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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: crisis talk continue at thomas cook amid fears it could collapse within hours. planes are on standby to bring home stranded tourists. your heart sinks. you have planned everything, every tiny detail, and then all of a sudden everything can come apart at the last moment. labour insists it can win a general election, as arguments rumble beneath the surface over the party's brexit stance. the signs and impacts of global heating are speeding up, according to the latest science on climate change, published ahead of key un talks in new york. game of thrones will have one final chance to achieve emmy glory later as television's best and brightest prepare for this year's us awards ceremony. and we'll be taking an in—depth look
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at the papers with our reviewers tony grew and caroline frost. stay with us for that. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the uk's oldest travel firm, thomas cook, is continuing emergency talks with creditors and shareholders tonight, hoping to raise the the £200 million it needs to avoid collapse. ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk if necessary are in place, but have dampened hopes of a government rescue bid. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. people have been starting holidays today in places like majorca, while their travel agent, britain's oldest, battles to stay afloat. time is running out for thomas cook.
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unless a rescue deal was done by tonight, the firm will fold. we've just flown in from bristol. we're rather concerned, obviously, with regards to what's going to happen, whether we'll be able to fly home or not. i really couldn't care less. if i get stuck here, i get stuck here, don't i? they can't get in either. last night, tourists on holiday with thomas cook were temporarily not allowed to leave their hotel in tunisia. the coach is there, you can see it's trying to get in to collect people to go to the airport, to leave to go home. and management aren't allowing it. hotel management apparently worried that they might not get the money owed to them by the company. and then there's people like andrew and sharon, uncertain if their dream vegas wedding, booked with thomas cook, will happen. your heart sinks. you think you've planned everything to the minute detail and then all of a sudden everything could come apart at the last moment. there's just a feeling of limbo at the moment and we're not really sure.
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thomas cook said a meeting of investors to try and find an additional £200 million was a last throw of the dice. the firm needs the money so it can pay its debts and keep operating over the coming months. in the uk, 9000 jobs are at risk. 150,000 brits are currently on thomas cook holidays abroad. the government says if the company collapses people will be brought home. so, three people, two weeks in greece, late july, let's see. 0nce king of the package holiday, thomas cook has been struggling for some time. don'tjust book it, thomas cook it. running a huge travel firm with several airlines has been made all the harder by fluctuating oil prices and a weaker pound, pushing costs up. the package holiday‘s prominence in the travel market has fallen. just think of the fierce competition from budget airlines and the vast array of options when you book a holiday today.
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people on or booked on a thomas cook package holiday are protected under the atol scheme. if you booked just a flight it would be travel insurance or a claim to your credit or debit card company. scenes of near normality in places like palma today but real uncertainty about tomorrow. tom gave us the very latest update a short time ago. iam i am told tonight that dozens of aircraft which were on standby have now been mobilised. that means basically they are in the air, travelling to destinations where there are thomas cook tourists who might, might the important word here, need bringing home tomorrow here. now if, but is still a big if, thomas cook goes into administration, 0peration matterhorn will go into action. when monarch collapsed in 2017 it was the biggest repatriation of british nationals in peacetime. i am told this will be much bigger, potentially lasting two weeks. 0ne much bigger, potentially lasting two
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weeks. one source of the civil aviation authority in charge of that plan is very prepared for that eventuality. the government is saying british tourists will be brought home. that said, a deal is still possible. negotiations continued through the day. at a well—placed source and i said indications were not positive. we will know whether or not thomas cook has gone into administration by two a.m. that is when most if not all of its aircraft will be on the ground, making things less complex. but by the morning, thomas cook's fate will be sealed. jeremy corbyn has come under pressure at the labour party conference in brighton to commit to which side he would back in any future eu referendum. with some seniorfigures in the party saying they will campaign to remain, he's told the bbc that a labour government would get a new brexit deal and give people a choice between leaving on those terms — and remaining in the eu. a vote on the party's brexit position is expected at the conference tomorrow. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report from brighton contains flash photography. he could be walking in a month or two into number ten.
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but at his own conference, with his own party, jeremy corbyn has been wading into what looks like chaos. grappling to maintain his position on brexit — that labour would only say if they back leave or remain after the next election, if they win and do their own brexit deal with the eu. we will put both views and say, "look, this is the best deal we could get, this is the remain and hopefully reform option. these are the choices before you." there is frustration at that, though, in chunks of the party, which is instinctively remain, and disbelief that mr corbyn‘s backers tried to oust deputy leader tom watson. it wasn't to move against him specifically. what it was, was concerns about the role of deputy leader and i was not aware that the particular motion was going to be moved at that time, but i knew there were people discussing options. but i don't think we should make rule changes on a whim.
