today at five — the eu rejects borisjohnson's latest call to ditch the irish backstop. the eu says borisjohnson has not offered a sensible alternative and is making a hard border more likely. we'll have the latest from our correspondents at westminster and in brussels and we'll be talking to the former irish taoiseach, john bruton. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: a man appears in court, charged with the murder of pc andrew harper — lawyers for 20—year—old jed foster say he's innocent. he emphatically denies any responsibility or involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein made a new will just two days before taking his own life. the energy regulator is to examine whether the right decisions were made during the power

cut earlier this month. and is this dramatic new evidence of climate change — two kayakers get the shock of their lives. the eu council president donald tusk has rejected borisjohnson‘s fresh demand for the irish backstop to be removed from any brexit deal. the backstop would keep the uk in the eu customs union — preventing the return of border checks between northern ireland and the irish republic. it comes as the government annouces that british government officials will no longer go to most eu

meetings from the ist of september. in a statement, the department for exiting the eu says the decision to ‘unshackle' officials from these eu meetings is to enable them to better focus their talents on our immediate national priorities. the brexit secretary stephen barclay said officials will only go to meetings that really matter, reducing attendance by more than half and saving hundreds of hours. here's our political correspondent iain watson. no roadblocks any longer on the irish border, but how to maintain the free flow of goods after brexit has been a barrier to a deal with the eu. brussels and dublin want the government to agree to what's called the backstop, an arrangement that would avoid a hard border in ireland by keeping the entire uk closely in step with many eu regulations until a new trade deal is agreed. in his letter to the eu, the prime minister made it clear this was unacceptable.

he said, it's anti—democratic and inconsistent with the sovereignty of the uk as a state. what the prime minister is asking the eu to do is look at reality. the withdrawal agreement, because of the backstop, has been rejected by the house of commons three times and it has been very clear that that is the sticking point, but without that there is a good chance of getting a deal through the house and that is what the prime minister said he wants to do. borisjohnson has ratcheted up the rhetoric further. he says, it's become increasingly clear that the backstop risks weakening the good friday agreement. in other words, the northern ireland peace process. that's because he says the agreement works on the basis of consent and northern ireland's dup, his partners in government, haven't consented to the backstop. politicians from the republic of ireland are signalling their disagreement with boris johnson's approach.

using language like that is not helpful. saying the backstop threatens the good friday agreement is a worrying turn because the backstop is a creation based on the british government's red lines that underpins the good friday agreement and ensures there is no hardening of the border on the island of ireland. the president of the eu council, donald tusk, appeared to dismiss borisjohnson‘s offer in this tweet. those against a backstop, he said, are not proposing realistic alternatives, in fact, support re—establishing a border, even if they don't admit it. the eu has consistently said there can be no deal without the northern irish backstop. borisjohnson is arguing in no uncertain terms that there can be no deal with it. he seems to be after one of two outcomes. either the eu blinks at the prospect of no deal growing closer, or it stands firm and he blames brussels for a new deal brexit.

brussels for a no deal brexit. and today labour demanded an up—to—date assessment on the implications of no deal. this is brexit, the most important political decision of my lifetime, and it is not unreasonable, given we have seen one set of predictions, that we see the most up—to—date predictions about a no—deal brexit could mean. borisjohnson says he is energetically seeking a deal with the eu, but he is also making it crystal clear he is prepared to leave without one. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. in a moment will talk to our correspondent in brussels, adam fleming. first to our political correspondent, peter saull at westminster. mrjohnson‘s letter rebuffed by the eu. he may not have been surprised by that? no, i don't think anyone in downing street will be surprised by the response from the eu. this was supposed to be an opening diplomatic salvo from boris johnson, supposed to be an opening diplomatic salvo from borisjohnson, ahead of a

series of meetings, culminating with the g7 summit. we know borisjohnson wa nts to the g7 summit. we know borisjohnson wants to get rid of the northern irish backstop and he gave three reasons for it. first, it is anti—democratic, secondly that it undermines the peace process in northern ireland. and thirdly that it can't be a basis for a future relationship between the uk and the eu. this has prompted quite a backlash from eu leaders today, some suggesting that some of boris johnson's claims have been misleading and then back here in westminster a senior uk government source saying it is sad that it appears that the eu is not willing to be reasonable on this issue. so the blame game going into overdrive ahead of immediatings, first in —— meetings, first in berlin, angela merkel will welcome boris johnson. she said the eu will continue to be united in its approach, but it will

