this is bbc news i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at seven. jeremy corbyn has quashed an attempt to oust tom watson as the deputy leader of the labour party — a row which has overshadowed the start of the party's conference in brighton. i'm particularly disappointed with the boss of momentum because i think he is notjust undermining me, he has undermined jeremy and the party, and frankly i think he has undermined the momentum delegates. the travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding, as it tries to avoid going into administration — leaving customers facing uncertainty. teenage climate activist greta thunberg arrives to cheering crowds at a youth summit on climate change in new york —

ahead of the un general assembly next week. the shadow equalities minister announces plans to give women experiencing the menopause more flexible working hours. and in football, kevin de bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals — and secure victory — against watford. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row that's overshadowed the start of labour's conference in brighton. the grassroots group, momentum, had tabled a motion at the party's ruling national executive committee to abolish tom watson's role. but this morning the nec backed jeremy corbyn‘s proposal to review the position instead. tom watson likened the ploy to remove him as a "sectarian attack". our political correspondent

iain watson reports. despite the smiles, friends of the labour leader said he was livid when he found out of plans last night by fellow left—wingers to oust his deputy, tom watson. there is no love lost between them but it is also on the eve of an expected election and that was politically dangerous and today he said he would rather review tom watson's than abolish it. we are going to consult on the future of diversifying the leadership positions to reflect the diversity of our society. he is the deputy leader of the party and i enjoy working with him. tom watson set up a group of moderate mps in the party and he has accused some of his left—wing opponents of trying to politically assassinate him. i think it is very sad, we are supposed to be here this week to fight boris johnson and outline our positive

vision for the country in a general election and it has been undermined on day one. i want this week to be the most positive one we can have, i want us to unify and talk about plans for the country during and after the general election. we have had a bad start and i cannot do anything about that, but i hope... this left—wing union leader said he understood some of the frustrations about tom watson. our deputy leader is supposed to support the leader in any organisation and there is a perception that tom does not do that. that on occasion manifests itself in frustration but jeremy corbyn came in and calmed everyone down. it is fair to say that the atmosphere has been heating up inside the labour party. make no mistake, if tom watson have been forced out of his position as deputy leader, could have seen a pre—election crisis in the main party of opposition and potentially even a split. this row has almost overshadowed the argument about brexit, almost.

labourruling national executive drew up its preferred policy for brexit this morning. passed by the party conference would mean that a labour government would negotiate a new brexit deal in its first three months. they would then hold a referendum on the deal within six months, but with the option to remain on the ballot paper. but crucially, this would mean the party would not decide whether to back leave or remain until after general election. we say no! the trouble forjeremy corbyn is that many of his top team have already made up their minds and they're making it very clear what they will be sane during the general election campaign. what do you think of the idea of labour campaigning for labour leave version of brexit? we must make sure that we laid at the campaign to remain! divisions between major figures in the same party and arguments ofa brexit, approaching the general election it would appear that labour and the conservatives have some

things in common after all. ian watson reporting there. let's get more now from our political correspondent nick eardley, who is in brighton. they say this is all about avoiding an internal civil war. absolutely. there was a real furious reaction from a number of labour mps overnight when that plot to get rid of tom watson emerged. they managed to persuadejeremy corbyn that he needed to get involved and to stop it. it's fair to see this is a disastrous way to start your conference. this is a part of it once spend the next five days here persuading voters across the uk that he's ready for power. ready for government and in a snap general election, if one comes before the end of the year they should trust them with the keys to number ten. instead what we've seen is the

bitter infighting that we know it happens within a labour party break out into the open and dominate the first date of coverage. the party in leadership will not be desperately hoping that they can turn some of the attention back to policy over the attention back to policy over the next few days, and that's exactly why mr corbin has got involved in putting into this. there's also questions about the role thatjeremy corbyn may have played in this. some say it's convenient that he weighed in the last minute to do this differently but some suggesting maybe there was a different hand to being played originally. yeah, look, there's a lwa ys originally. yeah, look, there's always theories encounter theories with these sorts of things. my understanding was jeremy with these sorts of things. my understanding wasjeremy corbyn was pretty angry at the way this came out and the way it emerged last night so late the last minute back room attempts to get rid of tom watson. absolutely there are some that are not quite convinced that jeremy corbyn is completely distance

from this because momentum are the group who are supporting his leadership and helped them when the leadership and helped them when the leadership the second time around when he was challenged by owen smith. adamant about the way he wa nts to smith. adamant about the way he wants to spend the conference and making sure it does not dominate the next few days as well. what chance do you think this has now been put to bed? i think it is fairly clear this will not be a dominating issue for the next few days. by kicking the can down the road jeremy corbyn has made sure there is not something that will be discussed on and off, and on and off every morning and evening until tuesday. the big issue though that jeremy corbyn evening until tuesday. the big issue though thatjeremy corbyn is going to struggle to contain is break that. we know the party executive is going to discuss what is essentially anotherfudge tomorrow going to discuss what is essentially another fudge tomorrow which will see the party kick the can down the road to that as well. and not decide on another referendum to take side

