this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:00pm. police fire tear gas on the streets of paris as anti—government protesters clash with officers in a fourth weekend of demonstrations. this is the scene live in paris. police have made at least 500 arrests and ministers say the "yellow vest" movement opposed to fuel tax rises, has been hijacked by "ultra—violent" protesters. 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 to this point of the enquiry has established that this is a homicide. amber rudd becomes the first government minister to publicly discuss an alternative to theresa may's brexit deal. what happens if it is voted down? and anything could happen, there's lots of different things could happen, most of which they won't want to happen. so when they think about this deal, they need to weigh up the alternatives as well.

six people — five of them teenagers — have died after a stampede at a nightclub in italy. and with climate change at the top of the un agenda, click asks if policy or technology will save the world. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. police have used tear gas on protesters in paris as thousands of people rallied for a fourth weekend of demonstrations against president macron‘s government. the "yellow vest" movement, as it's called, began three weeks ago, against a planned rise in fuel tax. that's been suspended, but french ministers say the protests have been hijacked by "ultra—violent" extremists.

our paris correspondent, hugh schofield reports. from early morning, once again, the yellow vests began arriving in numbers on the champs—elysees, the luxury shops along the avenue now boarded up because of the threat of more violence. riot police, out in force, had adopted new tactics after last saturday's chaos. today, they were stopping and searching, confiscating anything that could serve as a missile against them. the focus became, once again, the area around the arc de triomphe and here there were the first signs of trouble — a crowd goading riot police, police responding with tear gas and moving out to retake ground, keep the crowd moving. the riot police have moved out from a side street to take up a position along the avenue here. you can see them standing at the ready, and they're being insulted, booed,

had the occasional projectile thrown at them by the crowd around. most of the yellow vests kept well back from the trouble spots. all they wanted was to get their message out. translation: emmanuel macron has to step down. the parliament should be dissolved and we have to return to better foundations. everything should be fair, because we're fed up. as the morning wore on, it was clear that so far, the government's worst fears had not been realised. the prime minister, edouard philippe, appeared on television to announce there'd been more than 200 arrests, and to emphasise again the exceptional scale of the police operation that's been mounted, both in paris and across the country. a combination of police saturation on the ground, smaller—than—expected numbers of protesters, the government is beginning to hope that the moment of peak danger is passing. let's speak now to the daily telegraph columnist, anne—elisabeth moutet.

she joins me via webcam from her apartment in paris, which i understand is near to where the protest have been taking place? they are literally under my window is just they are literally under my window isjust behind here. earlier in the flat around half an hour ago, we had to tear gas in the flat even though every window is closed, it had seeped through. it's usually the same thing, you hear noises, scuffles of people overturning cars to make barricades since the city of paris asked all roads works barricades to be removed, so they are using cars and sometimes burning them. and then you hear a big bang. it's very recognisable, the police are shooting tear gas grenades into the air. those grenades disintegrate into lots of little nodules of tear

gas that falls down into the street ina gas that falls down into the street in a cloud of smoke. it is pretty active. i am on the fourth floor and tear gas got into the flat, although not as bad as in the street. just comparing this to four weeks ago and how the protests have evolved, do the demonstrators have the support of the country, or has that started to wane, with more violence that we are seeing now? that was the announcement president macron made when he saw the movement last week, that the movement had been discredited. it's obvious that the type of people we meet in the demonstrations are very different. four weeks ago we had ordinary people come from the provinces saying that they had had enough. slowly you had more organised people, this extreme left and extreme right, this anti—fascism

type of movement, they come with mufflers and kit, and then you have the same thing on the extreme right. it's obvious the movement is much more now in paris itself, and it is much more radicalised. there is an understanding in the country that we know the difference between a movement that still exists, and the fa ct movement that still exists, and the fact it has become a crucible where all sorts of people converge, including opportunist hooligans who just want to loot. but still the country supports the movement, the country supports the movement, the country supports the yellow vests, essentially because most of the country experiences the same thing. lowered expectations, lowered income, and a feeling that not only oui’ income, and a feeling that not only our lives worse than before but their children's lives will be even more difficult. there are calls on the street for macron to resign. we

