this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at seven. downing street insists the crucial vote in the commons on the government's plans to leave the european union will go ahead on tuesday. in london, thousands attend rival pro and anti—brexit rallies — as one leading brexiteer says a better deal with the eu can still be negotiated. we have to change it. it's a relatively simple job to do. we can have a withdrawal agreement that does not contain the backstop, we can do much much better than this. police in new zealand investigating the murder of british backpacker grace millane say they have found a body. i don't think i'll be alive in ten years. charlie rowley, a survivor of the salisbury novichok poisoning, says he fears the nerve agent will eventually kill him. also in the next hour — there's discord at the united nations climate change conference in poland — as attempts to incorporate a key scientific study fail. the us, russia and saudi arabia anger other countries at the talks

by blocking the adoption of a report calling for radical action. and police investigate alleged racist abuse against the manchester city striker raheem sterling. good evening, welcome to bbc news. the government says there will be no cancellation of tuesday's commons vote on theresa may's brexit plans, dismissing speculation it could be dropped or delayed. the brexit secretary stephen barclay says the prime minister is fighting hard to win, and would stay on, even if the deal is rejected by mps. today the leave supporting former foreign secretary boris johnson, said a defeat in parliament, could strengthen theresa may's hand, in getting a better deal from the eu, and he claims there'd

be widespread cross—party support for her plans, if proposals for the irish backstop, were removed. here's our political correspondent iain watson. is she seeking divine intervention? theresa may attended church in her constituency this morning, she's weathered many political storms but she's still having to fight for her deal and for herjob. some ministers think the outlook is so bleak she should postpone this week's crucial commons vote. but the brexit secretary said it won't be called off. the vote is going ahead. it is a good deal. it's the only deal. and it's important we don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. we are in uncharted waters. yes, the prime minister if fighting for us and will continue in post but the question... can she stay on as prime minister? absolutely, yes. the brexit secretary vote to leave the eu but his better—known

colleague was a face of the campaign. borisjohnson was asked in parliament this week what his big idea was now? well, today he revealed it, bringing back some of the divorce bill until we get a better deal. unless they help us, then there is a risk of no deal. and to incentivise them further we should say that we will delay the payment of at least half the 39... but... can i finish this? add least half of the 39 billion until they've done a free trade deal —— at least half of the 39 billion until they've done a free trade deal and that's the way to put a bit of a tiger in the tank. if he doesn't like theresa may's deal, would he like to replace her as conservative leader? i will give you a categorical promise that i will continue to advocate for what i think is sensible... you are going to stand against her. i'm going to offer you the most sensible plan to get out of this mess. the peoples vote campaign believes the final say on brexit should not be left to politicians at all, and at a rally in east london,

this labour shadow minister wanted her party leadership to do the same. the promises made in 2016 are so far removed from the reality of the 585 page withdrawal agreement, that it is time to take the brexit decision back to the people. the cabinet minister amber rudd has talked about the possibility of another referendum if theresa may's deal falls, and another government minister today says it looks increasingly likely, but mps have to vote for it. and the attitude of labour's leadership could be crucial but they seem to be in no hurry to commit. we will keep all options on the table, and that includes includes a public vote, but we would have to go through a number of different scenarios to reach that stage. many mps are raining on the prime minister's parade uniting on her deal but deciding on an alternative is more complex. ian watson, bbc news. a little earlier ian watson spoke to my colleague shaun ley.

shaun started by asking whether there's been any material shift in support for the prime minister's deal. one of the ministers was asked today whether he presides —— persuaded people to back the deal. he is backing it. ifedi persuaded precisely one person to back the deal, but —— he said he persuaded precisely one person. another person it, wolf -- precisely one person. another person it, wolf —— lower rung of the ministerial latter decided over a number weeks to go and see the prime minister, the attorney general, discuss his concerns and at the end of it he said no to backing the deal. support is still having a weight slightly so the widespread view is this will be lost. what we don't know is by how much and what happens next. on that what happens next, there was a time when we could have reasonably confident we predicted a government losing