with a repack leave or remain until after a general election. got to say, from all the signs herejeremy corbyn is going to struggle to do that and i think he is very unlikely that and i think he is very unlikely that be that now or after the general election labour would do anything over the think campaign for remain. there's 91 motions that could be discussed over the next few days on brexit, 80 of them put forward by unions and people in the labour party and constituency and labour parties back eight remain position. we saw thousands of people on the road today calling for labour to get behind that. seems to be where the membership is. the leadership a bit more reluctant to do it before a general election because they don't want to alienate people and brexit supporting parts of the country. perhaps the north of england people that have voted labour their whole lives back brakes as well. there will be the big issue 110w as well. there will be the big issue now over the next few days is can labour keeps immunity when it comes

to brexit? good to speak you there. the tour operator, 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 to secure a rescue deal. a collapse could leave around 150,000 british holidaymakers stranded. 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 teenage climate activist, greta thunberg is attending a youth summit on climate change in new york ahead of the un general assembly. the united nations is hosting young people discussing what actions should be taken to tackle climate change — a cause which brought millions of people around the world onto the streets in demonstrations on friday. the un secretary general antonio guterres said he would listen to their concerns. let's go to our correspondent nada tawfik who is in new york. yes, this is the largest gathering of youth on claimant at the united nations. there are a thousand activists here for more than 100 countries, the cultures that are biggest polluters to small island states that are feeling the effects of rising sea levels. greta thunberg was there addressing the young crowd

saying that we can protests have shown that they are united and unstoppable. secretary—general saying that he had failed the youth but taking their initiatives that we re but taking their initiatives that were proposed forward to world leaders at the un general assembly. with me now is one of the climate activists who was on stage with greta thunberg and the secretary—general. just give us a sense from your perspective of how important it is to have young voices listen to when it comes to climate change. when it comes to young people we are sort of like the liaisons or mediators between what happens ina liaisons or mediators between what happens in a policy level. and what's happening at the grassroots level with the communities because young people in our coming up with the innovative solutions and ideas that they and clement at the community level. these are some of the little efforts that you can contribute to the bigger solutions of climate change. and i think the youth plays a very important role in

this. you have felt climate change very personally from fiji. what is it been like to see that real—time effect? it's quite devastating because you get to see your people, the small communities there feeling the small communities there feeling the brunt of it. they are relocating and living behind their land. there losing their houses to reap locate to new places. to the rising sea levels. so yeah. how concerned are you for your future? leaders are talking about other future. that this is the future that we need to give to our children. but you also need to be taking responsibilities for your actions as well. you are not doing that how can the people be assured that you are really thinking about our future and doing all of this for ourfuture? about our future and doing all of this for our future? what do you think developed countries need to be

doing to helping developing countries? they need to be setting examples. for example the bigger countries should be the ones taking a pledge for the paris agreement. there should be the ones of the top of it doing everything so that the other smaller countries can really actually work to work with the object of these issues, not the other way around. a lot of you to have personally felt the impact of climate change. they are saying we protest a nd climate change. they are saying we protest and tomorrow we vote. we will see monday when the un hosted climate action summit if world leaders follow through with that momentum and act. thank you very much indeed. saudi arabia says it will respond with "necessary measures" to attacks on two of its oil facilities last weekend and has again accused of iran being behind them. iran denies involvement and earlier

said it was ready to destroy any aggressor after the us announced it was sending troops to saudi arabia. our security correspondent frank gardner reports from the saudi capital, riyadh. punctured bombed and blasted, the graphic aftermath of last weekend ‘s attack on saudi refineries. the pinpoint attack quickly blamed by the us on iran temporarily knocked out half of saudi arabia's oil processing capacity. iran denies responsibility and to date the guard commander issued a fiery warning against any possible retaliation. limited aggression will not remain limited. we will punish you and follow you, we have shown we will not rest until the aggressor is destroyed. the uss held off. also

sending additional troops to defend saudi arabia. at a press conference today in the saudi capital and minister of state welcome to this move. in addition to the us we've also had very strong military corporations with a number of other allies and in particular the united kingdom, and i think the challenges that we are facing now call for enhancing security cooperation between the kingdom of saudi arabia and its allies and partners. the government has welcomed the deployment of additional us troops to bolster the air defences. now is the time, so the minister, for his country to work more closely with the us and britain. iran is to blame for all the recent missile attacks on his country. many had expected president trump to respond more forcefully to this crisis, instead he listened to saudi calls for

