you're watching bbc news at 9:003m with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... eight days away from next week's crucial brexit summit, the irish prime minister warns that a deal will be "very difficult" to reach. judges in scotland will rule later on whether the courts can sign a letter requesting a brexit extension if boris johnson refuses to do so. the white house officially refuses to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump. the foreign secretary is expected to meet the family of harry dunn, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in august, as he urges the usa to reconsider its position on the diplomatic immunity given to a suspect. people living in seaside towns earn £1,600 a year less than those living inland.

we'll be live in penzance at 9:15am for a special report. and in sport, wales get ready to take on fiji in the rugby world cup, while scotland play russia in a bid to reach the quarterfinals. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. the irish prime minister has warned it will be "very difficult" for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement on brexit before the deadline of 31st october. speaking to rte news, leo varadkar said big gaps remained between the uk and the eu on crucial issues. mr varadkar is expected to meet boris johnson for further brexit talks later this week. it comes as european leaders accused the government of playing a "stupid

blame game" in the negotiations. speaking to the french newspaper les echos, the european commission president jean—claude juncker said if the negotiations failed, the reasons have to come from britain because "the original sin is found on the islands and not on the continent". he went on to say "a no—deal brexit would lead to the collapse of the united kingdom and a weakening of growth on the continent". 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. the mood is as downbeat and frustrated as we have seen it for a very long time in this process. in the midst of all that, borisjohnson and leo varadkarare the midst of all that, borisjohnson and leo varadkar are due to meet again this week. is that going through the motions or something else? it probably is the last chance to get a deal. 0ne remaining window

of opportunity after a pretty bruising 2a hours, which seemed to see the prospects of a deal crash and burn, because ireland is viewed in numberten is and burn, because ireland is viewed in number ten is the key to getting an agreement. the thinking is that if the irish government can accept oi’ if the irish government can accept or at least seriously engage with the sort of proposals borisjohnson is putting on the table than other eu leaders will follow them and the prospect of a deal becomes much more real. i think the difficulty, though, is that seems to have gone beyond a minor wrangle over the technicalities of customs and border posts and how you track lorries and whether you have to carry out physical inspections into a much bigger argument that revolves around issues of sovereignty and identity. certainly from the british government perspective, they think the difficulty is that some in the eu, and this was part of the reason for the acrimonious briefing after the conversation with chancellor

angela merkel, that some in the eu have simply not accepted that britain is leaving and brexit is happening. part of brexit is having oui’ happening. part of brexit is having our own trade policy, and that involves having our own customs policy and that involves having a customs border not just policy and that involves having a customs border notjust in dover but between north and ireland. sections of the eu haven't quite come to terms with that. but their response in saying, well, in that sort of scenario, northern ireland would have to stay in the customs union, they, in the brexiteers' language, that's tantamount to the annexation of northern ireland. i suggest this could not be resolved in one meeting oi’ could not be resolved in one meeting or in the next few days, albeit policing minister kit malthouse was this morning still trying to sound positive. if there were ever a time forjaw jaw instead of war war, it's now. the sort of vicious briefing that

has come out that characterised much of mrs may's briefings with the eu, i hope. and we'll get into serious and technical discussions about whether we can make this work or whether we can make this work or whether the eu think it will work and we can get a deal by the time we get to the eu council. the prime minister has made an open and generous offer. he has moved significantly on onto compromise with the eu. which is to get what we need, which is to leave the eu, and for the eu to be satisfied with the requirements. now is the time for them to engage some seriously with us them to engage some seriously with us and work it out. we understand there will be a special sitting of parliament on saturday 19th october after that summitand saturday 19th october after that summit and it's shaping up to be a big day is. a huge day. it will be the moment when borisjohnson returns to chance of hail the conquering hero if he manages to get

an elusive brexit deal, or more likely returns with no deal and then we will have to set out his next steps. we are here in number ten may seek to seize the initiative by putting down a series of motions for mps to vote on, in other words, do they want to leave with no deal. do they want to leave with no deal. do they want to revoke article 50? there is the sense borisjohnson wa nts to there is the sense borisjohnson wants to use that moment to try to grasp the initiative. the rebel alliance of opposition mps also want to seize the day when borisjohnson sits down, gets out the basildon bond and writes the letter to the european commission asking for a further delay. so both sides are now poised to try to gain control of that saturday to try to map out the next steps, assuming, and i think it's a fairly widespread assumption at westminster, that there is not going to be a deal. norman, thank you very much.

