this is bbc news, the headlines at two o'clock. england reach the final of the rugby world cup, with a stunning win against the all blacks in yokohama. cheering. celebrations across the country and injapan as they record their first victory over new zealand in the tournament's history. that was incredible. absolutely incredible, from start to finish they were all over them. police investigating the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in essex continue to question four people as details emerge of messages believed to have been sent by a woman inside. ministers push boris johnson's case for a general election, accusing jeremy corbyn of being "scared of the outcome".

when theresa may was prime minister, or he would talk about and one of the things he talked about co nsta ntly the things he talked about constantly was this need for a general election and now he seems to have changed his mind. and dup leader arlene foster is expected to underline her opposition to the proposed brexit deal in a speech to her party's conference in belfast. hello and welcome to bbc news. england are through to the final of the rugby world cup after beating defending champions new zealand. they ended the all blacks grip on the the trophy, with a 19—7 victory in yokohama. it's the first time england have reached the final since 2007, and the first time they've beaten new zealand in the history

of the tournament. they'll find out their oppponents tomorrow as wales take on south africa in the other semifinal. our sports editor dan roan was at the stadium and told us just what an achievement this was. not since 2003, when the world cup was won, has english rugby enjoyed a moment as enjoyable, as significant, as the one we have just witnessed here in the yokohama stadium. they came into this match very much as underdogs, they ended it as top dogs. four years ago, england were humiliated on home soil in their own world cup, crashing out at the group stage. in the wake of that failure, the rfu invested heavily, bringing in australian coach eddiejones, they tasked him with putting the pride back into english rugby, and reaching the semifinals of this tournament. well, here this evening, he just went one better, and in doing so, his team have dethroned the superpowers of world

rugby, the all blacks. it ends a run of six defeats against them, the last time england beat the all blacks was in 2012. they will have to wait until tomorrow, england, to discover who they will play in next week's final, either wales or south africa. but after a performance and a win that will never be forgotten, they now know they will go into the final as firm favourites. the england head coach eddiejones has been speaking, and said his side needed to be on top form against such strong opponents. we had to take the rugby to them. we wa nted we had to take the rugby to them. we wanted to take it to them and show that we could take the game to them. try to put them on the back foot as much as we could. we are ready for another week so we are looking forward to it. we are not

historians, we don't know, but we know that we can play better next week and we are going to have to play better next week, whoever we play better next week, whoever we play against. as you would expect, england fans leaving the match were delighted with the teams performance. 0ur reporter caught up with a few. the way those boys played today out there for us was absolutely incredible. it was relentless from start to finish. bearing in mind that was the all blacks they were playing against, is that as good as you have ever seen them play? yeah, i would say the defence was amazing. absolutely amazing. theyjust didn't give an inch. and it was superb, fantastic. if you pick the one to 15 now, every single one of them who wears the white shirt was unbelievable. how would you sum up that performance? breathtaking. amazing. to count your chickens obviously. but fingers crossed, that it all goes well. if we repeat that performance, then who knows? relentless was the word. right from start to finish, absolutely fantastic. a brilliant performance from the boys. you can see them winning the world cup now? who knows? i don't like to count chickens. never count your chickens.

if they play like that again, they win it. it is as simple as that. the atmosphere was amazing. we had a whole lot of all blacks supporters next to us at one side, and we totally drowned them out. it was just superb right from the beginning. wonderful. a really positive atmosphere as well. how good were england? really good. incredible. really, really good. her first international rugby match. a good start, yeah! the team has been praised for their heroic display on social media... the prime minister borisjohnson said ‘immense effort by @englandrugby many congratulations to the whole team. now for the final‘. former england player will carling said,

