a race against time as the prime minister tries to rally enough support ahead of tomorrow's crucial vote on his brexit deal. what matters is mps coming together gci’oss what matters is mps coming together across the house tomorrow, to get this thing done. the vote tomorrow afternoon is looking extremely close. the government hopes to persuade backbench conservatives, and some labour mps too. explosions. turmoil in barcelona: police fire rubber bullets and use tear gas at protesters angry at the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. more than 700 people arrested

in a week as police crack down on drug gangs operating across the uk. and two nasa astronauts make history with the first ever all—female spacewalk. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, broadcasterjohn stapleton and associate director of the institute of economic affairs, kate andrews. stay with us for that. good evening. borisjohnson‘s brexit deal is on a knife—edge tonight, with the numbers too close to call ahead of tomorrow's crucial vote in the commons. he needs 320 votes to get it passed, but has only 287 conservative mps. it means he must persuade some labour rebels, ex—tories, and sceptics in his own

party to support him. the brexit deal would see the uk pay around £33 billion in a so—called ‘divorce bill‘ when leaving. eu and uk citizens would retain their residency and social security rights, and there'd be a transition period until at least the end of 2020, during which the uk would abide by the eu's laws. the whole of the uk would leave the eu customs union, but with customs checks on some goods sent from great britain to northern ireland. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. that's not the real borisjohnson. it's a fancy dress version, a climate protester who had scaled the scaffolding around big ben. the actual prime minister is teetering on an even narrower edge. he has to take a leap,

not knowing if he'll meet victory or defeat. we've got a deal that allows us to get out of the backstop, that's abolished, and we can do free trade agreements as one whole united kingdom around the world. clearly, what matters is mps coming together across the house tomorrow to get this thing done. and ijust kind of invite everybody to imagine what it could be like tomorrow evening, if we have settled this. but in order to get this deal, though, you have given some concessions, you've accepted quite a significant customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. that is something you said you would never do, you said no british prime minister could do that. no, on the contrary, nobody wants to have checks at the northern irish border. so, what we've agreed with the eu is that temporarily — temporarily, and by consent

of the people of northern ireland, if there's stuff that is coming from gb into ireland, or from anywhere else in the world via northern ireland into ireland, then, yes, there can be checks. but that, of course... and those checks can be levied by uk authorities. but that is very far from having a tariff border. by your admission, and it's there in black and white in the deal, there will be extra customs checks, and for some people, including your allies, that's just not acceptable, that puts the union at risk. no, there are no tariffs going from gb to ni. but there are extra checks. they already are, as you know. but of course it is also going to be superseded, as we come out, as i hope we do at the end of this month, as we get on to negotiate the uk—eu free trade agreement. so, all these arrangements are in fact going to be obsolete

once we do that big eu—uk free trade deal. you hope they will be. you have made a compromise to get a bigger prize of the deal, but do you accept that's what's happened here? that you have broken a promise you made to the dup for the bigger prize of the deal? no, i don't accept that at all. that's what they feel. well, i think what you have is a fantastic deal for all of the uk. the deal brokered by brains in whitehall and in brussels contains concessions from the eu and the uk. it leaves the future more open between the two sides, compared to the previous agreement, and in theory gives the uk more ability to trade round the rest of the world. but it does contain what could be significant changes to how northern ireland fits into the jigsaw of the rest of the uk, and that's not the only reason why the prime minister faces an uphill struggle to get this through mps. hello, can i give you a leaflet about schools funding? in wakefield, around 70% of people voted to leave the eu,

but just like the vast majority of labour mps, mary creagh here has no intention at all of backing mrjohnson‘s brexit. 0bviously off to london tomorrow. 0n the deal, what do you think we should be doing? about the brexit deal? yeah. renegotiate. she is one of many who'd rather have another referendum instead. i'll be voting against the deal tomorrow. this is not what people voted for. people have told me they want their vote back, they want to vote on this deal, it's too important to be left to the politicians. even though party bosses are trying to talk them out of it... on behalf ofjohn mcdonnell. ..there is a clutch of labour mps whose votes might help the deal sneak through. i've been lobbied this morning byjohn mcdonnell and jeremy corbyn through ian lavery, the chairman, to abstain. i am 100% leaver, and they expect me, with a flick of a finger, to turn around. no, i'm not going to do it. even if there is a sprinkling of labour help, number ten still tonight needs to work to make