are hearing there is a lot for people to be angry about, but the rot, is it all down to emmanuel macron, really? it isn't. it is 30 yea rs of macron, really? it isn't. it is 30 years of policies where efforts were not made from both sides together, and that was a feeling there was too little, and at the same time too little, and at the same time too little that was happening for ordinary people, and it was very top—down. macron was elected on a misunderstanding last year. they saw a new face and thought it was a new broom. however, he is a consummate insider, a graduate of the top government school in france. he is a techno cracked, in the first week he decided to speak and said there would be a large national discussion about green solutions. —— he is a technocrat. people want to be able

to give food to their kids at the end of the month so there is a com plete end of the month so there is a complete disconnect, so he is paying for many ways from what people who came before him from the same school have done. we are seeing live pictures of the gendarme running up the streets in paris. apologies for the streets in paris. apologies for the cameraman cleaning the lens. these gendarme running up the street, trying to control the protesters. as we heard, a real mixture of those with violent tendencies, cars on fire etc. and those in the yellow vests, speaking out at a drop in living standards. genuine displeasure in what is going on in french society at the moment. police in new zealand are preparing to charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of british backpacker

grace millane. grace was last seen in auckland exactly a week ago. police say there's evidence she's dead, but her body has yet to be found. angus crawford reports. fun—loving and family orientated. grace millane's parents say her disappearance a week ago was entirely out of character, and was extremely hard to take. now they've been given the worst possible news. the evidence we have gathered to this point of 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.

this necklace, and a distinctive pink watch, are both missing from her possessions and could help them find her body. when grace's father arrived in new zealand, he spoke to the media and 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. angus crawford, bbc news. well, earlier our correspondent simonjones explained what the mood is like in wickford, essex, where grace millane's family live. we are here at the local catholic church, and there is a great sense of loss. the person in charge here says he will keep the doors open all weekend so people can come in for a quiet moment of contemplation or to light a candle or discuss with a priest exactly how they are feeling. there is a picture of grace displayed prominently inside the building where people

can say prayers. they had been hoping and praying over the last few days that she would be found safe and well. but overnight those hopes have been dashed with the news that this is now being treated as a murder investigation. the priest here says many people in the congregation knew grace and her family, and the family are absolutely devastated. thoughts here are with the family, and they are going to say special prayers at services throughout the weekend to mark her life. what people want here now is for the body to be discovered quickly. what is happening in new zealand seems so far away from here, a long, long way away, but thoughts are very much with family members out there, and those family members remaining here in essex. very much support towards the family is the feeling coming from the church here. amber rudd has become the first government minister to publicaly discuss,

an alternative to theresa may's brexit deal. the work and pensions secretary described the so—called, "norway plus" option as plausible if mps reject mrs may's deal in the vote scheduled for tuesday. if such a plan were adopted, the uk would retain its access to the single market, but would have to permit free movement of eu citizens into the uk. our political correspondent, matt cole reports. far and wide this week, ministers have travelled the uk, selling the idea of theresa may's brexit plan. the message — a simple one. there is no alternative. until this morning, when the work and pensions secretary amber rudd opened the door to a plan b and what might happen if mps vote down the deal on tuesday. i do not think the house will support no deal. and if the house is not going to support no deal, it needs to come forward with an alternative deal. and i have seen that there is a lot of support for norway plus in the house of commons.

