this is bbc news. the headlines at 8: the prime minister could face a vote of no confidence as early as next week, according to a senior snp mp, as conservatives gather for their party conference. meanwhile, number 10 describes as a politically motivated attack borisjohnson‘s referral to the police watchdog over his links to an american businesswoman. pressure grows on president trump as secretary of state mike pompeo is ordered to hand over documents on ukraine linked to the impeachment investigation. tear gas and water cannon are used by hong kong police to disperse protestors holding a rally to mark the fifth anniversary of the pro—democracy umbrella movement. now much more tense. we have water cannon spraying water with blue dye in it. there are people here smashing up

government buildings. victorious japan as the rugby world cup hosts make history by beating ireland for the first time 19—12. this is the scene live at the world athletics championships in doha, where the men's 100 metre final is set to take place soon. zharnel hughes will be hoping to grab britain's first medal of the championships. and the sustainable solutions that may help protect our planet. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good evening. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says a minority labour government

is becoming more likely every day as opposition parties consider whether to call a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. the scottish nationalists have reiterated their support for an interim government to ensure, they say, that britain doesn't leave the eu without a deal at the end of next month. all this comes at the end of a tumultuous week for borisjohnson, who arrived earlier in manchester with his partner, carrie symonds. they're in the city from the start of the conservative party conference, where they were booed as they arrived. here's chris mason's report. is this a leadership bid, mrjohnson? the conservative conference one year ago, the smiles of the carefree backbench challenger, the mobbed darling of the party faithful. boris johnson will arrive at conference this year as prime minister, in office, but barely in control. defeated in court, but defiant. what a week it's been. the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful. parliament has not been prorogued. welcome back to our place of work.

many of us in this place subject to death threats... i never heard such humbug in all my life. he faces huge questions about the future of the country and his own past. the mayor of london supports you. borisjohnson has been referred to the police watchdog over a potential criminal offence relating to his relationship with the businesswoman jennifer arcuri over allegations she received favourable treatment, including grants and a place on trade trips while mrjohnson was mayor of london. the prime minister denies any wrongdoing. this issue is being politically driven and motivated. and the prime minister has been clear that proprieties were observed. all in all, is all of this an open goalfor labour? they hope so, even if some privately wonder if their leader is match—fit. if the government loses a vote of no confidence, could jeremy corbyn become caretaker prime minister? at the moment, he does not

have the numbers, and yet... it is getting more likely every single day because this government is collapsing. it's now lost all seven votes since borisjohnson became prime minister, and this tory government has been defeated over 45 times in parliament. they don't have a majority, they don't have a programme, they don't have policies and they don't have any credibility. the scottish national party want to be seen to be trying to bring down the government next week and could live with mr corbyn in downing street — the only way to guarantee another brexit delay, they think, and then have a general election. it's only right and proper that he, as the leader of the largest opposition party, should have the first opportunity to form an administration, but if another name appears in the frame, a ken clarke or a dominic grieve that people can coalesce around, i personally — and i think the snp would have very little difficulty with that. no one but no one knows what is over

the horizon right now, but this is a party, despite everything, determined to show the world its best side. a little earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, jonathan blake. he's in manchester, where events in westminster are overshadowing the start of the conference there. aside from a small crowd of hardened anti—brexit protestors who could be heard booing in the distance from outside of the security cordon, as you can probably hear them, now the prime minister arrived here in manchester this evening to a very friendly crowd — of course, his party faithful, who are gathering here over the next few days for their annual conference happening in unusual circumstances, of course, because, as you say, parliamnet will continue to sit back in westminster, and opposition parties have been talking up the prospect of a vote of no confidence against the government

in the coming days. i would sound a note of caution about that, though, because, although the opposition parties need to pile on — and want to pile on the pressure to the prime minister — they also are struggling to agree on how and what to do should they win a vote of no confidence against the government. so interesting circumstances for the tories to be gathering here in manchester. they will, as you can probably see on the front of the conference centre behind me, be hammering the message that they are the party that can get brexit done. they will also try to focus as much as possible on their domestic agenda for goverment as well. we know that the party has many divisions for various reasons. how are they responding to the concerns that some have expressed about the lack of trust in the prime minister as to whether he will observe the law that's been passed to stop us leaving with no deal? well, the prime minister has said at every opportunity that he and the government

