today at 5pm... the eu says it's still unconvinced by borisjohnson's new proposals for a brexit deal. the prime minister tells mps he's made a genuine attempt to "reconcile the apparently irreconcilable" to get a new brexit deal. they do not deliver everything we would have wished. they do represent a compromise. but to remain a prisoner of existing positions is to become a cause of deadlock, rather than breakthrough. what we have before us is a rehashed version of previously rejected proposals that put the good friday agreement at risk, that would trigger a race to the bottom on rights and protections for workers, consumers and our precious environment. in brussels, the european council

president said he was still unconvinced by the uk plans and his doubts were echoed by the irish government. our objective is very clear — we don't want to see any customs posts between north and south, nor do we want to see any —— posts are between north and south. we'll have the latest reaction and we'll be talking to a member of the eu's brexit steering group and a member of the northern ireland assembly. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... a man with a knife is shot dead after killing four police officers, including a woman, at their headquarters in central paris. the family of a seriously—ill 5—year—old girl have won the right to take their daughter to an italian hospital for treatment. and there could be another gold for great britain at the world athletics championships in doha this evening. katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in the heptathlon.

it's 5 o'clock — our main story is the reaction to borisjohnson‘s revised brexit plans after he outlined the proposals to mps in the house of commons. the plans include a suggestion to replace the so—called irish backstop, which would involve new customs checks between northern ireland and the irish republic. the northern ireland assembly would have a say over border arrangements. the european commission says it welcomes progress, but it still has concerns. donald tusk, president of the european council, said the eu was standing fully behind ireland and remain open to talks with the uk, but was still unconvinced about the latest plans. first, the day's events at westminster from our political correspondent nick eardley. what was the mood in here this morning? perhaps relief, the brexit plan

hasn't been dismissed outright. likely some optimism, but cautious backing from rebel mps. i think it's gathering support. this brexiteer minister arriving for cabinet says it's all looking good, and from the man in charge of government discipline, a thumbs up. borisjohnson‘s government will be defined by what happens in the coming days and weeks, whether he can persuade europe and westminster. the brexit debate has been long... order! statement the prime minister. boris johnson hopes his proposals are the solution. they don't deliver everything we would have wished, they do represent a compromise, but to remain a prisoner of existing positions is to become a cause of deadlock rather than breakthrough. so, we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable and to go the extra mile as time runs short. his tone was markedly different

from last week's bruising exchanges in parliament. it is to the credit of our european friends that they have accepted the need to address these issues and i welcome the constructive calls i've had over the last 2a hours. the battle ahead might feel familiar to some. the prime minister has a simple message. let's seize this moment to honour our overriding promise to the british people, respect brexit, get brexit done and i commend in a statement to the house. —— i commend the statement to the house. jeremy corbyn had this warning. no labour mp could support this reckless deal that could be used as a springboard to attack rights and standards in this country. others, too, lining up to show their opposition. these proposals are unacceptable and

unworkable they are undeliverable. it is all about blaming someone else. in this case, the european union when its plan is rejected. crucially, some in the government's site refused to back steele are now open to the sun. what we have is a sensible uk made arrangement for customs out of the eu and if there is any regulatory difference that the process has been agreed that it has to have the ascent and consent of the elected represented's of the people of northern ireland. there is a bit of compromise and people want to get this done. there is considerably more trust in the final outcome of brexit because boris is committed to a free trade agreement at the end of it. i would say that there are very strong grounds of optimism on the question is whether the eu will be prepared to compress, because if they will not compromise then we will leave anyway on the

sist then we will leave anyway on the 31st of october, i have no doubt about that. boris johnson now faces about that. boris johnson now faces a race against time to try and get a deal done. to answer the many questions the european leaders have and to win over enough mps at home to show europe that a deal could get through parliament. some encouraging signs at home, but the pm and now faces the challenge of convincing european leaders of the task that will come in the beginning days. let's get more reaction, our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster, in brussels we have our europe correspondent damian grammaticas, and in dublin our ireland correspondent chris page. just pray sense, whether the kind of sceptical response of lots of do stay, including the overnight care and donald tusk, for example, is that exactly as expected by downing are not cosmic —— including leo

varadkar. there is a lot of talk here about blame if this goes wrong. in the eyes of the uk government and the eu and we end up with no deal, then who has to take responsibility for that. if you would were just judging things by the house of commons chamber today it would look like things are going swimmingly for borisjohnson. he like things are going swimmingly for boris johnson. he has like things are going swimmingly for borisjohnson. he has managed to win over the eurosceptics who did not vote for teresa's deal —— theresa may's deal. it would suggest that if it came to vote, finally, here is a deal that could get through parliament. it has not done in isolation, there are plenty of people in the house of commons who really did not think that has got a chance. the interesting thing is whether this is about the final offer from the uk government. whether this is about the final offerfrom the uk government. the night before boris johnson's offerfrom the uk government. the

