this today at 5:00pm... government rejects claims it wants eu talks to fail... so that there'll be a no—deal brexit. brussels says there's no basis for further talks. the foreign secretary insists britain will leave the eu at the end of october. we wa nt we want to get a deal with the eu but we will be leaving if there is no movement from their side at the end of october come what may. we'll have the latest from brussels and westminster, and we'll be talking to a former diplomat about how the stalemate might be broken. the other main stories on bbc news at 5:00pm. an unreserved apology from chelsea football club for the years of child abuse by its former chief scout eddie heath. the nobel and pulitzer prize winning author, toni morrison, has died at the age of 88.

a teenager is charged with attempted murder after a six—year—old boy fell from the 10th floor of the tate modern art gallery. wayne rooney is heading back to britain from the united states. he'lljoin derby county as player/coach from january. and the mysterious life of the basking shark. a project to learn more about the behaviour of one of the ocean's biggest creatures. it's 5:00pm — our main story... the government has denied it wants talks with the eu to fail so that it can end up with a no—deal brexit. officials in brussels have claimed that borisjohnson has no intention of entering new negotiations, and that the government's central

scenario is a no—deal break at the end of october. mrjohnson has insisted he does want to reach a new deal with the eu, but says he's not prepared to open talks unless brussels drops the irish backstop, designed to avoid a return to a hard border dividing the island of ireland. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. borisjohnson meets his first foreign leader since moving into downing street. have you given up on trying to get a deal? the estonian prime minister might get more of a response, if he asks mrjohnson about his brexit plan. so far he has stuck firmly to his line that he wants a new deal, but the eu must first change its stance. in brussels, it seems hopes are fading of reaching an agreement. eu negotiators have told diplomats that there is currently no basis for meaningful discussions, and that talks are back where they were three years ago. the european union position remains unchanged. we have agreed the withdrawal agreement with the uk government,

the deal we have achieved is the best possible deal, and we are always willing to add language to the political declaration, but we will not reopen the withdrawal agreement. but back here, the man in charge of preparing the uk for no deal says it is those in brussels that need to budge. i am deeply saddened that the eu now seem to be refusing to negotiate with the uk. the prime minister has been clear he wants to negotiate a good deal with the european union, and he will apply all the energy of the government and ensure that in a spirit of friendliness, we can negotiate a new deal. but one thing is clear, the old deal has failed to pass the house of commons three times now, so we do need a new approach. visiting belfast this morning, the irish prime minister said that whatever happens from here on in, brexit won't be done and dusted when the deadline passes. this doesn't end on october the 31st. if there is a deal, we are going to enter into several years of negotiations on a new free—trade agreement with the uk and a new economic

and security partnership. if there is no deal, then, at a certain point, we will have to begin negotiations again, and the first items on the agenda will be citizens' rights, the financial settlement, and the solution to the irish border. and so, not for the first time, the brexit process appears to be deadlocked. both sides digging in, and the prospect of stalemate come the deadline of october the 31st. when mps return from their summer break in a few weeks, there may be more attempts to prevent a no—deal brexit — maybe a move by labour to try to force a general election. the government could have its own ideas. the summer stand—off can only last for so long. borisjohnson has been in no hurry to meet his other european counterparts, who may hold more sway in allowing a new brexit deal to be done. perhaps in the hope they will eventually give in, but time for that is coming out. but time for that is running out. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.

well, the foreign secretary dominic raab — who is in toronto meeting with his canadian counterpart — told the bbc that he hoped a deal with the eu would be worked out, but that brexit would take place on october 31st, with or without a deal in place. we have engaged with our eu friends and partners and it's very important, we want to get a deal with the eu, but we will be leaving if there is no movement from their side at the end of october come what may. there is a huge series of upsides from brexit, particularly with a more energetic and ambitious approach to our global role. last week i visited thailand and talked to many asia—pacific countries talking about the opportunities for britain ina talking about the opportunities for britain in a post—brexit environment. now i am talking with oui’ environment. now i am talking with our great canadian friends, i will speak with our american friends and also the mexicans. these are opportunities for the future, global opportunities for the future, global opportunities on trade, which is a

win—win for canada and the uk. security challenges and global challenges like climate change. all those areas where canada and uk have shared values and i see the friendship going from strength to strength. that was dominic raab, the foreign secretary. in a moment we will talk to mark lobel, our political correspondent who's in westminsterfor us. first, to gavin lee, our brussels correspondent. a pretty gloomy assessment by eu officials, saying talks are essentially back to where they were three years ago. the brexit negotiating team reported back to the 27 ambassadors for all the other eu countries and said basically as things stand, given borisjohnson‘s speech when he stood on the steps of downing street, and given the message we have had from the special envoy on brexit, david frost, who met with michel barnier within the last few days, there is no room for meaningful negotiations. and it comes down to an immovable object, which is the backstop, the insurance

