this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm... 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 yea rs. 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 and 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. and that's because it is a good deal, it is 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 is fighting for us and will continue in post. but the question is can she stay on as prime minister? absolutely, yes. the brexit secretary voted 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, pull 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? 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 people's 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 a public vote, but we would have to go through a number of different scenarios to reach that stage. all right. many mps are raining on the prime minister's parade, uniting against her deal but deciding on an alternative is more complex. iain watson, bbc news. and iainjoins us now. the vote will go ahead, so we are

told, but how many people are still thinking it should be delayed? even at this late stage quite a few people think it would be a mistake to go ahead with this. you heard from the brexit secretary, downing street say it will go ahead on tuesday but nobody is saying, not with a straight face anyway, they are confident of victory. even now, we had the resignation of thejunior ministerial rung of the ladder last night, he has said please postpone this vote and try to sort this out. theresa may tomorrow will be trying to address concerns of some mps over the question of avoiding a hard border in ireland, and northern irish baxter of which is getting most of them into the no come. —— and northern irish backstop. it is ha rd to and northern irish backstop. it is hard to see how she will solve that in 2a hours if it has not been sold by now. some people think on cheap as boneless, there is a european council towards the end of the week

and some quite senior people are asking not to make a definitive decision until tomorrow. —— some people are saying, can't you postpone this? what is the labour position about the shape of this deal and the potential second referendum? jeremy corbyn has said it isa referendum? jeremy corbyn has said it is a terrible deal, they will not support it. i think the vast majority of labour mps will not support it either. if theresa may loses he could put down a confidence motion, a formal process of trying to trigger a general election. i am told he is reluctant to do that at this stage and is more likely to say she has lost the confidence of mps, give her another option to renegotiate, and what he wants her to renegotiate is a customs union with the european union which would give britain a say over europe's trade deals as well as ours. summit in brussels are sceptical that that

is something which the european union would be willing to negotiate, nonetheless that is what he is asking. it would be crossing a red line for her and perhaps the challenge to her authority might come a little further down the line once she fails to take labour's advice, but that is the labour alternative. so many permutations. thank you, ian. and of course we'll be keeping you up to date every step of the way. here on the bbc news channel we'll be bringing you full coverage of every development as mps head in to the final days of debate before that all important vote on the prime minister's brexit deal on tuesday evening. we'll be live in westminster from 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, here on the bbc news channel and bbc two. 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. well, we'll find out how the countdown to the brexit vote —

and other stories — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:15pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — my guests tonight are the broadcaster penny smith and martin bentham from the evening standard. 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.

earlier i got more details from lauren paddy who's a reporter at the new zealand news service newshub. police haven't confirmed 100% that this is the bodily grace millane, they believe it is her —— the body of grace millane. they will complete an identification and a postmortem to work out what has happened. the last grace was seen alive was on december the ist, the day before her 22nd birthday in central auckland. the body was discovered about a 35 minute drive away from that last sighting outside the city hotel in auckland. you are attending court later, what you expect the proceedings to cover? we will see

the 26 he rolled accused of grace's murderfor the 26 he rolled accused of grace's murder for the the 26 he rolled accused of grace's murderfor the first the 26 he rolled accused of grace's murder for the first time. we expect the room to be packed out full of journalists and supporters of grace, we're not sure if her father david, who travelled here after news of her disappearance broke, we don't know if we will see him but all will be revealed in the next half hour. we understand proceedings will happen this morning, but it is unclear what time exactly he will appear. witnesses are still being asked to come forward with information, even though we have had several developments in the last few days. what more do police wants 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 the sunday beforehand, when police found the car it was a

few hours south from here. it is a rental car, we know, but we are waiting for a few more details than they are helping public members will come forward if they saw that to help police with the investigation. what has the reaction been to this case across the country? a lot of shock, anger and outrage over the fa ct shock, anger and outrage over the fact that a young girl who was just trying to experience the world, that she met such a tragic fate here. tributes are pouring out, people saying they are sorry that this happened to young grace, it should not happen to anyone, let alone a young woman just trying to see the world. we are seeing tributes from her brother declan, saying he loves her brother declan, saying he loves her and it is so unfortunate, and tributes from her church in essex saying this is such a sad end for a young girl who had such a great life ahead of her, she hasjust graduated university and was trying to experience the world, and after having spent only two weeks in new

zealand, it is such a tragic, tragic outcome. lauren paddy in auckland. 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. dawn sturgess had become an unintended victim of the nerve agent novichok. charlie rowley found what he thought was a discarded bottle of perfume and given it to her. in fact, it contained novichok and she sprayed it on her wrist. just over a week later, she was dead.