night before borisjohnson‘s speech in manchester, tory sources were saying what he was going to lay out would be take it or leave it, the final offer from would be take it or leave it, the final offerfrom uk would be take it or leave it, the final offer from uk government. would be take it or leave it, the final offerfrom uk government. that was not the metric today, sending more consolatory, boris johnson, was not the metric today, sending more consolatory, borisjohnson, not only to opposition mps, because he knows that one day he met their vote, but this is a potential landing zone of where we might get a deal. there could be a marine perimeter, but the problem is that if he has two companies were, he could lose any dup in those tory eurosceptics —— there could be more room for manoeuvre. and then that would be a problem for getting it through parliament. he wants to sell his vision and his deal in the uk government say now that they want some seriously gauche and is in the next two days that make you want some serious negotiations and the next ten days. they are continuing to be optimistic, but there are lots of people still thinking that this has a long way to go. thank you very much for now. before i bring in

damian and chris, i would like to get maybe a little more flavour of the reaction from eu leaders today. here's a flavour of what has been said, beginning with the taoiseach, leo varadkar. so, i think working with the uk task force, in particular, with barnier‘s task force and also talking to the uk government, we will have to tease out the detail of what those proposals mean. but our objective is very clear — we do not want to see any customs posts between north and south and nor do we want to see any tariffs or restrictions on trade north and south. it depends the whole package, it depends on an agreement of the assembly in northern ireland. and this assembly, stormont, is not even in place. already for three years they are not in place, so it is a little bit difficult to make a proposal that is depending from the consent from the authority that doesn't even exist.

the eu council president has also tweeted this afternoon. donald tusk said that he had spoken to both london and dublin. he tweeted to say "today i had two phone calls on #brexit, first with dublin then with london. my message to taoiseach leo varadkar: we stand fully behind ireland. my message to pm borisjohnson: we remain open but still unconvinced." so they died and the scepticism is very clear there. we'll speak to chris page in dublin in a moment about those comments from the taoiseach. first though, damian grammaticas in brussels. when they say words like unconvinced, diplomatic speak, what does that mean in day—to—day language? does not mean it does stand a chance? i think it means pretty much that, actually. i think

it means that what you're hearing in parliament, all this talk about there being a majority or potentially a majority of mps ignores the reality of the negotiation here. which is that there still has to be accepted by there still has to be accepted by the eu and all the indications coming at any last 24 hours can't increasingly today are that it does not amount to enough for the ear. in the last few minutes, michel barnier, the key figure heading the negotiations and will give the lead for the negotiations and will give the lead forthe eu, negotiations and will give the lead for the eu, has negotiations and will give the lead forthe eu, has come negotiations and will give the lead for the eu, has come out on twitter and said that the eu wants a withdrawal agreement with workable and effective solutions that create legal and practical certainty now. the implication is that that is not what he is sitting this deal. that has clearly also been backed up by european parliament. —— that is not what he is seeing in the steel. the report that they put out where they can goa report that they put out where they can go a bit further than the commission can is that it does not

create the certainty is now and it does not provide a workable solution and leaves all sorts of holes and the frontier of the single market. it undermines any peace process and potentially leads to checks on the island of ireland. all that is very unclear, so the european parliament signalling, as well, that it does not think this is the basis for a deal here. the interesting thing to her from the donald tusk to it that you mentioned, there is not pressure from the eu on island to cave. —— the eu on island. and they say that they stand behind ireland. our ireland correspondent chris page is in dublin for us now. a little more of what the taoiseach has been saying, how would you characterise the reaction to this new set of proposals? on the part of

the irish government there is scepticism and some pretty strong reservations, but also they have been expressing some hope that these proposals could form some kind of basis for moving forward. you heard from the taoiseach leo varadkar the on his travels to scandinavia today. here in dublin, his deputy, who is also the foreign minister, was answering questions on the irish parliament today. he said that if the proposals put forward by boris johnson were indeed the final offer, then in that case we were heading towards a no deal. he also said that he thought britain was serious about reaching a deal and he suggested that there could be, within the proposals, something that ireland could look at to see if the deadlock could look at to see if the deadlock could be broken. from ireland's point of view, there are two problems with these proposals, the first is that the irish government remain opposed to any form of customs checks on the island of ireland with goods moving from northern ireland to the republic and vice versa. even if those checks do not take place at the border itself.

