this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:003m: jeremy corbyn orders a review of the role of the labour's deputy leader amidst a row over a bid to oust tom watson. it isa it is a straight sectarian attack on a broad church party. and it is moving us into a different kind of institution where pluralism isn't tolerated. but just institution where pluralism isn't tolerated. butjust as quickly as the plot to remove mr watson emerged, it is dropped after mr jeremy corbyn got involved. the travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding, as it tries to avoid going into administration,

leaving customers with uncertainty we just wejust don't we just don't know what the situation is. we will either have a flight situation is. we will either have a flight back and get back to manchester and be fortunate, or all things could... you know, things could collapse in the next couple of days or hours and we have nothing. the us is sending troops and missile defence systems to saudi arabia and the uae in response to last week's attack on saudi oilfacilities. 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop is taking place in the netherlands, to mark what was known as ‘0peration market garden‘ in world war two. australia fight back to beat fiji in their opening game of the rugby world cup injapan. and coming up — the uncertainty around the future of israel and the possibility of a brexit deal are topics of discussion for this week's dateline, in half an hour.

good morning and welcome to bbc news. infighting has overshadowed the start of the labour conference, with tom watson condemning an attempt to oust him as deputy leader as a "sectarian attack" on the party's "broad church". a move by the grassroots group, momentum, to abolish his position failed to get the majority it needed at a meeting of the party's national executive committee last night. a further attempt to oust him is expected today. mr watson has been at odds with the leader, jeremy corbyn, over the party's stance on brexit but said he had to speak out. it now seems thatjeremy corbyn will order a review into tom watson's role. our political correspondent nick eardley is in brighton. lots of speculation about what is

going to admit been going on in the last few hours. yes, it is a climb—down from the momentum group. jeremy corbyn‘s left—wing supporters who helped him get in to the leadership in the first place. they had been hoping to force through this measure which would have scrapped the deputy leader position entirely. jeremy corbyn got involved and said to them, this is not a good look. it is not a time to do it. let's have a review instead into the various positions that support the leader. essentially kicking the can down the road. so that this conference is overshadowed by the attempt to get rid of mr watson. i am not sure that will totally work because all the talk here in brighton is about exactly that. it is about factionalism in the labour party and it is about the battles that are continuing between mr corbyn‘s left—wing supporters and those who call themselves moderates. on the other side of the party who consider themselves more centrist. tom watson

only found out about this plot last night ina only found out about this plot last night in a chinese restaurant when he got a text. he was not at the meeting where the initial plot was discussed and here is how he reacted when he was asked about it this morning by the today programme. it isa morning by the today programme. it is a straight. it is a straight sectarian attack on a broad church party and it is moving us into a different kind of institution where pluralism is not tolerated, where faction or observance has to be adhered to completely. and it is completely... goes against the sort of traditions that the labour party has had for 100 years. i mean, i look at the days where tony blair and gordon brown were our leader and there was room for jeremy and john mcdonald to have dissenting voices, but it seems that my position on brexit, where i very strongly believe that we need to work with other parties to stop a no deal, where i have been campaigning for a referendum, i believe we should campaign for remain, which shares a lot

of support across the shadow cabinet table as well as across our members. i just think jon landsman and his faction are so angry about that that they would rather abolish me then have a debate with me about it. is it at all believable that this initial push to oust tom watson can have been done without corbyn‘s consent given that it is from a key supporter. the idea that corbyn is coming to defuse it, is that a bit of spin? we don't know for sure whether jeremy corbyn knew about it last night but it certainly appears that he is not fully behind it because had tojeremy corbyn wanted this attempt to get rid of mr to go ahead the simple truth is it would have. there's been an enormous amount of outspoken comments from various labour mps over the last 12 hours since this plot emerged. a lot of anger within the parliamentary labour party about whether mr watson

should be removed or not. there is a chance that might have pressured mr corbyn into the decision he made this morning to kick this down the road to order a review into the leadership support and the deputy leadership support and the deputy leader position, but it does appear that mr corbyn did not want this to go ahead today because, as i say, had he wanted it too it would have. for now it has been postponed. this does not mean the row was going to go away and i suspect there will be many who don't like tom watson, who continue to argue that he is undermining the leader and that he should not be the man who is in the deputy leader position. but for now, that attempt to get rid of him is off. and what about the position of those mps were angered by the move against tom watson? will they now unite and stay supportive of corbyn going into an election? excellent question. i think the main concern many labour mps have this morning was that the conference

