored in other regions. i'm nowjoined by sophie linden, london's deputy mayor for policing and crime. thank you forjoining us. are you concerned is about the reducing numbers of police? we are extremely worried about the level of are theions in police officers that london is facing, —— reductions, if the government don't reverse the cuts the metropolitan police have to ta ke cuts the metropolitan police have to take £335 million of of its budget and that will mean that police officer numbers will reduce and they will reduce down to the lowest level since 2002. below 27,000, that is at a time when we have london's

population rising, violence on the streets of london riding and yet the government is still not putting its money where its mouth is and making sure that londoners and the met have the police force and police officer numbers they need to keep londoners safe. safe. is there no way that the cuts can be mitigated in a way that doesn't impact on numbers? the mount of savings that the government has imposed on the metropolitan police budget set beggars belief. belief. if the met have to take 335 million out of its budget the only place it can turn is police officer number, staff and officers make up over 70% of the met budgets and if if we have to ta ke of the met budgets and if if we have to take the savings out, officer numbers will fall. it will impact on safety in london, the home secretary has already said it shep there's is a link between the stretch of the

police and resources and the increase in violence, it is not. if more money isn't forcoming what will happen? if the government and the home secretary doesn't put its money where its mouth is, the met will be forced to continue to reduce police officer number, we are below 30,000 because of the cuts imposed in previous years and we will continue to have to reduce officer numbers, the mayor is doing everything to lobby government to put their money where their mouth is, he has also put, made difficult decision to increase council tax, move business rates into the metropolitan police. what we need is the home secretary and the prime minister to back, back this and ensure that the metropolitan police gets the funding it needs or else we really will see police officer numbers fall to the lowest level since 2002. nationally,

police chiefs are threatening to sue the government unless one aspect of the government unless one aspect of the financial pressures on police forces are ta ken the financial pressures on police forces are taken away, it is the government decision on police pension, what do you think about that legal action? is government has behaved really shamefully over that issue of pensions. the police across the country in the metropolitan police itself, are facing two problems, one structural underfunding and cuts, and then recently the government has decided to pass on the cost of pensions to individual police force, and that is just unacceptable, in london alone, it will cost us £36 million next year and 104 million in the continuing years and that is on top of the cuts and the savings that the met was already facing, the government really needs to one, fill that pensions hole and two, reverse the cuts in the savings it is imposing on the metropolitan police. thank you. well as we heard in our morning

briefing police in new york have tracked down a british couple who lost an engagement ring down a drain — thanks to people sharing the story on twitter. the man had proposed to his girlfriend in central park but shortly afterwards, they dropped the ring in times square. richard forrest reports. a moment to remember, but for the wrong reasons, as a couple lose their engagement ring down a grate in new york. there were walking through times square after the groom popped the question earlier in the day, when the ring slipped off the bride—to—be's finger and down a grate. the couple searched for at least two hours to no avail. they eventually gave up, thinking it was lost for ever. enter new york's police. they opened up the covering and continued the search once the couple had gone. when it hadn't been retrieved that evening, these officers came back the next day and found it — a very lucky break. it's like finding

a needle in a haystack. we've been on plenty of these searches where we've come up with nothing unfortunately, and fortunately this one has a good ending to it. but they didn't have the couple's details, so the next challenge was to find them and reunite them with their ring. the nypd put out a twitter call to action, asking new yorkers to help track the couple down. twitter worked its magic, and the couple were found. their names arejohn and daniella, and they were told the good news by a friend moments after landing back in the uk. they say they';re overjoyed and have promised the police a special mention on their big day. richard forrest, bbc news. in a moment it's time for the one 0'clock news with simon mccoy, but first, it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello, we will see some big changes in the weather day—by—day this week. 0ften in the weather day—by—day this week. often the weather this week is going to be pretty cloudy, there will be rain returning from midweek on wards

and we have a windy end to the week as well. some of us have already seen rain today, it has been at its wettest in northern england. this was the scene on the m62 going over the tops of the pennines near huddersfield. you can see the rain on the redar pushing eastwards, we have showers in the south and to the north—west, a lot of cloud for england and wales, scotland and northern ireland have had the best of the day's sunshine so far. and under the sunny skies, well, beautiful picture sent in by i am a camera earlier in the day. 0vernight the clear skies are going to spread southwards thanks to the winds and with showers in the forecast in western scotland some of which will fall wintry over the high ground and temperatures dropping below freezing there is the risk of icy stretches as we go through the night into the first part of tuesday morning. it will be cold with a widespread frost eve ryo ne will be cold with a widespread frost everyone in towns and city, into the countryside it is going to be a cold

one under the clearing sky, for tuesday, after that chilly start to to day, what will happen is we will see an area of cloud working in, that will drop some of the cool air near the surface so it will be the cold est near the surface so it will be the coldest day of the week ahead for many, a few showers again across scotland, temperatures, looking at highs of six or seven, something like that, towards the middle of the week we start the see the atlantic liven up and we will see outbreaks of rain working in, wet weather for wednesday, northern ireland, for wales and england, brisk south—westerly winds developing as well. those south—westerly winds, once again will be dragging in mild air. temperatures rising, we are looking at 12 in london, a 13 for plymouth, still chilly for the far north of scotland with temperatures round five degrees in aberdeen. towards the end of the week we have this big area of low pressure that will spin up off the atlantic, this will spin up off the atlantic, this will bring some strong winds by the time we get to friday across the north—west of the country, with severe gales in the forecast, rain

easing to showers but it will be blustery day. mild in the south with highs of up to 14. that is your time is against us — as un climate talks begin in poland they're described as the most critical since the 2015 paris agreement. reenforcing the message, naturalist sir david attenborough — who says climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years. if we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. we'll be live in poland with our environment correspondent. also this lunchtime... the deal is the deal and i will see it through — theresa may says she still expects to be prime minister in two weeks' time even if she loses the brexit vote in the commons. out of the shadows: the boss of mi6 — the man known as c — warns russia "not to underestimate our capabilities" in a rare speech