hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm... police searching for missing teenager nora quoirin in malaysia say they are very certain they have found her body. pro democracy protesters occupy hong kong airport again — all departing flights have been cancelled. a ban on drivers using hands free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport with ben. joe root‘s been looking ahead to the 2nd ashes test. just a day away now. lord's is the venue. all eyes are on the bowling attacks, particularly injofra archer. joe root is saying he is

excited to see what he can deliver and hopes he can back up his confident pre—game chat and i will have more on that and any changes to the australian team later. thanks ben. and stav has all the weather — more wet conditions on the way. but never mind, look at that lavender. i knew you would like that. there is a ridge of high pressure and it is going to be one of those weeks writers flip—flopping. tomorrow is going to be...i flip—flopping. tomorrow is going to be... i will have all the details later and the global study. thanks stav. also coming up — celebrating the ii%. today's the day to mark the benefits and disadvantages of being left—handed.

hello, this is afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. police searching for 15—year—old nora quorin, who went missing while on holiday with herfamily in malaysia, say they our very certain that they have found her body. the body has been airlifted to hospital for identification by her family. hundreds of volunteers have joined the search for nora since she disappeared from her room at the dusun resort on the 4th of august. the body was found just over a mile from the hotel. richard lister reports. nora quoirin, described by her family as a sweet, sensitive girl with severe learning difficulties. they are convinced she was abducted. not! rescue teams set off again this morning to search the rainforest around the holiday resort where she disappeared. for ten days, hundreds of people have been probing the dense undergrowth and finding no trace of her. but today, a grim new development,

this man came to police to report that he'd found a body at a nearby palm oil plantation. he took investigators to the scene. translation: we have found a body, a woman's body with white skin. right now, we can't confirm her identity, we have contacted the forensic pathology team to investigate and determine who it is. for nora's parents, meabh and sebastien, this has been the worst kind of ordeal, only yesterday they announced a reward for information about her. she has been vulnerable since the day she was born, she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. forensic teams are working in the area for the body was found, it's —— where the body was found, it has been treated as a crime scene. the police also brought any helicopter which are not a recovery cage to

those on the ground. we confirmed there is a body there which resembles nora. yet to be confirmed by the family. and just now the body was winched by helicopter to the hospital. efforts are now being made to establish conclusively whether nora has in fact been found ten days after the family arrived in malaysia for what was intended to be the holiday of a lifetime. richard lister, bbc news. flights are grounded at hong kong international airport for a second day, as pro democracy protests continue there. demonstrations over fears that hong kong's limited autonomy from mainland china is being eroded, began ten weeks ago. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, has warned "a dangerous situation" has been reached. beijing has threatened to intervene, and state media has shown pictures of security forces gathering near the border. stephen mcdonell reports. pro—democracy activists have again

brought hong kong airport departures hall to a virtual standstill. check—in counters have been closed, outbound flights cancelled, with tense scenes as passengers were blocked from flying out. sorry, sorry, sorry! i need to see my family. in previous days, protesters had treated the airport sit—in as a peaceful awareness exercise. now they've changed tactics. this is an active attempt to shut down business here. demonstrators say economic disruption will now be used to draw attention to their calls for democratic reforms. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, said today they are thrusting the city into a state of panic and chaos. translation: so here i ask everybody again to put aside our differences and calm down. take a minute to look at our city, our home.

can we bear to push it into the abyss and see it smashed to pieces? she was asked repeatedly if she was able to make decisions independently of the central government in beijing. this question has been answered on previous occasions. but you've evaded the question on numerous occasions. though beijing has expressed confidence in carrie lam's administration, state—run media has also shown convoys of paramilitary police gathering in the border city of shenzhen, with one communist party newspaper warning protesters that if they can't read this signal, they are asking for destruction. come on, you're being really selfish here! at the moment, protesters are not backing down in the face of such threats. some even believe that triggering a major crisis might even further their cause. either way, hong kong's political crisis has moved into its tenth week, with no end in site.

—— with no end in sight. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. our asia correspondent, jonathan head, is at hong kong's airport. for a second day there is complete chaos here as passengers queue up for flights that might never go, more and more of them are being cancelled and this airport once again looks like it's going to shut down for the night. when these protesters started the rally here at the airport, the objective was to get international attention for their grievances, their complaints about the police. but in the last 2a hours we've seen a change, they've come in today and completely shut down operations here. they are going around, you can see them, walking with posters dry to explain to these passengers why they've had to do —— trying to explain to these passengers might have had to do this, but this is massive disruption of one of the world's busiest transport hubs. the question is how much longer will the hong kong government put up with this? we've heard the chief executive carrie lam today insisting she will not change tack, she is backing the police and

of course we are getting increasingly ominous sounds from beijing which is describing what is happening here as terrorism and saying it has to stop, that it will use an iron fist so these young protesters determined to carry on, apparently not intimidated by what china is saying, by what the hong kong government is saying and yet this is going on, day after day, something has to give. jonathan head reporting from hong kong airport. some are breaking news to bring you now. the police and made malaysia have said that the body that they have found in their search for nora quorin is that of nora. herfamily search for nora quorin is that of nora. her family had search for nora quorin is that of nora. herfamily had been brought in to identify the body that had been found a short distance from the resort that the family have been staying at. the family had identified nora and a postmortem

will be carried out tomorrow and a senior pathologist will come from the capital kuala lumpur to carry out that examination. place confirming that the body that they had found in that search as that of 15—year—old nora quorin. one of president trump's most senior officials has promised fast—tracked trade deals between britain and the us after brexit. speaking after talks with borisjohnson in downing street, john bolton said deals could be agreed sector by sector, for swift progress. it's a boost for the prime minister's brexit strategy, but some are worried about what the white house would demand in return. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. isjohn bolton the bearer of good news? he says the trump administration wants brexit to be a success, and knows how to help. trade deals are notoriously complicated. after any kind of brexit, britain will need them. mr bolton is offering an accelerated series of deals, sector by sector, with cars and other manufactured goods among the first to be sorted.

what we can very warmly welcome is the political priority the united states is giving to trade negotiations with the united kingdom, and it's also a very important concession to agree to have these talks sector by sector in order that we can get some results as early as possible, because a full comprehensive trade negotiation could take years and years. other areas including agriculture and that famous chlorinated chicken, will take longer to agree. but here, too, mr bolton said there will be lots of support in congress for speedy ratification. britain's successful exit from the eu, he says, is very much in america's interest. it all sounds very appealing. the us is the largest single export market for the uk. but as a bloc, the eu is still much bigger. and there's another concern. will britain's newly isolated status make us susceptible to all sorts of other american demands? i think you have to be a little bit

careful of someone like john bolton bearing gifts, because this is a very transactional administration, as you know, and they will want something in return. this is notjust, here, we love you, we are going to make life easy for you post—brexit. there will be requests in return. those could include siding with the us over iran, and the future of a nuclear deal struck four years ago. downing street says thejohnson government remains committed to the deal, but it's already hanging by a thread. and then there's huawei and washington's demand that britain should not involve the chinese telecommunications giant in any of our 56 network. mr bolton says tricky issues can be put off for now, but both are pressing and hard to ignore. paul adams, bbc news. a couple of lines from the prime

minister on trade deals, he says, we will have to do with partners across the channel, but a us trade deal will be a tough old haggle, but we will be a tough old haggle, but we will get there. police in australia have thanked members of the public in sydney, including three men from manchester, who helped restrain a man who was attacking pedestrians with a knife. a woman was stabbed in the incident in the city centre. police do not believe the man has any links with terrorism. phil mercer reports. terrifying carnage is how the police have described the rampage in sydney. video footage shows the suspect apparently shouting god is great in arabic and shoot me. the man is eventually tackled to the ground, pinned down with a cafe chair and milk crate before police arrived. what's that? a group of british men had been working in an office nearby when they heard the commotion. they ran down and chased the alleged offender.

i think he had a balaclava on, jumped on a cart wielding the knife with blood on it and we are like, what is going on here so we immediately, all of us, went down the escalator and we just continued to chase the guy and my brother and ijust ran across here, these boys followed and we managed to get a grip along with another guy and we've got a grip of him and restrained him fully. the courage of the three british men and others has been recognised by australian police. a number of members of the public actually physically restrained the offender and i want to acknowledge those people, those members of the public, who got involved. they are brave and i can only use that word seriously, they were significantly brave people. to approach a person with a mindset, what this person did the man wielding the large butchers knife has been identified as a 21—year—old man with a history of mental problems. australian police say he was acting

alone and don't believe he has any links to terrorism. the motivation for the attack is not yet known. phil mercer, bbc news. new figures show that unemployment rose but average wages increased by the highest rate in ii rose but average wages increased by the highest rate in 11 years. employment is creased to the highest rate, boosted by working women. an influential committee of mps says the government should consider banning drivers from all mobile phone use, including hands—free devices. the commons transport select committee says current laws should be updated, as hands—free phones arejust as dangerous while you drive, as actually holding a phone. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. if you're caught using your phone at the wheel, you can get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. the government toughened the law two years ago. but in a report out today, mps

on the transport select committee say it's still an insufficient deterrent and they say maybe using your phone on hands—free at the wheel should be illegal too. darrell martin's brother lee was killed aged 48 by a driver who was texting at the wheel. darrell supports a ban on hands—free. the bloke that killed him was driving in a van at 60 miles an hour, and was writing a text message. it was a series of text messages and he was travelling about 30 and he had about 30 seconds when he could have seen my brother on a dual carriageway. he was cycling on the road. and hejust wiped my brother out at high speed. i don't think there's any reason to be using your phone at all in a car, is there, really? and hands—free, it's another distraction, if you're in the car and you're talking to someone that's not in the car, your heads not really in the room, is it?

the number of people killed or seriously injured in an accident where a driver was using a phone has been rising steadily in recent years. in 2009, 15 people were killed in accidents where a driver was using a phone. four years later, that figure had risen to 26. and by 2017, 43 people had died in accidents involving a phone. mps who wrote today's report say action is needed. it simply isn't safe, and that's why we think the government need to clarify, because the current law gives the impression that it's safe to use a mobile phone whilst driving if it's hands—free, and the evidence is that it isn't safe, that it's actually dangerous. the mps say evidence suggests the police are not enforcing the law. the numbers of penalties issued in the past eight years has fallen by two thirds. but banning mobile phones on hands—free would be controversial. many use it for work and some will argue that talking at the wheel doesn't have to distract you. tom burridge, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines... the family of nora quorin had identified the body found in the jungle as hers. pro—democracy protesters occupy hong kong airport again — all departing flights have been cancelled. a ban on drivers using hands free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. and joe root says that england could do with someone with the contents of jofra archer. andy murray has ruled himself out of the open singles any fortnight. and great britain shauna cooksey has won a bronze medal at the climbing championships injapan. she came third in a building and

will qualify —— can qualify for her first 0lympics next week. just more up first 0lympics next week. just more up to two. the climate change campaigner greta thunberg is in plymouth, where she's preparing to cross the atlantic by boat to attend a summit at the united nations in new york. the journey — on a small yacht with no basic amenities — will take two weeks. the 16—year—old says she's sending a signal by travelling carbon—free. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt is in plymouth. i might feel a bit seasick and it's not going to be comfortable but that i can live with. this boat is a pure wind machine. and if it's really hard then i have to think it's only for two weeks, then i can go back to as usual. this trip across the north atlantic is even difficult for me and so we really try to do everything to make it as smooth as possible. greta thunberg is sailing to new york for a un climate summit of world leaders.

she wants the trip to be as low carbon as possible. this boat is fast but she is not comfortable. so no washing, no shower. we just put clothes on and we keep them for two weeks. there is no kitchen, no fridge, no heating and no privacy. so here you have your little intimate corner, you can hide here and use the bucket. this blue bucket is the toilet! look! so what is the point? i stopped flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing. the boat's electricity is from solar panels and turbines. the emissions of greenhouse gases global haven't gone down, scientific studies show that around the year 2020 the emission

curve must have been bended down if we are to have a chance to stay below the 1.5 or 2 degrees of warming limits. so this is the bunk where greta will be sleeping, there is a little curtain should she want it and look at this, when the boats tipping over, you can pull this up and wedge yourself and you are actually quite squeezed in against the hull so you are not going to fall out and actually, i'll be honest, it's quite cosy. before i felt lonely both because i have asperger‘s syndrome and i don't enjoy socialising but also because it felt like i was the only one who cared about the climate and the ecological crisis. no one i knew cared about this and i felt like i was the only one. it makes me feel good that i'm not alone in this fight and it feels like my life has

got some kind of meaning lately, that i feel what i'm doing is meaningful. the climate change campaigner greta thunberg ending that report by justin rowlatt. the court of session in edinburgh has agreed to fast track a legal challenge to try to prevent boris johnson from suspending parliament to force through a no—deal brexit. the court ruled that a full hearing should be held on the sixth of september. more on this now here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. james, has significant is this? it is the latest of a number of legal challenges that there had been to try to stop brexit. this is happening just a few weeks before the actual brexit date of the 31st of october. it does have high—profile figures like the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, supporting it and members of the snp in particular, the lawyer and mpjoanna of the snp in particular, the lawyer and mp joanna teddy. of the snp in particular, the lawyer

and mpjoanna teddy. and heidi allen, of course, a former conservative mp —— joanna teddy. there is no certainty as to what will happen to this legal challenge. how long is it likely to take? time is of the essence. we have talked about the fact that brexit happens and is scheduled to happen at the end of october. the people pushing this case supporting this case, hope that the court of session can reach a decision sometime in september or 0ctober. a decision sometime in september or october. the next hearing is scheduled for the 6th of october. they believe that they can get a resort for before the end of 0ctober. resort for before the end of october. thank you very much, james shaw in glasgow. family spending on uniforms topped over a billion pounds last year. in scotland and wales, new policies have been brought in to offer grants to the poorest families — but in england, councils are finding it increasingly difficult to provide any such support. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent,

colletta smith, has been to huddersfield, to meet a group of parents trying to make the return to school more affordable. so, 0k, tell me, how does the scheme work? a parent comes in, and they sign in, then they put their donations into the donation boxes. then they grab a bag, and then they have a look at the logoed items, just take what you need. there are about 5,000 items to choose from. and you can just help yourself to..? to whatever you need. wow. what did you manage to get today? you've been stocking up? just some pumps, some trousers, jumpers and a t—shirt. as they get older, they get more expensive. i think it's good because instead of buying it, you can just get it. we're coming to drop off our old school clothes because then other people could borrow it. nothing goes to waste. everybody can come and bring things that no longer fit their children, and everybody else benefits then. we've calculated that average uniform costs this year

are £210 for primary school and £250 per secondary school pupil. but if parents are able to buy plain items at supermarkets, they can make some big savings — as much as £118 per child. there is extra help available in some parts of the uk. wales, scotland and northern ireland give uniform grants to children who get free school meals. but most councils in england don't offer direct support to low—income families. we need action now, both to reduce the cost of school uniforms, and make sure families have the help available to afford the cost that there will inevitably be. westminster say they will introduce a law to make schools consider cost when there's time in parliament. but kate's sick of waiting, so she's set up her own charity to fill the gap. last year we supported 855 families. and that saved approximately £50,000-£60,000.