i felt that i had poisoned ifelt that i had poisoned my girlfriends, and that was the ha rd est girlfriends, and that was the hardest thing to deal with. charlie rowley also came into contact with the nerve agent. it was brought into the uk by russian intelligence agents. he was taken from his home in wiltshire to salisbury district hospital, staff saved his life but he's now spoken to the sunday mirror newspaper of the damage on the novichok is done to his health. —— has done. my eyesight is not good. i can't function properly. ijust feel a bit done in. i haven't gone completely blind. i'm seeing double vision. it's confusing. it's worrying. and confusing. plus they told me i had

numerous strokes. and he's trying to go on while living with the loss of dawn. all the time i dream about her. i wish it had been me who died. june kelly reporting. the french prime minister edouard philippe 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 2000 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 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. 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. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here's . raheem sterling has blamed the newspaper coverage for fuelling racial hatred. the fa says it's supporting chelsea and the metropolitan police in their investigations

into claims of racist abuse against raheem sterling. in his instagrammed, sterling said he last because he does not expect any better. he talked about the coverage of two team—mates who both bought houses for their mothers, sterling road look at how the media get the coverage across for a young white player and a young white player. the white player is braised amber black player is badly upon. the papers do not understand they fuelling racism. seeing the comments were the black and ethnic minority footballers, under raheem sterling's comments, it

shows there is a huge amount of support and a feeling of institutional racism within sectors of the media. wolves got an injury time winner at newcastle to climb into the top half of the premier league. it was 2—1 at st james's park, as rafael benitez‘s side struggled again in front of their fans — their seventh defeat in nine league games at home this season. adam wild watched the action. with proposed protests as bones, newcastle, for the time being, with united. fa ns' newcastle, for the time being, with united. fans' disquiet at the club's owners left to simmer, frustrations on the field temporarily taking over. will swofford too much space and took the gift. the response was both swift and delayed. salomon rondon's free kick had the home fans out of their seats, and while they we re out of their seats, and while they were sitting down again, newcastle stayed up. ayoze perez getting above the rest to level the scores. the site said it, but in the second half they were once more unbalanced. the referee stood firm in his

decision. much to the frustration of rafa benitez. things could have been worse for the newcastle manager had railjiminez‘s effort been inches lower. now the wolves' pressure was building. newcastle clung on, but when the keeper couldn't, matt doherty found the match's defining moment. frustrations around st james' park only get worse. rangers missed the chance to go level on points with celtic at the top of the scottish premiership after they were held to a one all draw by dundee. former rangers striker kenny miller gave the home side a surprise lead injust the ninth minute. the match turned in rangers' favour soon after when nathan ralph was sent off for this. and andy halliday equalised from the resulting free kick. saracens made it three wins from three in europe's champions cup. they came back from 13—18 down at half time to beat cardiff blues 51—25, earning themselves a bonus point. and that was with three tries disallowed too.

sarries are top of their group, the blues third. munster are top of their champions cup group — a comfortable 30 points to five win for them over castres. their three tries came in the second half — jj hanrahan with the pick of them. and in the pool four game, leicester tigers take away a point. racing 92 took the match 36—26. the french side were runners—up last season and are undefeated in this year's competition. ronnie o'sullivan looks on course to win a record seventh uk championship title at the barbican in york. he's up against mark allen in the final. coverage of the evening session is on bbc two. let's see what is going on, ronnie o'sullivan at the table, seven frames to four, he leads. he needs just three more frames to claim the record—breaking seventh uk championship. he is the defending

champion, back—to—back titles on the four 0 champion, back—to—back titles on the four o sullivan. you can follow that live on the bbc sport website and on bbc two, but thatis sport website and on bbc two, but that is all the sport for now. the fa says it's supporting chelsea and the metropolitan police in their investigations into claims of racist abuse against raheem sterling. the manchester city player was allegedly targeted by fans at stamford bridge yesterday. he's accused newspapers of helping to "fuel racism". we can speak now to the journalist and social commentator, kiri kankhwende. thank you forjoining us. how different do you believe newspapers are in their portrayal of black and white footballers? it is like night and day. using the example that raheem sterling cited, when he bought a house for his mum, the way it was reported was very different to how a young white player was reported when he bought a house for his mother. the coverage of him has a lwa ys his mother. the coverage of him has always been slightly... it is like a