restraint. with tensions is still high the single incident could change all of that overnight. 16 minutes past seven. the headlines on bbc news. jeremy corbyn has quashed an attempt to oust tom watson as the deputy leader of the labour party — a row which has overshadowed the start of the party's conference in brighton. iran reacts defiantly — in response to the us sending troops and missile defence systems to saudi arabia and the uae —— after last week's attack on saudi oilfacilities. the travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding, as it tries to avoid going into administration — leaving customers with uncertainty. let's return now to our main story — that the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row that's overshadowed the start of labour's

conference in brighton. let's go live to brighton now where we can talk to former labour advisor and commentator ayesha hazarika. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. many people saying what a disastrous start to conference. it's a very unfortunate start. normally when you go into conference you want to go in with a very positive message, normally policy announcement and sobhi to really rally the troops. so they do signal the outside world you are thrusting forward. conferences a re the outside world you are thrusting forward. conferences are like a shop window for political parties. to really show their wares to the media and to the public. and this is such and to the public. and this is such a critical time because we could have a general election within a couple of weeks being announced. so i think for a lot of delegates that i've spoken to today, i arrived here last night. people are just a bit dazed and confused about this. because the labour party had felt like it was sort of coming together on exit, yet to go into this party

conference in such disarray is really a gift to the conservatives. you make the point that people are dazed and wondering where it came from, what is your take on it? is this momentum going rogue and going alone or do you think is a stronger movement to sideline watson?” alone or do you think is a stronger movement to sideline watson? i think it isa movement to sideline watson? i think it is a bit of both, to be honest. from sources i spoke to last night my understanding is that a lot of the senior people were not in agreement with this particular move right now, and it was a bit of freelancing. however, there have been a broader current of disaffection with tom watson. spoken out about anti—semitism and spoken out about anti—semitism and spoken out about anti—semitism and spoken out about the brexit position which is still fairly fuzzy and unclear. i think a lot of people felt that he was sort of being punished for disloyalty, but the thing about a political party is you cannotjust

have enforced purity of thought across have enforced purity of thought a cross every have enforced purity of thought across every pa rt have enforced purity of thought across every part of the party, it's across every part of the party, it's a place we have disagreements, you do have debates about things, but the mad thing about this is when the conservative party are so divided when they have just expelled 21 long—standing mps, it just when they have just expelled 21 long—standing mps, itjust seems mad the labour party to be sort of going down that route, and i even saw a momentum support or tweeting oh well, it has not done borisjohnson any harm to do that to his party, and that's not how the labour party should be. i've been speaking to people from right across the political spectrum from the more player right wing of the party right through to the more momentum and of the party. they want unity i've just hosted a rally about the people's vote where emily thornberry was speaking amongst other labour supporting corporate mps. there was a labour party to get a clear position on brexit, and they want the labour party to be a remain

party when it comes to brexit. these are the fault lines that are going through the labour party right now, andi through the labour party right now, and i think this conference is going to be quite tense in terms of trying to be quite tense in terms of trying to resolve that brexit issue. to be quite tense in terms of trying to resolve that brexit issuelj to be quite tense in terms of trying to resolve that brexit issue. i will pick up with you on brexit but before we do just one more thought on tom watson. he mentioned he was perhaps being punished before being outspoken and some people including the union leader say it's all about the union leader say it's all about the fact that he is not showing the support that he should do as deputy leader and there's a perception that he's not supporting jeremy corbyn and the appropriate fashion. he's not supporting jeremy corbyn and the appropriate fashionlj he's not supporting jeremy corbyn and the appropriate fashion. i don't think that's true. i think the deputy leader of the party, i worked for a deputy leader who had been around for a long time. of course you support the leader but you also have to be able to speak up for the membership because they elected you. you are not appointed by the leader of the labour party, you are elected by the members and that's what happened to tom. you are there to speak out without fear or favour for

what a lot of the members are concerned about. and our membership have been concerned about two issues, one quite rightly is the problem with anti—semitism within the labour party and secondly most of our members, activists, voters, and bps in their hearts and in their heads are pro—european, so tom watson has not been disloyal to jeremy corbyn, he is speaking up for quite a lot of what the membership think and that's his job as deputy leader. just to pick up finally on that brexit point, you said it's all about a united front and feeling they are at that seems to be the message coming from labour, but jeremy corbyn suggesting he will stay somehow above all of this. an official position but he won'tjump one way or the other. what do you make of that? i think that's an untenable position. if you are seeking to be the prime minister of this country you have to have a view on the most important decision of a

