if‘ai‘it it"ui‘ii trww—r it"ui‘il trww—r vlu ll-‘lfll trww—r vlll uru particularly that combined with high spring tides could cause some coastal flooding. so the weekend because cause some heavy rain and gales, it is very much worth staying tuned to the forecast. aggressive approach. but the prime minister defends his words. can you use words like surrender to describe a certain act, a certain bill? and, quite frankly, i think that you can. meanwhile, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, signals she could backjeremy corbyn as a caretaker prime minister to prevent a no—deal brexit. also tonight: cleveland police becomes the first force in england and wales to be classed as "failing in all areas". pressure grows on the bbc to overturn its ruling on comments made by breakfast‘s naga munchetty

about racism and president trump. 22 years later, prince harry follows in his mother's footsteps as he visits a partially cleared minefield in angola. and i am in doha, well the world athletics championships are under way and the heat is dominating the agenda. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: wales have named an unchanged team to face australia at the rugby world cup. and that means a record 130th cap for alun wyn jones. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number ten of using aggressive language that incites violence. it comes after a turbulent week

in which mps returned to the house of commons and took part in furious exchanges in the commons. today borisjohnson again defended his use of language and insisted that delivering brexit on 31st of october would bring much of the heat out of the debate. meanwhile, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has indicated that she'd be open to backing jeremy corbyn as interim prime minister to stop a no—deal brexit. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. it might seem calm today but it has been a fractious week in westminster, with heated scenes in the house of commons and claims that words like surrender, when used about brexit, are divisive. even dangerous. now amber rudd, a former home secretary who only quit the government a few weeks ago, has waded in. telling the evening standard newspaper the sort of language we have seen more and more coming out from number ten does incite violence. an extraordinary

accusation aimed at the prime minister. today, during a hospital visit, he said any threat against mps was appalling but insisted he was not stoking division. what we need to do now is get brexit done by october the slst and i genuinely think that once you do that, then so much of the heat and the anxiety will come out of the debate. i think a lot of people are very tense. businesses are still uncertain. and get it done and i think we will all be able to move on. and his senior advisor said getting it done is a walk in the park during a book launch last night. the friend and was difficult, this is a walk in the park... dominic cummings himself is a divisive figure. the man behind the vote leave campaign at the heart of downing street, this morning seeming to question his own comments. you said it would be a

walk in the park at the book launch? there is real anger from walk in the park at the book launch? there is real angerfrom some here at the tone coming from downing street that the prime minister shows little sign of changing his approach. he still insists he will meet the departure deadline of october the 31st, despite the fact parliament passed a law saying he would have to delay if he doesn't get a brexit deal. with such little trust here, opposition parties are talking tactics. the snp leader today suggested ousting the prime minister and didn't rule out the labour leader as a temporary replacement. i don't particularly wa nt to replacement. i don't particularly want to push jeremy corbyn replacement. i don't particularly want to pushjeremy corbyn here. the point i am making is that if the opposition is to unite behind a clear plan that takes away the threat of a no—deal and moves to a general election, i think everybody accepts that is where we should be heading, then we will have to compromise. but plenty here won't put the labour leader in charge, evenif put the labour leader in charge, even if only for a short time to slow the brexit process. we need to

have something that works. jeremy corbyn doesn't have the numbers. he knows that. the snp knows that. you andi knows that. the snp knows that. you and i know that. so, a direct move against number ten isn't expected imminently, but with feelings here running high, don't expect an outbreak of calm either. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. our brussels correspondent adam fleming joins me. signs of some possible movement in terms of the deal? possible signs. we understand that uk will table fresh brexit proposals to the eu after the end of the conservative party annual conference, which finishes in manchester next wednesday. so not long to go. if those proposals are acceptable to the eu, it would trigger a breakneck round of diplomacy as the eu and the uk try to finalise that deal, prefera bly uk try to finalise that deal, preferably for the eu a week before the summit of eu leaders on the 17th of october. that is an incredibly