that has skirts, trousers, t—shirts, jumpers... most school uniforms look secondhand by the end of the first week. i think the stigma is changing for using recycled school uniform, because we're seeing so many more people ask. we've found facebook groups organising uniform swap schemes across the uk, with over 311,000 members. if we can do this type of project more across the country, i think we'd see huge savings. i've got a t—shirt... a little parent power is making a big difference here to help cut waste and keep costs down. colletta smith, bbc news, in huddersfield. now for a look at the weather with stav. we are going to start with the impact of the monsoon in india?m was a week late injune. arriving across the south of india. but it

has pretty much got its act together and it is pretty much on time now as well. pretty average rainfall. some areas have been better than others, we usually see big variations. parts of the southeast, china has been quite dry, but the west, mumbai in particular has been very wet —— parts of the south—east of india have been quite dry. would you bother with an umbrella ? have been quite dry. would you bother with an umbrella? it seems quite pointless. when you look at that it quite pointless. when you look at thatitis quite pointless. when you look at that it is pretty normal for some parts of the world. it is extraordinary. some parts of the west coast, maharaja, have seen over a metre of rain fell. 0ver west coast, maharaja, have seen over a metre of rain fell. over a metre and a half of rainfall in some areas. a couple of inches causes so much disruption and flooding here. can you imagine a metre? no, but it is that part of the world where the expense of every year. they do. it has been so intense in places that even the crocodiles had been sheltering on rooftops to get away. why do they not like all of the

water? as a true tablet? because it is so widespread —— is it to turbulent? because they were to have been so widespread and flooded in some parts of the country, the cooked and has been sheltering on the rooftop because usually they will go in the water and then bask. the water is needed in some areas. walking so that water and then potential cockles, that is also not something that we have to worry about, as it? —— of the potential of crocodiles. exactly. this is the outlook for the next few days. we get these variations in india where we see very heavy rain at times. we have another one spreading across northern and central it is pushing into the north—west. we could be looking at were flooding across northern and central areas. the uk forecast is thankfully as nothing is what as nothing as wet as that. we have some weather —— are very wet weather in the four cats. by the end of the week. today we have a range of the week. today we have a range of high pressure, so it has been

quite lovely. —— in the forecast. you can see the cycles in the satellite picture showing where the showers are. main across northern and eastern areas, but mainly central areas of dry. as we head to the latter part of the afternoon, we will see the showers across scotland and eastern parts of england, the odd heavier one for scotland. temperatures disappointing for the time of year, 15 or 16 degrees. that is below par. further says we will have more sunshine around. a few degrees warmer. it 20 to 23 celsius. all change because we have another weather system living in the saving and overnight, bringing rain to the southin and overnight, bringing rain to the south in the west. temperatures will recover overnight, but still a chilly one forfurther recover overnight, but still a chilly one for further north. and for the east of the country. tomorrow, it is going to be very wet and a bout of rain spreading across the country. some of that heavy, but england and wales and particularly for the midlands and east anglia. burning is in force for that and we

could see some localised flooding and simple wet weather pushing into scotland. edge warnings in force for that. they say, that being clouds away and there is another ridge of high pressure so a final day to come once again. it has that flip—flop sort of week. more sunshine around, lighter winds, so it should feel a bit warmer. 19 to 20,22 lighter winds, so it should feel a bit warmer. 19 to 20, 22 to 23. it isa bit warmer. 19 to 20, 22 to 23. it is a short lived area of high pressure because here comes the low pressure. it is deeper and on friday it will bring a swathes of strong wind and maybe even gales and exposure and a bout of heavy rain and that will bring showers as we head into the weekend. this is friday, brightside across the east, the wet weather spells in from the west, could be heavy. could have localised flooding. strong winds of 30 or a0 mph. with the bodies, the cloud, living, it is going to feel on the cool side, 18 or 19 at best. —— with the breeze. some heavy

showers. saturday, wet and windy, sunday heavy showers and are very windy. maybe because of the 50 to 60 mph in exposed areas. stay tuned. this is bbc news. our latest headlines.... the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went

missing in malaysia, has identified that the body found in thejungle is hers. pro—democracy protesters occupy hong kong airport again — all departing flights have been cancelled. a ban on drivers using hands—free mobile is in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. and coming up... what do prince william, barack 0bama and oprah winfrey all have in common? the answer is they're all left—handed — as today is international left—handers‘ day we'll be talking about the benefits and disadvantages. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher. the ashes are back tomorrow for the second test tomorrow. and england fans are excited to seejofra archer. yes, he is in the 12 man squad and they are not the only ones excited to see him. rather reassuringly, captainjoe to see him. rather reassuringly, captain joe root is. to see him. rather reassuringly, captainjoe root is. if you will remember archer was one of the standout performers at the world cup

and he is expected to take his debut with the red ball tomorrow. the second ashes test starts at lord's on wednesday. although second ashes test starts at lord's on wednesday. althouthoe root has not named his team just yet, you would be staggered if he didn't include archer despite him playing only one red ball game in 11 months. he is expected to replace the injured james anderson. missed the first test with a side strain yesterday and he said he looked to give australia something to think about after their coach questioned whether he was cut out for the longer format of the game. you are certainly very confident and that is great to see any young guy, off the back of a brilliant world cup —— he is certainly very confident to stop being part of that squad at the last minute and all the pressures that held, he doesn't seem that mackie doesn't want to shy away from stuff like that. i think, if anything, it will motivate him —— he doesn't

seem... he doesn't want to shy away. i think you will be desperate to prove to everyone he is as good as he says he is. england could also have one of the bowlers of the world cup to contend with. james patterson rested by australia. josh hazlewood also expected to take a place in the aussie team. since the warm up england have played 20 test matches against australia at lord's. how many do you think they have won? how long have i got? 20... 18. they have wonjust long have i got? 20... 18. they have won just two so it is a tall order. australia enjoy playing at lord's. like mike ben, i don't like being put on the spot. you will learn that about me! —— and, ben, i don't like. andy murray made his long—awaited return to tennis, but it's not got the fairy tale ending just yet. ididn't i didn't know until today when we we re i didn't know until today when we were researching this, no player has ever come back from the hip resurfacing surgery andy murray has i made a successful comeback to

singles tennis. some have done it in the doubles but not the singles and thatis the doubles but not the singles and that is the scale of the test facing him. nota that is the scale of the test facing him. not a surprise he lost his first match at the australian open in january. he was first match at the australian open injanuary. he was beaten by gasquets and will not take part in the american open as he said it is too soon in his recovery. the american open as he said it is too soon in his recoverylj the american open as he said it is too soon in his recovery. i didn't know how i would feel after a match. i felt it wouldn't be fair for me to maybe try to get a couple of matches before a decision like that —— before a decision like that —— before making a decision like that. physically, my legs felt quite heavy at the end of the match. that's probably not going to change a whole lot in a couple of weeks. that was andy murray at the us open. should be fit for the doubles, but another exit in cincinnati for johanna konta losing to suzann

pettersen, the swedish player. she has lost both matches she has played since the open. and beach volleyball, t20 cricket, making birmingham 2022 the largest passport programme in the history of the event. it was a factor, not the factor, but the fact was the amount of work done and what the sports will do for the commonwealth and the young people of the commonwealth especially the young girls here today. all of that was taken into consideration. yes, history is being made, as this will be the largest women and para— sports event but we will also have more medals for women than for men in birmingham 22 so thatis than for men in birmingham 22 so that is another plus for us. now to a sport we have all been enjoying in the office today, bouldering. if you missed it you missed britain winning bronze at the world climbing championships in japan, which

bronze at the world climbing championships injapan, which came in the bouldering event when climbers tried to complete the difficult short route in time limit. climbing makes its debut at the 0lympics climbing makes its debut at the olympics in tokyo next year. and she can secure her place at the games if she does well in the combined event next week. she did very well. studio: it makes my arm hurtjust watching it! next time. you know what to do. laughter a return to our top stories this afternoon. the government is being urged to ban drivers from all phone use, including hands—free devices. nps on the commons transport select committee say using technology such as car speakerphones or bluetooth headsets can create the same —— mps on the commons transport select committee say using technology such as car spea kerphones or bluetooth

headsets can create the same accident risks as holding a phone. kate goldsmith‘s daughter aimee died alongside three others when a lorry driver crashed into their stationary car. the driver was looking at his phone while he was driving and was jailed for ten years. kate now campaigns against people using their phone behind the wheel. we can speak to her now the webcam. kate, welcome. thank you very much for talking to us. i know this is something you are incredibly committed to seeing happen. what do you make of this recommendation from these mps? it is definitely a really good thing we are talking about it again. the only thing is we keep talking about it but not actually doing any action, and the law is ambiguous. we need to sort that out. what sort of devices would you say it is ok to have in use while you are driving? well, you know, none, really, but that's not reasonable, according to some, so, you know, there has to be a really strict understanding that you just

shouldn't be fiddling with anything whilst you are driving your car. i mean, you could argue the radio, you could argue your satnav, but, you know, we have to be sensible. you cannot drive a car, lethal weapon, u nless cannot drive a car, lethal weapon, unless you are actually focused on driving it properly, and looking where you are going. you can't do that if you are distracted. white what's the difference between using your phone as a satnav, and an in—built satnav? —— and what is the difference. well, i have seen people using their satnavs, their mobile phones, rather, in theirwindscreen, and at time to time they are touching it, moving it onto the next stage. you tend to find built—in satnav stout require that intervention. you set them up before you leave and you don't do anything else. some phones don't have that facility. some people drive for

their livelihood, don't they? haulage companies, for example. you would expect these days they would be able to be in contact at any point during a journey one of their drivers are doing. how would you tell them this isn't good enough? we have technology nowadays that you can have cameras inside the cab of a vehicle. if you really need to know where that driver is, you can surely track the vehicle to see where it is and you can actually also see on a link up inside the cab as to what the driver is doing. we have the technology to do these things, but what we are doing is not actually restricting technology that causes people to have bad behaviour whilst driving... we can flip that around. it is possible. there is other technology i'm sure that could deactivate your phone when you got in the car but that would depend on

you having a sort of state—of—the—art vehicle, wouldn't it? it is not going to stop people who have older vehicles. at the end of the day it is down to whether or not... whether you can actually have the individual take responsibility and ownership and switch off their phone themselves, you know? can we not just phone themselves, you know? can we notjust do phone themselves, you know? can we not just do that? phone themselves, you know? can we notjust do that? can we notjust ask our drivers to simply do that? we have had speed awareness courses for quite some time and they are quite effective at getting people to slow down. how effective do you think something similar would be if you are caught using your phone? oh, absolutely. i am completely for that. education, education, education all the way. drivers don't necessarily realise that this considered soft crime actually has dreadful consequences. if i could speak to any driver that, you know, was found using their mobile phone,

i feel fairly convinced that they would probably be in tears by the end of it, because all i would ask is to put themselves in my shoes, just for one minute. kate, we appreciate you talking to us. kate goldsmith, thank you. the government has promised an extra £100 million for improving security and cutting down on crime inside prisons. it's the latest in a series of funding pledges for the criminal justice system, announced since boris johnson became prime minister. the measures will include airport style security to clamp down on drugs, weapons and mobile phones being smuggled into jails. labour say the plans fall woefully short of what is needed. a university is banning the sale of burgers to try to fight global warming. goldsmiths, university of london, is removing all beef products from sale and charging a 10p levy on bottled water and single—use plastic cups.

