you're watching bbc news at nine with me, joanna gosling. the headlines: thomas cook collapses after last—minute negotiations to save the world's oldest tour operator fail. it is deeply distressing to me that it has not been possible to save one of the most—loved brands in travel. it's left 150,000 holidaymakers stranded, triggering a huge repatriation effort. they're great. this is the first let down but obviously it's their big let down as well, isn't it? you feel sorry for all the people that's lost theirjobs. and coming up at 9.15: we'll be speaking to a man who has two holidays booked with thomas cook and whose wife has worked at the company for two decades. in other news, at

the labour conference, jeremy corbyn faces a revolt by members demanding that the party campaign to remain in the eu. here in brighton, decision time for labour on brexit as jeremy here in brighton, decision time for labour on brexit asjeremy corbyn lines up with the big unions to defend his wait and see brexit strategy. more than 8 million people in england are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable homes, according to a new report. british talent dominates the emmy awards in los angeles. fleabag wins four prizes, including leading comedy actress for phoebe waller—bridge. and coming up in sport: it's wales‘ turn to start their world cup campaign injapan. they take on georgia in a couple of hours‘ time.

good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. thomas cook, one of the world's largest and oldest travel companies, has this morning collapsed, leaving hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas and putting thousands ofjobs at risk. the final confirmation came in the early hours of this morning when last—minute talks to save the 178—year—old company broke down. thomas cook's chief executive said the firm's collapse more than 150,000 british holidaymakers are stranded. the government is attempting to bring them home in the biggest ever peacetime repatriation operation. the tour operator's failure puts 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide including 9000 jobs here in the uk.

simonjones reports. grounded. the uk's oldest holiday firm has collapsed after 178 years. the empty check—in desks at manchester airport tell the story. the end declared at 2 o'clock this morning by the civil aviation authority. it has already begun flying a fleet of chartered planes around the world to bring holiday—makers home. we've got about a0 aircraft that we brought in from around the world and we will over the next two weeks run about 1000 flights. this covers 18 countries and 55 airports, so predominantly in europe, stretching out to turkey, but some long haul to the states and the caribbean and cuba. so a really big operation. holiday—makers like these people who arrived in majorca yesterday are being told they will be flown home as close as possible to their booked return date but there may be some problems and delays. travel experts believe up to a million more people who had bookings in the coming months will have lost their holidays, though they will get refunds

but that may take a long time. up until the early hours of this morning, the thomas cook website was still offering what it called fantastic deals, urging people to book now. take a look at their website now and it comes up with this message saying that the business has ceased trading and everything is cancelled. it is deeply distressing to me that it has not been possible to save one of the most—loved brands in travel. thank you. do you take personal responsibility? in the end, the firm simply ran out of cash. uncertainty over brexit, last year's heatwave in europe, and political unrest in popular destinations are all being blamed. more than 20,000 thomas cook employees, including 9000 based in the uk, are set to lose theirjobs. the government is asking the insolvency service to fast—track an investigation into what went wrong. simon jones, bbc news. let's hear from some passengers at manchester airport earlier.

got told to come here now, to find out my flight has been cancelled. i've got three kids. my son has adhd and autism and he and his sister is upping their hearts out in the car. we got in touch with thomas cook yesterday and they said everything was going through a nothing to worry about. turn up at the airport, everything is normal. we booked a package holiday a year ago but it had thomas cook flights a yesterday i contacted them to check everything was going ahead with a holiday and they said that under no circumstances with the holiday be cancelled and we would be put on another plane regardless as to whether thomas cook went into liquidation or not. i got it at three o'clock in the morning, been givena three o'clock in the morning, been given a duty of care number, and i've been told holiday will not go ahead because there are no planes available. we booked a package holiday through sandals, so we presumed the flights wouldn't be affected. it is not until this morning when we have seen the email and it has just morning when we have seen the email and it hasjust said no flights.

and the prime minister borisjohnson has reacted to the news this morning. he spoke to reporters on board the raf voyager travelling to new york for the united nations general assembly saying: "it's a very difficult situation and obviously our thoughts are very much with the customers with thomas cook, the holiday makers, who may now face difficulties getting home." he added: "we will do our level best to get them home. there will be plans ready to deal with that if it's necessary. one way or the other the state will have to step in quite rightly to help stranded holidaymakers." he said ways must be investigated so tour operators can protect themselves from bankruptcy, following the collapse of thomas cook as well as monarch‘s demise in 2017. our international business correspondent, theo leggett, is at gatwick airport. what is the feeling there?m what is the feeling there? it is calm here that people are clearly very, very disappointed. i have been down to the check—in desks at thomas

cook and there are lots of civil aviation authority staff giving information and talking things over with passengers and telling them what their rights are, but they are obviously disappointed. i met a couple heading to cancun in mexico for the holiday. that is not going to happen. they had a further holiday booked later down the road which will also not happen. many people, resigned to what is going on, saying their sympathies are ready with the staff of thomas cook. there are 9000 of them in the uk, waking up this morning not to find they haven't got a holiday but not even a livelihood. that is really quite serious. there will be an investigation into the circumstances surrounding thomas cook going into liquidation. tell us more about the factors that will be considered. well, how long did thomas cook know about the problems it had with generating funding? back in august you might remember thomas cook announced it had found a way of surviving, and one of its biggest

