today at six: borisjohnson and brexit — he says he'll give the eu a far—reaching plan within days. the irish border is the issue that has stymied every effort at agreeing a deal — now the prime minister accepts there will have to be some customs checks. there will have to be a system for customs checks away from the border. now, we think that those checks can be absolutely minimal and nonintrusive, and won't involve new infrastructure. we'll be asking whether you could have those checks without a return to the days of a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. also tonight... a show of military might as communist china turns 70. but they're not celebrating in hong kong, where an activist is shot in violent protests.

torrential rains sweep across england — there are flood warnings from cornwall to the isle of man. sir mo farah's former coach banned for four years over doping. where does that leave britain's most successful track athlete? coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... a blow for manchester city ahead of tonight's match in the champions league at home to dinamo zagreb — good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after ten weeks in office, borisjohnson now says he is days away from offering the eu a far—reaching plan for brexit. as ever, it is the question of what to do about the border

between northern ireland and the republic that holds the key to a deal. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister said that his plan would include some customs checks on the island of ireland after brexit. but he insisted they would be minimal and would not involve new infrastructure. with more, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. and a warning, there are reports this —— this report contains flashing images. when is a crisis and opportunity? right now. boris johnson seems to believe. in the last few weeks you have lost major votes in the commons, you've thrown mps out of your own party, the highest court in the land found you broke the law and gave the queen wrong advice, how do you think this is going? i think it is going about as well as can be expected if not slightly better. this was always going to be a really difficult time. what we have got, basically, is a situation in which the people voted

for leaving the eu, and yes, there are many people in all sorts of positions, you don't think that was the right way to go. and i am tasked with getting it over the line, the thing brexit done by october 31. and i think we always knew that, as we came up to that deadline, things would get choppy. if only we could all come together, get brexit over the line, i think that fevers would cool the line, i think that fevers would cool, tempers would come down, and it would be a great thing. so that is what i'm hoping. you're suggesting people ought to come together when transparently you have been trying to create this idea of them and us. the truth is, there is no way of getting exit done without, as it were, displeasing people who don't want brexit to get done. under the proposals you're about to take to brussels, there would be extra on

the island of ireland, how and where? if the eu is going to insist on customs checks, as we come out, as it is, then we will have to accept that reality. and there will have to be a system for customs checks, away from the border. now, we think that those checks can be absolutely minimal and nonintrusive and won't involve new infrastructure. isn't this just you putting forward similar proposals to what had been suggested and turned down so many times before? bet see where we get it. we have made some constructive and far—reaching proposals. if there is not ideal, whose fault will it be? proposals. if there is not ideal, whose fault will it be ?|j proposals. if there is not ideal, whose fault will it be? i don't want to get into a blame game, but the uk has moved a long, long way. you really believe that what you're about to put on the table could win round the eu? you believe that?”

absolutely do, yes, and i would urge you, laura, to keep hope alive. this is not about people being hopeful, this is about whether the government can come up this is about whether the government can come up with an idea with the eu to protect the economy, jobs and livelihoods, this is not about telling people to cheer up, it could not be more serious. it is also about getting brexit done on october 31, and in a way that protects the unity and integrity of the united kingdom, and we are entitled to protect our customs union and to exit as a sovereign state, so with great respect to all those who are currently anxious about the situation in ireland, we do think that our proposals are good and creative, but i accept also, laura, that there may be hard yards ahead. there are nerves here in manchester about what might come next. yet the prime minister largely has the tory crowd on site. yesterday you denied

touching women inappropriately at a lunch, she said you did, i?” touching women inappropriately at a lunch, she said you did, i? i don't wa nt to lunch, she said you did, i? i don't want to minimise the importance of this issue are people'sconcerns about this kind of thing, but in this case it is simply not true. says she is lying? i'm not going to go into whatever, when people make these kind of allegations, they must a lwa ys these kind of allegations, they must always be taken seriously, but it is not true. do you worry about what female voters think of you? of course. of course. and these are important issues. when i was running london we had an administration that was very largely women lead, and i was very largely women lead, and i was very largely women lead, and i was very proud of that. is the job harder than you thought it might be? it isa harder than you thought it might be? it is a wonderfuljob. yes, it is a ha rd it is a wonderfuljob. yes, it is a hard job but i think every day we are making progress. he cannotjust bounce his way through this. the prime minister's behaviour and brexit plans are under pressure.”

