this is worklife from bbc news, with sally bundock and david eades. deja vu — we've been here before but could this be the week that westminster finally agrees on a brexit deal? live from london, that's our top story on monday the 21st of october. if at first you don't succeed, try and try again. we look at the chances of borisjohnson getting parliament to vote for his brexit deal. also in worklife: a special report on the online

security scam that's cost victims thousands of pounds. and qantas takes a quantum leap for air travel with a record—breaking 19—hour non—stop flight from new york to sydney. and we'll be getting the inside track on internet speed with the man responsible for the uk's broadband infrastructure. the boss of openreach will bejoining us. sally mentioned that scanning case. we would like to know if you have been scammed, almost everybody has these days, but tell us your story and how it affected you. just use the hashtag bbcworklife. a warm welcome to the programme. once again we are focused on the british government and its attempts to get the backing of parliament for boris johnson's brexit to get the backing of parliament for borisjohnson's brexit deal.

it comes after politicians delayed the crucial vote on saturday and passed legislation to block the uk leaving the eu without a deal. so what's in mrjohnson's agreement? he's ditched the irish backstop in favour of a new arrangement that sees the whole of the uk leaving the eu customs union. the new deal means a more distant partnership with the eu, so the uk will be able to strike trade deals with other countries in the future. the new agreement says that eu law on value added tax will apply in northern ireland, but only on goods, not services. this morning the british pound dipped slightly after 4 days of strong gains, as global currency markets got the first chance to react. jess parkerjoins us now from westminster. she is one of our political

correspondent and her team is extremely busy. outline the days ahead and what might happen.” extremely busy. outline the days ahead and what might happen. i think mike isa ahead and what might happen. i think mike is a good way of putting it. first of all today we know the government is going to try and have another meaningful vote, as it is known. that is the idea of mps are proving about the deal in principle. they have a go of doing that on saturday and this amendment was attached to the whole thing said the government said it was rendered meaningless. they want a straight up and down, yes or no, binary choice on the deal. they will try and do that today but it will be up tojohn bercow, the speaker, as to whether thatis bercow, the speaker, as to whether that is allowed, and we expect a ruling at 3:30pm uk time on whether he will permit that vote to go ahead. it is likely to? a lot of people in westminster think perhaps not because he mayjudge it is too similarto not because he mayjudge it is too similar to what government ministers tried to do on saturday. regardless the government will try and introduce the legislation needed to

turn the brexit deal into law. we should maybe see a vote on that tomorrow, but i think a lot of mps in westminster are concerned that they haven't actually seen this legislation yet, and they are being asked to look at it and potentially vote it through in very short order. borisjohnson is desperately vote it through in very short order. boris johnson is desperately trying to stick to the deadline of the 31st of october in terms of the departure from the european union. jessica, thank you very much indeed. clearly plenty of bumping about for all of us plenty of bumping about for all of us and uncertainty. lesley batchelor is with me now. she's the director general of the institute of export. the pound is being bumped around. as an exporter, the week at the pound, the more you might export, but this uncertainty just goes the more you might export, but this uncertaintyjust goes on. it does, i am afraid, and instead of getting on with exporting, a lot of businesses are getting on with worrying about what to do and managing their way through this. what is your take on the new deal and the new proposal before parliament in terms of what has been changed when it comes to

moving goods around, especially in northern ireland and the republic of ireland? that is really going to start impacting some businesses quite severely. we don't really understand the full implications until the nitty—gritty is worked out, but obviously when we talk about removing bureaucracy, that has all gone out of the window quite a long time ago now. and now we are increasing the workload for most exporters quite seriously. we talk toa exporters quite seriously. we talk to a lot of people and they say whatever their views, we have got to get this done because it has dragged on too long. business can have very specific needs and demands and would presumably want a lot of the single market to work for them, etc. that said, how important is it really above all for business, with such high uncertainty levels, just to get it through? it is notjust a case of getting it through, to be quite honest, because once we have, we have got to do the rest of the work to try and pull everything together.