sure all of their own side are lined up. will you be backing the prime minister? some of the most resolute brexiteers may yet hold out. i am very glad that we have had such constructive discussions, nothing is concluded yet. there is a good chance this will not pass. if it does not pass, do you still say we will leave the european union at the end of this month? i think that's much the... i do. i think we should leave the european union... saying "i think we should" is very different to saying "we will." we are, let me say, we will leave the european union on 310ctober. not all of his colleagues are privately so sure. leaving in two weeks might seem very plausible this time tomorrow. ——ba rely plausible. but for now, every single minister has one job

and one job only— to get this deal over the line. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so tomorrow will be all about the numbers. can the prime minister get enough support from across the commons to see a deal finally approved? 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar has been doing the maths. for all today's sweet talking and arm—twisting, this deal still leaves the future relationship up for negotiation. brexiteers want to stricke new trade deals and break clear of new eu rules and regulations. critics fear we'll be worse off. but first, boris johnson has to get mps behind his deal that allows the uk to leave. the numbers look painfully tight and he either has to win round the dup, which looks close to impossible, or look elsewhere for votes. why? well, in the commons, the pm needs 320 votes to guarantee a win. the dup‘s ten mps don't want to be blamed for a no—deal brexit but they fear customs and regulatory checks on goods arriving from the british mainland could weaken the union. they won't back the deal. most of the pm's 287 tories will back it, some reluctantly. a number of rebels have been won over. some keen tory unionists may stick with the dup.

labour will vote strongly against the brexit plan. the government denies it butjeremy corbyn fears a tory brexit means weaker workers' rights, poorer environmental safeguards, and nhs services, say, up for sale in a future trade deal. but some fear losing support unless brexit is delivered and a number will split or abstain and every vote could count. what about the independents who were thrown out the conservative party? well, they will split too. some will back the pm, including a few who want back into the tory fold, they want to keep their seats. others want to stay close to the eu but they might swallow this deal in the meantime. a few who are worried about britain's future after brexit may refuse. mrjohnson can forget jo swinson‘s lib dems and the snp and some others, they are against brexit. there are more struggles in the pipeline, a push for another referendum, for example,

and some mps will vote to guarantee a brexit extension, they will try to make sure the deal comes before they approve it and that there is no last—minute attempt to back out. the governor of the bank of england mark carney has welcomed the progress made by the government on brexit. but he said that borisjohnson‘s current deal would hit the size of the uk economy more than the closest version negotiated by theresa may. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports from the international monetary fund meeting in washington. in washington, meeting the financial leaders at the imf, the bank of england governor mark carney says that the deal back home is a big economic positive, taking a disorderly brexit off the table. i can be absolutely clear, relative to no—deal, this is materially better. it's very welcome news. it's welcome in the uk, it's welcome globally.

literally globally, i heard that last night, bilaterally, in the bigger room at the g20. but that's compared to no—deal. this new deal could itself lead to the return of certain customs checks, not currently required between the uk and mainland europe. many independent economists and former chancellor philip hammond calculate the more distant relationship signalled by borisjohnson‘s deal would lead to a smaller economy. if there are extra frictions in the uk, or gb—eu trade, that will mean the economy being smaller, or growing by less? we don't know exactly what would have been negotiated under prime minister may's deal in the end. we don't know if this deal is adopted, exactly what would be negotiated under this deal in the end. i can tell you that myjudgement would be that there is some overlap between the two.