wish you all the very best. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, manchester. as we heard, the issue of the irish border is at the heart of the brexit negotiations. once the uk leaves the eu — the border between northern ireland and the republic could separate two areas with potentially different rules, different regulations and different taxes. after the troubles in northern ireland ended, all checkpoints between northern ireland and the republic of ireland were abolished. what many fear is that a brexit deal could be a return to those days. here's emma va rdy. how does the border work now? well, that is easy. it doesn't look like a boarder at all, just a bump on the tarmac. and it's an open border, because the rules on either side are the same. so there are cars and lorries passing here all the time without the need to stop any checks. but it wasn't always like this, though. during the 30 years of conflict here, the border had militarised checkpoints which often

came under attack and because a large part of the population believe that the island of ireland as a whole should be one country, ending the violence meant removing any physical sign of a border, at all. what might the border look like in the future? that's the key question that's been holding up brexit. and causing uncertainty for thousands of businesses here, north and south. anything entering the eu has to meet its rules, so after brexit, goods will have to be checked somewhere. but the idea of customs posts are hated by many people who want the border to continue to look and feel invisible, as it is today. the prime minister, though, believes technology can help, such as using gps to track goods but the eu doesn't believe that technology is quite ready, yet. are there any solutions? there is one idea when it comes to farming and food. these cows in northern ireland, well, they could all be treated as irish cows. following the same food

standards and regulations across the island of ireland. that would mean no need for checks on beef products crossing the irish border, but this kind of idea doesn't work for all products, so another option is moving that irish border into the irish sea, having the whole island of ireland following the same eu rules and regulations across all products. but this would be deeply unpopular with unionists, who don't want to see any differences between northern ireland and great britain when it comes to doing business. let's talk to laura in manchester. in your interview borisjohnson called it a far—reaching plan that he is offering. in yourjudgment, how significant is it? he don't really know yet is the honest truth. the government is very shortly going to publish their plans for the deal that they will put the european union, which they hope will end up in some kind of agreement. but we

don't know how significant and how different the substance of those ideas will really be, and that will all pan out in the coming days. of course, the risk is that the eu looks at it and says, we have been here before, here we go again, boris johnson making suggestions that fall short of the promises that have already been made in recent months, but whatever the reception, there's no question we are on the edge of a very important political moment. and we may well know in the next few days, not whether there will be a deal or not, but whether there is even a chance of a deal. and, for reasons that affect people running businesses, the economy, peoples jobs and livelihoods in the future of this country, that is a moment that genuinely really matters. laura, many thanks. there've been violent clashes in hong kong between police and pro—democracy demonstrators. over 50 people have been taken to hospital and at least one person

is in a critical condition after officers used live ammunition. at the heart of the protests is the fear that the freedoms hong kong currently enjoys are threatened by a powerful china. and there was evidence of that power in beijing as the country marked 70 years under communist rule. in a moment we'll hear from john sudworth on those celebrations, but first rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong. george, as you said, today was supposed to be all about china's big birthday party. but in hong kong, many people were determined to spoil the party for china. they had been told that protest today were banned, but that did not stop them coming out in their tens of thousands. it has been a very violent day in hong kong today. police say 180 protesters have been arrested, and police have fired six live rounds during the protest today, and for

the first time, one of those rounds was fired directly at a protester. this was hong kong's birthday present to china. they had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quickly dashed. this was central hong kong this afternoon. and this, police and protesters fighting running street battles. in the middle of one such battle, this happened. as a young protester tries to strike a policeman with a metal bar, the officer shoots that almost point—blank range. the 18—year—old protester is expected to survive. but news of his shooting only increased their fury on the streets. we will get angrier and angrier. we

have to, especially this, we have to stay in the front line and support more people to save the future for hong kong. as night fell the streets of hong kong began to burn. protesters began targeting chinese state—owned banks with molotov cocktail. as police reinforcements arrived, the protesters decided it was time to retreat. this is the middle of causeway bay on hong kong island and here come the riot police and the water cannon. they are going to start clearing this street. this is only one of six different protests taking place, here. with the water cannon speeding after them at the right police close behind, the protesters fled into the back streets. and so, began a game of cat and mouse. on the street corner we found a group of angry local residents cursing the police. up

above, they had a suspected protester corner. as the police marched him away, the crowd screamed at them, "gangsters, we curse your whole family!" this is how deep the divisions have now become, here. this is now the new normal. it was a display of military might, and the very thing hong kong's protesters are railing against. unchallenged political power. china's 70 year economic rise presented as a communist party victory. in communist party style. the president looking on as the adoring crowds carried his portrait.