the other issue with the irish —— the irish government has as the role for the stormont assembly and setting trade rules. in essence, there is a concern that because of there is a concern that because of the assembly's complex cross community boating rose which means that contentious motions have to be approved by a majority of unionists and nationalists,... approved by a majority of unionists and nationalists, . .. those approved by a majority of unionists and nationalists,... those are to plasma key objectives. we have had very strong objections from the dup leader arlene foster. she has criticised the foreign minister. recognising —— reconciling the two positions of the irish government and the dup, has always been one of the major challenges through the specs and negotiating process. there's different positions expressed this afternoon to show how far there is to travel. to underline

that, chris, amid all the talk of progress and all the rest of it, when you put it that way and talk about the issue around customs checks, when you talk about the issue of the role of the stormont assembly, if and when it is back in action, it is very difficult to see action, it is very difficult to see a way around that, which is an a cce pta ble a way around that, which is an acceptable compromise. yes and today we have seen more discussion now that more people have had time to digest the details of the british proposals. about the role of stormont. the stormont assembly has not been sitting for more than 2.5 yea rs not been sitting for more than 2.5 years since power—sharing between the democratic unionist party and sinn fein collapsed. negotiations are officially going on at the moment and they have been going on for a couple of months now. the latest round of talks, but nobody is holding out any hope that evolution is going to be restored anytime soon. sinn fein have that they would not accept any mechanism which would give the dup it the two upper arrangements to manage the broader

—— holding out any hope that devolution is going to be restored any time soon. it could make the restoration of parachuting even more difficult. it is one, getting back to now as people are considering the detail of these proposals —— the restoration of power sharing even more difficult. thank you very much. joining me now from the european parliament in brussels is the belgian mep philippe lamberts, who is also a member of of the eu's brexit steering group. what is your reading of these proposals? do you see anything there that has characterised as progress in your view? not a lot. what is announced as a key concession from the british government, namely, regulatory alignment between northern ireland and the republic is

actually not. it has not actually there in the sense that, as your reporter said, this is subject to consent by the stormont institutions, which at the moment are non—functional. even if they were, basically, either community would have a veto right on that, which amounts to a beta rate given by the dup. basically, if we were to accept prime minister's johnso's proposals as they stand, the european union would need to accept it firm european union would need to accept itfirm in european union would need to accept it firm in time not to reinstate any border controls between northern ireland and the republic. yet, without any guarantee that the necessary regulatory alignment between the north and the south, which would indeed obviate part of those controls, would ever come. and basically, that amounts to signing a blank cheque and opening, potentially, a 500 kilometre gap into the borders of the single market and this is not something

that anyjurisdiction market and this is not something that any jurisdiction in market and this is not something that anyjurisdiction in the world would ever consider. you're very clear about that. mrjohnson has, of course, been trying to portray this as an alternative to the backstop, which has come such a controversial issue for so many people. can you see any adjustment to what he is proposing which would, for the eu at least, be some kind of acceptable alternative to the backstop arrangement? the first adjustment would be to suppress the beta rate of the stormont institutions. —— the veto right. not that i have now respect for them, but we cannot make this conditional. it has to be a firm commitment and legally binding. likewise, the other adjustment that we need to be made would be about the customs arrangements there. again, we are... the proposal made

by the british government amounts to less maximum facilitation scheme which has been proposed already time and time again and relies on technology arrangements that do not exist today. there are too, i'm afraid, the demand of the british government of having the northern ireland within the uk customs union and that is not in the eu customs union makes border checks inevitable and border checks i wanted to be avoided. they are with you would need a switch as well. very good to talk to. thank you for giving us your reaction today. that is philip landers nep. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister tells mps he's made a genuine attempt to "reconcile the apparently irreconcilable" to get a new brexit deal. in brussels, the european council president said he was still unconvinced by the uk plans and his doubts have been echoed by the irish government.

a man with a knife is shot dead after killing four police officers, officers, including a woman, at their headquarters in central paris. and in sport, ireland are back on track in the rugby world cup. they beat russia 30 mil. there could be another goal for great britain at the world athletic championships in doha this afternoon —— this evening. but leads the way in the heptathlon with two remaining. and abram looks to have committed his international future to england. the chelsea striker who has a nigerian father has been called up for this month's euro qualifiers. more to come in all of the stories at event have passed. —— at around half past.

four members of staff have been killed in an attack at the headquarters of the paris police force. the three men and one woman died after being stabbed. the attacker, who was also employed at the headquarters, has been shot and killed at the scene. rachel wright reports. at the heart of the french capital near notre dame cathedral, a man with a knife went on a murderous rampage. inside, the police headquarters, four people were stabbed to death — three men and one woman. the attacker was then a shot dead by area around the police headquarters was sealed off and at the nearest metro station closed. translation: between 12:30pm and 1p and a 45—year—old man, an administrative assistant who had been working on the building since 2003 when only murderous rampage inside the offices. this name is known any service, working in the information technology sector, working alongside colleagues. his

behaviour had never suggested any potential difficulties. they had never been any warning signs until today when he carried these murders. the paris prosecutor said the home of the attacker was being searched and that anti—terrorism prosecutors we re and that anti—terrorism prosecutors were evaluating the situation. he did not elaborate on the attacker‘s possible motives. the president is expected to visit the area later today. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is with me now... there was mention of anti—terrorist police and investigations, as it formally been classified as a terrorist attack? no. the editors prosecutors are looking into it. the most important thing that they need to find it is the motivation. —— the anti—terrorist prosecutors are looking into it. this man had been working there for 16 years in an administrative role right in the heart of french police headquarters, prison headquarters, he was known to

employees, —— parisienne headquarters. there was one report that he was having a dispute with the supervisor, but nothing that would indicate this. there is one report on one read news agency which would possibly flash an amber light to anti—terrorism motors, but it is not confirmed and i'm not going to say what it is yet. —— to an terrorism motive. any clues as to when a law—abiding employee of the french police were attack by people, only one of whom had survived. when it wounded women has survived. when we think of the circumstances and we think of a network of buildings involved in the police headquarters here in paris, the security arrangements there are, i would have thought, incredibly thorough. so the circumstances of it would lead to

some rather the questions being asked about how this was able to happen. yes, we're told by the french authorities that he simply walked in and carried out the attack straightaway. he attacked two divisions, homeland security and intelligence division. and he attacked some people on a stairwell and some people inside a room. it has a staggeringly high death toll for any attack, but to take place and what ought to be this the cutest rooms of the most secure building —— of the most secure rooms of the most secure building is staggering. this isa secure building is staggering. this is a police force which, for various reasons, has been under intense pressure in recent years. that is also, surely, part of any investigation into how this course is organised and resourced and all the rest of it. the background to this is that not only has spence

been on a set of highlight, for the 4.5 years, —— not only has friends been on high alert since the charlies hebdo attacks. people are increasingly exposed to violence. this year alone there have been at least 50 suicides in the french police. around 27,000 french police went on strike yesterday, they carried out a demonstration, in protest of the violence directed towards them. it is not a happy place to work right now. now, whether that is connected to this, it is too early to say, but that is the background to it. thank you. our security correspondent, frank gardner, with the latest on the attack in pallister. borisjohnson avoided a potential stumbling block after he published his brexit proposals yesterday when the democratic unionist party said that it

would support the plans. the same cannot be said however for some of the other parties in northern ireland and we'll speak to an assembly memberfrom sinn fein in a moment. but first here's what nigel dodds from the dup had to say about the plans earlier. you have got to realise that in northern ireland we have a partner at the moment and different vat systems from the irish republic and different excise duty of and a different excise duty of and a different currency. all of these processes a re different currency. all of these processes are managed away from the burden. of course it can be done. notjust a burden. of course it can be done. not just a technology, burden. of course it can be done. notjust a technology, but burden. of course it can be done. not just a technology, but from burden. of course it can be done. notjust a technology, but from a lot of technical regulations as well, in terms of doing checks and processes at points of origin and points of destination. the giveaway is the fact that the irish republic and others have already admitted that that is what they will have to do in the event of a no deal anyway. nigel dodds there. joining me now from our belfast studio is caoimhe archibald, a member of the northern irish assembly for sinn fein. thank you forjoining us. i'm just wondering at this point, given what we have heard from dublin today, but

we have heard from dublin today, but we have heard from dublin today, but we have heard from donald tusk today and what we have heard from the dup, what do you make of the state of play and the possibilities for any kind of compromise? play and the possibilities for any kind of compromise ?|j play and the possibilities for any kind of compromise? i think that these proposals that borisjohnson published yesterday were reckless proposals. they are fantasy proposals. they are fantasy proposals. they are supposed to be an alternative to the backstop, but they meet none of the tests of what they meet none of the tests of what the backstop was actually designed to do, which was to protect the good friday agreement and to prevent a ha rd friday agreement and to prevent a hard border and to protect the all ireland economy and north—south cooperation. 0ver ireland economy and north—south cooperation. over the course of the past 24 hours, we have heard that these proposals have been rejected by the majority parties here, with the exception of the dup, business, almost in one voice, have rejected these proposals here, describing them as everything from a non—runner to the deathknell of small businesses. have also heard comments from irish governments, expressing grave concerns, later this afternoon

from the brexit steering group in the european parliament who say that these proposals fall far short and obviously, but donald tusk has no comments this evening, it is clear that these proposals are going nowhere. when he says, the prime minister borisjohnson, nowhere. when he says, the prime minister boris johnson, that nowhere. when he says, the prime minister borisjohnson, that he has been trying to reconcile the unbreakable thermal —— the irreconcilable, we just say that there is any progress in this package at tell? i do not think there has been any progress made here. they signed up to commitment anyjoint declaration here. they signed up to commitment any joint declaration and here. they signed up to commitment anyjoint declaration and withdrawal agreement was painstakingly negotiated over the course of two yea rs. negotiated over the course of two years. the backstop, obviously, was a compromise by the eu 27 to meet the british government's red lines. we need to see in terms of proposals coming forward to something that meets the commitments of the backstop in terms of protecting the good friday agreement and preventing it hard border and protecting the all ireland economy. we have seen no progress in that regard. what do you