businesses on the whole want to have four main things in the first one is very much they would like to have frictionless trade with their nearest neighbours. they would like to have movement of people, the nobility of their workforce, and they really want regulatory alignment. to be quite honest, they need time to get this transition through properly. it is going to ta ke through properly. it is going to take a long time. that is the key, the transition phase. no—deal is the big baddie in the pack. i think businesses would accept that if there is a deal, it will give businesses only a part of what they really wa nt. businesses only a part of what they really want. absolutely. businesses are not political. what they want to do is get on with business and we are saying that a lot of businesses are saying that a lot of businesses are setting up subsidiaries in different countries in the eu and they are worrying about their supply chains. it is a huge mess. they are worried about getting staff and most importantly they are worrying about delivering on time. you can hear the anxiety in your voice. thank you for that. i am sure we will chat to you

again. thank you for now. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. japan's exports have fallen for the tenth month in a row, declining by 5.2% in september compared to august. that was a bigger drop than expected. at the same time imports fell 1.5% in the year to september. the world's third largest economy has been hit by the us—china trade war and its own dispute with south korea. some big hits going on. south korean exports plunged 19.5% over the first 20 days of october compared to a year earlier. weak sales to china and frail global demand for semiconductors dealing a fresh blow to a tottering economy. economists say the figures underline the tough road ahead for manufacturers, with the chips sector holding the key for the industry's outlook. businesses in hong kong may have to foot the bill for damage inflicted on their properties during recent protests.

reuters reports that not many firms have bought insurance that covers riot damage, as hong kong insurance usually only protects against fire and natural disasters, such as typhoons. coverage for civil unrest, particularly for small and mid—sized firms, is apparently uncommon. the longest non—stop flight has flown between new york and sydney in australia, in 19 hours and 16 minutes. covering almost 10,000 miles. could you do that? that in a seat with a toddler next to you? that bit certainly not! qantas airlines launched the test flight to research how staff and passengers manage on the ultra long haulflight. monica millor is in our asia hub now and has more on the story. that is one heck of a long old flight, that is one heck of a long old flight, monica. it is. the boeing dreamliner had 49 people on it and

it was 19 hours and 16 minutes to fly more than 16,000 kilometres from new york to sydney. if you put that into perspective, it gives you enough time to watch the first two seasons of game of thrones. the australian airline is expected to make a decision by the end of the year whether to launch this route commercially. if it does get the green light, the service could start operating as early as 2022. international pilots and australian pilots, their unions are raising concerns about the conditions on these long journeys, and whether they are really safe or not, not just for the pilot but the passengers as well. competition in ultra long haul aviation markets has intensified over recent years. there isa intensified over recent years. there is a flight, the longest in the world right now, from singapore airlines, 18.5 hours, which takes you from singapore to new york city. interesting. thank you. get in touch with us at bbc worklife and tell us

if you could handle a 19 hour plus nonstop flight. have you done the singapore to new york one? get in touch. these are the markets in asia and this is friday's close on wall street. slightly out that no dramatic news. the pound came off its four day winning street, down against the dollar earlier today that it has stabilised since then and that can all change. look at the european markets quickly. this is how the brand—new week has begun. all headed upwards. it is a really busy week, not just what is happening in the uk in westminster! that when it comes to earnings. we will hear from lots of names that you will know, mcdonald, alison, proctor and gamble, kia, whole list of companies telling us how much money they are making. —— amazon. it will be interesting to hear how global companies are doing. now to the us, where several pharmaceutical

companies today go on trial in ohio for their role in the opioid crisis. vivienne nunis has more. some 200,000 americans have died from overdoses of prescription opioids in the past two decades. many more are addicted to the drugs. today sees the opening of a landmark court case in ohio, brought by more than 2,000 state and local governments across the us. they are trying to claw back some of the billions of dollars they have spent on dealing with the opioid crisis, drug rehabilitation programmes, medical care and even foster care services for children whose parents became addicted. the multiple defendants include companies accused of fuelling the opioid crisis, from manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies. the trial will be presided over by us districtjudge dan polster, who has long pushed for a global settlement of the litigation. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is nina van volkinburg, associate lecturer at

london college of fashion. thank you forjoining us. brexit hits every corner in every way. we have another potentially huge day and certainly a big week. how does that impact on the fashion industry? there travel, fashion contributes about £32 billion the uk economy and employs about 90,000 people, just shy of the financial sector, —— 890,000 people. the real concern is a no—deal brexit which would affect revenue in the fashion and textile sector. and in terms of the tariffs and how it affects exports in particular, and there is a huge worry also in regards of looking at input points in and out of the country. if you are a retailer wanting to send goods to customers, there might be a bit of a delay there. and with convenience being

incredibly important, and that needful immediacy and wanting your product, that is going to cause some issues. fashion contributes a lot to the uk economy and it is big business in the uk. london fashion week and the events surrounding that, and it is a big supply chain in this country. absolutely. you have the big brands, such as burberry, which is already thinking of various scenarios and how to safeguard themselves. they are sending inventory internationally in case their supply chain is disrupted. but those smaller brands, the ones in the end and that are quite young, they don't have the capital or the warehouses to support that. —— the ones in london. it is important to help those guys out. you have got to make sure that fabric remains in london. i think it is important to make the point that creativity flourishes in chaos. creativity is on the horizon. you

are getting creative! this is another story which the independent is covering. scientists create artificial skin that could make smartphones ticklish. to be honest, i don't understand this yet. what is going on? it seems that scientists have made a case for a smartphone where you can squeeze it and it would turn into an angry mot, for example, or you tickle it and there isa example, or you tickle it and there is a laughter emoji. so it adds a level of experience to your smartphone. if you are sending a message and you squeeze your phone, it can put the right emoji in? that could go horribly wrong. lost in translation! and in a less gimmicky sense, because i don't have consumers would be on board with this, but applying that technology to wea ra ble this, but applying that technology to wearable fashion for example. this, but applying that technology to wearable fashion for examplelj to wearable fashion for example.” don't know if the viewers can see these images? i will tweet them later if not. it looks pretty icky

to me. what if you spill your tea on that and your child gets hold of it and wipe their nose? there are all sorts of ocd issues for me. the aesthetic element is not there. it is interesting to see how technology is interesting to see how technology is adapting to human elements. you have a technology like artificial skin and also cgi influences. are we seeing this in fashion, what we wear? in terms of wearables, yes. google has collaborated with levi's with the denim jacket with a card which you can tap and it links to your smartphone. you tap your sleeve and it picks up a call, for example. the best technology is invisible and you don't actually see something like this but it is integrated in what you are already using. best or worse! what you carry something like that around ? worse! what you carry something like that around? no, it is not chic enough. but who are we to say? i am

such an old tradition is like that. it has been great to have you on the programme. nice to meet you. we have so much more to come. we get a broadband download from the man who runs the uk's internet infrastructure. the head of openreach will be joining me in the studio. i'm sure you have questions for him! you're with worklife from bbc news. as borisjohnson attempts to get his brexit plan approved by parliament, ben thompson has been finding out what businesses want from the latest deal. good morning from a damp city of london where business and investors and all of us are trying to work out what this weekend's vote means for them. the pound has been volatile but still no answers in terms of the question is this place has about brexit and whether or no deal exit

from the eu is still potentially on the cards. with me is claer barrett, a personal finance editor at the financial times. we are no further forward with no more answers after a pretty volatile week for the pound. although there is great uncertainty about the deal that would have been voted on would have contained we would have liked it to have gone throughjust to would have liked it to have gone through just to get some certainty. we are stuck in this brexit holding pattern of business feeling they can't make decisions apart from negative ones. not to invest, not to hire staff, to cool their capital and resources until they are in a position to know what the future trading relationship with the eu will look like. and they are also worried about the length of the transition period if this deal is agreed because it will run out at the end of 2020, giving usjust14 months to work out what the relationship will be with a customs union and with regulations and also hiring staff. from a personal

finance point of view, if you look at what consumers are doing, we are also delaying decisions. the biggest deal you are ever likely to do in your life is to buy a house. we know what has happened to the property market. transaction levels have stagnated. and the money in our pockets. are we going to spend that on big significant purchases like a car or big ticket items of furniture and white goods? as we have been seeing recently with the problems department stores are having, we are delaying as well. lots of questions and very few answers. thank you so much. this place is trying to work out what happens next. it seems this week again could be another big week but whether we get any answers remains to be seen still. more from us remains to be seen still. more from us later. as familiar message. if you want to have a look at what happens now on our bbc website we have got... not all of the answer is that an interesting piece laying out some of the challenges and possibilities of the next week or

so. will boris johnson possibilities of the next week or so. will borisjohnson had his day? maybe even today. have a look at the website. it is a good piece. you're watching worklife on bbc news. a reminder of our top story: borisjohnson will make another attempt to bring his brexit deal before the commons this afternoon having failed to win the support of mps at the weekend. when you're looking to buy a new home there are plenty of things to take into account — location, transport links, proximity to good schools. but what about internet quality? a recent study showed quick broadband speed now ranks as one of the most desirable qualities for prospective homebuyers. however despite its importance the uk only ranks 35th in the world for average broadband speeds. clive selley is the boss of openreach, the company that's responsible for the uk's internet infrastructure. good morning and welcome to

worklife. you have got a huge task on your hands replacing copper with full fibre, and there is a deadline of 2025. do you feel a weight on your shoulders? i think the prime minister has set us a very challenging target and we are up for playing a very full role in achieving that. we are hiding people, it's killing people, deploying full fibre across the uk. -- hiring deploying full fibre across the uk. —— hiring people and skilling people. we are bringing it to your home every 35 seconds day and night. that does sound like it is going to bea that does sound like it is going to be a stretch. it is a stretch target but at open reach we are absolutely up but at open reach we are absolutely upfor but at open reach we are absolutely laying but at open reach we are absolutely up for playing the lion's share role in that delivery programme and that is why we are hiring people and that is why we are hiring people and that is why we are hiring people and that is why you see our vans on the streets of the uk in the cities and towns and also in the countryside,

delivering full fibre at a real place now. how will that be paid for? who puts what in the pot and how much help do you get from the government? this is mostly a commercial build, so this is all of our money. the exception to that will be in a very rural areas of the uk, where in the queen's speech the government has announced £5 billion of subsidy for the deployment to those very rural homes and communities. how much difference will it make to have full fibre? you have been putting out the copper wire technology and you have got superfast broadband. i guess you would like to say it is doing a pretty good job. we look at the international tables and i say my goodness we are down the list. how badly served are we? very well served with superfast broadband. compared with the big countries of europe, germany, france, spain, italy, more by percentage of the

population can get superfast broadband than in those european countries. but now is the time to invest in a full fibre infrastructure and it will make a huge difference. recent research suggests that a full fibre infrastructure for the uk will actually boost gdp by £60 billion per annum. actually boost gdp by £60 billion perannum. so actually boost gdp by £60 billion per annum. so the prize here is simply enormous. just talk us through brexit and how it impacts on what you are trying to do. there is an impact in terms of labour and stockpiling. you wouldn't think you need to stockpile. yes, what all businesses desire is stability and certainty and we certainly don't have that in the brexit context. what we are doing is guarding against the most challenging of the brexit outcomes, which is a hard brexit. we have stockpiled literally tens of millions of pounds of telecommunications equipment, up and down the uk. we have a hedge but it

will not last beyond a few months. and what about labour? labour is a significant issue. the deployment of full fibre is a people intensive business. in our supply chain there are significant numbers of people from europe, so eu passport holders. we need to know from government that that supply of labour will be secure whatever the brexit outcome. a big challenge. thank you forjoining us. in a moment we'll run through some viewer responses to our twitter question. have you been the victim of a scam or not? and this is why. police in india have shut down two call centres in kolkata and arrested seven people suspected of trying to scam thousands of victims in the uk and elsewhere. the suspected fraudsters pretended to offer computer security to their victims. the raids were the culmination of a four—year investigation, involving british and indian police,