something as fundamental as this, we will probably be moving to the stage ofa will probably be moving to the stage of a general election not long afterwards, but it is not that simple anymore, is it? no, it is not. there is technically what happens and politically what happens. if she loses technically she had 21 days to come up with an alternative plan to tell the comments what she's doing but that becomes slightly more public now because there has been amended so it could well be her plan is changed by mps and there would have to be cross party alliances to do so. what she would come back with would not be what necessarily persist. that is the first thing to bear in mind. the second is you might expect the opposition to put down a confidence motion as it is called. laboursaving don't want a general election and yet my understanding is they will not be putting that motion down and thatis not be putting that motion down and that is because they do not have the dup onside, they are not desperately keen onjeremy corbyn especially his history of support for irish nationalism, therefore it is likely she would survive it, so the question is why bother doing it? he

could strengthen her by default. so effectively she might as well put in herself. is that a possibility? there is that option. i do not know if that has been discussed seriously at downing street. some people say she had to do something quite dramatic if she loses, have some kind of symbol of whether she will continue and to quickly regain the initiative, so we will see but it is not something they are openly discussing. what they were discussing. what they were discussing amongst themselves, senior ministers is whether the vote should be both bone in the first place given certain to beat and i know some people were urging it to make the final decision tomorrow, not today. but certainly the line coming out from downing street and the brackets that that's brexit secretary is she will push ahead so i think that is why you have this discussion on what ought to happen next. it is not impossible if there isa next. it is not impossible if there is a big defeat for the matter to be taken out of her hands entirely. at brexiteer said if he thought the number of mps necessary to trigger

an internal conservative leadership contest was getting closer, perhaps about six short. we have no way of finding that out. she could face a challenge, she could be strengthened and given space to renegotiate. she could renegotiate and get turned overin could renegotiate and get turned over in parliament on what she renegotiated. or she could just walk away and presumably say i no longer have the authority and confidence in my party. i cannot go any further thanl my party. i cannot go any further than i have gone. i have done my best. someone else want to take this oi'i. best. someone else want to take this on. she could. my instinct is again not based on... if you take to be dashed out to be but there might be a discussion about tactics for example but not one about her future 01’ example but not one about her future or not something we will share with us. or not something we will share with us. that said, herbal character seems to be that nobody used the word resilient —— herbal character. she said previously i got you into this mess at the general election andi this mess at the general election and i will get you out of its i think she will want to have one more go and the apostles can get something renegotiated to at least the margins. one more go i think

with mps as well to tell them it is either this now definitely or it is potentially no deal at all or something you did not like as a consequence. meanwhile, a demonstration billed as a brexit betrayal march, saw thousands of people take to the streets of london. the rally, organised by ukip, was attended by the activist tommy robinson, who's recently been given an advisory role with the party. the march was put under tight restrictions by the police, fearing clashes with an anti, tommy robinson counter demonstration. police in new zealand investigating the murder of the british backpacker grace millane, say they've found a body, on the outskirts of the city auckland. they believe it is that of the 22 year old from essex, but so far, there's been no formal identification. a 26—year—old man has been charged with her murder. phil mercer reports. how and why grace millane died will be the focus of an intense investigation that new zealand police say is far from over. a body found in a forest in the waitakere ranges, a beauty spot with hiking trails

a short drive from auckland, is thought to be that of the university graduate from essex. police say the remains were discovered close to a main road. we located a body which we believe to be grace. the formal identification process will now take place, but based on the evidence we have gathered over the past few days we expect that this is grace. obviously this brings the search for grace to an end. it is an unbearable time for the millane family and our hearts go out to them. grace millane was last seen on security video at a hotel in auckland more than a week ago. the 26—year—old man she was with has been charged with her murder and is due in court tomorrow. the backpacker‘s father david arrived in new zealand on friday to make a public appeal for help in finding his daughter. he said she was fun—loving and outgoing. miss millane graduated from lincoln university in september. she had been travelling alone

in new zealand for a fortnight following a trip through south america. it was supposed to have been the adventure of a lifetime. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. lauren paddy is a reporter at the new zealand news service newshub and joins us from auckland. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what have the police said so far about this discovery of a body? the police have not confirmed 100% that this is the body of grace. they do believe it is her, and they are going to complete a formal identification today in a postmortem to work out what it —— what exactly has happened. what we do know is that the last grace was seen alive was on december one, the day before her 22nd birthday, in central auckland where this body was discovered is about 35 minute drive