scottish judges are expected to rule today on whether the court can effectively sign a letter to request a brexit extension if prime minister boris johnson refuses. the inner house of the court of session, scotland's highest court, is being asked to act directly if the prime minister refuses to request a brexit delay. borisjohnson has insisted the uk will leave the eu at the end of the month, despite the benn act requiring him to request a brexit extension if no brexit deal has been agreed by the 19th october. the white house has officially refused to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president trump, rejecting it as "baseless" and "constitutionally invalid". the inquiry is trying to find out if the president held back aid to ukraine to push its government to investigate joe biden, who is running for the democratic presidential nomination. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a clash at the heart of american government. the white house flexing its muscle

and refusing to have anything to do with the democrats' impeachment enquiry in the house of representatives. in an eight—page letter, the president's lawyer says the enquiry "violates fundamental fairness" and "lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation". it accuses the democrats of seeking to "overturn the results of the 2016 election" and "deprive the american people of the president they've freely chosen". the white house believes the enquiry is flawed because it is moving forward without a vote on the floor of the house of representatives. the first sign the administration was putting up a roadblock to the enquiry came when this man, gordon sondland, the us ambassador to the european union, failed to appear before the house intelligence committee. the democrats want to question him about his role in discussions with ukrainian officials which have led to claims that president trump asked a foreign power to investigate a political rival. the failure to produce this witness, the failure to produce these documents, we consider yet

additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress — a coequal branch of government. the white house says the impeachment process should be abandoned so the president can focus on leading the country and fulfilling his promises to the american people. but with the country on the verge of a constitutional crisis, this is a tug of war that donald trump won't be able to ignore. peter bowes, bbc news. a judge who granted the search warrants in scotland yard's discredited vip paedophile inquiry says he now believes that police obtained them unlawfully. howard riddle says he accepts the conclusion of a review by a retired high courtjudge that he was misled by officers. the police watchdog has rejected the review‘s findings, saying it found no evidence of wrongdoing. foreign secretary dominic raab has

urged the us ambassador "to do the right thing" by the family of 19—year—old harry dunn, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in august. anne sacoolas, the wife of a diplomat, is believed to have been the driver of the vehicle that hit harry outside a us air base in northamptonshire but fled to america with diplomatic immunity. the bbc understands mr raab is due to meet harry's family later today to discuss the row. aisling mcveigh reports. britain's prime minister is calling on the wife of an american diplomat to return to england to face charges in a deadly crash. 19—year—old harry dunn was killed while riding his motorbike in august. a tragedy on a northamptonshire country road that's now making headlines in america. 19—year—old harry dunn was killed in august after his motorbike was hit by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road. the accident happened here, outside a us military air base. anne sacoolas, pictured here 16 years ago on her wedding day to an american diplomat, is believed to have been behind the wheel.

the marriage means she is entitled to diplomatic immunity. two weeks after the crash, she and her family returned to america and live in this neighbourhood near washington, dc. now the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has met with the us ambassador, woodyjohnson, and urged him to do the right thing by harry dunn and waive mrs sacoolas's immunity so she can return to the uk for questioning. harry's family say they won't stop until they see justice done. we were just left to try and deal with the fact that we'd lost... that we'd lost harry, and that we just were expected to get on with it. as the row over diplomatic immunity continues, the story has struck a chord on both sides of the pond. at its heart, two parents grieving the loss of their son. aisling mcveigh, bbc news. police have warned that extinction rebellion campaigners must vacate public areas like westminster and move

to trafalger square, or risk arrest. nearly 550 climate change activists have already been arrested in london over the past two days. the protests are set to continue for the next two weeks, with 60 cities around the world taking part. our news correspondent, john donnison, is following protests in central london and can tell us more. set the scene for us on day three. day three and we are right outside westminster abbey alongside parliament. this camp is still very much in place. a pretty relaxed atmosphere i would say with many people just getting breakfast as commuters heading to work. many people here have been camped out overnight. it's interesting, though, because in some other locations where we were yesterday, down on whitehall and also on millbank alongside parliament, there was protest sites have now been cleared and people have been encouraged to

move up towards trafalgar square, off the streets, no longer blocking the roads. let's have a look at this camp here. you can see down to my left we have a few people who have locked themselves together. their arms are locked, possibly even glued underneath that metal tube. they will be the hardest people to shift, i would think. they say they have had a reasonably comfortable night. if we walk through here we can see the extent of the camp. i would say you've got around three dozen tents. what is specifically planned today? i understand there will be a nurse—in. i understand there will be a nurse-in. yes, a mass nurse-in. people nursing their babies. the organisers are encouraging mothers and others to turn up and there will

bea and others to turn up and there will be a mass breast—feeding session, if you like. the aim of that is to show that for the protesters, this is future generations who they believe are going to suffer the most if action is not taken to tackle climate change. some of the baby is coming here today we understand will be as young as two weeks old. jon donnison in central london, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has warned that it will be "very difficult" for the uk and the eu to reach a deal before the brexit deadline. but the government will hold a special sitting of parliament on saturday 19th october either way. judges in scotland will rule later on whether the courts can sign a letter requesting a brexit extension if boris johnson refuses to do so. the foreign secretary is expected to meet the family of harry dunn —

who was killed in a crash in august — as he urges the us to reconsider its position on the diplomatic immunity given to a suspect. and coming up we'll find out why culling badgers could potentially increase the risk of spreading tuberculosis to cattle — rather than controlling it. and in sport... scotla nd scotland are chasing a bonus point victory over russia to advance to the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. they already have three tries. wales will qualify for the quarter finals if they beat fiji. the kick—off is at 10.45 this morning to stop andy murray told fabio fognini to shut up as he lost in the second round of the shanghai masters will stop he claimed the italian was trying to put him off during their match. more to come on all those stories at around 9.40. people living in coastal communities are earning less than elsewhere in england and wales according

to research carried out by the bbc. it also found that two—thirds of seaside areas had seen a real terms fall in wages since 2010. the average annual wage in coastal communities is just over £22,000. that's more than £1,600 a year less than the average person working inland. and two—thirds of constituencies in coastal areas have seen wages fall when inflation is taken into account. so why is this happening? jon kay is live in penzance for us this morning. beautiful scenery behind you this morning. tell us more about what you have found. good morning. it is a beautiful day here, the kind of day where we have all done it, you go out to the beach and think, it's amazing, i would love to live in a coastal community, but the figures you have just gone through illustrate the challenges of living in our coastal communities around the uk. why is it happening? it's complicated, lots of reasons was that a few of them, in somewhere

like penzance, it relies on tourism meaning a lot of the work is seasonal, only really happening during the summer. also around here you have to go quite a long way to get to the nearest town or city or industrial centre where there might be other employment. so if you live here you basically have to work here. not much competition for workers keeping wages low. there are problems with connectivity, just getting anywhere else to have a job. and claims that successive governments over the decades have failed to invest in coastal communities and failed to address social issues that come from that. lots of reasons why. we thought today as part of this coastal britain day on bbc news who would also ask what is it like to live on also ask what is it like to live on a low income in a place like this. i have been speaking to one family who live nearby. just a mile from the beach, the treneere estate. one of the poorest parts of britain. the corum family wanted

to show us how they get by. we survive day by day. dad mike is a full—time security guard and earns £18,000 a year. he is paid on a friday, and it's soon gone. by monday morning i will already be into my overdraft. thursday, i could be asking my boss if she could sub me for next week's wages so i can put fuel in my tank to go to work. and that is every week life. and then she'll take that out of my wages, so the next week i will be low again. it's a vicious circle? so we just start again, yeah. it's a familiar story here in penzance, a town literally at the end of the line. analysis by the bbc has found that a typical worker in coastal areas like this earned just over £22,000 last year, whereas a typical worker inland earned more than 23,500. that's a difference of £1600. there are 12 grandchildren

and seven adults. mike's wife amanda runs the household budget and has to make food last. it's a matter of, you have to find the cheapest option to live. are you all right back there? she's a trained chef but can't find a job around here that pays anything like what she would earn inland. it is disgusting. i don't see why we should be paid so much less. i mean, you're going to get lower wages, it's a smaller place, but you can't afford to go out. where where are you going to go? well, we do, mcdonald's. go to mcdonald's and get a cappuccino! mcdonald's is our weekly treat. get a cappuccino and go and sit on the beach, because that's about all we can afford. the government says it's investing millions to boost coastal communities like penzance and level up the uk, but a lot of tourism jobs here are only seasonal and other big employers like fishing, farming and mining

have all been hit. the corums‘ daughter, lucy, dreams of getting a place of her own. energy would be £49 per month. prices around here are high and even though she works 50 hours a week, on the minimum wage she feels trapped. it is so, so ridiculous. people further up have this money and are able to go and spend this money willy—nilly because they don't... it's easiest for them because they earn more money up there. we don't earn so much down here. lucy now thinks she'll have to move inland, splitting up a family who are cornwall born and bred. why should i have to move from my home to get more money? i don't see why we should be treated any different to anybody else. and on a day like this you can see

why that family would want to stay here for as long as they possibly can. thank you to them for sharing their story with us. this project is something the government highlights as the kind of thing that could make as the kind of thing that could make a difference. this is the old lye dough on the seafront in penzance. they are in the process of heating up they are in the process of heating up one of the pools with geothermal technology to attract people all year round, keeping it open in the winter so jobs year round, keeping it open in the winter sojobs could go year round, keeping it open in the winter so jobs could go all year round, having an impact on wages. this is specific to penzance. not everywhere has a lido or geothermal. what else can be done to improve coastal communities all around the uk. we will be speaking about that across the day on bbc news. it's not just about wages. that has a knock—on impact on things like crime, drugs and health. jon kay in penzance, thank you.

you can see much more coverage from penzance as part of a special bbc series looking at the challenges and opportunities facing britain's coastal towns. and simon mccoy will be broadcasting afternoon live from penzance today. the government has issued advice for local authorities on dealing with protests outside schools against lessons which include lgbt relationships. the 21—page document lays out how councils should support teachers to minimise disruption. campaigners have held a series of protests outside schools in birmingham. from september next year, lessons on relationships will be compulsory for all primary pupils. the government says it's working hard to ensure schools get the right support. protesters have clashed with security forces inside ecuador‘s heavily guarded parliament. after days of unrest, the president has moved the government out of the capital, but demonstrators briefly burst through a police cordon, and were driven back with tear gas. the protestors — led by indigenous groups — are demanding an end to austerity and the return of fuel subsidies. 0ur latin america correspondent

will grant reports. gunfire. ecuador is descending into anarchy. a state of emergency has been declared, riot police and the military are out in full force and furious protesters are clashing with them outside the parliament. a handful of demonstrators briefly stormed the building before being hauled out by the police. the reason for the chaos — a fuel price hike imposed by the government of president lenin moreno. a hugely unpopular move with millions of people, many of them from indigenous groups who were already struggling to make ends meet. translation: we've come because they've taken our fuel. that's no good for us. the bankers, the rich, the millionaires, they're fine. for us, it's just no good. hundreds have been arrested amid the violence and there's little

sign of things slowing down in the short term. on wednesday, a national strike has been called and the tensions and confrontation on the streets is only likely to increase. although some protesters made their way into the parliament, they'd have found it empty. instead, president moreno has moved his cabinet and his government to ecuador‘s second city of guayaquil for their own safety. he can still count on the military‘s support, at least for the time being. translation: the democratic system cannot be violated. the constitution cannot be violated. you cannot damage the assets of ecuadorians and the ecuadorian people in general and, of course, nor damage the physical integrity of people. that's why we are here. one of the biggest difficulties he faces is that oil output, the lifeblood of the ecuadorian economy, has been cut by almost a third since the crisis began, with indigenous groups blocking

key oil installations. the longer that goes on, the more the economic situation deteriorates, making a reversal of the unpopular fuel price hike unlikely. in the meantime, the streets of quito resemble a war zone with a national strike still to come. will grant, bbc news. for many people, getting behind the wheel for the first time can be a scary experience, and now concerns have been raised about the level of abuse new drivers are facing on our roads. a survey of driving schools found that1 in 10 learners had given up completely due to the intolerance of other motorists. john maguire reports. car horn. if you really want to get past me, drive round me. i'm not going to block the junction. car horn. what is this guy's problem? these videos are filmed on a dashboard camera and posted online regularly by driving instructor, ashley neal.

with more than 20 years experience under his seat belt, he's seen it all. the kind of abuse goes from swearing at us, waving hands, using the horn and, to be honest, it's always that incessant need to overtake us. car horn. and today's research, published by the insurers marmalade, found that almost a third of driving instructors questioned had witnessed road rage against learners. no surprise, says ashley. people look down on the driving schools. they treat us sometimes as second—class citizens and it shouldn't be like that. we're just trying to do a job and trying to actually make the roads a safer place. hi, charlie. how are you, mate? all right. all good. today, charlie lee is at one of the dual—controls. he says learning to drive, already difficult enough, is made even harder by the attitude of some drivers. cars pressuring you on the road by sort of sitting right behind you,

or they come past you quite quickly. they like to think you're going slow but you're actually not. you can feel pressure to match their speed and that. it is notjust the learners themselves that are targetted, it seems that, regardless of the person behind the wheel, even if it's the instructor, when some drivers see l plates, they see red. this guy to our right—hand side, just for example, he's been quite close. he was positioning to the off—side of the vehicle. and they've just gone through a red light! that's the type of thing that often happens. we don't know, but you suspect, that they might not have done that. i think you are onto something. i'm a quick learner. that's absolutely perfect. because one driver without the roof box, things are totally different. today's survey claims one in ten has given up learning

to drive altogether, as intolerance has forced them off the road. john maguire, bbc news, liverpool. the humpback whale that was seen swimming in the river thames over the weekend has died. experts think it may have starved to death. there were already concerns for the welfare of the animal, which was first spotted near the qe2 bridge at dartford on sunday. the mammal was spotted lying motionless on mudflats yesterday. conservationists are calling for more to be done to save emperor penguins in antarctica. scientists have estimated a significant fall in the numbers of the birds if the sea ice where they rear their young melts because of global warming. there are currently 250,000 breeding pairs, but that number could drop by up to 50%.

and if you are a penguin fan we have the story of a rather intrepid penguin coming up in a few moments. in a moment the weather, but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at 10:00am how can eating a burger in this country be related to forest fires in brazil? in a special report we look at how some of britain's biggest fast—food chains, including berger king, mcdonald's, kfc and nando's, are feeding animals soya beans, and a third of those come from brazil where forest fires are being lit to grow them. coming up in sportjust after 9:30am. scotland start strong against russia in the rugby world cup... that game comes as wales get ready to take on fiji in a bid to reach the quarter finals.

