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. welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: donald trump hits out at the democrats leading the impeachment inquiry, and has angry words for reporters at the white house. it is a whole hoax and you know we will firmly stand up who is playing into the hoax? for what we believe, people like you and the fake news and we will do everything media that we have in this country that we can to play our part in building a better world. and i say, in many cases, in her remarks, meghan indicated how the corrupt media. much the visit had meant the british government to them both. thank you for giving us publishes its new brexit plan. the opportunity to meet borisjohnson claims a deal with all of you, to be could be done in days, able to feel inspired, and for welcoming us. but the early unofficial response they headed for home after a meeting with south africa's president from eu negotiators is not positive. ramaphosa. back in london, they will face at least seven people die the prospect of a very public battle with the mail on sunday. as a vintage world war ii bomber if the case does go to court, crashes in connecticut. it will be a defining moment and, as the royal tour for them, the wider royal family, of southern africa ends, and the british popular press. a row over media nicholas witchell, bbc intrusion escalates. news, johannesburg. something else that feels like a the duke and duchess of sussex sue potential turning point. the royal shakespeare company a british newspaper. is ending its partnership with bp, under pressure from environmental campaigners. the energy firm has

subsidised a £5 ticket scheme for 16—to—25—year—olds since 2013. rsc officials say they can't ignore the "strength of feeling" about the sponsorship, which they say has stopped young people engaging with the company. our arts editor will gompertz has the story. voiceover: if you're aged 16 to 25, this is bbc news, the headlines: then you can explore a world president trump has stepped of theatre with bp's £5 tickets. up his furious attacks this is the video the royal on the democrats running shakespeare company made the impeachment inquiry. to promote its bp sponsored subsidised tickets for 16 without offering any evidence, to 25—year—olds, who appeared happy he called adam schiff — and his opponents in the democratic party, on the question of impeachment. who chairs the house the president has given a series with the deal at the time. of irate news conferences. without offering any evidence, intelligence committee — he accused adam schiff, it opens up a whole a "low—life" who should be a dramatic escalation in the war of words between president trump new world for you. investigated for treason. and his opponents in such a variety of things, mr schiff said the trump the democratic party, it's brilliant. it's the rsc and it's £5. administration was doing everything on the question of impeachment. it could to frustrate the inquiry. you can't really say no the president has given a series european negotiators of irate news conferences. without offering any evidence, are already pushing back, unofficially, against the british he accused adam schiff, government's new brexit proposals, the leading democrat who chairs to an offer like that. just presented by prime the house intelligence committee, minister borisjohnson. briefings from diplomats in brussels of being a "low life" are focusing on concerns though not so much now, that the british proposal does not who'd committed treason. according to the rsc, which said in a statement... resolve the issue of the irish the leading presidential hopeful for the democrats, border, which could threaten and claimed mr biden and his son both the peace process were "stone cold crooked". and the eu's single market. from washington, laura trevelyan. it should have been a routine visit by the president of finland to the white house but, at least seven people have been killed as a vintage world war ii with president trump at the centre of an unfolding impeachment drama, bomber crashed in connecticut. there was nothing the boeing b—17, known routine about today. and so, today, it abruptly as the "flying fortress", he's got to be a very important man ended its relationship with the oil was attempting an emergency landing at bradley international airport, to have so much press. and gas giant. i don't believe that it's

the president is furious between boston and new york. with the democrats for investigating going to affect the number of people his phone call with ukraine's leader who can access the arts. i think the money is available. and their suggested that he may have abused his it'sjust this campaign has been power by asking for dirt about drawing an ethical red line on a political rival. around companies who are directly and in the oval office, he let rip. benefiting from 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 ourera. 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 i think a whistleblower generations, across countries. should be protected, we don't think the way to find if the whistleblower is legitimate. a solution to this issue he either got it totally wrong, made it up, is by standing at opposite ends or the person giving the information of the room and shouting at each to the whistleblower other through megaphones. was dishonest and this country has to find out who that person was because that person is a spy. events are unfolding at whiplash speed. with democrats threatening to subpoena the white house unless they get the documents they have demanded on ukraine. chair of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, had this warning for the white house... the president wants to make this but i suppose it is the young people sending a message to you, all about the whistleblower and suggests people that come big oil, bp, whatever forward with evidence you want to call it, of his wrongdoing are somehow that it's not good enough. treasonous and should be treated we know it's not good enough, will. as traitors and spies. we have said very clearly that the this is a blatant effort world is on an unsustainable path. to intimidate witnesses. now, it's great that young people are so active on this issue because, it is an incitement to violence. you know, it is their issue as much as anybody else's,

