this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: prince harry launches legal action against the owners of the sun and the mirror over alleged phone hacking. the man who made false claims of a vip paedophile ring — a review of the police inquiry into the case is heavily critical of scotland yard. i have the utmost contempt for senior officers of the metropolitan police, past and present, for the turmoil that they have put people's lives through. president trump faces growing pressure over his dealings with ukraine as democrats pursue their attempts to impeach him. the extraordinary achievement of doctors enabling this paraplegic man to move in an external skeleton,

controlled by his mind. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers playwright and columnist bonnie greer, and kevin schofield, editor of politics home. good evening. buckingham palace has said that prince harry has begun legal action against the owners of the sun, the now defunct news of the world, and the daily mirror, in relation to alleged phone—hacking. it's not yet clear when the prince's allegations date from, but in a phone hacking criminal trial in 2011 he was named, along with prince william, as a victim. his move follows the announcement earlier this week that his wife meghan was taking a separate legal action against the mail on sunday.

0ur royal correspondent johnny dymond reports. all smiles at the end of a high profile tour. but in the works, a legal bombshell. harry is suing two of the biggest newspaper groups in britain. mira group newspapers, publishers of the daily mirror, and news group newspapers, which publishes the sun and the now closed news of the world, defendants. the case, allegations of harry's calls being hacked in the early to thousands. the news of the world closed down as a result of phone hacking revelations. its owner paid

out huge sums to celebrities, as has mirrorgroup out huge sums to celebrities, as has mirror group newspapers.” out huge sums to celebrities, as has mirror group newspapers. i think it is because prince harry has declared a 1—man waragainst is because prince harry has declared a 1—man war against the tabloid press. an ill—advised one, i think. i'm not defending phone hacking in any shape or form, i'm not defending phone hacking in any shape orform, but i'm not defending phone hacking in any shape or form, but the timing is so any shape or form, but the timing is so significant, and i know there is division between senior royals and their advisors over the wisdom of what he has done. the news comes just two days after it was revealed that meghan is taking legal action against another newspaper, the mail on sunday, for publishing a letter she wrote to her father. as that was announced, harry launched an angry and deeply personal attack on the tabloid press and what he said was its ruthless campaign against his wife. royals rarely reach for a lawyer or a writ, and the reason is that it lawyer or a writ, and the reason is thatitis lawyer or a writ, and the reason is that it is such a high risk strategy. they can be cross—examined, they can also have

disclosure go to places that they don't really want, so it is a very high risk strategy for things that are outside their control, but it is also a high risk strategy for the editors who are going to have to give evidence too. royal family is a lwa ys give evidence too. royal family is always high—profile, but harry has pushed back before. welcome to use all the media lawyer mike stevenson that report. hejoins all the media lawyer mike stevenson that report. he joins us all the media lawyer mike stevenson that report. hejoins us now all the media lawyer mike stevenson that report. he joins us now to take us that report. he joins us now to take us through this. how significant is this? it is pretty significant. it isa this? it is pretty significant. it is a kind of one in every hundred yea rs is a kind of one in every hundred years kind of case. the last time but hey royal went to court to give evidence was in the late 1890s, so it is really rare. —— that a royal went to court. there was almost a possibility princess diana would go to court and do so about a century later, when bryce taylor took pictures, the gym photographs which are intimacy memory. so it really is very rare. there is a good reason

for that. that is that the legal courtroom is outside your control. you are going to be cross—examined by the best qcs in the land, the best lawyers, you outside your comfort zone, and disclosure may well go into parts of your life you don't want to go. so if you had been pa rt don't want to go. so if you had been part of the team advising them, what would you have told them, in terms of how to handle this?” would you have told them, in terms of how to handle this? i think you have to look at these cases holistically. 0n the one hand, you hurt as an individual. i have seen that with many of the clients i have represented in phone hacking cases. you feel that intrusion. you feel that somebody around you must have betrayed you. so there is all sorts of mixed feelings which are going on. and of course that heady mixture is even worse for prince harry, even what happened to his mother. but of course you have also got to think about the long—term, and the long—term here is that the royal family, and particularly harry and meghan, need a positive outcome on