and johnny wilkinson, the player who scored the winning points in england last world cup final 16 years ago, he said ‘immense!! individually and together asa team....immense! on to next week's final. can't wait! my colleague geeta guru—murthy spoke to the former england rugby international brian moore and began by asking his reaction to the result. i think it was a tremendous victory. but the best thing about it was it was absolutely deserved it. no element of luck. in fact, they had a couple of tmo decisions go their way, it could have been a bigger victory. they made a very good new zealand side look hesitant and tentative. and did new zealand underperform? i don't think they were allowed to perform as they normally are. when they play with ball in hand, usually, they are able to escape in the best defence. but england time and time

again shut them down, second and third tackles went in. i think new zealand made a bad mistake in their selection putting scott barrett in the back row, that gave england an advantage. 16 turnovers, that was the basis of the game. so england into the final, how much of that credit goes to eddie jones? a huge amount of credit goes to him. he had the foresight to pick the forward farrell axis. a lot of people, including me, didn't think that was the right thing. but he picked the two ostensible number sevens in the back row. and he was confident enough to bring all of his bench on against the double world champions and defend what was a slender lead. at the end of the day, he has been proved absolutely right. but this is the point, if they don't win the final, all of this is for nothing. and in terms of their preparation, their fitness, how much of that has played a part in getting them to the final for next week? i remember eddiejones saying to me

when he first came here, these players are not fit enough. i remember thinking, "are you sure about that?" he is absolutely right. the intensity at this level, and certainly in the final, is far and above anything people are playing domestically. he was absolutely right to have the sessions he has had. even though people complained along the way. is there a risk that having beaten the all blacks now that england might relax or not be able to perform again for next week? because we don't know who they will be up against, but they have beaten one of the top teams in the world. psychologically, it is a different challenge. but they are professionals, eddiejones knows what it takes to win world cups. and it will be his, the captain's, and the management team's job to disabuse anyone that this is a job done. it means nothing unless they win the final, but i'm sure they are aware of that.

and who would you place your bets on, in terms of going into the final against england next week? i said this morning that england would go through. i think that south africa will go through. i would rather as an englishman play south africa, not because i dislike wales, but i think the domestic element and the familiarity would not play into england's hands. and what is your advice now for the england team going forward in the next few days to prepare for that big match? they need a couple of days rest and relaxation. not unfocused, not using energy, butjust taking time to have a bit of thought process away from rugby, then the hard work will start after a day's reflection. and it will be hard work. any stars in the team that people should look out for next week? i think the whole team was deserving of a mention,

but itoje today, tuilagi, underhill — they were all absolutely outstanding. and what does this mean for english rugby overall, to see the team finally in this huge game internationally? it means something — they have beaten the double world champions and knocked them out, which is a big achievement. but i come back to this, it doesn't really mean anything if you don't win the final. isn't that rather harsh? it is, but i have been through this process. i won a semifinal, then i lost a final. i know how it feels, and i don't want anyone else to go through that. two more bodies have been removed from the refrigerated lorry container in which 39 people died travelling from zeebrugge in belgium to purfleet in essex on tuesday night. several families in vietnam have contacted the bbc,

fearing their loved ones are among the dead. lisa hampele reports. this morning more bodies have been taken by private ambulance from the container here in tilbury for postmortem examinations at bloomfield hospital in chelmsford. essex police are still trying to identify the victims. meanwhile, desperate families are coming forward to try and find out what happened to their loved ones. viet home, an organisation which helps people from vietnam in britain says it has been given the photographs of 20 people. they are thought to have been missing and may have been among the dead. the father of this 20—year—old says his son had planned to treble from france to britain but they got a call saying, please have sympathy, something unexpected has happened. translation: those who would still like to go abroad, please think carefully. the chance for survival is 50—50.