tight timetable. especially when you consider the brexit process this far. and i have to say, when you speak to eu officials and diplomats in brussels, they are very gloomy. they think the ideas put forward by the brits so far do not meet their test, satisfy their concerns. separately to that, some people are looking at the absolute scenes of british politics in the last few weeks and think the uk is headed for a period of political turbulence lasting years and years and years, and the eu will need a strategy long term to deal with that. cleveland police has become the first force in england to be found inadequate in all areas of its service. the police watchdog said it was not investigating crime effectively and it didn't respond to vulnerable people fast enough. the force has recently appointed a new chief constable who says the report is a wake—up call, but argues it must be given time to improve. michael buchanan is in middlesbrough. clevela nd cleveland police have been mired in

any number of scandals in recent yea rs any number of scandals in recent years and the new chief constable is the fifth since 2012. some officers have been conducted of gross misconduct, and now this, effectively labelled as the worst police force in england and wales. the leadership team was described as clueless by rank and officers. saturday night in hartlepool... with clevela nd saturday night in hartlepool... with cleveland police as they answer another 999 call. last year, we highlighted the pressure front line officers like kevin face. we've been scrapped. they are now both going to the police station, where they will spend the night until she has sobered up and he will get interviewed about obstructing police. lack of money and officers has forced the closure of hartlepool‘s custody suite, a consequence of austerity, says the

force. but the chief constable of clevela nd force. but the chief constable of cleveland just months into hisjob acknowledged today that the force has to take some responsibility as well. front line staff work extremely hard in cleveland police. i see it and i patrol as much as any andl i see it and i patrol as much as any and i see how hard they work to protect our members of the public. but our staff members have not been well served by senior leadership in this force, providing a direction of what is required and being clear about what is required, and a performance regime being set up to hold people to account. inspectors raided cleveland as inadequate across the board. the worst force in england and wales to get such a course “— england and wales to get such a course —— such a england and wales to get such a course —— such a poor england and wales to get such a course —— such a poor ranking. —— the first force. it doesn't operate efficiently or sustainably either. perhaps most crucially, the force is not reducing crime or keeping people safe. 67—year—old terry was beaten in middlesbrough city centre in an unprovoked attack last november. there were dozens of witnesses. a man was arrested but his son, a bar

owner, says the family have not been contacted owner, says the family have not been co nta cted by owner, says the family have not been contacted by cleveland police since. they are a joke. quite simply they area they are a joke. quite simply they are a joke. they are a joke. quite simply they are ajoke. cleveland police is in crisis. last year, we revealed local people in hartlepool have taken to patrolling their own streets, furious with the lack of police protection. today one of the men we met that night told me little has improved over the past 12 months. people are reporting crime is a nobody comes out. i mean, it is not just petty crimes. it is serious crimes. and the police don't come out. not because i don't want to, but because they don't have the numbers. cleveland police will now receive support from outside agencies, as well as being closely monitored, but what is clear is they have much to do to rebuild trust among their exasperated communities. michael buchanan, bbc news, middlesbrough. sir lenny henry is among more than a0 broadcasters and journalists who've signed an open letter to the bbc urging it to reverse its ruling

concerning the breakfast television presenter naga munchetty following comments about president trump. she was found to have been in breach of editorial guidelines for speaking out on air about remarks he'd made, which were widely condemned as racist. david sillito reports. bbc breakfast, and the topic was a treat by donald trump, calling on a group of american politician, all women of colour, politicians, all women of colour, to go back from where they came. dan walker then pressed his co—presenter, naga munchetty, for her opinions on the story. every time i have been told as a woman of colour to go back to where i came from, that was embedded in racism. now, i'm not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean. that was deemed fine, but the next exchange caused an issue. i know that you are sitting here not giving an opinion but how do you feel, then, as somebody who has been told that before, when you hear that?

furious. when you hear it from him? absolutely furious, and i can't imagine that lots of people in this absolutely furious, and i can imagine that lots of people in this country will be feeling absolutely furious that the man in that position feels it is ok to skirt the lines with using language like that. does that then...? do you feel that his use of that...? that is the point i was trying to make — it then legitimises other people to use it. yes. as our guest was saying, it feels like a thought—out strategy to strengthen his position. it is not enough to do it just to get attention. that exchange prompted a complaint which has been upheld. the bbc‘s executive complaints unit, which is independent of bbc news, says she was allowed to express her feelings and say the words were racist, but not comment about donald trump's motives. describing a remark is racist is not the issue at stake here. the issue at stake here is whether it was right to go on to ascribe motive, in this case to president trump, but it could have been to anybody else. it suggests that we are impartial on racism. the bbc isn't impartial on crime.