it has been reported tonight arguably slightly more. but we know what has to be done, that the whistleblower first of his concerns about mr trump and we have already set in action a whole set of activities, a whole set of new plans abusing his power to and activities, that we will show are consistent with getting to this net—zero world by the middle of the century. a house intelligence community aid, there is no doubt that much of the disgust arts institutions are of the president, under greater scrutiny. who is now trying the tate recently backed out to turn the tables on mr schiff. of a sponsorship deal it shows that schiff is a fraud. with stagecoach after facing criticism, and the national portrait that's a big story. gallery ended up not he knew long before receiving a major donation and he helped write it too. from the sackler trust, whose wealth can be traced back that's not true says the whistleblower‘s lawyer but the president is reverting to a controversial american to his tried and tested playbook — lashing out at his accusers. laura trevelyan, bbc news, pharmaceutical company. washington. myself am moved to woo let's speak to the bbc‘s thee for my husband... chris buckler in washington. the rsc's name is now added to that growing list, deciding a commercial relationship chris, what are you making their of is more trouble than it's worth. the problem the arts sector now faces is how to replace that lost all this? the president is looking increasingly unsettled. matt, you funding, and finding a partner about whom almost nobody has a bad andi increasingly unsettled. matt, you and i often talk about how politics word to say. will gompertz, bbc news. has become of the us but at the moment it feels like both sides are lining upfora moment it feels like both sides are lining up for a pretty brutalfight. and it is over impeachment, it is over what president trump has done much more on all the news anytime

for you on the bbc website. in this phone call with ukrainian and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — president. it was clear from the i'm @bbcmikeembley. news c0 nfe re nces president. it was clear from the news conferences that took place in the last hours is that president trump does not want to talk about some of those questions that have hello there. what a changeable week of weather it's been so far. if we look back to tuesday, been posed, at one stage a reporter a typical weather watcher looked tried to push him on exactly what he somewhat like this — threatening—looking cloud, wa nted tried to push him on exactly what he wanted from the ukrainian president, lots of heavy rain, exactly what he was asking for and a disappointing day. by wednesday, it was all change. he simply refused to answer because gin—clear skies across much of aggressively shutting down the of the country, but a noticeable reporter. and yes, we're used to chill in the air. hearing these kind of attacks on now, if we take a look political opponents, yes were used at the satellite picture to hearing attack on what he from wednesday, you can see describes as a fake news media. but how widespread the dry, sunny weather was. at the hub of this, he seems to be concerned about the way things are going and certainly, these inquiries into impeachment are unsettling him. but you can also see the threatening—looking cloud behind me, a sign of what's as we know there is a ready been to come into thursday. but clear skies by day threats for more subpoenas to try at this time of year, and get information from the well, they lead to chilly nights. administration, that has been pushed so we're going to start off thursday morning with, by the democrats. they said they yes, a chilly story. low single figures in a few places, wa nt to by the democrats. they said they want to get more and even in the and there could be a light frost. hours ahead in washington, we will maybe some early morning mist and fog patches, as well. so we're in this cold air

