the headlines at ten. final brexit plan appealing for compromised on the european union that the only alternative is no deal. there are both positive and problematic elements of the proposal. jean claude—juncker says there are both positive and problematic elements to the proposals donald trump lashes out at the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry into the president dealings with ukraine —— accusing him of being a spy.

the duke and duchess of sussex end their tour of southern africa —— as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. tributes are paid to the former itn and bbc news presenter peter sissons —— who has died at the age of 77. in a moment, the national bulletin with a full round up, but first, borisjohnson has laid out his new proposals for a brexit withdrawal deal — and used his first party conference speech as leader to urge compromise from the eu. the prime minister has suggested an alternative to the controversial irish backstop, that would mean northern ireland staying in the single market — but leaving the customs union with the rest of the uk. it gives the northern ireland assembly a say, and proposes no hard border checks on the movement of goods. this is what mrjohnson told party members today.

yes, this is a compromise by the uk and help very much that our friends understand that and compromise in their tone. because of the field to getan their tone. because of the field to get an agreement because of what is essentially a technical discussion on the exact nature of future customs checks, when that technology is improving the whole time, then let us be in no doubt a conference of what the alternative is. the alternative is no deal. and that is not an outcome we want, not an outcome we seek at all. let me tell you. it is an outcome for which we are ready. tonight, the proposals have the backing of the democratic unionist party in northern ireland — nigel dodds, its deputy leader, explained why. it is massively different, it is a new proposal and that we leave the customs union single market, the european union is one nation together, out of the customs union, pa rt together, out of the customs union, part of the cake customs union, not

the eu customs union, out of the vat regime and importantly and very significantly, unless the assembly both have a part to agree to, that isa both have a part to agree to, that is a very significant advance. in brussels, political leaders have a cautious welcome to the proposals but also expressed some concern. ican i can tailor the first reaction was not positive. —— i can tell you. not positive and that we think it is really the safeguard that we will need. both point after point, the reasons for that, what is not acceptable. there is progress but to be frank, a lot of work still needs to be done to reach and to fulfil

the three objectives of the backstop, no border and protecting the market which means protecting the market which means protecting the consumer, the citizens of the businesses inside the single market member states. in a moment, huw edwards has the national news bulletin.

tonight at ten, borisjohnson delivers his new brexit proposals to the eu. he says compromise is required on both sides. his seven—page document for the european commission president focuses mainly on the future of the border between northern ireland and the republic. addressing the conservative

conference for the first time as leader, he said his plan would need both sides to change their positions. we are tabling what i believe are constructive and reasonable proposals, which provide a compromise from both sides. the plans for northern ireland would result in new customs checks, a highly controversial idea, but one which the dup says it could accept. this is a serious, sensible way forward to have engagement with the european union in a way that allows us all in the united kingdom to leave. we'll have detail and analysis, and we'll be assessing the chances of the eu accepting the new plans. also tonight... the duke and duchess of sussex end their tour of southern africa, as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. the curtain comes down on bp‘s partnership with the royal shakespeare company, because of complaints by environmental campaigners. commentator: it's dina asher-smith!

she's the champion! and at the world athletics championships, dina asher—smith has become the first british woman to win a world sprint title. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, champions liverpool attempt to return to champions league form as they look for their first win of this season's competition, against salzburg. good evening. in his first party conference speech as leader, borisjohnson has unveiled his plans to strike a brexit deal with the european union with just two weeks to the crucial eu summit in brussels. the prime minister claimed the uk had compromised and he called on the eu to do the same.