we'll have the build up to that and much more after 9:30am. now it's time for a look at the weather. today's forecast could be summed up as sun and showers. and with wind quickly blowing showers from west to east. not all of us will catch a shower, but you could hang around with a pleasant enough day in the sunshine. as we head into the evening and overnight some of the showers will fade but some will merge, particularly across south—west scotland. at the same time we have the next frontal system coming on across the republic of ireland. through the course of tomorrow that will bring increasing amounts of cloud and rain from the south—west pushing east through the day. showers in scotland are easing a touch and still hanging on to brightness for the longest period of time out towards the east. behind this band of rain what you will find

isa this band of rain what you will find is a return to bright spells, sunshine and showers with highs tomorrow of up to 17. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. deal or no deal, the government will call mps to westminster for a special sitting on saturday oct 19th in the aftermath of eu summit. eight days away from that crucial brexit summit, the irish prime minister warns that a deal will be "very difficult" to reach. judges in scotland will rule later on whether the courts can sign a letter requesting a brexit extension if boris johnson refuses to do so. the white house officially refuses to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump. the foreign secretary is expected to meet the family of harry dunn who was killed in a crash in august as he urges the usa to reconsider its position on the diplomatic immunity given to a suspect.

extinction rebellion mothers and parents will hold a mass ‘nurse—in' at westminster to call on the uk government to protect our children. and coming up in the next half an hour, we'll meet the tiny penguin that ventured on a 1500 mile swim from new zealand to australia. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. on twitter, a story is trending about a photo that appeared to show england cricketer ben stokes grabbing his wife clare around the face at an awards ceremony. clare has responded by tweeting a picture of her hands on ben's face saying the couple show affection by "squishing up each other‘s faces." she said suggestions he had attacked her were "nonsense" and accused the paparazzi of trying to "twist it into a crazy story". and trending on twitter globally —

montgomery, the capital of alabama, has elected its first black mayor. judge steven reed, a democrat, won the race to city hall yesterday. most of montgomery's residents are black and the city has been called the birthplace of the civil rights movement. it's where activist rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. his victory has been hailed by some black activists on social media. one supporter said montgomery was the "color blind capital of the world" — and called for "color blind" glasses for the upcoming us presidential election. earlier this year, a horse—riding accident left 15—year—old emily eccles with injuries so bad that her surgeon described it as the worst he'd seen outside a war zone. emily split herjaw and was left her holding herface in her hands but after hours of surgery her face was rebuilt. the teenager has been talking about what happened when she was thrown from her horse. i was just riding with a friend, i'm not a horse rider,

i'm not an experienced rider. ijust was out having fun as you do, and just a complete freak accident, no—one's fault. it's just what happened. and you fell off your horse. the horse got spooked, didn't it? yeah, it started getting a bit jittery and it got spooked by, i think a car exhaust or something in, like, around. and as it ran away from the group where we were, it kind of wiped out against a wooden fence post and, yeah. and i had myjaw in my hands. you said you had yourjaw in your hand, let's have a look at the x—ray for those who haven't seen it. this is what that accident did to yourface. it's grim to think about at ten past eight in the morning, you are actually holding yourjaw on? yeah, well, not on, it was attached by... a tiny piece of skin. yeah, it wasjust hanging. my riding helmet, i think, helped that as well, it held me. emily and her mother have written

to buckingham palace to ask for her surgeon to be given a knighthood. he has been talking about her recovery. it's remarkable, the recovery that emily has made. on the 3rd of october, it was two months and the swelling has gone down, the jaw is functioning, she's back to eating and drinking as normal, she is quite keen to go skiing but i've told her, four months before she goes skiing. she is trying to push it to three months! oh, my goodness! ourjob and responsibility is to get her back to normal. the surgery is one part of it but there's a lot that comes after getting her back to normal, and that's the end result of what we do. it's not going to put you off doing anything, is it? no, i'd like to ride a horse again, definitely, yeah. what do your schoolmates think of it? god knows! they've all been so supportive. even people i haven't spoken to since primary school, they have all been like, i'm here if you need me, if it's just a little chat in the middle of the night when i was in hospital,

they were there. and that call for mr mohammed—ali to be knighted has been supported on social media. "an incredible surgeon and a brave young lady," said one tweeter. this morning's most—read story on the bbc news website — it's politics, with the news that the special sitting on october the 19th will be held, undoubtedly going to bea 19th will be held, undoubtedly going to be a significant day in the whole brexit process. and at number two... to the euro millions £172 million jackpot won by a uk ticket holder, if it is a single holder, they will become wealthier than those three individuals, sir tom become wealthier than those three individuals, sirtom jones, become wealthier than those three individuals, sir tom jones, calvin harris and ed sheeran. let's see if we find out who it is.