be interesting to see if there is any break through as the clock continues to tick to that deadline of october 31st. in westminster a lot of pessimism. jeremy corbyn said he doesn't believe borisjohnson is serious about negotiating a deal. adam in brussels, pete talked of a backlash, how would you characterise the language from eu leaders in their response to borisjohnson? the language from eu leaders in their response to borisjohnson7m was notjust the language, but they used all the tools at their disposal to push back against borisjohnson's letter. we saw the tweet from donald tusk, where he didn't name boris johnson and he didn't necessarily accuse him of lying, but came close, then we had the european commission being more diplomatic, but saying this letter doesn't have any workable solutions, give us something we can work with. privately we got a document

circulated by the eu negotiators to the 27 other countries in the eu that pointed out the flaws in what borisjohnson was that pointed out the flaws in what boris johnson was proposing and rebutted his claims, particularly if the backstop came into force it would contravene the good friday peace agreement or would contravene the good friday peace agreement oi’ leave would contravene the good friday peace agreement or leave people in northern ireland without a voice. the eu has been pushing back hard. but you will notice they haven't said it is all over. so there may be some room for manoeuvre. just not yet. back to peter at westminster, an interesting this development where the government says british officials want go to a lot of eu meetings as from september ist. is that a way of downing street trying to say to people, this is real, we are leaving. yesjust 11 days of meetings left, probably less if you ta ke meetings left, probably less if you take out weekends. but this is about

hammering home the message both to the eu and to a domestic audience, potential voters, that this boris johnson government is serious about delivering brexit on time in october and notable the language. it said civil servants would be unshackled to deal with the challenges and the future opportunities when britain leaves the eu. this is similar language that we have seen since this brexiteer government has come to power and i suspect we will see more of this if we get a general election at some point in the not too distant future. adam, what is the reaction there to this statement. not much reaction? that is because the eu's initial fears when borisjohnson is because the eu's initial fears when boris johnson became is because the eu's initial fears when borisjohnson became prime minister is he would use attendance

at meet ings to try and put a spanner at meet ings to try and put a spanner in the works. they will be relieved that they have gone in the other direction and i can imagine eu officials say, guys if you don't wa nt officials say, guys if you don't want to come to meetings and lose intel and start practicing for what life is like hanging about outside, be our guest. pete, you talked about a blame game, what is the mood in westminster now with the clock ticking very fast now to the end of october? that's right the first things first is what happens at the start of september? we are expecting quite a lot of parliamentary battles, perhaps even in the first week of september. i think the first thing that a lot of mps that want to stop a no—deal brexit will try to do is change legislation to force the government's hand to make sure that borisjohnson government's hand to make sure that boris johnson requests an government's hand to make sure that borisjohnson requests an extension if it looks like we are going for a no—deal brexit. there is the nuclear

option which has been discussed over the summer break as well of the potential of a no confidence vote a government of national unity being formed, maybe led byjeremy corbyn or other senior mps, the names of people like ken clarke have been mentioned, who would ask an extension to article ross finnie —— to article 50 and given the lack of negotiations and the difficulty of preventing the government from stopping leaving do or die in october, and no deal does appear the most likely outcome. adam, is that the view in brussels, do people there still think there could be a government of national unity and maybe parliament stopping a no—deal brexit? yeah, they posit all those

possibilities and have as many theories here as in westminster. they think parliament is not sitting and you've mps commenting, but not getting involved. people here are thinking the g7 summit would be a big moment and they think the big moment will be in september when parliament returns and it will become clear the constraints on borisjohnson's powers become clear the constraints on boris johnson's powers and become clear the constraints on borisjohnson's powers and how become clear the constraints on boris johnson's powers and how far parliament is willing to do or is unable to go and then we will be into the real world. thank you very much. we can discuss this further with the former irish taoiseach and fine gael leader, john bruton. hejoins me from dunboyne. i don't think we have got him at the moment. but we will talk to him soon

when we establish a line to him. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a police officer while he investigated a burglary in berkshire. pc andrew harper died on thursday after being dragged along the road by a vehicle. today 20—year—old jed foster appeared at reading magistrates court — his lawyer said foster denies any involvement in what he called the officer's ‘horrific murder‘. our home affairs correspondent — daniel sandford — told us the latest from the court. yes, it was a short hearing, but it was very emotionally charged. pc harper's family were there in court, intently watching the man accused of killing him last week. and the accused man's own family were also there, sitting behind him on the public benches. arriving in handcuffs at reading magistrates' court, 20—year—old jed foster, who was charged last night with the murder of pc andrew harper. he's also been charged with the theft of

a quad bikejust before the police officer died. some of pc harper's family came to court to see the man accused of killing him in person and to witness his first appearance in the dock. the hearing lasted less than two minutes. jed foster confirmed his name, his date of birth and his address, just off the m4 near reading. and was told his case will be sent to the crown court for trial. some ofjed foster's family were also in court, including his mother, holding a teddy bear. afterwards, his solicitor made this statement. on behalf of him and his family, he emphatically denies any responsibility or involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. we urge the police to follow every single line of inquiry to prove who is responsible and to ensure that there isjustice in this case. pc andrew harper, who married his wife only 28 days before he was

killed, was the first police officer to die in the line of duty for more than two years. he had been called out late on thursday night to the theft of a quad bike. he ended up being dragged across the a4 under a vehicle and dying. his death has caused shock and outrage. it's also been very personally felt in his force. officers from thames valley police were paying tribute again to him this morning at the road junction where he died. nine other men were also arrested on the suspicion of murdering pc harper, they have now all been released on police bail until the middle of next month. jed foster's next court appearance, in the crown court, is tomorrow. the headlines on bbc news: the eu rejects borisjohnson's latest calls to ditch the irish backstop — they say he has not offered

a sensible alternative. a 20—year—old man appears in court, charged with the murder of pc andrew harper. jed foster's lawyers say he emphatically denies the charges. the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein made a new will — just two days before taking his own life. in sport: steve smith will miss thursday's third ashes test. he was hit by a bouncer last weekend and is still suffering from concussion. mark robinson is heading down as head coach of the england women's cricket team. manchester united say they're disgusted by the online abuse targeting paul pogba after a penalty miss. twitter say they have suspended several accounts and continue to work with the fa to tackle racist abuse. more at half

past. see you then. back to the news that the eu has rejected boris johnson's call to ditch the irish back stobbs. we can discuss this further with the former irish taoiseach and fine gael leader, john bruton. borisjohnson said the backstop i unviable and inconsistent with the sovereignty of the uk as a state. has he got a point? not really. the truth is brexit, which britain freely wants to do and the belfast or good friday agreement, that britain is also bound to contradicts each other. brexit is about boundaries and controls and limitations on movement and things and we on the eu side in putting

forward the backstop have tried to create a bridge between these two positions that britain has taken up. what is disappointing about boris johnson's letter is he has come forward with no specifics, only very vague ideas, not even idea, but vague ideas, not even idea, but vague assurances that he will try and work out some replacement. but thatis and work out some replacement. but that is not good enough. i get the sense from his letter that he doesn't take the eu very seriously. that is a mistake. isn't the reality and this is what serve politicians say, that the brexit deal has been rejected by parliament, rejected by the house of commons three times, because of the backstop, so why not ta ke because of the backstop, so why not take it out of the brexit deal and then give parliament a chance of passing that brexit deal? well, if that happened, there would be no assurance what ever what britain

would not diverge on all sorts of new matters, creating every time they have a different regulation in britain to the one that applies in the eu, that creates a new barrier in ireland and a new contradiction of the good friday agreement, which is based on ireland and britain coming closer to together and every new regulation that britain would make in accordance to boris johnson's letter would pull the two parts of ireland further apart. he has faced up to that or come up with any proposals to come up with that. you were one of the architects of good friday agreement and were involved in the negotiations, what borisjohnson involved in the negotiations, what boris johnson says involved in the negotiations, what borisjohnson says is that the backstop itself weakens and threatens the good friday agreement, because that agreement rests on consent and the dup do not consent

to the backstop. the people of northern ireland voted against brexit. that in a sense, by going ahead with brexit against the wishes of the people, that breaches the idea of consents. the dup don't reject the majority opinion in northern ireland, which is in favour of the backstop and is in favour if there is no backstop, ideally they would like britain and northern ireland to stay in the eu. that is the opinion of the people of northern ireland. and i think that should be taken into account. i don't think england should simply overrule scotland and northern ireland on the issue of eu relations. if we are heading to a no—deal brexit and it looks like we are, some people would say that will hurt the irish republic more than it will hurt britain, how do you respond to that? yes and i saw some

british person close to the prime minister being quoted and saying the eu will give minister being quoted and saying the eu willgive in, minister being quoted and saying the eu will give in, because ireland will be f—ed and a six letter word ending with d. if that the is approach to the negotiation being taken by approach to the negotiation being ta ken by people approach to the negotiation being taken by people close to the prime minister, i don't think we are going to get a deal. i think the prime minister should take ireland a lot more seriously and take the eu more seriously. what may happen i think is that britain will crash out. then there will be several months of chaos. and britain will then approach the eu with a view to making a new deal. at that stage i hope britain will take the eu's determination to maintain the good friday agreement a lot more seriously than prime minister johnson is taking it at this time. thank you very much for your time.