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the unhappiness goes beyond mr corbyn‘s familiar foes. why do you feel the party can't win an election, mr fisher? his senior adviser, andrew fisher, is quitting, exasperated with progress, or lack of. what's the dividing issue? there's long been animosity in the party between many mps and jeremy corbyn, but the anger over the leader's reluctance to back remain now is far and wide. i need to show my honestly held view, and that's we should support for remain. it's made for some an unlikely hero of the man backing remain already, who was nearly ousted in the last few days. i am a remainer, and i am going to remain campaigning for remain. and i know everyone in this room is going to do the same. and he's not the only frontbencher openly disagreeing with the official plan.
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oh, no, he's back! yes, the message is back again and again. we must have a labour party out saying this week that we say no to brexit, and we lead the campaign to remain. but hold on... in other meetings in other packed rooms, jeremy corbyn‘s approach still appeals. with most labour constituencies having voted for brexit, there is a logic trying to keep both sides together. we have to listen to those voters, and if they think the labour party is betraying what they said, that will cause a huge electoral backlash, which is why the responsible thing, i believe, is to listen to those voters, listen to the remain voters, get the best deal we can get from the european union and let the people decide. jeremy, we support you! but these weeks at the seaside are a chance for political parties to show why they deserve to be in power. don't hassle me, i'm working hard!
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but for every moment labour fights among itself, the chance to make its case slips away. the conference is taking place with the possibility of a general election just around the corner. laura explains how this prospect is affecting the meeting. it is pretty stormy down here, not just because of the weather. in a couple of months labour could be fighting to get the keys to downing street. every conversation is supercharged. this isn't just street. every conversation is supercharged. this isn'tjust a party that has time to talk within itself, it is a party which in a few weeks could be going to the country. that is why, whether it is abolishing prescription charges or moving to abolish private schools, the party really has an opportunity to make its case to the country. but that's so difficult when, from top to bottom, there is this open
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dispute about the issue of our time, about brexit. now, the party's leadership has got a painfully constructed position. they want to delay making a call between and leave or remain until after the election. —— leave or remain. they wa nt to election. —— leave or remain. they want to essentially park that decision and then ask the public in the future what they make of it. but thatis the future what they make of it. but that is a difficult cocktail and so many people here in brighton and so many people here in brighton and so many of the party's mps want to push the leadership now to make a full throated case for staying in the eu. this is a really, really significant class, and it matters so much because until that is resolved, it is difficult for the labor party to move on to be able to make the argument that they believe could find popularity among the wider public, and i'm not sure that this week in brighton they are going to be able to find resolution. tomorrow on the conference floor could be just the beginning. the mayor of london sadiq khan has
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called for an investigation into whether boris johnson failed to declare a potential conflict of interest while he was mayor. it follows an investigation in the sunday times newspaper which alleges an american entrepreneur and model — jennifer arcuri — whom mrjohnson knew, received thousands of pounds of public money in financial grants. three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 15—year—old boy was stabbed to death at a skate park in berkshire. the attack happened at salt hill park in slough. police believe there had been an argument beforehand. they are appealing for witnesses. there are reports that the british—flagged tanker seized by iran injuly could be released soon. iranian forces took control of the stena impero as it was navigating through the strait of hormuz, at the entrance of the gulf. it's been held near iran's southern port of bandar abbas. the signs and impacts of global heating are speeding up, according to the latest science on climate change, published ahead of key un talks in new york. the data, compiled by the world meteorological organization, says the five—year period from 2014 to 2019 is the warmest on record. sea—level rise has accelerated significantly over the same period,
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as co2 emissions have hit new highs. 0ur correspondent nick bryant is in new york and said un officials were hoping this report would be yet another wake up call to world leaders. 0fficials officials are also talking up the greta effects, as it's called, the sight of those 4 million people marching on friday all around the world, most of them children, led by the 16—year—old activist greta thunberg. she will be addressing the climate action summits tomorrow, the un hoping to harness her global galvanising power and also hoping she will shame international leaders interaction. perhaps more significant is the no—shows out that summit. donald trump will not be there, a leader who likes to be called the trump of the tropics,
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president herr bolsonaro of brazil, brazil is particularly significant of course because it is the home of the undersigned, the lungs of the world. ——jair the undersigned, the lungs of the world. —— jair bolsonaro. the undersigned, the lungs of the world. ——jair bolsonaro. there is this concern is the un that this resurgence in nationalism we have seen resurgence in nationalism we have seenin resurgence in nationalism we have seen in recent years as a major impediment to getting global action on the global climate crisis. china is expected to face further pressure to reduce its carbon emissions when global leaders meet at the un tomorrow for a special summit on climate change. renewable energy sources have increased in china, but coal is still the largest source of electricity generation. with the un pushing for a commitment to end the use of coal by 2030, our correspondentjohn sudworth asks whether china can deliver. 0n on average, china has built a solar farm as big as this one every day for the past three years. a rush to
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renewa bles for the past three years. a rush to renewables personified by this engineer. he used to work in a coal mine. translation: solo can save 50 01’ mine. translation: solo can save 50 or 60,000 tons of coal each year. i am proud doing thisjob and working in this industry. but there is a long way to go. with its massive coal reserves still used for 60% of its energy, china produces more than a quarter of the world's carbon emissions. and it may bear more than its fair share of the consequences, too. asia's high mountain glaziers, a vital source of water for millions, are under serious threat. they are retreating very fast, about one metre per year. as much as 50 metres a year. 50 metres a year? the largest, yes. that is why some
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glaziers in the south—east of the tibetan plateau will be disappearing very soon. the country's communist rule is to have what might be called an authoritarian advantage. huge powers to support and promote new technology. china is now producing and installing these panels in such and installing these panels in such a volume that the economies of scale means something extraordinary and very important is happening. the industry is reaching what it calls grid parity, the point at which getting electricity from these things is now cheaper per unit than generating it from coal. but china's authoritarian system also protects vested interests. there are troubling signs that it has recently resumed building work on new coal power stations. to tell whether china is a real climate leader or not, this is really the moment.
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china on one hand is indeed now the largest investor of some of the most advanced renewable energy technologies in the world. but on the other hand, china also has this darker side. china's stance at the new york conference will be watched closely, despite big positive steps, its coal habit will be a hard one to break. the headlines on bbc news: crisis talk continue at thomas cook amid fears it could collapse within hours. fears the company could fold within hours labour insists it can win a general election, as arguments rumble beneath the surface over the party's brexit stance. the signs and impacts of global heating are speeding up, according to the latest science on climate change, published ahead of key un talks in new york.
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sport, and for a full round up, here's the bbc sport centre. we'll start at the rugby world cup. ireland lived up to their status as the world's top—ranked side with a clinical 27—3 victory against scotland in yokohama. our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. last year, ireland was seen as the northern hammers are's big hope in this world cup there form coming into the tournament has been much like the japanese weather, unpredictable, and they were under some pressure to perform here in scotla nd some pressure to perform here in scotland but they actually dominated scotla nd scotland but they actually dominated scotland from start to finish. scoring the first try in the first half including one from their captain rory best who retires from ireland at the end of this tournament and more to come in the second half with andrew conway showing quick feet to claim that all—important showing quick feet to claim that all—importa nt bonus point. showing quick feet to claim that all—important bonus point. a dream start for ireland. a bit of a nightmare for scotland who also lost their best forward, hamish watson,
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to injury, in the first half. they now have eight days to regroup. on this evidence, an awful lot of work to do. england opened their campaign against tonga and started well with a 35—3 win. but it wasn't as straightforward as the scoreline suggests. our sports correspondent andy swiss is in sapporo. they went into this match is one of the world cup favourites. it certainly wasn't easy for them at first. two tries from manu tuilagi put england in control and come the second half, they extended that lead. a few nerves perhaps. plenty
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for them to work on and before the next game against the us and thursday. beaten in europe in midweek, but liverpool can't stop winning in the premier league. it's six wins out of six now for last season's runners up after a 2—1win at chelsea. but they were made to work hard, and once again var played its part. adam wild reports. midweek champions league defeat for chelsea. bringing both the sides down—to—earth. time to reset, the we and being formulated here by liverpool, executed to perfection by trent alexander. what chelsea believed was their equaliser is rather less so. the ball with the va
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are ruling at offside on second. chelsea's obvious frustration increasing. firmino allowed space. they could have been three up just after halftime, had not been for a spectacular save in the chelsea goal. britain at one end, inspiring brilliance of the other. a team reinvigorated chelsea to level it but all they got was more disappointment. their plans, back on course. in the other games, ten—man wolves snatched a point at crystal palace with a 95th minute equaliser and ten man arsenal came from behind to beat aston villa 3—2. west ham beat manchester united 2—0. ferrari's sebastian vettel has won his first grand prix for more than a year. the german was chased home in singapore
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by teammate charles leclerc, who started on pole, but lost the lead after his pit stop. he wasn't at all happy with his team. red bull's max verstappen finished third. championship leader lewis hamilton was in fourth...but extended his lead at the top of the championship standings to 65 points, with six races remaining. that's all the sport for now. hundreds of riot police have clashed with protestors at a shopping centre and railway station complex in hong kong, after hardline activists smashed ticketing machines and glass billboards. it's the 16th weekend of protests by pro—democracy campaigners. our correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, gave us this latest upate from hong kong. this is a ticketing system and it has been completely trashed. people have sprayed all over it and they have smashed holes in it and that is because the more hardline elements of the pro—democracy movement blame
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the ntr for colluding with the government and that is because they say whenever there is a protest they shut down the stations and the like and so this is one of the reasons why the train system gets targeted. these are just ads in the shopping centre being smashed up by activists. and this is what some of the protesters are prepared to do. i think that destroying hong kong's economy is a plus. here are the riot police who have come in to clear these protesters from the subway, it seems. the protesters have moved out of the shopping centre and they have let this fire. and now the police are racing through to try and catch them. activists were throwing projectiles down at them. they have warned that they would be returning fire.
