this is bbc news. the headlines at 103m. the family of harry dunn, who died in a collision with an american woman who then fled to the us, are flying there this morning, hoping fora meeting. typhoon hagibis sweeps across japan killing at least 18 people. rivers have burst their banks in over a dozen different places, and almost half a million homes are without power in tokyo. kurds under attack from turkey in northern syria. the un says more than 130,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. jacob rees—mogg says the prospect of a deal with the european union are more positive than they were one week ago. scotland's world cup game with japan will go ahead later this morning.

they need to beat the hosts and at least match the number of bonus points both teams receive, if they're to make it through to the quarter—finals. and coming up in half an hour, david sillito reports on the shortlisted buildings, including the winner, for the 2019 riba stirling prize, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. hello, good morning. the family of harry dunn, the 19 year—old who died in a fatal collision in northamptonshire with an american woman who then fled to the us, are due to fly there this morning to raise concerns about the case. lawyers for anne sacoolas say she's prepared to meet them. ministers say mrs scoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity,

because she's returned to the united states. simon jones has more. they've ta ken their fight forjustice to the foreign office in london, and now harry dunn's parents are flying to the us. they say ever since harry's death, they've been trapped in a nightmare. he was killed on this road, hit by a car believed to be driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us diplomat. she returned home shortly afterwards, claiming diplomatic immunity. now she's broken her silence. a statement issued through her lawyer said... it's something harry dunn's family have been calling for. you want to grieve, you desperately want to grieve, the whole family desperately want to grieve, but we can't. so every day is a battle and every day more of a battle

than we feel it should be. and in that battle harry's parents have received a letter from the foreign secretary. dominic raab writes... this could pave the way to extradite miss sacoolas to the uk. harry's parents fly out to the united states very shortly from heathrow airport, from where simon jones sent this update. harry dunn's parents are heading to washington because they say they still need to make progress with this case. they had a meeting at the foreign office during the week but they describe that as simply a publicity stunt. they also appealled to the us ambassador in london but felt they made no progress there so they wanted to talk directly to politicians in washington and also in new york

and, perhaps, if they get the chance to make their case to president trump. the key thing they want to do, though, is to speak to anne sacoolas herself, to hearfrom herfirst hand about how the crash happened, about harry's final moments. of course, there has been this offer of a meeting by anne sacoolas, and we had a statement issued from her lawyer. it is interesting what that says and what it doesn't say. it says anne sacoolas is devastated, it points out that she cooperated with the police in northamptonshire immediately after the crash and they came to her house the following day. what it doesn't say is why exactly she decided the best course of action after that was to leave the country and claim diplomatic immunity. harry dunn's family have reacted to the letter they received from the foreign office, it was delivered by hand, telling them the uk believes diplomatic immunity no longer applies in this case. they say they are

elated to hear that. they think they are finally making some kind of headway in this case. they're also shocked it suddenly came out of the blue and why this has onlyjust been realised. for the family this is a journey they would rather not be making. they'd rather be spending their time grieving but they think this is the right thing to do and they say they are determined that harry's death will not be swept under the carpet. simonjones reporting from heathrow airport. earlier i spoke to mark stephens, the lawyer representing harry dunn's family, who explained what they are hoping to achieve by going to washington... 0ne one of the things they are hoping to achieve his that, by fleeing british justice, anne sacoolas effectively denied them the opportunity to understand what happened in the last seconds of harry's life and, as a consequence, they've been seeking for some weeks now and explanation

from her, an opportunity to talk to her so that they can get psychological closure on that part and move to the grieving part. at the moment they've been held in limbo and suspension so they are going to washington in the hope that anne sacoolas will see them. her lawyers have put out a statement saying that is possible and, if it is, that should be a good thing for them. her lawyers saying that she would like to meet harry dunn's pa rents would like to meet harry dunn's parents if she can express her sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident so it looks like a meeting is probably quite likely. 0ne meeting is probably quite likely. one would hope so. the other thing is you've got to remember that anne sacoolas, and it is a tragedy for that family, too, so it is important. the problem i think here is that we are seeing yet another mealy—mouthed politician's letter

