this is bbc news. the headlines at 7 o'clock. the family of harry dunn — who died in a road collision with an american woman who then fled to the us — fly to the country, hoping for a meeting. we may be able to hopefully get a meeting put together. whether it is face to face or through a lawyer, not really sure on that basis yet but fingers crossed, we are stepping in the right direction. hundreds are reported to have escaped from a camp in northern syria, holding family members of islamic state fighters — as an offensive by turkey against the kurds continues. boris johnson tells his cabinet a brexit deal is on the horizon, but a statement from european commission says a lot of work remains to be done. thousands turn out to watch four of the remaining cooling towers at ferrybridge power station get

demolished stephen moore — known as the voice of hitchhiker‘s guide to the galaxy's marvin the paranoid android — has died aged 81. coming up — click looks at whether electric cars are a credible replacement for petrol or diesel vehicles. that's in half an hour on bbc news. good evening. the family of 19 year old harry dunn — who was killed in a motorbike accident — are on their way to the united states in the hope of meeting the driver involved. ann sacoolas — who had diplomatic immunity as the wife of an american official — left the uk shortly after the crash in northamptonshire in august.

the bbc has been speaking to harry's parents on the plane — as andy moore reports. ha rry‘s pa rents left heathrow airport on what has now become a transatlantic search for justice. harry died in august after his motorbike collided with a car in northamptonshire. the car was driven by ann sacoolas, who left britain for the united states shortly after the accident. she has now issued a statement through her lawyer, in which she says no loss compares to the death of a child. anne would like to meet with harry dunn's parent so that she can express her deepest sympathies. but on this flight to new york, harry's parents, charlotte and tim, say that while they do want to meet anne sacoolas, they are not convinced she is sincere. we felt like before we had the breakthrough, we finally had confirmed the immunity we didn't think she had has been confirmed, that she doesn't have it,

certainly since she absconded back to the usa. the statement from her lawyer is promising that we may be able to hopefully get a meeting put together. harry's father said he was still trying to digest the news. i'm still unsure, if i'm honest. i'm more shocked, but hopeful that something can come of this. on wednesday, donald trump made the death of harry dunn a presidential matter, suggesting he would talk to anne sacoolas. since then nothing much has happened to persuade her to return to the uk, even though the foreign office has said she no longer has diplomatic immunity. tim and charlotte say they did not want to come to new york, but they say they will do anything for harry, and would go any distance to honour him. andy moore, bbc news. and we'll find out how this story —

and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the journalist and author, caroline frost and the parliamentary journalist, tony grew. kurdish forces say that the families of men who fought for the islamic state group are among those reported to have escaped a camp in northern syria. it held thousands of people displaced by fighting across syria but there was a breakout after turkish air strikes took place nearby. turkey launched an assault last week aimed driving out kurdish—led forces from the syrian side of the border in order to create a buffer zone. from there our correspondent aleem maqbool sent this report. the anguish that only comes from loss. this brother and sister mourned their father who was killed in the shelling by turkey of their residential neighbourhood. the kurds here have already suffered so much, and every day of turkey's offensive brings new chaos.

these were just a handful of the hundreds of women and children who as turkish attacks got closer today escaped a kurdish camp that held them. they were mainly relatives of islamic state group fighters. the bbc team had access to the camp just last week, where they found amira who was brought to syria five years ago by her british parents. her two sisters, brother and both her parents were killed in the final onslaught against is. my mum died, my littlest brother, my little brother and my sister. her fate and also that of scores of female is members is now unknown. it's not the first massive security breach brought on by the turkish aggression. five captured is fighters escaped

from a prison here too after it was shelled. we found it abandoned, the remaining prisoners moved into other already overwhelmed facilities. the authorities here say they are already struggling with the resources to hold many thousands of what are among the most dangerous prisoners in the world from a so—called islamic state group. what they warn is that with any further destabilisation caused by this assault from turkey, many more could escape, potentially regroup, undoing the massive effort it took to capture them and take their territory back. already, is says it was responsible for this car bomb that killed three people. the fear is far worse is to come. and the atrocities against the kurds here are now coming from so many angles.