will follow the law. but he's also said that he has no intention of asking for an extension to the brexit deadline. he is, of course, though, required to do that by law if he can't get a brexit deal by 19th october. so opposition parties are increasingly nervous that the government is going to find a way round complying with the legislation that opposition parties passed in the last couple of weeks to force the prime minister to ask for that extension. so that's why perhaps we're seeing a stepping up in the talk of a vote of no confidence, but the opposition parties remain nervous and reluctant to do that before they can guarantee that that extension to brexit has been secured and also that the prime minister would not allow an election to happen after the brexit deadline of 31st october. i'm joined now by dawn foster, columnist for the guardian, and olivia utley, deputy editor at the article, which provides

online comment and analysis. 0livia, how likely do you think a vote of no confidence really is, first to take place on then to succeed? i don't think it is likely to ta ke succeed? i don't think it is likely to take place at all. we are all overlooking the fact that the lib dems have said that they would not back a government of national unity with jeremy corbyn back a government of national unity withjeremy corbyn at back a government of national unity with jeremy corbyn at the back a government of national unity withjeremy corbyn at the helm because they think it would be dangerous, and i don't see how particularly the ones who defected from the labour party, who have said that corbyn is dangerous and unfit to lead cook, could possibly support a vote that would make him prime minister. and without the lib dems, they don't have a chance. the chance of labour and the they don't have a chance. the chance of labourand the snp they don't have a chance. the chance of labour and the snp risking a vote of labour and the snp risking a vote of no confidence if they are not 100% certain that they have a government of national unity ready to go are very slim because then

there would be an election of boris johnson's terms. let's continue with the lib dems. how much choice have they really got over who they support? if they really want to get the vote of no confidence and be successful? they have very little choice. the lib dems will eventually realise that if this vote of no confidence goes forward, if they don't support jeremy corbyn parliament will dissolve, they will go into general election and no deal will happen. the lib dems have already been damaged by going into coalition with the conservatives and backtracking on their promise to students they would not introduce tuition fees so they will eventually realise this is dangerous for them, and this will be the only way to stop no deal if boris johnson complies the law. what is there to stop the opposition parties coming together and saying, we can't get the lib dems on side effectsjeremy corbyn, but other names have been

mentioned, harriet harman, dominic grieve, ken clarke? is the problem would be time. the timescales are so narrow now that the idea that they could all sit around voting on potential temporary prime minister seems absurd. most people are admitting that it isjeremy corbyn oi’ admitting that it isjeremy corbyn or no one, and i know what all means about the lib dems feeling it is their only option if they are serious about stopping no deal, but ijust don't see serious about stopping no deal, but i just don't see how they want to sayjeremy corbyn are dangerous would allow that to happen. entering into anything which even looks like a coalition with labour might be too much for them. so if you don't think a vote of no confidence is a dead cert, then to stop no deal you are left with the ben bill. how vulnerable is that to being circumvented? it is very vulnerable. a lot of people around boris johnson say he will not comply with the law. he said he will, but a lot of people

around him are very unhappy with it. borisjohnson seems around him are very unhappy with it. boris johnson seems to be around him are very unhappy with it. borisjohnson seems to be careering towards no deal, and a vote of no confidence will be the only way to stop it, so the lib dems will eventually have to think about whether or not they want no deal, which will damage the massively, or whether they want to get into the natural thing which is the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, who got 40% of the vote in the last general election. is he really ca reering, general election. is he really careering, or is it meant to look like that? towards a no deal? careering, or is it meant to look like that? towards a no deanm careering, or is it meant to look like that? towards a no deal? it is tough to know. it does look as though there are a number of ways that the government could get around the ben act. 0ne that the government could get around the ben act. one of them for example is contingencies act. that is a p pa re ntly is contingencies act. that is apparently where the government has been talking about rights on the streets. the government could declare a state or national emergency on the grounds that if we don't proceed with the brexit on the