translation: no force can stop the chinese people. but while china's economic boom has been extraordinary, communist rule has also brought chaos, famine... huge fences all around. and recently the mass incarceration of muslims in camps that china calls schools. all of these issues are heavily censored. translation: of these issues are heavily censored. translatiosz of these issues are heavily censored. translation: if the party controls everything, society is screwed up. the best way of celebration would be to review history and learn from it. even beijing's parade was for invited guests only, with the public kept at a distance. hong kong's chief executive carrie lam was there. celebrating china's transition from impoverished neighbour to dominant power. it's an extraordinary high

octane tribute to this country's rise to prosperity. i am having to report on the parade from outside. one ofa report on the parade from outside. one of a number ofjournalists denied access because of official complaints about our reporting. in stark contrast to the chaos in hong kong, beijing partied into the night. the gulf between the two cities and the two systems as wide as ever. and the time is 6:16. our top story this evening: borisjohnson says he is days away from offering the eu a far—reaching plan for brexit — and accepts there might have to be some customs checks between northern ireland and the republic. and still to come — the torrential rain that's caused flooding and disruption across large parts of the uk. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: a blow for manchester city ahead of tonight's match in the champions league at home to dinamo zagreb —

their star player kevin de bruyne is out with a groin strain. one in ten secondary school pupils in england drink alcohol during the week — that's the stark finding of a new nhs survey. and if you break down those figures, they show that almost a quarter of 15—year—olds say they've recently been drunk. our correspondent fiona trott reports from barrow—in—furness, where more young drinkers are admitted to hospital than anywhere else in england. at about three, we'll get someone to go to the shops for us, then we'll go somewhere, and just sit there and drink it all. these children are just 15 — too young to drink. but on a school night, it's what they do. to protect their identities, we are using actors' voices. we'd rather be out than doing schoolwork. and it's bleep in the house. you get told stuff — what you did — the day after. and you're like, "that was embarrassing."

in this town, police have found children as young as ten drinking alcohol. and there are more under—18s admitted to hospital because of alcohol in barrow than anywhere else in england. previously, it was the later teens, early adults, and now the age range is moving down into what we would regard as children. tom — not his real name — is just 1a. he drank so much vodka, hejumped from a multistorey car park. his voice is also spoken by an actor. they had to ring an ambulance, and i woke up, i was in a hospital bed. that must have been really frightening. yeah, it was. why would you do that yourself? i don't know. i don't know why ijumped off. i wasjust bleep drunk. right, guys, we thought we'd come here to sit down and have a bit of a session about alcohol and how you stay safe. cath corkill is trying to help pupils who drink. she runs a charity called drop zone. it educates children

who are struggling at school. she even looks for teenagers who are out on the street, to teach them about the dangers of drinking. we are finding now that young people are drinking monday night, tuesday night, wednesday night, thursday night, so it's a continual, you know... young people are falling asleep at their desks, young people are coming into our education very tired, and we're just saying, give your liver a rest. some people would find that quite shocking, because that's the sort of thing you would say to somebody who is in their 30s or 405. yeah, and i think young people now are living that all their lifestyle. there is concern here that children are missing out on their childhoods. one public health official says parents buy teenagers alcohol to keep them happy, and only projects like drop zone can actually warn them of the dangers. it's all about educating the young people about the alternatives. so how do you know this approach is working? we can't guarantee that our approach is going to solve things, but if we don't try, we'll never know. tom learned from his own mistake. but why did you get

yourself into that state? i don't know. i was bored. it made me never want to drink again. because of his experience, tom is telling his friends to stop drinking too — a decision normally made by people twice his age. but one that health professionals here hope will make a difference. fiona trott, bbc news, barrow—in—furness. the massive task of bringing home the 150,000 thomas cook holiday—makers is almost complete. the travel company collapsed last week after being unable to raise emergency funds. now there's going to be an investigation into how the company was audited. our correspondent tom burridge was on a government funded flight back from mallorca. inside the biggest repatriation operation in living memory. this airbus a380 left manchester early this morning to pick up thomas cook customers who were on holiday when the firm went bust. assembling a fleet of

aircraft hasn't been easy. there aren't very many aircraft available around the world, so the aircraft we have been able to get don't mirror the thomas cook fleet. that gives us problems, for example, in the greek islands where the runways are quite short. you can only send in small planes and we don't have enough small planes just for the sheer volume of people. the planes leave uk airports empty. the total cost of the operation to the taxpayer is £40 million. once in mallorca, all aboard the 546th rescue flight in just nine days. before the company went bust, there were seven thomas cook flights scheduled to leave palma today for uk airports. with this giant aircraft, those seven flights become one into manchester. on the journey back, the plane was half empty. people clearly making their own way home.

and that brand reduced just to the paper cups. but some went back in style. i never thought i'd see the day we would be sat in business class. i think it's ace. we saw thomas cook's scandinavian airline still operating in mallorca today but on arrival at manchester, the firm's planes are grounded. when the operation to get people home is over, the uk crews who man those aircraft want a public enquiry into how thomas cook went bust and why the uk airline couldn't be saved. tom burridge, bbc news, manchester airport. tributes have been paid to the bbcjournalist hanna yusuf, who has died at the age of 27. hanna was a talented producer and reporter and during her career was part of the team here on the six and ten o'clock news. among her recent projects was an investigation into working conditions at costa coffee stores. she also wrote for the bbc news

website and was part of the team on the bbc news channel. the bbc‘s director of news, fran unsworth, said she was a great investigative journalist and widely admired by colleagues. sir mo farah's former coach has been banned from athletics for four years after being found guilty of doping violations. alberto salazar, who ran the prestigious nike oregon project where sir mo was based for seven years, has been under investigation by the united states anti—doping agency since a bbc panorama programme first revealed the story in 2015. there are no allegations against farah. mark daly reports. he's the man who helped turn sir mo farah into britain's greatest ever track athlete. alberto salazar, seen herejust days ago at the world championships in doha, has been found guilty of breaking anti—doping rules, including trafficking the banned steroid testosterone and tampering with evidence.