it plans to install more solar panels across its campus in south—east london and switch to a 100% clean energy supplier as soon as possible. joining the now from south london isjoe learn, the president of goldsmiths students' union. joe, welcome. how did this beef ban come about? you are in light of the ipcc report last october, it was announced that we have 12 years to combat the climate emergency otherwise there will be irreparable damage to the climate and that will start in the global south affecting the poorest in the world then coming across to the west. because of that we decided the staff and students should get together with this green deal which, as you say, focuses on beef, but not only that but also renewable energy, a... an ethical fund to invest in alternatives to fossil fuels, changes to the curriculum, and we put this plan together and the new warden of our

university and the vice chancellor came and we made it happen. what would you say, though, who says this is... this will make almost no difference? on the beef itselfi would say that this live stock accou nts would say that this live stock a ccou nts to would say that this live stock accounts to over a quarter of all carbon emissions across the country, so if you believe in science i would say just look. .. so if you believe in science i would sayjust look... in terms of the plan overall, i mean, we, at goldsmiths, produce over 3.7 million kilograms of carbon emissions per year. we are planning, pledging, to combat that, eradicate that, by 2025. i would say we can only be in charge of our own jurisdiction and we are taking responsibility for our carbon emissions and stopping that. there is also freedom of choice issue, isn't there, as well? how far would you take this stance, if

somebody wanted to bring an beef burger onto the campus university building? you know, it is a sexy headline to say we banned hamburgers, right—wing sensationalist media, but it is not about that, it is about a wider plan. ultimately, you know, little things don't make a difference, and we need to intervene right at the heart of these things. there is also so much more choice still available. there will be lots of vegan and vegetarian options as well as lamb, chicken etc. as i say, we can only be in charge of our university to stop people can go elsewhere if they still want beef, you know? what has the reaction been, perhaps from other parts of the university of london as well, watching what you are doing? the reaction from the student body has been very positive. it has been met with open arms. i am hoping the rest of universities in

london and other universities across the country look at us taking a lead on this and really do the same. as i say, we don't have much time. now just over 11 years, so i hope others see what we are doing and do the same. joe leam, president of goldsmiths students' union, thank you for talking to us. thank you, cheers. in a moment, ben is going to bring us the latest business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live: the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified that the body found in thejungle is hers. pro—democracy protesters occupy hong kong airport again all departing flights have been cancelled. a ban on drivers using hands—free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps.

hello, here's your business headlines on afternoon live: average wages went up by 3.9% in the last three months, rising more quickly than inflation. that means we should feel slightly better off. but at the same time, the overall unemployment rate came in at 3.9%. lower than a year ago, but up slightly on the three months before. the uk can avoid severe disruption in the event of a no deal brexit, according to the boss of the retailer next. lord wolfson says he still hopes a deal can be done before the end of october but says the government's focus on contingency planning meant the uk was close to being prepared. bosses of more than 50 retailers including asda and boots have written to the chancellor urging him to change tax rules to boost the uk high street. the group says it wants him to fix the "broken business rates system" that they say has soared by 50% since the 1990s and has caused some retailers to go bust.

then, yesterday we were talking about how many empty shops there are on the high street in some parts of the country, and retailers think they might have some kind of help with the situation? yes, that is exactly why they wrote to the chancellor. it is all to do with business rates and if you want to hear someone speak very passionately and angrily, ask a business owner about those rates. now, the reason this is the tax on properties for commercial properties and it is paid by te na nts commercial properties and it is paid by tenants or owners of shops, restau ra nts, by tenants or owners of shops, restaurants, offices, warehouses, and the way it works and is collected by the local council, but set by central government and the rates vary across england, scotland, wales and northern ireland. some big high street names have been calling for the system to be overhauled because they say it is killing retail, and forcing some firms to go bust. in their letter to the chancellor which was all put together by the british retail consortium, the trade body, the

group pointed out that the retail sector accounts for 5% of the economy yet is paying 25% of all business rates. they say this was a disparity that was damaging high streets and harming communities that they support. a little earlier i spoke to a representative from the british retail consortium. in this letter the brands that we work with come together to identify four key points the government can do to reform this current system. while we don't pretend to have all the a nswe rs we don't pretend to have all the answers we have a clear outline plan the government could adopt to both stimulate the economy and help support local communities, which this bill definitely would. that was kyle monk. given the way the business rates were, say a retailer with a prime spot in central london, they pay higher rates and eventually when it gets shared out across the country, does that not go and support some higher —— smaller high streets in terms of the cleanliness and upkeep of them, benefiting smaller retailers as well? business

rates vary across the country and yet some cities are disproportionately affected. we see it as disproportionately affected. we see itasa disproportionately affected. we see it as a cost and the brands we work with back across the country and see it as with back across the country and see itasa with back across the country and see it as a net cost to their business. when stores close, unfortunately it is usually in less economically mobile and less wealthy areas, so although the cost might be incurred in large centres it actually affects less wealthy areas as well. kyle monk from the british retail consortium. you can read more about that story and the government response to that on our website. but right now... samira hussainjoins us now from the new york stock exchange. white max breaking business news, samira? the us trade representative, trade agency here —— samira? the us trade representative, trade agency here -- and some breaking news. they are talking about those proposed new tariffs that were supposed to go into place on chinese goods coming into the united states on september one. remember, these particular goods are very much consumer focused, but now

the us trade agency is saying we are going to delay the implementation of these tariffs on a house of goods that are normally supposed to be pa rt that are normally supposed to be part of this group. what is important is if you look at some of the groupings that are going to be spared any new tariffs, it is cell phones, consumer electronic goods and some clothing. we will have more detail on specifically what those items are. but it is really significant because a lot of people we re significant because a lot of people were really worried about the impact of these new tariffs on the consumer here in the united states, particularly going into the christmas season. the fact we are seeing that is actually going to be delayed until december to 15th on these particular items, that is really very significant for the american consumer, and in fact if you look right now at us markets, they are trading at a higher rate now am already back up in the green,

trading a percentage and a half higher. clearly, this is coming as some positive news —— and they are back up in the green. it sounds to me, samira, as are some could see that as a climb—down on the trade we re that as a climb—down on the trade were on the us side. is it? certainly some could see it as a climb—down between the united states and china, or some could see that as and china, or some could see that as a real reflection ofjust how damaging some of these tariffs could possibly be on the american consumer. these particular tariffs we re consumer. these particular tariffs were always going to be a lot more consumer focused, were always going to be a lot more consumerfocused, versus were always going to be a lot more consumer focused, versus the tariffs we have been seeing so far already implemented, having really hit bigger producers and farmers. so it hasn't really trickled down as fiercely onto everyday americans. this is why a lot of people were feeling a lot more concern about this particular tariffs, because they were so consumer focused. imagine at christmas time you are

buying a new cell phone or new video game console, very buying a new cell phone or new video game console, very popular items underneath the christmas tree, but those would be significantly more expensive. remember, the us economy, two thirds of it depends on consumer spending, and for a lot of retail giants the christmas season is it for them, well this could have hit really big parts of the american economy. samira, thank you very much, samir hussein without breaking news on the delay on some of those tariffs, joining us from the new york stock exchange. markets, please? as samira was saying, the new york stock market, the american markets, still not really with the ripple effect to europe. you can see the benchmarks in london and frankfurt they are, both down as throughout the morning. gold is easing slightly but not much, still hovering near its highest level for more than six years. the pound, still not doing that right against the euro. i will be back with more later. see later, thank you.

—— see you later. today is international left handers day. the day is used for left handers to be loud and proud about their uniqueness, as opposed to the past when some lefties were viewed with suspicion. around 10% of people around the world are thought to be left handed including barack 0bama, oprah winfrey and our very own prince william. look at these. barack 0bama. yes, say it twice and she presses the right button! some debate over whether people are more creative. jimi hendrix, lady gaga, they were all left—handed, and some evidence even suggests left—handed. .. all left—handed, and some evidence even suggests left—handed... sorry, there is something that has gone very there is something that has gone very wrong there is something that has gone very wrong with what i am supposed to be saying. apparently marie curie was the first woman to win the nobel

prize. i am was the first woman to win the nobel prize. iam imagining was the first woman to win the nobel prize. i am imagining she was left handed? and good at solving problems. and to show that no one is left behind on afternoon live we are now joined by keith milsom from the online store anything left handed. are you left—handed, keith? a lot of course i am. you say that, but one of the founders of the first left—handed business were not, where they? that's right, in soho, they we re they? that's right, in soho, they were right—handed, but he had a lot of left—handed family and friends who couldn't get hold of the basic everyday things they wanted to use in left—handed versions. everyday things they wanted to use in left-handed versions. how difficult is modern life, though, now we are much more aware of the needs of left—handed people? now we are much more aware of the needs of left—handed people ?|j now we are much more aware of the needs of left-handed people? i think there is a lot more awareness. certainly we don't make people change hands anymore like we used to, but there's still a lot of difficulty, with children in particular at school where parents and teachers just don't recognise the difference that them through being left—handed, simply using a

pairof being left—handed, simply using a pair of scissors to cut out shapes at school. they are made back to front for right—handers, and they just can't use them, well and that we have a whole range of left—handed scissors with the left blade on the top so you can see the line you're cutting clearly. writing with something like an ink pen, though i suppose not many people do that now, you're rather prone to smudging? you are, and a lot of children have still learned to write with the cartridge ten as part of their writing practice and doing that as a left—hander you're pushing the pen across the page rather than pulling it, and if you are using a right—handed mid it tends to not give you any ink flow. despite these difficulties, would you swap? no, definitely not. there are lots of advantages to being left—handed. apart from things like sports and creativity and music, which you have mentioned, there is evidence to say there are higher proportion of the

high iq society mensa who are left—handed. you mentioned presidents, and this seems a very good thing to be left—handed if you wa nt to good thing to be left—handed if you want to be a political leader or a president. a lot of astronauts, more than 25% of all the astronauts have been left—handed. so if you want a high performing successful person, look for a left—hander. high performing successful person, look for a left-hander. that is what all left—handed people are said to me for years. but physiologically what is different? you make the brain is cross wired so the left hand side of the brain controls the right hand side of the body and it can be more dominant in left—handers and that is also where things like creativity are thought to sit —— the right hand side of the brain controls the left hand side of the body. and also the idea of three—dimensional space where they might geta three—dimensional space where they might get a lot of left—handed architects and we are very good at solving visual puzzles, for example. lots of advantages. i will think differently. today has served a good

purpose. keith, thank you for talking to us. i will give him a wave, left—handed. time for the weather with stav. hello, martine, and this is how this week is going to end up. one fine day, one wet and more windy day. the satellite picture showing a lot of sunshine across the uk, but more cloud for the south—west and there are speckles of showers. they may become a little heavier into the afternoon. certainly for scotland and into its eastern parts of them but elsewhere a nice afternoon to come with light winds and strong sunshine so it should feel a little warmer, certainly warmer than how the day started off, highs of 22 to 23 degrees but still those temperatures at or below par across the north. showers continue this evening and overnight across the northern isles. clear skies here but notice this. the country in this corner, temperatures recovering by

the end of the night, but quite chilly once again across the north—east of the uk. we lose our ridge of high pressure and it is replaced by another area for wednesday, hence the rain and cloud across many southern and western areas first thing. that rain will speu areas first thing. that rain will spell eastwards heading through the day. we could see some heavy thundery rain into east anglia. this could cause localised flooding and also rain into western scotland and northern ireland was not the best of the drier weather will be across eastern scotland and the far north of england but those temperatures pretty much across the board will be disappointing, generally, read the mid—teens celsius. thursday, another ridge of high pressure. we lose the early show is and it should be dry into the afternoon. light, north—westerly winds. with a strong sunshine and his light winds it could feel a little better and warmer than wednesday. 17—19dc in the north. this is a brief ridge of high pressure, again only to be replaced by another area of low pressure to end the week. this one looking more potent. stronger winds and heavy rain as well. initially

across northern ireland then across irish sea coast and into scotland and much of england and wales. again that rain could be heavy. strong winds as well, 30—a0 mph gusts. a bit brighter perhaps in behind northern ireland but heavier showers following on and it will remain on the cool side. into the weekend, it stays unsettled with low pressure still with us and rain on saturday. disappointing temperatures and rain. sunday, heavy showers and it will be very windy, perhaps gusts of 50, maybe 60 miles an hour, stay tuned to the forecast.

hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. today at 3pm... the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified that the body found in thejungle is hers. first in line for a trade deal with the us, one of president trumper‘s closest advisers will back —— said america will back the uk after brexit. a ban on drivers using hands free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. setting sail for setting sailfor new setting sail for new york, teenage activist greta thunberg travels carbon free to new york for a climate change summit.” carbon free to new york for a climate change summit. i feel a bit steep —— if i feel better seasick,

and it is a bit uncomfortable, i can live with that. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport with ben. jofra archer has been talking himself up any build—up. his captain joe root has been singing his praises at a press conference this lunchtime. he says that he will thrive on the pressure and determined to prove there is a his ability wrong. thanks ben. and stav has all the weather — more wet conditions on the way. you're not kidding as with all of these wonderful pictures. plenty of sunshine and rain today, but into tomorrow it is going to be wet and windy. that is how it is going to be on thursday, pleasant and then friday and into the weekend u nsettled. friday and into the weekend unsettled. we will handle the details later on. thanks stav. the university that is banning the sale of burgers to try and ban

global —— fight global warming. hello, this is afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. the family of 15 year nora quorin who went missing while on holiday with them in malaysia say that the body found in the jungle is the teenager's. hundreds of volunteers have joined the search for nora since she disappeared from her room at the dusun resort on the ath of august. her body was found just over a mile from the hotel. richard lister reports. nora quoirin, described by her family as a sweet, sensitive girl with severe learning difficulties. they are convinced she was abducted. nora! rescue teams set off again this morning to search the rainforest around the holiday resort where she disappeared. for ten days, hundreds of people have been probing the dense undergrowth and finding no trace of her.