sist don't proceed with the brexit on the 31st of october there will be rights on the street therefore the act would be nullified. that is one of the many ways the act could be got around. andi the many ways the act could be got around. and i think that the whole point is, we don't know. perhaps johnson is bluffing and he would not go for no deal at all when it came down to it, but the eye deer is that you do not know one way or the other, so the hope is, on the government's side, the eu will be so worried about no deal not happening that some sort of deal will be agreed. but the other way to stop no deal is to get a deal. they are still having talks. stephen barclay was meeting michel barnier this week. they were, but also the negotiating team for the euro had been reduced by 75% under boris johnson, it does not seem as if he is serious about a deal, we have not

seen is serious about a deal, we have not seen anything brand—new coming forward , seen anything brand—new coming forward, and if he goes to the eu on the 19th of october as he said he would he has 12 days to get a new deal and get that through parliament before the 31st. he needs to go to europe and ask for an extension. how likely is it that he would do that? and how would he ask for an extension having said he would rather die in a ditch?|j extension having said he would rather die in a ditch? ijust don't think he will ask for an extension. apparently, he has told... government sources have told negotiators he will not resign. i don't think it is possible them to resign or ask for an extension so his only course of action is to find some loophole. but then we are back in court, are we? absolutely. there will be a vote of no confidence, people will go back to court, and borisjohnson has to people will go back to court, and boris johnson has to wake up and realise that the vast majority parliament do not want to crash out with no deal on the 31st of october, so with no deal on the 31st of october, so he has to think about how he can get a deal and do it as quickly as

possible. i think it is serious about getting a deal, but i think it's way of getting it will not be conducive to constructive talks with the eu, it will be terrifying the eu into believing he will give no deal, and then they feel they have to give him some sort of concessions at the last minute. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are henry mance, who's chief features writer at the ft, and the broadcaster penny smith. sport and, for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. the men's 100m is about to get under way at the world athletics championships in doha. zharnel hughes is the only british athlete in the final. we can take live pictures from doha and the khalifa stadium. the two other brits,

adam gemili and british champion 0jie edoburun, were eliminated in the semifinals. the usa's christian coleman was the fastest qualifier in 9.88 seconds, and he was cruising for the last part of it too. justin gatlin, who won this title two years ago, yohan blake of jamaica are also in the race. we have got air—conditioning in the stadium. temperatures of 33 degrees, and intense humidity as well, but the stadium is air—conditioned so it is 20 degrees for the athletes, very good running conditions, probably 30 seconds away from the start of the

men 100 metre final at the world athletics championships. we will hand you over to our commentators. all sorts of injury problems now behind him. now we meet the favourite. the man who was head and shoulders above the rest, christian coleman, second best to get land in london two years ago. can he deliver when all the pressure and expectation is for him to win? so hughes is well. the fastest reaction time in the semifinal and after that not a great start. if you get so quickly he could contend, he has a medal chance. so perhaps the nearest challenge to coleman might come from

the south african, second fastest in the south african, second fastest in the semifinal. and right in the middle, he isjust 2a but the semifinal. and right in the middle, he is just 2a but already enjoying a second career, bronson 2015 and bronson rio, tore his hamstring in 2017 and 18 but he is back now and running well. can he challenge? it is a question asking, can anyone challenge christian coleman under the lights and dark of dough hard? strange atmosphere as the lights now go up, and you would say a thin crowd inside the stadium have entered the evening but millions of eyes around the world will be watching from what remains the blue ribbon event to decide the fastest man in the world, and you think of those who have gone before, carl lewis, usain bolt, who have

taken the title. so who now will follow? christian coleman stance in lane four, the fastest in the world, he is out on his own, he is the target for the rest. he does not have a swagger but a once in the bolt but he is a favourite of bolt, bya bolt but he is a favourite of bolt, by a huge margin faster than eve ryo ne by a huge margin faster than everyone else in the semifinals, can he deliver? what lies in store for hughes? for the final of the men's 100 metres.