power cuts that hit around a million people earlier this month are being blamed on a lightning strike and the rare loss of two large generators from the national grid. those are the findings of an interim report published today. the national grid and other companies involved now face a fine or being forced to pay consumers compensation. our business correspondent, simon gompertz is here. so what more do we know about what happened and why. we have a more precise idea. it was the 9th august, friday afternoon and there was a lightning strike. not an unusual thing. but what was important was it followed in some way what happened after was that two power stations, the hornsey wind farm went off line and little bar ford

the hornsey wind farm went off line and little barford was the hornsey wind farm went off line and little bar ford was disconnected thatis and little bar ford was disconnected that is just down the road from the section of transmission cable hit by the lightning strike in cambridgeshire and immediately the grid took 5% of demand out to protect 95% of customers. that is a controversial thing, because who you ta ke controversial thing, because who you take out is port. i. —— is important. households and businesses we re important. households and businesses were affected. so more people were affected by that. that is what we know at the moment and the consequences people remember. what sort of investigation is under way to find out what happened and how to prevent it happening again? well crucially the competence of the grid, the companies which run the local transmission network separately from the grid and the suppliers who were involved here. did they actually break the rules that are laid down as to how they should operate in a situation like this? did the grid have enough back

up this? did the grid have enough back up power in place? clearly it didn't. but did it follow the rules and should the rules be changed and we re and should the rules be changed and were the right people turned off. there was a huge impact on transport? yes, railwas the big one. particularly people coming in and out of north london from kings cross. but other parts as well. and a key thing was thames link has had 60 trains stopped and half could only be started again by an engineer. thank you very much. a service of remembrance has been held to mark the 30th anniversary of the marchioness disaster. 51 people died when the pleasure boat sank after colliding with a dredger on the river thames in august 1989.

survivors, friends and relatives of the victims attended the service at southwark cathedral. petals were thrown into the water close to the site of the disaster as the names of all those who died were read out. and just a warning — you might find some of the details in this report by ayshea buksh— upsetting. the boat had been hired for a private party. it was organised by jonathan pang for his friends 26th birth day. they had it from 1am to party through the night along the river thames. but 45 minutes later there was a collision. i turned around and saw this large vessel coming towards us with people running on the bow and shouted and realised we were going to get run over and they bashed into us and all the windows started bursting and we started capsizing the windows started bursting and we started ca psizing and the windows started bursting and we started capsizing and it then was just horrific. the party boat had

been struck pay dredger called the —— struck by a dredger calmed the bow bell. i could see the debris of the broken boat on the water. lots of people screaming. another friend of people screaming. another friend of mine called matt floated by on a piece of drift wood and hauled me on to it as well and he was very encouraging, saying, we are going to be fine, we will be ok. and obviously the water was getting colder and colder. and wider and wider as we were floating out of london, sort of floating towards the east. it was completely dark. it was derelict that part of river. we started hearing helicopters and they seemed to be going in the other direction. it tran spierped the emergency “— direction. it tran spierped the emergency —— transpired the emergency —— transpired the emergency services were given the wrong information about the boat's location and party goers on another

cruise rescued jonathan and others. there had been 131 people on board. 51 died. for the families of other victims, 30 years on, the memories of the lives that were lost live on. julie lost her 20—year—old son simon and margaret's son sean was also killed. how will you be remembering him? remembering all the laughter and his smile. because he had a sense of humour and he enjoyed life. he is not physically, but he is in my heart and hett all the time. -- in my heart and head all the time. the last thing i said to him was i love you. you can't measure that. that is one of the last things i said to him. their grief was compounded by a long fight for justice. eventually a public inquiry made recommendations for improved

river safety, including more lifeboat stations along the thames. since the incident, we have introduced a gps tracking system for boats and that allows us to, similar to air traffic control, allows our centre at woolwich to monitor the traffic on the river. a memorial service is being held today to remember those killed in the disaster 30 years ago. our correspondent tarah welsh is on the river thames for us now — what's the significance of today? how has it been marked? as we have been hearing, it was 30 year ago that 51 people lost their lives on this stretch of thames. in southwark

cathedral there was a service attended by survivors and families of those that were lost that night. there was a vigil up here last night attended by families and relatives as well and also the rnli, the police boat and the port of london authority boats stood here to mark that occasion, because of course it was the inquiry into the sinking that made the authorities work together and the whole reason the rnli is on the thames, they have saved hundreds of lives since they we re saved hundreds of lives since they were established here in 2002 and that came out of the inquiry. thank you very much. later in the programme we will be talking to one of the survivors of that disaster and getting his thoughts on this anniversary. that is coming up later.