away from that last sighting outside the city lights hotel in the centre of auckland. you are attending court later today. what are you expecting those proceedings to cover? we will see the 26—year—old accused of her murderfor see the 26—year—old accused of her murder for the see the 26—year—old accused of her murderfor the first see the 26—year—old accused of her murder for the first time. we are expecting the courtroom to be packed out, full of journalists expecting the courtroom to be packed out, full ofjournalists and even supporters of grace. we are unsure if her father who is supporters of grace. we are unsure if herfather who is in new zealand who travelled here after the news of her disappearance did break. we do not know if we are going to see him today but all will be revealed in the next half an hour on all we understand that the proceedings will happen this morning but with the court system here it is unclear at what time exactly he will appear. witnesses are still being asked to come forward with information, even though obviously we've had several developments in the last few days. what more do please want to hear from the public? police want to hear from the public? police want to hear from anyone who has seen a 2016

toyota corolla hatchback in the area on the 3rd of december which was monday. we understand the car was rented on sunday before hand, so the second, but the car police did find was a few hours south of here and it's a rental car we do know that, but we are waiting for a few more details and hoping public members will come forward if they did see that to help police with this investigation. what has the reaction been to this case across the country? there is a lot of shock, anger and outrage over the fact that anger and outrage over the fact that a young girl who was just on her own trying to experience the world, that she met such a tragic bait here. the tributes pouring out, people saying they are sorry that this happened to young grace, that this is something that should not happen to anyone, let alone a young woman just trying to see the world and what we are seeing is tributes pouring from her

brother who says that he loves her and it is so unfortunate, and tributes from her church in ethics as well saying this is such a sad end for a young girl who had such a great life ahead of her. she had just graduated university as we said, just trying to experience the world and had only experienced two weeks in new zealand with such a tragic outcome. notjust british backpackers, but there are so many young people from all over the world who come to new zealand to enjoy all that it has to offer. how safe is the country ordinarily? ordinarily, we understand that we market new zealand on the fact that it is a safe country and a clean, green place to visit but we are hearing concerns from oui’ place to visit but we are hearing concerns from our tourism industry that this could erode our reputation asa that this could erode our reputation as a travel destination, but it is a country a lot of people visit and it is so far away, quite small, known to be scenic and very beautiful, so

a really unusual thing to happen in new zealand. i do not remember a time when this has happened before, but it is something that we will have to watch in the coming weeks to see if this really does make a difference to the way that people view new zealand and the way that people travel around here. lauren from news hub in aqua and, thank you for talking to us. —— news hub in auckland. public health england is urging pregnant women and those over 65 to get the flu jab, after a fall in take—up compared to this time last year. however, in november, gps reported a shortage of the new vaccine for the over—65s after a staggered delivery of supplies from the manufacturer to gps and pharmacies meant some older patients had to wait to be vaccinated. dr richard vautrey is the chair of the british medical assocation‘s gps committee and a practising gp in leeds from where hejoins me now. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news this evening. why are you seeing you believe 8—ball and the u pta ke of seeing you believe 8—ball and the uptake of vaccines? we have had

concerns over the last two or three months with the phase a delivery over 65 vaccine. it is more effective so it was worth waiting for, but now we are encouraging patients to book an appointment with theirgp so patients to book an appointment with their gp so they can get immunized. we have had the vaccine for pregnant women throughout the autumn, and we wa nt to women throughout the autumn, and we want to encourage as many women as possible to come forward to be vaccinated, not just to possible to come forward to be vaccinated, notjust to protect themselves but primarily to protect their unborn child. tell us about why there were these issues over supplies. with the vaccine for over 65 people, it is a new vaccine, it ta kes 65 people, it is a new vaccine, it takes time to prepare and when the decision last year was made to use this vaccine rather than the one used last year, it's a time for the manufacturer to actually prepare the vaccine and then it was delivered in a phased way, so we had deliveries to pharmacies in september, october and november but every surgery now has its supply and so we want to ensure every patient gets

vaccinated. why change the type of vaccine being used ? vaccinated. why change the type of vaccine being used? vaccine used this year is more effective than the one used last year, and so patients will be better for that fact —— better protected throughout the winter, so it was worth waiting for this more effective vaccine this year. wouldn't it have been better to avoid any delay to carry on using some of the old vaccine and phase in the new one? the old vaccine was not as effective, and so we have an at and professional responsibility to ensure our patients get the most effective vaccine available. this new one is much more effective and we hope it will protect more of our elderly and so we are encouraging everybody who's eligible to get vaccinated to make an appointment. it is not too late to do that. the flu has not started circulating yet to any significant extent so it is still worth getting vaccinated. what are the knock on effects for the nhs if people do not take up the invitation? if patients do not take