here comes coleman! and there goes coleman. christian coleman in the world of his own. the grass was running well in the race for all the rest, nothing there for hughes, everything for question, and as we expected, no one to touch him, a smile and a celebration, and overall perhaps of defiance, here is the world champion, after everything, they come and go and last for a moment but a world title stays forever, and here is the world champion! what a run that was from christian coleman, justin gatlin and second, hughes down in sixth, just outside ten seconds, disappointing for him, but that is the showpiece event and are made and will tighten for the american christian coleman.

and don't forget dean asher smith goes for the 100 metres, already won her heat earlier today. to the rugby world cup, where the hosts japan have caused biggest upset of the tournament — beating ireland 19—12 in shizuoka. the irish came into the world cup as the number one side in the world. their coachjoe schmidt congratulated the japanese for a "furious and intense performance". our sports correspondent andy swiss was at the match. what a memorable night for the thousands of japan fans. four years ago at the world cup of course, it was south africa, now it was ireland on the end of another remarkable killing. ireland seem to have taken control in the past half, scoring two early tries, the first from ring rose as he collected a fine kick, and then ca rty rose as he collected a fine kick, and then carty set up a second try as well from rob carney. at that point ireland seemed in control, they were 12—3 up, butjapan upped

they were 12—3 up, butjapan upped the tempo, they came back before the break, three penalties meant ireland led only 12—9 at half—time, but japan had all the momentum, and then with 20 minutes to go, japan scored the try that sent their fans into ra ptu res, the try that sent their fans into raptures, the try courtesy of the man who went over in the corner. that gave them the lead. ireland could find no way back as japan landed a late penalty to make it 19-12 at the landed a late penalty to make it 19—12 at the final whistle. such disappointment for ireland but for japan it is now two wins out of two and, after a memorable night here, they are on course to make the quarterfinals. south africa and argentina also won today. in the premier league, liverpool have made it seven wins out of seven, butjurgen klopp wasn't a happy man as his liverpool side laboured to a 1—0 win at sheffield united. he says they can play better. they missed lost of chances before gini wijnaldum got the winner.

with about 20 minutes to play, his second half shot from outside the area squirmed underneath the sheffield keeper dean henderson and just crossed the line. elsewhere, there were wins for chelsea, crystal palace, spurs and wolves. aston villa and burnley drew, as did bournemouth and west ham. scottish premiership leaders celtic dropped points for the first time this season after they drew 1—1 at hibernian. hibs led from the 8th minute and celtic‘s equaliser led to hibs' manager paul heckingbottom kicking a water bottle, which hit the assistant referee and earnt him a red card. the result has allowed second placed rangers to close the gap on celtic to just a point because they thrashed aberdeen 5—0, james tavernier converting two penalties. stjohnstone stay bottom after losing to motherwell. hamilton beat livingston, whilst the games between kilmarnock and ross county and st mirren and hearts finished goalless. charles leclerc is in the groove in formula one at the moment. he stuck his ferrari on pole for sunday's russian grand prix in sochi. leclerc will start from the front for the fourth consecutive race

after finishing a four tenths of a second clear of lewis hamilton. ferrari team—mate sebastian vettel, who won his first race of the year last weekend, will start from third. that's all the sport for now. leading democrats in congress have made their first demand for documents in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over ukraine—related material within a week. the us special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, reports. god bless you, mr president! donald trump is defiant and lashing out on his preferred medium, twitter. taking aim at the man who will play a key role in his impeachment hearings, the democratic chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. of him, trump said...

the whistle—blower, who revealed details of his telephone conversation with ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskiy, mr trump has branded a " pa rtisan operative". yet, the whistle—blower‘s account of events has proved uncannily accurate, not only about the contents of the telephone call, but attempts by the white house to cover them up. they have now confirmed that a transcript of the call was moved to a more secure server. as the democrats' impeachment inquiry gathers pace, today saw the first subpoena to the secretary of state, mike pompeo, demanding documents relating to contacts between members of his staff and the government of ukraine. committee members also said they had scheduled depositions from five state department officials — among them the former us ambassador to the ukraine, marie yovanovitch, who was recalled over policy disagreements with donald trump.

