this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 5pm... democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump, issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. a british—australian woman and her boyfriend are released after more than three months in an iranianjail. the mother of the teenager harry dunn who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat — says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. up to eight people are seriously injured after a double—decker bus overturns in devon. the government indicates it could clarify its new brexit offer after the eu called for ‘fundamental changes‘. and coming up in sport at 17.35 we'll have more reaction to england's rugby world cup

win over argentina. good evening. donald trump's political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump — in which he asked ukraine to investigate his presidential rival, joe biden. from washington, chris buckler reports. what was a request has become a demand. democrats are piling the pressure on president trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of documents. they want a full, rather than a rough, transcript of thejuly phone call in which he asked

the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky, to investigate his political rival and potential presidential candidate, joe biden. and amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next year's presidential election. you're pointing out when he's flatlining, where there is no evidence, none, not a scintilla, not one tiny piece. the american people know me, and they know him. even the people who support him know this man lacks character. even people who support him know he lies constantly. in a letter, the chairmen of three congressional committees accused mr trump of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction and cover—up. in response, the white house accused the democrats of setting up a kangaroo court that would only waste time and taxpayers‘ dollars, and president trump‘s press secretary insisted that all their inquiries would ultimately show that the president had done nothing wrong.

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. iran has released a british—australian woman and her boyfriend, who‘d been detained for 3 months on spying charges. jolie king and her australian partner, mark firkin, had been accused of using a drone to take pictures of military sites. separately, an iranian student has reportedly been freed in australia, but it‘s unclear if the 2 developments are linked. australia‘s foreign minister says tehran has dropped all charges against the couple. the yet very long—term negotiations, she has been you know contained for some considerable time and has a the iranian leader system and has been convicted and sentenced so as i said in my remarks in each of these cases are unique and different. so we are

continuing our discussions with the iranian government. we do not accept the charges upon which she was convicted in the weight seek to have her returned to australia. the mother of a teenager who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. harry dunn, who was 19 and from charlton in northamptonshire, died after the accident near raf croughton in august. the diplomat‘s wife has claimed immunity and travelled to the us. the boy‘s mother, charlotte charles, says she will meet the foreign secretary, dominic raab, in the coming days. police said they wanted to interview an american woman in her 40s. as many as eight people have been seriously injured after a double—decker bus overturned in devon. the vehicle crashed on the a385 between totnes and paignton at about 11 this morning. emergency services declared a major incident. police have closed the road in both directions and asked

people to avoid the area. catherine serjeant‘s friend was trapped on the bus — she rushed to the scene when she heard about what happened. they are obviously dealing with the most injured people first, my friend was trapped on the bus for 45 minutes but thankfully she was not injured and they had to cut holes in the roof of the bus to get people out and obviously they could not move people who are badly injured so they were trying to get those people out first. the government has indicated it could clarify its new brexit offer after the eu called for ‘fundamental changes‘. talks will resume on monday after the eu said the uk‘s proposed alternative to the irish backstop could not be the basis for a legally—binding treaty. borisjohnson has insisted the only options are a ‘new deal or no deal‘. our political correspondent susana mendonca explained how the deal presented by borisjohnson to the eu fell short

of what leaders were looking for. the sense that we got from the european union is that what is on the table at the moment is not what they are after and borisjohnson has basically said he will want a situation where he had northern ireland staying within the single market for goods but leaving the whole of the uk and leaving the eu customs union. one of the key challenges and debates around all of this and the reason for the backstop which is this insurance policy to prevent a hard border is about trying to keep an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. this plan by borisjohnson, the republic of ireland. this plan by boris johnson, the government republic of ireland. this plan by borisjohnson, the government say that you will be able to do border checks and factories and away from the border. but the european union does not seem particularly convinced of that. so far for the eu, does not seem particularly convinced of that. so farfor the eu, leo varadkar, b irish p.m. saying ifall short and donald tusk saying he has

not convinced and the negotiations with the e diplomats say that that fundamental changes have not happened. we understand that they will clarify changes and by boris johnson is also going to be heading to meet eu readers in the coming weeks so certainly there will be an intent to get something that can be put to permanent but essentially if he doesn‘t manage to get something to print tape proudman, potentially, brexit may not happen or it could leave deal or no deal. john mcdonnell is in colchester today and is the shadow chancellor. is talking about the need to raise living standards and he did not think a deal that placed johnson put forward was actually a real deal. much like an election stand and it looks like they put forward the proposal that the eu would not