now, if it were the deepest possible partnership under prime minister may's deal, there wouldn't be overlap between the two. and that last bit was diplomacy. that's understandable. diplomacy at a delicate moment. but the basic message from the governor here in washington is, yes, the chances of a disorderly brexit are lifting, and that is a boost, but a fundamentally more distant relationship between the uk and the eu will also have consequences for the british economy. all this comes at a time when central bankers like him are running out of firepower and there is more scope for governments to boost a precarious world economy by borrowing more. we are in a world that has challenges, it is likely to have very low interest rates for a while longer yet. that creates greater opportunity for fiscal policy. it also creates opportunities for private businesses who want to take advantage, if they see where the world is going, if they see an opportunity, to borrow and invest, and growjobs.

economic turbulence in the world stretches well beyond brexit. the boost from lifting the no—deal cloud is real. but it's tempered by a new uncertainty about where exactly brexit is heading. faisal islam, bbc news, in washington. well let's get the latest on all of this now from our political correspondent nick eardley who's in westminster. we are hearing some lines concerning workers rights, updated on that? big effort the government is going to continue with over the next 12 hours oi’ continue with over the next 12 hours or $0 continue with over the next 12 hours or so is to try and win over more labour mps. we think there are around ten who will back this deal already, the government wants more to be certain of victory tomorrow. so tonight they are offering a package to labour mps to try and entice them. it would involve

pledges in legislation, in a future withdrawal agreement bill, on workers rights. so the idea is that if the uk or eu changed their workers rights legislation, there would be an updated parliament —— update in parliament from the government and mps would then be able to vote on what they want to happen next. not completely clear whether that vote would be binding, but this is supposed to reach out to those labour mps who may be wavering, and say to them, look, there is not going to be a race to there is not going to be a race to the bottom when it comes to workers rights. speaking to the labour leadership tonight, they are less than convinced, saying that this promise is not worth the paper it's written on. jeremy corbyn has also beenin written on. jeremy corbyn has also been in contact with every labour mp tonight, sending them an e—mail detailing why he doesn't think this deal works, adding them to vote against it tomorrow. clearly, even

at this late hour, with just over, what, 12.5 hours to go until that debate on the government deal formally starts in parliament number ten is still offering incentives to mps. it sounds as if one particular man from the trg, mark francois, has agreed with the deal —— trg. —— erg. he was one of the mps in that european research group who was totally against theresa may's deal, never voted for it, and was still, as early as, as late, i beg your pardon, as this afternoon, not confirming he would back the prime minister. i spoke to him tonight, he has told his constituency party that he will be backing the deal in parliament tomorrow, and i think that suggests that even those brexiteers who might still have concerns over the divorce bill, over some of thejurisdiction

concerns over the divorce bill, over some of the jurisdiction of the european court, other elements of how this deal might keep the uk aligned to europe on certain fronts, they are prepared to swallow some of that to get this over the line. mr francois was saying tonight that at least this ensures it is done and it means there cannot be any more playing about with whether the uk actually leaves. not all of the erg have confirmed that, i suspect you would find out exactly how they are voting until —— not finding out how they are voting until tomorrow morning, when they meet before the start of the session of parliament. but at least one of them tonight is saying, 0k, but at least one of them tonight is saying, ok, i will go with this, and that suggests that someone might follow in the morning. that suggests that someone might follow in the morninglj that suggests that someone might follow in the morning. i know you will be watching, just over 12 hours to go, thank you, and we will have full coverage of that vote, and of course all the meetings building up to it, and analysis right here on bbc news.

a race against time as the prime minister tries to rally enough support ahead of tomorrow's crucial vote on his brexit deal. and the vote tomorrow afternoon is looking extremely close. the government hopes to persuade backbench conservatives and some labour mps too. turmoil in barcelona — police fire rubber bullets and use tear gas at protesters angry at the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. there've been a record number of arrests across the uk this week after a crackdown on so—called ‘county lines‘ gangs — that‘s organised criminals who supply drugs. violence between police and drug gangs in mexico has left at least eight people dead. it began when authorities in the city of culiacan tried to capture the son of the jailed drug baronjoaquin "el chapo" guzman. members of the sinaloa cartel fought