and the technology firm microsoft. reinforcing my belief that everything was ok. retired businessman doug varey doesn't know much about computers. but when he was offered an antivirus package from a pop—up ad, he thought it was a good deal and signed up for 12 years' protection. this is the order acknowledgement of my agreeing to pay these people £556. but a few months later, the phone rang at his devon home. it was the firm who'd sold him the security package with some worrying news. they said we've just discovered a serious problem on your computer. they told him to go and take a look and he saw on screen what appeared to be a russian buying guns. he was informed this man had taken over his pc. and all the while, this man on the phone kept saying, "oh, my god! oh, my god, this is really serious." and he was just increasing my level of anxiety to the point

where i was in total panic. the security adviser told mr varey he could make the problem go away with the payment of £4000 to a bank in india. he had been the victim of a common fraud. now an international police operation has seen raids on call centres in kolkata in india. among the firms targeted, the one that had rung mr varey. what it says to criminals is that we will pursue you no matter where you are in the world, we will work with other law enforcement, we will work with the private sector and we will do what we need to do to bring you to justice. doug varey says he now feels a fool, but he hopes his experience will stop others from falling for the same scam. rory cellanjones, bbc news. we have had some pretty nasty stories coming in. here is one. leon bailey: afraid so. i got scammed for £33,000 while going through a house purchase. managed to get 19,000 back to the fraud department but the

house sale fell through. many more responses from you and stories with the hashtag bbc worklife. that is all from us today. see you tomorrow. good morning. low pressure has been dominating the weather over the last few weeks, bringing us quite a lot of wet conditions, but for today high pressure is extending its way from the azores up across the uk and giving us something a bit more settled today. stella weather front towards the south—east of england bringing outbreaks of rain. —— is still a weather front. it will become patchy later. some cloud elsewhere with sunny spells developing towards the north but cloudy in the south—east. maximum temperature is getting up to ten or 14 temperature is getting up to ten or 1a degrees. that rain in the south—east of england, while it is

patchy later on, will eventually move away through tonight. there will be clear skies for england and wales and that will allow fog to develop, quite dense in places, and quite chilly across england and wales. not as cold as last night in scotland. rain will move its way into the northern isles and the western isles. tuesday morning could start off a bit misty and murky with fog patches especially across england and wales. a cold start with frost in more rural areas. that is because we have got slack wins with this area of high pressure towards northern areas and a bit more u nsettled northern areas and a bit more unsettled with low pressure and rain. the rain mainly affecting the far north of scotland and elsewhere it is looking dry. mist and fog clears and sunny skies in central and southern areas but further north staying cloudy on tuesday. maximum temperature is 11 to 1a. low pressure is still there towards the north west as we go into wednesday. it will bring weather front into

northern ireland and into scotland. the rain could turn quite heavy in the west of scotland later in the day. another weather system towards the south—east bringing a bit of rain but it will mostly clear and there will be sunny skies, especially towards wales and northern parts of england. temperatures in the low to the mid—teens. going through thursday and into friday, a look at scotland and into friday, a look at scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine at times on thursday but more rain moves in on friday. and for england and wales, later in the week, on thursday that will be some misty conditions and some cloud around before rain moves in for the end of the week. that is all from me. goodbye.

you're watching bbc news at nine with me, carrie gracie — the headlines... borisjohnson will try to get mps to vote again on his brexit agreement — but he could be blocked by the commons speaker and opposition parties. we'll be talking to a parliamentary expert at 9.15 about just what we might expect to see in parliament in the coming week. prince harry opens up about struggling in the spotlight, saying he and his brother have "good days and bad days" amid reports of a rift. part of this role, and part of this job and this family being under the pressure that it's under inevitably, you know, stuff happens. but look, we're brothers. we'll always be brothers.