acce pt proposal that the eu would not accept and on that basis boris johnson will portray himself as some sort of victim either from the eu or parliament and that will be the basis of his election campaign. what we want as a prime minister who looks after the long—term and our country and make sure we will rule i'io country and make sure we will rule no deal at the table completely and goes into negotiations and secures a sensible deal and puts it back to the people with the option to remain. what we want is to bring the country back to my back together again and the best way to do that is that people speak. trying to get some clarity here, the 19th of october, if he has no deal what happens? is it saying he will do one thing and he is saying something else. there are in terms of a law brought and, it means on the 19th of october he needs to havee brought and, it means on the 19th of october he needs to have a deal passed through parliament, the parliament agreed to a deal and said ber has to agree with the deal and moment has to agree it is ideally

they are willing to accept. if that does not happen he has to write to the european union to ask for an extension for us to remain in the european union. boris johnson extension for us to remain in the european union. borisjohnson has said that he will obey the law, that is what the law says and certainly there is a court case at the moment and scotland which is looking at this very issue and in paper is submitted to that court. he says he will obey the law but he is also saying that he will leave the european union with or without the deal and that is what all the questions are being raised about what does that mean and does that mean that he is looking for some kind of loophole? at least five people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police in the iraqi capital, baghdad. the iraqi parliament says more than 90 people have been killed, and almost 4,000 others have been injured in unrest across the country this week. the protests began over unemployment, poor public services and corruption , but demonstrators are now

also demanding that the government resign. prosecutors in paris say the man who worked at police headquarters — and killed 4 colleagues — may have believed in "an extreme vision of islam." reporters were told that the 45—year—old computer expert exchanged 33 texts with his wife that were religious in character ahead of the attack. he was shot dead by police after carrying out the stabbings. much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the city‘s public transport network, many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. thousands of people have taken to the streets today to protest against a newly—imposed ban on wearing face—masks. hong kong‘s leader, carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory.

translation: the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong and made hong kong society semi—paralysed. everyone is very worried and concerned or even scared. the government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. i appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance to the law, condemn violence together, and cut ties with rioters with a firm will. at a news conference in kuala lumpur, the united nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelet, said the ban on face coverings should not be used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. bans on face covering during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target particular groups and improperly curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. so freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible.

but on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. that is also not acceptable. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s asia pacific editor, celia hatton, who gave me her assessment of events in the territory in the past 24 hours. last night, we saw some of the most violent uprisings to mark the past four months, really. this is really in response to the chief executive‘s announcement that face masks would no longer be allowed, even in peaceful protest. so, we saw relative chaos last night in hong kong. today, it‘s eerily quiet across the territory. now, we have seen small protests pop up — many ordinary people, moderates, unarmed protesters, turning out to mark their displeasure against the face mask ban.

we are also hearing of reports of violence against businesses that are perceived to be owned by mainland chinese people and so that‘s another development. but, yes, i mean, we are into month four of these protests and, yes, it‘s the weekend again, this is supposed to be a holiday weekend in hong kong, but really this is a city that once prided itself on its efficiency, now the underground system has been shut down for the first time really in memory and you know this is a place that really has been changed. now you have mentioned a national holiday, everybody was very worried looking to october ist, just explain that significance us to. well october ist was a really big day in the calendar in mainland china. that‘s when the communist party marked 70 years of the people‘s republic of china. now, moving towards that important date, october ist, beijing was preparing for its largest ever military parade, the chinese president gave a big speech.

we didn‘t know watching hong kong, we could see pressure building towards that date, we knew a lot of people were planning protests in hong kong to mark their grief, as many put it, of imposition of chinese rule and it wasn‘t clear whether the temperature was going to continue to go up after that, tensions were going to continue to rise, or whether things would begin to calm down. but now that we have had this announcement of a face mask ban, we can see that things really haven‘t improved in hong kong. where‘s it all leading to, because we heard carrie lam say she is no longer going to tolerate this, she‘s still at the helm, beijing is displaying very unusual, it is uncharacteristic calm, restrainr on hong kong. explain why. i think, if you‘re expecting to see military tanks, chinese military tanks rolling down the streets of hong kong, you know the famous tank man image

re—enacted on the streets of hong kong, i don‘t think we‘re going to see that any time soon, if at all. but i don‘t think beijing is being calm, i think beijing is enacting a lot of measures behind the scenes to really put pressure on the hong kong authorities, the hong kong police, hong kong businesses, to start bringing an end to these protests and i think that‘s really what we are going to see as time goes on. we have seen the hong kong authorities enact, use an emergency law that hasn‘t been used since 1967, to put the face mask ban in place, we‘re seeing heightened police tactics. so, even though we haven‘t seen maybe the measures that we thought beijing might bring into place when these protests first started, i do think that beijing is doing a lot of things to try too bring an end to this. let us go to hong kong. bonnie leung is a pro—democracy campaigner who has organised some of the recent protests.

shejoins me from hong kong via webcam. thank you for speaking to us here on bbc news. first off, carrie ran a saying that she will no longer tolerate what is going on in the tory tory and we saw the ban on facemasks and how worried are you. tory tory and we saw the ban on facemasks and how worried are youlj am facemasks and how worried are you.” am extremely worried because i am worried about the front line protesters at safety. carrie lam is once again doing and at her back move and a strategy of bypassing our legislature to impose yet another evil law. by doing so, i believe that she is actually creating some sort of systematic mum to public anger so sort of systematic mum to public anger so it exploded. it is totally counterproductive and she said that the reason that imposing the anti—masking law is about resuming

public law and order and protecting front line police officer safety, that you see is totally counterproductive. the public is more angry and more people are wearing masks, wearing facemasks to protest in the streets. people are forced to be even more radical and protests of the latest evil law so it is totally counterproductive and it is totally counterproductive and it is totally counterproductive and it is not serving the purpose at all. i am trying to get the idea of what people are fighting for because the fight has changed, has in it from the extradition bill. to give you a raise in the uk an idea of why this is so important to you and the protesters, how has life changed since the handover? after the handover, what we used to have is rule of law and freedom. despite we did not have true democracy. but now

because we do not have true democracy the government is totally not being accountable to the people and that is trying rule of law the rules that we have always treasured so rules that we have always treasured so hong kong people are now to conclude freely to seek for protection. now we see the police officer is breaking the law so blata ntly officer is breaking the law so blatantly caught on camera without any legal consequences at all and they are protected by the police commissioner and protected by the hong kong government and protected by the government. we see absolute power clap absolutely. so people cannot leave the movement, we have to ta ke cannot leave the movement, we have to take care of that. talking about power, outside of hong kong and china, what team makeup statements released from foreign leaders on events taking place in hong kong, is that enough for you? we are grateful because hong kong needs

international support and it cannot do it alone but we need foreign leaders to do more, especially the uk because you were one of the signer of the british joint declaration so we hope you can actually declare the... and because asi actually declare the... and because as i said they think they can get away with it from the police officers, to beijing governments, they think they can get away with it... that is unfortunately seem to have lost bonnie long speaking to us from hong kong. apologies for that. we will try to get to her later in the evening here on bbc news. living on, she thought it was the end of her career but she is making a little bit of history, the first performance by a transgender is seeing her

on the opera. she‘s appearing in ‘orpheus in the underworld‘ at the english national opera. however, on stage — because of her deep baritone voice — she continues to play male roles. our arts correspondent, david sillito reports. hi. my name is lucia lucas and i am a professional opera singer. she sings opera. i am not trying to be a pioneer. i am trying to see how far i can get this to go and how long i can stay in the business because i hope that people in the future won‘t have the difficulties that i have had. lucia lucas. it has been more than five years before she decided the time had come to be her true self. the director of the opera at the time said... "just one question — what happens to your voice?" i‘ve done some research on that and for better

or worse it doesn‘t change. and so for that baritone voice she makes the journey each evening from she to he. tonight debut for english national opera. ladies and gentlemen, you have 15 minutes. there you go. thanks. on stage you play male roles. is that uncomfortable? no, not really. it actually, in a certain way, justifies the difficulty that i had as a child because i knew that i was not team boy. because you‘ve always been acting. i‘ve always been acting but now ijust do it on stage. if it had been a choice of singing or being yourself? be myself. 100%. i never envisioned that i could do both at the same time. you thought it would be the end of your career? yes, of course.

five years on, rather than ending her career, it has blossomed. transitional hormones haven‘t affected that extraordinary voice and tonight, a debut on the london opera stage, another barrier broken. david sillito, bbc news. viewers on bbc one willjoin us shortly for a summary of the day‘s news with ben brown — before that it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. no shortage of rain in the forecast for the next 24 hours. many parts of the uk, today wasn‘t a bad day. quite a lot of cloud but a favoured few saw some sunshine. further west the cloud was thickening. we saw some outbreaks of rain. you can see on the satellite

picture, the big swirl of cloud, the low pressure to the north—west. this cloud is a frontal system pushing east, moving slowly and bringing heavy and persistent rain. tonight if you‘re travelling overnight, a lot of rain which will be big puddles, surface water and spray on the road, pretty poor conditions. drying up a bit in the west late in the night. windy, especially over the northern half of scotland but it will be mild with lows of 9—12. tomorrow morning, this rain over eastern parts of the uk and it will be very slow—moving. central and south—eastern scotland, right the way down the eastern side of england, heavy rain falling. maybe some thunder and lightning. 40, 50 millimetres of rain in places. the met office yellow warnings in force, the lowest tier of warning. it has been so wet lately, another dollop of rain may give some localised flooding problems. this rain is likely