make of the fact that the dup has come out and said that, notwithstanding some of the disadvantages as they see them, they are prepared to support this? the dup are out of step with the majority of people here. as i have said, the business community here have spoken very strongly against these proposals. and the citizens here are obviously voted to remain and that possession needs to be respected. i think that the dup need to listen to the voice of business, listen to agri— food sector and act on the best interest of everybody here and these proposals are not that. thank you forjoining us once again. a member of sinn fein, a member of the northern ireland assembly which has been suspended for quite a long time. it is part of the equation that is part of the complex picture around the proposals

that boris johnson complex picture around the proposals that borisjohnson has put forward yesterday and which are being discussed, obviously in detail today. we will have more any moment. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. sturm lorenzo is not far away right now, it will be weakening as it heads to the uk and the next 24 hours. we will see some rain and winds pushing forwards. the wet and windy as weather out towards the west, particularly across northern ireland and the strongest winds had done 20 west of england. some outbreaks of rain, so it is going to be much milder than it has been over the past couple of nights. this ring could be quite heavy at times and money across northern ireland, over the irish sea. the windiness weather tomorrow across the south—west of england and wales. you can see how the rain had its way southwards and eases off in the afternoon. most places becoming dry, winds will be lighter by the stage as well. it should be a little bit warmer, are less cold than it has been today. as we head into the weekend, many

eastern areas having a dry day on saturday, a bit of a chilly start in the north—east of scotland, not publishing much in the way of sunshine. the winds are picking up and the temperatures of 14 to 16 celsius.

the time is 530 tpn... —— 5:32pm. this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister tells mps he's made a genuine attempt to ‘reconcile the apparently irreconcilable', to get a new brexit deal. they do not deliver everything we would have wished. they do represent a compromise. but to remain a prisoner of existing positions is to become a cause of deadlock, rather than breakthrough. in brussels, the european council president said he was still unconvinced by the uk plans, and his doubts were echoed by irish government.

our objective is very clear — we don't want to see any customs posts between north and south, nor do we want to see any tariffs or restrictions on trade north and south. a man with a knife is shot dead after killing four police officers, including a woman, at their headquarters in central paris. the family of a seriously—ill 5 year—old girl have won the right to take their daughter to an italian hospital for treatment. some news just some newsjust in some news just in from some newsjust in from our collea g u es some newsjust in from our colleagues in bbc scotland, scotland has become the first part of the uk to ban the smacking of children. members at the scottish parliament and holly read passed a members bill that was brought forward by the green nspjohn that was brought forward by the green nsp john fenney. that was brought forward by the green nspjohn fenney. the scottish parliament has brought the bill

forward and tested and approved it and that means that it is the first in the uk to ban the smacking of children. that is the news just in from the parliament and edinburgh. with that let's catch up with today's sport. many thanks indeed, ireland got though when they needed and following that shock defeat to japan last time out, they only need two bonus point winds to get to the knockout stage and they got one after this and a score line that should have been bigger, they are 21-0. should have been bigger, they are 21—0. they looked a little lay buried it is fair to say at times and made 11 changes to the 15 in the last he will be japanese and the second half try scores. the fate is still in the stomach their own

hands. there is also a big win for fiji against georgia today and that was in wales's pool england and the next of the nations to play the toughest match yet and it will play argentina on saturday, picking the strongest 15 today. one change to the team and it is dry trees coming infor the team and it is dry trees coming in for courtney lawes. there could be another gold for great britain at the world athletics championships and they are leading the way in the hot top lawn and she is already reading overnight and after the first four advanced she extended her lead over to 216 points and a personal best, there in the long jump personal best, there in the long jump andjust personal best, there in the long jump and just the javelin and 800 metres still to come. tina asher

smith became the champion for the first time last night and she has been given her gold medal and that presentation and echoes with the silver in the 100 metres. the first pa rt silver in the 100 metres. the first part of the draft for cricket's new tournament, eight teams taking the england players they want on their side when the competition begins next summer, and they had signed up for london franchise london spirit and johnny bear cell is with the fire. ben stokes was picked up over atjoe root, fire. ben stokes was picked up over at joe root, the fire. ben stokes was picked up over atjoe root, the england test caption will feature it trained rockets instead. a bit of promo being used therefore that launches. tammy abraham looks to have committed his feature to england and he is eligible to nigeria for his

father but he has called up for the euro qualifiers against the czech republic and bulgaria. he is 22 and scored against a team last night. they were in friendly so he could still have played for nigeria and his chelsea team—mate also had his first call up. i do not think it is ethically right to give a player a tap to make sure they come stomach can't pray for somebody else so the two boys that are in the squad this time, they are an unmarried. i can guarantee they get on the pitch but they are part of ourjunior system right away three. —— i cannot guarantee they get on the page. that is all from the bbc sport centre. let's go straight to stormont and arlene foster the leader of the dup is speaking there.