if a crime happens, we call people are criminal. we have to be impartial on these issues. the reasons why these remarks were made, and there was speculation in the programme which she made, amongst others, about the nature and the reasons why those remarks were made and we can't do that, whether it is president trump or whether it is anybody else that we are assessing in that way. amongst those disagreeing, a number of bbc journalists. afua hirsch‘s letter criticising the decision has been backed by more than a0 black and asian writers, actors and broadcasters. it's ludicrous to say it is fine for a presenter to express her own experience of racism, but she shouldn't cast judgment on the person being racist. that's suggesting that as people of colour who have experienced racism, we can talk about those experiences but remain impartial about whether we think they are good or not. and this evening a new statement from bbc managers describing naga munchetty as a star who they admire for speaking honestly about her own experiences. david sillitoe, bbc news. a mother has been told she could be jailed for the rest of her life after she admitted murdering her two

teenage sons and conspiring to kill her four other children. 35—year—old sarah barrass pleaded guilty to the charges carried out at a house in shiregreen, in sheffield, in may this year. brandon machin, who is 39, also admitted the same charges. thousands of thomas cook staff are taking legal action after losing theirjobs when the travel giant went into liquidation this week. they claim the firm acted unlawfully in the way they were dismissed and they're seeking compensation. meanwhile, more than 60,000 thomas cook customers have been flown back to the uk. judith moritz reports. they flew all over the globe for thomas cook, now their world has come crashing down. jobs gone, livelihoods destroyed. when the airline folded, jo was one of the cabin crew left stranded abroad. when she got home, things went from bad to worse. i'm now homeless, my landlord is now demanding i leave

the property, so i am having to wait for the local council to see if they can put me in sheltered accommodation. so you can't pay the rent, the landlord has not been sympathetic? no, he's not being sympathetic or compassionate or anything, he just wants me out. is it here that we sign for the redundancy courses? there is some union help available and thousands of staff are now starting legal action to claim the lost wages. these cabin crew posed for a photo on what would be their last flight. amongst them, gemma, who was made redundant with monarch airlines two years ago and is in the same situation again. it's like reliving the whole nightmare again. it's just brought back all them feelings of losing myjob. it was a sunday night, middle of the night, finding out, waking up my family to tell them that the company that i loved, as well, had gone. so it'sjust a really difficult time to relive the whole process again. no longer in use by

thomas cook, during the summer these check—in desks were absolutely buzzing and that is what many of the cabin crew i have spoken to today have said they don't understand. how can it be, they want to know, that when they were working on full plane, after full plane their company has gone bust? many are owed seven weeks' pay. hundreds turned up to union meetings at manchester airport today, angry and bewildered. i put my uniform on today and as i got to the airport i started to cry because i thought, i'm coming here in a uniform and i've got nowhere to go. we didn't get a letter through the post. we had a conference call on monday. it wasjust dial this numberand listen in. i'll take a few questions. ok, that's enough now, no more questions. over and out, phone down. so that's how we found out. they say they put their hearts and souls into thomas cook and with little information or remorse this is how the company has repaid them.

the time is 18.15. our top story this evening: the former home secretary, amber rudd, accuses downing street of using language about brexit that incites violence. a british success story — one of the world's finest young cellists, but with a lack of music lessons at state schools, fears for the next generation. it's one of the most famous images of princess diana — walking through a partially cleared minefield in angola just months before she died. now, 22 years later, prince harry has followed in his mother's footsteps to highlight again the threat posed by landmines. our royal correspondent, nick witchell, has been following the prince's tour

of africa and sent this report. minefields. a massive problem in angola, and an issue with a particular resonance for harry, in memory of his mother's efforts to make the world do something to deal with them. harry was taken into one of the minefields being cleared by britain's halo trust. he saw the painstaking work of the mine clearance teams, combing the ground metre by metre. he detonated a mine which had been found a few days ago. and then on to huambo, angola's second city. it was here 22 years ago that diana, princess of wales, was filmed walking along a safe corridor through a minefield. it brought the whole issue to the world's attention and led eventually to an international ban. today the spot which had once been a minefield is an anonymous street, but a place for a proud son to visit