to pivot through the day. a chance the southeast may brighten up and parts of east anglia as well. further north, the rain may fizzle and break apart. to the west, a different day, blue skies and sunshine to be had, temperatures 12—17. the late state sunshine in the west comes courtesy of this area of high pressure but it doesn‘t last long. by monday, the low pressure is back. quite a deep, lumbering low that‘s going to bring the frontal system eastwards through monday to start the working week. this rain fizzling as it moves to the east of the country but behind it in northern ireland and scotland, the rain clears and we have a mix of sunny spells and thundery showers. temperatures about where they have been. 12-16. a windy day, especially in the far north—west. we keep the strong wind into the middle of the week. a mixture of sunny spells and showers. that‘s the theme through the week, showers or longer spells of rain, and it will often be windy.

good evening. the wife of an american diplomat has left the uk, while suspected of being involved in a fatal road crash. police say they want to interview the woman about the death of 19—year—old harry dunn in a collision in croughton in northamptonshire in august. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he‘s called the us ambassador to express his "disappointment" that she‘s left the country. duncan kennedy reports. this is how local people have reacted to the death of harry dunn, on the country road where his accident took place. harry, who was 19, had been on his motorbike when he was hit by a car. he died of multiple injuries. the 42—year—old woman driver of that car has not been identified, left this nearby american air base before the collision took place. she is known to be the wife of a diplomat and told police she would cooperate with

them. instead, —— and said she had no plans to leave the country but it‘s now been confirmed she has left britain. ina it‘s now been confirmed she has left britain. in a statement, north hants police said, "harry dunn‘s family deserve justice. the forces police said, "harry dunn‘s family deservejustice. the forces now exploring all diplomatic channels to ensure that the investigation continues to progress." harry‘s mother charlotte says the woman involved must come back to the uk. we are involved must come back to the uk. we a re really involved must come back to the uk. we are really hoping to try and get her back. you know, we don‘t wish her back. you know, we don‘t wish her any ill harm, but we don‘t understand how she can just get on a plane and leave our familyjust utterly devastated. today, the foreign secretary dominic raab became involved in this diplomatic stand—off, saying he had called the american ambassador to express his

disappointment that the woman had left the country. the options open to the government and the police are limited, but harry‘s family say they cannot grieve properly until this tragedy has been resolved. duncanjoins duncan joins us live now. what are the american authorities saying about this? they are not saying very much, theyjust about this? they are not saying very much, they just put about this? they are not saying very much, theyjust put out a very short statement to say they confirmed the woman has left the country. they actually say the family has left the country. they are not identifying her or saying where she has gone too, which creates a huge predicament for not only dominic raab but also the police here because we are now into what is called diplomatic immunity territory. being the wife of a diplomat mean she has diplomatic immunity which in short cut terms means she is immune from prosecution in this country. so unless she decides to come back voluntarily to face this further police inquiry, as

a suspect in this issue, it will mean that britain will have to seek her through extradition and that could be an extremely long and painful process and could take many months. duncan, thank you very much indeed. duncan kennedy reporting. 37 people have been injured — eight seriously — after a bus crashed in devon. the double decker bus was travelling on the a385 between totnes and paignton when it came off the road and ended up on its side in a field. the injured have been taken to hospitals across the region. a british—australian woman and her australian boyfriend say they‘re relieved to be home after more than three months in an iranianjail. it‘s reported thatjolie king and mark firkin were freed afteran iranian man was released by australia. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. the views here are just epic! jolie king firkin were travelling the world, recounting their adventures

to thousands of followers on social media. but three months ago, the british australian woman and her australian fiance were arrested in iran, allegedly for flying their drone without a permit near military installations. yet more foreigners detained in tehran‘s jails. but after what the australian authorities described as sensitive negotiations, the couple from perth have been released and have returned home. forjolie and mark, the ordeal they have been through is now over. they are being reunited with their loved ones, which is a source of great relief and joy to everyone. i can tell you that they are in good health and in good spirits. within hours, it emerged that australia had released an iranian student, who had been arrested in 2018 for allegedly sending us made military equipment to iran. this prompted speculation

both countries had negotiated a prisoner exchange, something the australian authorities refused to comment on. they said they were still trying to secure the release of another british australian national detained by iran, kylie moore—gilbert, a lecturer in islamic studies at melbourne university has been held almost a year after being charged with spying. today‘s release will prompt questions about why the british government has yet to secure the freedom of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the foreign office won‘t comment but the cases are different. the british iranian mother is considered by tehran to be fully iranian and officials say iran sees her as having greater diplomatic value in its campaign against growing economic pressure from the international community. pro—democracy activists in hong kong have condemned the government for using emergency powers, as violent protests brought

