this is bbc news — i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 11:00: boris johnson and the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, say they can see a pathway to a possible brexit deal. it is possible for us to come to an agreement to have a treaty agreed to allow the uk to leave the eu in an orderly fashion and have that done by the end of october. nissan warns that a no—deal brexit would threaten the futur of its car plant in sunderland, the largest in britain, employing 6,000 people. turkey steps up heavy artillery and air attacks on the kurds in syria — tens of thousands of civilians are reported to have fled. "ban snacking on public transport to help tackle childhood obesity", says england's outgoing chief medical officer.

america's simone biles makes history — the first woman to win five all—round world gymnastics titles. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers lord jones and daisy mcandrew. stay with us for that. kenneth borisjohnson and his irish counterpart leo varadkar have said have said

they can see a pathway to a possible brexit deal. after more than two hours of talks at a country house on the wirral — the two leaders said a deal was in everybody‘s interest. mr varadkar said he thought it was still possible that a deal could be done by the end of october — but he declined to say what had changed. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. off to work. a private plane for the irish leader. a speeding limousine for the prime minister. the two of them heading to an encounter that could change things for us all. tucked away at a country house on the wirral, a private moment of massive public importance. could they shake on a deal? after a couple of hours of talks, there wasn't white smoke but an official statement. the two men "agreed they could see a pathway to a possible deal." "their discussions concentrated," not surprisingly, perhaps, "on the challenges of

customs and consent." in other words, it's not on nor is it off. i think it is possible for us to come to an agreement, to have a treaty agreed to allow the uk to leave the eu in an orderly fashion and to have that done by the end of october. but there's many a slip between cup and lip and there's lots of things that are not in my control. the two men talked for nearly three hours, with time one—on—one. it's a different tone, certainly, from the last few days, but whether they understand each other is one thing. johnson out! finding a way out of a fundamental clash is another. the uk wants a brexit deal where there would be different custom systems on either side of the irish border. stop brexit! ireland wants the system north and south to stay the same. the conversation between the prime minister and leo varadkar,

they were cordial, they were constructive, they were open and they say that there's going be progress. the opposition is sceptical whether an agreement can really happen. we are in for a few days of shadow—boxing by borisjohnson. at the moment, his behaviour and the language he has used suggest that he's not going to reach an agreement with the european union. despite some better vibes today, a deal‘s a long way from lined up. around the continent, leaders are preparing too for the process to end with no agreement. "we want to reduce the negative effects "if there is a disorderly brexit," angela merkel said. remember, this is urgent, very urgent. the summit where a deal was meant to be finalised is a week today and any big compromises the prime minister were to give would make things harder here in westminster. there may have been progress of a few paces today, but the two sides were miles apart.

leo varadkar might have got back on his plane feeling more hopeful. borisjohnson arrived back home with a sniff of progress in the air. has there been a breakthrough, prime minister? but there are still problems to solve and other political partners to satisfy. 0n brexit, this prime minister cannot please all of the people all of the time. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the irish foreign minister has been speaking this evening about those talks between ireland and the uk and says there's cause for optimism but still some way to go before an agreement can be reached. clearly today was a positive day. and the taoiseach has made clear in his way home that he does see, both leaders say are possible way to deal 110w leaders say are possible way to deal now but that now has to translate to a negotiation in brussels between mr

barnier‘s task force on the british negotiating team so they can get into the weeds of the detail. the irish position is very clear. you have to have an outcome here that achieves the goals of the backstop. that means no border infrastructure on the island of ireland and the proposal that was made by the british prime minister last week, while it was welcome in some areas, the two difficult areas which i think got a lot of discussion today around both consent and customs of the areas that we have to find a way forward on, a way forward that both the uk and ireland and the eu are co mforta ble the uk and ireland and the eu are comfortable with and i think that's where the focus will be now in negotiations in london or in brussels, i should say. the chairman of the car manufacturer nissan warned that a no—deal brexit would threaten its european business model and the future of its large plant in sunderland. the japanese car maker employs 6,000 people at the factory and supports