so, let's look at the main elements of his brexit offer. the main changes relate to northern ireland. it would stay in the eu single market for all goods and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. but northern ireland would leave the customs union and that would result in new customs checks — a highly controversial idea which has already been rejected in principle by the eu. and all of this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. we start with this report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 70 days into office, a man in a hurry. a matter of hours perhaps before he will know and we will know, if he has a chance of getting a different deal with the eu. if he ought to be nervous, it didn't show. applause the darling of this hall for years, now their prime minister. leader here, but with no

control of parliament, no way of predicting what will come next. his first target, with humour, less hostility — politics itself. if parliament were a reality tv show, then the whole lot of us, i'm afraid, would have been voted out of the jungle by now. at least we would have had the consolation of watching the speaker being forced to eat a kangaroo testicle. with friends and family laughing along, labour's position of holding another referendum on the eu was next. a second referendum on the eu! can you imagine? another three years of this. but that is the corbyn agenda — stay in the eu beyond october 31, paying a billion pounds a month for the privilege. he is determined to get us out of the eu, but how? when there is so much hostility? this is not an anti—european country. we are european!

we love europe. i love europe, anyway. today in brussels, we are tabling what i believe are constructive and reasonable proposals which provide a compromise for both sides. we will, under no circumstances, have checks at or near the border in northern ireland. we will allow the uk, whole and entire, to withdraw from the eu, with control over our own trade policy from the start. applause yes, this is a compromise by the uk and i hope very much that our friends understand that and compromise in their turn. in a letter to jean—claude juncker, the prime minister has laid out what he describes as a fair and reasonable compromise, spelling out a replacement for the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a hard border in ireland, promising solutions compatible

with the good friday agreement to protect the peace process. the plan would create an all—island regulatory zone where goods and agriculture in northern ireland would follow eu rules, but the northern ireland assembly would have to vote to approve that plan, and every four years after that. there would have to be some new customs checks, but carried out electronically, or on business premises. no new customs posts and there's a commitment never to introduce checks at the border. but the vital response from ireland? wait and see. but will all that be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu. angela merkel said, "we will examine the proposals closely, but it is important that the eu sticks together." and even if they say yes, would mps vote it through? it is worse than theresa may's deal. i can't see it getting the support that he thinks it will get. and it will take us into a regime

in britain of deregulation. although, crucially, the tories' northern irish allies seem to be on board. we believe this is a serious and sensible way forward, to have engagement with the european union in a way that allows us all in the united kingdom to leave the european union, and therefore, we will be supporting this plan. but if those talks cannot get going and the proposals have no chance with the eu, then borisjohnson would have no hesitation taking us out of the european union without a deal. even though parliament has changed the law to try to stop him, this crowd would push him to do it somehow. let us be in no doubt, conference, of what the alternative is. the alternative is no deal. and that is not an outcome we want, it is not an outcome that we seek at all, but let me tell you, my friends, it is an outcome for which we are ready. applause are we ready for it? yes, we are.

are we determined to resolve this? yes, we are. ironically, for brexit‘s chief cheerleader, his wish is to stop talking about our departure from the eu, and move on. we are about take another giant step to do something no one thought we could do, to reboot our politics, to relaunch ourselves into the world, and to dedicate ourselves again to the simple proposition that we are here to serve the democratic will of the british people. applause conference, let's get brexit done, and let's bring this country together. thank you very much. cheering both of those goals so much easier said than done. boris johnson has, after years, found his coveted place on the platform leading his party, but how long he may be able to stay there depends not on the show of faith of this crowd,

but on a leap of faith, perhaps, in brussels. i thought his speech was superb, laura, absolutely spot—on. it was brilliant, it was so funny, and inspiring and uplifting. no more paralysis, no more stagnation. let's get brexit done. you're the brexit secretary. are you going to get this deal done? we are working very hard on it. we have put forward serious proposals, and i think both sides want a deal. but wanting is not the same as getting. this is a prime minister and a party who want brexit to be done, but who simply cannot know right now what they are walking into next. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, manchester. ever since negotiations with the eu began, it's been clear that what happens to the border between northern ireland and the eu after brexit is the sticking point. it's a complicated and hugely controversial issue. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has been looking at the detail and joins me now.