there is a certain amount of support for a people's vote. nobody knows what would happen and people should think very clearly if they are not going to vote for the government's withdrawal agreement, whether they would actually prefer those alternatives. amber rudd insists those alternatives are not as good as the prime minister's brexit plan and says the deal is not dead. but ministers know how their words are weighed. so, is her suggestion that a deal like norway has with the eu would be plausible, an early shot in the looming battle of the plan bs? and if so, what would it involve? under norway plus, britain would leave the eu, but not the single market, keeping access. but that would mean continuing to allow the free movement of eu citizens and, whilst britain would have to pay into the eu budget for this, it would lose voting rights in brussels. the uk would be free to trade with the rest of the world. but the straightforward norway deal wouldn't resolve how to keep the border with the republic of ireland open, hence the plus bit,

some form of customs arrangement would be needed to solve that problem. but a deal like norway's would struggle to win many brexiteers' backing, some proposing their own alternatives. there are discussions taking place, i was told last week by the leader of the house of lords, between the uk and the eu for preparing for a brexit without a withdrawal agreement. what's known as no deal? yes, and those discussions should be intensified. for there to be a plan b theresa may's plan must first be rejected, and that looks ever more likely. matt cole, bbc news. let's speak now to the conservative mp, and member of the influential european research group, marcus fysh. hejoins me via webcam from his yeovil constituency. thank you for speaking to us. what

do you make of what amber rudd has been saying? i'm afraid this idea of norway really doesn't stand scrutiny. as your piece said, it means we keep paying money. we don't have control of our borders, and we have control of our borders, and we have to take rules from the eu, and thatis have to take rules from the eu, and that is a disaster for businesses like the financial services, for example, it's their worst nightmare. it also goes against our manifesto promises, against the referendum result. i really don't think it's an a cce pta ble result. i really don't think it's an acceptable idea. and there are much better ideas out there. we want to have an advanced free trade agreement with the eu and would like agreement with the eu and would like a different protocol to give communities in the island of ireland confidence that they can use existing procedures available under eu law to mean there doesn't have to bea eu law to mean there doesn't have to be a hard border. do you really think that would work? as far as we are hearing, and even amber rudd

said that mps should think very carefully a nd said that mps should think very carefully and clearly if they plan to vote no on tuesday, when you look at the alternatives on the table. they absolutely do need to think clearly about it and they need to understand how an advanced free—trade agreement is actually a really good solution and would provide a great future for our country. the costs of actually doing business over the borders are nothing like what has been put about and the fear mongering that has been going on recently. for example, they are saying it would cost 11% of the value of consignments to trade across border in the auto industry, but i know having been to rotterdam and spoken to people is that the real number is 0.3%. this idea that oui’ real number is 0.3%. this idea that our economy does not work somehow if we don't go along with the prime minister's plan, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. you are getting muffled but we will carry on. you make it

sound so simple, so why do we not have a deal like that in front of us now? or rather in front of mps on tuesday? the first thing that needs to happen is we need a government prepared to ask for this. when i have spoken to people in the eu they have spoken to people in the eu they have just have spoken to people in the eu they havejust said, while have spoken to people in the eu they have just said, while the uk government wants something else, a high alignment chequers model that came out of no where injuly, they had no basis on which to change to another way of looking at it. and while the uk is capitulating in order to get that, it doesn't make any sense for them to look at it. but the problem with the government's current plan is that it gives all the leverage to the other side in further negotiation. that is bad forfinancial side in further negotiation. that is bad for financial services, industries like defence, fishing, gibraltar and the union. it's something we need to sort out now and focus on the positive way of doing it. it looks like it is

increasingly going to be a no vote on tuesday. many people looking at what will happen in terms of mrs may's fate when that happens, so should she go? as i have said, we need a government that is prepared to ask for the right thing, and is prepared to help get businesses ready for the difference in the processes that will be required. we have enough time now. i think it would be very hard to convince people that going against manifesto promises and losing in a major vote on the main thing which the government has tried to engage in is a situation where there aren't questions over the leadership, but i would love to see the prime minister pivot to that much more positive approach. marcus fysh, we would like to get out of the rain. thank you.

—— we will let you get out of the rain. six people — five of them teenagers — have died after a stampede at a nightclub in italy. dozens were injured in the club in corinaldo, near ancona, on italy's east coast. it's reported that panic broke out at a rap concert, after a pepper spray—like substance was released. james reynolds reports. the blue lantern nightclub in the town of corinaldo was packed. around 1000 people, many of them teenagers, had gone to see a concert by one of italy's leading rappers. at around one in the morning some reports say that a pepper spray—like substance was used, provoking a stampede. translation: we were together. we started seeing everyone rush towards the emergency exits. at the beginning we didn't understand why, but then we started to cough and thought there might be a fire or something, so we decided to leave. 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. translation: since three this morning we were very close to the bodies and to the relatives. and then we've accompanied them here to the morgue. you can imagine it's been a very sudden thing. you cannot believe that it's true. the government has named the dead as teenagers between the ages of 14 and i6, and the 39—year—old mother of one of these victims was also killed. italy's interior minister, matteo salvini, says the authorities will find those responsible for turning a party night into a tragedy. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. one of the uk's biggest government contractors is reported to be seeking a second rescue deal after accumulating debts of more than half a billion pounds. interserve works in prisons, schools and hospitals.

it also mends roads and motorways. the firm says it is considering ways of raising money. china's foreign ministry has called on canada to release an executive employed by the telecoms giant huawei or warned it would otherwise face consequences. meng wanzhou, the company's global chief financial officer, was arrested in vancouver last weekend and faces extradition to the united states. she's the daughter of huawei's founder and is accused of breaking american sanctions on iran. a british sailor, whose yacht was crippled by a ferocious storm during a round—the—world race, has been rescued. susie goodall was sailing alone when she ran into trouble 2,000 miles off the coast of chile leaving her stranded for days before a cargo ship came to her to aid. andy moore reports. safety at last. the cargo ship that rescued susie goodall used its crane to winch her on board. she's reported to be uninjured and in good spirits. it was an ordeal that began 50

hours earlier with this distress call in the teeth of a ferocious storm. her yacht had lost its mast and water had to be pumped out. in one of the remotest places on earth, she had a long wait for help to arrive. she was tossed about, seasick, in a disabled boat, in heavy seas. it was a difficult rescue right to the end. the engine on susie's yacht kept cutting out as it manoeuvred alongside the rescue ship, the tian fu. and then the first news of success in a brief tweet. "on the ship", she wrote, followed by three exclamation marks. in the time waiting to be rescued with a broken cooker, she said she'd been longing for a cup of tea. so it was no surprise that in the second message she said she had enjoyed a very good hot drink.

her friends welcomed the good news after an agonising wait. it was an absolutely huge relief, a massive relief, and i think everybody in our sailing community was just absolutely overjoyed by the news. susie is now on her way to chile. her dream of sailing solo around the world is over, for now, but at least she's safe. andy moore, bbc news. an 8—year—old boy took control of a car travelling at 60—miles—per—hour after his mother blacked out at the wheel. lauren smith had a seizure while driving near colchester. her son, ben, turned on the hazard lights and drove onto the hard shoulder, before the car stalled. every year thousands of owners dream of being champions of the world of dog agility. the 12 remaining teams

are in training for their world cup, with the grand final at the london international horse show at olympia later this month. mike bushell has been to a training camp in kent to see how hard it can be. the race is on to be top dog for 2018, and while it may look like the dogs are doing all the work here — tearing around the 260 metre course at over 30mph — this is a team sport, with the owner's fitness, voice commands and hand signals crucial to success. it's all over in less than a minute, but it's such high—intensity, the energy required by the dog and owner. dog agility competitions have been going since 1978, and have now become so widespread that 48 nations from around the world compete. the world cup at olympia is one of the highlights of the dog calendar. it's our fa cup final. olympia, with all the hype and the people, and the noise and the excitement,