investors, a chinese group, was going to plough £450 million into the company and its banks would plough at the same amount of money m, plough at the same amount of money in, and that would safeguard jobs and the business. but unfortunately it later transpired that amount of money would not be enough. another £200 million was needed. finance was found briefly but the source of the finance stepped back and said it was not going to provide that money any more. therefore without that extra cash, thomas cook's backers were no longer willing to stand up and say they would support the company. they withdrew and the collapse became inevitable. it is notjust about the immediate circumstances of the collapse. it is about the business model as well. you have to say that in the modern day and age a package holiday operator with shops on the high street that your flights, your hotel and everything else, that is starting to look a bit dated in an age when everyone can go online and do it all for themselves. thank you, theo. gavin lee has been speaking to passengers at palma

airport in majorca. the situation is palma and anaolia in turkey, the two biggest destinations for thomas cook, there were flights to the east midlands, manchester, gatwick, and what you can see is operation matterhorn in action. british and commonwealth officials are offering reassurance and advice to people checking in. there are dozens of workers wearing yellow vests from atol, the civil aviation authority too, giving advice and telling people that they will get home today but it might not necessarily be with the destination point that they flew out from, but you will get home. people arriving here today have been telling me that they are confused. many are frustrated. many are annoyed that this is the end of their holiday. it is a young woman from newcastle's birthday today and she told me it had utterly ruined her day but some

people are pragmatic that they will go home. we can speak to someone who is trying to get back to glasgow today. diane, tell me your situation at the moment. we got picked up this morning at 6:30am and our flight was supposed to be 9:30am into glasgow. we have got here now and they have told us we are going to birmingham and then a coach trip for six hours from birmingham up to glasgow. it is really not suitable at all for me with my disabilities, sitting for 12 hours on different stages of my journey. it's not fair. theyjust asked if i was in a position to buy other flights and claim back the money. you know! is this your first thomas cook holiday? have you been many times with them? i have booked with thomas cook for 30 years with no problems at all. they are great. this is the first let down. but it is their big let down, isn't it? you feel sorry for all the people who have lost theirjobs. you came in on the coach this morning from the hotel.

what with the atmosphere? everybody was fine because they thought the civil aviation authority would get us home. you know what i mean? calm. what time were you hoping to get home tonight? they don't honestly know. they don't know what time the coach is leaving birmingham. that is as far as i know. i don't even know what time i am getting home yet. good luck. we appreciate you talking to us this morning. best of luck. continue this way. i spoke to an amateur football player before, chris, and he was saying that you have got to roll with the punches here. they knew it would be a difficult day. spare a thought for people arriving yesterday. some people i spoke to arrived here, expecting two weeks, and they are hoping that this operation matterhorn repatriation effort, thousands of people around the globe, 1500 people here every single day,

they are hoping this continues. a dedicated website has been set up for thomas cook customers after the firm collapsed. the details are on your screen now. at 9:15am we will be speaking to a man who has two holidays booked with thomas cook and his wife has been working at the company for two decades. now on to politics. the floor of the party conference in brighton today where members will choose between two competing strategies. delegates will vote on whether the party should explicitly back remain in the run—up to a general election, or adopt jeremy corbyn's neutral position. our assistant political editor norman smith joins us from the conference now. it isa

it is a circle they have been trying to square for a long time. if you like, this has been a political storm brewing for months and probably years. it does seem as if we may now get clarity from labour about what it is going to do and brexit. we have two clear position being staked out to be debated this afternoon. the constituency parties by and large wantjeremy corbyn to unequivocally back remain in the run—up to the next election. mr corbyn and the big unions however wa nt to corbyn and the big unions however want to hold fire until a referendum after the election, when he said he will make his position clear. all this on the day when labour hope to be getting headlines for their big policy announcement about free personal care. joining me as jonathan reynolds from labour's treasury team. let's start with brexit. are we going to get clarity today or are we heading to the land of more fudge? conference is a time for members to have their say and thatis for members to have their say and that is only right and they have the chance to do that today. the important thing is of all the emotions that will be discussed

today, the fundamentals of them are the same. ruling out no deal and giving the public the final say between a leave option which is credible, which has been agreed with the european union, and remain, and the european union, and remain, and the party is united on that decision and it is the right thing to do. these are different motions with different emphases but what labour is fundamentally offering is giving the public the final say on a deal and to remain. that is nice but it is not quite the same because some people want the party take a clear, unambiguous remain position ahead of a general election and jeremy corbyn wa nts to a general election and jeremy corbyn wants to delay that decision until after the general election. so i come back to the point of whether we are going to get clarity on the pa rty‘s are going to get clarity on the party's position going into a general election today? to be fair, thatis general election today? to be fair, that is a clear position because it is clear that the public gets the final say. if you are offering the public the final say between remaining and leaving, you have got to see what the leave option would be. ourcurrent