so, the prime minister has finally hatched a plan, and all that's left is to see if it flies. a plan for the uk to leave as one, and still keep the irish border open when it becomes an eu border. so, the aim is to get from this. uk and ireland part of the customs union — no trade tariffs, border taxes, and inside the single market, with the same rules and standards on goods, so no checks needed. to this... the uk leaves the eu, with a free trade agreement by 2021 with no trade tariffs, though some say it's bound to take longer. but how? thejohnson offer is that britain, the mainland, leaves the customs union and the single market, free to strike outside trade deals where it can, and set new standards for goods if it wants, though that would mean checks and form filling, and could affect access to european markets. but here's the big sticking point. northern ireland leaves the customs union too — the dup insist on that, and see it as a test

of uk membership. so there'd have to be some customs control with the republic, just to collect taxes due on goods from outside the uk and the eu. now, ireland says any border checks or control posts would disrupt the peace settlement called the good friday agreement, and perhaps lead to fresh security fears, and the eu says the same. the british suggestion of checks away from the border — online and just a few physical inspections — is seen in brussels as wide open to smuggling. and that's not the only problem. the johnson offer keeps northern ireland in the single market for — and this is new — all goods, not just food and agricultural products. same rules and regulations on all sides, in other words. but that obviously means there'd be checks on goods from the british mainland to northern ireland which could cross into the republic and the eu. the dup seem ok with that but what about the eu? there'd be no border checks. brussels is worried about its rules and standards being ignored.

and borisjohnson says, for the sake of democracy and the union, the northern ireland assembly must approve before any new system kicks in, during the transition period, and every four years afterwards. so, not the permanent guarantee brussels wants. if you think the plan's complicated, just look at the politics. no clear sign the eu's ready to sign up. parliament has to agree any deal, if there is one. no deal, and mrjohnson‘s left chasing strongly brexiteer votes. and a brexit extension would mean a blame game between brussels, downing street and parliament, and a wholly unpredictable election. but then, tonight, no—one can predict anything with any confidence at all. many thanks again, john pienaar, our deputy political editor. let's pick up deputy political editor. let's pick up on deputy political editor. let's pick up on some deputy political editor. let's pick up on some of those points and talk about the reaction from political leaders to today's offer made by borisjohnson. in a moment i'll talk

to our europe editor, katya adler, in brussels. but first, emma vardy, our ireland correspondent, is at stormont. we heard from john pienaar about the role proposed for the assembly at stormont but it has been suspended for a long time, so how does that fit into this plan? you're right, it hasn't been sitting for more than two and a half years so because of that and a number of other reasons there has been a pretty gloomy reaction from the irish prime minister leo varadkar. tonight he has said he doesn't believe the proposals meet the objectives for giving the irish border open and help to protect the peace process long term. the idea of any new customs checks on goods crossing the irish land border was something dublin wanted to completely avoid and there has been similar criticism from sinn fein and nationalist communities around northern ireland who wanted to see northern ireland keep a much closer relationship with the eu than it appears these proposals will allow. in contrast, though, it does appear borisjohnson has seemed to have got northern

ireland's democratic unionist party on side. they previously despised the old agreements made by theresa may fearing it would carve up the uk but the offer to allow the northern ireland assembly the ability to vote to agree to follow eu rules seems to have done enough to reassure the dup that their position in the uk isn't being undermined. of course, the assembly is not sitting at the moment and no immediate sign of it coming back. and there, many thanks again. emma vardy. let's go to brussels and speak to katya adler, oui’ brussels and speak to katya adler, our europe editor. the call was clear from boris our europe editor. the call was clearfrom borisjohnson, our europe editor. the call was clear from boris johnson, who our europe editor. the call was clearfrom borisjohnson, who once compromised from the eu because he is compromising. are you detecting a desire to compromise more than maybe they have done already? first, eu leaders want to digest this proposal, and many of them feared before they saw it that it would show that the prime minister is focused on a domestic audience on an upcoming general election, and not on engaging with the eu. but i've