might be overshadowed by internal factionalism and the rows between the left in the centre of the party that we have been seeing for the last three or four years or so since mr corbyn took over. there were some who were saying that if mr watson was removed it might be the point at which those mps who don't like his policies that had been biting their tongue in the name of party unity that they might have to finally act to do something, potentially to try and get rid of mr corbyn though i have got to say that any attempt to do that would be unsuccessful because he has such strong support within the membership of the party at the moment. with those mps now go back to biting their tongues, we will have to wait and see. there are some who are absolutely apoplectic that to get rid of mr watson on the eve of the conference. they're worried it is still going to overs ha d ow worried it is still going to overshadow whatever conversations i had on issues like brexit and other policies over the next five days

here in brighton. tom watson himself has tweeted since that motion was pulled in the last half hour, since it was confirmed he would stay in his post for now saying it has made him stronger. the plp, the parliamentary labour party, was furious and it has completely backfired on momentum. i have got to save where i am standing at the moment it looks like that might be the case. momentum thought they had the case. momentum thought they had the support to force this too and they have been proven wrong because mr corbyn was not behind them. the long—term impact of that i don't think will become clear for a few days, perhaps weeks. some in labour andi days, perhaps weeks. some in labour and i desperately hoping that the attention moves back to policies, to politics and to the upcoming general election rather than internal squabbles. thank you very much thank you we can speak via webcam to james mills, a former adviser thank you forjoining us. what is your understanding about what has happened here? where jeremy

your understanding about what has happened here? wherejeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell backing this push to get rid of tom watson as deputy leader in the first place? for your viewers, the labour party isa for your viewers, the labour party is a very democratic institution and this is a desire from the members. there is a clear dispute between the membership and the deputy leader. the reason for that is because there are the reason for that is because there a re lots of the reason for that is because there are lots of members, and i am one who voted for tom watson in 2015, he said ina who voted for tom watson in 2015, he said in a ticket of unity in supporting the labour leader and what has happened since then is graffiti not the case. and although he says he wants to have a debate, for that debate to happen you need all the mps who are loyal to him or all the mps who are loyal to him or a large number of them, basically, for that debate to take place and thatis for that debate to take place and that is obviously not going to happen. if tom watson wanted a debate to happen he could do that tomorrow but that won't happen. my tomorrow but that won't happen. my question was, though, arejeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell, where they involved in trying to oust... no. no, no, no. this was all from

the membership and i think it actually says a lot. it was from john mannesmann, wasn't it? yes, he represents the biggest section of the membership. and the nec which is the government cancelled if it was going to go any further it would gone to the conference floor and would have been debated by delegates. so it is com pletely debated by delegates. so it is completely democratic sort of process and it came from the membership not the leadership. it actually speaks volumes thatjeremy corbyn has gone in and seen a fight between the members and his deputy leader and he has gone in there to stop that and to come back with an option that satisfies both parties... he has had to climb down, hasn't he? i think it is the opposite. it is impossible that he is not involved in this? at one time people we re involved in this? at one time people were calling him a dictator and now you have seen his deputy leader begging for hisjob you have seen his deputy leader begging for his job on the radio this morning and he has had people u psta i rs this morning and he has had people upstairs and he has stepped into that debate and he has quelled it.