nonstop barrage of criticism and a lot of white players do not get that. what did the newspapers say, if they are accused of racist portrayals? what is difficult is it isa portrayals? what is difficult is it is a lot more slippery than the overt racism he experienced in the pitch. often it isjust overt racism he experienced in the pitch. often it is just critiquing his lifestyle, his family, a big storm about his tad too when he got it. it was not tasteful, by any means, but the criticism he got when so many football players are tattooed to the hilt was a bit ridiculous. it is the nonstop drip feeding of criticism that eventually sta rts feeding of criticism that eventually starts to feel like an attack. it is very slippery, by its very nature it is hard to pin it down. they are not calling him names, it is not as overt as what happened on the pitch but it is damaging, like a trip on a stone it takes its toll. where is the proof that what is

written in the newspapers had an impact on spectators at the matches? racism does not occur in a vacuum, it is about an attitude of permissiveness. when black players are consistently made to be other and put tray is not part of the team, not worthy of the same respect, it gives the licence for people to abuse them —— and portrayed as not part of the team. situations on the pitch, it is not a direct the paper said this now you say the same on the pitch, it is a culture of permissiveness and devaluing and dehumanising somebody. surely the clubs on the association itself had to really get a grip of this? —— the clubs and the football association itself? we have been talking about the same problem and initiatives have been going on for yea rs. initiatives have been going on for years. absolutely, kick it out has

been running for years. england is trying harder than some european countries to tackle this but more needs to be done. this is not the first incident even this month, there is definitely more to be done but it is more than an isolated thing in football, it is a societal problem. the guardian did a huge report on the barriers faced by people of colour, black people in all areas of life, football being just one. what are the solutions? there are many, i don't think there isa there are many, i don't think there is a silver bullet, but within football itself i think reporting on these players responsibly, treating these players responsibly, treating the black players like part of the team, affirming the fact that our england team looks very much like britain as it is today and celebrating that is part of it. history, having relevance to our historical... the history of empire and colonialism, it is something we all need to do as a collective. good

to talk to you, thank you for your time. 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, 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 and 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. james ellsmoor, co—founder of solar head of state, a nonprofit organisation working to promote renewable energy worldwide explained why the single word "welcomed" was objected to by the us, saudi arabia, russia and kuwait. in terms of these conferences, it is very important. it is good to note we can only adopt anything that is agreed by consensus, we need over 190 countries to agree to that, and

four countries are blocking that. using the word welcome would be very important and show that the delegates here are committing to the report, acknowledging it, accepting the science. to me it shows that by rejecting this word welcomes, the us, saudi arabia and others are rejecting the science behind climate change. what are the implications for using the words noted, not welcomes?m what are the implications for using the words noted, not welcomes? it is difficult to know at this point, obviously this is now the 24th, and after 2a years we are negotiating on these terms. but it shows that while these terms. but it shows that while the us and other countries remain at the us and other countries remain at the negotiating table, they are not committed to a strong plan of action. what has reaction been from the wider group to these four countries taking this decision? i think for smaller countries, like

the seychelles, it has devastated them. the developing and small island nations have been very frustrated that after this long week of talks, things have fractured along this relatively small issue. the important thing is that you can't agree on a simple term like welcoming the science, it makes me worried about what we can agree in future years. worried about what we can agree in future yea rs. we worried about what we can agree in future years. we have 190 parties trying to agree and there is a lot more to be done than this single word. what does this 1.5 degrees increase in celsius mean in terms of the impact of global warming? for small island nations it can mean the very existence of their country in the future, for small countries in the pacific, some of them are less than a few feet above sea level and very vulnerable to disappearing entirely with rising sea level. also

countries in the caribbean which are very vulnerable to hurricanes, as we saw in puerto rico and dominica. climate change for them would mean increasingly strong —— would be increasingly strong —— would be increasingly strong —— would be increasingly strong and frequent hurricanes, the islands might not be able to sustain a population in the future. james allum small. 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 british medical association's gp committee. he said the shortage probably contributed to the fall in the take—up of the vaccine.