from the foreign office here where they are saying mrs sacoolas, because she is in america, doesn't have diplomatic immunity. everybody knew that all along. diplomatic immunity only applies when you are in the host country, in this case the uk. it never applies once you go back to your own country. and i think it was the threat of the dunns calling her into court in america that has actually brought forth this suggested meeting. but do harry dunn's parents want her to return to the united kingdom?” dunn's parents want her to return to the united kingdom? i think they would like to see justice followed. the usual course here, and her behaviour has been quite exceptional, almost unique, if you go to court, you say, "i have diplomatic immunity", that is scrutinised by the court and if the court thinks that is right, then you are discharged and you carry on like

are discharged and you carry on like a diplomat living in the country. in this case, the americans, british knew full well she wasn't entitled to diplomatic immunity, it wouldn't have withstood proper scrutiny in british courts and, so, she fled on aus british courts and, so, she fled on a us transport plane back to america. i hope her letterfrom her lawyer says she wants to cooperate with the police. but, ultimately, thatis with the police. but, ultimately, that is not a matter for the with the police. but, ultimately, that is not a matterfor the dunn family, that is a matterfor that is not a matterfor the dunn family, that is a matter for the police, the chief cans to if she is to stand charges for manslaughter or whatever it is, then in those circumstances that is a completely separate issue. as far as the dunn family are concerned, they need this psychological closure on this particular stage so they can move to grief and some measure of healing within theirfamily. grief and some measure of healing within their family. mark stephens, lawyer for harry dunn's family. at least 18 people are confirmed dead injapan and a dozen more

are missing after one of the most powerful storms there in decades. typhoon hagibis has now moved back into the pacific after bringing record rainfall to large areas of the country. rivers are swollen and homes have been buried under landslides. the japanese government has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to help the rescue effort. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports. this is the town of chikuma in the japanese alps, much of it now under water. last night, the levies here burst and the brown floodwaters came rushing in. this town is far from the coast. people here were not expecting anything like this and many hadn't heeded warnings to evacuate. this morning they took to their roofs and balconies as military helicopters hovered overhead. it's been a race against time to get them out as flood waters threaten to sweep away some of their homes. nearby a row of shiny bullet trains stands stranded among the floodwaters, tens of millions of dollars in damage alone.

in tokyo this morning people came to look in amazement at the swollen rivers. here the flood defences have mostly held but not everyone has escaped. one man died on the ground floor of this building as a nearby river spilled over its banks. translation: the water came up higher than my head in the house, it turned over all the furniture inside, it is like a washing machine now. translation: i can't go back home because the doors are blocked by furniture and other objects are washed away by the water inside. yesterday already by eight or nine o'clock the river was overflowing and the water rose above the level of the door. the scale of this storm has been astonishing. the area affected stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, the same distance as cornwall to edinburgh. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.

the cabinet minister, jacob rees—mogg, has said the prospects of a deal with the eu are more positive than they were a week ago. mr rees—mogg said the prime minister could be trusted to "deliver", and the cabinet would be briefed on the state of the brexit negotiations later today. labour has warned the government's plans would be incredibly damaging to the economy, and urged mps not to back any deal brought back from brussels, even if there was a confirmatory referendum. 0ur political correspondent peter saull is with me in the studio. first of all, what is the latest on the negotiations? we prop you don't know what the latest is but the cabinet are going to be briefed on then we gather today. that's right, we are at the start of a huge week for brexit, those intense negotiations are continuing in brussels, on an official level. borisjohnson has brussels, on an official level. boris johnson has had brussels, on an official level. borisjohnson has had a couple of phone conversations and has some with the french and german chancellor, and he will be holding a conference call to update cabinet ministers around about lunchtime today, we are told. the message from

downing street is, yes, the mood music is more positive than it was a few days ago but let's not get carried away because there are big differences that need to be resolved and they've also got an eye on the potential numbers in parliament. remember, next saturday, we have this extraordinary sitting where mps will return to vote potentially on a deal if one is reached, or if not, who knows what might happen. jacob rees—mogg, leader of the commons and respected figure among brexiteers within the conservative party has been doing the rounds today, really saying to his tory colleagues trust the prime minister on this. there's a line from churchill, he used his own words and he found it a nourishing diet. that's what happens in politics. it is about trust in the direction we are going. to go back to what we were discussing before we were interrupted by the gremlins, i trust borisjohnson to ensure the relationship the uk has