what he has done is he stopped tom from losing hisjob because it went toa from losing hisjob because it went to a vote, that reason he doesn't wa nt to a vote, that reason he doesn't wantan to a vote, that reason he doesn't want an election, tom watson, is that he will inevitably lose one. what does that review mean, can you just explain your understanding of it? it will go into... look at the big frustration among the membership is there is a big desire to have more women in the higher echelons of the party and therefore it has always been a big debate regardless of which wing of the party, when are we sure have a female deputy at the same time as having a male reader and that has been a big debate. that has been part it and whether or not you can have the sort of situation where a deputy leader can stay on for as long as they want. there is a real issue for this ever political strategy. in 2017 it is quite noticeable that, the deputy leader has basically got to go around and be the person who goes out campaigning with the leader and in 2017 we had to usejohn prescott because he was the person most

likely to do it. tom watson was quite anonymous. and there was a reason for that. and i think the members have looked at this and the real trick a memo from why this has happened is a few tom watson came out of his own unilateral position brexit that went against the shadow cabinet and trade union movement and this is why triggered it among the members. people don't go into an election where they have a senior member of the party using his platform to undermine and divide and i think that is what it is about. many think for your time this morning. thomas cook has asked the government for financial help — as it tries to avoid collapse. britain's oldest package holiday firm could fall into administration this weekend unless it finds 200 million pounds to secure a rescue deal. katie prescott has more. it's a low season for thomas cook — in more ways than one. the weak pound makes it more expensive for it to buy the flights and hotels it pays for in euros and dollars. it is in a competitive market where profits are small and it

has a lot of costs — hundreds of shops and 22,000 staff. now heading into the winter period, the debt—laden company has a cash flow crisis. if we book a holiday with thomas cook, we will pay for it before we go, obviously, but they actually do not pay the hotel until after we are back, so they pay 60 to 90 days later, which means that everybody that went on holiday through the summer, it is now that thomas cook is beginning to have to pay the hotels. they simply can't and if they can't pay the suppliers, then the company faces a pretty tough time. the company lenders say it needs an extra £200 million on top of the money it's already secured for a bailout. with a vote on that lifeline next friday, the company is hoping it can get over the next few days to reach that finish. it's a nervous time for customers. we just don't know what the situation is. we will either have a flight back and get back to manchester and be fortunate or things could collapse in the next couple of days or hours and we have nothing to go back on,

so it's just a case of waiting, really. if the company goes into administration, their 150,000 uk package holiday customers will be brought home and those who've booked holidays will be refunded. katie prescott, bbc news. the united states is to send troops and missile defence systems to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, in response to last week's attack on saudi arabia's oil facilities. washington has blamed iran for the attack — although the iranians insist they were not involved. the acting us defense secretary said the deployment was defensive. our security correspondent, frank gardner joins us from the capital of saudi arabia, riyadh. tell us more about this us deployment. what does it mean? well, it is exactly what they say. it is defensive rather than with a

view to striking back at tehran. the saudis and the americans have spent the last week in really intensive discussions as to how they should respond to this really catastrophic attack. the biggest ever attack on saudi arabia in a generation. that temporarily crippled its oil industry and both countries are in no doubt that in their minds in iran was to blame despite its denials. and for some time at that like there is going to be a retaliatory strike by the us but the saudis, i think, will almost certainly have warned the us, please don't do this because if you do, iran is going to hit us even harder. and it is clear that is a gap in their defences. the swarm of drones and cruise missiles, whoever the adversary is or was, was able to get through those defences so able to get through those defences so the additional troops that had been sent and the equipment that is being rushed here to saudi and also to the uae down the road, that is

designed to bolster those defences against any incoming missiles and it isn't going to be 100% effective. it isn't going to be 100% effective. it is going to be part of a layered defence but there is a nervousness here, i think, defence but there is a nervousness here, ithink, in defence but there is a nervousness here, i think, in saudi arabia that despite of the billions of dollars they have spent on buying arms from they have spent on buying arms from the west they have got an achilles' heel and their enemies know where to hit them. and just tell us a bit more about whether there is a us deployment can any more incoming missiles on the technicalfront, because people obviously will see this as a political escalation? well, i don't think they should see it as well, i don't think they should see itasa well, i don't think they should see it as a political escalation because it as a political escalation because it is defensive. i mean can make you look at all the various options that the us had in what to do with the saudis over this at one end of the scale is do nothing, at another end of the scale is carry out a metallic toa of the scale is carry out a metallic to a strike. they've chosen the middle path which is the us has put some further sanctions on iran's