their lives. they need a positive look at their lives by the media. and what will now happen is that although they may win these individual court cases, the individual court cases, the individual legal battles, if you will, they are likely to lose the war. they are going to be excoriated in every editorial, every op—ed in the newspapers. the comment about the newspapers. the comment about the way in which they use private jets while shouting about eco—friendly environments, those are the kinds of things where they are going to be legitimately criticised, andi going to be legitimately criticised, and i think that is going to be the real downfall. and it really is the flaw in this. that is a problem when you go to see lawyers, often lawyers think of things in legal terms. they don't think of it with a reputational risk attached to it. i think that is why we are hearing sotto voce from buckingham palace that they were advised and

counselled against this. times are changing, aren't they? prince charles set precedent when he won his copyright case with the publication of his journals. does it matter so much to this latest generation of the royal family? matter so much to this latest generation of the royalfamily? i mean, shouldn't they push back?“ generation of the royalfamily? i mean, shouldn't they push back? if a crime has been committed, an alleged crime has been committed, an alleged crime has been committed, an alleged crime has been committed, shouldn't they have the right to push back? yes, of course. everybody should have the right to push back, particularly if they are invading private and personal space. the royals are subject to scrutiny, but just like any other human being, while the design of privacy is larger around individuals, for the royals it is smaller. but they still have it. if they are doing something private, like making a private phone call, writing a private letter, they are going to windows cases. and these are must win cases. the

problem is that it is outside your control. you are going to have to spend a lot of time with lawyers. that is not good when you are trying to bea that is not good when you are trying to be a philanthropic royal. there is this unspoken contract, isn't there, this relationship with the media. you need to keep them onside. 0rdo you? media. you need to keep them onside. or do you? a lot of this criticism, people are saying, is coming out because of meghan.” people are saying, is coming out because of meghan. i think it is very interesting, i think there is a racial undertone too much of this. there are lots of extraneous references to colour as a consequence of the reporting, and thatis consequence of the reporting, and that is totally inappropriate. but this is not the way to solve that. there is a wider problem, i think. we are seeing a shift away from traditional newspapers, and i think we are seeing that going online. and if they move to actually working with the online community and dumping old—fashioned style tabloids, if people tend not to read these days, then in those circumstances they may be able to

reach beyond the tabloid editors. and of course, you have got to remember, the tabloid editors who we re remember, the tabloid editors who were in charge at this time, they are going to have to come to court and give evidence too. uncomfortable times all around. we will see how the story develops. mark stevens, thank you very much. an investigation by the metropolitan police into claims of a vip paedophile ring at westminster — which proved to be false — had more than a0 failings, according to an independent review. the report by a former high court judge is highly critical of the police, finding that they "unlawfully obtained" warrants to search the homes of prominent figures who'd been wrongly accused by carl beech. he's now serving an 18—year prison sentence for lying and paedophile offences. the metropolitan police has said it is deeply, deeply sorry. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. after hearing hours of allegations, police described carl beech‘s story among the many prominent figures carl beech name it was lord bramble,

a former chief of the defence star. also falsely accused were more brittan, who had served as home secretary, the ex— conservative mp harvey proctor, the late prime minister sir edward heath, and the long—time labour politician lord jana. in police interviews, carl beech claimed that these men were pa rt beech claimed that these men were part of a high—profile paedophile network in the 1970s and 1980s, who sexually abused and tortured boys. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group. 0ne hit by a car. it was in october 2012 that carl beech first made limited abuse claims to wiltshire police. there was no action. injuly 2014 he met the labour mp tom watson after he made by the claims online. by december that year, scotland yard

when investigating, describing his claims as credible and true. a senior retired judge, sir richard henrico is, was brought into review the scotland yard enquiry. his full findings detail one of the most damaging episodes in the modern history of the metropolitan police. but today the force refused to do any interviews. instead, there was this statement. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made. and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have caused. i promise we will do all we can to prevent them happening again in the future. i think it is helpful... steve roadhouse was the officer who headed the investigation, known as 0peration midland. now in a top police jobs 0peration midland. now in a top policejobs outside 0peration midland. now in a top police jobs outside the met, he is castigated on a number of fronts in today's report, and this includes sanctioning the phrase "credible and true" to describe the allegations from beech, den known by the pseudonym nick. so richard henrico