a further 211,000 people in the supply chain. our business editor simonjack reports. the nissan plant in sunderland is the crown jewel of british car manufacturing. 30% of all the cars made in the uk are made right here, and 70% of them are exported to the eu. leaving the eu without a deal would see tariffs applied to components and 10% added to the finished product. those sums don't add up to a sustainable future. if you will have to sustain 10% export duties on the vehicles that we export from uk to eu, knowing that those vehicles represent 70% of total production, the overall business model won't be sustainable. that means potential closure, and union leaders were clear exactly what impact that would have here. what would that mean to the north—east? it would be catastrophic, because you've got to look at what's happened in the last 20, 30 years.

we've lost, the demise of the shipbuilding, the coal mines and steelworks in the north—east. now, the sunderland area, durham heartlands, along with gateshead and newcastle, depends on this work. and that is not lost on the next generation. all my mates‘ wages come from nissan and, like, they work long hours. it will be sad to see, like, honestly, it will be sad to see. families destroyed, obviously, because they are going to have to go and find loads ofjobs and there's not that manyjobs around here. this isn't the first warning from nissan but it is the starkest. there is new management injapan and job number one is cutting costs. this plant has already seen one proposed model pulled and an overnight production shift cancelled. it means it is running under capacity and that makes it vulnerable, which means that the unthinkable a few years ago is now a clear and present danger. the chances of this plant eventually

having to close has gone from the possible to the probable in the no—deal brexit scenario. 33 years ago, a previous conservative prime minister sold the uk to japan as the perfect launch pad into european markets. but the industry is undergoing massive change and brexit is not helping the uk's bid to be part of the future. there are other forces at work. japan's new trade deal with the eu will see tariffs on cars made injapan drop to zero over the next seven years. the government says it continues to work to support the car industry to prepare for all brexit outcomes, but nissan were clear today that "no deal" could close the door on uk production. simonjack, bbc news, sunderland. around 60,000 people have fled their homes in north—eastern syria on the second day of a major air and ground assault by turkish forces. there's been heavy fighting in the central border region. some civilians have been killed and dozens more have been injured on both sides of the border. turkey's president erdogan regards the kurdish fighters in syria as terrorists — he claims more than 100 have been killed.

turkey is trying to seize land just inside the border to create what it claims is a safe zone in syria to settle some of the millions of syrian refugees who have fled the eight—year war. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is in turkey near the syrian border. a warning, her report does contain distressing images. ‘s president has been defending his invasion of syria, operation peace springs, even as the criticism grows. there is international concern about the humanitarian cost and about the danger that islamic state could benefit from the offensive. now, a top syrian kurdish official said today that the kurds 110w official said today that the kurds now have fewer guards for is prisons and he wanted this could result in a jail break. it's been a day of bloodshed on both sides of the

border and my report contains distressing images. turkey says it's creating a safe zone in syria but ta ke creating a safe zone in syria but take a look at five—year—old sara. she's just lost one of her legs in a rocket attack that killed her 12—year—old brother. sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today. young victims of an old war. her uncle mohammed told the bbc there was no military base nearby. the military base is this child, he said. but president erdogan is making no apologies from his offensive stop far from it. as making no apologies from his offensive stop farfrom it. as his party rallied around him, he threatened his critics with a flood

of syrian refugees. translation: hey, european union. get a hold of yourself. look, i'm telling you again. if you described our operation as an invasion again, we will take an easy road. we will open the doors and send you 3.6 million refugees. his forces are now moving deeper into syrian territory. here, rebels backed by turkey occupier border village, one of several they've captured. president erdogan is making military gains but diplomatic losses. and here are his targets. syrian kurdish forces he views as terrorists. desperately outgunned and up against nato's second—largest army. they led the

battle against is. now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hear back today causing terror and casualties as we were a block away. this is the main street in a major border town. police tried to clear the area after what appeared to be major borderfire. we have had two rounds of explosions here in the space of only a few moments. the blast seemed to be inside this building. but then we were moved back amid fears of more incoming fire. turkey's offensive across the border in syria is now hitting home. this amateur video appears to show some of the casualties today.