time for a look at the weather, here's susan powell. we have seen more sunshine across the uk today. tomorrow it is looking quite autumnal with no pressure moving in from the west and a strengthening wind. this evening we have a week by the front bringing some rain into northern ireland, scotla nd some rain into northern ireland, scotland and the north of england. but it is also bringing in warmer airso it is but it is also bringing in warmer air so it is a milder night across the uk. a lot of sunshine first thing on wednesday and quite a pleasa nt thing on wednesday and quite a pleasant south—westerly breeze but strengthening through the day. rain for northern ireland clearing by the evening and a wet and till date for

scotla nd evening and a wet and till date for scotland and the north of england. and we should see figures climbing further in the coming days. this is bbc news. the headlines. the eu rejects borisjohnson's latest calls to ditch the irish backstop, saying the prime minister's s not offered a sensible alternative.

a man appears in court, charged with the murder of pc andrew harper — lawyers for 20—year—old jed foster say he's innocent. he emphatically denies any responsibility or involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein made a new will — just two days before taking his own life. no time to die is the title of the next bond movie announced today by the film—makers. and is this dramatic new evidence of climate change — coming up, two kayakers in a close call with a melting glacier. let's head to the bbc sport centre now — for a round up of the day's sport with john watson. steve smith is out

of the 3rd ashes test. he hasn't recovered from the concussion suffered after being struck by a bouncer from jofra archer at lord's on saturday. he couldn't bat in the second innings in the drawn test. this was him at headingley this morning, afterfailing to pass the latest test that players have to go through before they can return to action after suffering concussion. man of the series so far, two centuries at edgbaston saw them win the first test 92 at lord's last weekend, but the third testjust too soon, and they will be weaker without him as they look to stay ahead in the series. we are going to lose our best batter for our third test match. we have to make sure that all of the other guys, our senior players and our younger players all step up and fill

what are almost unfillable shoes. we have talked about the squad mentality being ready and of guys being ready to step up and i'm confident they will be able to do that. mark robinson is stepping down as the head coach of the england women's cricket team. robinson has been in the role for four years and won the world cup two years ago. he goes after a disappointing ashes defeat to australia earlier this summer. assistant coach alastair maiden will take temporary charge of the team ahead of the championship series against pakistan in december. twitter say they've susspended several accounts after paul pogba was targeted with racist abuse after missing a penalty in last night's 1—all draw with wolves at molineux. manchester united have condemned the posts, saying that they are disgusted and are looking to identify the individuals behind them, social media companies are being urged to do more. the former united player and now england women's manager phil neville has called

for a socila media boycott. it isa it is a problem in society but now football is at the forefront of everyone's minds in terms of we have the power to do something about it. i think the foot call community tried but it is getting to the point where we need to make a strong message and i say to every single footballer out there and to every clu b footballer out there and to every club and to the pfa, why not make a big stand. come off social media, boycott all social media now and see if that makes a big enough impact. neville named his squad for a couple of friendlies coming up. manchester city's 23—year—old defender aoife mannion gets her first senior call up alongside chelsea's bethany england, whilst sandy maciver and anna patten move up from the under—20's side that came third at their world cup. they play belgium on 29th august and norway on 3rd september.

it's understood that the bury owner steve dale has turned down a new offer to buy the club from a former chairman. the league one club began the season with a 12—point deduction and have yet to play a game this season and have had all their scheduled matches so far called off by the football league for failing to provide proof of funding. they club only have until friday to try to avoid expulsion from the league. the final round of group matches are under way at the euro hockey championships in belgium and these are live pictures from antwerp at the moment where scotland are taking on the netherlands in pool b right now. heading off there at half—time and scotland are losing 3—0 to the dutch for that they need a big win and to help the goal difference might allow them to sneak through. they will need a steering team top if they are to turn that around. you can watch it on the bbc sport website at the moment or follow all of the stories of the day including

how shauna cooksey has won a second bronze of the world climbing championships. impressive performance from her. that's all the sport for now. new research claims a no deal brexit would cost the farming industry £850 million a year in lost profits. consultants say some farms will struggle without more financial support. the government has promised to provide more money if needed, though it says that's unlikely. throughout this week across bbc news we're looking at the issues facing farmers in the uk — and today we focus on brexit. jim reed reports. colin ferguson runs his own herd of dairy cows in south—west scotland. in 2016, he voted to leave the eu, a decision he doesn't regret. yeah, i probably would vote the same way. the problem is we have done nothing in the last three years. it's just...