so long as we are recording. arlene foster preparing to make a statement in response to what has been going on today and we are just waiting for the cameras and sound to be ready. sell, you are a bit disappointed in some of the comments?” sell, you are a bit disappointed in some of the comments? i am very disappointed in his comments and they are actually quite outrageous and when played alongside the irish prime minister's comments and stockholm, we can see how and trained event the irish government are into what very —— are very reasonable, sensible proposals that could actually make a difference and could actually make a difference and could allow us to leave the european union and an orderly way. it is very clear to me at the irish government

are not clear to me at the irish government a re not interested clear to me at the irish government are not interested in having an alternative to the backstop and also underlines and exposes the fact that the backstop was a trap and never had an intention of allowing us to leave the backstop and that is what is shown today by this rigid adherence to it. and when you listen to the irish prime minister remarks and stockholm. is at the end of this particular proposal than?” and stockholm. is at the end of this particular proposal than? i hope other european leaders prevail because i think the european union wa nts to because i think the european union wants to get a sensible deal certainly as regards the proposals of the prime minister putting forward and there is support in the house of commons to get the house of commons through and people have recognised that as a reasonable way forward and i hope other leaders will prevail upon the irish government but it is so disappointing to hear that reaction coming out of dublin because it is also a way forward and it is a reasonable way to leave and if it is not accepted it is going to be and

not accepted it is going to be and no deal and the average prime minister is going to be responsible, he will go down in history as instituting a ha rdboa rd he will go down in history as instituting a hardboard on the island of ireland and i am sad about that. what happens now, do you go back to the table with boris johnson and think of something new because they said this was the final proposal and it will be a new deal, does it need to be amended and some way? the proposal is there and it will get the support of the house of commons and therefore the european union needs to look very seriously at this proposal, and as i say i hope that other european leaders will prevail upon the irish government to look at this proposal and a sensible and serious way and to date they have not done that. the european union has said that the stomach they will back ireland. that asa stomach they will back ireland. that as a matter they have to think about because we are certainly moving into the territory of no deal despite the fa ct

the territory of no deal despite the fact that our prime minister has put forward a very reasonable deal to the european union. if that is going to be the reaction i am afraid we are heading towards no deal. and people have to bear the responsibility of that. that was the dup reader arlene foster, very forthright message and on the latest reaction especially in the form of the foreign minister and leo varadkar who earlier today the foreign minister and leo va radkar who earlier today and the foreign minister and leo varadkar who earlier today and this is what she was responding to, repeatedly said that boris johnson plus my plans fell short in a number of aspects. mr varadkar said he was "reassured" by comments made by mrjohnson that there would be no physical infrastructure at the irish border and that is to say the border between the north and the republic, but said that pledge appeared to contradict the text of the uk plan.

this is what he said. are objective and is very clear, we wa nt to are objective and is very clear, we want to see any posts between north and south nor do we want to see ta riffs and south nor do we want to see tariffs or restrictions on trade in the north and south and they were all abolished in the 19905 and we did not want to go back to that and the majority of people in the north did notand the majority of people in the north did not and the republic of ireland did not and the republic of ireland did not and the republic of ireland did notand did not and the republic of ireland did not and if we are to be into different customs unions that a real difficulty that will be hard to reconcile. fir5t difficulty that will be hard to reconcile. first the proposals on customs, i do not fully understand how we could have northern ireland and the republic of ireland in separate customs unions and somehow avoid being tariffs, checks, customs po5t5 avoid being tariffs, checks, customs posts on trade between north and south and so we can tease that through and secondly, i think the issue of consent and democracy is important and as i have said before,

any consent mechanism, any democracy mechanism must reflect their views of the majority of people in ireland and northern ireland and no one party, not my party, and not the dup, should be in a position to veto what would be the will of the majority. and northern ireland, our ireland so there is certainly difficulty around that aspect of it. that was leo varadkar speaking earlier. we have a demonstration of the gulf between the view of the irish government and the view of the dup and northern ireland and arlene foster, both of them, making it quite plain that they see major issues on either side so that is something for us to reflect on as we go to dublin now and speak to katie don, who is head of brexit policy at the chamber of

commerce and went to make of these plans as described and the kind of reaction that there has been today, not least in dublin, what is your thought on that? i think what was released yesterday, i do not think it isa released yesterday, i do not think it is a final resolution as to where things can end up but i think my print —— the prime minister and the state m e nts print —— the prime minister and the statements said that might be where businesses find encouragement that they might be the start of ongoing negotiations that can produce a solution that can break the current and past and there are certain areas within the proposals that i think businesses are encouraged by and comment regulatory zone on the island of ireland will go a long way to alleviate some of the needs for checks and controls and trade of goods and the custom proposals are far more challenging to reconcile, the introduction of tariffs and how they would work in reality and the cost of compliance and implementing the measures that will be required