and the us special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, who is said to have helped trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, set up meetings there with government officials. shortly after the news of the depositions was announced, mr volker resigned from his job at the state department. donald trump's reaction to the impeachment inquiry continues to veer from anger to incredulity. the witchhunt continues. but they are getting hit hard on this witchhunt because, when they look at the information, it's a joke. impeachment for that? yet the pressure is growing from outside congress, as well as within. more than 300 former us national security officials, from both republican and democratic administrations, have endorsed the impeachment inquiry, saying they want to know the facts. events are moving quickly here, with some democrats predicting that articles of impeachment could be ready to be voted on by the end of november.

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. polls have closed in the afghanistan presidential election. voting was marred by a series of bomb attacks across large parts of the country. the government deployed tens of thousands of troops at polling stations. the election commission extended the voting by two hours due to long queues of people waiting to cast their ballots. but turn—out is thought to be down on the elections held five years ago because of security concerns. hong kong have fired water canon to disperse anti—government protesters who threw rocks and blocked a key road next to a huge pro—democracy rally. demonstrators have been marking the fifth anniversary of the start of the so—called u m brella protests. it happened near the legislative council building where many previous anti—government demonstrations in recent weeks have been held. the umbrella demonstrations began in 2014 but the movement has surged again this year. more rallies are due to be held over the weekend as protesters continue their calls

for political change. 0ur correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, has sent us this update from the streets of hong kong. these are the same streets which were occupied five years ago in the umbrella movement. but the mood is so different. then, it was like a mass, peaceful sit in. now, it's much more tense. we have water cannon down the end of the road there, spraying water with blue dye in it. there are people here smashing up government buildings. the authorities, in the lead—up to the 70th anniversary of the communist party coming to power in china, are not prepared to tolerate the type or the levels of disturbance that they were prepared to put up with weeks ago.

you can see here these activists do not want to get arrested. the mere hint of the police coming through — and they've all taken off, you can see. . . how many people are now coming through here. i mean, just minutes ago, thousands of protesters were occupying this road. that street is now empty, and they've all come down here — and now walking up because the police are in the underground train station, so they can't go there. for that reason, protesters are walking out. the civil aviation authority says more than half of thomas cook passengers, who'd been abroad when the company went bust, have now been returned to the uk. 76,000 people were flown back to britain in the first five days of the repatriation effort. 76 flights were scheduled today.

transporting animals long distances to abattoirs could be banned by the government after brexit. instead, journeys would be expected to be as short as possible. ministers say this will have the effect of ending most live exports — something they have been prevented from doing by eu rules. other animal welfare measures under consideration include compulsory micro—chipping for cats and a ban on bringing hunting trophies into the uk. older people who will have buy their tv licences from nextjune are likely to be targeted by fraudsters, according to the charity age uk. nearly 4 million more elderly households will be required to buy a licence next year after the bbc announced that free licences for the over—75s will be means tested. the charity estimates that more than £300,000 could be scammed by fraudsters posing as tv licensing authorities. so we know that 18,000 people fall victim to this scam every year

and, because over 75s have not paid a tv licence, sometimes for many years, we know that they may be more likely to fall victim to this scam, so we predict potentially a 13% increase in the number of people losing money to this scam, and that really concerns us because there's a lot of very vulnerable people in the age group of those who are over 75. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. wet and windy weather is currently sweeping northwards across many parts of the uk. the heaviest of the rain is moving across england and wales, really poor travelling conditions with surface water and spray and potentially localised flooding. some of the rain is getting into northern ireland and southern scotland, the northern half of scotland getting away with just a few showers. that is where we will have the lowest temperatures overnight. the wet and windy weather comes courtesy of an area of low pressure which will be sliding eastwards tomorrow morning. 0n the southern flank of the low, we will see these south—westerly winds with gusts of maybe 60 miles per hour in the most exposed spots.