but today, a grim new development, this man came to police to report that he'd found a body at a nearby palm oil plantation. —— to report the discovery of a naked body near a palm oil plantation. he took investigators to the scene. translation: we have found a body, a woman's body with white skin. right now, we can't confirm her identity, we have contacted the forensic pathology team to investigate and determine who it is. for nora's parents, meabh and sebastien, this has been the worst kind of ordeal, only yesterday they announced a reward for information about her. she has been vulnerable since the day she was born, she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. forensic teams are working in the area where the body was found, its being treated as a crime scene. the police also brought any helicopter

which lowered a recovery cage to those on the ground. we confirmed there is a body there which resembles nora. yet to be confirmed by the family. and just now the body was winched by helicopter to the hospital. i was later the police confirmed that the search for an order was over. herfamily that the search for an order was over. her family has that the search for an order was over. herfamily has now identified her body but the question of how she died has yet to be answered. —— the search for nora is over. flights are grounded at hong kong international airport for a second day, as pro democracy protests continue there. demonstrations over fears that hong kong's limited autonomy from mainland china is being eroded, began ten weeks ago. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, has warned "a dangerous situation" has been reached. beijing has threatened to intervene, and state media has shown pictures of security forces gathering near the border. stephen mcdonell reports. pro—democracy activists have again brought hong kong airport departures hall to a virtual standstill.

check—in counters have been closed, outbound flights cancelled, with tense scenes as passengers were blocked from flying out. sorry, sorry, sorry! i need to see my family. in previous days, protesters had treated the airport sit—in as a peaceful awareness exercise. now, they've changed tactics. this is an active attempt to shut down business here. demonstrators say economic disruption will now be used to draw attention to their calls for democratic reforms. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, said today they are thrusting the city into a state of panic and chaos. translation: so here i ask everybody again to put aside our differences and calm down. take a minute to look at our city, our home. can we bear to push it into the abyss and see

it smashed to pieces? she was asked repeatedly if she was able to make decisions independently of the central government in beijing. this question has been answered on previous occasions. but you've evaded the question on numerous occasions. though beijing has expressed confidence in carrie lam's administration, state—run media has also shown convoys of paramilitary police gathering in the border city of shenzhen, with one communist party newspaper warning protesters that if they can't read this signal, they are asking for destruction. come on, you're being really selfish here! at the moment, protesters are not backing down in the face of such threats. some even believe that triggering a major crisis might even further their cause. either way, hong kong's political crisis has moved into its tenth week, with no end in sight. stephen mcdonell,

bbc news, hong kong. let's show you the live pictures of hong kong airport where that demonstration is contending for a second date. you can see how many people had gathered. lots of them wearing face masks and carrying placards. in some pictures that we have, i don't know if you can make it out, some of the protesters have been using luggage trolleys to form barriers. it has caused some distress to some of the passengers who are are even troubled angry by the destruction that they are facing. some of them have had difficulty getting through the crowds that have gathered as they have been sitting inside, blocking the departures hall. carrie lam has a shed at that fresh warning to protesters that hong kong has now reached a dangerous situation and that the violence is pushing them down a path of no return. that is

the situation at any moment in hong kong. —— at the moment in hong kong. one of president trump's most senior officials has promised fast—tracked trade deals between britain and the us after brexit. speaking after talks with borisjohnson in downing street, john bolton said deals could be agreed sector by sector, for swift progress. it's a boost for the prime minister's brexit strategy, but some are worried about what the white house would demand in return. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. isjohn bolton the bearer of good news? he says the trump administration wants brexit to be a success, and knows how to help. trade deals are notoriously complicated. after any kind of brexit, britain will need them. mr bolton is offering an accelerated series of deals, sector by sector, with cars and other manufactured goods among the first to be sorted. what we can very warmly welcome is the political priority the united states is giving to trade negotiations with the united kingdom, and it's also a very important concession to agree to

have these talks sector by sector in order that we can get some results as early as possible, because a full comprehensive trade negotiation could take years and years. other areas including agriculture and that famous chlorinated chicken, will take longer to agree. but here, too, mr bolton said there will be lots of support in congress for speedy ratification. britain's successful exit from the eu, he says, is very much in america's interest. it all sounds very appealing. the us is the largest single export market for the uk. but as a bloc, the eu is still much bigger. and there's another concern. will britain's newly isolated status make us susceptible to all sorts of other american demands? i think you have to be a little bit careful of someone like john bolton bearing gifts, because this is a very transactional administration, as you know, and they will want something in return. this is notjust, here, we love you, we are going to make life easy for

you post—brexit. there will be requests in return. those could include siding with the us over iran, and the future of a nuclear deal struck four years ago. downing street says thejohnson government remains committed to the deal, but it's already hanging by a thread. and then there's huawei and washington's demand that britain should not involve the chinese telecommunications giant in any of our 5g network. mr bolton says tricky issues can be put off for now, but both are pressing and hard to ignore. paul adams, bbc news. let's talk now to anna isaac, reporter at the wall streetjournal. thank you forjoining us. how much influence doesjohn thank you forjoining us. how much influence does john bolton thank you forjoining us. how much influence doesjohn bolton really has when it comes to a trade deal that might be struck between the uk and the us? that is a very difficult and the us? that is a very difficult

and important question. obviously he is not the leader trade representative for the us free trade, that is robert light heiser. it does have the trade policy tight in hand together, that goes hand in glove. we have heard that in our‘s involvement in —— huawei's involvement in —— huawei's involvement the ig network. how realistic is it to do sectors... sorry, do a deal sector by sector? there is a big debate about this because there are conventions rather than a clear rule about how trade deals should be done. the idea is that there are should substantially cover a ll that there are should substantially cover all trade. the figure for that

transparent 90%, but that is based on lots of different decisions made around the world trade organisation, the umpire global trade. as i say, it has a convention, rather than a bill. there is not necessarily a clear barrier to doing some small deals —— rather than a ruler. but if those building blocks, it might cause some controversy in the international trade community. there isa international trade community. there is a problematic precedent that has been set by the eu suggesting that it could try and have a trade deal with the us, but exempt agriculture goods from that agreement. arguably they could strike that can come close to 90% threshold, but again it does set a precedent for picking and choosing which areas you do or do not include and most free trade agreements will have some exemptions. how trade deal any sort to any size, whether sector by sector or in its entirety, that it

might —— the uk met strike with the us, ithink might —— the uk met strike with the us, i think a deal that it might go on and want to do with the eu —— the uk might strike with the us. that is crucial. every single round of talks at the us in the uk have had, informally as they cannot actually strike a trade deal until brexit has fully happened, until the uk has quit the eu. it comes down to this very binary choice, between us and eu regulatory models. that is absolutely crucial when it comes to the reality of getting a us trade agreement. over the line. the reality of getting a us trade agreement. overthe line. in the reality of getting a us trade agreement. over the line. in terms of getting the political support that you need to get it through both houses for it to be ratified. because there is a very, very strong bipartisan caucus that supports ireland and nancy pelosi, the leader of the opposition in the us have come forward and said if you agree and try and form a trade agreement, that creates problems on the soft

border between northern ireland and southern ireland, then we will not let it through. in that eu regulation tension there, that choosing a side, as it were, in quite a binary set of regulations is going to be absolutely crucial for the uk going forward. when it comes to the timing of the deal again, are we going to move forward with the us and pursue a more us regulatory model in which case, we might see ourselves with our larger collective trading partner the eu, facing challenges. or, do we go towards the eu and stick with what we have already in terms of the eu's model of regulation? is avoiding some of the difficulties on the irish border, perhaps, but then had to make sacrifices with our trading relationship with the us as a result. and isaac from the wall streetjournal. result. and isaac from the wall street journal. thank you result. and isaac from the wall streetjournal. thank you very much. —— and isaac. new figures show that unemployment rose by 31,000, to 1.33 million, in the three months tojune. at the same time, average wages increased by their highest rate for 11 years.

employment has hit record highs in the uk, boosted by greater numbers of working women. police in australia have thanked members of the public in sydney, including three men from manchester, who helped restrain a man who was attacking pedestrians with a knife. a woman was stabbed in the incident in the city centre. police do not believe the man has any links with terrorism. phil mercer reports. terrifying carnage is how the police have described the rampage in sydney. video footage shows the suspect apparently shouting god is great in arabic and shoot me. they are people you just stand! the man is eventually tackled to the ground, pinned down with a cafe chair and milk crate before police arrive. what's that? a group of british men had been working in an office nearby when they heard the commotion. they ran down and chased the alleged offender. i think he had a balaclava on, jumped on a cart wielding the knife

with blood on it and we are like, what is going on here so we immediately, all of us, went down the escalator and we just continued to chase the guy and my brother and ijust ran across here, these boys followed and we managed to get a grip along with another guy and we've got a grip of him and restrained him fully. the courage of the three british men and others has been recognised by australian police. a number of members of the public actually physically restrained the offender and i want to acknowledge those people, those members of the public, who got involved. they are brave and i can only use that word seriously, they were significantly brave people. to approach a person with a mindset, what this person did the man wielding the large butchers knife has been identified as a 21—year—old man with a history of mental problems. australian police say he was acting alone and don't believe he has any links to terrorism. the motivation for the attack is not yet known. phil mercer, bbc news.

you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified the body found in the jungle as hers. first in line for a trade deal with the us — one of president trump's closest advisors says america will back the uk after brexit. a ban on drivers using hands—free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. and in sport... according to a group of mps. england captainjoe root says he expectsjofra archer to thrive under the pressure of making his test debut against australia at lord's tomorrow. the world cup winner is expected to replace james anderson with england trailing the 5 match series 1—0. three more sports, including women's t20

cricket will be be included in the commonwelath games in birmiongham in 2022. it's set to be the first time more women's medals will be won than men's at a major multi sport event. and great britain's shauna coxsey has won a bronze medal at the climbing world championships in japan. she came third in bouldering and can qualify for a first olympics next week i will have a full round—up just after half past three. an influential committee of mps says the government should consider banning drivers from all mobile phone use, including hands—free devices. the commons transport select committee says current laws should be updated, as hands—free phones arejust as dangerous while you drive, as actually holding the phone. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. if you're caught using your phone at the wheel, you can get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. the government toughened the law two years ago. but in a report out today, mps on the transport select committee say it's still an insufficient deterrent and they say maybe using your phone on hands—free at the wheel should be illegal too.

darrell martin's brother lee was killed aged a8 by a driver who was texting at the wheel. darrell supports a ban on hands—free. the bloke that killed him was driving in a van at 60 miles an hour, and was writing a text message. it was a series of text messages and he was travelling about 30 30 seconds when he could have seen my brother only dual carriageway stop my brother was cycling in a time trial on the road. stop trial on the road. and hejust wiped my brother out at high speed. i don't think there's any reason to be using your phone at all in a car, is there, really? and hands—free, it's another distraction, if you're in the car and you're talking to someone that's not the number of people killed or seriously injured in an accident where a driver was using a phone has been rising steadily in recent years. in 2009, 15 people were killed in accidents where a driver was using a phone. four years later, that figure had risen to 26. and by 2017, a3 people had died

in accidents involving a phone. mps who wrote today's report say action is needed. it simply isn't safe, and that's why we think the government need to clarify, because the current law gives the impression that it's safe to use a mobile phone whilst driving if it's hands—free, and the evidence is that it isn't safe, that it's actually dangerous. the mps say evidence suggests the police are not enforcing the law. the numbers of penalties issued in the past eight years has fallen by two thirds. but banning mobile phones on hands—free would be controversial. many use it for work and some will argue that talking at the wheel doesn't have to distract you. tom burridge, bbc news. we'll have more on this after half past. the climate change campaigner greta thunberg is in plymouth,

where she's preparing to cross the atlantic in a yacht to join protests in the united states. the teenager is sailing to new york on the vessel, which is fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines to make the journey carbon—free. she's due to attend a summit on climate change at the united nations next month. our correspondent, justin rowlatt, went to meet her as she prepared to set sail. i might feel a bit seasick and it's not going to be comfortable, but that i can live with. this boat is a pure wind machine. and if it's really hard then i have to think it's only for two weeks, then i can go back to as usual. this trip across the north atlantic is even difficult for me, and so we really try to do everything to make it as smooth as possible. greta thunberg is sailing to new york for a un climate summit of world leaders. she wants the trip to be as low carbon as possible. the malizia is fast but she is not comfortable. so no washing, no shower. we just put clothes on and we keep

them for two weeks. there is no kitchen, no fridge, no heating and no privacy. so here you have your little intimate corner, you can hide here and use the bucket. this blue bucket is the toilet! look! poos only, please. so what is the point? by stop flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing. the boat's electricity is from solar panels and turbines. the emissions of greenhouse gases global haven't gone down. scientific studies show that around the year 2020 the emission curve must have been bended down if we are to have a chance to stay below the 1.5 or 2 degrees of warming limits. so this is the bunk where greta will be sleeping, there is little curtain should she want it and,

look at this, when the boat's tipping over, you can pull this up and wedge yourself and you are actually quite squeezed in against the hull so you are not going to fall out. and actually, i'll be honest, it's quite cosy. before i felt lonely, both because i have asperger‘s syndrome and i don't enjoy socialising, but also because it felt like i was the only one who cared about the climate and the ecological crisis. no one i knew cared about this and i felt like i was the only one. it makes me feel good that i'm not alone in this fight, and it feels like my life has got some kind of meaning lately, that i feel what i'm doing is meaningful. the climate change campaigner greta thunberg ending that

report by justin rowlatt. family spending on uniforms topped over a billion pounds last year. in scotland and wales, new policies have been brought in to offer grants to the poorest families — but in england, councils are finding it increasingly difficult to provide any such support. our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, has been to huddersfield, to meet a group of parents trying to make the return to school more affordable. so, 0k, tell me, how does the scheme work? the parent comes in, and they sign in, then they put their donations into the donation boxes. then they grab a bag, and then they have a look at the logoed items, just take what you need. there are about 5,000 items to choose from. and you can just help yourself to..? to whatever you need. wow. what did you manage to get today? you've been stocking up? just some pumps, some trousers, jumpers and a t—shirt. as they get older, they get more expensive. i think it's good because instead of buying it, you can just get it.