to see what the leave option would be. our current status in the european union is a very bespoke position compared to other european union member states, so presumably i leave package would be bespoke as well. the fundamental thing we are agreed on is that we will stop their macro, which we have been very good at doing. i have come round to the position of giving the public the final say. the only way of giving people close on this is if people know what they are getting then they can have the final state and move on to the next stage of the process. you have just explained that to me in one minute 30 seconds. how do you explain that on the doorstep to somebody who quickly want to know if you are for or against brexit? we tell them that they will be the ones who decide that. yes, there are strongly held positions amongst the public and it is polarising. there is no doubt about that. but people recognise that polarisation. while they have a position themselves, they have a position themselves, they recognise we can't have this argument forever. until we give people a chance to close this, it will go on forever and for me that has got to be the final say through

a referendum. it can't be the situation which we have had from the liberal democrats, which are to try and form a government and unilaterally revoke it because that continues the question forever. and a huge announcement on social care. it is absolutely brilliant. an exciting place for us to be. we are offering free personal care, health and dignity for older people with washing and getting meals and getting in and out of bed. there will still be a cost which we are very clear about, that we will find personal care in the same way the nhsa bunch personal care in the same way the nhs a bunch of care, through general taxation. this is a big anomaly that had been left over in the health service. this is a big amount of money. anybody who cares about older people having dignity in retirement will welcome this news today. that is the difficulty facing the party. how do you get the headlines to be about social care and not about brexit divisions? thank you, norman. the headlines on bbc news: the

latter thomas cook flights to manchester comes in to land after the world's oldest tour operator colla pses. the world's oldest tour operator collapses. it has left 150,000 stranded. it is holiday—makers, triggering a huge repatriation effort. jeremy corbyn faces a battle with labour members over its brexit policy. it is wales's turn to start their world cup battle today. they play georgia in toyota city in just a couple of hours. (wipe it's 6 league wins out of 6 for liverpool as they they beat chelsea 2—1 and stay five points clear at the top of the table. sebastian vettel won the singapore grand prix, his first victory in more than a year, but his team mate wasn't happy about it. lewis hamilton was fourth. there will be more on those stories

just after 9:30am. now back to our main news, the collapse of tour operator thomas cook. 150,000 british tourists will need to be brought home in the biggest ever peacetime repatriation. 20,000 jobs are at risk worldwide including 9000 in the uk. this morning, symbolic moment, is one of the last ever thomas cook flights landed in manchester. the boss of thomas cook, peter fankhauser, has been speaking about the collapse of the company. let's hear what he's had to say. this is a statement i hoped i would never have to make. the receiver was appointed in the early hours of this morning, the 23rd of september, to ta ke morning, the 23rd of september, to take control of thomas cook. despite huge efforts over a number of months, and further intense negotiations in recent days, we have

not been able to secure a deal to save our business. i know that this outcome will be devastating to many people and will cause a lot of anxiety, stress and disruption. first, i want to apologise to my 21,000 colleagues whom i know will be heartbroken. you all fought so ha rd to be heartbroken. you all fought so hard to make thomas cook a success. secondly, i would like to say sorry to all our customers, those who are on holiday with us now and those who have booked with us in the coming months. my colleagues will be working with the caa to help with

the repatriation. finally, iwould like to apologise to the many thousands of hoteliers and suppliers who have stuck by our business in good times and in bad and who now face difficult financial choices of their own. it has been my privilege to lead thomas cook. it is deeply distressing to me that it has not been possible to save one of the most loved brands and travel. thank you. do you take personal responsibility? the overnight collapse of thomas cook has been described as "very sad news" by the government. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has been speaking to the bbc this morning and says he considered very carefully whether the government could step in to help the company. it is certainly something i looked

very carefully at, because obviously a travel company with a 178 year history, household name, everyone would love it to succeed and survive. in the end, there was a huge amount of debt. £1.7 billion of debt in the company. they have not really kept pace with the times where people booked so many things online and match holidays and travel and cars and everything together. so there were real systemic problems there. we felt if money was put into it, something the government would not usually do for a travel company anyway, we would still have to repatriate people so it was not a goen repatriate people so it was not a goer. we can talk now to jeremy, who has holidays but with thomas cook, and his wife has been working for working for them for 20 years and he joins us now from elford in london. thank you forjoining us. as a family you have got a lot at stake. tell us about your wife. she has been working for thomas cook for a

long time. what is her understanding on why she stands? we are very much in the dark about where they go from here. they have not been given much information, although i believe there is a course that they will be on. when was the first that she knew? she is away with some friends ona mini knew? she is away with some friends on a mini cruise this weekend, booked through thomas cook, in vietnam, but i think she was up from very early in the morning listening to what was going on on the news. so how is she feeling about it? devastated. she has been working for the company for 21 years. lots and lots of friends. she is the manager of the still and she takes it very seriously. —— the store. the waiter looks after her staff, her colleagues. she is devastated. was she worried that it would happen?

there have been discussions for a long time. yes, she was obviously worried. i think theyjust didn't think it would happen. we need to understand that some of these people have only ever worked for thomas cook or only ever worked in the travel industry and they are very proud to work for the thomas cook name. some of them are single pa rents. name. some of them are single parents. they didn't think it was going to happen. i am really sorry. ican going to happen. i am really sorry. i can see you are obviously feeling very emotional about this and you are well aware of the impact this is going to have on many people, your family included. i am really worried about her well—being. family included. i am really worried about her well-being. you have said that she is on a cruise booked through thomas cook. does that mean she will struggle to get home? no, she will struggle to get home? no, she is being looked after excellently by the star. it was just a mini cruise, a weekend away and they were back in southampton this

morning. i mentioned that you also have a couple of holidays booked through thomas cook. presumably now you are going to have to think about what will happen with those and whether you will get your money back. we will sort that out in the fullness of time but my first thoughts are with my wife and her collea g u es thoughts are with my wife and her colleagues and how we look after them now. you mentioned the pride that people who work for thomas cook have felt. what had it meant to her, working for a company for 21 years? when you have been in a certain environment for a long time it becomes like family. she has got hundreds of thomas cook friends. i know lots of them. there is a very social, friendly atmosphere in the company. the social gatherings inside the company and outside the company are very nice. they are like

family and they take great pride in the thomas cook name. some of friends single parents and they will know about be struggling over the next little while. —— they will no doubt be struggling over the next little while because all they know is the travel industry. little while because all they know is the travel industrylj little while because all they know is the travel industry. i am very sorry that you are feeling so sad about this this morning and i wish you the very best. thank you for joining us. my heart goes out to those people who have had things cancelled. not going on honeymoon, stuff like that. that is terrible. there is another side to it as well. thank you, jeremy.

emma coulthurst is a travel commentator from the holiday price comparison site, travelsupermarket. this is an incredibly human story. yes, this business is 178 years old. i think everyone has been on a thomas cook holiday at some point in their life or they know someone who has or they know somebody working for the company. in total there are 9000 staff who have lost theirjobs and people on holiday at the moment. people with forward bookings. the caa thinks there are 500,000 forward bookings that they will have to deal with to get refunds back for the package holidays. a package holiday gives you gold—plated protection and anyone listening to this, friends or family in the uk with friends and family in the uk with friends and family on holiday at the moment, or they are listening to this from their holiday, they will get that back. the caa has put a programme in for the next couple of weeks until the 6th of october. that is for

people on package holidays for seven nights, up until the 14th. and people on a flight only situation, so just people on a flight only situation, sojust a people on a flight only situation, so just a thomas cook flight and you have organised your own accommodation, normally in that situation you should reclaim for that flight and then book your own but the government has stepped in with money and they will bring back absolutely everyone, the caa will bring them back. they have put together the biggest airline in the uk to make this happen. they have brought in aircraft from all over the world. they are now in place. the advice is to enjoy your holiday. i know that is much easier said than done but enjoy that holiday. the advice is to keep a watch on the caa website, and there will be information about your flight. most flights are leaving within five minutes of the original flight. in one case from menorca this afternoon

it was three hours, but you will get home. you are probably thinking what ifi home. you are probably thinking what if i end up at home. you are probably thinking what iernd up ata home. you are probably thinking what if i end up at a different airport and the caa has said you might end up and the caa has said you might end up at and the caa has said you might end upata and the caa has said you might end up at a different airport to the one you were expecting, but they are laying on transport at no extra cost to get you back to your original airport. and if you are sitting by the pool wondering if the coach will turn up and arrived to take me back to the airport, yes, it will. if it is part of a package holiday, gold—plated protection under the ato l gold—plated protection under the atol scheme. i spoke to the caa ten minutes ago and they have confirmed that he will be able to get on a coach back to the airport. they are saying get their three hours before. we will not have a boarding pass any more. theyjust we will not have a boarding pass any more. they just want you to we will not have a boarding pass any more. theyjust want you to bring your original boarding pass or confirmation letter. don't worry about that. you will have something. just bring something to the airport. that gold—plated protection as you describe it will be very reassuring to people that they will not end up out of pocket. what about the woman

who had been planning her wedding at over £50,000 for over a year, going to greece, which will now not happen. there's everything get covered in such an eventuality? happen. there's everything get covered in such an eventuality7m it isa covered in such an eventuality7m it is a package holiday, so if it is a flight plus car hire or accommodation. it has got to have the flight element and it has got to be booked altogether and that will have the atol protection. it is devastating. they had a group booking and lots of people have booked weddings through thomas cook and honeymoons. it is utterly devastating for people. i can't imagine how they are feeling. the caa have said the main problem for them now is the repatriation. so for them now is the repatriation. so for the next two weeks getting 150,000 people back from 18 countries that thomas cook operates to. then from next monday, the 30th of september,