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those in the darker clothes, the so—called raptor units, they are therefore more serious right place, charging over there because they have got word that there are some protesters inside. they have arrested over 11100 people live. and the hope in their minds is that they get enough of the hardcore demonstrators and charge them, people will be more reluctant to come to the barricades. but as you can see, it is still going on here.
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and then you get things like this... local residents coming to criticise the police. and they have a lot of work to do to try to regain president trump and the indian prime minister narendra modi have been holding a joint rally in houston in texas. organisers have described it as the largest—ever reception for a foreign leader in the us, aside from the pope. mr modi praised the us president as a friend of india. president trump is currently facing allegations he urged ukraine's president to investigate the son ofjoe biden, the current frontrunner to challenge mr trump in next year's election. my my conversation with the president, the new president of the ukraine was perfect. they put out a statement last night, they said the same thing. it was a warm, friendly conversation. there was no quid pro quo, it was nothing, it was a perfect conversation. the stars of the small screen will be turning out tonight
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for this year's emmys. the fantasy epic game of thrones, which ended earlier this year, is up for 1h nominations in seven categories. many british stars are also nominated, including phoebe waller bridge for the sitcom fleabag, along with the stars of killing eve, and hugh grant for a very english scandal. our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. he is looking very smart, as he a lwa ys he is looking very smart, as he always does. are you up to the red carpet? you've got to get into the spirit of things. i hope you are, if you've gone to all that effort. game of thrones, how likely is it to scoop some prizes? in total. it has 32 nominations. it won ten last weekend. it only has to win another three to break its own record for the most wins for a single show on a single night so it's looking like it is in pole position. it's been the juggernaut of television around the world the last few years and perhaps
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if there is a hint of enemies. we are sure there is a purple red carpet. that is because it invokes thoughts of royalty, the kings and queens they say hollywood that they are paying tribute to tonight. it really is expected to do well. the bbc shows up for a slew of awards as well. the first actress of asian descent to be nominated for best actress in a prime—time drama. looking at the comedies, and a huge range. the star has 16 enemies for the show. it's no longer on the air. flea bag, the dish sitcom which is
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tipped to be the surprise winner. they didn't have a host either, maybe the other different reasons. calculated by the organisers of the emmy awards. they said to have a certain amount of time and they'd rather put the time into the other presenters who are going to present the awards and paying tribute to the actual shows rather than having a centralfigure had. what an extraordinary job centralfigure had. what an extraordinaryjob he did. we are going to be missing that kind of centralfigure going to be missing that kind of central figure who might be using the audience members as the butt of the audience members as the butt of thejokes. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers tony grew and caroline frost. that's coming up after
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the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. quite of us had a bit of sunshine throughout the day on saturday. damages are been up to 27 celsius. we had a lot of rainbows on earlier today. the autumn equinox is upon us on monday and right on cue, low pressure arriving from the atlantic. inks feeling quite unsettled, quite autumnal. a bit of rain to come through. into parts of northern scotla nd through. into parts of northern scotland as well. a few showers for northern ireland into north wales but clear skies. temperatures into the low teens, quite a mild night. into monday morning, here is this approaching area. for much of the
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day, not a bad picture, approaching area. for much of the day, nota bad picture, quite approaching area. for much of the day, not a bad picture, quite a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. there will be more cloud and rain. a bit of rain also across, blue skies, temperatures up to about 21 degrees. not as warm as it has been the not too bad for the time of year. moving through monday night, the winds are coming through a southerly direction so coming through a southerly direction so it's going to turn increasingly gusty. not only those winds but heavy rain around as well. it will still be mild, temperatures sitting in the mid—teens for tuesday morning but on tuesday, that weather could be causing us a few headaches. that is meaning it's going to pep up the rainfall. the rain could be quite heavy. enough to cause a bit of travel disruption. the first area of rain pushes its way eastwards. that
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will be followed by sunny spells and scattered heavy showers pushing in from the south—west. temperatures generally in the mid to high teens. northern ireland northwest scotland getting away with a mostly dry story. inland, up to 45 miles per hour. we will still have some of the rain lingering from the south—east. it should clear the way, with this ——a it should clear the way, with this —— afew it should clear the way, with this —— a few scattered showers. temperatures around about 16— 20 degrees. a fairly cool showery and u nsettled degrees. a fairly cool showery and unsettled outlook for much of the week ahead.

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