under those proposals, they require significant challenges for businesses on the island and they disrupt the trade north and south. when you say pose significant challenges do you say that they are unacceptable in their current form? i think, yes, unacceptable in their current form? ithink, yes, when unacceptable in their current form? i think, yes, when you look at what was committed to december 2017, the customs did not meet that threshold and it would have an impact on the island of ireland economy because the costs, when you look at the nature of trade on the island of ireland, the vast majority is done by small and micro businesses, over 90% and a lot of that is food so a lot of that is a significant terrace area say you cannot have the introduction of tariffs and then the cost of customs compliance through paperwork or guarantees or the use

of customs agents and not affect the island of ireland's economy. i think where the proposals are added at the moment are inseparable and i do not think they meet the threshold of what was promised but i do hopefully think the start of ongoing negotiations toward something that might provide a future relationship that could be looked at and might break the impasse that we currently face and businesses ultimately want to avoid a new deal outcome and want to avoid a new deal outcome and want to know that there is going to be a trading relationship between the uk and the eu and we only want to have to make changes for that relationship once. so anything that can hopefully move us towards that possession is welcome but the ultimate message is we do not want to crash out on the 31st of october and we do want the uk to accept in and we do want the uk to accept in an orderly fashion with a transition period and move the negotiations on towards the future relationship which is what is really in the long—term what is going to matter.

good to talk to you again and thank you very much forjoining us. our thanks to her forjoining you very much forjoining us. our thanks to herforjoining us you very much forjoining us. our thanks to her forjoining us from dublin. now to the us... president trump has urged china to launch an investigation into the business dealings of hunter biden, the son ofjoe biden, who is the frontrunner in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. mr trump is now the subject of an impeachment inquiry after it emerged he asked ukraine to investigate the bidens too. let's get more now from our correspondent in washington gary 0'donoghue. how is this chinese factor going to change this picture, what is your reading of a? i think it is upping the ante and is trying to increase the ante and is trying to increase the pressure on the biden family after a ll the pressure on the biden family after alljoe biden is the front runnerfor the after alljoe biden is the front runner for the democratic nomination and downtrodden sees him as the biggest threat to his reelection next year and just on the south lawn a few moments ago not only did he

acknowledge that he wanted ukraine to continue the investigation and to reopen that but he wanted beijing to be the same. likewise in china should start an investigation into the bidens because of what happened to china isjust the bidens because of what happened to china is just about as the bidens because of what happened to china isjust about as bad as what happened with ukraine. sol would say that the president, if it we re would say that the president, if it were mel would say that the president, if it were me i would recommend that they start an investigation because they have no doubt that they weren't crooked, that was a cricket deal 100%. the china allegation centre on a trip to beijing 2013 thejoe biden and his son and he was involved in a private equity firm around the same time and donald trump said he made a billion dollars out of that and he just issued a statement saying that the president is melting down on

national television and is peddling a conspiracy theory that have already been debunked. thank you very much for the update. a couple from east london have won their legalfight to have their severely disabled 5 year—old daughter moved to an italian hospital. doctors caring for tafida raqeeb had argued that further treatment was futile. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. # here i am, here i am... tafida raqeeb was a bright, lively child until in february this year, when blood vessels in her brain ruptured. she's been in intensive care on a ventilator at the royal london hospital ever since. the hospital wanted to end life support, and denied her parents' wish to have her transferred to a hospital in italy. so, the dispute went to the high court. emerging victorious this morning, tafida's parents now know they've won the right to keep their daughter alive.

0ur beautiful daughter tafida is not dying. we are continuously seeing small but important signs that she is gradually improving. we have always been hopeful that she might make something of a recovery, if she is given the time, and the right treatment continues. during the high court case, the family showed the judge videos they'd filmed off tafida moving her limbs. tafida's mother says she is convinced her daughter recognised the sound of her voice. thejudge said tafida could be safely transferred to an italian hospital. mrjustice mcdonald said this is a very finely balanced case. although tafida is minimally aware and totally reliant on others, she is medically stable and not in any pain. he said, given for the parents tafida's sanctity of life was of the utmost importance, he was satisfied that life—sustaining treatment

should continue. tafida, hi! the judge said the italian doctors hope that in time tafida might be able to be cared for at home, on a ventilator, and might live for another ten to 20 years. fergus walsh, bbc news, at the high court. the time is 559 —— 5:51p:m.. scotland has become the first country in the uk to make it a crime to smack your children. parents and carers are currently allowed to use "reasonable" force to discipline youngsters —— but the scottish government wants to discipline youngsters — but the scottish government wants children to have the same protection from assault as adults. msps at holyrood passed a bill introduced by the green mspjohn finnie. lorna gordon reports.

the joy of childhood, it can be noisy at times, occasionally challenging as well. but what did those attending this preschool group and glasgow think about smacking? iam i am surprised there is not one already. and it is not something that happened to me as a child, not something i would do with my child. i think the smacking ban, i feel it's quite restricting for parents, and i feel that, i don't think there's any need. at the moment, parents and carers are allowed to use reasonable physical force to discipline their children. this bill will mean that smacking a child will become illegal here in scotland, no matter what the circumstances. in 2002, an attempt to ban smacking here proved so controversial it had to be abandoned. campaigners believe the legislation, which looks set to pass this time around, will make a real difference in protecting children.