they will issue details about getting a refund. as i mentioned, there are around 500,000 forward bookings and it may take up to 60 days to get a refund back to people but they will get it. the only people who will not get an automatic refu nd people who will not get an automatic refund because they are not covered by atol are people who have a flight only booking, who havejust by atol are people who have a flight only booking, who have just booked a flight with only booking, who have just booked a flight with thomas cook. they will need to contact their credit card company. if the flight because they're more than £100, they can claim under the consumer credit act, section 75, and get their money back that way. if the flight was less than £100, unlikely, orthey that way. if the flight was less than £100, unlikely, or they paid on a debit card, they can go through a volu nta ry a debit card, they can go through a voluntary chargeback scheme. it is not enshrined in law but companies like american express and mastercard haveitin like american express and mastercard have it in their customer service roles. you have not been able to ta ke roles. you have not been able to take those goods and services so i am confident you should get your money back. and there is also entered supplier failure, which money back. and there is also entered supplierfailure, which is

pa rt entered supplierfailure, which is part of gold—plated travel insurance, it is an add—on. that covers you if it is a player goes out of business and it is good if you have only got a flight because it will cover you for the flight going back there you are not out of pocket but most insurance policies do not have that in. emma, thank you very much, lots of information there, and we hope people won't be out of pocket. a dedicated website has been set up for customers after the collapse of the company, the details on screen. and the number. it's a 24—hour helpline. and at 11:30am this morning, you can put your questions to simon calder, the independent travel editor. will you be affected by the closure? if you have a question you want me to put to simon

please put it in. you can see the details on screen. now, ina now, in a moment, a weather update, but first, let's hear what victoria has coming up on the programme. good morning. sally challoner, who was convicted of murdering her husband with a hammer after years of abuse tells us she's sorry she killed the love of her life. i loved richard andi love of her life. i loved richard and i wanted to be with him. and i killed the man i loved. did he deserve to die? no. and i'm very sorry for what happened. i should have been a stronger person, i should have left him earlier. but i just couldn't. the full interview after 10am and also today will talk to devastated families who have booked holidays with thomas cook and ask what your rights are. join us at

10am, bbc news channel and online. that's victoria a little bit later, coming up in sport at 9:35am wells are the last of the home nations to start their rugby world cup campaign injapan start their rugby world cup campaign in japan kicking off start their rugby world cup campaign injapan kicking off against georgia at 11:15am. all the details coming up at 11:15am. all the details coming up but let's catch up with the weather, here's carol. joanna, good morning. today we are looking at some sunshine, some rain and gusty winds later but this week generally is going to be quite unsettled. we have some rain pushing across the far north of scotland, one or two showers in the south, showers across parts of western scotland, the showers in northern england and wales tending to fade but this band of rain sweeping in from the south—west will also have gusty winds around it, particularly along the coastal reaches of the south—west of wales and south—west england. temperatures 13 — 20 degrees. as we head through this evening and overnight the first band of rain goes through and another one follows on behind, this one is

likely to have thundery downpours in it, not going to be a cold night but again in the south, the wind gusty. tomorrow we start with thundery downforce and gusty winds in southern england and wales, this pushes towards the east, we see a bit of a lull in proceedings with brighter skies coming out in the west. at the next assistant sweeps in from the west introduced in gusty winds again and some heavy rain.

hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... the world's oldest tour operator — thomas cook — has collapsed after last—minute negotiations to save the company failed. it's left 150 , 000 holidaymakers stranded — triggering a huge repatriation effort. twenty—two thousand jobs are now at risk worldwide — including nine—thousand in the uk. in other news — jeremy corbyn faces a battle over labour's brexit policy as members choose between two competing strategies at the party's conference later. more than eight—million people in england are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable homes — according to a new report and coming up — british talent dominated the emmy awards in los angeles — with bbc sitcom "fleabag" winning four prizes time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people

are watching, reading and sharing. unsurprisingly, thomas cook is being talked about a lot on twitter this morning. one of the stand out things is the number of staff members expressing their sadness at the closure of the company. employee chloe rawlinson tweeted: "heartbroken to say the least, had the most surreal 2 years of my life full of fun... while kia dawn hayward wrote: "love myjob so much, don't want it to end... and customer steph wight said: "my honeymoon has gone down the drain as we had booked with #thomascook but i don't... well, simon calder, the travel editor at the independent spent the night at manchester airport. he says it's a really really sad situation as thomas cook revolutionised travel.

now, overnight at 2am, the company has gone out of business. they were still trading until almost midnight, i bought a package holiday to see if it was still going just before midnight. clearly, iwon't it was still going just before midnight. clearly, i won't be going on that but much more importantly, 9000 staff in the uk have lost their jobs and getting on for a million people who have holidays booked with thomas cook will not be taking them. actually, the 155,000 people who are away at the moment are in a relatively comfortable place, although it possibly doesn't feel like that at the moment. that's common simon colder. and at 11.30 this morning — you can put your questions to simon calder who you just heard from. will you be affected by the closure of thomas cook? if you have a question for simon, send it in via text on 61124, tweet using the hashtag bbc ask this, or email ask this at bbc.co.uk.

after thomas cook, the next most popular hastag is emmys. the ceremony took place last night in los angeles. the hit bbc sitcom, fleabag, won four prizes — including two for its creator, phoebe waller—bridge. jodie comer picked up best actress in a drama for her portrayal of villanelle in killing eve. game of thrones was recognised as best drama series. one of the speeches getting a lot of attention online came from michelle williams. williams won best actress in a limited series for her role in fosse/verdon. the independent has the full transcript of the speech about equal pay which received a standing ovation. williams said: "i see this as an acknowledgement to discern her own needs...