central bank and it has decided to lend support to its allies in the gulf, the saudi arabians in the uae. to a nswer gulf, the saudi arabians in the uae. to answer your is it going to stop these missile and drone attacks? no, i don't think it is 100% proof because drones can be anything from something this big, that is a nano drone, to something that is the size ofa drone, to something that is the size of a small plane. that carries a pretty heavy multi—kilogram payload. in some of these things are able to go very fast, very low. some of them can stay up in the airfor a0 hours. they've got a range of around 2000 miles and they can dogleg. they can go one way and then another and turned rapidly at short notice. so this is a new kind of warfare and i would call that asymmetric warfare because in a straight contest there is no contest between iran and the united states along with it saudi and other gulf arab allies. iran's military would be crushed but what

it is very good at, iran, is two things. doing kind of deniable operations to its proxy saying it was not ours, it was somebody else and you cannot prove it was us. and they are also, they have developed a lot of quite covert methods of warfare, cyber warfare, miniature submarines, specialforces warfare, cyber warfare, miniature submarines, special forces and warfare, cyber warfare, miniature submarines, specialforces and drone warfare. they are very good at this. the saudis know it and they don't wa nt to the saudis know it and they don't want to get into a fight with the iranians. very good to speak to, as always, thank you. very good to speak to, as always, thank you. 75 years ago, allied troops carried out the largest airborne operation of the second world war. this resulted in the battle of arnhem, in the netherlands which claimed the lives of more than 1,5000 british soldiers and over 6,000 were captured. today, thousands of british and nato troops re—enacted the operation, including 97—year—old sandy cortmann, who was just 22 when he parachuted into the dutch city in 19aa. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale is in arnhem. just talk as though what has been

happening today. as you can see there have been tens of thousands of visitors, locals attending this memorial. 75 years on. we havejust had a attending this memorial. 75 years on. we have just had a service that was the national anthem. now the us anthem. prince charles is in attendance, laying wreaths alongside princess beatrix of the netherlands and then also in attendance around 60 veterans who took part in that operation market garden. one of them, as you mentioned, landed with them, as you mentioned, landed with the red devils in tandem jumping down was that he was the only vetera n down was that he was the only veteran who did that but even though that band of veterans is dwindling each year, sandy himself is 97. they are still remembered here. generations of dutch come here to

remember those who took part and sacrificed so much in operation market garden. ultimately an ambitious plan that failed. they did not take that bridge at ilam as they intended and they did not bring a quick end to the war but people here remember that sacrifice and that is why it is so important to them, not just the older generation but the younger generation. schoolchildren go to the graves in the cemeteries of the british and they flowers each year. so this has a moving ceremony. it is probably one of the last big events that those veterans will witness in their lifetime. asi witness in their lifetime. as i said, their numbers are diminishing each year. thank you. now, have a look at this a zebra with spots instead of stripes and it has been born in the maasai mara national reserve in kenya. it's thought that the zebra foal — given the name tira — was born with spots instead of stripes, because of a melanin disorder. tour guide and photographer

anthony tira saw the foal near the mara river, and gave her his name. jeremy corbyn orders a review of the role of the labour's deputy leader amidst a row over a bid to oust tom watson. the travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding , as it tries to avoid going into administration. the us is sending troops and missile defence systems to saudi arabia and the uae in response to last week's attack on saudi on saudi oilfacilities. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn. good morning. australia have made a winning start to the rugby world cup after a 39 —21 point win over fiji, they were given a scare though who scored early, and were leading at half time. they then capitalised on an australian error early

in the second half and an upset looked on the cards but australia made their experience count and finished relaly strongly, thanks to four second half tries that saw the two—time winners home. now fuji will feel aggrieved, they lost their opening try scorer peceili yato afterjust 25 minutes following a head injury in this tackle. many saying reece hodge should have been red carded but wasn't sanctioned. that incident may well be reviewed by the officials. france amade a winning start as they held off a fightback from argentina, a late drop goal sealing it for them.meanwhile the game of the day is under way in yokohama, the holders new zealand against south africa.