all the while, turkey's offensive goes on. this evening, a convoy travelling close to the border was attacked. and the number of kurdish casualties continues to mount. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in north—eastern syria. we have an expertjoining is no mac, how will these latest developments media by the trump administration, in particular the unintended consequences of people escaping from the camps? i do not think president trump will be fees by this news. rather the pressure is building in congress and in the media. it is

becoming a verdict on the inadequacies of president trump's foreign policy— making and inadequacies of president trump's foreign policy—making and the theory of his administration in city. as that pressure builds in congress and the media, he may be forced to perhaps impose sanctions on turkey or talk tougher against turkey. i do not think he is bothered in particular about the news of the atrocities or the casualties or even of the prison breaks. even though there is concern that those held in these camps could regroup and mount another offensive along the lines of what we saw from the islamic state over many years? yes, but i think he had thought about this before making the decision, he thinks that turkey ultimately would take reverse or he thinks that the islamic state threat

is not as paramount as it has been sort of estimated before. after all, president trump's on view is that we have overestimated the importance of the middle east, we have committed to much to it. we ultimately have to find a way to get out. if you think like that, you will probably take a minimalist view of the threats in the past which motivated american involvement in the region. so if the foreign policy establishment, the pentagon, who had argued for commitment in syria, fighting terrorism in the middle east... i think president trump is doubling down on his view that there is enough stability in the fight against terrorism to allow the united states to withdraw from syria. it is a risk but i think it is what you has decided to take.

syria. it is a risk but i think it is what you has decided to takem would be in keeping with what he has done so far but in your view, what should he have done? we should have withdrawn from syria more precipitously, saudi, more slowly, we should not have made so precipitously. —— saudi. we should have coordinated what happened with prisoners and we should have made sure it did not create a crisis of confidence with our allies and their confidence with our allies and their confidence in america. most importantly, regarding america and syria, the decision with what is happening with islamic state on the ground in syria but the conclusion with american allies in the arab world, even israel and beyond have understood the fickleness of on any can support and commitment and staying power and in particular working with its allies so i think

that will have a much farther indication of middle east policy and beyond. thank you very much for your time. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier has told eu ambassadors that a ‘lot of work needs to be done' to achieve a brexit deal with the uk. intense negotiations have been taking place between british and european union officials in brussels. our correspondent gavin lee says talks will continue tomorrow. we've had roughly 1a hours of talks this weekend between the british civil servants and the eu side as well. michel barnier has been in and out of those talks, they're in several rooms with a dozen on either side on a technical level. we were told it was an intense technical discussion. what has it achieved? a short while ago michel barnier drove into this building. we think he was avoiding the press because usually he walks across to give a soundbite, nothing. we have had a read out from the eu side in the last half—hour.

a quick update which says talks will continue but a lot of work needs to be done according to the eu negotiator to reach that deal. to put this into perspective, we have an eu summit on thursday. where there has been pressure from eu leaders, including the french president emmanuel macron, to say that if they want to achieve a deal, that has to happen anytime soon. the original deadline given by emmanuel macron, saying that he wanted to know by two days ago, by friday, otherwise operationally there would not be time to translate documents into 25 different languages. you need to bring them to the german parliament for example, angela merkel‘s parliament are happy and she returns to the summit with a deal. now, it looks like they have got one or two more days maximum to talk and whilst there are no official deadline is being set, i am told by the eu side at least, any time after the wednesday morning, it is too late to get a deal by then.

of course, that leads onto saturday in westminster, if there is no deal by the morning of the 20th, technically, legally, a letter has to come from borisjohnson in the uk asking for an extension to the brexit talks. borisjohnson has been briefing ministers this afternoon about the brexit talks that have been taking place in brussels. officials have been meeting ahead of a significant few days ahead in both westminster and brussels. tomorrow — mps return to the house of commons for the queen's speech — setting out the government's future plans. on thursday — the eu summit begins in brussels — the last such gathering before the brexit deadline. and on saturday there will be a special sitting of parliament to debate the way ahead. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. we are not totally sure at the moment because these discussions are taking place behind closed doors away from journalists. no

information about the compromise which may be on offer. some are taking that as a good sign because in the last few years when one site has a concern, it makes it perfectly public it does not like what is on offer. we are not seen that here which some believe that instead of aiding public grievances, both sides are trying to figure made in private and see they are —— if that is a way forward. he mentioned borisjohnson had a cabinet conference, this afternoon, his message was there was still a lot of work to do, a significant amount of work to do was the phrase number ten used. also the path to a deal is there, yes it might be littered with daddy and may be hard to negotiate but that is clearly out peeling and number ten there is —— that it is possible to get from the start of the path to the end. i am till by someone who is that the minister did sound

confident that a breakthrough was possible in the next few days. that does not mean there will be one, there are many people in westminster who are perfectly prepared to pour cold water on the idea but this process could see a eureka movement which lose —— which leads to a deal. i think there is optimism in number ten but i dose of caution. —— but with a heavy dose of caution. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said she'll ask the uk government — by the end of the year — for a second independence referendum. and — at the start of a crucial week for the brexit process — the snp's leader at westminster said he plans to move ahead with a parliamentary vote of no confidence in boris johnson. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. the snp have arrived in aberdeen ready for battle. they want to fight a general election as soon as possible, and are preparing to try and make that happen. daring labour and the lib dems tojoin them in a vote of no confidence against the government. jeremy, jo, the clock is ticking. the snp is ready to act.