hear from the hours ahead in washington, we will with this northerly flow, hearfrom the inside hours ahead in washington, we will hear from the inside congressional committee. those will be closed but not for long, because this deep sessions but he was a area of low pressure sitting out in the atlantic drags up southerly winds and milder air as it moves across the country. so storm lorenzo is going to continue to drift its way north, that whistleblower complaint came sitting to the west of the uk. it's still going to primarily interact with ireland, out. they are keen to find and yes, it is going to bring a spell of very heavy rain. orange warnings remain in force, information and president trump is with gusts of winds expected clearly unsettled about all of that. in excess of 80 mph here, and we're looking at huge and chris, how does it work in storm surge too. but for northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, we're looking at gale—force gusts of winds, 50—60 mph, and there will be some practice, whether it is good or bad rain through northern ireland, wales and south—west england for the president, can the as we go through the day. investigator committee ‘s issue of elsewhere, the cloud thickening up. getting all the evidence they want a little more in the way of hazy to see over the white house legally sunshine, highs of 11—17 degrees. be able to. back? i think what we now, that area of low pressure will get ready for a legal battles. will continue to move its way i don't think there is any doubt steadily south and east across the country during friday, still bringing gale—force gusts of winds in excess of 50 mph, and it will bring with it a spell about that. but congress seemed of wet weather for a time, before it gradually eases. top temperatures on friday determined to push this as far as of 10—17 celsius. now, as we move out of friday they can. democrats have now settled and into the weekend, on this path and you will remember that for months there have been this things will stay relatively mild, but there's still further conversation is about, was impeachment the right way to go? rain to come. not too bad a start, however, to saturday morning. should we have this kind of we've got this brief,

enquiries? they have now decided to transient ridge of high pressure continuing to build from the west, march that path and as a result they're going to every means they but it won't be long before this low can to try to push for information. starts to move in from the atlantic. what seeing from both sides of the again, plenty of isobars circulating around that area of low pressure. suggestions that actually, the other side is trying to in some ways cause the strongest of the winds up into the north—west of the uk. so there will be a spell of wet weather around during saturday. heavy rain clearing its way east to showers on sunday. 00:06:17,288 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 take care. problems for them. so we got the democrats and very clearly as far as they're concerned the president and they're concerned the president and the secretary of state mike pompeo have both been trying to stifle their inquiries, to stop people coming forward, to give information. to try and do their best to stop information coming out. on the other hand, we have mike pompeo and donald trump saying as far as our concern, the members of the state department to have been hassled and bullied democrats. ultimately, what does senior two sides lining up for a very bitterfight senior two sides lining up for a very bitter fight and it's only going to play into that presidential election next year and if things are ugly now, imagine how good they are going to be once we get into 2020. indeed. chris, thank you very much. if you would like to know more, have a look online at bbc.com/news with all the details

about the impeachment inquiry and president trump's angry reaction. european negotiators are already pushing back, unofficially, against the british government's new brexit proposals, presented by prime minister boris johnson on wednesday. briefings from diplomats in brussels are focusing on concerns that the british proposal does not resolve the issue of the irish border, which could threaten both the peace process and the eu's single market. officials complain the plan lacks detail about how the uk would enable customs checks, and there's concern that northern ireland's democratic unionists are effectively given a veto over any final deal. this first report from our political editor laura kuenssberg. 70 days into office, a man in a hurry. a matter of hours, perhaps, before he'll know, and we'll 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've been voted out of the jungle by now. applause. but at least we would have had the consolation of watching the speaker being forced to eat a kangaroo testicle. laughter. with friends and family laughing along, labour's position of holding another referendum on the eu was next. a second referendum on the eu! i mean, can you imagine another three years of this? but that is the corbyn agenda, stay in the eu, beyond october the 31st, pay £1 billion a month for the privilege. he's determined to get us out of the eu, but how, when there's 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's 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 ireland 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 afterwards. 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 of that be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu, angela merkel said, "we'll examine the proposals closely, but it's important that eu stick together." and even if they say yes, would mps vote it through? it's 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 and 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 can't get going, if 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. then 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 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. both of those goals so much easier said than done. boris johnson has, after years, found his coveted place on a platform leading his party, but how long he may be able to stay there depends not on a show of faith from this crowd, but a leap of faith perhaps in brussels. let's get some of the day's other news. north korea has admitted the weapon it test—fired on wednesday was a new type of a submarine—launched ballistic missile. it was test—launched only hours after pyongyang announced that nuclear talks with american officials will resume later this week. in texas, a former policewoman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for killing her neighbour in 2018. amber guyger had argued that she mistook botham jean's apartment for her own and shot him because she believed he was an intruder. she was fired from the police after the killing. the spanish opera singer, placido domingo, has resigned as general director of the los angeles opera. he faces multiple allegations

of sexual harassment. the metropolitan opera and other companies have also ended their relationship. he denies the accusations and says he wants to focus on clearing his name. an historic aircraft has crashed at an airport in connecticut, killing several people. the boeing b17, which was deployed by the us air force in world war ii, crashed at bradley international airport as it tried an emergency landing. gareth barlow reports. covered with firefighting foam, the mangled wreckage of the vintage aircraft. the boeing b—i7 flying fortress reported difficulty is just five minutes after takeoff. the tower was advised that there was an issue with the aircraft. we don't know exactly how that was relayed, whether it was relayed as a mechanical issue. emergency services rushed to the aid of the three crew and ten passengers.