down to the most watched, another one ina down to the most watched, another one in a special series of our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, he is in latvia and russia has been accused of spreading misinformation about latvia, which used to be part of the ussr, by, for example, suggesting that latvians read more hitler than harry potter. that is it for the morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. starting with the rugby, i expect lots of excitement today. yes, scotla nd lots of excitement today. yes, scotland are... scotland are edging closer to the four try bonus point they need to keep their hopes of qualifying for the quarter finamls of the rugby world cup alive. the're playing russia in shukuoka, adam hastings

and george horne have scored two tries apiece. they are 40 70 up —— 47—0 up in the second half. the win will take it to their final game with hosts japan on sunday, another must win. wales will qualify for the quarter finals with a win in oita when they take on fiji in the next hour. katie gornall is there, and with two wins already, including that impressive vitory over australia, it's a little more straightforward for wales. yes, that's right. i think the maths is very straightforward, if they win here against fiji, they are guaranteed a place in the quarterfinals and they are in the driving seat to top the group. that's part of the reason why there is such a great atmosphere around this game, wales fans in a very good mood because their team has not put a foot wrong. two wins from two and

confident of making three from three. warren gatland has named two changes to his side, they have had ten days to prepare for this after that win in australia. both of the changes are in the back row. ross moriarty and wainwright, and wayne davies forjustin tipuric. so he will start alongside his brother jonathan for the first time. dan biggar has past a test for head injuries so he will start. there we re injuries so he will start. there were hopes that they could be the tier two team to offset some of the big countries, they have not quite worked, they had the shock defeat to uruguay, beat george and iran australia close but a mixed tournament from then. they are a fast and flamboyant team, they did very well at the olympic sevens. they have the potential to cause

wales problems but i think they will be confident of winning three three. there is much which could be moved because it —— a match which could be moved because of the super typhoon this weekend? that's something that organisers have been following closely, the latest is that the super typhoon is making its way towards japan, it looks like it will hit the yokohama tokyo area over the weekend. england play france there on saturday, scotland have a pivotal game againstjapan, on saturday, scotland have a pivotal game against japan, the on saturday, scotland have a pivotal game againstjapan, the final group match on sunday. i chance potentially that organisers could be forced to cancel those games. if that were to happen, it would be a draw, and that could be devastating for scotland. there is speculations about contingency plans, they might decide to move the venue on the day. they have not confirmed anything at

the moment. the england defence coach was asked about it in the build—up to this and he said he is not concerned whatever happens. one thing that we really pride ourselves on our whole of our preparation is to be adaptable and flexible for anything that might throw us off. so at the end of the day, we are looking forward to playing france, wherever that may be. it's where our preparation is totally focused. so whatever happens, we are prepared for it. so it's still up in the air at the moment, we have not had confirmation from world rugby as to what their plans are but we expect an update shortly. either way it is a huge logistical headache for the organisers and the fans, because of the venue gets moved, yokohama is one of the biggest venues so we don't know how they would manage that. hopefully we'll get an update

soon and we will have some more information for that. that could be very disruptive for those fans waiting to watch those fans at the weekend. an hourfrom kick of that. you can to live commentary at 10:45am. —— listen to live commentary on radio five live. we already have one result from the rugby world cup this morning with argentina comfortably beating the usa by 47 points to 17. that result means that argentina are guaranteed to finish 3rd in pool c securing an automatic spot in the next world cup in 2023. it's a positive end to the tournament that has been disappointing overall for argentina after not qualifying for the knockout stages for the first time since 2003. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. telegraph has a picture of ben stokes holding the face of his wife at the professional cricketers assoication dinner in london. the pair have denied there was

anything sinister with the incident, that it was simply a joke. claire stokes denying claims of a chokehold on her by her husband ben. in the sun... a picture of tammy abrahams who says the england players will walk if they're subjected to any racist chanting in their up coming world cup qualifiers. as will guardiola, if he no longer gets the support at the club. more on tammy abrahams' calls for england to walk off, and a picture of an angry andy murray, frustrated with the behaviour of fabio fognini as he lost in the second round of the shaghai msters. andy murray lost his second round match to fabio fognini at the shanghai masters.

he pushed the italian close levelling the match from a set down but was angry when fognini made a noise, in an attempt to put him off, murray took it up with the umpire, and told him to shut up. fognini won it on a third set tie break. after the match, murray wasn't happy with the italian's conduct. he wasn't saying anything to him. so i was obviously frustrated at that. he wanted to engage with me, fabio. i probably shouldn't have done. but i'm not having him talk to me like that on the court. england's women got a much—needed win after five matches without one. they beat portugal by a goal to nil thanks to a huge piece of good fortune. the lionesses had a helping hand from the portugal goalkeeper for beth mead to score the only goal of the game. phil neville's side needed some luck to win though.