we're coming to drop off our old school clothes because then other people could borrow it. nothing goes to waste. everybody can come and bring things that no longer fit their children, and everybody else benefits then. we've calculated that average uniform costs this year are £210 for primary school and £250 per secondary school pupil. but if parents are able to buy plain items at supermarkets, they can make some big savings — as much as £118 per child. there is extra help available in some parts of the uk. wales, scotland and northern ireland give uniform grants to children who get free school meals. but most councils in england don't offer direct support to low—income families. we need action now, both to reduce the cost of school uniforms, and make sure families have the help available to afford the cost that there will inevitably be. westminster say they will

introduce a law to make schools consider cost when there's time in parliament. but kate's sick of waiting, so she's set up her own charity to fill the gap. last year we supported 855 families. and that saved approximately £50,000-£60,000. that has skirts, trousers, t—shirts, jumpers... most school uniforms look secondhand by the end of the first week. i think the stigma is changing for using recycled school uniform, because we're seeing so many more people ask. we've found facebook groups organising uniform swap schemes across the uk, with over 3a,000 members. if we can do this type of project more across the country, i think we'd see huge savings. i've got a t—shirt... a little parent power is making a big difference here to help cut waste and keep costs down. colletta smith, bbc news, in huddersfield. now for a look at

the weather with stav. we will begin with india. this is a picture that i should earlier. waist deep flooding in parts of western india in particular. we have had parts of heavy rain in karachi in southern pakistan. as much on some of the heavy rain has been across much of the west of india and into southern pakistan will stop thank you to months on those. there have been big variations. the south—east around chennai has been very dry, they have a deficiency in rain. they usually get more water there and a bit more info there. it does not suit everybody everything, does it? no, that is right. at the event did not turn up that it would be a far bigger issue there, but it has been so bad across parts of the west and the south—west of india that even the south—west of india that even the crocodiles have been sheltering on the crocodiles have been sheltering o n roofto ps the crocodiles have been sheltering on rooftops because the water has been so widespread that there is no dry land for them to sit and sunbathe. the outlook as we head on, because it is quite important over the next few days. another munson

now living in from the bay of bengal across central and northern india. —— monsoon. and into western pakistan could be very wet as we head into the weekend. could be more flooding our weather? -- our weather? i weather is more u nsettled. weather? i weather is more unsettled. the satellite show widely packed isobars, space isobars. so my twins and plenty of sunshine around. one of those fine spells today and thursday is going to be another one impact. if your share with dotted around scotland and eastern england. that is about it. further south history and temperatures chile earlier, but now below the sea average. into the evening, the show was diary and it will become confined to the northern isles. a clear, chilly night to come across the north—east. rain and cloud piling into the south—west means that temperatures will slowly rise as the rain and the wind starts to

move on. double figures here. a ridge of high pressure is gone. we are into an area of low pressure. they must put in one affecting england and wales and a little when pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. some of the swing, you can see the bright colours there, could be heavy into the afternoon. —— this rain. could be some standing water, low cost flooding —— localised flooding. it is going to be a cooler day for all. that system moves away and we are into a ridge of high pressure for thursday, it is a bit of a flip—flop sort of week. dry weather, north—westerly winds, which should be light and it will feel warmer, 23 for england and wales, high teens further north. the next area of low pressure comes to end the week. that is more important. the isobars are closer together, so it is going to be very windy to a saturday and into sunday. perhaps cuts of 50, maybe 60

miles an houron sunday. perhaps cuts of 50, maybe 60 miles an hour on exposed areas. another wet and windy weekend. starting diary is for a friday and then a wet and windy weather spreading eastwards as we head through freddie. below is bit brighter into an outline later on, but just brighter into an outline later on, butjust under a shower is here. temperature is a mid to high teens, below the seasonal average. for the weekend, unsettled and for heavy rainfor weekend, unsettled and for heavy rain for saturday and strong winds too. heading into sunday, even stronger winds and some heavy and thundery showers. it is really quite u nsettled thundery showers. it is really quite unsettled weekend. hopefully into next week we will see something a little bit more summery.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified the body found in thejungle, as hers. first in line for a trade deal with the us — one of president trump's closest advisors says america will back the uk after brexit. a ban on drivers using hands—free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. also coming up — the university that's banning the sale of burgers, to try and fight global warming. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher. this time tomorrow

the second ashes test against australia will be under way at lord's. and even though he's not been picked yet jofra archer is centre of attention. he is some player. never has there been such anticipation round and england debutant. they wondered if he could perform over a test match. beware the australian batsmen, may be. it is that attitude that has been exciting joe root. the england captain has been speaking at a press conference this afternoon ahead of the second test. he wants archer‘s mindset to rub off on the rest of the dressing room. he is certainly very confident, which is great to see from a young guy, as it should be off the back of a winning world cup, being part of the squad at the la st cup, being part of the squad at the last minute and the pressures that help. he doesn't want to shy away

from stuff like that. i think if anything it will motivate him and when he gets his chance he will be desperate to prove to everyone how good he says he is. a couple of other cricket stories coming out today. moeen ali, who was dropped from the squad after a poor first test, is going to take a short break from the sport. meanwhile, australia will rest seamerjames pattinson for the 2nd test at lord's with mitchell starc and josh hazelwood coming into the reckoning. stephanie frappart will be become the first female official to take charge of a major european men's game. she took charge of the women's world cup final last month. she'll lead a team of mostly female officials in instanbulfor the match between europea league winner chelsea and champions league winner liverpool. i think there is not a lot of difference because football is the same. the only teams play differently, but as a man or a woman, we cannot refereed the same game between women and men, so for

me it is the same because refereeing is the same. football is the same. now you might not have watched competitive climbing before but ahead of its debut at the olympics next year, i'm sure it's one that's really going to be a hit at home. and great britain are in with a shout for a medal as well. shauna coxsey won bronze in the bouldering event at the world climbing championships in japan today. bouldering sees the athletes tackle and awkward short and gravity—defying course, trying to get to the top within a time limit. the sport makes its olympic debut next year and coxsey can secure her place at tokyo 2020 if she places well in the combined event next week. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to one of our top stories this afternoon, the government is being urged to ban drivers from all phone use, including hands—free devices. mps on the commons transport select

committee say using technology such as car speakerphones or bluetooth headsets can create the same accident risks as holding a phone. let's discuss this further. with me is sam nahk from the road safety charity brake. and also i'm joined by rod mckenzie, from the road haulage association. welcome to you both, thank you for joining us. sam, what is wrong with the law as it stands? it gives a false impression that hands—free devices are safe to use. the facts are, they arejust devices are safe to use. the facts are, they are just as dangerous as a hand—held mobile phone and that is why we completely agree with the committee's recommendation they should be banned. how do they create the same accident risk? talking on the same accident risk? talking on the phone is the distraction, rather than holding the phone in the hand. comparative to hand—held phones, it is the act of talking on the phone hands—free that distract your attention from the road. if that's

the evidence, how can we do anything but consider this ban?” the evidence, how can we do anything but consider this ban? i completely ee, but consider this ban? i completely agree, that any use of a phone holding it like that and using it while you are driving is extremely dangerous. anybody who does that, i would unreservedly condemn. however, from a business point of view, there is another perspective here. for example, a lot of our members, lorry drivers heading from a to b and if during thatjourney, for drivers heading from a to b and if during that journey, for example, they are told they don't need to make that journey and they should go somewhere else, a completely hands—free telephone answering system, a voice—activated one for example, which is now fitted in many lorries, allows the driver to take a call safely, acknowledge a command from the base which says you need to go somewhere else and divert accordingly, without, a call that

takes seconds and save a fortune in terms of wasted fuel and wasted time. what is wrong with that, sam? it is unrealistic to suggest we turn back the clock when we have got this technology and particularly of that type he has described? we are talking of a safety perspective, the evidence suggests that hands—free is as dangerous as hand—held and for that reason it should be considered to be banned. even a voice-activated system which sends a message like that? anything that distracts the driver, so that conversation to think, i need to switch on my hands free or engage with my hands—free, thatis free or engage with my hands—free, that is a distraction from the road. at the end of the day you are driving a lethal weapon and if you are not 100% concentrating on the road you could cause a fatal crash. what should a driver do if the base needs to get hold of them to pass on a message? that is for the companies to decide but they should have policies in place that say they will not communicate with their drivers or tell the drivers to keep their

phones on silent. it should be the distraction the main cause of the crashes and it should be to keep our roads are safe as possible and people don't use their phones behind the wheel. what is your response to that? the danger is throwing the baby out with the bath water. many conversation when you are at the wheel should be banned, we are talking about cars, lorries under the vehicles not having any passengers in. what is the greatest driver distraction there is, any pa re nt driver distraction there is, any parent will tell you, it is children in the car. it seems to me if we are going down this road, i completely agree dangerous use of phones is wrong and should be utterly condemned. but, a simple and effective, safe, no one has proved this is not safe, by the way, way of dealing simply with one

communication without touching your phone, seems to me be a backward step and not correctly thought through. that is what is needed here. where is your proof that these voice—activated devices which are sent out a single message are not safe ? sent out a single message are not safe? research from the open university, all the transport committee is evidence was public evidence and was based on expert opinions that the transport research lab showed that conversation through the hands—free set is as distracting as driving over the drink—drive limit. the other point is, you can also be distracting having other people in the vehicle with you, how far would you go? the evidence there is, people have that shared experience so they see the road with the driver and they can react with their conversation accordingly but somebody on the phone at the other end is 100% focused on that

conversation and they cannot see what the driver can see so cannot react accordingly. what is the advice you give to your drivers to stay safe as possible and avoid distractions in the cab? very simply, don't touch the phone. we say put it in the glove box, somewhere where you cannot pick it up somewhere where you cannot pick it up or touch it and leave it alone. i don't think we are 1 million miles apart on this, but simply we need to look into this a little bit more, apply a bit of common sense and come up apply a bit of common sense and come up with some very, very sensible safety advice at the end of it. thank you both are very much for talking to us. the government has promised an extra £100 million for improving security and cutting down on crime inside prisons. it's the latest in a series of funding pledges for the criminal justice system, announced since boris johnson became prime minister. the measures will include airport style security to clamp down on drugs, weapons and mobile phones being smuggled into jails. june kelly reports. leeds prison — it's not

a top securityjail, but like others, it's had a big problem with violence, fuelled by drugs which are smuggled in. it is one of the prisons wher there has been a drive to crack down on this crime behind bars. at leeds, airport—style security is in place, including x—ray scanners and metal detectors. right, the scanner‘s going to start... now there are plans to do the same at more jails across the england and wales, the latest in a series of government pledges of money for the criminaljustice system. this is part of a package of measures that have been announced in recent days. you've got 20,000 extra police, you've seen £2.5 billion invested in 10,000 new prison places and we've seen this announcement about improving security. taken together, these represent a really strong commitment to law and order. the prison population is set to increase at a time when attacks on both inmates and staff

are at record levels. it is the worst crisis in living memory, created by the austerity measures of this government. it is only now, for whatever reason, that they believe that they need to start adding money and resources to fix the problem that they created. many believe the reason for the cash injection into the criminaljustices is because the new prime minister is planning for a general election. that is a foreign object within the body. whatever is behind it, there is a welcome for the new technology from prison governors. we have had a decade of austerity in our prisons, organised crime groups have infiltrated prisons, fill them full of drugs and we have not been able to combat that. with technology like this, we will be able to reduce the level of drugs in our prisons. spice in a jailhouse! this footage of a prisoner high

on drugs was filmed on a mobile. as with drugs, phones are supposed to be banned. the plan is for more technology to detect and block mobiles. like those on the front line, labour blame years of cuts for the problems in the prison system. they have denounced the latest measures as tinkering at the edges. june kelly, bbc news. a university is banning the sale of beef burgers to try to fight global warming. goldsmiths university of london is removing all beef products from sale and charging a 10p levy on bottled water and single—use plastic cups. it plans to install more solar panels across its campus in south—east london, and switch to a 100% clean energy supplier as soon as possible. emma revell is communications manager at the institute of economic affairsdr maria carvalho is from south pole, of economic affairs. dr maria carvalho is from south

pole, a carbon solutions company. welcome to you both. it is the beef product man that has caused most attention in this story, what is the merit of this story, emma? if stu d e nts merit of this story, emma? if students want to take the decision for themselves, they are entitled to do that. my objection is the university has ta ken do that. my objection is the university has taken this decision across the whole campus. university is the first time for many of the stu d e nts is the first time for many of the students they will be in charge of their own lifestyles, the first time they become truly adults and they should be allowed to make these decisions for themselves, rather than the university taking a blanket ban. there is a lot in that, it is about freedom of choice, about being told what to do, and why should the university take this step on the scale? i don't think the university did it unilaterally, i think there was an engagement to ask for the ban of beef use on the campus. universities are a great place for