‘s says in his review: the police team are described as being under pressure from tom watson, a campaigner on child abuse. 0ne detective described the politician as a priority. the review says: harvey proctor lost his home and his job because he was under suspicion. today he said tom watson should resign as deputy labour leader and be expelled from the party.” resign as deputy labour leader and be expelled from the party. i have icy contempt for mr beech. it is matched with my icy contempt for tom watson. and the labour party should immediately disassociate themselves from mr watson. what has operation

midland done to you?” from mr watson. what has operation midland done to you? i have no money. i have no midland done to you? i have no money. i have no resources. midland done to you? i have no money. i have no resources. i cannot plan my future. i am not sure that i have a future. tom watson insists the review contains multiple inaccuracies. could i get your reaction, please? are you going to resign? but there was no further comment for the cameras today. another of the falsely accused, lord britain, died during the police investigation, never knowing that he had been exonerated. —— brittan. 0fficers had been exonerated. —— brittan. officers are accused of unlawfully obtaining warrants to search suspects' homes. today's review criticises the contact some journalists, including from the bbc, had with carl beech. 0verall, journalists, including from the bbc, had with carl beech. overall, this case has raised questions about the competence of the country's largest police force, and its independence in the face of political pressure. questions are growing over whether donald trump

abused his power by putting pressure on ukraine to undermine the president's leading opponent. democrats have released new text messages in which several top us diplomats discussed withholding military aid from ukraine, while pressing it to investigate mr trump's political rival joe biden. us law bans seeking foreign help for electoral purposes. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. a single phone conversation whose consequences could be massive. the call between the president and his ukrainian counterpart has sparked a bitter impeachment battle. but newly released text messages between senior us diplomats show that donald trump's efforts to strong—arm the ukrainians into launching a corruption enquiry were determined unsystematic. and the administration wa nted unsystematic. and the administration wanted one company in particular to be under the spotlight, a gas company that joe be under the spotlight, a gas company thatjoe biden‘s son hunter

was a director of. kurt voelker, a political appointee and former ukraine advisor to the president says: —— kurt volker. but the only career civil servant in these texts conversations, bill taylor, raises a red flag over the decision to halt agreed military aid. he writes: and the ukrainians are still waiting for a date to be set for their meeting at the white house.” for a date to be set for their meeting at the white house. i want to thank you for the invitation to washington. you invited me. buti think, iam washington. you invited me. buti think, i am sorry, but i think you forgot to tell me the date. laughter. to the charge that donald trump has sought help from a foreign power to undermine a political rival, the president shrugs, insisting it has nothing to do with

politics. this is about corruption. and if you look and you read our constitution and many other things, we...i constitution and many other things, we... i have an obligation to look at corruption. i have an actual obligation and a duty. most republicans are maintaining an uncomfortable silence, but senator mitt romney has broken cover, issuing a statement saying: the key soundbite from the president todayis the key soundbite from the president today is that this is about corruption and not politics. but when asked whether donald trump had ever sought a foreign leader to launch a corruption investigation into someone who wasn't a political enemy of his, donald trump said he would have to check that. the time isjust the time is just coming up to 11:17pm:

the headlines on bbc news: prince harry launches legal action against the owners of the sun and the mirror over alleged phone hacking. the man who made false claims of a vip paedophile ring — a review of the police inquiry into case is heavily critical of scotland yard. president trump faces growing pressure over his dealings with ukraine as democrats pursue their attempts to impeach him. the government has acknowledged for the first time that borisjohnson will send a letter to the eu asking for a brexit delay — if no deal has been reached by the 19th of october. the details were included in papers submitted to the court of session in edinburgh, where campaigners are seeking a legal ruling to ensure the prime minister complies with the an act passed by mps last month to prevent a no—deal brexit. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon said that given everything else that we know, this is something of a surprise. the prime minister has previously

said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for an extension to the brexit deadline. he also said he would obey the law. but here we heard two things today, we learned that the government will write a letter as required asking for an extension to the brexit deadline if no dealers in place by october 19. no dealers in place by 0ctober19. we also learned it would be the prime minister who writes that letter. clea r? well, prime minister who writes that letter. clear? well, not exactly. because as this was going on, boris social media saying still no deal but no delay. downing street said countries not prevented from leaving at the end of october and is making its true position on the delay known privately in europe and this will become public very soon. those who

brought the case to the court here argued in court today that their position is that borisjohnson is not an honest man. they mention some of the contradictory statements over the past few weeks saying that the court needs to issue an equally —— legally binding order to not frustrate. we expect the judge you toissue frustrate. we expect the judge you to issue his decision on monday, expect another court case to follow very shortly thereafter. doctors have achieved the remarkable feat of enabling a paraplegic man to move all of his limbs by wearing a mechanical exoskeleton suit — controlled by his mind. the 30—year—old from france was paralysed from the neck down in a fall four years ago. he said using the suit made him he feel like "the first man on the moon." 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. this is mind controlling machine.

thibault, who was paralysed in all four limbs, is sending instructions to his exoskeleton suit using brain signals. the movements may bejerky, but it is a significant technological achievement. the study in the journal lancet neurology explains how thibault had surgery to place two 5cm implants on the outer membrane of his brain, above the areas which control movement. electrodes read his brain activity then beam messages to a computer which converts them into instructions for the exoskeleton. thibault practised by learning to control an avatar in a computer game, and then gradually mastered increasingly complex movements. this is a brain—computer interface... scientists at imperial college london are pioneering uk research into implants.

they've praised the french exoskeleton study as ground—breaking. this is a very important and significant step. usually it has been demonstrated through a movement ofjust a single limb, and in this case they have demonstrated all four limbs simultaneously, although the complete exoskeleton was still attached to the ceiling, so many other elements are missing, such as balance. any device implanted in the body carries the risk of infection, but the potential benefits are huge. the technology that merges brain, body and machine is moving at a rapid pace. as well as paralysis, there are potential applications for implants in the fields of epilepsy, even depression. 0ne team here at imperial is even working on a gut implant to suppress appetite to control obesity. the exoskeleton can't yet be

used outside the lab, and the technology is so expensive it will be out of reach of most of those with spinal—cord injuries. but as a proof of concept it is an impressive step forward. fergus walsh, bbc news. the pioneering american actress, diahann carroll who won golden globe and tony awards, and was nominated for an oscar has died at the age of 84. she starred in the 1960s tv showjulia the first us sitcom to centre on a black woman, and was also the first black woman to win a tony for best actress in 1962 for the broadway musical, no strings. and in the 1980s, she went on to play the scheming dominique devereaux in tv hit, dynasty. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, kevin schofield, editor of politicshome,

and the columnist for the new european and playwright, bonnie greer. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. rain features heavily in this forecast for the week ahead and it is not as if we need much more. i will show you some statistics from the met office from september. where you see the brown colour on the chart, that shows areas that had below average rainfall. but the blue colours show above average rainfall, the darkest blues indicating places that had twice the rainfall they may normally expect during september. it is also been a superstar to october with flooding in places and through the weekend more heavy rain at times but some spells of sunshine. this beautiful swell of cloud on the satellite picture is our weekend weather maker, able area of low