up invitation? if patients do not take up the vaccination and we do have an outbreak of influenza, that would place a huge pressure on an already stretched nhs, both in general practice and hospitals, practices and hospitals are already working really ha rd, and hospitals are already working really hard, but to have the added burden of a flu outbreak would be quite considerable, so we do want as many patients as possible to get vaccinated and thereby protect themselves, but also enable the nhs to be as effective as possible. thank you for talking to us. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: downing street says mps will vote on theresa may's brexit agreement on tuesday — as borisjohnson insists the uk can negotiate a better deal. a body is found by police investigating the murder of british backpacker grace millane in new zealand. the us, russia, and others criticise a scientific study into the impact of a 1.5—degree rise in global temperatures — at the un climate change conference in poland. charlie rowley, one of the survivors

of the salisbury novichok poisoning, says he's worried the substance will eventually kill him, and he's terrified for the future. he became ill along with his partner dawn sturgess who later died, after coming into contact with the bottle containing the nerve agent, used to attack sergei and julia skripal in march. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has more. it is six months since charlie rowley witnessed his partner dawn stu rgess collapse. she was convulsing and foaming at the mouth. i phoned 999. i was getting medical advice on how to revive her. you know, mouth to mouth. dawn sturgess had become an unintended victim of the nerve agent novichok. charlie rowley had found what he thought was a discarded bottle of perfume and given it to dawn. in fact, it contained novichok and she sprayed it on her wrist. just over a week later, she was dead.

i felt that i'd poisoned my girlfriend, and that was the hardest thing to deal with. charlie rowley had also come into contact with the nerve agent. which was brought into the uk by russian intelligence agents. he was taken from his home in wiltshire to salisbury district hospital, staff there saved his life but he's now spoken to the sunday mirror newspaper of the damage the novichok has done to his health. my eyesight is still not right. my my arm, i can't function properly. ijust feel a bit done in. i haven't gone completely blind. i was just seeing, like, double vision, which was confusing.

it was worrying and confusing. plus they were telling me i had numerous strokes. and he's trying to go on while living with a loss of dawn. all the time i dream about her. i wish it had been me who died than dawn. june kelly reporting. the french prime minister has vowed to restore national unity, after the fourth weekend of protests over rising fuel taxes and living costs by so called "yellow vest" demonstrators. there were more than 2,000 arrests in clashes with police yesterday. president macron is expected to make an address to the nation on the protests, tomorrow. an 18—year—old teenager has been stabbed to death at a block of flats in south—east london.

paramedics from the london air ambulance were called to the scene in greenwich last night, but were unable to save him. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested. scientists and delegates at a un climate conference in poland have expressed alarm, after it failed to incorporate a key scientific text, which outlines how to limit the effects of climate change. the ipcc report — on the impact of a 1.5 degree celsius temperature rise — was released in october. but now the us, russia, saudi arabia and kuwait have all objected to the conference welcoming it. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath reports. wake up! taking to the streets of katowice, thousands of protesters from around the world have descended on this city to make their voices heard, saying more needs to be done to protect the world from the devastating impacts of climate change. we need to do something now, we need action right now, not tomorrow, not in 11 years, but now. there are people here who have already been affected by rising sea levels,

such as in the philippines and injapan. it is everybody's problem. fires are intensifying, floods are drowning communities indigenous people are leaving the parties, the governments are not doing what they need to do. they're here to get the attention of negotiators at the un's climate talks. inside the meeting, delegates are trying to agree new targets on carbon emissions. but serious divisions have emerged about a critical scientific study. the report, published in october by the world's leading climate change body, says in order to prevent drought, flooding and extreme poverty for millions of people, temperatures must not rise by more than 1.5 degrees this century. to do that, emissions must be cut in half over the next 12 years. what's been described as a ludicrous row over words masks a much deeper divide. nearly all the countries here want to embrace the ipcc report to bolster the case for rapid carbon cuts, but that's something the us, saudi arabia and some others