and to reflect on what his mother achieved. to walk in her footsteps is clearly quite emotionalfor me, but i think as much as she did then, there is still so much to do, but without question if she hadn't have campaigned the way that she did 22 years ago, this could arguably still be a minefield, so i'm incredibly proud of what she's been able to do. fully 17 years after the end of angola's civil war, people are still suffering life changing injuries. harry visited and officially named the princess diana orthopaedic centre, where the victims of landmines are treated and fitted with prosthetic limbs. 22 years after diana died, and there are still more than 1,000 minefields here in angola. harry's message, expressed today — let's finish thejob. nicholas witchell, bbc news, huambo. britain has produced some of the finest musicians in the world.

among them, the cellist sheku kanneh—mason, from nottingham. he's a state school success story. he won the bbc‘s young musician of the year and performed at the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. but over the past ten years, there's been a fall in the number of pupils taking music at gcse and a level. less spending for music lessons has prompted concerns for the next generation of would—be musicians. our arts editor, will gompertz, reports. sheku kanneh—mason taking to the stage for a star turn at this year's proms. the 20—year—old cellist is an extraordinary talent from an extraordinary family. one of seven children, all musical prodigies, who went to or are still at this state school in nottingham, which had put music at its heart. but now finds, like many, that government policy has led to its limited resources being diverted away from musical education. one of the key pressures around how

a school's judged to be doing in terms of the progress measures and the metrics that are used to identify the performance of the school, that places a greater emphasis on the academic subjects. figures show there has been a 25% drop in students taking gcse music in england over the last ten years, and over 40% fewer taking the subject at a level. there's also been a significant fall in the number of music teachers since 2010, leading to class closures. jeneba kanneh—mason is in the sixth form at trinity. her sister aminata is studying for her gcses. they practise a lot. their mother supports from the wings. what i think is a crisis for schooling in britain is that, of course, all the private schools are still having lots of funding for creative arts and the state schools are not, so it is creating

a kind of two—tier culture, which i think is very dangerous. her daughters say that they do see a divide when studying at the royal academy of music in london on saturdays. i mean, i normally feel like the odd one out, really. they all go to private schools and i thinkjust because the fees... you can't really... music is not made accessible for people who can't afford it. what are the ramifications? the ramifications are that there will not be another sheku kanneh—mason coming out of a state school if things go on the way they are. the schools minister doesn't agree. he says he's put specific funding in place to support music education. we want things to improve in every area. that's my ambition — for every area of the curriculum. but with the music hubs, for example in 2016—17, 700,000 young people were taught to play music, a musical instrument in whole class ensembles. we are spending £100 million per year on those kinds of extra school music tuition. good, but not enough good enough, according to this academic.

the government always come back and say, "we're getting this much money to music education." but that's not education in schools, music education in the classroom. and the reason it's not statutory is around 72% of our schools are academies and free schools, and they can choose their curriculum, so they don't have to teach music. the government says changes are afoot, such as ofsted placing greater emphasis on arts and sports provision alongside academic attainment when evaluating a school. president trump has lashed out at his opponents in the democrat party, who say they will move quickly with an impeachment inquiry which could see him removed from office. a whistle—blower in the us intelligence service has accused mr trump of putting pressure on the ukrainian government to investigate the former vice—president, joe biden, his likely challenger in next year's presidential election. jon sopel is at the white house. a lot of strong words, but to we

have any more light shed on the fa cts ? have any more light shed on the facts? the president is clearly furious that the chairman of the house intelligence committee, calling him a sick man, saying that he should resign and he should be investigated because he is leading the investigation into donald trump. of the whistle—blower, donald trump has said, look, this is all second—hand information and it has been proved to be inaccurate. it is anything but that. everything that the whistle—blower has had so far has turned out to be true. he drew attention to that ukrainian cole which we now know happened. he asked the ukraine president to investigate his potential rival in 2020's election, joe biden. we have learned today from the white house confirmation that the e—mail, the transcript of that conversation, was moved to a secret server within the white house that nobody knew anything about. republican lawmakers can say, we don't really care, but they can't say, there is nothing to