gun battles with police, who eventually released el chapo‘s son to stop the violence. the country‘s defence minister admitted the entire operation had been "badly planned". there‘ve been violent clashes with police on the streets of barcelona, as hundreds of thousands of people brought the city to a halt with mass demonstrations and a general strike. trains were stopped and roads blocked by protesters angry about jail sentences imposed this week on catalan separatist leaders. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in barcelona and has sent this report. protesters have been setting these fires as they have been chased by police. this general strike brought the whole city to a whole, it has ended with the worst clashes we have seen ended with the worst clashes we have seen here in five days. central barcelona.

parts of it are a battleground tonight. a full—scale confrontation under way. between police and protesters. round after round, fired by the riot officers. in return, stones, bottles and fireworks, hurled back at them. this is now the fifth night in a row of these clashes in barcelona, and what‘s clear is that they are becoming worse and worse. more violent, more protesters on the streets and more response from the police as well, who tonight have used tear gas for the first time and rubber bullets as they are trying to protect the national police headquarters which are just down here. the day began with huge columns of people, converging on barcelona from across catalonia. some had been walking for three days to get here. a general strike had shut down the city. now, they took over the streets. these are pro—independence supporters, putting on a huge show of force after spain jailed on monday nine catalan leaders

who tried to declare independence for the region two years ago. it‘s only going to stop once we achieve what we want, our changes, real changes. not all catala ns want the region to split away. there‘ve been counterprotests by those who want to stay part of spain. they have been tiny by comparison. they don‘t speak for the majority, because the support for independence is not the majority. this was the spark for the violence today, protesters hurling eggs and cans at spanish police officers. eventually, police patience snapped. every day this week, there have been scenes like this. police action, fuelling tempers on the street. the severity of the jail sentences for the catalan leaders has caused real anger. but so too have police tactics, which the protesters see as heavy—handed.

spain‘s prime minister has warned those involved in any violence will face the full force of the law. there has now been a week of unrest with no sign of it ending. and catalan leaders say their hopes of independence are undimmed. david dramatic this, bbc news, barcelona. in afghanistan, and attack during friday prayers. there‘ve been a record number of arrests across the uk this week after a crackdown on so—called ‘county lines‘ gangs — that‘s organised criminals who supply drugs. more than 700 people have been arrested, and police have seized more than £a00,000 worth of drugs,

and over 150 weapons, including guns. the gangs sell drugs from cities to towns often miles away, and often use children to deliver them. our home affairs correspondent tom symondsjoined police in birmingham and worcester. aston, birmingham. police have flooded the area looking for the signs of county lines dealing — drugs, money. lloking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect‘s car, it has crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas escaping.

they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he‘s run out of the vehicle into that premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. go, go, go! but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions, we‘ve had to evacuate the entire street, in the rain, small babies, mothers, the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they‘ve recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. it‘s called a county line not because of trains but because urban dealers set up mobile phone lines to sell drugs in rural areas like worcestershire. it‘s the county bit of county lines, it‘s where the drugs are being taken and the police have told us that one drug dealer is making £4,000 a day selling cocaine down there. west mercia police make a move against suspected dealers being tracked by neighbouring west midlands police from birmingham.

rural and urban forces working together. for the drugs gangs, county lines gives them a bigger market across the country. for the police, it means they have to co—ordinate their efforts, forces talking to forces, different types of units, uniformed and plain clothes, using technology, all has to work together. it means a big operation like this. we know more than we have ever known about the gangs and those people that get exploited, as part of county lines activity, because we have real close co—ordination now between different forces up and down the country. but there will be more of these co—ordinated operations... bang ..because they get results. 169 weapons were found in this one week, including these. the county lines gangs deal in drugs and violence. and they seem to be here to stay. tom symonds, bbc news. women‘s fashion chain

bonmarche has appointed administrators, putting the future of the business in doubt. the retailer‘s 318 shops will remain open while a buyer is sought. the yorkshire—based firm, which specialises in clothing for the over—50s employs nearly 3,000 people. the duchess of sussex has revealed she has struggled to cope adjusting to her new life as a wife and mother and living in a new country. speaking during her recent tour of africa with her husband the duke of sussex, she said juggling the challenges of being a new parent while under the spotlight had been particularly hard for her. look, any women, especially when you‘re pregnant, you are especially vulnerable. and, so that was made really challenging, and then when you have a newborn, you know...m was a long time ago but i remember. and especially as a woman it‘s

really, it‘s a lot. so you add this on top ofjust trying to be a new mom or trying to be a newlywed, well, i guess, thank you for asking. because not many people have asked if i‘m because not many people have asked if i'm 0k, because not many people have asked if i‘m ok, but it‘s... it‘s a very real thing to be going through behind—the—scenes. real thing to be going through behind-the-scenes. and the answer is, would it be fair to say not really, it has really been a struggle? yes. the duke and duchess of cambridge are on their way home after a five day tour of pakistan. they‘ll be hoping theirjourney back is smoother than their flight yesterday that was supposed to be a 25—minute trip from lahore to islamabad, but turned into a two—hour flight through a thunderstorm. after trying to land twice, the crew decided to head back to lahore. the duchess of cambridge described it as "rather bumpy".

0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. at the end of a long week, what looks like playtime stop this is pa rt looks like playtime stop this is part of a joint uk pakistan venture, training dogs to sniff out explosives. it‘s part of the close cooperation between the uk and pakistan that, says william, gives oui’ pakistan that, says william, gives our souls say. what happens here in pakistan directly relates to what happens in the streets of the uk. i think it‘s very important that eve ryo ne think it‘s very important that everyone back at home realises that we have a far ranging production of what we‘re doing, and we are involved with pakistan for a very good reason, to keep people safe backin good reason, to keep people safe back in the uk. the couple looked relaxed, but it‘s been a challenging 24 relaxed, but it‘s been a challenging 2a hours. last night, bad weather disrupted the royal flight back to the capital, twice as the plane shook and fell, the landings were abandoned. william joked about it, catherine was maybe a little more

shaken up. i think it was quite an adventure, really, it was pretty bumpy up there. they did a greatjob liaising with everyone and got us home safely, so we are hugely grateful to them all. the couple have travelled far and wide in this varied country, taking in themes of education, healthcare and the huge threat of climate change. they‘ve been greeted with real affection as they have offered the message that pakistan is open to visitors. two astronauts have made history with the first—ever all—women spacewalk. christina koch and jessica meir have been floating out of the international space station in an operation to replace defective equipment. more than 200 people have carried

out spacewalks since the first one in 1965 — but only 1a were women — and until today, they‘ve been accompanied by men. well earlier today, the two astronauts received a rather special call. station, this is president donald trump. do you hear me? silence. we can hear you. that‘s great. i was starting to get worried about you. you‘re worried about you. in an interesting place. that worried about you. was some two hours ago. the spacewalk that was some two hours ago. the spacewalk was a success. well, a short time ago, i spoke to libbyjackson, who has worked in mission control for the uk space agency and taught the astronaut tim peake. she told me she was thrilled by this historic spacewalk. 0h, oh, it's oh, it‘s delightful to see and it‘s

an inspirational milestone! it‘s going to be great, particularly for young people who, all around the world, and in the uk particularly, to see that space is somewhere that everybody can work in. a lot of little girls are going to see that yes, the space centre is not the male dominated place that it used to be an diversity is a great thing for it. it puts women at the table. it has only taken 221 spacewalk, why do you think there was that long delay? well, part of it is when you look at the number of female astronauts, they are growing. as to not selections are being gender balance, which is the way to be and it‘s great. but it‘s taken time. like many other areas, for us to go the grassroots people, to have the people applying to the astronauts, and spacewalk don‘t happen that often. when they do, we very often only had one female astronaut on the space station. it was unusual for us to have two female astronauts at the

space station. so the question of numbers on time and we‘re getting