they got some more, this portugal free kick somehow staying out. wales's euro 2021 qualifying campaign had a welcome boost after they beat belarus 1—nil. rachel rowe got the winner with around 10 minutes to go in herfirst game back from a year—long injury. wales stay second in group c. don't forget we'll round up all the day's key sporting stories in sportsday this evening. that's on the news channel after the news at 6.30pm. looking ahead to the euro qualifiers for england and reflecting on the big results from the rugby world cup. that's all the sport for now. some breaking news coming into us, all 555 thomas cook stores are to be bought by rival hays travel. it's a move which could save 2500 jobs. that has just come in.

move which could save 2500 jobs. that hasjust come in. all move which could save 2500 jobs. that has just come in. all 555 thomas cook stores to be bought by hays travel. turkey says it is going to send its forces across the border into northern syria shortly. a spokesman for president erdogan said that kurdish forces there could either defect or ankara would have to stop them disrupting turkey's struggle against islamic state militants. dozens of turkish military vehicles have been sent to the border after donald trump ordered a us troop withdrawal. martin patience is monitoring events in beirut for us and says the kurds feel abandoned. the kurds have led the fight against the islamic state group in syria and iraq. they feel that they are owed by america. and they feel that america, with islamic state all but defeated, certainly territorially, they feel that america have washed their hands of them. and thrown them to the wolves. i mean, the big concern now is if turkey does invade, then the kurds will pull away from the fight against the so—called

islamic state and the extremists could well well stage a comeback. let's not forget that it's the kurds who have detained thousands of is prisoners. and what they have been saying is if there is a turkish invasion, they simply would have the resources to look after the prisoners. —— they simply will not have the resources . and that could well lead to a major break—out in that part of syria. so any turkish invasion will inject a dangerous new dynamic into what is already an incredibly complex battlefield in syria. a new study suggests that culling badgers could potentially increase the risk of spreading tuberculosis to cattle, rather than controlling it. the research, by london zoo and imperial college london, found that culling drove badgers much further afield. the government and the national farmers union argue that the controversial practice is effective. this year marksmen are allowed to kill up to 63,000 badgers. professor rosie woodroffe

is from the zoological society of london and is a co—author of this paper. thank you forjoining us today. you have fitted 70 badges with gps trackers, what did this tell you? what we showed is that whilst badgers when they are undisturbed do not go very far, they are fiercely territorial and do not roam very far, we found that in the areas that we re far, we found that in the areas that were culled, they were travelling 60% further each month, 20 times more likely to trespass on neighbouring territory and they were using more cattle fields. that means that each surviving badger after the cull is more of a risk to cattle.

both because it has more opportunity to co nta ct both because it has more opportunity to contact cattle because it is ranging more widely, and also we have shown previously that culling causing the proportion of badgers with tb to go up. that means that they are interacting more with their surviving neighbours and they did prior to the cull. in the areas when you did the study, it was four years between 2013 and 2017, was there an increased incidence of bovine tb? these areas were much too small to be able to show on any meaningful statistical scale, but we have done that research previously in the randomised badger culling trial and we showed that every time we culled badgers, the proportion went up with tb. there were modest gains but the

tb. there were modest gains but the tb went up in the badger population. it tells us that badger culling is very imperfect to manage transition between badgers and cattle, it reduces the badger population but it increases the amount of badgers with tb. that helps to explain that even removing the vast numbers of badgers that you mentioned has a small, if any, small benefits. if i that you mentioned has a small, if any, small benefits. if! can that you mentioned has a small, if any, small benefits. if i can just interrupt, the national farmers union argues that culling is an effective practice but you have been working to understand if vaccination of badgers, a non—lethal alternative to culling, could be used to reduce tb in the badger population and therefore in cattle. is there evidence that vaccination is as effective, if i can use that word and are you talking to the government about this because it was

the government that implement it the culling policy in 2011? a year ago the government received an independent report nothing to do with me which proposed a large—scale comparison between vaccination and culling and we are still waiting for them to respond to that. we have a small scale project exploring badger vaccination which looks promising. setting aside the benefits in terms of welfare, it looks as though it will be cheaper but also potentially more useful in terms of trying to eradicate this disease. it is a terrible problem for farmers and we need an effective solution. it looks as though badger vaccination could potentially provide that solution because it does not have these harmful effects that i described from the culling. it will be reducing tb in badgers are not increasing it. good to talk to you, a very interesting piece of

research. bbc news is exploring the challenges and the opportunities for communities in coastal britain. today we are bringing coverage from cornwall, a part of britain that is well known for its beautiful beaches, dramatic cliffs and pretty fishing villages. but being right at the end of the uk can make living and work there a lonely experience, especially for younger people. as alex osborne has discovered, a dream move to the sea doesn't always turn out to reflect that picture postcard image. starting a newjob, moving to a new country, it's bleak, not knowing people, not knowing anybody, all of the ingredients to feel very isolated. calvin relocated to cornwall from the netherlands in 2018. his marriage ended and he was offered a job in penzance. i remember driving back from cambridge or london down to cornwall and he would reach exeter, it would be the last city lights you saw. and then all of a

sudden there is this blackness ahead of you on the a30 at night. i do have still got an hour and a half. the geography of the place, it definitely adds to that feeling of being stuck out on the far edge of something. many people view west cornwall as a dream location to live in but not knowing anyone is challenging for calvin. whenever you turn up to somewhere and you are new, you come into other people? lives that are which is very different. they have their life and you make friends but he will not see them so it's a different kind of situation. your room can become your present. you can be in a flat, and you're just there, and there is nobody about. a university of exeter study reveals that levels of loneliness are higher in young people with 40% are feeling lonely

compared with only 27% of over 75s. it's a particular problem in places like cornwall. given its rural location, it can be quite isolating, especially for young people. this professor is head of psychology at the university of exeter. rural isolation is going to make it harder for young people or older people for that matter to access the kind of activities that make it easier to form social connections to flow and be sustained over time. so if it's ha rd be sustained over time. so if it's hard to access the right kind of transport which gives you access to those areas, it will be harder to sustain social relationships.” moved to cornwall in october 2016. i literally didn't know anyone when i first moved down. after working and travelling abroad for six years, kay decided it was time to settle down and save for a house. the idea of living by the sea drew her to

cornwall. going from being around people constantly and being around no one at all, and just yourself, it was lonely and horrible coming back to an empty house and not even having anyone to call up just to go for a having anyone to call up just to go fora drink or having anyone to call up just to go for a drink or anything. a lot of people know each other from school soi people know each other from school so i wasn't really sure how i would go about making friends. enter social media, and a solution to kay and kelvin's isolation. all of these people met online. it's sort of like intimate dating but for new friends. —— internet dating. intimate dating but for new friends. -- internet dating. you are insta ntly -- internet dating. you are instantly channelled -- internet dating. you are insta ntly cha nnelled towards -- internet dating. you are instantly channelled towards people who have the same experience as yourselves. it's just fast track is a process which could take many yea rs. a process which could take many years. my life turned around in many respects. it's had a major impact on my life, pretty much the majority of my life, pretty much the majority of my friends have been through the social media platforms. definitely the future is bright, thanks to

social media i have a partner now, a big group of friends and we do lots of activities together, so it's good fun. and very recently kay got engaged to a partner she met online. we often worry about the use of social media but here is an example of it working very well. a young person living here in cornwall will never find themselves feeling home alone. for kay, kelvin and many others, finding friends online has turned their lives around. it's changed how i feel about cornwall and living here completely. i'm finally able to enjoy what cornwall really is, and not feel trapped because of my circumstances. and that's no small thing at all. more on life in coastal britain throughout the day on bbc news. time for the weather now with simon. coastal plant in western areas of

the uk could experience fairly strong winds today. it is a familiar story for most of us, sunshine and showers in the forecast. all driven by this low pressure which has been around this week, a few weather systems coming through bringing us the focus of the showers. that well of cloud around here, the area of low pressure, cloudy around that, this is the earlier rainfall radar. clu m ps of this is the earlier rainfall radar. clumps of showers in the bristol channel, in the south east and in western scotland. it will continue in western scotland with hail and thunder, showers dotted elsewhere but notice by the green in this shower, they will be heavy. some lengthy sunny spells but quite gusty winds, particularly around western areas. temperatures down a little bit on yesterday, 13 to 16 celsius.

through tonight, the showers will continue across scotland, may be many across western areas, elsewhere one or two but not clear skies. temperatures six to 10 celsius first thing on thursday. throughout thursday, low pressure still in charge. that is one low pressure system moving away before another one moves in from the west and with that this warm front pushing in from the west, that will bring more cloud. after a bright start, sunshine, rain in the south—west, further rain in northern ireland, scotland, northern england and southern parts. showers in the afternoon. more cloud around for tomorrow. temperatures will be up a little bit, 13 to 17 degrees. on intifada, this cold front moves itself and that brings some outbreaks of rain, fairly strong winds on friday, particularly in southern areas. further rain in

western scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine in between that and a pleasant day in central areas. have a good day.

hello. it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. in today's exclusive film, we'll find out why eating a burger — or chicken — from a fast food chain in this country is being linked to forest fires in brazil. we've got a big responsibility in the uk to act and to hold companies like burger king to account for their role in global forest destruction. fast food chains in the uk use meat from animals reared on soya beans from brazil and campaigners want that to stop. but brazil's environment minister has told this programme exclusively a boycott would just make the situation worse. a british woman who says she was gang—raped in ayia napa by a group of israeli teenagers has revealed exclusively to our programme a series of text and whatsapp messages which she says show she was forced by police to retract her rape allegation.