..male counterpart — tells you what she needs in order to do herjob, believe her. "one day she might stand in front of you and say thank you for allowing her to succeed because of her workplace environment and not in spite of it." other highlights included billy porter who is the first openly gay black man to win an emmy and patricia arquette's tribute to her transgender sister alexis who died in 2016. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally. good morning... lots to look forward to over the next few hours. wales start their world cup campaign injust a few hours, taking on georgia in their first pool match. they've never made it past the semi—finals, but they'll be hoping to rediscover the form that helped them win

the six nations earlier this year. they'll be the overwhelming favourites in the game against georgia which kicks off at quarter past eleven this morning. our correspondent katie gornall is in toyota city there's a lot of excitement here, the wait is nearly over for wales, the wait is nearly over for wales, the last of the home nations to get going in this world cup and there's a lot expected of the grand slam champions. they have a side packed with talent and experience, the most experienced wells side named other world cup, spearheaded by the captain alan wynne jones world cup, spearheaded by the captain alan wynnejones who will win his 129th cap here against georgia. it's been a very difficult build—up to the side, rocked by the news that rob howley had been forced to leave the camp a day after arriving for allegedly breaking world rug by arriving for allegedly breaking world rugby betting regulations, i think they'll be very keen to get out there on the pitch, draw a line under this stop george it will be awkward opponents, they have immense power in their scrum, much improved

side in world rugby and they will be out for a big scalp against wales but wales should win the game and they will be desperate to start wearing out in ‘s final tournament in charge of wales on a positive note. so wales are in action in around an hour and a half from now — there's full commentary on radio 5 live. over the weekend we got to se the other home nations play their first match. on paper england's 35—3 win over tonga looks impressive but there's been some criticism over the performance. danny care. good morning, and thank you so much for your time, good morning, and thank you so much foryourtime, i good morning, and thank you so much for your time, i know you're so busy but tell me, what did you think of the performance? at the end of the day, they got the win, the bonus point, not the best performance but it's never going to be in the first game of the world cup, up against a very physical side from tonga who made it difficult for them but i think eddie will be quietly happy

they got the win, got through relatively unscathed and they can move on thursday when they face the usa. at times eddie looked frustrated with his side, he's made a bit ofa frustrated with his side, he's made a bit of a joke about it overnight saying he wasn't shaking his fist, he was swatting away mosquitoes because there are so many around him but he did not look happy. what will he have said? it's classic eddie, i've seen that face if you too many times! you'll be happy they got the win but he'll be disappointed, with i set the disciplined side of things, they gave away too many penalties and against the better teams, that will get punished. i think too many handling errors, the ball was very greasy, it's very humid in there and they dropped a few. i think they probably got away with one and they got the mistakes at first because they are going to have to perform a lot better against the usa and a lot better against argentina and france. talking about needing a bigger performance let's look back to scotland played ireland. good win for ireland but

scotla nd ireland. good win for ireland but scotland really have a lot of work to do, don't they? yes, for irish fans, they can be happy, i think ireland have their mojo back, they looked very physical, direct, conor murray at scrum—half pulling the strings really well, scored some great tries. scotland on the other hand, gregor townsend has a bit of work to do, looked like they didn't have much energy, lacked physicality andi have much energy, lacked physicality and i think the scottish fans, that's why the disappointment comes, it's a world cup, the team haven't performed but they have three games to put it right and i wouldn't put it past them to win all three and get to the quarterfinals, they can beat anyone on their day. i'm going to ask you about you, a frustrating start to the season, how is your injury and what can we tell harlequins fans who might be listening? it's not too bad, three weeks post surgery so i'm hoping to be back in five or six weeks, i am notoriously a quick healer so i'm hoping to shave off a week or two of that and i can't wait to join the boys, they've been working hard in

pre—season, kicked off with a win against bristol on friday night and we are looking forward to pushing on. lovely to talk to you, we will talk to you again very soon. anki. thank you. liverpool maintained their perfect start in the premier league beating chelsea 2—1 at stamford bridge. trent alexander—arnold opened the scoring with this well—worked free kick, before roberto firmino doubled the lead. ngolo kante did pull one back for chelsea in the second half, but liverpool held on and still have a five point lead at the top of the table. west ham were 2—0 winners at home to manchester united, aaron creswell with the pick of their goals. manchester united haven't won away from home in the league since february. pierre—emerick aubameyang's stunning free—kick helped arsenal come from behind twice to beat aston villa 3—2 at the emirates. they are fourth in the table while villa stay in the relegation zone. in the scottish premiership, celtic are still top of the table by three points after maintaining their 100 percent

record. they came from behind to beat kilmarnock 3—1 at home. second placed rangers beat stjohnstone 4—0. all the goals came in the second half. jermaine defoe came off the bench to score twice. and hearts beat hibs 2—1 in the edinburgh derby. sebastian vettel won the singapore grand prix, but his first race victory for more than a year was branded as "unfair" by his team mate. charles leclerc was leading the race from pole, but because ferrari brought him in for a pitstop after vettel, the german was able to leapfrog him into the lead. leclerc was then ordered not to challenge vettel for victory. lewis hamilton extended his championship lead to 65 points despite finishing fourth. that is just about it from me. you can listen to the rugby, kick off at