the aircraft is a second world war icon, around 13,000 were produced. just a handful are still flying. we did observe that the aircraft was not gaining altitude. the aircraft attempted to return to the runway, it circled around the airport, but, unfortunately, upon touchdown the aircraft obviously lost control. eyewitnesses said the crash caused houses to shake and a fireball to erupt into the sky. an investigation is under way. gareth barlow, bbc news. still to come: giving the bard a bad name. the royal shakespeare company cuts ties with bp after pressure from environmentalists. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing

out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation.

welcome back. good to have you with us on welcome back. good to have you with us on bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has hit out at the democrats leading the impeachment inquiry, calling them crooked and the whole process a hoax. the european union is considering the uk's latest brexit proposals. a spokesman said there is progress, but still a lot of work to be done. let's have more on that. getting his own party and the dup onside is probably the easier bit for borisjohnson. to turn his proposals into a deal he needs europe to agree to them — including ireland, where prime minister leo varadkar said earlier today the plan was "not promising and does not appear to form the basis of an agreement". mark urban reports from brussels. the institutions in brussels operate under a legal and procedural framework as rigid as the laws of physics. seen from here, thejohnson government's proposal veillas principles worked up carefully during the brexit negotiation and

agree to buy the uk, and that causes them to doubt the prime minister's motives and even tabling such ideas. if we negotiate on good faith on both sides, even if we feel there's room for a deep, strong future relationship, if there is a feeling that good faith is lacking or trust is lacking, it might have consequences. this evening we bumped into chief negotiator michel barnier as he came to brief senior parliamentarians. it is another feature of the brussels system that the eu never wants to stifle diplomacy. 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, product in the

single market, that means protecting the consumer and the businesses inside the single market, the 27 member states. he laid out his candid view of the british offer to this audience, but it was only a partial pick sean of the brits is legal and operational texts that they would have liked. —— the british. do you think it is a serious effort or is he trying to put the blame on you?” serious effort or is he trying to put the blame on you? i think that last point was not so bad. so what had gone on in the room to alter the mood? a had gone on in the room to alter the mood ? a polish had gone on in the room to alter the mood? a polish mep knows well enough how this place works and what was lacking in the british offer. every aspect, every offer there are doubts. we should probably wait a

little bit more to allow us to read carefully the proposal and see if there is any value added. and given there is any value added. and given the doubts you are expressing, is there any chance this could be done by the 31st of october? you know, we don't even know to what extent this isa don't even know to what extent this is a serious proposal coming from the uk, because also on the uk's side you see many, is that this is just for the prime minister to make the first page because of the elections, so we don't know to what extent this is a proposal to discuss, to sit on it. in order to hold together diplomatically, the airyou hold together diplomatically, the air you sticks to rigid positions. it has to keep agreement between 27 01’ it has to keep agreement between 27 or 28 countries about the basics of a negotiation, so it can't tap quickly to a new position. and during the brexit negotiation, one of the key fundamentals has been that against creating any new border on the island of ireland. so, for

now, the eu speakfor the on the island of ireland. so, for now, the eu speak for the two sides being close enough for the summit. each we need to make big concessions to emerge from a tunnel of success. mark urban from brussels. the duke and duchess of sussex are flying home from their tour of southern africa, as the newspaper the mail on sunday, insists it will "vigorously" defend itself against legal action by the royal couple. the duchess is claiming breach of privacy. the paper published excerpts from a letter she wrote, by hand, to herfather shortly after her wedding last year. from johannesburg, our royal correspondent nicholas witchell — his report contains flashing images. it has 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, 00:21:22,877 --> 2147483051:47:26,153 he referred to their 2147483051:47:26,153 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 obsessive pursuit of her.