mechanism to stop there being a hardboard on the island of ireland, and ultimately the position with the eu is that if the backstop goes then there is no deal. the equivalent position for the uk and boris johnson calls it undemocratic, is that if it stays, then there is no deal. it's as simple as that. the eu side see it as a horror show that's very slowly starting to move towards halloween, 86 days from the possibility of no—deal brexit and neither side is moving. on the one hand there are those who claim this is merely posturing, and at one point, face—to—face, because boris has not yet met with eu ministers, and it might happen at the g7 summit in biarritz in france, where the likes of donald tusk, jean—claude juncker, other eu leaders, they will wheat with boris johnson, juncker, other eu leaders, they will wheat with borisjohnson, and from the eu ambassador‘s side, that's when they will have the chance to be eye ball to when they will have the chance to be eyeball to eyeball and see if there isa eyeball to eyeball and see if there is a deal or not. mark lobel is at

westminster. we had the gloomy assessment from eu officials. what has been the government reaction to that? michael gove, taking part in tit—for—tat exchanges today in westminster, he was saying the eu are refusing to negotiate, but he didn't put any meat on the bone of what he wants to see from a new deal either. interesting that we have had concern from the dup and labour as we head closer to what looks like a i'io we head closer to what looks like a no deal. interestingly, the irish prime minister taking a slightly different approach to one gavin was talking about from brussels, outlining what would happen in a no deal scenario, saying the british government will still wake up at the negotiating table, they still have to sort out citizens' rights, the financial settlement and an irish border solution. those things are still on the table so there is no emergency exit or quick escape from ano emergency exit or quick escape from a no deal scenario. also a problem for the british government, our people at westminster concerned about no deal? jeremy corbyn has

said he would like a vote of no confidence as soon as possible, as sooi'i confidence as soon as possible, as soon as he thinks he can win it. some conservative mps like dominic grieve saying they might support that. and in scotland, a court case mps have brought there because the high court is sitting there to try to take the option for boris johnson to take the option for boris johnson to suspend parliament off the table if you wanted to for a no deal. mark lobel if you wanted to for a no deal. mark lobel, thank you from westminster. and thank you to gavin lee in brussels. i'm joined now by ian bond — former british diplomat who is now director of foreign policy, at the centre for european reform, which is a pro—eu think—tank. thanks very much for being with us. a bit ofa thanks very much for being with us. a bit of a war of words once more between london and brussels. essentially stalemate, do you think we are hurtling towards a no—deal brexit? i don't know whether we are hurtling, but we are certainly headed in that direction judging by the statements being made on both sides. the basic reason for that is the red line is that the british

government set down under theresa may have got us to the position we are in and borisjohnson is, if anything, making those lines more red and harder to cross. basically, the eu has set out a series of possible options for the future, most of which are ruled out by the red lines the uk itself has down. most of which are ruled out by the red lines the uk itself has downm this is a stalemate, an impasse, is there any way out of it? the way out of it is for borisjohnson to reconsider those red lines, but at the moment that's not the position he's in. it may be politically he feels no deal works better for him than a deal that would be complicated and messy and involve compromises and would therefore play into the hands of nigel farage and indeed the right wing of the conservative party. those eu

officials who have been quoted have been saying that no deal is now the central scenario of the british government, which would chime with what you are saying, that may be borisjohnson thinks it's the prefera ble borisjohnson thinks it's the preferable outcome in some ways politically. that's what worries me. from the perspective of the british economy, it's the worst outcome possible. but from the perspective of keeping the conservative party in power, it may not be the worst option. do you not think perhaps, and a lot of people will be saying, why can't brussels just to move a little on this issue of the backstop? the backstop is there to protect the interests of the rest of the eu and in particular the republic of ireland. there is a trilemma that theresa may faced and borisjohnson now trilemma that theresa may faced and boris johnson now faces, you trilemma that theresa may faced and borisjohnson now faces, you can have two out of three things. you

can either have the whole of the uk leaving the eu on the same terms. you can leave the single market and the customs union. or you can have no border on the island of ireland. you can have any two of those, but you can't have all three. boris johnson wants all three and he can't get them. that's just a matter of logic. some people have seen this as a game of bluff, a game of poker, a question of who blinks first. is that how you see it, with just over 80 days to go? it's more than a game of poker because you're playing poker with real peoples lives and livelihoods. i find it poker with real peoples lives and livelihoods. ifind it pretty extraordinary that with so little time to go there is a british government that, knowing what the damage will be, is prepared to gamble with that. ian bond, director of foreign policy at the centre for

european form, thank you for speaking to us. —— centre for european reform. and tomorrow we will have a special day of coverage looking at the consequences of a no deal brexit. we want you you to get in touch with your questions on all subjects — including politics, health, business, economy, security or anything else. throughout the day our correspondents and experts will answer your questions with a number of ‘bbc ask this‘ question and answer sessions. contact details are on the screen now — please do get in touch a damning report has found that a chief scout who worked for chelsea football club in the 1960s and ‘70s was a dangerous and prolific child abuser and says some adults at the club must have known. the club has apologised unreservedly for what it says was terrible sexual and racial abuse suffered by some of its former youth players. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is at stamford bridge.

natalie, tell us more about the findings in this report. the club said the 2a7 page exhaustive review intended to shine a bright light into the dark corners of this club's history. there is a specialist child protection barrister who has conducted these investigations, more than 100 people interviewed and 23 of them were victims. thousands of pages of evidence and the review concluded some adults must have known and simply turned a blind eye to the horrific child sexual abuse carried out by former chief scout eddie heath in the 70s. a man who is described as a prolific, manipulative and sophisticated sexual abuser, carrying out abuse that was planned and systematic and unchallenged. that took place between 1969 and 1978, with victims between 1969 and 1978, with victims between ten and 17 years old. eddie heath was known here as the star

maker, but in the review, many of the now men described him chillingly as simply nightmare eddie. the review calls out former assistant manager here dario gradi forfailing to tell more senior club staff about an allegation of sexual abuse brought to him by a player and the player's father. it's claimed dario gradi then told eddie heath about the allegation, which further subjected the boy to more bullying and intimidation. the review describes it as a lost opportunity to stop eddie heath going on to abuse others. the club has released abuse others. the club has released a lengthy statement apologising unreservedly to all victims and it says, we must continue to challenge ourselves to do better as a club and a sport. there was a secod review that focused specifically on racism at the club. "hat can you tell us? children's charity barnardo is carried out a second review, a

second 70 page report that concluded there was overwhelming information that young players between 1982 to the late 90s were subjected to bullying and racially abusive behaviour. it said there was a credible proof that former chelsea coach gwyn williams subjected black players to a daily tie rate of abuse. something he denies. damien winter was a youth player for two yea rs winter was a youth player for two years for chelsea in the 90s and he has spoken to the bbc about the culture of racism that existed there. the only safeguard i had was my parents. there was nothing my parents. there was nothing my parents could do. there was no support, no one to go to, especially in my time there, my first year, year and in my time there, my first year, yearand a in my time there, my first year, year and a half, in my time there, my first year, yearand a half, i in my time there, my first year, year and a half, i was the only black player on the team, so going into the changing rooms and being ridiculed because i didn't like being cold, i would wear my socks up. i would go to the showers and be ridiculed. there was expectations on

myself because of the ridicule i got. there was no voice back then. but the steps chelsea are taking, i am confident in what i have read and seen that there is going to be an end to this. because i don't think it's just... end to this. because i don't think it'sjust... from what i have read on the report, it's notjust the players that will benefit from this, it's the whole fan base as well. the club says gwyn williams‘ alleged behaviour took place in an environment where racism had become normalised, an environment where we don‘t have the kind of safeguarding we have today. the club said, we wa nt to we have today. the club said, we want to apologise for this deeply shocking behaviour. natalie pirks, thank you. a 17—year—old has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a six—year—old boy fell from the 10th floor of the tate modern on sunday. prosecutors told bromley youth court the child suffered a "deep" bleed to the brain as well as multiple

fractures. our correspondent dan johnson is outside bromley youth court. this was only a very short hearing, the 17—year—old did not speak beyond confirming his name, date of birth and address, and the fact he is british. police have confirmed they don‘t believe there was any previous connection between him and the six—year—old french boy who he is accused of throwing over the railings at the tate modern. he was arrested there on sunday afternoon as the gallery was evacuated. he hasn‘t yet had the chance to enter a plea but we learnt more today about the boy‘s injuries. we know he suffered a broken leg and broken arm and that he has fractured his spine in that fall. he also has a bleed on his brain, which is why there was such an urgent and serious response, why he was flown to hospital, and his condition is described as

critical but stable rather than life threatening. the teenager was told he will appear again threatening. the teenager was told he willappearagain in threatening. the teenager was told he will appear again in court, this time at the old bailey on thursday this week. until then, time at the old bailey on thursday this week. untilthen, he time at the old bailey on thursday this week. until then, he will be held in youth custody. dan johnson, thank you. tributes have been paid to the author toni morrison, who has died at the age of 88. she won both the pulitzer and nobel prizes for literature. she‘s perhaps best known for beloved — a novel which explores aspects of slavery, which was made into a film in 1998. her family said in a statement that her passing represents a tremendous loss and expressed gratitude for her long and well—lived life. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba is here. an extraordinary career for a woman built -- an extraordinary career for a woman built —— born in an ohio steel town in the depression and went on to win

the nobel prize for literature. it's incredible to look back on her writing over the decades. she was such an important writer for the black community, but more than that, for america. she open peoples eyes to the experiences of so many people from so many different parts of the american community, and it was something that resonated across the world as well. behind—the—scenes, when she graduated from university, she worked as a fiction editor and use that role to bring black writing more into the mainstream and then she started to publish books herself. as you mentioned, beloved is probably the one people will remember the most, part of a trilogy along with jazz and paradise, an incredible book, beloved is about an escaped female slave. that was the kind of writing she did, resonating with audiences, giving an aspect and view into history. she was quite rightly celebrated as one of the greats. oprah winfrey appeared in

the film version of beloved. she also featured many of toni morrison‘s books on her hugely influential book club. she will be desperately missed, but what a career, looking back at. a reflection of that is the tributes that have been coming in since news of her death broke. you mentioned the pulitzer and nobel prizes for literature that she won and she was also awarded the presidential medal of freedom by barack obama. he has been leading tributes, saying toni morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, is captivating in person, as she was on the page. her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and moral imagination. what a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while. another tribute from danielle brooks, an actress from the programme orange is the new black. she said, you‘re that

legacy will always live on, rest in peace. mallory blackman, the children‘s laureate from 2015, has also paid tribute. saying her writing was truly sublime. just a flavour of the tributes coming in. beyond that, perhaps more importantly, there are tributes flooding in from members of the public, millions of people who read her books, understood and enjoyed them and were just entertained and educated by them. those readers out there who will never be as famous as there who will never be as famous as the ones we have heard from, perhaps the ones we have heard from, perhaps the ones we have heard from, perhaps the ones most important to toni morrison. lees owners and become a thank you. and stay with us, we‘ll be talking to the reverend jesse jackson at 5:45pm about toni morrison and her legacy in civil rights and american literature.

the water level at the damaged dam above the town of whaley bridge in derbyshire has now dropped by eight metres. emergency workers are due to inspect the damage today. it‘s six days since around 1,500 whaley bridge residents were asked to leave their homes because of the risk of flooding. they hope to find out later when they can return. our correspondent fiona trott is in whaley bridge. i suppose that‘s the most pressing question for the people there who have been evacuated, when can they go back home? there is an answer for them, they are being told right now that should be in the next few days. that‘s the latest from derbyshire police. so long as emergency services are 100% happy the area is safe, but that will be very welcome news to the residents. they are able to say that now because of hard work that has been going on here. for the last six days, 23 pumps behind us,

getting the water level down so engineers can inspect the damage on both sides of the dam wall. emergency teams from the air force, a chinook helicopter behind me, fire crews from ten different regions across the country and private contractors too. earlier we spoke to the canal and river trust, who explained to us how the wall is being assessed. we are monitoring with lasers the face of the dam to see if there is any movement. we are obviously monitoring the lowering of the water levels manually, and we can see it is lowering significantly. we are seeing if there is any further damage as the water levels come down within the reservoir structure itself. chapel en le frith, a few miles away from here, a preplanned public meeting, is happening right now with around 250 residents there. a few

headlines from that meeting, police are thanking residents for their patients. they say they have been fantastic. we are being told that residents of horwich end can go home. they will be relieved after so many days out of their homes that they can now return. we‘re also hearing that the water has actually gone down now at a very fast speed, nearly 9.5 metres the normal level and that‘s great for the engineers here who need access. one other thing from that public meeting, they will be putting peoples minds at rest. they are concerned about burglaries but police will be saying to them, we have drones and patrols, just please be patient and bear with us. fiona trott, thank you, good news for the residents from whaley bridge. 108 mps have told the bbc they have had contact with the police due to threats and abuse they‘ve received.

a bbc survey of mps found that three quarters of those who responded said they had been threatened or abused. the deputy speaker sir lindsay hoyle who chairs parliament‘s security panel said some mps have told him they will not stand at the next election because of fears for their safety. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. (bleep) off out of our country. you‘re not even british. you‘re not english. you have to be white to be english. you're all a bunch of lying traitors and should be taken outside and shot. pictures of decapitated bodies with messages saying that individuals were going to come after my family. i‘m going to come round to your office, i‘m going to kick down the door and i‘m going to effing her to you. going to effing hurt you. simon, you're a (bleep). you're a fake, phony, pathetic excuse of an mp. i'm going to murder you, i'm going to rape your wife, i'm going to rape your daughters. you shouldn‘t have a british passport. you‘re an isis sympathiser. imean, it‘s... a long line of expletives! in research conducted by bbc news, more than three quarters of mps

who responded told us they had been targeted for abuse. of those, 77% had contact with the police, and 20 mps told us they had received death threats. when your son answers the door and it‘s the bomb squad in full equipment, dealing with a potential bomb attack, that‘s not nice for a teenager. makes you wonder as to whether or not you've put your family inadvertently at risk. do you feel your safety is at risk? yes, i've had to have increased security around my house. i've had advice from police regarding cordoning off part of my garden so that my children can play safely. i have been threatened and abused. somebody got 56 days. you just never know what steps somebody might take next time, and who they might have a go at. somebody threaten to nail bomb our office.

in any other profession, a hr team would be in complete meltdown with some of this stuff. i have been in situations where i have felt threatened for my own physical safety, and i have the murder ofjo cox in the back of my mind. it's very, very frightening. research by sheffield university into twitter abuse shows david lammy is the most abused mp. that male mps receive more abuse than female ones. and injune, mps received more abuse than ever before. they would have seen maybe, for a month there would be 20—30,000 abusive messages, whereas if we take the month ofjune, there were now around 60,000 abusive messages in total. so effectively this is a very significant increase in terms of the abuse they are receiving and they are exposed to. mps now carry personal alarms, and many have changed the way

constituency surgeries operate and have increased security there and at home. and a police team deal with many more complaints. we know that people feel intimidated to change their vote. they feel that the stress has gone beyond. but it‘s the threat level that is beyond anything we have ever known before, and the fact is that when mps turn round to me and say, lindsay, i‘m not going to stand again, i don‘t feel safe, i don‘t need this, my family has got to come first, we are in danger of losing democracy in this country. an mp has already been murdered. there have been attempts to kill others. physical and verbal attacks. soubry! and a constant barrage of online abuse. and the dividing lines of brexit are still to be settled. this is so absolutely widespread that it‘s just become almost normalised as part of politics now. lucy manning, bbc news.

time for a look at the weather. here‘s alina jenkins. we had some sunshine today and also quite a few showers. they continue overnight particularly across scotland. using elsewhere but a couple still across northern ireland, the north of england and down into the midlands and north wales. not a cold night with temperatures between 11, 1a degrees. another day of sunshine and showers tomorrow. still a good scattering showers across northern ireland and scotla nd showers across northern ireland and scotland with the risk of thunder and lightning. warmer in england and wales and still the mid, high teens across northern ireland and scotland. a mainly dry day on

thursday but heavy rain sweeping across the uk on friday and tried and with that some strong wind and the potential for severe gales across england and wales by saturday. stay tuned over the next few days. this is bbc news. the headlines. the government rejects claims it wants eu talks to fail, so that there‘ll be a no—deal brexit. ministers insist britain will leave the eu at the end of october. an unreserved apology from chelsea football club for the years of child abuse by its former chief scout eddie heath. some people evacuated from properties below are damage done in derbyshire are likely to be able to return to their homes in the next few days after an inspection by emergency workers. the nobel and pulitzer prize winning author, toni morrison, has died at the age of 88.

a teenager is charged with attempted murder after a six—year—old boy fell from the 10th floor of the tate modern art gallery. a look at the sport now with sarah mulkerrins. it is all about wayne rooney as he will leave america where he currently plays for dc united and return to england at the end of the major league soccer season in october. he has signed an initial 18 month contract with the championship side derby county. his role will include coaching as well as playing but he will not be able to play in england until january. this but he will not be able to play in england untiljanuary. this was a short time ago at the club. the opportunity to come back to england and play but also to take up a coaching role with the club and work under philip was too great to turn

down so i'm delighted to be back here. i look forward to coming back injanuary and here. i look forward to coming back in january and trying to help the team push forward and hopefully push for promotion. i want to come and play first and foremost and try to help the team and then secondly i wa nt help the team and then secondly i want to try to learn with philip and his staff to gain experience for when i do stop playing and go to that next step. james anderson is to miss the next test match. england picked him anyway in that game in birmingham when australia romped to a comfortable victory. he is out of the lord‘s test match so either olly stone orjofra archer will replace england‘s all—time leading wicket taker. archer has been warming up for a potential test you. and he has

proved his ability with the bat. you might suspect that australia‘s attack might be a little bit tougher! laurent koscielny has finalised a move from arsenal to bordeaux in a deal worth up £4.6 million. the centre—back had a year left on his contract but refused to travel to their preseason tour to the united states and had asked for a free transfer. arsenal thanked the frenchman for his nine years at the club and wished him all the best for the future. england will name their world cup squad after their summer international against wales on sunday. mike brown and ben te‘o will not have a chance to stake their claim for a place in it. they‘ve been left out by coach eddiejones who says whilst they may be disappointed to miss out, they may get another opportunity so must be ready. northampton flanker lewis ludlam and bath wing ruaridh mcconnochie

could make their debuts at twickenham. we have the women‘s 2020 superleague and english players having been beaten at the ashes will be joined by international stars at headingley this evening. the australian wicketkeeper will be playing and says that it will be strange to play alongside some of the players that she faced in the ashes. one of the best parts about domestic competitions around the world as you get to meet new people and i look forward to it, i played a lot of cricket and it will be nice to be on the other side of it. sally pearson the other side of it. sally pearson the current world champion and london 2012 gold medallist in the 100 metre hurdles has been forced to retire from the sport. she has been

struggling with persistent injury and says she no longer believes that her body will be able to cope with the demands of training and winning so this means that australia‘s most successful track athlete of the past decade will not defend her world title in october. that is all the support for the moment, lots more coming up at 6:30pm. more now on britain‘s withdrawal from the eu. michael gove who is the cabinet minister in charge of no—deal planning says he is saddened that the eu seems to be refusing to negotiate with the uk over a new brexit deal. it comes after the eu said uk demands to remove the irish backstop from theresa may‘s deal were unacceptable. holger hestermeyer is a reader at king‘s college london — specialising in international dispute resolution. hejoins us via

he joins us via webcam from germany for the bed looks less of both sides may be boxed in at the moment? pleasure to be with you and absolutely i think the problem is both sides have taken positions because of the incentives they have. the eu has already crossed its bloodlines last time by offering an all uk customs union and that did not get the deal across parliament. so the eu needs to be convinced that anything that they do now gets the deal across the line. on the other side the government has barely got a majority said they are preparing for an election and they need to steal the ground from the brexit party and that means drifting away in what they say from a deal. originally it was we want the time limit, but moved to the backstop needs to be taken out and that move to that is not enough. so no incentive out for the eu to engage because they do not

see what will be the offer that can lead to an agreement whereas on the uk site if they approach the eu the government might lose an upcoming election. so following on from that to you then believe a odile brexit looking pretty inevitable now?|j currently looking pretty inevitable now?” currently see a no deal pretty likely and i think what is between us likely and i think what is between us and no deal is what parliament will do. i do not think anyone can tell. some have suggested that it might be boris johnson, tell. some have suggested that it might be borisjohnson, to be in his interest to have a no—deal brexit and politically less messy for him than a deal that would involve some compromise? i think what some surveys have suggested, that he would benefit politically from no deal but i think he also has to think from day to day about his political survival and i think u nfortu nately we a re political survival and i think unfortunately we are in a situation

where the incentives set by that thought will not lead us to a deal. who do you think would lose most from no—deal brexit, who stands to lose the most, the eu by the uk? all eve ryo ne lose the most, the eu by the uk? all everyone loses. given that for the uka larger everyone loses. given that for the uk a larger part of economic activities is with the eu than the reverse for the european union with the uk then i think the uk would stand to lose more but i think basically that is details and eve ryo ne basically that is details and everyone loses in this scenario. thank you very much forjoining us. a british airways flight had to be evacuated after smoke poured into the cabin minutes before it was due to land. the plane, travelling from london to valencia in spain, was on its descent when smoke began filling the cabin. the pilots had to make an emergency landing wearing oxygen masks. the flight‘s 175 passengers then had to slide down escape chutes to get off the plane.

michael cowan reports. the final minutes of the british airways flight to valencia. one passenger described it as being like a scene from a horror film. ba flight 422 took off from london heathrow yesterday morning. but ten minutes before landing in valencia passengers were surrounded by an acrid smoke. very quickly you couldn‘t see the passenger two seats down from you. it became very thick and we were descending quite quickly at that point. there wasn‘t an official announcement about what was happening, but people were saying, get down, so we were trying to breathe in the cleaner air towards the floor of the cabin. it‘s been reported the cockpit was so smoky the pilots also wore oxygen masks. another flyer told the bbc as the plane came into land, some passengers were crying.

once we got on the ground everybody jumped out of their seats expecting the doors to just sort of fling open. and it was a good three or four minutes before the doors opened, people were shouting, open the doors, why aren‘t you opening the doors? fire crews greeted the flight on the runway in valencia where all the passengers were helped to safety. british airways says three customers were taken to hospital as a precaution but have since been discharged. but the airline has drawn criticism from those travelling with one passenger taking to social media saying, plane full of smoke, no oxygen, no announcements on the plane and no staff dealing with anything in the airport. ba has apologised, saying the safety of our customers and crew is always our highest priority. in addition to our team on site british airways team members have arrived in valencia to help our customers and our local airport partners with anything they need. michael cowan, bbc news.

indian—administered kashmir remains in lockdown for a second day, after delhi stripped its only state with a muslim majority of its special status. mobile phone and internet services are severely restricted, schools and businesses are shut, and thousands of troops are patrolling the streets. india and pakistan, both nuclear powers, have fought over kashmir since they became independent in 19117. it was feared this latest move would trigger widespread protests — but the communications blackout means there is currently no word on how people have reacted. our correspondent paul adams reports. a state in lockdown, all but cut off from the outside world. india has flooded jammu and kashmir with tens of thousands of extra troops and police. phone lines and the internet have been blocked since sunday. the result — an atmosphere of uncertainty and apprehension. but some are happy.

among the state‘s non—muslim minority, expressions of support for the government‘s bold move. translation: this is an historic decision by the modi government. a very big thing has been done by the government. a priceless gift has been given to the country, which one wouldn‘t have thought possible in a lifetime. across this vast country, there is little doubt something decisive has happened. the indian government breaking with more than 70 years of history. newsreel: more news from kashmir, the once peaceful mountain state... the former princely state joined hindu majority india in 1947, but only after india gave it special status. muslim—majority pakistan clings to a rival claim. the two countries have gone to war overjammu and kashmir four times. since 1972, the area has been split in two, along the so—called line of control, but the conflict has never gone away. yesterday‘s announcement, stripping jammu and kashmir of its special status, caused uproar in the indian parliament.

the government of narendra modi says it is necessary for security and the state‘s economic development. critics point to a different motivation. the idea that kashmir requires, or even deserves any special status constitutionally is beyond the pale for him, because his perspective is very much the sort of centralising force of indian politics, that is a sort of hindu nationalist mobilisation behind his election and his recent re—election. in pakistan, outrage and a sense of crisis. kashmir is an incendiary issue. successive governments have sponsored violent groups there. as parliament meets to discuss the issue, the country‘s military has warned of retaliation. kashmir is now officially invaded by india. it is an illegal step, it is unconstitutional.

pakistan seems poised to take the dispute to the un security council. india says jammu and kashmir is a domestic issue. and all the while, from the streets at the heart of this crisis, an uneasy silence. paul adams, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the government rejects claims it wants eu talks to fail, so that there‘ll be a no—deal brexit. ministers insist britain will leave the eu at the end of october. an unreserved apology from chelsea football club for the years of child abuse by its former chief scout eddie heath. some people evacuated from properties below a damaged dam in derbyshire are likely to be able to return to their homes over the next few days, after an inspection by emergency workers. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on.

one of america‘s best—known writers, toni morrison, has died in new york at the age of 88. in a long and celebrated career she won both the pulitzer and nobel prizes for literature. here she is talking to razia iqbal in 2014 about her early career, her first novel and her pride at winning the nobel prize. i remember being at an authors event andi i remember being at an authors event and i think somebody said toni morrison, this wonderful writer. i do not think of her as a woman writer. i do not think of her as an african—american writer, i think of her as, african—american writer, i think of heras, and he african—american writer, i think of her as, and he paused and i said, african—american writer, i think of heras, and he paused and i said, a white male writer? so the categories that we were being put in. so i claimed it, yes, iam a black woman

writer whatever that means. i wanted to read that book and i could not find it and thought maybe if i looked hard enough somebody had written a story about those things and about putting a young black child centre stage. without making fun of her, she is not any of these cliched things and i thought someone probably was writing that book or would write it but no one did and i was eager to read it. i did not think i could read it unless i wrote it. the new york times i think one said she writes this way i think just to avoid the cliche. yes! i felt proud in a number of ways. i was a proud female, from ohio. not a

lot of females had won that prize and the other thing was they gave such a great party! that party was unbelievable! four days and days! so everything about it was fantastic. let‘s go to chicago now and speak to civil rights activist reverend jesse jackson. lets get his thoughts about toni morrison. she once said i wanted to read a book about the most vulnerable person in society, female, child, black and it was not around so i started to write it. did she capture the african—american experience in a way that few other writers have managed to do? she was.

beloved took the pulitzer prize. she was not limited to race or gender. it was an extraordinary achievement that she was born in a steel town in ohio in the great depression and then she went on to win all these prizes, the pulitzer prize, the nobel prize, an incredible achievement. she transcended everything. everything was dark and the light came and she took advantage of it. a profound writer. even now she is a great force and we honour her because she lived and not just because she died. what was it about her storytelling that was so rich? she once said i wanted to restore the language that black people spoke to its original power, a language that is rich but not

ornate. well growing up i had that experience, she was the best of the authentic environment. and we love and cherish her memory. what is her legacy, do you think she gave a voice in a sense in terms of literature to black people in the united states? well she was a great writer, one of the best ever. gender conscious, yes but not limited to race or gender. that is their legacy, that she affirmed her gender and her african background but was

not limited by race or gender and transcended the limitations society imposed upon us and that is part of her legacy. race is still so much an issue in the united states and even now in the last few minutes we have heard from police in texas who have apologised after an image of two white officers on horseback leading a handcuffed black man by a rope which caused an outcry. what are your thoughts about that? that expression of a white male supremacist behaviour, that is the environment that is so terrible these days and there is a focus on racial exploitation. it has had the impact of being divisive and

dangerous. it has a way of demonising people and it endangers them. if we demonise people, women or races, you jeopardise the people than at the border. 30 million people remember, migrant workers. silicon valley is driven by young indian students. you talk of a border crisis bite so many people in this country, it is important that we explore the border crisis and

fear and hate. good to talk to you as ever and thank you so much for joining us. the basking shark is one of the world‘s largest fish. but, despite being fairly common off the west coast of scotland, little is known about their behaviour. now scientists are using groundbreaking technology to follow basking sharks below the surface — and uncover more about their group behaviour — and courtship. drjenny oates leads the uk seas project for the world wildlife fund uk—— a project working to develop the right protection and management for our seas and marine wildlife. she‘s in our cardiff studio. tell us more about basking sharks. they are the largest fish in uk waters, the second largest fish in the world and they are huge animals

with a giant mouth that they use to filter the water for plankton. these basking sharks occur in high numbers of the west coast of scotland in summerand it of the west coast of scotland in summer and it looks like this area could be quite important for them. they‘ve shown courtship behaviours in that area. we wanted to do this project to find out more about what they do under water in the area. and how are you going to find out more about their behaviour? as part of the project will use some exciting new technology. the reamer shark camera, an underwater robot which follows them underwater and connects remotely follows them underwater and connects re m otely to follows them underwater and connects remotely to a tab attached to the sharks and follows their every move. the robot has cameras all the mandates you get 360 view, 360 degrees views of their behaviour underwater. and i gather that

courtship behaviour in particular? indeed, we certainly seen in this area that they are showing courtship behaviour on the surface but what we hope to capture with this new technology is their breeding behaviour underwater and that has never before been witnessed in basking sharks anywhere in the world. and is part of this to make the case that they need better protection? yes, we know basking sharks occur in high numbers in this area so clearly it is important for them but if we can show that the area is important for their breeding as well it will help us to reinforce the case for designating the area as a marine protected area and currently it is that consultation with the scottish government as a proposed marine protected area and we hope this new information we are gathering can help, help to strengthen the case and make sure basking sharks are getting the protections they need. to what extent a re protections they need. to what extent are they under threat because they are astonishing creatures but how much are they under threat? there numbers have decreased

severely in the past ten or 15 years only due to fishing. the basking sharks are being fished for their oil and liver but other fishing for basking sharks does not occur any more they‘re still under threat from being accidentally caught up in fishing nets and being hit by boats. so it is important to protect them from these potential threats. good to talk to you and good luck with your project. time for a look at the weather. here‘s alina jenkins. by by the end of this week we have some very disturbed weather. we had some sunshine around today and some of us did dodge does show it entirely. for others we had frequent showers and thunder and lightning and torrential rain merging to give longer spells of rain. that is a link to this slow—moving area of low pressure which is still with us overnight.

particular across scotland. still some showers across the north of england and parts of northern ireland but tending to ease off. we could have some still across parts of wales and the midlands. in temperatures between 11 and 1a celsius for most. tomorrow again sunshine and showers but probably fewer showers across england and wales. still a good scattering across northern ireland and heavy showers across scotland with thunder and lightning. and once again emerging to give longer spells of rain. still a breezy day but not as gusty as we had today. in the sunshine up to 2a celsius. across scotla nd sunshine up to 2a celsius. across scotland and northern ireland more like the mid to high teens.

elsewhere the showers ease and that isa sign elsewhere the showers ease and that is a sign of things to come going into thursday because then we are in between the weather systems come in between the weather systems come in between low pressure systems. many dry for many but we keep a close eye on what is approaching us from the atlantic. for thursday most places will be dry apart from the far north of scotland. then the cloud and rain gathers in the south—west and that isa sign gathers in the south—west and that is a sign of things to come as we go into friday. we keep a close eye on this area of low pressure which is unusually deep for the time of year. that moves in on friday bringing very heavy rain for a time and behind that the wind really starting to strengthen. so for fridays some heavy rain for a large the uk. and the wind strengthening all the while and by the time we get to saturday

they could be up to gale force across england and wales.

chelsea football club apologises unreservedly after the man who was their chief scout for a decade is revealed as a dangerous and prolific paedophile. eddie heath preyed on children as young as ten during the 1970s — one of his victims says he was groomed from the age of 13. everyone at a young age wanted to play professional football, as they do now. no—one asked for this to happen. our dreams, our livelihoods, our life has been just basically ruined. a separate investigation also found that black players were racially abused by a coach in the 1980s and ‘90s. also tonight... the prime minister welcomes his first eu leader to downing street — estonia‘s prime minister, but his message to brussels remains uncompromising. a court‘s told the six—year—old allegedly pushed from the tenth