11:15am, bbc radio 5 live. joanna, back to you. sally, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... thomas cook collapses after last—minute negotiations to save the world's oldest tour operator fail. it's left 150—thousand holidaymakers stranded — triggering a huge repatriation effort. in other news — jeremy corbyn faces a battle with labour members over its brexit policy more than eight million people are living in unaffordable, or unsuitable homes, according to a new report. the analysis, from the national housing federation, shows overcrowding is one of the most common problems. the government says housing is a priority and that 430,000 affordable homes have been built since 2010. let's take a closer look at the figures in that report from the national housing federation. as i mentioned — more than 8 million people in england are living in an unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable home. more

than 3 million people are living in overcrowded homes. 2 and a half million people can't afford to pay their rent or mortgage and another 2 and a half million people are living with parents, an ex—partner or with friends because they can't afford to move out james prestwich is head of policy at the national housing federation — he's with me now in the studio. welcome, he's with me now in the studio. and thank you forj me. welcome, and thank you forjoining me. explain more about what the criteria was for deciding whether something is unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable, what we are looking at? the unaffordability issue is around people because my capacity to be able to afford the rent or mortgage payments and what's been used there is typically, if someone is paying more than 25% of their income on their rent or their mortgage payments, that pushes them into that area where they are really struggling to make those payments. beyond that, overcrowding, the

government rather helpfully have a bedroom standard which indicates that people are living in overcrowded conditions, if children of different sexes, who are teenagers are sharing, or more than two children are sharing a bedroom. and, the figure is high, 8.4 million people in those categories, were you surprised that the number was so high? i don't think it's any surprise that we have a housing crisis, we are in the midst of seeking to tackle the housing crisis but i think for me who's worked in housing for quite a while, the figures surprised me. what would you like to happen with these figures? the government has responded by saying already they are investing money, 430,000 affordable homes have been delivered since 2010, they say housing is a priority, what do you think? i think the government, and previous governments have sought to prioritise housing as a domestic issue but essentially what we are

dealing with is years of chronic underinvestment from successive governments, generally affordable homes. what the national housing federation have been calling for with other organisations involved in the homelessness and housing sector is for government to put their money where their mouth is with a significant investment in generally affordable homes, the particular focus on socially rented homes which is the most affordable housing tenure. we have been asking for £12.8 billion a year for the tenure. we have been asking for £12.8 billion a yearfor the next ten yea rs £12.8 billion a yearfor the next ten years to build 145,000 generally affordable homes, that's 12.8 billion a year, how does that compare with the current situation? significantly higher. to put that in context, government currently spends around £10 billion a year on the road network, we think housing is a similarly vital element of the national infrastructure and spending should be prioritised accordingly. national infrastructure and spending should be prioritised accordinglylj should be prioritised accordingly.” mean, it's not going to happen, is

it? government clearly have some tough choices to make, i think there are obvious benefits of that level of investment so by spending that amount of money, there is an opportunity to help to kick—start the house—building economy, particularly when we think about potential housing market downturn as we face continuing political uncertainty so i think there is a strong economic case that level of investment in housing. anki very much forjoining us, james. thank you. —— thank you very much. it's been a good night for british stars at the us tv awards, the emmys. phoebe waller—bridge, the writer and creator of flea bag, and jodie comer, the star of killing eve, won two of the night's big prizes. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. posing for the camera and parading the purple carpet, hollywood royalty along with the kings and queens of game of thrones, the fantasy drama dominating the small screen for much of the past decade.

game of thrones. it was the year's most nominated show and won the night's top award for best drama. but it was a fleabag that stole the show. the dark comedy that started as a one—woman play at the edinburgh festival is now the toast of hollywood. the reason that i do it is this. best comedy, director, writing and best actress for phoebe waller bridge, the show‘s creator and star. jodie comer, who plays a psychopathic assassin in killing eve took the award for best actress in a drama beating her co—star sandra oh. my mum and dad, they are in liverpool, who i didn't invite because i didn't think this was going to be my time. billy porter made history, the first openly gay man to win for best actor in a drama for his performance in pose. ben wishaw‘s portrayal of norman scott in a very english scandal won him the award for best supporting actor. he had already been celebrating. i'm hung over!

there were also awards for chernobyl, the docudrama about the 1986 nuclear disaster and netflix‘s black mirror, bandersnatch, the interactive film in which viewers have a say in the storyline. thank you very much. television is enjoying a golden age. let's return to our top story — the collapse of the holiday firm thomas cook. the tour operator's failure means more than 150,000 british tourists will need to be brought home, the biggest ever peacetime repatriation. twenty—two thousand jobs are at risk worldwide, including 9,000 in the uk. many, many people effected, notjust those stranded but those who have booked with thomas cook. we can speak now tojean stephenson, from derbyshire.