both education and enabling leadership but also student democracy in action so students have to play a part in this process. it doesn't have to be unilateral, but going for the university has said they will do unilateral actions, they will do unilateral actions, they will do unilateral actions, they will work with the student union and determine future strategies. but one of the important thing about freedom of choice, is not hard for a student to go off campus for a burger if they want to. how much more meaningful is it than an individual trying to do it? how much more meaningful is it than an individual trying to do mm how much more meaningful is it than an individual trying to do it? it is incredibly meaningful because at the university there is a single this is a measure but they go through many boards. i have worked in a lot of these campaigns to get the university to take these actions. it has gone through a lot, but it is important, not just for that university but it can create massive action going forward for other universities. other universities

might think this is a good idea and nurture a few people to think about the church as they are making, if not about beef products but other things as well? it is about a whole range of things an individual can change about their lifestyle if they are worried about the climate. if somebody cut out meat entirely, it will only reduce their carbon footprint by about a%. we can't get tied into the food footprint.“ footprint by about a%. we can't get tied into the food footprint. if you we re tied into the food footprint. if you were in charge of the policy, what would you be suggesting a university looked at if it is not banning beef products from the campus? beef has attracted the attention, some of the other recommendations are sensible. if the university wants to make a switch to renewable energy, solar panels on their buildings, it is a perfectly reasonable thing for the university to do. what i am concerned about is the infringements on individual liberties for students to make their own choices. students,

since time began have embarked on activism of this kind? they have, but it is being ramped up and it is tending towards alarmism and we need to inject reality into this and say climate change is important and i think there is a tendency to over reacting in the last few months and maybe a year. isn't that the danger, maria, you make the small change and you think you have done enough but in actualfact it you think you have done enough but in actual fact it might be things like replacing energy hungry technology, yes it is more expensive to do but you would have a much greater impact? last week, the ipcc has shown that your food choice does matter. in fact, the way agriculture affects land—use, it counts for 33% of emissions in the past ten years. in perspective, transport only took 1596. in perspective, transport only took 15%. totally safe food and food choices don't matter is most representative of the actual climate

agenda and actual climate problem. how you eat food does matter, the food choices you make for agriculture and particularly beef is agriculture and particularly beef is a massive, the cattle industry is a big deforest, and critical parts of the world. and the cattle feed used, is also another deforestation. so when you are thinking about the tues few choices you are making, it does matter. how do you argue with that evidence? it is great evidence but the deforestation issue isn't releva nt to the deforestation issue isn't relevant to british beef and what dnf nfu have said, if goldsmiths had switched to british beef, then that has 2.5 times a lower carbon footprint than the global average, which as you have said is driven by deforestation. switching to british beef would have been a choice that goldsmiths could have made. it could

have prompted students to think about climate change but allowed them to make their own individual decisions rather than scrapping beef from the menu entirely. it has certainly got us talking. thank you both very much. a father has been speaking of his heartbreak following the deaths of his son and daughter on a day out at clacton beach in essex. malaika shamas who was 15, and her 18 year—old brother haider, got into difficulty near the pier last thursday. they were on a regular day out from their home in luton. malika died just hours after being rescued, haider died in hospital on saturday. a 15—year—old female relative, was also pulled from the sea and she is expected to recover. their father shamas riaz says that he doesn't know or understand what happened. i miss her. i miss them. i miss both of them.

and what was your relationship like with her? close. very close. shock, shock. don't. .. don't understand. it's a big shock. have you got anything that you wanted to say to other people? just be careful, you know, going there. be careful all places you're going, you know. if you don't know or if your child can't swim, make sure he definitely can swim. the pair's uncle says he first knew that something was wrong was when his wife asked him to go and look for the four teenagers who had gone missing from the group and has said that by the time he got there it as too late. a p pa re ntly apparently the lifeguards, by that

time they got them out, it was too late because we had three children who had drowned. one of them was one of my cousins. thank god she survived and the other two, my niece and nephew, they are responding. in terms of the police and the ambulance and the air ambulance they we re ambulance and the air ambulance they were there in six to seven minutes. it seems close, but to get to some places, the strength of the water, it takes time to get to them. by the timei it takes time to get to them. by the time i got to them, there were a lot of people around them trying to help, doing everything they could do to get them back. but unfortunately they couldn't. in a moment we'll have the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live:

the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified the body found in thejungle, as hers. first in line for a trade deal with the us — one of president trump's closest advisors says america will back the uk after brexit. a ban on drivers using hands—free mobiles in england and wales should be considered, according to a group of mps. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. average wages went up by 3.9% in the last three months, rising more quickly than inflation. that means we should feel slightly better off. but at the same time, the overall unemployment rate came in at 3.9%. lower than a year ago, but up slightly on the three months before. bosses of more than 50 retailers including asda and boots have written to the chancellor urging him to change tax rules to boost the uk high street. the group says it wants him to fix the "broken business rates system" that they say has soared by 50%

since the 1990s and has caused some retailers to go bust. the trump administration is delaying the introduction of a 10% tariff on some chinese products, including some laptops, mobile phones, toys and clothing until december. this is to give retailers the time to import them without additional levies in the run up to christmas. holiday season, you are either back from one, planning one, wish you had been on one. some results out from two ? been on one. some results out from two? yes, the holiday giant has reported a a6% fall in underlying earnings. part of that is explained by the fact it took a hit from the

grounding of boeing 737 max aircraft after those fatal crashes that happens and of course, brexit is also dampening demand, partly because the pound being so weak it is putting some people off going abroad because their money will not go as far. is that having much impact? the chief executive of tui said for british holiday—makers, the recent fall in the pound has effectively pushed up prices for holidays by another a%. for some people that makes a difference between booking the holiday or not. tui said trading also continues to be hit by a knock on effect by le sommer‘s heatwave. everyone had such a great time here last year, they waiting to see if the weather picks up or stay home. bookings for the summer were down by 196 bookings for the summer were down by 1% year on year. we can get the thoughts now of sharon livingstone,

founder of the travel magazine. it is always hard to pinpoint the causes of falls in bookings and so on, but the view from tui do seem to be they are finding it challenging because of the combination of these factors ? because of the combination of these factors? yes, that is exactly right. it is like the fates and several different areas have conspired to really challenge the industry. there is no way they could have seen the effect of the 737, there is no way they could understand in advance about brexit and the uncertainty it brings. also the weather, people's behaviour has changed and so when, let's say last year of the year before, spain was really number one, now they are going to turkey and north africa and it has left tui with lots of unused capacity so that

hasn't helped at all. sharon, i wonder whether you think may be ten, 20 years from now, we will still have packaged holiday firms in the way they exist when increasingly people are piecing together their own holidays online? the diy holiday booking we all got used to with the advent of low—cost travel has been happening for the last 20 years. i think there is a lot to be said for that type of independence. but then again we have also seen the demise of certain companies and white being ato l of certain companies and white being atol protected makes more sense because you are protected financially. i hope the package holiday stays because in the form, protection is there for you so we don't see people abroad just stranded and having to pay all over again. yes, and briefly, what do you

think that firms like tui have to do in order to survive? i think tui are doing it now because they are looking further afield, they are looking further afield, they are looking into china and north africa and malaysia. also, the good thing about tui, they do have their cruising section which is profitable and they will have to rely on anyone else. they are very self—contained in the assets that they have and they can promote. ok, sharon, thank you very much, i have been adding those cruises to the list for next year. it is a very long list. he is not kidding either. the ftse 100 not kidding either. the ftse100 is picking up this afternoon. taking a cue from wall street where the markets rose on the

back of the news that the tariffs on some products could be delayed in order to allow american importers to get them in before christmas, the crucial trading period. gold, as it was this afternoon, easing off slightly but still around six year highs. i will be back in about an hour with more. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. for many of us it has been a fine day today, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. we have had a few showers around. most of these will become confined to the northern ireland, the far north of scotland this evening and overnight. but, with clear skies, temperatures will fall away across northern areas, but notice the cloud and the rain piling into the south—west thanks to the next weather system. here, temperatures will be on the rise by the end of the night, but another chilly one, further north and east. this is the feature i am talking about. it is going to bring some pretty heavy rain to england and wales, strong winds, too, and this feature will bring some wet weather to parts of scotland and northern ireland too.

but i think the focus of the heaviest rain will be across england and wales through the day, particularly through the midlands and into east anglia. watch out for the risk of localised flooding with some of the very heavy rain there. thursday another fine day, before the return of wet weather again on friday.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at a:00pm — the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified the body found in thejungle, as hers. as one of president trump's closest advisers says the uk is "first in line" for a trade deal with the us, the prime minister says he's optimistic about those trade negotiations. the us market is growing very fast for the uk but they still ban haggis, for heaven's sake in the united states and there are all sorts of opportunities for us to open up trade with the united states. the church of england commissions an inquiry into its handling of allegations, made against a barrister suspected of physically abusing boys he met at christian summer camps in the 1970s.

setting sail for new york — teenage activist, greta thunberg, travels carbon free to the un's summit on climate change. ifeel a bit seasick and it's not going to be comfortable. but that i can live with it. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. this time tomorrow the second ashes test will be under way at lord's. very much looking forward to that one. england captainjoe root says he expects nothing less than an england win in the second ashes test at lord's. and he's hoping the confidence ofjofra archer on his test debut can help level the series against australia. root won't name his team until the morning though. thank you. and we will have the weather forecast. thanks, martine. yes, it's a very changeable week, a fine day today, unsettled tomorrow, fine again on thursday and it looks very unsettled for friday and unfortunately into the weekend. join me later — i'll have all the details. also coming up. we will find out how

orkney is leading the charge on electric vehicles. that's in news nationwide, just after a:30pm. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. the family of 15—year—old nora quoirin, who went missing while on holiday with them in malaysia, say the body found in the jungle is the teenager's. in the past hour, the irish taoiseach leo varadkar has tweeted sympathy, he said: "our thoughts and sincere condolences are with nora quoirin's parents, siblings and wider family at this unimaginably difficult time. they have experienced every family's worst nightmare. i'd like to pay tribute to everyone who searched for nora.

may she rest in peace." hundreds of volunteers joined the search for nora since she disappeared from her room at the dusun resort on ath august. her body was found just over a mile from the hotel. richard lister reports. nora quoirin, described by her family as a sweet, sensitive girl with severe learning difficulties. they are convinced she was abducted. rescue teams set off again this morning to search the rainforest around the holiday resort where nora disappeared. for ten days, hundreds of people have been probing the dense undergrowth and finding no trace of nora. but today, a grim new development — this man came to police to report the discovery of a naked body at a nearby palm oil plantation. he took investigators to the scene. translation: we have found a body, a woman's body with white skin. right now, we can't confirm her identity. we have contacted the forensic and pathology team to investigate and determine who it is. for nora's parents, meabh and sebastien, this has been the worst kind of ordeal. only yesterday, they announced a reward for information about her.

she has been vulnerable since the day she was born. she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. forensic teams are now working in the area where the body was found, its being treated as a crime scene. the police also brought in a helicopter which lowered a recovery cage to those on the ground. we confirmed there is a body there which resembles nora. yet to be confirmed by the family. and just now the body was winched by helicopter to the hospital. hours later, police confirmed that the search for nora was over. her family has now identified her body. but the question of how she died is yet to be answered. richard lister, bbc news. one of president trump's most senior

officials has promised fast—track trade deals between britain and the us after brexit. speaking after talks with borisjohnson in downing street, john bolton said deals could be agreed sector by sector, for swift progress. it's a boost for the prime minister's brexit strategy, but some are worried about what the white house would demand in return. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. isjohn bolton the bearer of good news? he says the trump administration wants brexit to be a success, and knows how to help. trade deals are notoriously complicated. after any kind of brexit, britain will need them. mr bolton is offering an accelerated series of deals, sector by sector, with cars and other manufactured goods among the first to be sorted. what we can very warmly welcome is the political priority the united states is giving to trade negotiations with the united kingdom, and it's also a very important concession to agree to have these talks sector by sector in order that we can get some results

as early as possible, because a full comprehensive trade negotiation could take years and years. other areas including agriculture and that famous chlorinated chicken will take longer to agree. but here too mr bolton said there will be lots of support in congress for speedy ratification. britain's successful exit from the eu, he says, is very much in america's interest. it all sounds very appealing. the us is the largest single export market for the uk. but as a bloc, the eu is still much bigger. and there's another concern. will britain's newly isolated status make us susceptible to all sorts of other american demands? i think you have to be a little bit careful of someone like john bolton bearing gifts, because this is a very transactional administration, as you know, and they will want something in return. this is notjust, here, we love you, we are going to make life easy for you post brexit.