it's been really tiring to watch. but leaving the eu without an agreement in place could have an impact on the dairy industry here. the trade in cheese and butter, for example, would move straight to wto — or world trade organisation — rules. if we drop into wto rules, our borders are open to cheap imports, as they would call them, so food can come from anywhere around the world. it doesn't necessarily need to meet animal welfare standards that we conform to, so therefore our market gets undermined by cheap produce. the business consultancy andersons has more than 2,000 farming clients. its calculations suggest total industry profits could fall by £850 million under a no—deal brexit. that would be an 18% drop in the first year after we leave. if you get a hit in terms of profitability of 18%, then that has huge implications for the future viability of such farms. a short drive from the dairy farm in

scotland is the port of cairnryan. belfast is two hours away across the north channel. northern ireland is the only part of the uk that shares a land border with the eu. the republic of ireland is just five kilometres from here in that direction. whatever happens in october is likely to have a huge impact on lives and livelihoods on both sides of that border. much of the lamb produced here is exported. under a no—deal brexit, it's likely to face tariffs, making it 35% more expensive. the politicians making the decisions will not financially suffer. it's us, as farmers, that are going to suffer. i would come out in october one way or the other. even if there's no deal? even if there's no deal, i still would be inclined. we're hanging on too long. the government says, over time, brexit will allow it to replace eu farm subsidies with a fairer system.

if we leave with no deal, it says it will provide more financial support if needed, though it describes that as unlikely. jim reed, bbc news. our correspondent sally challonerjoins us from a farm near bristol. iam here i am here in somerset and let me give you an idea of where we are, we are at the foot of the beautiful mendip hills and the farm next cheese here after milking the cows here on site. 40% of that is exported so as we heard in that report many farmers are facing challenges if there is a no—deal brexit but speaking to us early at the farming minister said there would also be opportunities. we spent three years planning for a no deal and we are going to do everything we can to ensure that goods continue to flow at the borders. and we will also put in place

interventions to help support farmers who may have their incomes affected in the short term as a result of any short—term turbulence on a no deal exit. i don't accept the figure of 800 million, i think that is wrong. the national farmers' union themselves and the government have done a lot of modelling in this area. we know that most agricultural sectors frankly would probably benefit from there being the application of mfn tariffs. the sector that is different is the sheep sector and the estimate that the national farmers put on that is there could be a cost of around 150 million. the managing director joins the managing directorjoins me now. you do have challenges? we do and the biggest one we face at the moment is uncertainty around tariffs and what they could mean for the business. with european tabs potentially coming in at around 40% that could be a big issue to try to

get the product into europe at a competitive level. do you think that you could lose customers? it is a possibility. people are price driven at the end of the day and if we cannot be competitive with other markets around the world potentially they would pay less tariffs than then that could be a challenge. you export to a0 countries and i know you have new markets in canada. the canadian market is different again and the tariff they are under wto thames could be children 50% so that really would just wipe out that market. you also do not know about documentation and rules and regulations about exporting. that's right, currently we do not know what requirements would be once we leave and therefore we do not know what we have to prepare and what new documentation may be needed. again thatis documentation may be needed. again that is a challenge we have to face pretty quickly. you do not want your

goods rotting on the dockside. thank you very much and lots to think about for all farmers. more now on the menu this evening and the european union has rejected boris johnson's latest and the european union has rejected borisjohnson's latest calls and the european union has rejected boris johnson's latest calls for and the european union has rejected borisjohnson's latest calls for it to ditch the irish backstop sent the prime minister has not offered any sensible alternative. borisjohnson has given reaction to that news from brussels. let's have a listen. do not forget why we're doing this, the existing agreement does not work for the uk and parliament has thrown it three times. we cannot have this backstop so i'm going to germany and in france and the g7 to make the point that the backstop is going to come out. i've also said under no circumstances will the uk be putting in any kind of checks at the border in northern ireland. we simply do not think that is necessary. it is a

bit of a paradox because it is the other side of the argument, the eu, who seem to think it might be necessary to have checks but then to preserve the integrity of the single market, the eu single market, but we think there is a big opportunity for eve ryo ne think there is a big opportunity for everyone to come together and take out the backstop and then as you say rightly in the course of negotiations on the free trade deal which we will do after october the sist, which we will do after october the 31st, we will be bringing forward and looking at all the ways in which we can maintain frictionless trade at the northern irish border. whether trusted trader schemes or electronic preclearance or whatever it happens to be, or that kind of thing, having those checks away from the border, points of sale or whatever, if you need to crackdown on smuggling, all that kind of thing. we will come up with those solutions or agree the solutions i should say in the context of the

fta . should say in the context of the fta. but as for weight we will approach it. at the moment it is true that our friends and partners area bit true that our friends and partners are a bit negative. i saw what donald tusk had to say and it was not redolent of a sense of optimism but i think we will get there. i think there's a sense now that something needs to be done with this backstop, we cannot get it through parliament as it is. so i will go at it with a lot of umph as you would expect and i will make some progress in the course of the next few weeks. but one thing that i think is slightly complicating the picture is that our eu friends still clearly think there is a possibility that parliament will block brexit and as long as they think there is a possibility that parliament will block brexit they are not likely to be minded to make the concessions we need. so it will take a bit of