are you? the snp leadership hope an election will leave them holding the balance of power. if so, they won't consider keeping the tories in office, and will only support a labour government if it allows another referendum on scottish independent. say this tojeremy corbyn or any westminster leader who is looking for the snp for support. if you don't accept scotland's right to choose our own future at a time of our own choosing, don't even bother picking up the phone to me. the snp are hugely buoyed by a new opinion poll that suggests 50% of scots now support scottish independence. but that brings a couple of problems with it. it makes it less likely a westminster government would ever allow another in the independence referendum, and it increases the impatience of activists who don't want to wait for that vote. so there are demands here for what's being called plan b. either holding an unofficial referendum, or declaring that if the snp again wins over half

the parliamentary seats in scotland, they should start independence negotiations. it is unacceptable for us to sit back and accept that this unelected tory government is dragging scotland out of the eu against our will, and it is imposing policies on scotland. if we have a democratic mandate for an independence referendum, you can tell us, we are not having one. we need an independent voice, that is what plan b will do. it would make my life easier in the short term to tell my supporters what they want to hear, but i have watched brexiteer leaders doing that in the last three years and it doesn't end well. i have to deal in reality. i'm determined to lead my country to independence, and that means doing it properly. an attempt to force a conference debate on plan b was defeated in the hall. the additional business falls overwhelmingly. for now it seems the party are prepared to bide their time, believing independence is in sight. but they won't wait forever. sarah smith, bbc news, aberdeen. the headlines on bbc news...

the family of harry dunn — who died in a road collision with an american woman who then fled to the us — fly to the country, hoping for a meeting. hundreds are reported to have escaped from a camp in northern syria, holding family members of islamic state fighters — as an offensive by turkey against the kurds continues. borisjohnson tells his cabinet a brexit deal is on the horizon, but a statement from european commission says a lot of work remains to be done. a demonstration has been held at stormont to mark one thousand days since the collapse of the assembly in northern ireland. the event took place as it was revealed that mlas claimed more than £280,000 in travel expenses between april 2018 and march this year. jayne mccormack has more. singing. # stop their wages.# it is an unwanted milestone, 1000 days without any form of government in northern ireland.

mlas have not been able to pass laws or hold debates since stormont collapsed but they are still entitled to their salaries and travel expenses. no action, no work but they're getting paid and i am fed up. what is your message to the politicians? get up off your backside and go back to work, stop sweating the small stuff and get on with the things that are important. new figures show that from april 2018 until march this year mlas claimed £283,161; for travelling to stormont and their constituencies. the further their constituency from parliament buildings, the more they can claim. the party still use stormont for meetings, talks to restore power—sharing and constituency business. but a former member of the body which set rules back in 2016 regarding mlas expenses is sceptical.

i think this is now a disgrace, 1000 days and they are still claiming it. i have no doubt the members get a lot of facilities at stormont, they have offices there. many of them are going to stormont every day to use those facilities and use those offices but the public is paying for all of that. is the public really getting the service they deserve? right now the rules on travel expenses are being overseen by the northern ireland office. they require mlas to attend stormont for a minimum of 100 days and keep a record of their travel in order to qualify for the full allowance. the government says it will continue to keep mla pay and expenses under review. jayne mccormack, bbc news, belfast. for more than half a century, they've been a familiar landmark, dominating the west yorkshire skyline. today thousands of people turned out to watch four of the remaining cooling towers at ferrybridge power station get demolished. the power station in knottingley was decommissioned three years ago. luxmy gopal reports.

the pouring rain did not stop huge crowds gathering to witness the end of an era. before showing the end, let's look back at ferrybridge power station's heyday. at its peak in the 1960s, it produced enough electricity for two million people. for half a century its giant cooling towers churning out steam dominated the skyline. today thousands turned out to see four of those towers demolished. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing really because there's not many cooling towers left now. why did you come along to watch this today? to see it get blown up and to see how big an explosion it makes. just to see a big bang and everything gets destroyed. it is always on the skyline when you travel on the a1 or the m62 so it's a big day for people in this area. the company behind the site closed it in 2016 and shifted to low carbon in energy.

