this is bbc news. the headlines... police in new zealand are to charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of british backpacker grace millane, who went missing in auckland last week. sadly the evidence we have gathered has established this is a homicide. police are firing tear gas on the streets of paris as anti—government protestors clash with officers in a fourth weekend of demonstrations. this is the scene live. the yellow vest protesters gather despite the government announcing they are suspending the fuel tax increase. many tourist sites have been closed. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, admits a plan b maybe necessary if mps reject theresa may's brexit deal. what happens if it is voted down anything could happen, most of the things they don't want to happen, they need to weigh up the alternatives as well. six people have been killed and dozens

injured after in a stampede at a nightclub in italy. the wbc sanctions a "direct rematch" between heavyweight champion deontay wilder and tyson fury, after their controversial draw in la last weekend. and in half an hour — the travel show checks the latest gadgets designed to make your hotel stay a good one. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police in new zealand are to charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of 22—year—old british backpacker, grace millane. grace was last seen a week ago in the company of the man who has now been arrested. auckland police say they have not located her body. angus crawford reports.

fun—loving and family orientated, grace millane‘s parents say her disappearance one week ago was entirely out of character and extremely hard for them to take. now they have been given the worst possible news. the evidence we have gathered to this point in the inquiry has established that this is a homicide. grace's family have been advised of this development, and they are devastated. police say a 26—year—old man will be charged with her murder when he appears in court on monday. grace arrived in new zealand last month, and had been staying at a backpackers‘ hostel in auckland. she was last spotted on saturday night entering a hotel in the city with a male companion who the police say had been with her during the evening. detectives have released pictures of jewellery they believe grace had with her, a necklace and a distinctive pink watch are both missing

from her possessions and could help them find her body. grace's father arrived in new zealand yesterday. when he spoke to the media, he was hopeful she could be found alive. but this is now a murder investigation. a man will soon be charged and the police search for grace continues. let's talk now to tim blackman. his daughter lucie tragically lost her life injapan at the age of 21. he set up a charitable support trust in her memory. the trust has been assisting grace millane‘s family. thank you for being with us this morning. this is the terrible news that everybody was hoping you wouldn't be the case but has now been confirmed by police. have you had any opportunity to speak to the family since the police made the announcement? david beard of

auckland police drugs unused to the family and —— broke the news to the family. we are not in a position to speak to them. it is important they have time to themselves and they feel traumatised at the moment. we arejust feel traumatised at the moment. we are just waiting feel traumatised at the moment. we arejust waiting on feel traumatised at the moment. we are just waiting on the end of the phone should we need to support them in any way. in terms of the kind of situations that dummies find themselves in when a loved one disappears, in the case of your daughter it was a long period before you knew what had happened, this has happened much quicker, but in world wind of emotions and also practicalities practicalities that people have to deal with when events are unfolding the other side of the world from where they would only be ina world from where they would only be in a foreign country in a situation where other family members are back and waiting for news. that is right. what people fail to realise is soon as you leave these shores to travel

abroad you behind all the connections and the agencies that we have grown accustomed to look after us have grown accustomed to look after us that there is a difficulty whether it be the police or any other agencies. when you have got crisis abroad the lucie blackman trust is really the only organisation that can sit in the middle and act as a friend, experienced cool head for all the matters that are going to come with the rest of this case, we work alongside the fco and there is a lot they can do with many things that they can do with many things that the lucie blackman trust does which gives support to families. what would you say under the most pressing things, leaving aside grace's case, but more generally when you're dealing with the disappearance of something, what other kind of things that are most important in terms of getting help and support? the immediate thing people want to do is they want to be there and see what has happened,

speak to the police and get to the country. this is sometimes very difficult for a family, if for example you want to take a holiday in thailand, you can book a fairly cheap flight three months in advance. if you want to go tomorrow morning it is very expensive and thatis morning it is very expensive and that is where the lucie blackman trust can help families to deal with some of those issues are getting to the country very quickly. of course, as these crises unfold, as indeed grace's crisis will unfold, there will be the requirement for them to be in new zealand a number of times in the future that it is attending the court or whatever, so we are here to help them and support at. yours was a particularly protracted case not least because of the legal saga that followed once police had a suspect, the man responsible for ending your daughter's latecomer and because he made it that much worse for you and your family because of

the way he responded i am sure, in those situations you are dealing with japan, there were cultural differences, presumably for grace's family will be some money rte in the judicial system and police. from our point of view, from the trust point of view, it is a help that this is in an english—speaking and british place and you are right, when it is abroad and we were injapan there are massive problems with the language, and the fact that travelling white in tokyo was really rated very low in priority, so we had a big fight to get an investigation going in the first place whether —— whereas auckland police have dumped in there and responded very well and that has helped to progress this case quickly. just for people seeking a

bit of common sense reassurance, what would you say to the families who are thinking, my son or daughter wa nts to who are thinking, my son or daughter wants to go travelling, when i'm hearing what this is going through is no worst nightmare, what voice of reason would you up in those situations? we have so many children and family members going travelling come the sun was going to be inevitable that there will be crises abroad and i want to think about this time of year, two weeks to christmas, there are many families in the uk who have lost members abroad but also maybe a child has been taken through a particular ghastly illness or was killed by a drunk driver, whatever it is everybody feels particularly grim as it runs up to christmas through the empty chair syndrome, and i think everybody must feel how appalling it is for the family of grace millane, ifi is for the family of grace millane, if i could say one thing about

travelling, it's 20 years since lucy went missing, maybe we should be re—educating a new generation young people and i would say the best thing is to travel in a group of three orfour thing is to travel in a group of three or four people so that everybody knows where everybody is and have got each other‘s back. i'd make tim blackman, sound advice. thank you for speaking to us. police have fired tear—gas on the streets of paris as protestors clash with officers in a fourth—straight weekend of anti—government demonstrations. these are the live pictures of the "yellow vest" movement — which began as a protest about fuel tax rises — but has attracted wide ranging support. the fuel tax rise has been suspended but the professor continuing. 90—thousand police and riot officers have been deployed across france, while tourist sites, shops and restaurants in paris, will remain closed. hugh schofield is on the streets of paris. police taking no chances in terms of

trying to prevent a repeat of what happened last weekend. no, i will describe what is happening. the top end of the champs—elysees near the arc de triomphe and the police have been bottled up on the side street, there has been a lot of tear gas, a lot of flashbangs sent out by the police to try and clear the crowd away. —— crowd away. just in the last few minutes this squadron of riot police of mid down undertaking opposition here, around us here are the yellow vests who were taunting them and shouting at them. in general up to now the mood has been fairly calm, but one senses where i am now that it is slightly more dodgy territory. these police are ready for action and they can sense

people who have done for them. we have seen people picking up cobblestones and so on. my feeling is this could degenerate. what might surprise people from outside of france watching this and listening to you this morning is that given the government has suspended the fuel tax increase that was scheduled for next month, the progress that dissipated. indeed. there were concessions in the last week by the government. a new tone and actual concessions. they scrapped the next year the fuel tax rise which was the triggerfor it all a year the fuel tax rise which was the trigger for it all a month ago. but quite clearly at this point, the blueprint has become much bigger than what it was, it is now more than what it was, it is now more than the fuel tax rise and many across the country feel the general demand for lower taxes and getting

the government off our backs and four microns to resign is what it is all about. we will see what —— for emmanuel macron to resign. the numbers here are small. there are only a couple of thousand people on the champs—elysees, they are in a ha rd the champs—elysees, they are in a hard inner core of the yellow vest movement. what might happen over time is that hard—core begins to separate from the mass of people who support in a more specific way the demand. the hub of the government that what happens today in paris is isolated and is visibly the work of a minority who are they would say no longer representative of the movement as a whole. people round here would not agree with that. they see they are very much part of the movement as a whole. thank you. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, says she backs the work and pensions secretary,

amber rudd, has become the first government minister to openly back an alternative brexit strategy if theresa may's deal is rejected by the commons next week. she said the so—called "norway plus" option seemed a plausible plan b — which would see the uk staying in the eu customs union with full access to the single market. in a moment we'll talk to our political correspondent matt cole, but first let's just explain what is meant by norway plus. a norway plus relationship means — like norway — the uk would remain in the single market but would have to allow free movement of people. the uk would still contribute to the eu budget and abide by many eu rules. norway is not in the customs union, so the ‘plus‘ element means being in a new customs arrangement to avoid a hard border in ireland. in other words, checks of sometimes having to be imposed to and from

goods travelling across the border. with me is our political correspondent matt cole. is there a surprise that amber rudd should raise this in her interview with the times at a time when the cabinet is supposed to be going all guns out to save mrs may's deal? yes, you may have seen yesterday scattered across the country different ministers trying to sell the dealforeign different ministers trying to sell the deal foreign bride and that still remains the official cabinet position and still amber rudd's position. the says she fully support the deal and says it is the best deal that could possibly be had. however wing said that she is now opening the door on the question of a plan b, something that no other carreno busta has done. she's not a big day switch to a plan they come to do so she would have to quit the cabinet, but they'll bring a daughter with we are beginning to getan daughter with we are beginning to get an insight into the big question hanging over the week, if the vote goes against theresa may what happens next? the question for amber ruddis happens next? the question for amber rudd is what are you doing by a

floating this option, norway, this is why she said she has had this discussion? i think it will get through but i know it'll be difficult because i know people are declaring tested. the point of me discussing alternatives is to remind people it is all very well saying i don't like this or that about the agreement, what happens if it is voted down and anything could happen? there are lots of different things that could happen, most of which they would want to happen. when they think about this deal they need to weigh up the alternatives as well. amber rudd is suggesting public we are pleased that she is floating all this idea of a plan b to put pressure on people that they should not want the chaos that could follow a rejection on shoes day, albeit it doesn't look like she will get away that. is a possibility that because she is an enthusiastic pro—european, because this with action involved allowing free

movement, that might put you brexiteers to say that is going to be the option that people like amber rudd are going to be pushing maybe it is better if they do but theresa may's deal? i think they would see this as the devil and the deep blue sea, i wouldn't see this turning to many heads in particular. it might just sharpen minds, she would be hoping not for brexiteers but for others occur because, will swap one problem for another, so maybe go for this one. as things stand with happens it be a night on tuesday and a very interesting week to follow. thank you. six people have been killed in a stampede at a nightclub in northern italy. the crush happened in the early hours of the morning near ancona on the adriatic coast. around a thousand people were packed into the blue lantern nightclub for a rap concert. reports say that a pepper spray like substance was used — provoking a stampede. one of the emergency

exits was blocked. in the crush to get out of the club, a railing collapsed — causing dozens of partygoers to fall. the headlines on bbc news... police in new zealand investigating the disappearance of the british backpacker grace millane say a man is to be charged with her murder. police have fired tear gas on the streets of paris as thousands of anti—government protestors take to the streets again. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, has warned the country would be in "uncharted territory" if mps reject theresa may's brexit deal. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. . .. excited about the day ahead.

the need for video technology referees to be used outside of the premier league, is again a talking point, after a controversial ending, to last night's game in the championship. a brilliant goal from anwar el ghazi put aston villa ahead, against their west midlands rivals west bromwich albion and it looked to be the winner until a stoppage time equaliser — which clearly came off the hand ofjay rodriguez. he threw himself at the ball but admitted afterwards it had hit his arm — no v.a.r. in the championship of course. it finished 2—2 — villa were furious. the manchester city manager pep guardiola says they will not be banned from the champions league, but if they were they'd deal with it. allegations have been made that they found a way to get around financial fair play rules — the regulations put in place by uefa to stop clubs from spending beyond their means. but guardiola says senior figures at city have assured him there is nothing to worry about. we will not be banned. i trust my

chairman, my ceo, they explained to me. if that happened we will accept it. manchester city have a big game today — they're away to chelsea in the early evening kick—off. and at lunchtime, liverpool have the chance to go top for a least a few hours — they're away to bournemouth. and in scotland, celtic can go back to the top of the table with a win at home to kilmarnock, who're leading at the moment. after their dramatic draw last weekend, a re—match between deontay wilder and tyson fury, can go ahead, after it was sanctioned by the world boxing council. their meeting in los angeles, was controversial throughout, but the governing body says the pair produced one of best heavyweight title fights in a long time and so they've given the sequel the green light. fury would love it to be in the uk but it's more likely to be in the us again.

european rugby is back this weekend and there was a big win last night for edinburgh in the champions cup. blair kinghorn scored one of four tries in a bonus point victory over newcastle and that put them top in their pool — 31—13 the score. and ulster beat scarlets by a single point in a thrilling match in llanelli. ireland wing jacob stockdale, among their try—scorers, it finished 25—24. defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan is two wins away from a record seventh uk championship title. he takes on tom ford in the semi—finals, after beating martin 0'donnell 6—1 — though 0'sullivan said it took him a while to settle into the match. i wasjust a bit on edge, you know, just trying to feel my way into it, and it's never good because you got to try and impose yourself as much as you can. that's probably a really good match for me because i had to play some

safety and be patient. sometimes i'm not taking my match form immediately onto the match table, i'm finding my feet. i know my game's there, it's nice to just get it right from the off, you know? his match is live on bbc one from one o'clock. stuart bingham against mark allen on bbc two at seven o'clock. there was a glitzy ceremony in st petersburg last night, to present lewis hamilton with his formula one world championship trophy. he won his fifth title back in october, but had to wait to get his hands on the prize. mercedes also collected their trophy, for winning the constructors' championship. just get a peak of him there, bright green lewis hamilton trousers. that will go on my christmas list. that is all the sport. a man captured on cctv, who was believed by missing corrie mckeague's mother to be her son, has identified himself to detectives. corrie was 23, when he went missing after a night out in bury st edmunds in september 2016.

police haven't released the footage, but say they viewed it during their investigation into the airman‘s disappearance. these are the last known images are of corrie who was last seen entering a bin loading bay — just before he disappeared. a man who drove his car into a crowd of protesters, during a rally in the us city of charlottesville, has been found guilty of murder. 21—year—old alex fieldsjunior, was described by prosecutors as "a white supremacist", and was convicted on all ten charges he faced, including killing 32—year—old civil rights activist heather heyer. prosecutors in new york have asked a judge to impose a substantial prison sentence on president trump's former lawyer michael cohen. mr cohen has admitted tax evasion, breaking election campaign spending, rules and lying to congress. his legal team say he should be spared jail because he's cooperating with a separate investigation into possible russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. a terminally ill man —

with motor neurone disease — has described the ban on assisted dying as "medieval", saying he feels "cheated by the system". last week, 68—year—old noel conway was refused permission by the supreme court to hear his appeal. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has been speaking to him at his home near shrewsbury. noel conway is keeping mentally active, composing short stories on his computer. physically he needs round—the—clock support from his wife carol and carers. he argues the ban on assisted dying contravenes his human rights, but the supreme court has refused to hear his appeal. i am bitterly disappointed. i am bewildered. i feel as though i have been cheated. it is a poor day for the british justice. noel conway is almost

completely dependent on a ventilator to help him breathe and is getting progressively weaker. so what does he see as his options now? for me to have my ventilator removed at some stage. it would be a terrible experience for my wife and family, not knowing whether i could hear them, not knowing how long it would take before i expired. right to die provides a completely different experience and opportunity of end of life, whereby i would be in control of that and i could say now i wish to end my life. i would not be semiconscious. what would you say to people who while they may have very great sympathy for you will say

that the law is there to protect the vulnerable, and it should be maintained as it is because otherwise a right to die could be turned into a duty to die and people might feel pressured ? i would agree that the weak and vulnerable clearly do need protection from any abuse. but i think that is there. when you have two doctors who have to test you, that you are mentally sound, you are terminally ill. plus a high court judge to oversee that. mps rejected proposals for assisted dying in 2015. the supreme court has refused to hear your appeal.

where does the campaign for assisted dying go now? i think it goes back to parliament, to be honest. i'm appealing to mps to listen. 100 million people around the world can avail themselves of a dignified and humane ending to their life. at the moment we can't in this country. we are governed it would appear by a medieval mindset. noel conway knows his legal challenge to the ban on assisted dying is over. but he says he will continue campaign for control over when and how he dies. well, joining us now from our southampton studio is alastair thompson, a spokeperson from care not killing. thank you for being with us. you can

iam sure thank you for being with us. you can i am sure empathise with the frustration that mr thompson feels and was expressing. what is your alternative view of the situation people find themselves in when they wa nt to people find themselves in when they want to end their lives, they made a conscious choice, but the law prevents them from doing so? etiquette is important to say that everybody is very sympathetic to mr conway but does the judges and parliament on numerous occasions has pointed out, the current law exists for public protection reasons and when you look at what happens in 0regon when you look at what happens in oregon and washington in america, two states who have had assisted suicide scheme for a number of yea rs, suicide scheme for a number of yea rs , over suicide scheme for a number of yea rs, over half suicide scheme for a number of years, over half of those people choosing to end their lives do so not because of the physical condition but because they feared becoming a burden either financial

oi’ becoming a burden either financial or care, this was something picked up or care, this was something picked up by or care, this was something picked up by the bbc documentary by louis through very recently where it showed a woman who chose to end her life because she couldn't afford the health care necessary to carry on her life. that situation doesn't apply in the uk because we have a national health service funded on the point of need... it does, because they do not cater in all circumstances for the physical and mental needs of patients. that is why doctors consistently vote against changing the rules on assisted suicide and euthanasia. they say if you cater for both needs of patients actually there is no need to change the law and have patience calling themselves and it puts a massive amount of pressure on doctors because it will

fundamentally change the nature of relationships between doctor and patient. that was something the court recognised only a couple of weeks ago. do you accept that there may be a cultural change over time, the analogy mr conway was talking about, received a medieval mindset, there is the analogy we used to talk about people committing suicide, suicide used to be a criminal offence never mind the consequences, shame and all the rest of it brought on families when someone took their own life, our view of that has changed, can you conceive a day when oui’ changed, can you conceive a day when our view of assisted dying will change? i don't believe there will bea change? i don't believe there will be a change in how we view assisted suicide or euthanasia. for example reason, if you look at what is happening in other countries. holland and belgium our nearest neighbours who have euthanasia system, we have seen people who have been euthanised but because they are terminally ill, not because they are in great pain, but because they are suffering from psychiatric

conditions, from deafness, blindness, and even anorexia. we know the current law is the safest law. it says that regardless of your physical ability or disability, we will treat you all the same. everybody is entitled to the same legal protections and that is why parliament only a couple of years ago voted emphatically to reject changing the law. parliament's change of course, politicians change, public perceptions of issues change, public perceptions of issues change, but would you say to somebody in noel conway's position of all of his legal options are now exhausted but he feels because of the condition he has and condition to which the medical world can offer no relief for this