parts of the territory to a standstill once again. demonstrators — who defied a new law banning the use of face masks — forced the closure of the underground system and many shops and businesses. democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump have issued a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents on its dealings with ukraine. mr trump is accused of abusing his position to put pressure on the ukrainian leader to investigate his presidential rival, joe biden. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. no matter where america‘s commander—in—chief goes, there‘s no escape from the talk of impeachment, or the many questions about his request for a foreign government to investigate one of his political rivals. requests for documents from the white house have become demands. with a subpoena issued by the democrats, alongside a strongly worded letter, that accuses the president of choosing a path of "defiance, obstruction and cover up." among the many records they want is a full rather than a rough transcript,

showing exactly what mr trump said to the ukrainian president in a phone call during the summer. that‘s when he controversially tried to pressure volodymyr zelensky into launching an inquiry into the potential presidential candidatejoe biden and his son, hunter, who had business dealings in the country. on a visit to greece, the us secretary of state couldn‘t hide his frustration at this latest attempt by congress to put pressure on the president. this is what‘s wrong... when the world doesn‘t focus on the things that are right, the things that matter, the things that impact real people‘s lives, and instead you get caught up in some silly gotcha game. but democrats have still to decide on whether to hold a formal vote to impeach the president. some people say, "why are you doing this? "he's not worth it. "to divide the country this way." i say, "well he may not be, but our constitution is worth it, our democracy is worth it." applause.

the battle lines are being drawn in washington, and congress is preparing for yet another bitter fight with this white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. england are through to the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup injapan after beating argentina by 39—10 in tokyo. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. # swing low, sweet chariot...# confident? just a little. but surely this would be england‘s toughest test yet. argentina is always one of sport‘s spiciest rivalries and the pumas were playing for world cup survival, so even thouthonny may‘s try edged england into an early lead, it was all predictably tense. but in a split second, everything changed. tomas lavanini with a sickening challenge on owen farrell, who was thankfully unhurt. but it was high, dangerous

and it was a red card. from that moment, there was no way back for argentina, as england set about running them ragged. elliot daly helping them to a 15—3 lead at the break. and after it, they stretched out of sight. once george ford had gone over, it was effectively game over. england weren‘t at their slickest, although jack nowell certainly was. on his comeback from injury, perhaps the pick of england‘s six tries. not quite a knockout performance, then, but they‘re through to the knockout stage. it‘s qualification for quarterfinals but our emphasis is just on getting better each game. but our emphasis is just that was a tough game for us today, in a lot of regards. job done, then, for england in, ultimately, emphatic style. they‘ll face france in theirfinal group game next weekend, with a place in the quarterfinals already guaranteed. andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo.

football and tottenham hotspur‘s bad week has continued — they lost 3—0 away at brighton in the premier league this afternoon. aaron connolly scored two of the goals. it follows spurs 7—2 defeat at home to bayern munich in the champions league. that‘s it for now. we‘re back with the late news at 10:10. now on bbc one it‘s time for the news where you are. more sport news now. i won‘t make you talk any more about spurs for the time being. i knew that was coming! we‘ll have the latest football results coming up, but we‘ll start in japan, where england are the first team through to the rugby world cup quarterfinals. it was a feisty game in tokyo, where argentina had a man sent off early on and england secured another bonus point win, 39—10. our sports correspondent andy

swiss was at the game. a case ofjob done for england after a pretty emphatic victory. argentina needed to win to keep their world cup hopes alive. and they got off to a good start, taking the lead through an early penalty. but england responded with a try from johnny may to lead 5—3. then at the moment that willie swung the match around 20 minutes in, a shovelling challenge on owen farrell. it was high, it was dangerous, and after looking at the replays, the referee showed the red card. so england with a one—man advantage, and the set about running argentina ragged. two further tries before the break from elliot daly and ben young give them a convincing lead at half—time. england were not quite at their

best, although they were now in control, and argentina did manage a consolation try after the break. but ultimately, england with that numerical advantage had too much strength. another late try for england. and ultimately convincing win for england. argentina‘s hopes in this world cup are now over, but england go marching on. they will face france in the final group game, with a place in the quarterfinals already guaranteed. so, yes, just france to go, that will probably be to decide who finishes top in the group. the england head coach says he won‘t rest his players. as for today‘s match, he says that the red card for argentina might have made things more difficult for his side. qualification for the quarterfinals, but our emphasis is just on getting

better each game. that was a tough game for us today, and in a lot of regards. when they went down to 14 men, they possibly get a psychological lift and it is only human nature that we drop off a little bit because you think you‘re going to win the game, and we probably did that. i was really pleased how the players got back into the game in the second half and dominated. england are likely to face australia in the quarters. the wallabies beat uruguay 45—10. jordan pettaia, the youngest player to start for australia in a world cup, crossed over for their second try. tevita kuridrani went over twice, this his second, a lovely break. dane haylett—petty also got a brace. this was australia‘s final score. they crossed for seven tries in total, and will qualify for the quarters if wales beat fiji in four days time. hosts japan moved closer to their first world cup quarterfinal with a bonus point victory over samoa in tokyo.

kotaro matsushima scoring the last of their four tries for a 38—19 win. their final match is against scotland, and that is likely to be winner takes all. liverpool have maintained their 100% record in the premier league, but onlyjust — james milner scored a 95th minute winner from the spot at anfield against leicester, 2—1 the final score. and leicester‘s frustrations boiled over at full time. sadio mane had put liverpool ahead before half time, but james maddison scored an 80th minute equaliser with leicester‘s only shot on target. but they then conceded an injury time penalty with a foul on mane. that‘s eight wins from eight for liverpool heading into the international break. tottenham‘s troubles continue — they lost 3—0 away at brighton. spurs boss mauricio pochettino says he doesn‘t fear the sack and will work hard to make things right.

michael redford reports. from a nightmare in north london to the seaside on the south coast. totte n ha m the seaside on the south coast. tottenham at brighton, aiming to forget all about that humility and champions league defeat in midweek. a solid start at the amex would help settle a ny tottenha m a solid start at the amex would help settle any tottenham nerves. that hope was gone after three minutes. an easy goalfor the hope was gone after three minutes. an easy goal for the season, hugo lloris‘ attempt to keep it out resulted in a nasty arm injury. the goalkeeper was given oxygen in a six minute delay, but clearly could not continue. his manager had more problems to come. aaron connelly scored to make it 2—0 in his first premier league start. and connelly was not finished there, clinical, two for the teenager and brighton rampant. tottenham can normally rely ona rampant. tottenham can normally rely on a clinical striker of their own when in trouble, but not today for a

harry kane. a first league win for the opening day for brighton, the first league win against tottenham since 1933. here are the other results in the premier league. jeff hendrick scored the winner for burnley against ten—man everton. villa won 5—1 at norwich. wesley scored twice and also missed a penalty. goalless between watford and sheffield united. west ham have just kicked off against crystal palace, no goals yet. in scotland, nine—man aberdeen came from behind to draw against hibs. motherwell beat stjohnstone 2—0. and pressure increases on hearts boss craig levein as they lost 1—0 at home to kilmarnock. it finished 2—2 between ross county and stjohnstone. celtic play livingston tomorrow. the england lionesses lost to brazil 2—1 in a friendly today. almost 30,000 were at middlesbrough‘s riverside stadium. a record for an england women‘s game outside wembley. jo currie was there for us

it may have been a bumper crowd watching here at the river side. more than 29,000 fans turned up, and england women‘s record crowd outside of wembley. however, the lioness is fa ns of wembley. however, the lioness is fans watching their team play on home soilfor the first fans watching their team play on home soil for the first time since the world cup, it was a result to forget. england had bundled the ball into the back of the net early on, only for it to be ruled out for offside. england looked comfortable and dominated in the first half. they managed to keep one of the game at‘s greatest ever games, marta, at bay. but phil neville‘s site filled in front of goal when it mattered. taylor had the pick of the chances. neville called for his side to be more ruthless in the second half, but it was brazil who got the first breakthrough. the goalkeeper could have done better. and it was also simple for person‘s second, with england scrambling at the back. ——

brazil‘s secon. the spark england needed came from macbeth england, off the bench and onto the scoresheet. her first ever international goal could not prevent a fifth game in a row without a win. the last time the lionesses went five games without a win was all the way back in 2013. however, they can put things right quickly. tomorrow, they travelled to lisbon for a friendly against portugal on tuesday. it‘s the penultimate day at the world atheltics championships in doha. there are more british medal chances coming up this evening. let‘s cross live to the khalifa stadium. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. natalie, two years ago at the worlds in london, the relays really boosted the british team‘s medal tally, and they get going in the next couple of hours, the 4 x 4 first britain couple of hours, the 4 x 4 first has a target of seve

medals, britain has a target of seven medals, as you well know they currently have three, so it will be looking to these relays to really boost that target. the women are. in the heaps, they are at 6.07 your time. usa pretty impressive. —— at the women are first up in the heats. fingers crossed for a medal in that one, the british men got less than an hourfrom one, the british men got less than an hour from now one, the british men got less than an hourfrom now i against the usa. britain have three successive bro nzes britain have three successive bronzes at three of the last world championships, so again, that should be good for a bronze. trinidad and tobago are in their heat as well, the defending champions. dina—asher smith will very likely leave qatar with three medals, we‘ll find out what colour the final one is later. women are up first, they will get

the big light show we see every night. she was rested for the heats, but she will be back in. she got to silver and then the amazing gold, she told me she is happy to be running these relays. she really wa nts to running these relays. she really wants to help britain, and there is no pre—championship favourite for this one. the us are the defending champs, but britain got a silver last time around, and the jamaicans are in there as well, so it could be are in there as well, so it could be a fascinating race. let‘s see what colour of medals dina comes away with. the men after that, they are about 8.15 your time. relays used to bea about 8.15 your time. relays used to be a poem for britain, and then got our act together. in 2017, the spectacularly delivered, with a british record, and they are the defending champions. they opened their defence on friday with a fastest time in the world since 2017, so they look pretty good. and the americans, they muffled their pattern changes a couple of times.

jamaica did not qualify, south africa ran an africa record in that heat. that could be fascinating. if britain can do it again, that would be even better. and laura muir should get a medal in the 1,500 metres? it will be tough, there are some big names in that event. that would be an unprecedented double if she did that. but lauren ure is only 70 days or so back from injury. —— laura muir. but she came third in her semifinal, she felt confident, and it could be an amazing night if you could fall the other women and medal at these champions. natalie, thanks very much. she will be back with us

in sportsday at 6.30. now on bbc news, it‘s time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week‘s releases, we‘ve got mark kermode. who else? mark, you‘ve got some big movies this week to talk about. and they couldn‘t be more different. we havejudy, in which renee zellweger plastudy garland. we havejoker with an arresting central performance byjoaquin phoenix. and good posture, a little indie pic directed by dolly wells. so, from bridgetjones to judy garland. this has been in the works a long time, adapted from the stage play called end of the rainbow. it‘s the end ofjudy garland‘s life, it‘s when she was playing at the talk of the town, she is low on money so she has to do the gig despite the fact that she‘s not entirely certain she can do it.

she didn‘t want to leave her kids in america but she had to earn money. and the film catches up with her very much like with stan and ollie, that weird hinterland when suddenly hollywood stars find themselves working and not ideal situations in the uk. when she has to go on stage, because she has had pills and booze problems in the past, she doesn‘t think her voice is up to it, she‘s not sure that she can do it butjessie buckley, who is playing her assistant is absolutely insistent that it is time to go on. thank you, ladies. clear the way, clear the way. thank you. here we go, boys. what's the matter? i can‘t. what? what you mean you can't? there is an audience out there waiting to hear you sing.

my mouth is dry, and it could fall apart. listen to me. i can‘t. you'll be fine. now, on you go. applause and cheering the show must go on. it was a very tragic life story, wasn‘t it? it was, and the film does a lot of flashing back to her childhood, on set at the wizard of oz, being bullied and starved by louis b mayer. there is one thing which she is told, "here is a birthday cake, don‘t eat it," because she is not allowed to eat anything. we see a heartbreaking moment with mickey rooney where she says, "are we dating?" and he says, "no, we‘re just good pals". the film is fairly on the nose about that sort of thing. it says this came from that and this led to that. it is stagey in its construction, and at the heart of it is this

performance by renee zellweger which i neverforgot that i was watching renee zellweger performing a legend. it wasn‘t like watching joaquin phoenix in walk the line, orjerry lee lewis played by dennis quaid. but the more i thought about it, perhaps that performance fits the film, because there is a line the film where she says, "i‘m onlyjudy for like an hour, and the rest of the time, "i‘m somebody else". so, a lot of the film is about her performing the role ofjudy, and in a weird way, watching renee zellweger giving a performance asjudy kind of fits. the other thing is the film does have a lot of darkness in it and one of the things it lacks is thatjoy, that sparkle, thatjoie de vivre that you got from judy garland‘s performance. there are two characters who are fans who absolutely love her, and one reason they have been written in is because they stress how important she was to the lgbt community but also i found that through them, watching her on stage, you saw in his face the joy that

you should have been feeling from the performance. it is an interesting film, it is very strong performance, a strange performance but very strong. you mention joaquin phoenix, we are going to talk aboutjoker, shrouded in controversy. it opens at a festival and gets an eight—minute standing ovation, wins top prize, and the next thing is there is a backlash saying it‘s irresponsible, a cruel and nasty film. irresponsible, some say, because it is thought it could inspire violence. well... ok, the story is about a character made byjoaquin phoenix, arthur fleck, who wants to be a stand—up comedian but doesn‘t understand what anybody else finds funny, is living an embittered life with his mother, he gets beaten up and abused, and he turns. very much in the style of something like death wish, or more recently something like falling down. because he is dressed as a clown, that inspires an uprising. it is a film which is dealing with volatile issues. it is also made by the director

of the hangover movies which never dealt with subtlety of kindness very much. my question is this — it‘s an origins film aboutjoker, what do people expect it to be? at the centre of it, you have a mesmerising performance byjoaquin phoenix. the film, its prime frame of reference is martin scorsese‘s king of comedy, one of the darkest comedies ever made. de niro plays a guy who kidnaps his way onto television. here, robert de niro plays a character who is a smarmy tv talk—show host, so its reference points are the ‘70s, nothing about it is subtle. yes, it is a nasty, dark, difficult film. is it very violent? no, certainly no more so than any mainstream cinema. in the end, it is a character study, it is a very dyspeptic view of the world, but that is

what it is meant to be. i went in thinking, "i hate the hangover movies," and i came out thinking, "wow, who thought the guy that "made the hangover movies could make that movie?" good posture. a completely different independent picture written and directed by dolly wells. grace van patten is a young woman who finds herself needing somewhere to live, she ends up living in a house in which lives a reclusive author played by emily mortimer. she has to do chores and make dinner, but they other, and yet they develop a strange relationship by reading and writing each other‘s journal. it is an epistolary tale about two people living in the same house. here is a clip. singing

what? lilian, might be something there. getting don stoned first night in our home, desperate for affirmation, scared of women, feral, chewing gum on the steps, footprints on the wall. toothpaste all over the mirror. so, you get a sense from that. it has a very indie feel to it. what i liked about it was many of the characters in it are quite difficult and annoying. she is called and is referred to as an oaf. the writer played by emily mortimer is frosty and difficult, which is playing completely against type for emily mortimer. it raises the question, can you like a film with unlikeable characters? the answer in this case is yes. this is an indie film in which somebody produces a ukulele.

i have a rule which is don‘t produce a ukulele unless you do something interesting. and actually, it did. i did laugh a lot, it was very funny. also, it has that thing about it has got a nice offbeat strange off—kilter feel to it. a relationship between people who are not likeable and in many ways you could take against them and find them irritating, but it doesn‘t mean you find the film irritating. mark kermode‘s ukulele rule. good to know that rule. the best out that the moment? the farewell. it is life enhancing and charming and about the anticipation of death but also it is funny and it is very, very honest about families and this strange relationships between families. somebody has a terminal diagnosis and they are the only one who doesn‘t know because their family thinks

they shouldn‘t know. great performance. i went to see it knowing nothing about it other than the title, and i was completely knocked out. i have been to see your best dvd, which i absolutely adore. rocketman. it is so worth seeing twice or even three times to get the most out of it. it is really layered, brilliantly directed by dexter fletcher, who took over the direction of bohemian rhapsody, and i think in many ways saved that film. also, bernie taupin played byjamie bell, who currently is also in cinemas playing a tattooed neo—nazi skinhead. the range is extraordinary. it‘s a proper musical, like tommy. i think it owes a great debt to that film. it is one of my favourite films of the year. you were talking about whether you believe renee zellweger wasjudy garland, but although he is quite different in some ways from eltonjohn, you do believe it is him. i absolutely do.

it is that weird thing about whether when you are watching somebody performing a performer, whether you think you are watching a performer or seeing the real person. i think sissy spacek in the coal miner‘s daughter is something where you completely lose it. when he was cast, i thought it was interesting, but five minutes into the film, you think it is fine, everything, the mixture, the bare—chested bravado but also that kind of rabbit in the headlights found ability. it really made eltonjohn one of the most interesting performers of the glam rock era. and eltonjohn loved it. who wouldn‘t?! he‘s got very good taste. mark, thank you very much. that is it for this week. thank you for watching. goodbye from both of us. most of us will get wet weather tonight and into tomorrow. rain spreading eastwards, and some of it

will be quite heavy. some travel problems, maybe some localised flooding, so you can see this band of wet weather sliding quite slowly eastwards through the night. you can see the dark blue and green colours are showing up in the charts, with heavy downpours, may some lightning or thunder. quite windy across the northern half of scotland, but mild, loads of nine to 12 celsius. tomorrow, this band of rhinestone across eastern parts. into south eastern and central parts of scotla nd eastern and central parts of scotland will see this persistent rain, through into the rain may pivot away from the south—east corner, and it may fizzle elsewhere. but further west, a different day, blue skies and sunshine, just the odd shower, highs of 12 to 17 celsius. the start of next week, very unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain, and some brisk winds.

this is bbc news. i‘m lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm... the mother of teenager harry dunn who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat — says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump, issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. 37 people are injured after a double—decker bus overturns in devon. a british—australian woman and her boyfriend are released after more than three months in an iranianjail. and coming up in sportsday at half six we‘ll have more reaction to england‘s rugby world cup win over argentina.