this has been part of the skyline for about 50 years so for the local community, they will see a change in that skyline. so there is a bittersweet feeling for the local residents here. those residents helped count down to the moment this familiar outline on yorkshire's horizon disappeared for good. five, four, three, two, one! cheering. luxmy gopal, bbc news, knottingley. now — performers and audience members have long complained about phones ruining live events. from ipads at concerts, to phones ringing in the theatre. over the last few weeks a number of performers have taken matters into their own hands — by forcing patrons phones out of theirs. in new york, actorjoshua henry didn't miss a beat — continuing to sing whilst taking

an audience members mobile. whilst violinist anne—sophie mutter stopped her performance to ask a woman to stop recording her. so are those who think phones should be banned in the right, or in an age when so many of us share so much online are they being theatrical philistines? joining me now from bristol is dr kirsty sedgman, the author the reasonable audience. thank you forjoining is, which can default into, right to take our phones are not? before writing the book i would have been firmly in the no telephones anywhere near any life experience but in the course of doing my research into theatre etiquette and behaviour policing more broadly in the theatre but also in social life in general, i have realised how complicated a question it is. in many ways, i think

technology in the theatre is one of the least interesting parts of the debate which is also about whether audiences should be allowed to bring in snacks and any kind, whether food should be banned. what is right and wrong to wear, the dress code. so the phone issue is bound up in the bigger question about what it means to be together in a public space. really interesting thing about their mobile phone or also ipads these daysis mobile phone or also ipads these days is that the live events, whether it is concert music or going to the theatre to see a show, for many people that is one of the only places where we can be totally free of technological distractions so for the people who are campaigning for

audience behaviour and phones to be left at home or switched off completely, it is about being respectful to performers and it is also about copyright law of course because performers and theatre makers have the right to be able to control how their music or how their performances witnessed and broadcast around the world. audiences do not have a legal right to take only those images and share them with other people. on the other side of the debate, there are people who quite rightly say if society is moving on, then should not theatre be catching up? my research has searched the push and pull between those camps. i am finding we are much too quick to leap to conclusions. danny often, especially on social media, we are shouting at each other across the void. 0n the

one hand, people are saying all audiences should leave their telephones at home or not eat snacks and with appropriate clothing. the rules like that are solidifying the image of theatre as an elitist state and if we are truly open to welcoming more representative audiences into the theatre that we need to make it a space where they can feel at home. briefly, it is not a new thing, unruly and unreasonable audiences? absolutely not. we'll know from the depictions of shakespeare's de audiences used to be much more unrelated than the rtd, throwing through it and booing. and doing other things i cannot say at the moment. —— doing much more worse

things than they do today. of course not. it is before the watershed. thank you very much. the actor stephen moore — known as the voice of marvin the paranoid android in hitchhiker‘s guide to the galaxy — has died aged 81. mr moore also played the dad to harry enfield's grumpy teenager kevin and adrian mole's father on tv, and as well as a string of other roles on stage and screen. dirk maggs, who directed mr moore in hitchhiker‘s guide to the galaxy has paid tribute to him as "most sweet, charming and affable of men", who made the character of marvin loveable. with sarah keith lucas' sunday brought a theorem intervene which did gradually clear away from was places in the afternoon. we had some late brightness. we did end with some lewis guy, some clear skies through this evening and overnight. rain slowly creating far eastern scotland, more rain for south england. elsewhere,

temperatures around 10 degrees with mist and fog patches, it should clear away quickly. dry weather for east scotland and northern england. elsewhere heavily moving north across central england and into wales, thunderstorms are possible. rain quite heavy and persistent in northern ireland and south—west scotla nd northern ireland and south—west scotland and swell. the rest of the rain should clear wagering to steam morning saw a drier window weather on tuesday, fairly light ones and some sunshine. temperatures about 11 to 16 degrees, goodbye for now.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines: the family of harry dunn — who died in a road collision with an american woman who then fled to the us — fly to the country, hoping for a meeting. we may be able to, hopefully, get a meeting put together. whether it is face to face or lawyer to lawyer, not really sure on that basis yet but fingers crossed we are stepping in the right direction. hundreds are reported to have escaped from a camp in northern syria, holding family members of islamic state fighters — as an offensive by turkey against the kurds continues. boris johnson tells his cabinet a brexit deal

is on the horizon, but a statement from european commission says a lot of work remains to be done. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme... kenya's brigid kosgei shatters paula radcliffe's16—year marathon world record. we'll be live in chicago with more reaction. heartbreak for scotland, joy forjapan. the hosts' victory in yokohama ends scotland's rugby world cup, as they go top of the group. simone biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in world championship history. two more golds in stuttgart takes her career tally to 25. also coming up in the programme: valterri bottas storms to victory

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