see here. thank you. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor has retired from international cricket because of an ongoing battle with anxiety. regarded as one of the world's best wicketkeepers, taylor is also second on england women's list of run—scorers. she was a part of england's world cup—winning teams of 2009 and 2017 and played in three victorious ashes series. the 2019 world athletics championships are under way in the blistering heat in qatar. it's so hot there that the women's marathon will begin at midnight. the british team have been trying to acclimatise at their training camp in dubai. they've been set a target of seven medals at the championships that are being held in doha. natalie pirks is there for us. well sophie has always been one and property, lengthy chap failing to qualify for the women's 800 metres. it is clear this heat is difficult for athletes. the championships have been moved from their usual spot of august to accommodate the weather,

but it is still pushing a0 degrees and high committee outside and the organisers are praying that the marathon goes off without a hitch. the first world championships in the middle east was always going to be a challenge. the skyscraper setting for tonight's midnight marathon may be stunning, but extra safety measures have had to be brought in, with competitors warned about heat exhaustion. it's led to athletes questioning the rationale behind holding it here. if you can give me a good reason why we're here and i buy into that reason, i'm happy to make the sacrifice and be here and support that, but it depends on the reasoning for why we are here, and it's not that i'm not convinced. ijust have not heard that answer yet. fortunately, inside the stadium, there's a state—of—the—art air—conditioning system, but interest is limited, and ticket sales have been poor, in stark contrast to the record crowds in london two years ago. key faces are also missing, including the world and olympic 800 metres champion caster semenya, and sprint star usain bolt, who is now retired. the man expected to step into his shoes is american christian coleman, in action today in the 100 metre

heats. but the fastest man in the world this year arrives here under a cloud. he's just avoided a potentially lengthy ban for missing three drugs tests thanks to a filing technicality. athletics is crying out for a star. step forward britain's sprint queen, dina asher—smith. she's done it again! fans are pinning their hopes on herfor three of the minimum seven medals uk athletics needs here to hit their target. there is definitely a little bit of expectation. i think it is something that is refreshing as a british female sprinter that they're going out there and it's like, "no, we expect you to do x, y, z." i think it's nice. i think it's nice to see the gb vest hopefully somewhere in the finals, smiling. britain hasn't had a female individual sprint medallist in 36 years. no pressure, dina. natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. time for a look at the weather, here's stav da naos.

heat is not an issue here. absolutely not. as you can see from the picture behind me. we have had some thundery dampers today in central and eastern parts of england. it moved through thunder and lightning and also very strong gusty winds. that is the feature moving authentic the north sea. respite for the first part of the night and then a fresh cluster of showers going into parts of northern ireland, england, wales and southern scotland. it remains breezy and the temperature should hold on to double figures but some spots it could be quite chilly. into saturday, the better day of the two. we are in between weather systems. this is the feature that will move in unto sandy to bring wetten wendy weather. a saturday, we start off with the low which will be pushing off into the north sea and it is a bumper of high pressure which should kill the showers. drier through the afternoon

with lighter winds. 16—19d. the next weather system will come in from the far south—west, sweeping northwards and eastwards mainly across england and eastwards mainly across england and wales through the night. it will bring widespread, heavy rain. flooding across parts of the midlands into wales and northern england. winds picking up across southern counties of england. a0—50 mph. into sunday morning, wet and windy for england and wales. the heavy rain slowly clearing into the north sea but not too bad a day for scotla nd north sea but not too bad a day for scotland and northern ireland. showers, sunny spells and the cooler winter. highs of 18—19 in the south—east. low pressure pushes up into the north sea, although the rain begins to ease away. there will bea rain begins to ease away. there will be a squeeze on the isobars so eastern in the tale that could bring gusts of 50—60 mph in england later on sunday. if you have travel plans, stating to the weather. it will be u nsettled stating to the weather. it will be unsettled with deals that could cause some issues. thank you. a reminder of our top story.

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this is bbc news. the former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number ten if using words that could incite violence. cleveland police has become the first force in england and wales to be rated in adequate across all areas of performance. pressure is growing on the bbc to overturn its ruling on comments made by breakfast‘s naga munchetty about racism and president trump. and a mother has