officials here say three people i can turn —— confirmed dead and two of them were children. well, we were expecting a response from the turkish authorities and it hasn't taken long. turkish authorities and it hasn't ta ken long. we've turkish authorities and it hasn't taken long. we've been hearing explosions in the last few minutes and on the horizon, you can see the dense black smoke. that is the aftermath of a series of airstrikes. syrian positions just across the border are being pounded now and there are announcements being made here on loud tailors telling civilians to take shelter and get off the streets. airstrikes continued through the afternoon. on both sides of this border now, there are families grieving and the offensive is only in its second day. at the local mosque, a special prayer said in times of war and times of mourning. turkey's assault

on syria has been met by a chorus of condemnation but here, we found staunch support for the military offensive. translation: we are sending our soldiers there is if we are sending them to a wedding. we're so are sending them to a wedding. we're so proud of them. we set off fireworks last night to celebrate. but this is the night sky inside syria. towns and villages under fire and the un says hundreds of thousands of civilians in harm ‘s way. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson and the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, say they can "see a pathway" to a possible brexit deal. turkey steps up heavy artillery and air attacks on the kurds in syria — tens of thousands of civilians are reported to have fled. "ban snacking on public transport

to help tackle childhood obesity" says england's outgoing chief medical officer. briefing notes given to president trump reveal that a woman who's a suspect in a fatal crash in northamptonshire, will not return to the uk. despite claiming diplomatic immunity, police want anne sacoolas, who's married to a us diplomat, to return to the uk in connection with the collision in august in which 19—year—old harry dunn died. duncan kennedy reports. when harry dunn died in august, his family could never imagine their arc of grief could take their son into the white house. last night, president trump made a promise to talk to the woman who is the main suspect in harry's that. we are going to speak to her very shortly and see if we can do something where

they made — it was an accident. it was an accident. it was a terrible accident. just look at this. it's the briefing note the president was holding same woman he's talking about will not return to the united kingdom. and that note was met this morning by outrage from harry dunn's family spokesman. he didn't sit with his spoken words. he clearly, as he tends to do, spoke off—the—cuff and said what he thought would make him look best in the moment. we were angry when we left london yesterday, but this step does over the age. this is anne sacoolas, the wife of an american intelligence official who was driving the car that collided with harry dunn's motorbike. northamptonshire lycee they want to speak to mrs gullit after she pulled out of this american airbase about the accident just up the road. an accident that has involved everyone from harry dunn because my family to the

president of the united states. harry dunn's family met the foreign secretary yesterday to try to get mrs sickle this —— mrs sacoolas to return to the uk. i feel extremely let down and i deeply, deeply disappointed that they think it is 0k to kill disappointed that they think it is ok to killa disappointed that they think it is ok to kill a young lad on his bike and thenjust ok to kill a young lad on his bike and then just walk away. the family say they plan to go to washington to add more pressure for mrs sacoolas‘ return, all that and grieving for harry at the same time. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a murder investigation has been launched after a 15—year—old boy was killed in stratford, east london. police were called this afternoon to the scene following reports that a male had been stabbed. he died at the scene.

a second teenager, also 15, was taken to hospital, his injuries are not life—threatening. police are asking the public for information. banning children from snacking on public transport and more taxes on unhealthy food, those are just two of the suggestions from experts trying to combat the continuing rise in childhood obesity. the latest figures show a record number of ten and 11—year—olds are now severely overweight in england. our health editor hugh pym has the story. here's what many communities are up against. rows of fast food outlets, with constant invitations to eat low—cost takeaways. it's a serious challenge to good health. £300 million a year is spent on advertising snacks, sweets and fizzy drinks. there's been a 53% increase in average pizza portion sizes, over three decades. there are 53,000 takeaways, more than half close to primary schools. this is cheap. marissa's family struggled to do the right thing with their diet,

though she has now lost two kilos, after advice from the family doctor. i was feeling so bad, because i'm the mum and i'm responsible about her health. and i was feeling terrified about herfuture, and how to help her. now, england's former chief medical officer is calling for radical measures, including a ban on eating and drinking, apart from water, on local public transport. she also says all advertising of unhealthy food could be phased out, and plain packaging, or a new tax, for sugary and high—calorie foods. government needs to be bold and it can make a difference, and the public are asking for this. they believe, the public do, that government should protect their children. the report praises local initiatives, like this one, bicester in oxfordshire is billed as a healthy new town. the nhs funded this gym equipment in a local park, as part of a move to help people get more active. what do these a—level students,

feel about the debate? i think the government should do some stuff like say what's in the food and say it's unhealthy but i also think it is up to us to stay active and fit. there definitely is a lot of advertising on more unhealthy things so people are more aware of unhealthy foods rather than healthy foods. the local council churwell has marked out five kilometre routes. the aim is to give schoolchildren more interest in their daily run and developed a fitness habit, for the future. local initiatives like this seem set to continue to develop and grow, but what about at national level in england? what is the government going to do? ministers simply say they have studied the report and any action will be based on evidence. they point to the sugar levy on soft drinks. but last year's obesity strategy, with plans to restrict advertising, hasn't yet been implemented, and dame sally says a lot more needs to be done to bring down obesity. in contrast, the scottish government says it will introduce a bill to curb fast food advertising and promotions.

hugh pym, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. a climate change activist has climbed on top of a plane at london city airport as protests continue over global warming. the man was identified as the paralympian cyclist james brown. police say they've now made more than 1,000 arrests since extinction rebellion began protesting on monday. a court has heard that the hillsborough match commander david duckenfield made "extraordinarily bad failings" which led to a fatal crush at the fa cup semifinal in 1989. mr duckenfield denies the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool supporters who died at sheffield wednesday's ground. the inventor sirjames dyson has scrapped his £2.5 billion project to build electric cars. dyson, best known for vacuum cleaners, had been planning to develop the cars in the uk and build them in singapore.

it abandoned the project because it said it was not "commercially viable". ellie soutter was one of britain's most talented young snowboarders, tipped for success at the next winter olympics. but injune last year, on her 18th birthday, ellie took her own life. her mother, lorraine denman, says despite her success, her daughter worried constantly about funding and about letting other people down. on world mental health day, lorraine spoke frankly to sally nugent about the pain of losing her daughter. what was ellie like? what was the lack of a little girl? ellie was quite an independent little girl. she knew what she wanted from an early age. she had her own ambitions and drive stop and ellie died over a year ago on her 18th birthday. what

happened? i left her a message for her birthday but there was no answer. but as a mum, i knew something wasn't right. i was in contact with her dad and i sat have you spoken to ellie? have you seen ellie? he said no. in the end, i gave, i gave tony a call and i said have you found — have you seen her, have you found — have you seen her, have you found — have you seen her, have you heard from her? and he said found her? and for a split second i thought she was alive. he said she's dead. lorraine, she's dead. and that feeling, i cannot tell you... it just took my heart out. appearances

can be so deceptive, can't they? and you think people did look at ellie, she's got this fantastic live, ambitions and potential and didn't see the sadness. yeah, absolutely. even as parents i think we have to ta ke even as parents i think we have to take that as a responsibility as well. it is very easy to kind of ignore what could be obvious, because you don't want to believe it. you know, you don't want to believe that your child is suffering or that they are going to this mental trauma, they aren't showing it outwardly, but how are you going to know it anyway? they keep it so deep within. one of the things you do is you keep ellie close to you every day. you carry her asses with you everywhere. i have them on the side, andi you everywhere. i have them on the side, and i talk to them. the moment i wake side, and i talk to them. the moment iwake up, side, and i talk to them. the moment i wake up, i think of her. the moment i go to sleep, i dream of her. i don't want to have any rest