banned forfour years. once considered the most influential coach in running, salazar is disgraced. very disappointing, that one of a renowned recognised coach like salazar, who has been coaching for years, has chosen to fall foul of the rules. the report from the usa anti—doping agency, makes for very damning reading indeed. farah started working with salazar in 2011 at his prestigious nike oregon project with the full blessing of the sport's governing body, uk athletics. within a year, mo farah was unbeatable. but in 2015, i revealed in a bbc panorama programme a series of allegations over salazar‘s use of banned steroids and other unethical practices. there were no claims against mo farah. he initially stood by salazar, but today he said he was relieved that usada has completed their investigation into alberto salazar.

i left the nike oregon project in 2017 but, as i have always said, i have no tolerance for anyone who breaks the rules or crosses a line. salazar said he was shocked by the decision and would be appealing. steve magnus was an insider who blew the whistle. i asked him about farah's decision not to cut ties with salazar sooner. i don't know what mo knew, or didn't, no. i don't think he knows that. but i know what he knew from 2015 onwards. and, like, you've got to face up to those decisions that you tie yourself to. like, that part of it deserves to be looked at. because he kind of knew what he was getting into. there is no suggestion that farah cheated. now we know his coach did, it leaves fa rah‘s legacy firmly under the spotlight. mark daly, bbc news. dozens of flood warnings have been issued as torrential rain sweeps across parts of england. roads have been closed and landslides have

blocked the railway line between carlisle and newcastle. a major incident was declared in the isle of man when people were trapped in their homes by rising water. dan johnson reports. they are used to bearing the brunt of the weather, here. but in laxey, this was something else. i had some sandbags, there. that is actually the civil defence than that is supposed to be laying sandbags. talk about optimism in the face of adversity! we ran inside and then the next thing, it was like itjust came down and washed everything away. the van here got washed down, cars got washed down. the civil defence van ended up by our door, the front door got burst open with it. and everything pretty much got destroyed in five minutes. a coast guard helicopter came to the rescue, as schools were closed and people will want to get out or head upstairs. —— people were warned.

there were flood warnings right across england, and although the storm surge wasn't as bad as feared... ..in cumbria, landslides, floods and falling trees blocked railway lines and, after a month of record rain, carlisle was one of many places where roads were tricky. in leicestershire, rivers swelled, leaving cars submerged. and in the isle of man, the waterjust kept on coming. even those with the toughest gear struggled to make it, after a sudden torrent that ripped through one of this island's quietest corners. and this is the recovery effort under way tonight. there has been praised for the response of the emergency services but you can see what they were up against. the force of the water has brought all that would down this raging river overnight, then across this road. that's why the chief minister is lying back early from the conservative party conference to see the damage for himself. if we look

at these homes you can see the water level up on the wall, that is why so many of these houses come about a dozen of them down this road, have been flooded. there is a lot of work to do clearing up here. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. when is it going to stop? tomorrow, but only briefly. we still have some more downpours to come out prosperous of englert in the next few hours. but we will see less of this tomorrow and of this. it is cold air coming down across the uk. let me show you the radar picture. in between those two pictures, we've had that rain in northern england and the isle of man pushing southwards and that we have some more of these torrential downpours, thunder lightning, cracking up across parts of england, especially the south east. that should clear away by the time we get to ten, 11, 12 o'clock. then we open up the northerly winds that will dry down the colder air we've seen across the northern half of the uk. so a more

chilly night tonight and maybe a touch of frost in northern england and scotland. but tomorrow is a drier day. a few showers coming in, mainly across northern scotland on the cold northerly wind. the crowd —— the threat of a shower for a while, but by the afternoon most places are dry with lots of sunshine. but it will feel colder, temperatures typically 12 to 1a. that colder air coming in on a northerly breeze but if we look out in the atlantic, this is much warmer air, this is tropical air, comes around this deep area of low pressure which by thursday is former hurricane lorenzo, tracking towards the uk. more confidence in the track it's going to take, probably steering to the west of the uk. so what we will find is that the winds will pick up across western areas on thursday, gail is developing and also a band of rain coming into western areas too. further east, looks like it will be dry with some sunshine. temperatures 12 to 1a

celsius. that's all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye.