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it's saturday the 19th october. our top story: mps will vote on borisjohnson push—bike you brexit agreement. parliament is sitting on a saturday, for the first time since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. just hours before the crucial commons vote, the prime minister is working to persuade mps to support him. borisjohnson will address parliament at 930. you will see that live on this programme along with all the build—up to the key vote. turmoil and barcelona. fresh clashes between right police and protesters after the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. just minutes to go until england's kick—off at

the huge world cup match against australia, this is the team leaving their hotel to travel to the stadium. they are on the pitch warming up and the loser of this match, don't forget, will be going home. another changeable day on the way today, worth taking your brolly. still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend we will see fewer and fewer showers. it is saturday the 19th of october. this is the view over parliament, a momentous day in westminster. mps will vote on borisjohnson‘s new brexit agreement. parliament is sitting on a saturday for the first time since the invasion of the falkland islands in 1982. so much is going to happen. let's take you through what will happen today. the prime minister will present his agreement to mps at 0930, they'll debate the details annd then will start voting on it this afternoon. the result is too close to call. between now and then,

borisjohnson still has to persuade enough mps to back him in order to take the uk out of the eu, with a deal, on october 31st. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. more than three years after the brexit referendum, is today the day mps finally back a deal? some of them hate what borisjohnson has negotiated, arguing it takes us too far away from eu rules and will damage the economy but most tories think it's a good deal, that it gives the uk back the control they want. we've got the 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. this means as one whole united kingdom, we can take back control, as we always said, of our borders, our money, our laws, do free—trade deals, set our own future according to the democratic will of the united kingdom. in a special sitting, the first on a saturday since the falklands war,

mps will pass their judgement this afternoon. frankly, it's still too close to call with any certainty. whether the government gets the deal through today or not could come down to just a few votes. mps are closer than ever to signing off on a plan but it's not certain they will. the prime minister spent much of yesterday trying to persuade mps. among them, tory brexiteers who refused to back theresa may's plan. i will vote if it is made clear in the comments that we will leave the transition period on the 31st of december 2020 and no later. labour votes could make the difference. downing street has offered mps a last—minute package, more input and votes on whether workers' rights here stay the same as those in europe. labour's leadership says it has an empty gesture not worth the

paper it is written on, at last nightjeremy corbyn urged his mps to vote to block the deal. exit has been simple, and today would be either. there is a plan to approve the deal but only if a raft of legislation is passed first. that would mean we don't leave at the end of the month and could mean there are more twists to come. in the last half an hour, the brexit secretary stephen barclay told breakfast the government has done alot of work to convince mps to back the prime minister, but admits he can't predict the final result. i think it is close but a lot of mps recognise that having said that the prime minister would not be able to secure the deal, he has done so, having said he would not change the backstop, he has. having said he would not be of the chase to patrol agreement, he has done so. we have listened to mps on the labour side on workers' rights and made commitments within the withdrawal agreement bill on that. commitments on environmental standards in the

queen's speech. we have listened to the concerns of mps across all sides of the house, whether on the labour side on things like workers' rights are on the conservative side in terms of ensuring the backstop in particular has been addressed. now it is time for mps to step up to their response ability to get this deal past and allow the country to move forward. let's get an idea of what's in store during the debate from our political correspondent iain watson. iain, does the prime minister have the numbers he needs? it is an extraordinary day. johnson addressing the commons around 9:30am. fast forward, thereby three, effectively three potential results of the day. one more result than borisjohnson would like. he wanted this to be a decisive day. the meeting on saturday, special session, he wanted it to be deal or no deal, and in his view getting his deal through. it looks as though it

may be a bit muddier by the end of the day. there is a potential third option, not deal or no deal but delayed. what is happening is that across party group of mps are saying they will back the deal in principle but want him to the european union and asked for a delay beyond brexit day, beyond 0ctober and asked for a delay beyond brexit day, beyond october 31 if necessary. their are fierce are fierce are two things. first, although there is a big vote on the deal there is a lot of comping legislation and detail that has to be done. they want that properly scrutinised. secondly they are worried if that is not done we effectively leave it no deal by mistake. they want that stop. boris johnson of course once a decisive result and he says this is an attempt to frustrate brexit. iain duncan smith is urging conservative collea g u es duncan smith is urging conservative colleagues to kick this out. it is going to be an incredibly close vote. let's go back to what

happens at 9:30am. a historic day because john bercow will stand up as speaker convening this, on a saturday, he will tell us a crucial thing. the third delay option is what is called an amendment, an attempted change to the motion. he has to tell is if you will accept it. we will know if there are three options are to. i think he will accept it. once he has done that then borisjohnson makes his pitch. he says we are all fed up with basit and will be relieved. we then hear from with basit and will be relieved. we then hearfrom jeremy with basit and will be relieved. we then hear from jeremy corbyn. around mid—afternoon we get those votes which as you were saying are civilly too close to call. we are with you until ten o'clock. 9:30am, boris johnson we we are with you until ten o'clock. 9:30am, borisjohnson we expect him to start speaking in the house of commons. we will take that life it happens. the irish border has been

a sticking point throughout the brexit negotiations. the democratic unionist party says it will vote against the deal. we can speak to our ireland correspondent chris page, who is in belfast for us this morning. this all—important stage, it is all about numbers. the dup have made their position very clear. is anything likely to change. is anything likely to changem is anything likely to change. it has been an unpredictable process, but one prediction we can safely make this morning is that they dup are not about to do a sudden about turn. they have made their position extremely clear, they oppose this deal because to them it separates northern ireland economically from the rest of the uk. they are opposed in particular to the idea of customs checks between northern ireland and england, scotland and wales, not happy at the thought of the stormont assembly not having a vote on the new arrangements until four years after they actually kick in. it is about fundamental unionist

principles, talk about parison goods regulations and customs, but ultimately it points towards deeper issues like nationality and identity. 0ther pliskova parties will point out that the dup do not speakfor the will point out that the dup do not speak for the majority in that the dup want brexit to happen but many in ireland —— northern ireland voted to remain. sinn fein do have seven mps but they do not take their seats in the house of commons, but sinn fein's position is that this deal is the least worst option. we will of course be keeping you up to date with what's happening here in westminster during the programme. you can also following the event in the commons on the bbc news channel throughout the day, and there is a bbc news special programme on bbc one at 1:15pm. violence between protestors and riot police in the spanish city

of barcelona has continued overnight, in the fifth day of protests against the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. police estimate more than half a million peoplejoined a peaceful demonstration yesterday, bringing the city to a standstill. 0ur reporter guy hedgecoe is in barcelona and joins us now. what have you seen, what have you witnessed? last night those disturbances continued. we saw the most intense disturbances that we have seen all week. they were carried on late into the early hours. violence, protesters were all over central barcelona in stand—offs with right please. throwing rocks and other missiles. —— riot police. the piece were using tear and baton charges. it often seemed that the situation is getting out of control.

behind me a couple of hundred yards is the headquarters of the spanish national police where many of those protests last night were focused. many of the more violent incidents took place there. this morning the city hall workers are cleaning up, scraping graffiti and rubble of the streets out off the walls. try to clea n streets out off the walls. try to clean the city up. thanks very much. the government of chile has declared a state of emergency in the capital, santiago, after violent protests against an increase in the price of metro tickets. hooded demonstrators attacked underground stations, started fires and blocked traffic. the entire metro network has been shut down for the weekend. two american astronauts have completed the first—all women spacewalk. christina koch and jessica meir spent more than seven hours replacing a failed power unit outside the international space station. they were congratulated by president trump via a video link during their walk. nasa abandoned a previous all—female mission in march

because of a shortage of spacesuits which fit women. we are not normally at the house of commons at westminster on a saturday morning, this is no ordinary morning because the brexit vote will be taking place today to give you a sense of their time is, just over an hour we are expecting borisjohnson to address mps. hour we are expecting borisjohnson to address mp5. the vote itself later in the day, possibly around 2:30pm. 21 former conservative mps were expelled from the party a few weeks ago, after voting against the government to prevent a no—deal brexit. borisjohnson now needs the support of those tory rebels in order to get his new agreement through the house of commons. we'rejoined by the now independent mp, antionette sandbach. i have to ask, how are you going to

vote ? i have to ask, how are you going to vote? iam hoping i have to ask, how are you going to vote? i am hoping that the letwin amendment will be selected by the speaker, because i feel it is very important that we keep that no deal off the table. we have seen the prime minister negotiate, and if the motion passes i think we will need a technical extension to get the legislation through. critical to actually... in a way, it is not the outcome today, but whether and not the legislation can get through next week. let's go back one step. everyone is trying to wise up to what will happen today. if the speaker does not grant any amendments, how will you vote? if it isa amendments, how will you vote? if it is a straight yes or no?|j amendments, how will you vote? if it is a straight yes or no? i will need to see what the prime minister says. at the moment, if there are no amendments granted, i would vote no. if there is an amendment,

you will vote... i will be supporting the letwi n vote... i will be supporting the letwin amendment, and there is another amendment to the no motion. which has been tabled so it will have to go back to the british public. that is something that i very much support. i am a recent supporter, i supported theresa may's deal and i voted for theresa may's deal and i voted for theresa may's deal three times. there is a feeling most my constituents that a no—deal brexit was now what they were voting for. therefore i think it is wrong for. therefore i think it is wrong for that decision to be taken by parliament. it needs to go back to the people. is this deal better than theresa may's deal? no, it is definitely worse. my constituents will benefit from the concessions that have been given to northern ireland. if those concessions extended across the whole of the uk, i would absolutely be supporting that deal today. two

claritin five, if the letwin amendment goes through, you are then feeling secure that no deal is off the table, you think this deal is worse than theresa may's deal, three times you voted for it, how will you vote for this deal? —— to clarify. you need to be convinced by him?|j this deal? —— to clarify. you need to be convinced by him? i do, because i am very worried that it still allows there to be a hard brexit in 2020. so i am extremely concerned that if this deal goes through today, without the letwin amendment, or even with that, there is still the option of a hard brexit in 2020. you don't believe the transition period will be until 2020? yes, but it has taken four yea rs 2020? yes, but it has taken four years to get to this point and we are only talking about the withdrawal agreement. we are talking about shutting the door. what is absolutely critically for my constituents is not whether a knot

we leave at the kind of future relationship we have with europe, thatis relationship we have with europe, that is the absolute critical matter. i have got concerns about how what that will look like, they wa nt to how what that will look like, they want to hear what the prime minster says today. we spoke to the brexit secretary a short time ago, specific to the issue of when we will leave. this december, 2020. he had said his vote is also depended on reassu ra nces vote is also depended on reassurances that that is the point that we will leave. the furthest he would go with us this morning was saying the government's intention is that period would be the end. saying the government's intention is that period would be the endm that period would be the endm that enough for you? i need to see what is said in parliament today. the prime minister will make his statement and it will be a number of questions and answers, there will be a debate that will follow. we need to see what the

future vision is for... to see what the future vision is for. . . what to see what the future vision is for... what are the words that you are waiting to hear from boris johnson, to say, i am are waiting to hear from boris johnson, to say, iam in? are waiting to hear from boris johnson, to say, lam in?” are waiting to hear from boris johnson, to say, i am in? i can't summarise that and a sound bite. i need to actually see the debate to decide how i will vote. because my constituents would have benefited from theresa may's deal. that would have been, that why is why i voted for it three times. that would have given us the opportunity that are now being given to northern ireland, so now being given to northern ireland, so it does concern me what that future trading agreement, that future trading agreement, that future relationship will look like, andi future relationship will look like, and i have no doubt that will be addressed today in parliament. what pressure, from whom, are you coming out at this point in time? as people will be well aware, the numbers are so will be well aware, the numbers are so tight, one vote, your vote,

someone so tight, one vote, your vote, someone else's vote, could make all the difference. who is talking to you and what are they saying?” the difference. who is talking to you and what are they saying? i can say that number ten reached out to me for the first time this morning. soi me for the first time this morning. so i would not say that there has been a huge amount of pressure. saying what? i have been part of the 21 independent mps that had the whip taken away from us. so i sit as an independent. what i am now looking for is, what is the best outcome for my constituents? i think we're both thinking the same thing. you took a phone call from number ten. i would like you to tell as more. they asked me the same question, if it was a straightforward choice, how would i vote ? straightforward choice, how would i vote? i have explained that i will be listening to the debate. my mind isn't close, but i know that

philip hammond has read concerns and iiss spoken to you previously. i really think that i will be listening and considering really carefully what is said. have they promised you the whip back? it makes a difference in my case because my association voted on tuesday, had a vote of no confidence on tuesday. i am not somebody that would change my mind because i would get the whip back. it makes no difference. have other independent mps any similar situation to you been offered that? i don't know. i was away and i came back to london last night, so we haven't had an opportunity to see or meet with other independent mps. who called you from downing street? i'm not going to say, i don't think that's fair. it wasn't the prime minister. was it a member of his cabinet? no. we appreciate

you coming in and explaining, gives an illustration to people that you are receiving phone calls at this late stage, gives us an illustration of how intense the situation is. stage, gives us an illustration of how intense the situation ism stage, gives us an illustration of how intense the situation is. it is a very important decision, and it is critical that we get this right. i don't think that is a decision that has made... that is a decision that you have to make with all the facts in front of you. everything that is said ina in front of you. everything that is said in a debate and at the dispatch box, and the reassurances that are given, that is what is critical, and for me i will be supporting the peoples vote amendment if it comes to that. add the letwin amendment and make my mind up after i have seen and make my mind up after i have seen which amendmentss carried. hopefully that should give you a sense of just how hopefully that should give you a sense ofjust how tight hopefully that should give you a sense of just how tight this hopefully that should give you a sense ofjust how tight this vote is at the moment. borisjohnson leads 320 votes to get his agreement over the line. so many still are very

undecided. we will be taken that from 9:30am and across the day on bbc news. mps of course gathering this morning. can we show the picture of westminster this morning? as we just wait to have a chat about the weather. started off cloudy but it is one of those rather beautiful westminster days this morning, sun shining, still nippy. here's tomasz with a look at this morning's weather. a fine day for most, stunning weather over london right now, i do think today will have more sunshine than showers. still some showers in the forecast, that is something on a showery day that forecasters deal with. we deal with unpredictability every day, could go anyway. but the low pressure that has been begging us low pressure that has been begging us the changeable weather for the last two or three days is still with us. last two or three days is still with us. we needed to shift out of the way for this clearer high that you can see here to build in. once the

low shifts away, that weather will start to stabilise. in the short—term, a little nagging weather front across eastern scotland and edinburgh in particular, a thoroughly wet night. that is the wettest place in the uk right now. rain will affect the lakes later, drying out in edinburgh eventually. the vast majority of the country, a lot more greenland than clouds and showers, so the bulk of the day will be mostly sunny across the uk, just scattered for weather cloud. when the coming in from the north today and tonight, so that is a cool source of air. that of course means it will be a chilly night. first thing tomorrow with clearer skies, 5-6dc in thing tomorrow with clearer skies, 5—6dc in city centres, even in cardiff, london, tropical plymouth, ten pitches down to six celsius. sunday, dry and bright, low pressure moving away, high pressure that i

mentioned out any atlantic is starting to squeeze in, but notice you can see the arrows coming in from the north. crisp, fresh air on the way tomorrow. a lot of sunshine, best of the sunshine across western southern areas, but eastern and northern parts of the country still to catch some showers and at times it will be quite cloudy. after a chilly morning, monday is excited be mostly sunny. high—pressure extending from the azores. light winds, sunshine, mr the extending from the azores. light winds, sunshine, mrthe morning. low pressure never too far away, just above my head, a weather front trying to squeeze in but can't at the moment because the high pressure is over us on monday. a fine day, 1a celsius, nippy in the north, ten beaches around single figures. summarising, the outlook for the next few days, that we still fairly showery but bright weather icons for the southern half of the uk.

fewer showers still on sunday, monday, tuesday, high—pressure building at it is looking absolutely fine. welcome back to westminster on an extraordinary saturday morning. the prime minister is due to address the comments and address mps at 9:30am. just over an hour. we know there are crowds gathering, people trying to get into the public area to watch what goes on. many people would say it is an historic day. for the first time in 37 years parliament is sitting on a saturday. we know it is going to be tight, the primary studies 320 votes in order to get his latest agreement with the eu across the line. we know the dup, snp, plaid cymru and not expected to sport new brexit agreement, but how

will other mps vote? in a moment we will speak to our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, who is in glasgow, but first let's speak to hywel griffith in cardiff. hywel — what can we expect? good morning. the numbers are so tight that every single mp's vote counts. a0 mps, the majority, over half are labour mps. we understand from around here that the vast majority of those will oppose that deal. the first minister in wales who leads welsh labour cannot —— says it is bad for wales, and potentially for ports like holyhead in north wales, the second—largest roll—on roll—off rate port in the uk. potentially that change of the customs border would have a detrimental effect. labour argues for wales. there is one wellesley bit name to watch out for,

stephen kinnock who is the mp for the port talbot area. he has been a lead voice in the small group of mps for a deal. potentially he could be a point of the very few labour mps from across the uk who would help support boris johnson's deal. from across the uk who would help support borisjohnson's deal. he has been particular quite, his twitter feed particularly quiet, unusualfor him, he does not want to comment critically still a 2a hours or so going through the deal line by line. weather had not he would want the letwi n weather had not he would want the letwin amendment to go forward, to have more time to contemplate, we don't know, but watch out for that by the voting record comes through later. in terms of the tory voices, the welsh secretary has told oliver's tory members that they should vote for this deal, and wales was a country which voted by majority to support brexit. more than 52% of people here are toads and voters wanting brexit, they were looked at their mps at their records within the next two hours. alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow

for us this morning. alexandra, what's the level of support for the deal in scotland? in scotland, unlike wales, people voted strongly to remain in the european union. the picture in scotla nd european union. the picture in scotland is very different. boris johnson will struggle to get the votes of the scottish mps. 0bviously he is likely to get the votes of the tory scottish mps, that is 13 at the moment. the scottish secretary has been encouraging all scottish mps to vote for the deal later today. but thatis vote for the deal later today. but that is very unlikely to happen. he has also said in his opinion that if the tories scottish mps do not vote for the deal, they should have the whip taken away from them. boris

johnson likely to get those 13 votes but we're not sure about the others, thatis but we're not sure about the others, that is very unlikely. nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, was in westminster yesterday meeting with the mp5. they are all very likely to vote against this deal. the first minister has said, she gave a warning to the labour scottish mps, and said, if they did vote for this deal, that is likely to be the end of the labour party in scotland. what she has also said is that this is worse than piedt‘s deal, which failed to go through the house of commons three times. she has said that if you vote for this deal, scotland will be taken out of the eu, the customs union and signal market, very much against its will. —— worse than theresa

may's deal. ian blackford is likely to want an extension until at least the 31st of january next year. to give time for a general election. what the snp have said, what nicola sturgeon has said is that history will look back on this day. if this deal goes through, as the end of the belittled union in westminster. we at westminster ahead of the key vote, and one hour borisjohnson will be on his feet inside the house of commons, in bright sunny day outside but there are many questions about just how the outside but there are many questions aboutjust how the vote will go today. we'll be hearing from all sides of the discussion here on breakfast this moring. we will of course continue to bring you the very latest from the brexit debate in parliament — we're expecting that to start

at around half past nine when we'll cross live to the commons to hear a statement from the prime minister. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, welcome to a special edition of breakfast from westminster with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a momentous day is expected here at westminster, as mps vote on borisjohnson's new brexit agreement. with so little time left before the uk is due to leave the eu on october 31st, parliament is sitting on a saturday — for the first

time since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. the prime minister is expected to address mps before they debate the details of the agreement and then vote on whether to accept it. we have been talking to lots of people this morning trying to gauge they are going to vote and someone who is very keen to get over the line as the brexit secretary stephen barclay. told breakfast, the government has done alot of work to convince mps to back the prime minister, but admits he can't predict the final result. i think it is close but a lot of mps recognise that having said that the prime minister would not be able to secure the deal, he has done so, having said he would not change the backstop, he has. having said he would not be of the change the withdrawal agreement, he has done so. we have listened to mps on the labour side on workers' rights and made commitments within the withdrawal

agreement bill on that. commitments on environmental standards in the queen's speech. we have listened to the concerns of mps across all sides downing street still contacting mps as late as this morning as to try and back the primers. 0ne as late as this morning as to try and back the primers. one who had the whip removed as an independent mp and once you she told us to get the efforts being made to get her to vote with the government.” the efforts being made to get her to vote with the government. i will need to see what the prime minister says but ethanol amendments granted i will vote no. i will be supporting the amendment and also another amendment to the no motion that has been tabled which would see it would have to go back to the british public and that is something i have very much supported. she is an

independent former conservative mp, very interesting what she said to purchase that first, she received a call from downing street asking her specifically how she was going to vote, very much brings homejust how late in the day people are still being pressured to find at how they will vote because things are so tight was not let's go to downing street for the fun house have been coming from. borisjohnson boris johnson is preparing to leave number 10 to travel number 10 to travel to the commons to address mps. he'll be speaking at 9:30 this morning. he will become clear to the palace of westminster festival speak at 9:30am. a momentous and historical day, at the 37 years until they sat on a saturday, that are so important it

is. as the primers that an speaker stands up to address the commons we will be following those events live, expected at around 930 this morning. the time now is 83a. violence between protestors and riot police in the spanish city of barcelona has continued overnight, in the fifth day of protests against the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. protesters set fire to rubbish bins and threw stones and fireworks. 0fficers used tear gas and rubber bullets and deployed water cannon. the clashes followed a peaceful demonstration yesterday which was attended by half a million people. the republican leader in the us senate, mitch mcconnell, who is one of president trump's most loyal supporters, has condemned the decision to withdraw troops from syria. international weapons inspectors say they're investigating reports that turkey has used chemical weapons against civilians in northern syria. turkish forces have been criticised after doctors say an increasing number of children are being treated for severe burns.

the government of chile has declared a state of emergency in the capital, santiago, after violent protests against an increase in the price of metro tickets. hooded demonstrators attacked underground stations, started fires and blocked traffic. the entire metro network has been shut down for the weekend. two american astronauts have completed the first—all women spacewalk. christina koch and jessica meir spent more than seven hours replacing a failed power unit outside the international space station. they were congratulated by president trump via a video link during their walk. nasa abandoned a previous all—female mission in march because of a shortage of spacesuits which fit women. we'll be hearing from all sides of the brexit debate throughout breakfast this morning. we will go live to the

house of commons at 9:30am despicable open parliament and make way for boris johnson to present as arguments about his latest brexit agreement. that is why we adhere in westminster this morning. it is nothing that other things are happening this morning, particularly in the world of the rugby world cup injapan, it is quarterfinal day. now though let's return to the studio for the sport with jane. england are hoping they could reach the semi finals of the rugby world cup as they take on australia this morning— the action is just getting underway at the 0ita stadium injapan. i'm joined now in the studio by former england centre, mat tait. it would let australia started well but england have come roaring back. it is set up for the classic we hoped. australia started well, going through multiple phases but the england defence seems to have stood

the test so far. it has been reasonably equal going forward so it is set up for a great game. angleton scored a try, 7—3 at the moment. eddiejones said he's at the games that you live for, a do orfor england. it is knockout rugby, it is building to be a classic, the rivalry with australia that transcends all sports and bragging rights as well. both head coaches are australian, old team—mates but they have been digging at each other throughout this tournament. do you think that a separate motivate the players? they are both well known for using the media to verbally spar with other coaches and they know each other well. they are both great tactical coaches with massive

respect for players, player focused coaches and is england just about to score another try so hopefully they will pull away. they have been entertaining for us. it has been a lot of talk about the midfield selection, have we seen evidence of that working well? it was always his intention to bring 0wen farrell back m, intention to bring 0wen farrell back in, offering a huge amount and cou nters in, offering a huge amount and counters the threat of the australian midfield. you will see more coming into the game as the australians tyre and hopefully george ford can come on and finish the game for england. there will be updates on that match throughout on bbc radio five live. elsewhere in tokyo, ireland are preparing to go head to head with new zealand later, so who is in with a chance? i'm joined now by the former ireland international shane horgan,

who is in our london newsroom. first of all i would have a good record against the all blacks but what for the nerves be like? they are facing the defending champions. we have had a good recent record is with two ends in two games but prior to that they never had any success against them so they will bring that into the scheme added is crucial, a knockout one i would have never succeeded against new zealand in the by succeeded against new zealand in the rugby one cup so you ground for ireland. the head coach has said ireland. the head coach has said ireland had not shown the full hand yet, have still to see the best of them? we certainly hope so. great start against scotland, a convincing victory but mostly japan and prong we have not brought the same form new zealand have. we would certainly hope ireland can click and

bring a big performance against new zealand. thousands of ireland fans injapan to watch their team hopefully get through to the semifinals for the first time ever, do you feel they will be the 16th man for ireland. we could probably use some support, a lwa ys could probably use some support, always supported well and travel and brilliant numbers but it is what is on the field that will count, 12 of the team that beat new zealand this time last year saw ireland add on a good position. conor murray is also added and with johnny good position. conor murray is also added and withjohnny sexton it is really important for ireland, they generally do well with those two playing economicjohnny sexton saw a lot rests on his shoulders. how do you think it will go? i am normally a very one eyed irishman but new zealand deserve to be strong favourites. thank you.

the premier league returns after the international break — dan walkerjoins us to tell us what's on football focus later. what a weekend, everything is going on. sport, politics. at 12 o'clock you are watching bbc one, football focuses on, a fantastic and actual. 0ne focuses on, a fantastic and actual. one of the big games as manchester united against liverpool, manchester united against liverpool, manchester united struggling, liverpool looking for 18 premier league wins in a row which would be a joint record. we have also spent a bit of time in manchester talking to juan have also spent a bit of time in manchester talking tojuan mata. he spoke about the appreciation of the fans. what is it like compared to spain? they will come up more and

spain. this is my guy. what is it about the fun connection because you love to stop and sign for them? football without fans would be the same, we all then at least to give our best in every single game and after that football as a sport you can win or lose but they make this biggest sport in the world. a really interesting motherjuan biggest sport in the world. a really interesting mother juan mata,s interesting mother juan mata,s interesting footballerjuan mata. given lots of money to charity. we have many guests on the show today, we have the wolves manager, they play southampton. he talks about watching from the perspective of the goalkeeper, used to be a goalkeeper and it is an interesting window into how one boss watches football.

frank lampard how one boss watches football. frank lampa rd talking about how one boss watches football. frank lampard talking about how youngsters are coming through and leeds united celebrate 100 years of the club so a century of action there and we have spoken to some of the greats including one of my all—time favourites. a lovely piece from leeds, talking about the importance of the stadium and the fans and getting back to the premier league. the honest accounts have been a real hit this season when we asked two players to almost interview each others with a few question and this week it is ashley barnes and ashley westwood from burnley and they have a good laugh. with a strictly hat on as well be our supporting i , bbc trust and bbc sport supporting alex and she is doing the predictions today. it is a busy day but we are in at midday

on bbc one. you have had the international brea ks you have had the international breaks and you had so much time gather all of that you have been watching football. thank you. here's tomasz with a look at this morning's weather. looking good across much of the country today, not as frequent and heavy as yesterday and tomorrow will be dry and bright still. the low pressure still with us, cloud around here and not of scotland, central scotla nd here and not of scotland, central scotland has had a lot of rain in the last few hours, edinburgh plenty wet, a weather front here, this the last few hours, edinburgh plenty wet, a weatherfront here, this is the wettest part of the uk at the moment, the rain eventually petering out. it was earlier this morning, a narrow band moving south meaning

it will cloud over and northern england, rain heading to the lakes, carlisle. to the south the weather will be predominantly bright or sunny, occasional sunny spells, the south remaining dry through the day. fairly chilly, living in the north, 15 and the south and the weather front through the evening hours should die away eventually and many of us clear skies and clear spells through the night. early morning temperatures on sunday, a nip in the airforsure, barely temperatures on sunday, a nip in the air for sure, barely above freezing in rural spots, even in towns and cities five or six are accurate for your morning run on sunday it is going to be bright and fresh and most deal like that through most of the day, scattered clouds and the occasional shower in the north—east of england may be through yorkshire and the pennines. 0ne of england may be through yorkshire and the pennines. one or two in

scotland. the air coming from the north from the regency, a cold source for temperatures struggling, nine in scotland, 15 and the south and the low pressure unit is on monday, starting to die, taking showers away from us, a bit of a? whether you will get rain in the morning and the south—east on monday, but by the afternoon looking like the weather is dry across the country, but necessarily clear blue skies but right at the very least, 14 skies but right at the very least, 1a in london on monday, ten or 11 in at the north. the summary for the weekend, a mix of sunshine and showers but predominantly dry and that's why we have the right weather for cardiff and london, more rain and in butter but from sunday onwards and the high pressure builds monday to wednesday and whether stabilisers with temperatures

staying on the fresh side around 13 degrees. back to you. under the fresh side but the sun is shining here on the palace of westminster this morning. what are spending a moment enjoying the scenes, we can see the shot from the airas scenes, we can see the shot from the air as well, the palace of westminster it is a saturday morning, very rare that the commons will sit on such a day but this is no ordinary day. borisjohnson will be trying to get the commons to agree his eu withdrawal bill, we are expecting him to stand at around 9:30am. the vote expected to happen probably around 2:30pm. just have a look around, you can sense the gathering of the press and media on a momentous day. the cameras lined

up a momentous day. the cameras lined up and if you look in the distance you can also see, this is the queue of people, members of the public who wa nt to of people, members of the public who want to be in the public gallery on what many people are saying could be a moment of genuine medical history. there might political history. boris johnson agreed an agreement with eu leaders, he is trying to put it over the wind today. theresa may failed three times. mps have been getting phone calls trying to influence the vote and vote with borisjohnson. we will cover that live on this programme and on the news channel throughout the day. it's almost three and a half years since the brexit referendum. there's a desire, on all sides of the debate, to bring an end

to the uncertainty over our future relationship with the eu. breakfast‘s john maguire spent the day with voters in port talbot, which is part of the leave voting constituency of aberavon — but where the mp supported remain. port talbot has been a steel town for more than a century and although it may feel like a lifetime ago, it's been three years now since people here voted to leave the european union. so with another deal on the horizon, is this a new dawn. margaret cokeley hopes so. thos who want to stay in want to stay in but i want to go out. are you worried deal or no deal? does that matter to you? a deal would be preferable but no deal, if push comes to shove. tony taylor spent aa years at the steelworks that dominate this town. he voted remain but like so many others, nowjust wants an end to the damaging uncertainty. if you voted leave or remain, let's get the country back on an even keel and start

representing them people, all of them not part of them. as the shops prepare for halloween, this year the prospect of october 31 frightens many but thrills others. it's time, tyrone field believes, to clearly impasse and get back to business as usual. just want to get it over and done with so we can concentrate on what needs to be concentrated on. health, jobs, the nation's welfare is at risk so basically i think we should just leave and leave as soon as possible. now the local mp here, labour's stephen kinnock, is a card—carrying europhile. he is married to a former prime minister of denmark and both his parents enjoyed illustrious years working in european politics but even he, once a staunch remainer, has been working towards trying to find a solution to exit

the eu. and for many here, a deal can't come soon enough. i went to just vote it out and i don't know why they put it in to have a vote in the beginning, it's taking too much time, like, stupid. so they need everybody out, that's what we voted for, sojust do it. but on both sides of the debate, there is doubt that the prime minister can win today's vote and secure a deal. i can't see us actually getting there at the moment. he's had long enough to do something. he doesn't seem to be working with his backbenches, to be quite honest. he wants to go it alone. the difference is, for us as working class, the impact is horrendous. from the south wales coast right across the length and breadth of the uk, these are tempestuous times. clear skies

ahead? well, that depends not on the people here but on the 639 people here. john maguire, bbc news, port talbot. john maguire reporting there from the leave supporting town of port talbot — later in the programme we'll be hearing from the campaign for a people's vote. it's all going to be about the numbers today, when mps meet to vote on the prime minister's brexit deal, but can he get enough support from across the commons? lets take a look at the figures. of 639 mps — the magic number boris johnson needs to get his deal over the line is 320. there are 287 conservative mps and the prime minister has to make sure every one of them backs him — this includes 28 hard—line brexiteers. we know the prime minister can't rely on the snp, plaid cymru, and the lib dems —

and, at the moment, the dup's 10 mps say they'll vote against the deal. then there are 23 former conservatives, recently kicked out of the party. we expect some, but not all, to vote for the deal. now, we come to labour. the majority will vote against the deal, but a small number are expected to vote with the government. borisjohnson has been trying to persuade and cajole labour mps, but it's all too close to call. we'rejoined now from glasgow by sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at university of strathclyde. good morning. this is an extraordinary day and we have been talking to mps this morning who are getting phone calls from number ten, what is the picture as you see it with a5 minutes before the prime minister gets to his feet? the

picture so far on four against a deal is as you have just described it, basically all depend on how many labour mps it, basically all depend on how many labourmps are it, basically all depend on how many labour mps are likely to vote with the government. estimates vary between nine and 12, f and gets towards 12 are slightly more the government will probably be there, effort falls away from nine the government, we will not get the but we have to remember that as a crucial amendment put down by oliver littman in favour of the deal who is also poised to no deal and the effect of the amendment will be that the house of commons will not say yes or no to this deal, it will be less look at the bill we will have to pass before we can leave the eu and it will make a decision about whether or not in the end we can give approval to this once we have the legislation through. because at

the legislation through. because at the moment of the house of commons says yes to the dealer but subsequently the legislation runs into trouble and maybe gets rejected at some point, we will be at risk of cashing out with no deal and it looks as though most of the mps who would vote against the deal in principle will vote for the amendment together with quite a few of those conservative mps like michael to whom are willing to vote for the deal and want to avoid no deal and will vote for the amendment so deal and will vote for the amendment so that basically the government well under the terms of the benn act despite having got the deal have to apply to the eu for an extension. some of this is frankly pretty confusing. you always do such a fantastic job of confusing. you always do such a fantasticjob of explaining what it is worth picking through that a bit because those mps who vote for this 0liver letwin amendment, the delay, they could be doing it for

different reasons. some of them could be still hoping that the deal goes through on the 31st as planned, others might be hoping it gives them time to create more problems orfurther hoping it gives them time to create more problems or further issues and relation to the legislation. what it does, the point is if the house of commons approves the deal today then basically in subsequent stages of dealing with the detailed bill the government will say at each stage, if you do not vote for this, if you try to turn it down then we will crash it without a deal. if the 0liver letwin amendment is passed and assuming the provisions of the benn act hold fast, which means we have to apply for an extension and assuming the eu doesn't simply say no to that request, the government be able to place that threat and therefore there is a greater risk that the legislation will not get

through or perhaps more likely that the house of commons will take rather longer over dealing with it than the government would like. the government is wanting to get the legislation, the detailed legislation, the detailed legislation through the lords and the commons and nine days. it usually takes about a0 days to get a complex, controversial piece of european union legislation through it. you can see how big the ambition is effort is only got a very small majority in the house of commons in favour of the principle of the bell you can see how long the way it could potentially lose a crucial vote. this is what is going on, how the way in which the detailed treaty is examined at the circumstances and that which is examined... thank you. good speaking to you. our

that which is examined... thank you. good speaking to you. 0urjob this morning is to try to clean as much of this up for you ahead of going live to the house of commons. the speakerjohn berger will open at the house and boris johnson speakerjohn berger will open at the house and borisjohnson will present his arguments to mps to try to get his arguments to mps to try to get his deal over the line. he needs 320 votes. stay with a student westminster for the

good morning and welcome to an historic day here at westminster. this a bbc brexit deal debate special. for the first time since 1982, parliament is sitting on a saturday to see if a brexit deal can finally be passed after more than three years. this morning boris johnson headed to the commons — last night, the prime minister urged mps to end a "painful chapter" and back his new deal. what matters is mps coming together across the house tomorrow to get this thing done. the prime minister is now inside the house of commons knowing every opposition party has said it will reject the deal — but with the main conservative

brexiteer group now promising their support. good morning and welcome to westminster on an historic session of parliament. mps are sitting on a saturday for the first time in 37 years to vote on borisjohnson's brexit deal. this morning it still looks extremely close, although in the last few minutes the prime minister has received the backing of the prominent conservative brexiteers known as the european research group who now say they will vote mps are also likely to vote on an amendment to the deal which would still force the government to seek a delay to leaving the eu, described as an insurance policy to avoid the risk of a no—deal brexit. nick eardley reports. more than three years after the brexit referendum,