there will be requests in return. those could include siding with the us over iran, and the future of a nuclear deal struck four years ago. downing street says thejohnson government remains committed to the deal, but it's already hanging by a thread. and then there's huawei and washington's demand that britain should not involve the chinese telecommunications giant in any of our 5g network. mr bolton says tricky issues can be put off for now, but both are pressing and hard to ignore. paul adams, bbc news. the prime minister has also been speaking this afternoon — here's what he had to say. i want to see trade with our european neighbours and i want to see trade with countries around the world. we have fantastic opportunities to open that up. actually, the us market is growing very fast for the uk but they still ban haggis, for heaven's sake, in the united states. there are all sorts of opportunities we have to open up trade with the us. but that also goes for

countries around the world. but where you are right, the single biggest deal we need to do is a free trade agreement with our friends and partners over the channel. the americans won't give something for nothing, will they? in my experience, the americans are very tough negotiators indeed and we will do a great deal with them and it will open up opportunities for uk businesses and particularly services companies in the us. but, yes, it will be a tough old haggle but we will get there. the church of england has commissioned an independent inquiry into its handling of allegations made against a barrister. john smyth, who led christian summer camps in dorset in the 1970s, and died last year, was accused of violent beatings by several individuals. joining us now is our religious affairs editor martin bashir. what happened on these camps? these camps were started in the 19305 these camps were started in the 1930s by an anglican minister by the

name of eric nash who was a particularly charismatic speaker and very effective at working with young people. and in about 197ajohn smyth, the barrister, became one of the regular helpers on these events and he became chairman of the trust. in 2017, it emerged that multiple individuals had been accessed by john smyth on the camps, invited to his home in winchester, taken into his home in winchester, taken into his garden shed and beaten brutally. one young man alleged that he had to wear incontinence pants to staunch the flow of blood. at the point at which... after that period, the story came out in the papers, hampshire police launched an inquiry, and were on the point of extraditing him back to south africa to face serious questioning last year whenjohn smyth suddenly died ofa year whenjohn smyth suddenly died of a heart attack. was smyth ever

apprehended about this? well, interestingly, the people who ran the camps with him, the leaders, commissioned and inquiry in 1982 and put together a short report in which these allegations were made public. but the leaders of the camp decided that rather than referring the matter to the police, they encouraged him to quietly leave the country, he moved to zimbabwe initially, and no referral was made to the police. so, what is the purpose of this inquiry? well, there have been so many individual victims who claim to have been abused by smyth that the church of england just hasn't been able to ignore it. and also, the current archbishop of canterburyjustin and also, the current archbishop of canterbury justin welby was and also, the current archbishop of canterburyjustin welby was both an individual young boy at the camps and eventually became a dormitory officer. he has repeatedly said that he knew nothing of these examples of abuse, though he did nojohn smyth himself. and so it is expected that the archbishop of canterbury will appearasa the archbishop of canterbury will appear as a witness before the

inquiry. martin, thank you very much. martin bashir. new figures show that unemployment rose by 31,000, to1.33 million, in the three months tojune. at the same time, average wages increased by their highest rate for 11 years. employment has hit record highs in the uk, boosted by greater numbers of working women. flights have been grounded at hong kong international airport for a second day, as pro democracy protests continue there. demonstrations over fears that hong kong's limited autonomy from mainland china is being eroded, began ten weeks ago. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, has warned "a dangerous situation" has been reached. beijing has threatened to intervene, and state media has shown pictures of security forces gathering near the border. stephen mcdonell reports. pro—democracy activists have again brought hong kong airport departures hall to a virtual standstill.

check—in counters have been closed, outbound flights cancelled, with tense scenes as passengers were blocked from flying out. sorry, sorry, sorry! i need to see my family. in previous days, protesters had treated the airport sit—in as a peaceful awareness exercise. now they've changed tactics. this is an active attempt to shut down business here. demonstrators say economic disruption will now be used to draw attention to their calls for democratic reforms. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, said today they are thrusting the city into a state of panic and chaos. translation: so here i ask everybody again to put aside our differences and calm down. take a minute to look at our city, our home. can we bear to push it into the abyss and see

it smashed to pieces? she was asked repeatedly if she was able to make decisions independently of the central government in beijing. this question has been answered on previous occasions. translation: but you've evaded the question on numerous occasions. though beijing has expressed confidence in carrie lam's administration, state—run media has also shown convoys of paramilitary police gathering in the border city of shenzhen, with one communist party newspaper warning protesters that if they can't read this signal, they are asking for destruction. come on, you're being really selfish, here! at the moment, protesters are not backing down in the face of such threats. some even believe that triggering a major crisis might even further their cause. either way, hong kong's political crisis has moved into its tenth week, with no end in sight. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. these are the live pictures from

hong kong international airport. as you can see it is night time, nearly 11:15pm there. outside the building we we re 11:15pm there. outside the building we were just able to see all of those vehicles, flashing lights, heavily armed police, and a few moments ago, we were able to see some scuffles breaking out, some very heavily armed security personnel with batons and riot shields pushing back some of the protesters who had made their way outside the terminal building, and according to reuters they were blocking the way of a police vehicle. it does look like the traffic is able to get through at the moment. the hong kong airport authority says that airport operations have been severely disrupted by what they call a public assembly. this is the second day in assembly. this is the second day in a row that hong kong international airport has been affected by these

protests. this is going back inside the building now. flight check—in was suspended earlier in the day because of the presence of these protesters. it is one of the busiest airports in the world on a normal day but it has been the site of daily protests since friday. we know that they haven't been able to have any departures today, we don't know what the status of arrivals are, though, at the moment. there has been mass unrest in various parts of the territory of hong kong for ten weeks now. you can hear that noise. there have been signs held up by some of the demonstrators apologising to passengers for the disruption that they are causing. by being there in these numbers. there we see those riot police again. it had been fairly quiet. we have been keeping an eye on these pictures for

the last few hours but clearly it is heating up again. protesters showing no signs of giving up. it all began, of course, several weeks ago, two and a half months ago, when that extradition bill was proposed which would make it easierfor extradition bill was proposed which would make it easier for people suspected of crimes to be extradited for trial to mainland china. this is regarded by pro—democracy demonstrators as an erosion of the extra freedoms that hong kong still enjoys as a slightly more autonomous pa rt enjoys as a slightly more autonomous part of the country. the territory was promised after the handoverfrom britain back to beijing. you can hear that noise just swelling from time to time as the protesters and the police meet each other. reuters quoting an eyewitness at the airport

now saying riot police have pushed back some of the protesters. that was certainly borne out by some of the pictures we were looking at during stephen mcdonnell‘s report before we brought them to you. carrie lam, for her part, she is the chief executive of hong kong. she is saying that this has reached a dangerous situation and the violence during protests, she believes, would pushit during protests, she believes, would push it down a path of no return. beijing has threatened to intervene. but so far, it's the police who are trying to maintain this situation. they are there in great numbers, look. rather than the people's liberation army being brought in. protesters have been using luggage trolleys to build barriers. some travellers have become distressed and then angered as well.

they have been exchanges with the protesters and passengers who have described their actions as selfish. but of course they believe they are defending the freedoms that hong kong enjoys that are not enjoyed in the rest of mainland china. we keep seeing pictures from inside and outside. clearly the police are well and truly on the move, aren't they? ordinarily, there would be hundreds and hundreds of flights taking off and hundreds of flights taking off and landing. this is a really important hub in this part of asia. more than 220 destinations are served by hong kong. the united nations higher in for human rights

has been speaking about the situation in hong kong urging the authorities in the territory to exercise restraint during the protest. there has been criticism of the police and the protesters have been... let's hear what is being said. it might not be in english, of course. shouting. there was n0 there was no problem until you guys got here. studio: apologies if that language was offensive. tensions are very

high there. if you could pick up what was being said in those exchanges. it is not clear what has caused these tensions to escalate further throughout the last few hours. the scenes from inside the building have been relatively calm and quiet. shouting.

studio: those projectiles being thrown didn't seem t0 studio: those projectiles being thrown didn't seem to do any damage. the police well protected with those riot shields. it may have quietened down a bit. some rather bewildered —looking passengers milling around. a lot of them have been told to try and get out of the terminal building as soon as they can and not to loiter there any longer than necessary. but protesters, got used to seeing them in their black tops and wearing those facemasks. concern being expressed by the united nations high commissioner for being expressed by the united nations high commissionerfor human rights over some of the police tactics and has called for an investigation into the police using tear gas and firing it into the crowds. we know there have been a few people injured. pepper spray as

well has been used. and of course, all of these pictures seen around the world as those clashes occur. a lot of press on the premises. and then they turned up to a press conference and asked quite a few questions of the chief executive carrie lam that they didn't feel she was properly answering. she seemed very emotionalfor her was properly answering. she seemed very emotional for her part earlier, saying, take a minute to think, take a look at our city, take a look at our home, do you really want to see it pushed into an abyss? that's echoing similar remarks made by an official from the chinese liaison office in hong kong. expressing concern about the scenes we are seeing in the territory. traffic is still able to get through

but this is outside the terminal building. police vehicles present. one of them was being blocked a few minutes ago and that's when the scuffles seemed to break out. some protesters had chosen, it seemed, to go home because of the suggestion that beijing would intervene. but there are still plenty of them there, and likewise, large numbers of heavily armed police. these flights being cancelled, of course, it has a massive economic impact, financial impact, on hong kong. it is an important place for

business. that will be concentrating minds of the authorities in hong kong and also in beijing. the airport authorities told the reuters news agency that operations there are today, tuesday, have been seriously disrupted by a public assembly. that's how they have described this protest to our collea g u es described this protest to our colleagues at reuters. they say the airport has been seriously disrupted. riot police moving in, using pepper spray against the protesters. this is late at night, 11:15pm. of course, very busy airport 2a hours a day. according to the airport authority, this public assembly had a blocked passageways to the airport's restricted area, blocking passengers from proceeding to immigration. even those flights that were supposed to be going, there will be disruption to those people from being able to get onto

those aircraft. protesters also scuffling with police according to the airport authorities. vehicles being blocked outside. wejust don't know at the moment what has sparked this particular bout of tension. let's just remind ourselves of the context of these demonstrations. our east asia correspondent jonathan headis east asia correspondent jonathan head is at the airport. let's listen to what he has to say. once again, this airport is in chaos, with hundreds, maybe thousands of passengers stranded. this is all down to this protest movement that for a second day has stormed this airport. in fact, you are seeing protesters moving in

among the passengers often apologising for the disruption they have caused and explaining why they feel they have to do it. they have come in, shut down operations, that now seems to be their main goal. earlier, it seemed the protesters we re earlier, it seemed the protesters were just earlier, it seemed the protesters werejust using earlier, it seemed the protesters were just using the airport to try to get attention to their demands. now they are trying to disrupt this important transport hub. we are seeing at the entrance hundreds of protesters massing there, really affecting control of the airport and you have to wonder how much longer the hong kong authorities will put up the hong kong authorities will put up with this and whether they have any options to come into a scene like this and stormed it, and of course, behind the hong kong government is always china whose language and description of what is going on has become harsher and tougher as this airport occupation has continued, with china warning that its patience will eventually run out. but that has not deterred these young protesters who say they will keep coming back, whatever the warnings from beijing. they will not

give in until they see some flexibility, some response from the hong kong government to their five demands. and so, as far as we can see, there is no end to this crisis. that was jonathan head speaking earlier before this latest tension arose. again, this is outside the main terminal building of hong kong airport where these protests have spread. we are used to seeing them in another district over the last few weeks but the demonstrations are approaching their 11th week of unrest, with increasing violence and strikes causing major disruption to business, to the airport, to tourism as well. we know that the chinese government in beijing has strongly criticised the protesters. their

representative in hong kong, carrie lam, the chief executive, under enormous pressure from beijing to resolve these issues and bring the demonstrations to a close. but as jonathan head was just saying, it is ha rd to jonathan head was just saying, it is hard to imagine that beijing will keep tolerating these scenes because this is, of course, what people are watching all round the world. there has been all sorts of discussion of what sort of direct action beijing might choose to take. beijing was very angry that britain saw fit to urge calm a few weeks ago, claiming that britain was meddling in another country's affairs.

inside the building earlier in the day it seemed to be relatively quiet. although there is a sort of a stand—off, there was nothing much happening but the protesters very much in evidence in their black t—shirts and their facemasks building barriers with luggage trolleys, making it difficult for people to get in and out of the airport, and also leading the authorities to decide not to continue with all of the departures today. which is the second day running that that's been the case. there is just too running that that's been the case. there isjust too much disruption. foran there isjust too much disruption. for an airport that across a year will see traffic of 75 million passengers, nearly 500,000 take offs and landings by 120 landings since

it opened for business in 1998. it has become a major transport hub for this part of asia. a great deal of criticism from local journalists as to how carrie lam has responded to this unrest. at the most responded to this unrest. at the m ost rece nt responded to this unrest. at the most recent press conference there was a barrage of questions from them to her. she had told members of the media that she was heartbroken by reports of the injuries that people sustained in the protest last weekend, that she seemed to defend the police and say they were using proportionate force, acting under extremely difficult circumstances. we have seen some of those circumstances unfolding here tonight. it is 11:30pm at night in

hong kong. a lot of press, as you can see. these are the picture is of course, the chinese government, the hong kong authorities will realise are beaming their way around the world. according to the afp news agency, we are hearing from them a small group of riot police have used pepper spray to push back the protesters outside the city's airport. those we re outside the city's airport. those were the pictures we were looking at a little while ago. they were trying to escort a man he was taken away in an ambulance. two dozen officers found their police than had been blocked by a few hundred protesters as it followed the ambulance. we saw

the police, police were seen by eyewitnesses jumping out of the van to try and clear the path and that is when they use the pepper spray and detained around two people as a result of that. let's just show you the tension we sawjust a few moments ago. oh my god. oh no. we are under attack.