pressure. but look at the jetstream. it heads up to the north—west rather than blowing across the uk. so the jetstrea m than blowing across the uk. so the jetstream will keep that area of low pressure out in the atlantic in this weather front runs forward away from the area of low pressure towards us and that will slow it down. a slow—moving band of rain pushing in from the west as we go through saturday full. heavy birth of rain and increasingly strong wind for eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. it should be predominantly dry with early for patches lifting. the temperatures of 13-17 patches lifting. the temperatures of 13— 17 degrees. as we head out on saturday into sunday remember the frontal system running away from its pa rent area frontal system running away from its parent area of low pressure. that leaves it at the mercy of the jetstrea m leaves it at the mercy of the jetstream which will its way southwards. it will spin up an area of low pressure around here and instead of clearing the front through it will hold it back. some parts of southern and eastern

scotland, eastern england could see a further 40 millimetres of rain or more. further west it should tighten up. this little bump of high pressure here should give a dry start to monday for some of us but, look. another frontal system is rapidly approaching from the west. deep area of low pressure pushing into the uk with outbreaks of rain sliding eastwards, brisk wind in the far north and west later in the day. the temperatures are really much of a much less throughout the forecast period. —— much of the same. another windy day with temperatures around the middle teens. for the middle part of next week, this big area of low pressure lumbering its way eastwards, a lot of white lines on the chart, it will be windy and that low to the north

of us will feed further show overblown good spells and frame. difficult to be precise about the forecast at this range. the temperatures are generally around 12- 15 temperatures are generally around 12— 15 degrees. later next week, the jetstrea m 12— 15 degrees. later next week, the jetstream will still be blowing across the atlantic feeding areas of low pressure in our direction. further showers and long spells of rain, potentially as we get into next weekend this dip could spin up a deep area of low pressure and bring some persistent rain and strong wind as well. uncertainty about the detail but we are sure it will stay unsettled through next week into the weekend full heavy rain and windy with just a few dry spells in between.

hello. this is bbc news. lovely to have you here for our chat. firstly, a reminder of the headlines. prince harry launches legal action against the owners of the sun and the mirror over alleged phone hacking. the man who made false claims of a vip paedophile ring — a review of the police inquiry into case is heavily critical of scotland yard. president trump faces growing pressure over his dealings to impeach him.

the extraordinary achievement of doctors enabling this paraplegic man to move in an external skeleton, controlled by his mind. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, editor of politics home, and the columnist for the new european, and playwright, bonnie greer. all of tomorrow's front pages are now in. let's start with the telegraph, and it leads with the news that prince harry has begun legal action against the owners of the sun and the daily mirror, in relation to alleged phone—hacking. the same story is in the i. it notes that the claims have been filed in the same week as the sussexes began legal action against the mail on sunday. the mail leads on a report which laid bare the failures of scotland yard,

in its inquiry into false allegations of a vip paedophile ring. that story's on the front page of the times as well. it says officers face possible misconduct allegations, following the release of that report on how the police handled the vip abuse claims. boris johnson is insisting the uk will still leave the eu on the 31st of october, even if he's forced by law to ask brussels for a delay. so says the express. and the hs2 rail project could be scaled back in northern england amid cost—cutting pressures. that's according to the financial times. so, a varied set of front pages — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. we will start with a bit of politics and boris johnson is we will start with a bit of politics and borisjohnson is on the front page of the daily telegraph.

sorry, the front page of the daily express. boris johnson, the prime minister, claims that we are going to leave the european union on 0ctober to leave the european union on october 31 come what may, even though he is obliged by law not to do that if he does not have an extension. so interesting how he is going to make this happen. maybe there are two borises. we don't know. how is he going to do this? he has also said, quite pompously of course, that this government doesn't break the law, we make law. so it is going to be fascinating how he is going to be fascinating how he is going to be fascinating how he is going to do this and of course the daily express gives this second coming headlines in order to keep their base happy. but no explanation as to how this man is going to pull this off. we got very excited earlier today because there was a court case going on, a court session, where joanna cherry