a priest from vietnam thinks he knows relatives who think their families are dead. translation: when they learned of the news of the people who died on the way to the uk in search of a new life, but lost their lives instead, not only the district, but perhaps the whole country is in sorrow. this is a tragedy that the whole country has to bear. four people remain in custody. lorry driver mo robinson is still being held on suspicion of murder. a 48—year—old man was arrested at stansted airport yesterday on suspicion of people trafficking and manslaughter. and joanna meyer and her husband thomas from warrington are also being held on the same charges. i'm joined now via webcam from ho chi minh city by mimi vu from the vietnamese anti—trafficking

ngo, pacific links. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. i wonder, this is clearly heartbreaking and horrific story, can you give us a sense of how big a destination the uk is for people in vietnam ? how big a destination the uk is for people in vietnam? well, i wouldn't say it is not necessarily for people in vietnam, most of the victims and people who migrate to europe in the uk only come from a handful of provinces in vietnam and for those people, the uk is the number one destination. this has been going on for many, many years now and it is only recently that it is becoming more apparent and more in the news and that governments from all over had started paying attention to it. but it has been going on for a long time. why is the uk the number one destination? because initially, overall, the us will always be the number one destination for your average the enemies that wants to

migrate but it is difficult to get to. the next best country, the best next closest english—speaking country of the uk and you can get to the uk from vietnam. it is hard but you can still get there by land. and so you can still get there by land. and so that is how the year of the uk has remained high among the vietnamese population. how aware are people of the risks involved? they are aware of a difficultjourney but they are not really aware of exactly what can happen to them on the way. and most of these people, if not all of them, have never left vietnam or even asia unless they have already gone over to or tried to go over and failed and had to be returned. so, in their minds, this is a service, it has a word in vietnamese, that

they have engaged, that is why they pay such exorbitant sums of money, because it is supposed to guarantee not just transportation but safe transportation, job training, usually in a nail salon, and job placement in vietnamese run nail salon. you mention exorbitant sums of money, what sums are we talking about? there is a range, there are varying different payment schemes but in general you have different class levels of travel. if you have less money, ten or $15,000, you will initially pay for a class of travel thatis initially pay for a class of travel that is more arduous so a lot by car, walking across forest at night time, and then if you or yourfamily can borrow more money and you can pay a0 or $50,000, then that is like the five star, the gold star standard, which is mostly by

aeroplane. but no matter what kind of quote and quote kind of travel you choose, you will still end up at a border and still will be snuck in on the back of a lorry or on a ferry. yes, so it is excessive and it is dangerous. finally, can you give us a sense of what the reaction has been in vietnam to this story? people are shocked. the trafficking of vietnamese to europe and the uk has a much, you know, is much lower on the national conscience than say trafficking of vietnamese women and girls to china. that is different. so, especially for the people who go 01’ so, especially for the people who go or who are at risk of going to europe and the uk, they may hear of, oh, i heard of someone very far away, or someone, an oh, i heard of someone very far away, or someone, an abstract name that got into trouble, and the idea is, oh, well, that person happened

to be unlucky. what is different about this particular case, especially the young woman who was the first to be identified as a potential victim is that her family, you know, released her name and they released her last text messages. and they are very anguished messages of a daughter who knows she is dying and to feel she has failed her family, written to her mother. that is something that touches everyone in this country's heart because vietnam is a very common vietnamese culture is very family centric so she is someone's daughter, she could be your daughter, she could be your sister or your niece or your mother. 0n sister or your niece or your mother. on top of that, she writes in there that she knows she is dying. and it is very clear, she writes, i'm dying because i cannot breathe. and after that, she writes her address, knowing that she is dying and she

writes the address because she wants her body to be returned to her family so they could conduct a proper burial rites and funeral ceremonies in orderfor her spirit to be able to pass on peacefully. that is very tragic and every vietnamese person who reads this knows exactly what she is doing and it is very painful for the entire country. i think we can all understand that. we are waiting for my dedication of those 39 people who all died. thank you, really good to hear your thoughts and insights, thanks. thank you. the government has repeated its call for mps to back a general election later this year. mps are expected to vote on the question of another poll on monday. the prime minister boris johnson says he wants to hold one in december — if the eu offers a brexit delay until the end of january. 0ur political correspondent tom barton is with me.

tom, correct me if i am wrong, but it seems we have a stand—off between the government, mps, and the eu. if iam right, who the government, mps, and the eu. if i am right, who will blink first? nobody wants to make the first move, do they, as is often the case in those situations. we did get a conclusion of sorts from this meeting, the eu ambassadors yesterday, in that they agreed they would be an extension, what we didn't hear is how long that extension will be. and there is a big disagreement in the eu about that, particularly with france's president emmanuel macron who is very keen on a much shorter extension than some of the other eu states. so, instead of up to the end of the year, potentially the end of january, he would rather see extension ofjust a couple of weeks. and that matters because boris johnson would like to see the selection on december the 12th, he will put that to parliament on monday, we understand. and he can only call that election of two thirds of mps to support him.

0pposition parties have made it clear first of all that they won't necessarily support base, no matter what, but if they did it would be conditional on it happening before brexit. and so we need to know what the brexit date is going to be before any vote is going to be approved. the government, though, underlining their keenness on an election, saying this is the only way to resolve brexit. and earlier today, the business minister said at jeremy corbyn, in particular, needs to front up and accept boris johnson's demands. when theresa may was prime minister, all he would talk about, and one of the things he was talking about constantly was this need for a general election. now he seems to have changed his mind, and he is saying that is because we haven't taken no deal off the table. but when he was asking for a general election for two years, our policy was that no deal was better than a bad deal. so no deal has always been a potential outcome, and he hasjust changed his mind.

and i don't think it has got anything to do with the status of no deal. tom, reports this morning suggest the government could be looking at more divergences from the eu, in terms of regulations, workers' rights, for example, and environmental standards. to cut through that, what has been emerging? this is a document leaked to the financial times, the paper says that it essentially shows, like you said, that the government is looking at diverging further than it had initially said from the eu's rules and regulations. 0nce had initially said from the eu's rules and regulations. once we leave ? rules and regulations. once we leave? yes, once we leave, and once the transition period is over, so if we leave with a deal, we are talking at the end of that period once we leave properly, if you like, for lack of a better way of putting it. essentially, according to the ft, this document says that the way the political declaration, which is this thing which sits alongside the

withdrawal agreement and talks about how the two sides want to proceed with negotiations during the transition period, it says there is room for interpretation, according to the ft, in the closeness with which britain needs to continue following the eu's regulations. these claims are likely to be a red rag to the labour mps, these claims are likely to be a red rag to the labour mp5, 19 of them who supported borisjohnson's deal last week at that second reading vote in the house of commons, after receiving assurances from the government around workers' rights and environmental actions. the government committed a, has said it doesn't recognise this document and speaking earlier today, the business minister said it wouldn't make any sense to do —— to delete workers' rights because the government has put together this coalition, including nearly 20 labour mps and anything to undermine that it would of course, he says, be a mistake. tom barton, our political correspondent, but to talk to you,

thanks. let's go to belfast whether dup is holding its annual conference. the deputy leader nigel dodds is currently addressing delegates. the leader arlene foster will be giving the closing speech and we will be reporting on that in the next hour. a second man accused of killing two teenagers at a house party in milton keynes last weekend — has appeared in court. 17—year—olds ben gillham—rice and dom ansah died after being attacked at a birthday party in archford croft. earl bevans, who is 22, was remanded in custody. millions of people in california face having their power cut — as the emergency services continue to battle two rapidly spreading wildfires in the state. a local electricity company says it intends to turn off power in 36 counties — after one of its transmission

towers developed a fault near one of the fires. angus crawford reports. through smoke and flames, help from the skies. emergency services at either end of the state, tackling wildfires driven by 70 mph gales. wine country north of san francisco under threat. everyone evacuate! the fire's coming up! and fear further south in santa clarita. 50,000 residents forced to evacuate. two days now, two very long, sad, disappointing days. there's nothing to burn in my area. it all burned out. literally around two, three in the morning, it felt like it was a train ripping through my car. even pets had to seek sanctuary. there has been limited damage, no injuries reported and most fires are under control.

but rising winds may stoke the flames. we're potentially going to see a historical wind event. and it has us highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fires. for now, then, firefighters must watch and wait. angus crawford, bbc news. and arelene foster, the leader of the dup, is giving a speech, let's listen in. thank you. 0k, guys. thank you. thank you. 0k, guys. thank you. thank you, thank you. applause. honestly, honestly... thank you.

thank you, most sincerely for your wonderful welcome. it is almost impossible to believe that it has been 11 months since we last gathered at our conference. in that time, much has happened. we have fought and won two elections, we have continued to strive to get a sensible brexit deal. the united kingdom has e —— unite —— the united kingdom has e —— unite —— the united kingdom has e —— unite —— the united kingdom has a new prime minister. and rather than have burris with us today, we have had to send him to the naughty step in parliament twice this week. twice! —— boris. colleagues, it was harold wilson who said the phrase a week is a long time in politics but in this era, the era in which we are living, a day seems like an eternity. while

that may be the case, one thing remains certain, this party continues to stand strong for northern ireland. applause. and this afternoon, i want to especially welcome and acknowledge our visitors here from outside the party and to thank them all for their friendship andindeed thank them all for their friendship and indeed their support. i want to thank colleagues, members, and supporters for their loyalty, their support, their hard work and dedication, to our cause, since we last met. 0ur democratic unionist family is at its best when we work together in common cause in pursuit of the bop goals that bind us together. our love for northern ireland, our determination to serve the people, and our desire to shape the people, and our desire to shape the future within the united kingdom for the benefit of everyone. we meet ata time for the benefit of everyone. we meet at a time of momentous significance, i believe that future generations will look back and recognise these

days as a defining time whether choices we made shape their future. and in that context, the voters of northern ireland have placed a great response ability on the shoulders of this party. they have trusted us to do what is in the best interests of northern ireland and to exercise that responsibility in a manner that is beneficial for all. that responsibility in a manner that is beneficialfor all. and in this crucial moment, in the affairs of ourland, we crucial moment, in the affairs of our land, we will be guided by that principle. more than ever, we are motivated, we are focused, and we are determined to get northern ireland moving again. and in my leader's address to conference last year, i indicated that this party would use the local government elections to offer voters a plan, not just for low rates elections to offer voters a plan, notjust for low rates and quality services, but also to make a meaningful difference to our society. and today we celebrate the success society. and today we celebrate the su ccess we society. and today we celebrate the success we had in the local government election last may, we increased our vote share with an

extra 19,000 votes and returned 122 councillors. and i congratulate all those elected and i also want to pay tribute to long—standing councillors who stepped down, and indeed to our candidates who ran excellent campaigns but who unfortunately were u nsuccessful campaigns but who unfortunately were unsuccessful on this occasion, some by the narrowest of margins. and i am immensely proud, conference, that it is the dup that is the only party with female representation in every single council chamber in northern ireland! applause. but securing the support of people at the ballot box is the lifeblood of any party but using the mandate entrusted to us to deliver positively for voters is even more important. and the democratic

unionist party has a track record of working for the people all of the time, notjust at election time, and unlike some other candidates, we don'tjust unlike some other candidates, we don't just rock unlike some other candidates, we don'tjust rock up in your neighbourhood asking for votes a few days or weeks before the polls. in our local government election campaign, we pledge that through councils we would commit to delivery —— delivering a real and lasting legacy for people with disabilities are so following the election i am pleased that the dup council is working with councillors from other parties have already started work on delivering more for people with disabilities, including work on greater provision of inclusive play parks. we are determined to make a real difference on every day issues. of course, in the european election injune, diane of course, in the european election in june, diane enclaves of course, in the european election injune, diane enclaves —— increased per voter preference by another percentage point and was the first candidate elected in northern ireland. through strong teamwork and a track record of delivery, diane dodds was and is the voice of