spoken to a number of eu diplomats tonight who say that some of those proposals were a lot better, they said, than expected, although they emphasised that very big differences remain between the two sides. the eu has a number of concerns when it comes to the prime minister's offer and the european commission says before it can think of compromise it has a number of detailed questions for the government when it has properly digested the paper. the main concern for the eu, the big flashing red light comes down to customs. it fears that the prime minister's offer could pose a threat to the northern ireland peace process and also leave the single market exposed after brexit. two big no—no is for the eu. so they want to have very clear answers from the prime minister on that. but looking forward , prime minister on that. but looking forward, they have two come to agreement and unanimity among themselves. any idea that eu leaders will turn to ireland and say you need to compromise it because we

wa nt to need to compromise it because we want to deal with the uk is not one that we are hearing, neither behind—the—scenes nor in public. angela merkel said eu leaders will decide on this proposal together and that eu unanimity is extremely important going forward. katya adler, many thanks. katya adler there for us and emma vardy at stormont. lots more detail on the brexit story and the latest plans on bbc news online at bbc.co.uk/news, including today's announcement by the government that the queen's speech will take place on monday october 14th, with parliament being suspended in readiness next tuesday. so, the details there for you. the duke and duchess of sussex are flying home from their tour of southern africa tonight, as the mail on sunday newspaper promises to "vigorously" defend itself against legal action take by the royal couple. the duchess is claiming breach of privacy after the paper published excerpts from a handwritten letter she wrote to her father shortly

after her wedding last year. from johannesburg, our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more, and his report contains flashing images. it's often been a fraught relationship between the media and the royals. stories about them, photographs of them, sell papers. so, as the sussexes, harry and meghan, visited a township nearjohannesburg on the final day of their tour, the cameramen and reporters were there in force. he is particularly sensitive about intrusion, especially exercised about protecting his and his family's privacy. we all know the reason. there were so many moments in harry's childhood when he came to resent the media for their treatment of his mother, diana. little surprise, perhaps, when moments such as this are recalled, that in last night's statement about the tabloid media, he referred to their obsessive pursuit of her. "i've seen what happens," he wrote,

"when someone i love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. i lost my mother and now i watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces." at no point during the day was there any public reference to the court action begun in the past couple of days against the mail on sunday, or to harry's broadside against the tabloids in general. there was, though, this observation. we will firmly stand up for what we believe and we will do everything that we can to play our part in building a better world. in her remarks, meghan indicated how much the visit had meant to them both. thank you for giving us the opportunity to meet with all of you, to be able to feel inspired and for welcoming us. they headed for home after a meeting with south africa's president ramaphosa. back in london, they will face the prospect of a very public battle with the mail on sunday.

if the case does go to court, it will be a defining moment for them, the wider royal family, and the british popular press. nicholas witchell, bbc news, johannesburg. proposed new laws on domestic abuse are a "once—in—a—generation opportunity" to help victims. that was theresa may's message in her first speech in the commons since resigning as prime minister. mrs may's government introduced the domestic abuse bill injuly, but its progress was delayed when borisjohnson suspended parliament. during the debate, the labour mp rosie duffield shared her own experience of domestic abuse, as our political correspondent jessica parker reports. a sense of discord has hung over this place recently but today, a loving partner shouldn't take away your choice of clothes. its adverts and campaigns like this about domestic abuse that are aimed at helping victims. domestic abuse bill, second reading. today mps debated legislation with cross— party today mps debated legislation with cross—party support. mrs theresa may. and, in herfirst commons speech since stepping down as prime minister,

she said it is a landmark bill. but of course passing the legislation is only one step. this is about changing the attitude that people take to domestic abuse. rosie duffield. but it was this mp who shared her personal experiences of being in an abusive relationship that had the greatest impact. it starts slowly, a few emotional knocks, alternated with romantic gushes and promises of everlasting love, so you are left reeling, confused, spinning around in an ever—changing but always hyper—alert state. she described a pattern of threats, criticism, control and financial abuse. and the slow but sure disappearance of any kindness, respect or loving behaviour. and you get to the stage where you are afraid to go home. after 15 hours at work, you spend another hour on the phone to your mum or a close friend, trembling, a shadow of your usual self. you answer the phone and the sheer

