this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at eight. 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.

we know trr a numb of of present, so officers will speak to the people and try to piecing kurdish—led forces in syria say they have left a strategic border town under a truce with turkey. 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. after a nail—biting finish, wales beat france by one point to book a their place in the rugby world cup semifinal. and in half an hour here on bbc news, london's bleeding looks at the rise of knife crime in london, following teenage stab victims from the operating theatre through to their rehabilitation.

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 ten 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 europe correspondent adam fleming gave us this update from brussels. 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 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 told me that what happens next depends on a number of factors. the government wants tomorrow, in the house of commons, 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 meaningful vote, because it didn't get to that yesterday on the so—called super saturday sitting because of the let win amendment which meant that parliament with held its approval until the extension from the eu had

been requested, and all the legislative hurdles from here on had been passed. so the government wants to try again to do that, but it is up to try again to do that, but it is up to the speaker whether that can happen, because it is a very similar requests happen, because it is a very similar req u ests to happen, because it is a very similar requests to the one which was put to mps yesterday, and normally, that isn't allowed. john bercow has described the plan by the government to give mps another vote as curious and irregular and didn't seem approving of the plan to bring back that vote on monday. we will have to wait and see tomorrow what he decides. regardless of whether that happens or not. the government wants to bring forward the legislation that would enact the brexit deal, put it into uk law, and effectively give parliament full approval to it. so it will bring forward those bills later in the week. probably we will see the first votes on that on tuesday, and that is the government's attempt to despite the fa ct government's attempt to despite the fact that boris johnson has government's attempt to despite the fact that borisjohnson has been forced to ask for an extension and parliament is doing all it can to

frustrate this process in the government's eye, to try to push things forward. so we will see a big vote probably on tuesday, on the first of that legislation to enact boris johnson's brexit first of that legislation to enact borisjohnson‘s brexit deal. keir starmer is talking again, still, about putting the withdrawal agreement as it currently stands back to the people in a referendum. how would that be facilitated, potentially? with that legislation going through parliament. the withdrawal agreement bill which is the process of enacting it into law, it can be amended in any way mps see fit, so just as we saw when theresa may was trying to get her deal through the house of commons, and mps on all sides tried to attach different conditions to it. whether thatis different conditions to it. whether that is a closer relationship with the european union in future, whether that is extra measures to try and avoid a 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. a mend it in any way that mps see fit. so we could see again an attempt to have the uk remain ina again an attempt to have the uk remain in a customs union, with the eu, infuture, remain in a customs union, with the eu, in future, of course the government would not want that, and it would whip its mps to vote against it but labour and the other opposition parties are still dead set against boris johnson's opposition parties are still dead set against borisjohnson‘s deal, so the idea of it getting an easy ride through the house of commons is frankly a fantasy. so if it doesn't getan frankly a fantasy. so if it doesn't get an easy ride and that letter that the prime minister reluctantly said sent to the eu asking for another delay, what indications are there, if any, another delay, what indications are there, ifany, how long another delay, what indications are there, if any, how long that might be for? the request was made as per the legislation that mps got through, forcing the prime minister to make that request until the end of january next year, so i to make that request until the end ofjanuary next year, so i think you can take that probably as the baseline but that is purely a request. the eu can make up their own mind whether they agree or whether they say you can have an extension but only for sick weeks or

a longer one, it will depend on to a large exte nt a longer one, it will depend on to a large extent what happens in westminster over the coming day, the prospect of as our eu leaders see it the chance of borisjohnson being able to win support for his deal and what the extension might be used force, is it purely a bit of extra time to get it through or is it something longer to allow another referendum, if that becomes a distinct possibility or maybe a general election. but the eu will have to decide that the 27 other member states, together, and they haven't really started talking about it yet. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — 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 under way 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. an extensive police cordon remains in place after a house party at a propertyjust down the road here ended with two teenagers being killed. family members of one came to the scene today to leave flowers and pay tribute, distraught at the loss of such young lives. forensic investigators gathered evidence today at a crime scene that started as a party for friends. on the front door of this house, a visible reminder of the violence that unfolded. 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. for the 20th consecutive weekend, hong kong's police have faced a battle to reclaim the streets. the headlines on bbc news: the government says it's determined to press ahead with efforts to approve boris johnson's brexit plan. a double murder investigation has begun in milton keynes after two 17—year—old boys were stabbed to death at a house party last night. kurdish—led forces in syria say they have left a strategic border town under a truce with turkey. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mark edwards. good evening. wales are through to the semifinals of the rugby world cup after dramatically fighting back to beat france 20—19 in oita. a late ross moriarty try sealed the victory after france were reduced to 1a men. wales will play south africa next sunday. our sports editor,

dan roan, reports. a second home nation is through to the semifinals of the rugby world cup, wales securing a last—gasp, very dramatic victory against their french opponents. it was france who started by far the better, two early tries, wales then responded through aaron wainwright, who scored a try of his own. at that point, it was anybody‘s, france were 19—10 up at half—time, but then the turning point, early in the second half, sebastien vahaamahina, the giant french lock, elbowed wainwright during a maul on the wales line, there was no need for it, but during the remaining half hour, of course, there were reduced to 1a men. it looks like time was running out, wales struggling to make that advantage count, but in the final reckoning, moriarty it was who popped up to score the decisive try, dan biggar converted to edge wales head for the very first time in the match, and so they are through to a second semifinal in the last three

world cups, and they will now believe, having not been at their best but somehow finding a way to prevail, they can go all the way, reaching first world cup final and give coach warren gatland the defining moment in this, his final tournament that his long and successful tenure deserves. walls will take on south africa andy murray has described his victory this afternoon in the european open as "one of the biggest" wins of his career. the former world number one broke down in tears

after winning his first singles title since career—saving hip surgery. he came from a set and a break down to beat three time grand slam champion stan wawrinka in three sets. imean i mean obvious obviously it means a lot, last few years have been extremely difficult, both actually me and stan have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of yea rs, problems in the last couple of years, and amazing obviously to be back playing against him the in a final like that. liverpool's perfect start to the premier league season has been ended by their great rivals manchester united, and it wasn't without controversy. once again the use of the video assistant referee upset some. against expectations, united took the lead at old trafford thanks to this counter attack which marcus rashford finished off. but it was referred to var which decided liverpool's divock origi wasn't fouled in the build up. var then ruled out an equaliser for sadio mane for handball. adam lallana scored a late equaliser with his first goal for two and a half years.

i thought they were excellent. they are getting fitter and fitter, the aggression first half to win the ball. the crowds response to the team, so disappointing for us, for the fans, for the players and they we re the fans, for the players and they were disappointed in the dressing room, which is a good sign for me, it is not like they are excited and we have a point from liverpool, it should have been three. we have a point from liverpool, it should have been three. rangers missed out on the chance of returning to the top of the scottish premiership. they were held to a 1—1 draw at hearts, reotaro meshino putting hearts ahead afterjust six minutes. alfredo morelos equalised later in the first half. but the point leaves them second in the table, level on points with celtic but behind on goal difference. that's all the sport for now.

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—ayn today. barbara plett usher is at the turkey—syria border. the ceasefire was supposed to begin on friday but kurdish forces in ras al—ayn said they were still under siege. kurdish forces in the town of ras al—ayn said there were still under siege and still coming under attack. 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—ayn 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. 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 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 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. 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 front line 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 7:30 on monday and later on the bbc iplayer. the longest nonstop 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 nonstop 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. the duke and duchess of cambridge have paid a second visit to a children's village in lahore in pakistan after thunderstorms prevented their return flight to islamabad. it's understood that the duchess was particularly keen to return to the organisation which supports more than 150 orphans in boarding homes. after a quick game of cricket, william and kate were given friendship bracelets — a pink one for the duchess, and a blue one for the duke. in egypt, 30 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 mummies discovered in 30 ancient wooden coffins in the valley of the kings — the egyptian city of luxor. the trove 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. it is for the common people, 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, due to open next year. the international kite and wind festival has come to an end above the maltese island of gozo. the three—day event included a competition for more than twenty international teams of professional kite masters. around 2,000 kites filled the skies, over the three days — some of them heavily engineered, while others entered a competion for the best hand made kites — a local tradition. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick. 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. 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. scotland and northern ireland looking fine for the most part with cloud increasing from the west later and outbreaks of rain by evening pushing into the northern isles with a freshening south westerly. some rain for east anglia and south—east england, especially the further east you are and elsewhere in england and wales the odd shower or the north—easterly breeze the most will stay fine with more sunshine developing through the afternoon. temperatures in the mid to low teens and choose looks mainly dry as well. and that's your weather.