patience. the prime minister there with his reaction to the latest comments from brussels saying that our friends comments from brussels saying that ourfriends and comments from brussels saying that our friends and partners comments from brussels saying that ourfriends and partners in comments from brussels saying that our friends and partners in the comments from brussels saying that ourfriends and partners in the eu area bit ourfriends and partners in the eu are a bit negative. borisjohnson in the last few minutes. it's been revealed the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein signed a willjust two days before he killed himself in prison — putting hundreds of millions of pounds into a private trust. epstein was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges when he died last week. cbs news correspondent, laura podesta is in new york, and says it's unclear the impact this could have on his your question is it more difficult for his victims to sue his estate and that answer is murky, it's not necessarily more difficult. it would probably have been more difficult if there was no will. attorneys for the victims tell us there really shouldn't be any road blocks to targeting his estates. there were questions about whether his death would make things more difficult, but it turns out now that epstein

is not alive to challenge lawsuits, the only person left is his brother, the heir to his fortune, so ultimately it depends on how big of a challenge that brother puts up and of course if the victims and their attorneys make a good enough case. we should mention that all of his holdings were placed in a trust, that is more private than a traditional will and the attorney who is representing 20 people claiming to be victims of epstein spoke with cbs this morning, he says he would like epstein's estate to be turned into a fund that can pay out to victims who ultimately prove their case in a court of law. lawyers representing the epstein estate have not yet responded to that proposal. a service of remembrance has been held to mark the 30th anniversary of the marchioness disaster. 51 people died when the pleasure boat sank after colliding with a dredger on the river thames in august 1989. survivors, friends and relatives of the victims attended the service at southwark cathedral. petals were thrown into the water close to the site of the disaster

as the names of all those who died were read out. andrew sutton is one of the 79 survivors of the marchioness disaster — back in 2009 he took a team underwater diving to the wreck of the bowbelle, the dredger which collided with the marchioness and took his friends' lives and changed his own 30 years ago. hejoins us now from seville. thank you for being with us and i know it is difficult on this anniversary but what are your memories of what happened on that dreadful night? good evening. there isa dreadful night? good evening. there is a lot of memories to be perfectly honest. i think the most enduring image and memory for me was the moment of impact in the first 30 seconds that followed the entry into

the water and the sudden realisation that all was not very well indeed. and that basically we were going to have to hit the water and start swimming. that with the sort of strange silence that followed something that is always going to stay in my head. and you lost friends in the disaster, you feel pretty angry still about what happened? i did. chris guinan, an incredibly talented photographer, his collection isn't national portrait gallery now and has been since his death. and tony was a photographic assistant and good friend at the time. as far as i can tell they were both chilled very quickly. i think the anger that

stays with me looking at some of the results of the public enquiry for example that came out in 2000, that in particular, the outcomejust seemed so inconclusive in so many ways. and i was listening to the news today about how some recommendations have not even been implemented so far on the river thames. that is a case in itself. that alone, let alone what we had to put up with as survivors as you probably know i did not say anything for 20 odd years and then when we did that dive that brought out the inner anger in me. and i wanted to put the point across that a lot of people had been tarnished with a brush, i would people had been tarnished with a brush, iwould not people had been tarnished with a brush, i would not call it the same brush, i would not call it the same brush as that is not the right thing to say but we were all condemned in some way for not being worthy of

dicey any pity or acknowledgement of the sheer horror that we went through that night. and tell me more about the dive, why did you want to dive down into the water to see the vessel that hit the marchioness?” think, obviously i'm a semiprofessional diver and one of the things i do not do as i do not do wreck dives. i found out that the wreck of the bowbelle was off the coast of madeira and itjust struck a chord with me and i thought this is one way i can go and face my demons. and pay some aspects to all the people that perished at night. it was not an easy decision to make andi it was not an easy decision to make and i really had to search very deeply to say did i actually want to

do this and stare at those feelings. but i had a really good team, steve warren and jonathan trike who was helmsman at the time for the rnli and great photographers as well. they were good friends and immediately said that they would come with me. as part of the whole dive. and i really needed good support because i did not know what would happen when i got down there and what emotions would be unleashed. they were a great support and of coursejonathan tank came along as well with another documentary team so that was a good chance to reconcile some feelings above the bowbelle. it also allowed me to seek the sheer scale of that but because i had seen all the diagrams andi but because i had seen all the diagrams and i had read all the descriptions of the size of the bowbelle can match the marchioness and it still came as a shock when i