nastiness and rage tells you not to go home at all. and, having got out of the relationship, this message for others. if anyone is watching and needs a friend, please reach out if it is safe to do so and please talk to any of us, because we will be there and we will hold your hand. colleagues showing their support. one mp later said that, through that speech, she will have saved lives. jessica parker, bbc news. the royal shakespeare company is ending its partnership with bp due to criticism from environmentalists. the oil firm has subsidised a £5 ticket scheme for 16—to—25—year—olds since 2013. the rsc said it couldn't ignore the strength of feeling about the sponsorship, which it said had stopped some young people from engaging with the theatre company. our arts editor will gompertz has the story. voiceover: if you're aged

16 to 25 then you can explore a world of theatre with bp's £5 tickets. this is the video the royal shakespeare company made to promote its bp sponsored subsidised tickets for 16—25—year—olds, who appeared happy with the deal at the time. it opens up a whole new world for you, such a variety of things. it's brilliant. it's the rsc and it's £5. you can't really say no to an offer like that. though not so much now, according to the rsc, which said in a statement, "amidst the climate emergency which we recognise, young people are now saying clearly to us that the bp sponsorship is putting a barrier between them and their wish to engage with the rsc. we cannot ignore that message." and so, today, it abruptly ended its relationship with the oil and gas giant. i don't believe that it's going to affect the number of people who can access the arts. i think the money is available. it'sjust this campaign has been about drawing an ethical red line around companies who are directly benefiting from the climate crisis. bp said it was dismayed by the decision. i'm disappointed. i think the issue of

climate change is probably the defining issue of our era. we believe very strongly that the way the world is going to find a solution to this issue is by collaboration, talking to each other across generations, across countries. we don't think the way to find a solution to this issue is by standing at opposite ends of the room and shouting at each other through megaphones. but i suppose it is the young people sending a message to you, big oil, bp, whatever you want to call it, that it's not good enough. we know it's not good enough, will. we have said very clearly that the world is on an unsustainable path. now, it's great that young people are so active on this issue because, you know, it is their issue as much as anybody else's, arguably slightly more. but we know what has to be done and we have already set in action a whole set of activities, a whole set of new plans and activities that we will show are consistent with getting to this net—zero world by the middle of the century. there is no doubt that arts institutions are under greater scrutiny.

the tate recently backed out of a sponsorship deal with stagecoach after facing criticism. and the national portrait gallery ended up not receiving a major donation from the sackler trust, whose wealth can be traced back to a controversial american pharmaceutical company. myself am moved to woo thee for my husband... the rsc's name is now added to that growing list, deciding a controversial relationship is more trouble than it's worth. the problem the arts sector now faces is how to replace that lost funding and finding a partner about whom almost nobody has a bad word to say. will gompertz, bbc news. in the champions league tonight there were victories for both liverpool and chelsea in the group stages of the competition. liverpool, the defending champions, eventually overcame salzburg at anfield 4—3, having led 3—0 at one stage. mo salah scored the winning liverpool goal. meanwhile, in france,

a second—half goal gave chelsea a 2—1 win against lille. for both the english sides it was their first victories in this season's tournament. at the world athletics championships in doha, dina asher—smith has become the first british woman to win a world sprint title. the 23—year—old took gold in the women's 200 metres final. it was already a good day for british athletes, with katarina johnson—thompson starting her quest for gold in the heptathlon, and she takes an overnight lead into day two. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. well, dina may have been the red—hot favourite but with that expectation comes huge pressure to deliver a result and boy did she stop a british national record and a time that would have won her four of the last five goals at the world championships. linford christie was the last briton to win a global sprint title until now. dina has just told me it still doesn't feel real. dina asher—smith, the red—hot favourite.

she had claimed championships are unpredictable but