it's great to be there, and to actually win it is just something else. the 12 finalists competing at olympia this month have spent all year beating off thousands of other owner—and—dog teams to reach this point. i like to be as fit as i can to keep up with my dogs. sam's not the most naturally motivated dog, and yeah, so to get the quickest time out of him, i need to be as fit as i can. 0k, go, run, run, poles... amongst the favourites will again be shannon. she reached her first olympia final when she was just ten. when you actually run, and you're so focused, you hear nothing, because it's literallyjust you and your dog on that course. you hear nothing going on in the background. i'm probably not the fittest person, definitely not the skinniest out there, but i do really try. a decade later, shannon has managed to get every dog she's trained to the final. well, the athletes are in fine physical condition, raring to go. i think the same can be said about the owners too.

and for this breakfast olympia warmup race, well, i'm missing just one thing — a dog. after a battle, my former lab—lurcher, is no longer with us. i've still got a fancy lead. and actually i have persuaded a former olympia champion to come out of retirement. first of all, a quick recce of the course without my canine partner, making notes and working out my signals. i never realised there were so many different signals with your hands, your arms, your leg positions. yeah, so the dog then comes down this. this arm comes across my chest, so the dog then only sees this hand. it's a bit like dancing, isn't it? yeah, it's a bit strictly. i'm truly honoured because indiana is the only dog to have ever won at olympia two years running. can she do the same with a complete novice? indie, 0k. indie, 0k! over, over... not the greatest of starts. i was in the doghouse for confusing my canine partner with all the wrong signals and body positioning. you've got to be thinking ahead and keep working in front of them, all the while telling them in advance what's happening. i did have more success with a different dog, maybe

more my size. my trousers! but i was starting to take it personally. even my attempts to demonstrate just fell on floppy ears. not the weave, not the weave! over here! up, up! i did eventually get around with that first dog, indiana, but it had taken over four minutes. it was obvious that to succeed, i needed to start right at the beginning and work towards the finals in maybe a few years' time. a rare scottish wildcat born at chester zoo has been captured on camera for the first time. bosses at the zoo say the female kitten, born in august, could offer a "lifeline for the species". wildcats, also known as highland tigers, are britain's rarest mammals and as few as 100 are estimated to remain in the uk. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery.

once againa once again a day for dodging showers widely across the british isles, if not longer spells of rain. through the course of the night we will keep showers going quite widely across a good part of the british isles but tomorrow something drier and brighter but a wee bit chillier as well. the reason for the unsettled nature of the weather in the last few hours has been the area of low pressure throwing this frontal system, especially but not exclusively over central and western parts and increasingly we will find the rain transferring further east, and following on behind another raft of showers, some of them sharp, and they will rattle along because wind is likely to increase in the wee small hours, and some gusts pushing towards 70 mph in western parts. the combination of showers in the breeze keeps temperatures up in the south,

but in the north, skies are clear it so temperatures will dribble away. generally speaking, sunday sees a cooler feel to the day widely across the british isles and this front will drag showers further south. following on behind, the wind no longer in the west, more of a north— north westerly. but brighter skies already there from the word go and in the north it will eventually win out in many spots save for a peppering of showers. a fresh feel to the day, between five and 7 degrees across northern areas. may be double digits across the southern counties and wales. wind is less of a feature, but a nip about it because of that is north—westerly. from sunday night into monday, showers will give up the ghost as high topples and from the atlantic. skies clearing again and in the northern parts it will be a cold and frosty start across the northern half of britain. less so perhaps that bit further south. monday is

shaping up to be a decent day at this stage. dry weather and sunshine, a crisp start to the day before cloud feeds and across northern ireland, western scotland and may be western areas generally through the day as we drank the weather front in from the atlantic will stop the best of the sunshine in the east but not a warm day away from the far south—west and channel islands. the week unfolding as a battle develops between mild air from the atlantic and something colder from the continent. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: police have fired tear gas on the streets of paris as thousands of anti—government protestors stage more demonstrations against the french president, emmanuel macron.