from it because she's my daughter. do you feel now that there is that could come out of this that perhaps might help you but might also help otherfamilies? might help you but might also help other families? there has to be. ellie's death cannot be in vain. if i wanted to give up, quite frankly, yeah, ithink i wanted to give up, quite frankly, yeah, i think what is the point living without her anymore? but equally, she is me and i am her, and iam the equally, she is me and i am her, and i am the voice with ellie now and i have to move forwards. she couldn't say how she felt, for whatever reason. i can now say how she felt, for whatever reason. i can now encourage people to speak up and to share and to talk to speak up and to share and to talk to their parents or share with their friends and things like that if they have any problems. and i think that is what is pushing me on. the mother of ellie soutter. the new £20 note featuring one of britain's most famous artists, jmw turner, has been unveiled. the bank of england governor mark

carney travelled to margate in kent this morning — the town where turner spent much of his time. the polymer note will be in circulation from the beginning of next year. our personalfinance correspondent, simon gompertz. in the clear light and under the big skies of margate, which the painter turner loved so much in the gallery that bears his name, the new turner £20 on show, ready for launch in february. the £20 is our most used and forwards banknote, so getting it right is important. we have to get this right. it is the most secure note we have ever produced. pleasing polymer we've been able to add additional security features, there are multiple foils, multiple windows, lots of ways that you can determine that this is a real £20. the new £20 note, whichjumps out immediately, the big one immediately as turner himself, his self—portrait, and in any vessel which stood behind hms victory at the battle of trafalgar, and

importantly, the security features. two clear see—through windows, that is new and hard to forwards, and where there is oil, it is now in two colours, gold and blue. —— doyle. so what do the people think of the new £20? i recognise this guy, turner and the margate lighthouse. do you like it? yeah, i do. plastic. is that 0k? well, it like it? yeah, i do. plastic. is that ok? well, it can flick out of your pocket a little bit easy. they mould up, and they stick together. it replaces the adam smith version we have now. will it be as popular? that depends on how much we pay by cards or mobile phone instead. simon gompers, bbc news, margate.

and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers lord digbyjones and daisy mcandrew. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. right this minute we're going to ta ke right this minute we're going to take a look the weather. hello there. weatherwise we have got more of the same in the same isn't necessarily a good thing. we have got my heavy rain to come on top of what has fallen in recent weeks, the ground such that increases the risk of localised flooding. with heavy rain also for the hills of northern england and across the high ground of tricky travelling conditions to be expected as well. so it is a wet start to the day for many, but not all of us, the far north of england and southern scotland things and brighter weather. but across the high ground of wales, the peaks in the pennines, we could see 50—70 millimetres of rain through the course of friday. that is quite a

lot. we could see some localised surface water flooding, the weather dapper times across the south—east. this weather front the marks the boundary we have in the south or temperature 17— 18 degrees, with cooler, better air to the north and west of the uk. temperatures were typically 13— 15 celsius. that rain could be very slow to ease away from parts of south—east england, it might not seem clear at all for southern counties, and still lingering through friday night into the early part of saturday. more rain to come for northern ireland and western areas of scotland. the weekend weather prospects, it does look like it will be an unsettled one. for many of us on saturday, a mixture of sun sign as i was but it looks like sunday is going to be a cloudier day with the threat of more general rain particularly moving in across england and. that said, we could have some pretty persistent rainfor could have some pretty persistent rain for most of the day across parts of south—east england, so it could be quite miserable here. and will have plenty of showers in saturday across the northern most of the country, some of those could