this one doesn't get any better every time you see it, a defensive mix up gifting bournemouth a late goal at southampton. southampton were back in it at 2—1 only for angus gunn and jan bednarek to leave it for each other. allowing callum wilson to score as bournemouth won there for the first time. when the points were sealed with that third go at was a bit like pandemonium down on your bench. it was a really nice moment and you only relegate those moments in football. probably in my ten years of management probably a handful where you have that pure emotion and ivy where you have that pure emotion and joy for a full second and then you start thinking about next weekend we st start thinking about next weekend west ham very quickly. geraint thomas has pulled out of the world road race time trial next week. the former tour de france champion will still compete in the road race.

he said he didn't feel in peak shape to be able to perform at his best following a post tour break. he doesnt believe he's back to his bestjust yet, but he's showing signs of getting there, after danny willett moved into a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the pga championship at wentworth in surrey. he is the former masters champion, but saw form and fitness dip after that win. he's on 11 under par alongside spain's jon rahm after a second round of 65. rory mcilroy narrowly made the cut but is 12 shots behind. i think it is my tenth straight year here. i've had a couple of nice finishes in the game is in good shape, it has been for a while. it is just shape, it has been for a while. it isjust nice to shape, it has been for a while. it is just nice to come back in the crowd to been amazing. you get the good weather, the golf course in good weather, the golf course in good condition so, you know, this week you can have a real good leaderboard and week you can have a real good leaderboa rd and unfortunately, week you can have a real good leaderboard and unfortunately, we put ourselves in a position to be right up there. —— and fortunately. —— and fortunately. super league champions wigan warriors beat salford red devils 18—12 in their qualifying final. they scored three tries including this one form george williams

but it was in defence where they were most impressive. it means they are now just one win away from the grand final at old trafford. lewis hamilton's form was as hot as the weather during practice for the singapore grand prix. the championship leader said it felt like a sauna in his mercedes car as he clocked the quickest lap at the marina bay street circuit. the briton was just under two tenths of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen, but almost a second ahead of the ferrari of sebastian vettel in third. qualifying gets underway at two o'clock. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather with helen willetts. sunrise on the east coast this morning. a very similar picture across morning. a very similar picture a cross m ost morning. a very similar picture across most parts of the uk. we did have a little bit of patchy fog which is now lifting and clearing. with the southerly breeze it is another warm day in style. eye pressure is keeping things mostly dry and as i say, because we are tapping into this area right the way

from africa and the mediterranean, temperatures are right above where they should be. the other fly in the ointment is the potential for some scattered showers. south west england, south wales and later ireland which could be thundery. they will be most of us it is the dry sunny weather which would prevail. it is windier today, strong wind blowing. it will temper the feel of the day particularly near the east and south coast. but even with that wind temperatures today are expected to peak in the mid—20s in southern and eastern areas and perhaps 2a in the north west of scotland. for this evening and overnight the risk of thundery downpours continues. the risk extends further north and east. so what that means is that overnight, having had a week of chilly nights with temperatures down to single figures it will be much milder exceptin figures it will be much milder except in the north—east of scotland by the could be the return of the mist and fog is that may greet a sunday morning but otherwise the showers are making their way across eastern england, scotland, followed by the sound of more persistent

rain. this could give ten to 20 millimetres of rain before it moves away and we have drier, brighter weather coming in. but overall much cloudier. still quite windy, not as warm but still one. breezy temperature still on the 20s. is that weather bank then pushes into scotla nd that weather bank then pushes into scotland it allows another one to come in hot on its heels for the latter pa rt come in hot on its heels for the latter part of monday. but within this we have got tropical air. remnants of humberto. that means there will be heavy rain within the system as well. so having had a dry september of the majority so far we have got that wet and windy weather coming in. it is still put up tensions won't dip that much away. 18-20d but it tensions won't dip that much away. 18—20d but it will not be as be as chilly as night. monday sees us with as weather fronts straddling the uk, very strong winds at times. some uncertainties as to where the wettest weather will be but it does look much more unsettled as you can see for much of next week. just in time as the autumn on monday, so to

the autumnal looking weather. goodbye.

hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with foreign correspondents who write for the folks back home with the dateline london. this week... is this the beginning of the end for israel's longest—serving prime minister? and is this the end of the beginning for a brexit deal? with me arejonathan sacredoti is a political commentator and broadcaster in the uk. jeffrey kofman is a canadian—born broadcaster. maria margaronis writes for the nation,