with the european union is one where we are not a vassal state. and that is the point that we are leading towards in all these discussions and lam keen towards in all these discussions and i am keen we should succeed in getting to. that was jacob rees—mogg but we've also been hearing from the opposition, the labour party. and the question is how will opposition parties react to a deal if it is brought back or how will they react if there is no deal? the dup is key alongside the brexiteers are key. they are concerned about the prospect of the northern ireland staying in a customs union with the eu, that is apparently a compromise being discussed at the moment or something along those lines anyway. what about labour? well, labour's stated position is to hold a general election and if they were to get into power, to hold a second referendum and put a deal they would

negotiate versus remain in that second referendum. first things first, what they back the deal? jeremy corbyn has said this morning not unless there are some pretty major changes to the one theresa may brought forward. a lot of people in this party want him to pose a deal at all cost but there are some labour mps who could prove crucial to borisjohnson, labour mps who could prove crucial to boris johnson, who labour mps who could prove crucial to borisjohnson, who may well be prepared to back a deal so what does the shadow business secretary think about this? she's been speaking to andrew marr this morning. 0n the basis of what is on the table so far, borisjohnson's proposals are incredibly damaging for our economy. we will wait and see what happens in the negotiations and, as i've said, we will assess the deal on its merits when it finally comes before the house, if indeed it does come before the house. but if it is, as it stands, then the deal on the table is incredibly damaging and i don't understand or wouldn't urge any of our labour mps or any mp across the house to support those measures. and, equally, we have the benn act

which requires the prime minister to secure an extension in the event he can't secure approval for a deal or a no—deal brexit so that future plans can be made to renegotiate a better deal with the european union after a general election has taken place, for example. that is the labour point of view. meanwhile, we have the queen's speech tomorrow and what can we expect in that? lots of pomp and ceremony, the state 0pening expect in that? lots of pomp and ceremony, the state opening of parliament, this is the opening of a new parliamentary term, a very long period since the last one and not a normal queen's speech by any stretch of the imagination because there is a likelihood we will get a general election at some point in the not—too—distant future election at some point in the not—too—dista nt future so election at some point in the not—too—distant future so it is likely this government will only be able to enact these plans if it wins able to enact these plans if it wins a majority at that next general election. which is why labour are referring to this as a tory party political broadcast read out by the queen tomorrow but we will get 22 bills, we are told. 0ne queen tomorrow but we will get 22 bills, we are told. one of the key ones will be legislation needed to

enact any brexit deal that is brought back from brussels but then there are lots of other elements to it has welcomed the government looking at a complete overhaul of the way the railways are run for example. there will be legislation on mental health. also patient safety as well, there's another bill we will hear about as well. there is building regulations as well, to avoid a repeat of the grand tower disaster. so, a wide range of pieces of legislation setting out what boris johnson's of legislation setting out what borisjohnson's vision is for the next few years in our country. all right, you, peter. according to the united nations, more than 130,000 people have been displaced from areas around tel abyad and ras al ain, towns on syria's northeastern border, as a result of fighting between turkish—led forces and kurdish militia. relief agencies have estimated up to 400,000 civilians in the conflict zone may require aid in the coming period. joining us now to tell us more

about this is shadi alkashi from bbc arabic who is at the turkish—syrian border, in a town on the turkish side. just tell us where you are and what is going on? what is the latest with this turkish offensive in north—eastern syria? this turkish offensive in north-eastern syria? we are very close to the area in syria which the turkish army which declared the turkish army which declared the turkish forces took control of this city. we are here this morning and i can confirm that i was told there we re can confirm that i was told there were heavy clashes in the centre of the town and the turkish army bombing the eastern side of this city, not just today bombing the eastern side of this city, notjust today but bombing the eastern side of this city, not just today but also from the last night, according to eyewitnesses. so it seems that the