i gather you book your wedding via thomas cook, telus what your booking is. yes, we booked the wedding, next year, it's our dream wedding. we've booked for ourselves and our children, small wedding, and our grandchildren, we all booked for next october, that was the first date they could give us when we booked in december last year. so, we've been paying it monthly by direct debit, that was the way. do you mind telling me what the total costis you mind telling me what the total cost is of the wedding? it's £15,000. for eight of us. yes, obviously, as you are saying, you've been paying it by direct debit, building it up to a long period, obviously such a big event, it must be devastating for you, how are you feeling? well, pretty devastated. it was something that we have been

looking forward to, third time around for both of us. it was going to bea around for both of us. it was going to be a completely different waiting for us, quiet, withjust the children. but, pretty much the dream wedding, overlooking the sea. just the perfect view. we saw the venue when we were out in cyprus last year and we knew it was the perfect place for us to get married. so, have you been given any information about what will happen, when did you find out that thomas cook had actually gone under? my partner told me in the early hours of this morning, i was looking after my grandson this weekend. so we were in separate rooms overnight. and he messaged me and said, thomas cook have gone and that was the first we knew about it. we got a phone call yesterday morning from thomas cook to advise that the wedding is covered by atol,

on friday they were not sure whether it was, they said the holiday was but they will ensure that the wedding was but i got a phone call yesterday to say that the wedding was. but, to be honest, i really feel for the people who have lost their jobs, feel for the people who have lost theirjobs, yes, we've lost our wedding and it is our dream wedding, but, 9000 people in england have lost theirjobs but, 9000 people in england have lost their jobs today. but, 9000 people in england have lost theirjobs today. and that's worse than losing our wedding. to be honest. we will get married sometime next year. however, it may not be in cyprus but we will get married sometime. 9000 people have to go without a job. and that's worse. that's very generous of you and thoughtful of you to be taking that approach. you said that you got the call to confirm that the wedding is ato l call to confirm that the wedding is atol protected so does that mean you will get everything back, you won't

lose out? as far as i am aware, we will get everything back, there was some deposit that were non—refundable because they were payable to cyprus directly so presumably that means that the wedding is actually booked, if we could find another tour operator? but that is something that my partner was suggesting, i'm pretty relu cta nt to partner was suggesting, i'm pretty reluctant to go down that route because if thomas cook can go then anybody can. jean, thank you so much. we really wish you all the very best, thank you forjoining us. much more coming up at the top of the other. now, time for a look at the other. now, time for a look at the weather with simon. joanna, thank you. some summer warmth over the weekend, temperatures at 27 — 28 degrees. it's the autumn equinox, the sunshine in the southern hemisphere and the nights will soon be getting longer than the days

here. today we have low pressure towards the west, the remnants of hurricane humberto. another weather front ahead of that giving some cloud and rain, that will clear to the north of scotland through the day, for many of us dry and bright weather but you notice this next weather but you notice this next weather system moving its way in, giving some rain for northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england during this afternoon. maximum temperatures will be around 17-20, 201 maximum temperatures will be around 17—20, 201 degrees, cooler across eastern areas compared to yesterday but there will be cloud increasing through most part, the rain spreading through the north, followed by heavy rain in the south—west, the breeze picking up, overnight temperatures 13—15d, quite a mild night but a wet start to tuesday morning, with that there will be some fairly strong winds, the remnants of hurricane humberto

still there, to the west, these weather fronts moving eastwards, still there, to the west, these weatherfronts moving eastwards, the wind picking up to the south of that area of low pressure so it's across wales, and southern england that we will see some quite strong winds through the day on tuesday. that could lead to a travel disruption and on top of that some heavy and thundery rain, you can see that as it moves its way north and east, the torrential rain for a time, pushing its way up into the east of scotland, behind it some sunny spells, showers moving in but this is where we have the strongest winds, these are at the wind gusts on tuesday, you can see gusts reaching 40 perhaps 50 miles an hour especially around coastal parts of wales and through southern england. maximum temperatures on tuesday fairly similarto maximum temperatures on tuesday fairly similar to today, around 16-19 fairly similar to today, around 16—19 or fairly similar to today, around 16-19 or 20 fairly similar to today, around 16—19 or 20 degrees. as we go through the rest of the week, one area of low pressure moves to the east and we get more coming in from the atlantic so it keeps things quite unsettled through most of this week, certainly an autumnal feel to conditions compared to the weekend

just gone, temperatures about 15-17d, just gone, temperatures about 15—17d, you can see from the outlook for many of us we will see rain at times throughout the course of this week and again, there could be some fairly strong winds to go with that as well. that's all from me. goodbye.

hello. it's monday. it's 10 o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. 150,000 british holiday—makers are being brought home on special flights after the collapse of thomas cook. this is an enormous task, the biggest ever peacetime repatriation, and i'm afraid it won't all be plain sailing. we'll talk to edward hardy, who's trying to get home from corfu, and ruth morse, who was supposed to be getting married in cyprus in a couple of weeks. she says she's devastated. and in an exclusive bbc interview, we speak to sally challen, who tells us she's sorry she killed the husband who abused herfor three decades. i loved richard and i wanted to be with him and i killed the man i loved. did he deserve to die?

no.