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studio: these are pictures from a short while ago, in the last sort of half an hour, when that scuffle broke out as a result of a group of

protesters, according to afp, about 100 of them surrounded a police van outside hong kong international airport building. it has been pretty quiet for the last few hours. the occupation of the building is still continuing, but it has been pretty calm. a few travellers said they we re calm. a few travellers said they were distressed and angry, in some cases, about the disruption being caused when the protesters formed that barrier of luggage trolleys. some of them apologising to passengers for the disruption they've caused as well. there were scuffles a nd they've caused as well. there were scuffles and the use of pepper spray by the police to try to push back those 100 or so protesters who had surrounded this police van, which was trying to escort somebody in an ambulance. two people were detained, we are told. this isn't the first

time the airport has been a sight to protest. on the 26th ofjuly, thousands of these pro—democracy demonstrators and airline staff held a sit in. and that was to try to tourists what they were protesting about and raise awareness what the protest goals are. it began, as we have said with the anger over the extradition bill that had been proposed to make it easier to send people from hong kong to the chinese mainland for trial, but it has become much more than that. that was dropped sometime and carrie lam, took that decision some weeks ago. but now it is as much about as protecting the extra freedoms and liberties that hong kong enjoys, that are not possible at the moment

in mainland china. hong kong is one of the well‘s most visited cities. but this disruption is having an impact of course, on the economy and the hospitality sector. tourism has been affected and a number of nations, including the united states has warned its citizens to exercise increased caution when travelling there. some people choosing not to travel, some people unable to travel asa travel, some people unable to travel as a result of the cancellations of departures today, departures and arrivals yesterday. at one point, any aeroplane that was still in the airwas any aeroplane that was still in the air was allowed to land, but they we re air was allowed to land, but they were discouraging any aircraft setting off if they were due to be bound to hong kong. some visitors or would—be visitors looking at these

pictures and are concerned hong kong could be more dangerous than it has been before. they see these pictures of the anti—government rallies that have resulted after these often violent clashes with the police. these are not live pictures, these are within the last half an hour. oh my god. oh no. we are under attack. shouting

studio: just a reminder these are not live pictures, they were filmed in the last half an hour also when some of the protesters came out of the terminal building. they have been standing pretty quietly for the last few hours. it is now 11:a0pm in hong kong. in the last half—an—hour or so when these pictures were filmed, according to afp, the news agency, there were about a hundred protesters also left the building, just as they often are in black t—shirts and these face masks on and surrounded a police vehicle, which was outside. the police vehicle was being used to escort an ambulance trying to take somebody away. two people were detained as a result of the scuffles that have broken out. police were reported to have used pepper spray to push the protesters back. hong kong international

airport authority saying their operations are severely disrupted, by what they described as a public assembly. the fact these protests are taking place at all is a surprise to many people watching hong kong. it is not what you would expect necessarily, young people to engage in. it is now entering its 11th week. inside, it is still relatively quiet, but the disruption thatis relatively quiet, but the disruption that is being caused is pretty great. a lot of the people taking pa rt great. a lot of the people taking part in these protests are aged between 17 and 21. not old enough, many of them, to have taken part in the last protests that the world watched in hong kong in 201a that became known as the umbrella protest when tens of thousands of people

slept in the street for weeks when they were demanding democratic elections. these kind of scenes are not what you are going to find in mainland china at all. but things are different this time around. these young activists speaking, as one of them did to as yesterday, saying they are prepared to keep going to protect the freedoms that they enjoy in hong kong. some a nalysts they enjoy in hong kong. some analysts saying hong kong's youth have experienced something of a political awakening in the last two decades or so. the proportion of voters between 18 and 35 rows. so a lot more people in the territory able to exercise their democratic

rights they enjoy and that they want to protect. and hong kong currently enjoys all sorts of special rights and freedoms that were protected as pa rt and freedoms that were protected as part of the handover agreement between the british, of course hong kong previously being a british colony, and the chinese government. but, in 20a7, which probably feels strikingly close to a lot of the young people in hong kong, that agreement enshrining hong kong's special status expires and no one knows quite what that will mean for the special rights that hong kong enjoys, that people have got used to. and so, there is probably a lot of uncertainty in the minds of these

protesters and a feeling that after 20a7, the chinese government will choose to treat hong kong differently from how it does now. but, that doesn't mean to say they can protest that openly. a lot of them are very frightened of saying who they are, fearing they will be arrested. trying to keep their facemasks on to in some way protect their identity. it has quietened down again, it was getting very noisy and very tense at one point outside the building. but it is a little bit quieter now. but those protesters are still there and so are the police. i think we can speak

now to erin hale, a freelance journalist who is in hong kong. talk to us about why you are in hong kong at the mount?” talk to us about why you are in hong kong at the mount? i am a freelance journalist and i work for a german press agency and other news outlets. i have been covering the protests since they began injune. i have been covering the protests since they began in june. where are you at the moment? i am in the press room which has the best internet connection. what was the story you we re connection. what was the story you were going to file? i came in here right after the riot police showed up. what did you see? there was a lot of commotion when the police first came in. they came in in their normal uniforms. people shouted at them to leave. it was very loud, very intense and then i hung out u psta i rs

very intense and then i hung out upstairs and then all of a sudden about ten minutes later it got very intense as the riot police very quickly showed up and tried to push into the building. we saw a scuffle broke out outside. it looked like it had been pretty quiet indoors for quite a few hours and then suddenly it escalated outside the building? basically the riot police tried to rush in and protesters were keeping them from going and they had started to build barricades and the police did fire pepper spray. we read reports quite a few protesters surrounded a police vehicle which was supposed to be escorting an ambulance and that seemed to be the flash point? usually these ambulances did turn up ahead of the police so i am suspicious it was taking anybody out of the building. i think it was to push the police back, which is common and they were afraid of a large number of people coming into the building. when you

say a large number of people to flood the building, you mean the police? i am sorry, i am a little bit tired at this point. but yes, i did mean. we are talking to erin hale, a freelance journalist who has been reporting on these protests across hong kong for the last few weeks and, as we were just hearing, weeks and, as we were just hearing, we have lost the connection with her at the moment but she was talking about what happened today at the airport. these are pictures from a bit earlier. it is quite difficult to establish what happened to some of the reports. suggestions the police were surrounding and rounding up police were surrounding and rounding up protesters outside. but we can see what erin described, which is a number of riot police trying to make their way into the building. because of the disruption that is being

caused, perhaps the police were trying to move in to try and clear some of those protesters. let's speak to martin yip. what is happening is clear, a few moments ago you may have seen pictures of riot police arriving at some point. they are not in full riot gear, but with batons and shields. they arrived, they made their way onto the protesters with the sake of taking away modern man, with the paramedics as well, which was

surrounded by the protesters, thinking he was a chinese policeman. we don't have exact proof that is indeed the case, but the protesters believe so so surrounded him for a long while. many of the riot police walking around and another man being detained by these protesters, challenging his identity right now. he is sitting, i am not sure you have the same pictures as me. the outside is looking calm, loads of protesters walking around, not quite sure what they are going to do next. but i understand in terminal two, the protesters have somehow let passengers go and check in for their flights, late night flights going to places like paris, london heathrow,

those flights are scheduled to depart. otherwise, it is a chaotic scene inside terminal one at this very moment. is it possible for you to estimate how much disruption there has been to flights today, departures and arrivals? there has been around 300 flights being cancelled today from 6am local time. that is 2300 bst in the uk. that should be five tm your time. 300 flights inbound and outbound but the cargo is largely unaffected. that will still mean quite a disruption to the airport. yesterday we had over 100 flights cancelled from lunchtime our time all the way to midnight. now we have almost 300 flights cancelled across today with

more disruption here and some other flights, taking passengers who were backlogged from yesterday, away. three days a passengers to be cleared tomorrow if the airport can function at all. how understanding of the passengers who are caught up in this? i think we are somehow seeing a division among the passengers already, at least from local media. some are understanding. there was a group of arriving passengers around two hours ago coming out of the arrival hall with a banner saying, keep the momentum going. so they are cheering up the protesters. also increasing scenes of protest is sort of apologising to passengers, while we see the passengers, while we see the passengers being so angry and arguing why are you not letting me through to catch my flight home. that kind of situation is happening right here. it is hard tojudge the

understanding of the passengers and for the protesters, it is coming quite close to the time if they have to decide if the public are still on their side. how much to the authorities in hong kong tell you about the tactics that they are using? we see riot police arrived, we see them move into the building, we see them move into the building, we see them move into the building, we see them move out of the building but it is not always clear what they are trying to do because the protesters remain in place?” are trying to do because the protesters remain in place? i don't think the police, the police nor the government have been saying much about their tactics. although one presumption from the protesters' side, what i get from the online forums they have been frequenting, that in the past month or two months, there have been sit in protest at the airport also, none of them turned violent afterwards and

they do have a general theory that because there were virtually no police presence at the airport rallies, so it is less likely to erupt into any sort of protest. i mean, clashes. this time, we don't know how much the police want to react in a more determined way because this is the airport terminal, you don't want to hit any passers—by, not just passers—by terminal, you don't want to hit any passers—by, notjust passers—by but international passengers. an deploying tear gas and rubber bullets is not the police do not say very much about what they want to do about this protest at the airport. tell us what the situation has been in other parts of hong kong. we have seen a lot of demonstrations in the past, the railway stations have been affected and it is recent that the airport has become the focus? for

this round of protests, it is somehow a result of the clashes on sunday night especially the results of one young woman being shot in her right eye. there is a rumour she will have probably lost her eyesight. we don't have further information on that. it is apparently, she was apparently shot from the bullets from the police side. the police are denying it and they are urging her to file her reports at the police can investigate it. the protesters thought the best way to put pressure on the government is to suffocate this place, the airport, the very engine of hong kong. that is why they went there, they hope they can pa ralyse they went there, they hope they can paralyse the airport and put pressure on the government this way. the scene is rather calm today but

there are the scene is rather calm today but there a re protests the scene is rather calm today but there are protests at some tube stations where clashes broke out demanding the place to be cleaned after bullets were fired and also another station where tear gas was fired and people are worried, especially when these tear gases are fired, those remnants in the air might cause health problems. so they are demanding, not just might cause health problems. so they are demanding, notjust for might cause health problems. so they are demanding, not just for an investigation but a further clean—up. investigation but a further clean-up. we are looking at these pictures inside one of the terminal buildings now. clearly, it has got very, very busy. you described it as chaotic and that is what i would say it is. we have got the press, we have got protesters, we have got police, we have got passengers. it is quite hard to make sense of this and to see how you get this to dissipate? i am afraid that is

indeed the case. the police might actually be not present at this very moment inside the terminal. but the mix of moment inside the terminal. but the m ix of protesters moment inside the terminal. but the mix of protesters and undercover police, which is making all the protesters being more vigilant and more suspicious to each other. that is making the situation more volatile, more fluid. the reason i am mentioning this is, the police had a meeting yesterday and they have been deploying undercover in different occasions inside these protests, after some of them were stopped by the press back on sunday. now there is more increasing distrust between the protesters and the government, the police and there has been suspected police men inside

the crowd, causing it to be more volatile. martin yip from the bbc bureau in hong kong. just looking at those pictures of hundreds, if not thousands of people gathered there inside the terminal building at hong kong international airport. the time there is close to midnight and we have seen scuffles and clashes outside this evening, between police and the protesters. those demonstrations now entering their 11th week. much more on that with carrie gracie in the bbc news five, but now let's get the weather with susan. i weather this week couldn't be more different from day today. we have had some sunshine this tuesday. you can guess what wednesday has in

store ? can guess what wednesday has in store? beautiful scenes being sent in throughout the course of the day, faultless blue skies in gloucestershire. wednesday, a very different story. low pressure coming in from the atlantic will bring plenty of cloud, but it will also bring heavy rain. wettest of the weather initially across the south—west of england and wales and as we move through the early hours, we will see it creeping eastwards by the end of the night. northern ireland and scotland escaped with a few showers. a milder night underneath the cloud and with the rain, chilly for eastern scotland and those in rural areas of three or 4 and those in rural areas of three or a degrees. here though some of the best of the sunshine for wednesday. lots of cloud elsewhere, heavy rain sweeping across england and wales. thunder examples for parts of the midlands and eastern england in the afternoon. drier generally for scotla nd afternoon. drier generally for scotland and northern ireland until we get to the evening. this feature comes into play bring in wet weather across northern ireland and into scotla nd across northern ireland and into scotland as the day comes to a

close. pretty cool as well, temperatures in the high teens at best. next day, different story, back with the dry weather and sunshine. ridge of high pressure. one or two showers possible on thursday but a much drier day, lighter winds and a warmer feel. high teens to the low 20s, 23 in the south—east of england. that is a brief visitor because on friday this area of low pressure comes in and onceit area of low pressure comes in and once it arrives it is keen to stay and it looks like it is keen to bring pokey weather fronts on to the south of the uk over the course of the weekend. here is friday, it is still august, it is still summer but it will feel more like autumn. widespread rain, strong winds, gusting a0 to a5 mph in exposure and temperatures high teens yes, but it will feel cooler where we have the rain and as for the weekend, things don't improve very dramatically at all. lots more showers in the mix as the low stays close by and sunday,

strong winds, potentially even destructive winds in the forecast. today at five: hong kong international airport has been the scene of clashes between police and anti—government protestors for a second day. demonstrators staged another sit—in at the terminal, disrupting flights. we'll have the latest from hong kong airport. the other main stories on bbc news at five: the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified the body found in thejungle, as hers. we sent ourforensic we sent our forensic team to the scene of the crime, they have

confirmed that