could not see either end of the boat as we descended on it. we slowly swa m as we descended on it. we slowly swam up to the deck and that was a chilly kind of strange feeling i have to say. i do not have the words to explain it. and this happened people would say a long time ago and you survived, you have talked about your feelings of anger but also i think he suffered some post—traumatic stress. is there something that lives with you all the time? it absolutely does, i was not i did not really recognise what post—traumatic stress disorder was, there were some hints of it at the time, some hints and i got some psychotherapy just afterwards in central london at the woolston institute but in terms of being able to understand my condition i did not really have a way of being able to understand it. so that is something i learned over the years to deal

with. working with flashbacks is not exactly with. working with flashbacks is not exa ctly a n with. working with flashbacks is not exactly an easy thing to describe to people or to doctors because you often seen as a bit of a case in some senses. i often seen as a bit of a case in some senses. i have often seen as a bit of a case in some senses. i have problems getting confidence with clients for example the thought i might be a nervous wreck or a gibbering idiot which i was not because i had to do my work. but it can covered up a lot of other anger i had from the time especially the weight that things were handled. my the weight that things were handled. my own case of dealing with ptsd, i still get flashbacks and i can still smell and taste diesel in places where there is no diesel but also i became angry about some things that happened consequently for example with my wife know who was asked by the police to go up to chris's mother gillian who was on board that night to go and explain to his

mother that chris was a missing person. that kind of level of distress to someone who has never dealt with that situation before it is very concerning. i'm sorry that we have run out of time but good to talk to you and get your thoughts after a ll talk to you and get your thoughts after all these years on that disaster. two kayakers have escaped with only minor injuries after paddling close to a collapsing glacier in alaska. andrew hooper and josh bastyr were soaked as huge chunks fell off causing a massive wave. the dramatic incident is another reminder of the impact of climate change around the world — on the day people in iceland held a funeral for a giant glacier that melted after rising temperatures. michael cowan reports. a serene alaskan vista. captured by kaya kers. that clunk was part of the spencer glacier.

this was its partial collapse. panicked screams... i'm lucky to be alive right now. ..as the pair tried to escape the ensuing wave. showered with shards of ice and grateful to be alive, the pair were elated. we survived, but that was insane. look at that thing. look at the big one moving, it's turning. look at it! a breathtaking spectacle, but a sign, perhaps, of the ecological damage we as humans have inflicted on our planet. we can't attribute this one particular piece of ice falling apart on top of these kayakers to climate change, but what we can attribute to climate change is on almost every part of the world, glaciers are shrinking and getting smaller every year, because they are losing more ice and more mass than they are gaining by snowfall. this isn't isolated to alaska.

yesterday the bbc brought you the story of nasa scientists testing the waters around greenland, monitoring their rising temperatures and predicting glacier loss. in iceland yesterday a memorial service for a fallen friend. the death of ijokull, a 700—year—old glacier. mourned by locals after being declared dead in 201a, its commemoration plaque bears an ominous message to future generations. "this monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. only you know if we did it." as temperatures continue to rise, scenes like this will become the unwelcome reality of a warmer planet. michael cowan, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's susan powell.

we had a return to some work to date with more sunshine across the uk but feeling a bit more tunnel recently and tomorrow we have more cloudy scenes with low pressure beginning to wind quite a potent weather front our way towards the north—west of the uk. at the moment you can see where we had those clearer skies we do have a weak one front pushing north across the uk this evening and overnight. that will just north across the uk this evening and overnight. that willjust bring some patchy rain over northern ireland and southern scotland. to the far north still be odd cooler spot but overall is the warm front moves in a warmer night than last night as we lose the single figure temperatures. then on wednesday there is no pressure is heading our way with a

strengthening south—westerly wind. that front in northern ireland flipping through quite quickly in the afternoon but a wet end to the date for scotland and the north of england. in the south temperatures creeping up and as we go through the wea k creeping up and as we go through the weak and particular towards the weekend it looks like temperatures could start to rise quite significantly with a late taste of summer as significantly with a late taste of summer as high pressure builds from the south squeezing the weather systems to the north. still some outbreaks of rain possible but by the weekend we could be sitting with a big area of high pressure feeding air infrom a big area of high pressure feeding air in from the south across the uk and bringing some pleasantly warm weather as we tap in to the air from the continent. so the prospects for the continent. so the prospects for the coming days are for the weather to start to settle down but also start warming up. of course for some

it isa start warming up. of course for some it is a bank holiday weekend and there's always a degree of uncertainty as we looked this far ahead. there could be some more showers around in the west but at the moment things are looking pretty promising. he died in the line of duty — pc andrew harper, just married, was investigating a burglary when he was killed. jed foster appeared at reading magistrates' court — he'll be tried for murder and the theft of a quad bike — charges his legal team deny. he emphatically denies any responsibility or involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. we urge the police to follow every single line of enquiry to prove who is responsible. pc harper is the first policeman to be killed for over two years. pc harper had been married forjust 28 days. also on the programme.