generation. you cannot just on the most important decision of a generation. you cannotjust stay neutral on it because the country is not neutral on it, and this got such big implications particularly for labour voters, and for the people the labour party care about. if there is a shock to the economy or ifjobs go it will be labour values that are compromised. the message i'm hearing really loud and clear is from activists right across the spectrum is that labour has got to pick a side, you cannot continue trying to be all things to all people because in the end you end up being nothing to nobody, really. thank you very much indeed. the labour party has revealed plans to force large employers to provide staying now with the labour party conference — but now let's turn to one of the actual policies that has been unveiled. the labour party has revealed plans to force large employers to provide flexible hours to women experiencing the menopause. companies with more than 250 employees would be required to train managers on the effects

of the menopause so they can accommodate the needs of staff. here's shadow equalities minister, dawn butler. today, i am pleased to announce that a labour government with the help of the unions will ensure that we and the unions will ensure that we and the stigma of talking about menopause, and the training provided so that line managers can understand what adjustments may be necessary, insure a flexible working, conduct risk assessment, and review sickness absence seizures to consider the specific needs of menopausal women. joining us now is lauren chiren, founder and director of women of a certain stage — which advises large employers and coaches female executives on achieving peak performance throughout the menopause. thank you very much for being with us. just on this announcement your first thoughts initially? there's a bit of a dichotomy. women of a

certain age was set up so that we could ensure that employers understood what menopause was about and that nobody left a job or felt like we cannot cope in a job because of what we were going through in a natural life stage. when i read the issue i was really delighted and exceptionally excited about the fact that one of our main political parties was pushing this forward. i think the flip side of that is that we need to understand all genders and all life stages, and everybody needs to have an opportunity to excel and use their strengths and skills in the workplace and in life in general. we will come to the more general point of flexible working in a minute and ijust want to talk about menopause in the people you work with on their experiences. what is it that their employer may know nothing about and have no understanding of? 8096 of women may suffer from one of the recognise symptoms of menopause, thicknesses,

fatigue, anxiety, hot flashes and all of those things in picture ability to concentrate well and make ability to concentrate well and make a decision throughout the day. if you are in that decision i don't have the means to look after yourself and take pause and keep yourself and take pause and keep yourself on track, then it can be really challenging to get through the day's work as you would have donein the day's work as you would have done in past. it's about recognising that for yourself and also having employers realise their small changes they can make to root make sure that when they can thrive during menopause. they may fluctuate and change day by day, week by week and change day by day, week by week and month by month. how do you see this on a practical level working in terms of offering flexible working? i think that very much comes down to the employer and the type of role that women are holding and looking to see what opportunities are available. if the role can be flexible in terms of the hours being

worked coming to be coming in later and work longer or work from home, there's different opportunities to job share. it's about really looking at what that role is all about and what needs to do. so it could be that you need to step out for a couple of minutes just to regain your composure and it might mean that you are just working slightly different hours. it's really about taking its case on an individual basis but having a policy that says when you enter menopause or the symptoms that you can have an open and honest conversation with the appropriate person and you know who that person is your organisation and look at how you were going to continue to flourish going forward. you mentioned earlier the fact that it opens up a more broad questions because there are people of both sexes may be dealing with health problems and so on. some employers might look at this and thank gosh, if this is an issue where does it stop? and how to we accommodate the needs of every individual may be struggling with different issues?”

think that's a very human question. i'm a small business owner and have a number of people i work with. because i'm coming from a place where i left a job thinking that i had had a disease and i discovered it was just menopause in the early 40s. it was just menopause in the early 405. i it was just menopause in the early 40s. i have to accommodate a lot of different life circumstances and accommodate the people i employ in the clients i work with. clearly if you go to work and earn a wage there's a certain amount of activity you have to do to take that which home, but again it does come down to each employer thinking very cleverly and clearly about what they are there to do and how they could be creative in creating roles and circumstances for people to thrive. sounds like the start of a bigger debate. thank you very much indeed. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas has been a glorious day out there

today. with temperatures up to 27.4 celsius and many of us have seen a lot of blue sky out there too. this picture was taken in norwich but one of our weather watchers during the afternoon. things are starting to change turning more unsettled and rather autumnal from the west. heavy showers moving in through the course of tonight and across northern ireland and wales the southwest of england could be a rumble of thunder. for much of his college got clear is go through tonight but is a quite a mild humid feeling for many of us. 70 degrees the overnight low encarta. for the day tomorrow some heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing east across england followed by another band of rain moving in from the west. much of northeast and scotla nd from the west. much of northeast and scotland should stay dry but also we are expecting some showers and thunderstorms around to. things are looking little bit more dry as we start the day and that sets us up for a fairly unsettled picture

through the week ahead. the headlines. jeremy corbyn has quashed an attempt to oust tom watson as the deputy leader of the labour party, a row which has overshadowed the start of the party's conference in brighton. the travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding, as it tries to avoid going into administration, leaving customers facing uncertainty. teenage climate activist greta thunberg arrives to cheering crowds at a youth summit on climate change in new york, ahead of the un general assembly next week. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday.