this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7pm... the government says it will push ahead with efforts to get a brexit deal through parliament this week. borisjohnson is expected to seek the backing of mps tomorrow or tuesday. he's defied the doubters, got a deal, and we also now, notwithstanding the shenanigans in parliament, appear to have now the numbers to get this through. all this after the prime minister was forced in a letter to ask the eu for another brexit delay. labour says the public should have its say. whatever deal gets through, it should be subject to a referendum where that deal is put to the public. a double murder investigation has begun in milton keynes after two 17—year—old boys were stabbed to death at a house party late last night.

i got so terrified. and we were so disappointed because this never happens in this area. we have lived in this area for nearly seven years andi in this area for nearly seven years and i have not seen such a scene. as the turkish offensive againts the kurds continues, the us says all remaining american troops in northern syria are expected to be relocated to iraq. further violence on the streets of hong kong as police fire tear gas at demonstrators marching in defiance of a police ban. 30 wooden coffins of men, women and children thought to belong to the families of high priests have been found in egypt. and a goal five minutes from time keeps liverpool's unbeaten premier league record intact as they're held to a draw by arch—rivals manchester united at old trafford. that and the rest of the sport coming up in sportsday in half an hour.

the government says it's pressing ahead with efforts to get a brexit deal passed this week in parliament, despite borisjohnson having been forced to send a letter to brussels asking for another brexit delay. number 10 said the prime minister sent pa rliament‘s letter to brussels, which was unsigned and accompanied it with a second letter — which was signed — explaining why he believed a delay would be a mistake. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, said labour will back moves to put the deal to a new referendum. meanwhile, the european council president, donald tusk, will spend the next few days canvasing eu leaders on whether they want to offer another brexit delay. and the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said he was confident enough mps would back the deal next week and brexit would still happen by the october 31st deadline. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar.

they don't seem to know when they are beaten, even when they have been defeated. senior ministers marched into tv studios today with a defiant message. they will deliver brexit on time, by october the 31st, and being forced to send a request to brussels seeking another brexit delay wouldn't stop them. the game changer this week, which we partly talked about, is that he has defied the doubters, got a deal, and notwithstanding the shenanigans in parliament, we now appear to have the numbers to get this through. the only question is, why aren't we getting on with it? the ayes to the right, 322, the noes to the left, 306. what he called parliamentary shenanigans, others called an embarrassing defeat yesterday. that vote forced the prime minister to send a letter to brussels seeking to extend brexit for as long as it takes to parties deal into law and avoid a no—deal brexit on october the 31st. the prime minister didn't like it and didn't sign it.

his opponents aren't impressed. the law is clear. you should have signed one letter in accordance with the law. he is being childlike. tomorrow, the speaker will decide whether ministers can try again to win the vote they lost yesterday. but either way, the commons will debate the detailed legislation that's also needed to pass a deal. now labour looks like pushing for another brexit referendum. we need an amendment to say that whatever deal gets through, it should be subject to a referendum where that deal is put to the public and they are asked, do you want to leave on these terms, or would you rather remain in the eu? next week is going to be busy. today, the minister for brexit preparations chador planning sessions and conceded that extending brexit or refusing to is up to the eu. it means we are triggering operation yellowhammer, preparing to ensure that if no extension is granted, and we cannot guarantee that it will be,

that we have done everything possible to prepare to leave without a deal. the architect of the government's defeat yesterday, the mp who drew up the request to extend, can't see the eu saying no. my instinct was that if we got to the end, we were going to crash out otherwise, and we made a request for an extension, very probably, you would say, you will have an extension. eu leaders want to see how the political struggle at westminster plays out. they want brexit settled, but they will just have to wait, like the rest of us. our correspondent in brussels, adam fleming, says no decision has been made to whether the eu will accept the uk's request for a further brexit extension. this morning the ambassadors from the 27 other eu countries had a meeting for 15 minutes with a discussed brexit on the focus was on the ratification process on their side and there are legal hurdles that have to be gone through here

and then the deal is heading to the european parliament in strasbourg tomorrow. in the meantime, donald tusk, who chairs the summits of eu leaders, is consulting with those eu leaders, is consulting with those eu leaders about the prime minister's relu cta nt leaders about the prime minister's reluctant request for an extension. but they won't seriously start thinking about it and the practicalities for the next couple of days because they want to see how the dust settles and the process plays out in westminster. frustration is very high but the desire to get this deal through is higher than i've ever known it. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is with me. the gift that keeps giving! what is coming down the track this week?‘ busy week ahead at westminster and the government tomorrow once for mps to have another chance to give a straight approval or disapproval to boris johnson's straight approval or disapproval to borisjohnson's deal, straight approval or disapproval to boris johnson's deal, the straight approval or disapproval to borisjohnson's deal, the so—called meaningful vote, because we didn't —— did not get to that yesterday on super saturday because of the letwin amendment which meant parliament

withheld its approval until the extension from the eu had been requested and all the legislative hurdles from here on had been passed. the government wants to try again to do that but it is up to the speaker whether that can't happen because it is a similar request to the one which was put to mps yesterday and normally that is not allowed. john bercow has described the plan by the government to give mps another vote as curious and a regular and did not seem very approving of the plan to bring back that vote on monday. we will have to wait and see what he decides. regardless of whether that happens, the government wants to bring forward legislation which would enact borisjohnson's forward legislation which would enact boris johnson's brexit forward legislation which would enact borisjohnson's brexit deal and put it into uk law and effectively give parliament's full approval to it. it will bring forward those bills later in the week and probably we will see the first votes on that on tuesday. and thatis first votes on that on tuesday. and that is governments attempt, despite

the fact that boris johnson was forced to ask for an extension and parliament is doing all it can in the eyes of the government to frustrate this and delay things, to try to push things forward. we will see a big vote probably on tuesday on the first of that legislation to enact borisjohnson's on the first of that legislation to enact boris johnson's brexit on the first of that legislation to enact borisjohnson's brexit deal. sir keir starmer is talking again about putting their withdrawal agreement as it currently stands back to the people in a referendum. how would that we facilitated? with that legislation going through parliament, the withdrawal agreement bill, which is a process of enacting it into law, it can be amended in any way mps see fit. just as we saw when theresa may was trying to get her deal through the house of commons and mps on all sides try to attach different conditions to it, whether that is a closer relationship with the eu in future oi’ relationship with the eu in future or adds extra measures to avoid no deal or whether it is the idea of putting the whole thing to a public

vote, with the process of legislation going through the house of commons the withdrawal agreement can be amended or attempts can be made to amend it in any way that mps see fit. we could again see an attempt to have the uk remain in a customs union with the eu and future and of course the government would not want that and it would whip mps to vote against that. but labour and opposition parties are still dead set against boris johnson's opposition parties are still dead set against borisjohnson's deal so the idea of this getting an easy ride through the commons is frankly a fantasy. if it does not get an easy ride in that letter the prime minister reluctantly sent to the eu asking for another delay, what indications are there of how long that delay might be for? the request was made as per the legislation that mps go through, forcing the mp to make that request until the end of january next year. you can't take that probably as the baseline but that probably as the baseline but thatis that probably as the baseline but that is purely a request on the eu can make up their own mind whether they agree to that whether they say,

yes, have an extension but we only allow it for six weeks or they might say they want much longer. it depends to a large extent on what happens in westminster over the coming days and the prospect, as other eu leaders see it, as are chances of borisjohnson winning support for his deal and what the extension might be used for. purely extra time to get the deal through oi’ extra time to get the deal through or something longer to allow another referendum, if that becomes a distinct possibility, or may be a general election? the eu will have to decide that, the 27 other states, and they have not really started talking about that yet. jonathan blake, thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30pm and 11.30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the financial times chief feature writer, henry mance, and the uk correspondent at the french broadcaster france 2a and president of the foreign press association, benedicte paviot.

a double murder investigation is underway in milton keynes, after two 17—year—old boys were stabbed to death late last night. police and paramedics were called to a house in the emerson valley area just before midnight. our reporter, katy austin, reports from the scene. forensic investigators gathered evidence at a crime scene started as a party. on the front or if this house, a reminder of the violence that unfolded. police and the ambulance service were called to this residential street just before midnight last night after reports there had been a stabbing. a 17—year—old died at the scene and another was taken to hospital, but also later died. two other people, a 17—year—old and a 23—year—old man, were seriously injured. today, neighbours expressed their disbelief at the loss of life. i have not seen such a scene until today, and it was just a shock and a blow

to us for such young people. when we moved here five months ago, the lady said it was quiet. and this is on our doorstep. quite scary. a double murder investigation has been launched by thames valley police. i fully appreciate the concern this will cause in the community, but the people involved in this incident are all likely to have known each other. no arrests have been made at this stage. the families of the teenagers who died are being supported by specialist officers as they deal with the devastating impact of knife crime. katy austin, bbc news. a 16—year—old boy is among six people being held on suspicion of murder after the death of a 26—year—old man in scarborough. north yorkshire police say the victim was discovered in the early hours of the morning with serious stab wounds near the town hall. he later died in hospital. after two weeks of relative calm

in hong kong, tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters have clashed with police firing tear gas and water canon. shops, banks and metro stations have been vandalised. mass protests began back injune against proposals to allow extradition to mainland china. critics worried the move would undermine hong kong's autonomy. the city's chief executive put the plans on hold, but the protests developed into wider demonstrations for full democracy, and an inquiry into alleged police brutality. last month the extradition bill was finally withdrawn but protestors continue to march despite restrictions. our south east asia correspondent, nick beake, has the latest from hong kong. they were told they weren't allowed to march today. they were threatened with prison if they wore a mask. and they were warned by china's leader there would be broken bones for those who try to break up his country. but this is a pro—democracy movement that believes the world is on its side,

and it is not backing down. we are here to fight for freedom and we are not scared about the chinese communist party. we want our freedom and human rights. but once again, peaceful protest gave way to petrol bombs, with police stations under attack. this is what eventually cleared the hardcore activists who then rampaged through the streets targeting chinese businesses. they fought the police late into the night. for a 20th consecutive weekend of unrest here in hong kong, the police are really struggling to control the streets here. they brought out the water canon. the protesters are not going home. the question is the one we've been asking for five months now — when does this end?

how does this end? hong kong's government claims a housing crisis has unleashed this cycle of violence, but these protesters say it is their deep fear at the type of place they will be living in under greater chinese control, which means they won't be giving up. the headlines on bbc news... the government is determined to press ahead with efforts to approve boris johnson's brexit plan. press ahead with efforts to approve borisjohnson's brexit plan. a double murder investigation has begunin double murder investigation has begun in milton keynes after 217—year—old boys were stabbed to death at a house party last night. there has been more violence on the streets of hong kong as police fired tear gas at demonstrators marching in defiance of a police band. the spokesman for kurdish—led forces in syria has confirmed that they have evacuated their fighters from the strategic border town of ras al—ayn. the town is in turkey's proposed safe zone in northern syria.

this opens the way for a broader withdrawal of kurdish militias from parts of the turkish—syrian border. under a deal brokered by the us, turkey agreed to suspend its offensive in the area to allow the kurdish pull back from the frontier. these pictures are of ambulances arriving in the syrian town of tall tamr carrying wounded kurdish fighters from ras al—ain today. barbara plett usher is at the turkey syria border. the ceasefire was supposed to begin on friday but kurdish forces m ras al—ain said they were still under siege. with us mediation that has been sorted and a large convoy of at least 50 vehicles has evacuated the fighters and the wounded, reportedly some civilians are also leaving the town. they don't have to under the terms of the us brokered ceasefire but they are afraid of the forces taking over, these are syrian militias which are allied with turkey and include some islamist extremists and have a reputation for carrying out abuse.

the kurdish leaders have said that once the evacuation of ras al—ain is completed, they will withdraw from a zone on the turkey—syria border in line with the ceasefire. they have until tuesday night to withdraw. and that would leave turkey in charge of an area or territory roughly in the centre of the border. it is not clear what the arrangement will be for the rest of that frontier area, which are still largely under kurdish control. barbara plett usher there. large anti—government protests have been held in lebanon for the fourth day. demonstrators have filled the streets in the centre of beirut and other cities across the country. the protests are driven by anger at falling standards of living, austerity measures and high unemployment. the demonstrators are demanding the government's resignation and fresh elections and there've been calls for a sweeping away of the entire political establishment. the mayor of santiago in chile says that three people have been killed after a supermarket was set alight

as violent protests continue. the demonstrations have spread to other parts of the country. they began in response to a planned rise in metro train prices. the president has promised to suspend the move. gareth barlow reports. what started as a protest against travel fares has escalated, with chileans angry over huge wealth inequality. the capital should be quiet as there's a state of emergency, but instead the streets are ringing with the sound of pots and pans — a symbol of dissent which continued into the night amid the military controlled curfew. the announcement that soldiers would be used to protect people i have made the decision to suspend freedoms and movement through a total cu rfew. freedoms and movement through a total curfew. the announcement that soldiers would be used to protect people and their property marks the first time troops had been deployed

to the streets since chile returned to the streets since chile returned to democracy in 1990 following the military dictatorship. to democracy in 1990 following the military dictatorshiplj to democracy in 1990 following the military dictatorship. i remember the dictatorship, i was a kid and i know that my parents and their friends were very afraid of the army. so seeing them in the streets was very shocking. the protests have brought chaos to parts of the capital. more than 300 people have been arrested and the metro is closed after it was heavily damaged. in an effort to quell the unrest, chile's president announced the fare hikes would be reversed. translation: i want to announce that we will suspend the rise of the metro tickets and that will require the approval of the law and it must be done urgently. the protests are the worst in decades and the signs are it will take more than cheaper travel to restore calm to one of the region's wealthiest countries.

gareth barlow, bbc news. the mother of a junior doctor who went missing off the devon coast two years ago says her daughter has been let down by the nhs. dr lauren phillips' mother, andrea graham, who is herself a former nhs manager, has called on the health secretary to do more to support those on the frontline of our hospitals. marie ashby reports. andrea graham comes to woolacombe bay in devon to feel close to her daughter. this is where her car was found abandoned. dr lauren phillips, who was 26, had told her mother she was worried about starting a newjob in a&e in bristol. doctors have a fear that if they admitted they had struggled with a particular situation at work, or if they admitted that they were struggling from mental health problems, that that might be taken into account in future career, or it might demonstrate that actually, they're not strong enough to be a doctor. lauren did seek help, and was

advised to sign up with a gp. the nhs practitioner health service has supported thousands of doctors in london over the last 11 years. this month, it has been extended across england to cope with demand. its medical director is a government advisor. every year, if we compare it with the last year, we have had 100% more patients, so we are doing something to these wonderful young people, and i think what we are doing to them is not showing them kindness and compassion, and we are treating them as if they don't matter. one doctor every three weeks takes their own life in england. currently, the nhs is struggling with record demand and a shortage of 10,000 medics. do you accept that understaffing has put more pressure onjunior doctors? yes, of course i do, and i see it in hospitals. and we are hiring more

doctors, partly because of the pressures on them. and i want to make sure that everybody who goes into work as a doctor gets the support they need but also, people you know, when they sign up to become a doctor in the first place, they are signing up to work and give their working life to the care of others, and we need to care for them. dr lauren phillips' body has never been found. i don't have anywhere to go to grieve for lauren. i can't sit beside a grave. but this has to be a more beautiful place to be and to think about lauren. marie ashby reporting — and you can see more on that story on inside out south west at 7.30pm on monday and later on the bbc iplayer. parliamentary elections in switzerland have seen a big rise in support for green parties. according

to projections the two swiss green parties are expected to have taken a combined 20% of the vote. the right—wing swiss people's party, which historically dominates swiss politics, saw its support drop by a projected 3%. our correspondent imogen foukes has been analysing the impact these results could have on the country's government. the swiss can see the glaciers melting a dull pain communities threatened by rock and mud slides. today voters took those concerns to the ballot box and many of them voted green. projected results, we expect switzerland's green parties two together have about 20% of the vote and they will be a significant force in politics and could even challenge for the seat and government. the traditionally very successful right wing swiss people's party has taken something of a hit, it lost about 3% of the vote and it

will stay the biggest party in parliament and no party will have a majority. and it looks like the greens together with the social democrats will be able to outvote the swiss people's party and significantly, it is on the issues they campaigned on, so successful in they campaigned on, so successful in the past for them, like restricting immigration, keeping switzerland out of the eu and they were not a factor in the selections and it looks like switzerland's new parliament will be greener, younger and there will be a big focus on environmental issues and tackling climate change. imagine folks reporting. the longest non—stop commerical passenger flight has landed successfully in sydney. the qantas plane tookjust over 19 hours to fly direct from new york. the airline is considering whether to begin regular non—stop flights between the cities and it's enlisted the help of university researchers to find out how such a long flights affect passengers and crew. alanjoyce is the ceo of qantas.

this is part of project sunrise and the first of three test flights that is going to come up with recommendations of how we manage pilot fatigue, how we actually manage passengerjet lag, and after 19 hours on the flight, i think we've gotten this right. one of the people on that flight was ben mutzabaugh — an aviation journalist for travel website and blog ‘the points guy'. earlier he spoke to mariyam moshiri about the experience. i am tired so it was 19 hours, 16 minutes and i am still awake here at 10p local time. we landed at around 8am this morning. so i'm not feeling fresh. what happened on the flight? what did you do for the 19 hours? i was there as a journalist, to observe.

what qantas was doing with this flight was doing some testing with passengers and crews and they had some professors and researchers on board and they were basically studying some of the effects on things that can cause jet lag and create tiredness and fatigue. on such a long flight like this. it was part a normal flight with people in seats, watching movies, but people also had monitors on and were undergoing various tests to see how they were holding up. people were encouraged to do exercise regularly? that is right, except for the sleeping hours, and on a 19 hour flight there is a lot of time to sleep. every two hours outside the sleeping window, they were taken to the back of the plane, which was empty, where they were doing stretches in the rear galley and one of those was even the macarena! it was a little unusual in that regard! dancing the macarena, having exercise sessions and being closely monitored, that would not happen at all on a normal flight.

how realistic is it that this will become something of a norm? i share your scepticism with that and i do think that qantas, the ceo told me on the flight they are considering that if they do launch these ultra long haulflights, which would come in 2023 at the earliest, they are considering a special layout which would include a space for exercise or at least a kind of walking. i believe they are considering it but the devil will be in the detail. like piano bars, we have heard about aeroplanes since the 70s! everybody talks about it and we have never seen one so i suspect if qantas does launch these flights to london and new york from sydney, we might see some extra space to allow people on economy to stretch out but it will be interesting to see how much space that ends up being. and some have accused qantas of just carrying out a big pr stunt? what is your take?

i asked them directly about that and i think there is no getting around the fact that this has been a big publicity boon for them. i think there is something to be researched. and that is not in small part because they need their pilots, if they decide these flights, the pilots will have to agree to go along and they will have to convince regulators that flights this long should have crew requirements to fly them. if they have data to back up their push to get these long flights added, that will help their cause. where this falls between pr stunt and legitimate research, i think you could have a debate. but it is at least a little bit of both. that was a qantas passenger speaking to us earlier. in egypt, thirty ancient wooden sarcophagi have been put on display following their recent discovery near the nile. the historically significant find of well—preserved and ornately decorated coffins for men, women and children are around 3,000 years old, as nina nanji reports.

it is the biggest find of its kind in more than a century. perfectly preserved mummy is discovered in 30 ancient wooden coffins in the valley of the kings. the egyptian city of luxor. the troupe was unearthed by a tea m luxor. the troupe was unearthed by a team of egyptian archaeologists on the west bank of the river nile. the coffins date back around 3000 years but despite this they were found in good condition, sealed and intact and adorned with vibrant colours and inscriptions. it is believed to contain the remains of high priests and their families. this will enrich our knowledge about the belief of the afterlife and the workshops that make these beautiful scenes, the colour and the religious scenes, the book of the dead, it is for the common people and for a king orfor a priest? and that is why i believe

this discovery is very important. egyptian authorities will be hoping the discovery, along with other finds of ancient relics, will help revive the country's tourism sector hit in recent years by political instability. the sarcophagi will undergo restoration before being moved to a showroom at the grand egyptian museum. it is due to open next year. lean in and angie, bbc news. we will keep a few showers into the night across england and wales and we had some north and scotland but most of those will fade away. scotla nd most of those will fade away. scotland and northern ireland will find clearer skies overnight and light winds with temperatures dipping onto the north—east there is a breeze with cloud and a few showers in england and wales and rain arriving towards kent later in the night, keeping temperatures up. how cold in scotland? an offer frost in aberdeenshire, minus three celsius as we start tomorrow.

scotla nd celsius as we start tomorrow. scotland and northern ireland looking fine for the