—— campaigners believe the legislation will make a real difference in protecting the children. right now, it's lawfulfor a parent to physically assault their child. and we think that's wrong. it's a fundamental breach of children's rights. today this bill seek to address that, and remove the defence of justifiable assault, so that assault is the same whether you're an adult or a child. opponents of this afternoon's vote at holyrood, though, believe this is an intervention too far. i think it's a very dangerous bill, essentially because you are now criminalising loving parents. so what is normal, the use of an occasional, light smack by a parent, will now be a criminal offence. there are moves to try to bring in a ban on smacking in wales. england and northern ireland have no plans for similar legislation. it's expected to be a year until the law in scotland comes into force, sending the message that hitting a child is always wrong, and is a crime. lorna gordon, bbc news. the winner of the royal institute of british architect's most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced on tuesday.

there are six nominations for britain's best new building 2019, which include a railway station, an opera house and a property made entirely of cork. all week we have been taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings and today we are looking at the goldsmith street project, which at first glance just looks like a simple series of terrace blocks arranged in four lines. but it's actually a very special estate, as it's the first ever scheme of council housing to be nominated for a riba architecture prize. norwich council commissioned the project which is being hailed as a pioneering example of sustainable social housing for the future. music. as a council we have been interested in building new social housing for quite a long time. properties that we have here are all built to passive house standards so that has really lowered

the energy bill. houses have to be very wholly insulated and airtight, really simple things like you cannot have a letterbox on the front door so we have had to kind of find places for letterboxes. but more significant than that it is a fabulous place for people to live so even if you are in a single flat, you have a balcony, you have a family, you have a little bit of outdoor space, and there is common space as well. for me one of the most successful aspects are the social issues, we were very keen to ensure that face that my friend doris and face the front doors, so something like a traditional street is very good for that. to make it last car oriented, so there are many more places for people to just walk or children to skate without having to cross a road. we carved out these play spaces where everyone can have access

to said the children can play securely, overrun by their parents are there as a social aspect to this scheme that i think is really successful. people walk in and they are kind of impressed as if you built this, i didn't choose the brickwork or the front door, you know but it is clear that someone has and someone did care that i liked my home and that means a lot to me that someone puts the effort to say let's try something different and it does not feel like i am renting a house, ifeel like i own a house which is really nice. you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel next tuesday evening from 8:30. inafew in a few minutes, george is here for bbc news at 6pm by darren nasdaq for the weather. that evening we have storm lorenzo heading and the atlantic and it is

not going to have much of an impact that there will be stronger winds and rain overnight tonight and into tomorrow for a while, and it may be on in that western coast areas and winds are picking up and looking very dark at times here in northern ireland but it will be very windy here and around coastal islands this evening. centre of the storm swept through this cloud and the centre of the storm has been kept to the west of the uk and it is a named storm by the irish met service. the centre of the irish met service. the centre of the storm will be pushing its way towards northern ireland and this evening, gus of 16 miles per hour or so and the stronger winds transferred down to the southwest of the uk and there will be rain which is quite heavy and ran across many parts of the uk with stronger winds which point to a much more milder and night than it was last night. the storm is weakening said the winds are easing down in the night

there must areas and into the night and it will be windy with gusts over 60 mph and the rain we start the day with is heading its way southwards and petering out and the winds will be later by the stage and temperatures may be at the higher than today. as we head into the weekend we start out very quiet and sheuey weekend we start out very quiet and shelley and many eastern areas on saturday, a dry day without a great deal of sunshine mind you but a few pockets of rain before we get the name rain band heading in the afternoon but i had of that, temperatures 14—16d. at the weather front is bringing the rain over the weekend and it will trench its way eastwards a cross weekend and it will trench its way eastwards across the uk and then it will stop. most of the rain will slide down and then by sunday, it will be dry with some sunshine and we have cloud and rain elsewhere and

that rain easing down from the north by continuing quite late in the afternoon across the southeast of england for many temperatures, we get the sense sign out towards the west and it should feel fairly pleasant. as we head into next week more areas of low pressure coming in from the atlantic, often wet and often when the. that is it for me.

today at six. borisjohnson's brexit plan faces opposition in both parliament and the eu. mps got their first chance to examine the plan. labour says it will damage the economy but the prime minister calls it a compromise. we've made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable, and to go the extra mile as time runs short. business at the border — what does it mean for them? the irish prime minister has already made up his mind. we now have written proposals that we can engage on, but they do fall short in a number of aspects. so is that a no from the eu, orjust its opening gambit? we'll get the view from brussels.