are very keen to avoid. there is a huge amount of frustrations. the us, the saudis, the russians are working together to prevent science being at the heart of this process. they agreed the ipcc report. they are the ones seeing the climate changing. there are businesses, investors, citizens pushing for more climate action. it really raises the stakes for next week. talks will resume here tomorrow with over 120 ministers from around the world due to arrive. most delegates will be hoping they will be able to reassert the key role of science in guiding the talks. matt mcgrath, bbc news, katowice. joining us now from katowice is james ellsmoor, co—founder of solar head of state, a nonprofit working to promote renewable energy worldwide. thank you very much forjoining us. just explain to us what your role is at this conference, because you are there to represent some small nations. so, i am here as part of

the civil society, one of the ngos here but i'm also working with the government officials as part of their support team for the conference. small nations like the seashells often rely on big scenes of external support during these invest —— negotiations. of external support during these invest -- negotiations. what would you act —— would you explain what the wording is these four countries have chosen to block? essentially it is the difference... the word welcome and the word noted, which may sound like a completely mitred difference but in terms of the convent it is important. you can only adopt anything that is agreed by consensus so you need over 190 countries to agree to that wording so these four countries are blocking that. using the word welcome would be very important, and really show that the delegates here are committing to this report, acknowledging it, accepting the

science and to me, it shows that by rejecting this word welcome, the us, saudi arabia and others are rejecting the science behind climate change. what are the implications for using the word noted, not welcomed? it is difficult to know at this point. obviously this is now after 2a years we are still negotiating on these terms, but what it does show is while the us and these other countries remain at the negotiating table, they are not committed to strong climate action. a number of countries refer to the us we in the paris agreement, but they have two more years so very much welcome at these conferences. what is the reaction from the wider group to these poor countries taking this decision? i think the small

countries like the seychelles, it is absolutely devastating and definitely developing an smaller island nations here at the conferences have been very frustrated that after this long week of talks, things have fractured along with relatively small issue, but the important thing is that if we can't agree on a simple term like welcoming science, it makes me worried about what we can agree in the coming week and coming years, but we have hundred 90 parties trying to agree and there is a lot more to be done than this single word. what does this 1.5 degrees increase celsius mean in terms of the impact of global warming? for a small island nation, it can mean the very existence of their country in the future. small countries like to wallow in the pacific that are less than a few feet above sea level and

very vulnerable to disappearing entirely. it is also countries in the caribbean, they‘ re entirely. it is also countries in the caribbean, they're very vulnerable to hurricanes as we saw last year in puerto rico and dominica, and climate change for them would mean increasingly strong and frequent hurricanes that could absolutely devastate their economies and mean that the island may not be able to sustain the population in the future. they are fighting for their... . what you think it will ta ke their... . what you think it will take for these richer more powerful nations would turn on us early going to be as readily affected by global one thing to act in a meaningful way? i wish i had the answer to that one. that is really the question of the century, how do we get all of these parties on board. while countries like the united states have an administration that really rejects the idea of climate change, it is difficult to see them playing

a constructive role, so does give me hope is that we have other large countries like india and china and the european union that are here taking a proactive stance, and really pushing for climate action andi really pushing for climate action and i can only hope that we can persuade russia, kuwait, saudi arabia and the usa, but there whoppers is needed also. thank you very much for talking to us —— their cooperation is needed also. our apologies for some of the problems we had with sound. now how do you give fossils a future? well, you put them online, and that's exactly what london's natural history museum and washington's smithsonian institution in the us, have set out to do. they're digitally recording millions of fossils in their collections., many of which have been hidden away in drawers for decades. our science correspondent victoria gill, has the story. so, we're in our brachiopod collection. tucked into thousands of drawers, the entire history of life on earth. there's dozens of things in every box in every draw.

yes, yes. wow! there are a0 million fossils stored here at the smithsonian museum and a team is carrying out the mammoth task of digitally recording every single one. we have drawers here in the collection that haven't been opened in decades. the data held within the museum drawers is trapped and we are bringing that trapped data out into the light. we are mobilising it for research. photographing and logging the details of each specimen in this collection alone will take an estimated 50 years. but it's part of an effort by institutions around the world to create a global digital museum where every piece of the fossil record can be studied online. the devastating fire at brazil's national museum this year destroyed knowledge that was amassed over two centuries and was a stark reminder