this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 103m: writing in two sunday newspapers, borisjohnson urges the eu to show that it's willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal — the brexit secretary says the onus is now on the eu. we've set out very serious proposals including compromise on our side and we now need to see creativity and flexibility on the eu side in order to reach that deal. hong kong's high court rejects an attempt to overturn a ban on protestors wearing face masks, as demonstrators gather for a rally against police violence. roman catholic bishops are gathering at the vatican this morning, as the pope opens a three—week synod focusing on the amazon region of latin america. more british success at the world athletics

championships in doha as both the men and women's 100 metre relay teams win silver medals. commemorations take place in new zealand to mark the landing of the british explorer james cook 250 years ago. and in half an hour, we take a look back at some of the best coverage from bbc news special coverage last week in we are stoke—on—trent. good morning. welcome to bbc news. boris johnson has urged the european union to show that it's willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal. writing in two sunday newspapers, the prime minister appeals to the eu to begin serious negotiations, saying that his proposals

are picking up support among mps on all sides. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is with me now. tell us what he has been saying in the newspaper articles. all of the discussion this morning is around how we get to the point where the eu and uk get into intensive negotiations, the thought that i needed to get the deal thrashed out ahead of the eu council on the 17th of october. what borisjohnson says in his article this morning is that he believes it is up to the eu to move on this. he believes they need tojoin us at move on this. he believes they need to join us at the negotiating table in the spirit of compromise and cooperation and he uses the analogy of the uk having jumped to an island in the middle of a river and he needs the eu to do the same. 0ne other thing that he suggests might improve the chances of that happening is if he can go to brussels and with proposals that have the support of mps and he believes he has got back to a degree. he says there are mps from every wing of his party that support his proposals, from the dup, and also he said from some labour mps.

shami chakrabarti, shadow attorney—general, was talking about this on andrew marr this morning and casting doubt on the number of mps that might support it. the deal that he is currently proposing, which is not going down very well in brussels or in dublin or with us is a deregulatory deal that business in this country doesn't want, the trade unions don't want, that climate change activists don't want, and people that care about medicines and foods don't want. he has got to move. he has got to compromise in the national and international interest if he is going to get our support. shami chakrabarti. shami chakra barti. what shami chakrabarti. what has the eu reaction been? it is all well and good thinking you can or can't get a deal through parliament but it has got to be agreed with the eu first. the reaction from the eu has been slightly sceptical over the last few days. they are pleased that he has got proposals but for example the irish prime and italy over redcar last night said he does not believe they form the basis for the deep and

meaningful negotiations. —— the irish prime minister leo varadkar. it seems that the eu would like some changes but whether those changes come from? the brexit secretary steve barclay was talking to andrew marr this morning and andrew asked him if there could be a change to the stormont veto, the mechanism for the stormont veto, the mechanism for the northern ireland assembly to give their consent when entering into the backstop. i think the key issue is the principle of consent, which is why the backstop was rejected three times, and that was a concern in terms of both sides and northern ireland both —— not approving the backstop. we are looking at the mechanism as part of the intensive negotiations that we can look at that and discuss that. the key issue is if you are going to have a regulatory zone in which rules apply in northern ireland, there has to be content with that. that is the key issue of principle. now the mechanism. we have set up

proposals in our legal text and as pa rt of proposals in our legal text and as part of the intense negotiations in the coming days we can obviously discuss that mechanism that the key issue is the principle of consent to any regulatory zone. steve barclay himself is jetting off to amsterdam later for himself is jetting off to amsterdam laterfor more talks himself is jetting off to amsterdam later for more talks which will resume tomorrow in brussels to see if they can move this onto that phase of intense negotiations. steve barclay was also asked whether the government will be bringing back these proposals to parliament if a deal is reached before the eu council and he said the government was considering it. thank you. police have fired tear gas as protests continue in hong kong. it comes as opposition legislators failed in a second legal challenge to a government ban on the wearing of masks by pro—democracy protesters. many are defying the ban and continuing to wear face masks, with further demonstrations taking place today. hong kong's rail operator has reopened part of its metro system

after an unprecedented shutdown during unrest on friday. 0ur china correspondent robin brant is in hong kong for us. we canjoin him now and things have certainly ramped up since we last spoke to you. yes, things have changed. we saw tens of thousands of people marching peacefully. the police were at the side and we talked about police using tear gas in the past and they are definitely using it now. 0fficers in the past and they are definitely using it now. officers on this walkover bridge are holding up an anonymous sign saying warning tear gas. —— ominous sign. and every ten minutes in this area and also to the left of what you can see, they are trying to disperse this crowd. now having violent in terms of tear gas, not the hand to the hand—to—hand combat we have seen in the past. tear gas is pretty effective. i thought the crowd was in the tens of tens of thousands, moving through hong kong. there were two or three

hours of marching and the police are essentially now trying to get them to break up. the protests were against the police tactics themselves. to what extent does this play into the hands of the demonstrators unhappy with those tactics? what is interesting if you have tens of thousands of people massing, taking over the roads, huge disruption, wearing face masks which have been banned as a criminal act, and fora have been banned as a criminal act, and for a period of time the police at