situation is still unstable or not fully under control by the turkish army but the important thing happen today the syrian opposition, the militants declared also that they ta ke militants declared also that they take control of another town, south of the tel abyad area, which means the turkish army and the opposition, 110w the turkish army and the opposition, now they are fighting in the area, about 18 kilometres from the turkish border. that means the operation is 110w border. that means the operation is now wider than what they declared three days ago. anyway, the fighting is continuing in tel abyad and they declared this morning that more than 40 declared this morning that more than a0 positions from the farms, high hills, and small villages now is under turkish control from the beginning of this operation. and the

kurds under attack are saying that one of the results of this fighting means they can't guarantee that they can keep prisoner all the islamic state prisoners that they are holding in islamic state detention centres and we have had reports today that many families of those is prisoners have now managed to escape. that's right. i took today with one of the commanders of the syrian opposition. first of all he said the turkish air strikes didn't hit any prisoners or any locations for those militants inside syria, and he say this scenario is expected. the turkish authorities declared yesterday they will keep those prisoners in the same locations, in the same areas where they will control about the cities.

but the worst scenario, if they escape, they will face the bad future because they will be killed by the turkish army or by the turkish militia —— the kurdish militia. the turkish authorities say if we take them, we will start negotiations with their countries andi negotiations with their countries and i think this means that this is 110w and i think this means that this is now under the thinking, or whether they are trying to find the solution for them. 0k, thank you very much indeed. many thanks forjoining us. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. news to come on scott and's match with japan which is on injapan.

wales playing uruguay. nicky smith with the only try of the game so far in reply to two uruguay penalties arejust in reply to two uruguay penalties are just the one—point lead for wales at the moment warren gatland making 13 changes after wednesday's winner with fiji. scotland's must win match with japan goes ahead, it follows a pitch inspection in yokohama overnight. scotland rugby had threatened legal action if there game was cancelled. kick—off is at 11:a5am and the fans are delighted. it is fantastic because the last thing we wanted is for it to be about the weather, that is what people wanted, they wanted to see the match so it'll be great to see the match so it'll be great to have that now. it is fantastic for the japanese people, they've been spot on, couldn't have asked for more and just looking forward to

it. i've spoken to a lot ofjapanese people and they were certain they wanted the game to continue, as well as us. wanted the game to continue, as well as us. as a nation, they are desperate for this one, and i'm looking forward to a fantastic game. this is going to be a crucial game for the whole world cup. all the re st of for the whole world cup. all the rest of the pauls seem to have played out as we expected but this is the pool, really looking forward to it. valtteri bottas finished ahead of sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton who was third. this means lewis hamilton will have to wait for his next title and it is only va ltteri bottas his next title and it is only valtteri bottas you can catch him for it. st helens completed a record—breaking season by winning rugby league's grand final, and being crowned super league champions. they beat surprise—finalists salford 23—6 at old trafford. adam wild was there. never has a grand final brought such a contrast. st helens, the most dominant side

super league has ever seen. salford, the most remarkable story super league has ever seen. but the romance of the underdog counts little when faced with the brilliance of saints. peerless this season, now piercing precision. morgan knowles with the opening try. when zeb taya added another moments later, saints, it seemed, were on the march. it's been nearly half a century since salford won the title. reawakened here momentarily by jake bibby. but it was only temporary. mark percival chasing his own kick over the line, touching down and now st helens within touching distance. tommy makinson's drop goal in the game's closing moments the final fabulous flourish on a fantastic st helens season. just by reaching the final, salford have upset the game's established order. that order has now been at least partially restored. st helens have been the best team all year round, and they've now proved that on the game's biggest stage. they are super league champions once more.

adam wild, bbc news, at old trafford. there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended his ibf world featherweight title. the 28—year—old put in a dominant display against sofiane ta kouch, stopping him in the second round in front of a boisterous crowd in his hometown of leeds. his stats are now piling up — a third defence of his title, he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. and get ready for some of the most extravagant suits you're ever likely to see. this is tyson fury face—to—face with the wwe wrestler braun strowman. the two are going to get into the ring together for a wwe crownjewel fight on 31st october in saudi arabia. i'm sure there will be a little more contact than that when they finally get together in the ring.

that is all the sport for now and there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart, more medals in the offing today. simone biles could add a couple more to her ever—growing collection. go to the website. for now, that is all from me. scotland's crucial rugby world cup match againstjapan will go ahead today despite the host country experiencing its worst typhoon in decades. japan lead scotland by four points in pool a after three victories and a cancellation would have resulted in the match being declared a draw. it would have meant the scots would have been eliminated from the tournament and japan would progress. with the game going ahead, scotland have to beat japan and secure a bonus point if they're to have any chance of qualifying. let's go to yokohama now and speak to colin pearson, a scotland fan who is at the ground ahead of today's game.

just tell us, you've had a pretty epicjourney just tell us, you've had a pretty epic journey just just tell us, you've had a pretty epicjourneyjust to get just tell us, you've had a pretty epic journey just to get there, haven't you? yes, we have and it's great to be here in yokohama, we turned up at the station this morning having been told there would bea train morning having been told there would be a train at 12 o'clock from the southern alps down into yokohama and all the trains were. the two lines we re all the trains were. the two lines were flooded, we try to get a bus, there was no buses, the roads were flooded. so we had to hatch a plan b, to take a taxi around mount fuji, with magnificent views today on such a lovely day, and we took the taxi down to a different rail line which allowed us to get the train into yokohama. we eventually got here, a 60 milejourney which yokohama. we eventually got here, a 60 mile journey which took us about four and 60 mile journey which took us about fourand a 60 mile journey which took us about four and a half hours but great to be here. congratulations first of all on making it, you are there, and you must be so relieved and

delighted the game is going ahead. well, exactly. it was worrying having come all the way out here not to see the game, but rugby take second place to the storm that has been coming up here. we were inside oui’ been coming up here. we were inside our hotel room for two nights with rain coming down. luckily we didn't see any signs of any damage or anything. but we were told to stay indoors and we did. coming now to see the game is great, we can put it behind us, and really looking forward to see scotland win. do you think scotland can do it, after all of this? i was quite a lot of controversy, scotland were thinking of taking legal action against the organisers if the game was cancelled because they would have been eliminated from the tournament. to be honest, i'm not a lawyer, i don't think that would have got us anywhere. the best thing is for the

game to be played to be out there on the pitch, and i'm very confident, after the russia game, which we were all out, that scotland can pull it off. it'll be really tough and it'll be the biggest game for both of these teams that there has been for quite a while. what are the weather conditions now? it is completely calm now but is the weather pretty good now? it has been an absolutely beautiful, sunny day. it is a bit windy but now, it is cloudy at compare to what it was like over the last couple of nights, absolutely nothing and we've had a lot worse whether in this than adam —— than this in edinburgh. what about after the game? are you sticking around in japan for the game? are you sticking around in japanfora the game? are you sticking around in japan for a while? we have been here for a couple of weeks and my wife andi for a couple of weeks and my wife and i are travelling back tomorrow night. my daughter and her boyfriend, they were here two weeks before the start of the tournament and they will be here for another week or so. enjoy the game, many

congratulations on making it there after that long journey and i hope you get the result you want. thanks very much, bye—bye! you get the result you want. thanks very much, bye-bye! great to talk to you, colin, scotland's rugby fan who travelled all day to watch the big game which kicks off in just an hour. let's get the latest weather 110w. a rather wet day for much of england, wales and southern scotland with a band of rain by pushing north and east words and getting brighter from the west with sunshine in the afternoon albeit with showers, and a few showers in northern ireland, northern and western scotland but a drier day here with spells of sunshine. spells —— windy, gusty winds and temperatures from 11—16, could get up to 17 an afternoon sunshine in central and southern england. 0vernight, the rain pulls away from north—east england and

scotland, dry for a time for much of the uk with clearer skies, rain returning, temperatures falling to 5-10. chilly returning, temperatures falling to 5—10. chilly starting places close to freezing in rural scotland and northern england and tomorrow more rain to come and a wet day for northern ireland with rain pushing north and eastwards across central southern england, always driest in the best of the sunshine further north and east. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... ministers say the american woman — who left britain after being involved in a fatal car crash — no longer has diplomatic immunity because she's returned to the united states. typhoon hagibis sweeps across japan killing at least 18 — rivers have burst their banks in over a dozen different places, and almost half a million homes are without power in tokyo. more than 130,000 people have been displaced from rural areas in north eastern syria, as a result of fighting between