this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 6pm: police charge maurice robinson with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a lorry in essex. he's also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people. four other people remain in custody as police appeal for anyone concerned about family members to get in touch. if you come into us, we will do everything we can to put our arm around you and take you through this process, identify as quickly as possible to see whether or not we do indeed have one of your loved ones involved in this tragic incident. one of the most authoritative and famous victories in english rugby history! england reach the final of the rugby world cup

with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. that's how we thought they were going to play and we hoped they'd play, and they did. the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. we will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us in the wrong direction. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. and coming up at half past six, sportsday will bring you up to date with all of today's premier league results.

hello and welcome to bbc news. police have charged a man with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. maurice robinson, the 25—year—old driver, will appear at chelmsford magistrates‘ court on monday. severalfamilies in vietnam have contacted the bbc, fearing relatives are among the dead. a fifth person wanted by police has been arrested in dublin. jon donnison reports. this morning, at tilbury docks, more bodies driven away by private ambulance. all 39 have been removed from the container. they've been taken to broomfield hospital in chelmsford for postmortem examinations. but essex police say identifying those who died will take time. the focus, though, is now

on the vietnamese community. i've met with the vietnamese ambassador, and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. again, we have agreed and i have made it clear to the ambassador that at every stage, we'll be treating these individuals with dignity and respect. but underlying all that, we don't know exactly the nationality of the individuals, but i will focus and engage as much as i can within the vietnamese community. in vietnam, the family of one victim was already grieving. he left behind his wife and young son to head to the uk. his father says he feels certain his son was inside the lorry. translation: he was on that truck, all 39 are dead and he must be one of them. he has gone now, there is nothing left of him, he died.

father anthony is a vietnamese priest who's been speaking to families whose relatives are missing. translation: they were under way to a new life, but they lost their lives. the district is in sorrow, it's a tragedy for the whole country to bear. a 21—year—old is another feared victim. in glasgow, we spoke to a friend who was hoping to see her once she arrived in the uk. he didn't want to be identified. translation: i have spoken to some of the families. they told me their daughters and sons travelled on that day. they know about the news, but they don't want to believe it. they are waiting for a miracle. in central vietnam, another makeshift shrine. set up at the home of a possible victim. her family are also fearing the worst. all they can do is wait for confirmation of what they think they already know. jon donnison, bbc news, grays.

our correspondent lisa hampele is in grays. tell us a bit more about the charges the driver of the lorry is facing. yes, police were running out of titles that they had to either release him or charge him and this afternoon, have charged maurice robinson from northern ireland with 39 counts of manslaughter. he will appear before chelmsford magistrates‘ court on monday. he is also charged with conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. now, three other people are still being held in custody. that is a 48—year—old man who was arrested at sta nsted that is a 48—year—old man who was arrested at stansted airport yesterday. he is also from northern ireland and he is being held. and to other people, joanna and thomas mayer, they are being held and come from warrington and they are being

questioned as well to do with this investigation. and also earlier today, we heard the police have arrested a man in his 20s in dublin. he got off a ferry from france and he was appearing in court this afternoon but that is about an unrelated incident. but we do know that essex police want to question him in relation to this investigation. and what more do we know about the investigation into the identities and nationalities of the identities and nationalities of the 39 people who died? well, we we re the 39 people who died? well, we were hearing initially from essex police that they thought the people we re police that they thought the people were chinese. but we have been hearing that there has been a law of worry from the vietnamese community and the bbc has in fact had six people contact us to say that they are concerned that it may be their loved ones who are among the dead

and there is another organisation here in britain called viet home who have 20 photographs of people who say they think may be that relatives are among the dead. and today, we we re are among the dead. and today, we were talking to the police officer in charge of identifying these victims and he told us his main thrust here is to as quickly as possible find out who these people are. and he says it could be any nationality but his focus some of his time at least on the viennese community. the vietnamese ambassador has in fact been here today and they have been talking and he signed the book of condolences. and also he says that yes, he does think there may be some of the enemy people involved. he wants them to not keep on with other organisations but to contact the police directly. but he also said that there are people here

may be in the uk who are illegal immigrants and they may be very concerned and desperate about their loved ones and he wants them to have trust in the police and he says that if they come forward to essex police, essex police will not prosecute any of them for illegal immigration. and he wants them to be able to feel free. and he says anyone who is worried about their loved ones, contact them because he wa nts to loved ones, contact them because he wants to put an arm around them, lead them through this and help them to identify any of their loved ones. lisa, thanks for the update. well, as we‘ve been hearing, police say efforts to identify the 39 bodies are focused on the vietnamese community. earlier, i spoke to michael brosowski, the ceo and founder of the blue dragon children‘s foundation, which deals with victims of human trafficking in vietnam. he explained why people make the journey to the uk.

well, it‘s a combination of factors and when we‘re trying to understand why this happens, we have to make sure that we don‘t look atjust one cause or one reason. it‘s normally a whole bunch of factors intertwining. poverty is certainly part of it. that makes people vulnerable to being offered opportunities that they think might change their life, that they hope will create something better for their future. but of course there are lots of poor people who are not trafficked. so it‘s not only poverty, it‘s also the history of the region. for example, a lot of the people ending up in the uk are from areas where there has long been traffic from those provinces to europe and the uk. so it‘s a well—worn path.

and it‘s very easy therefore for people who are interested in these opportunities to find somebody who can take them there. so there may be a personal network, there may be opportunities to borrow money that people can use to then pay the smugglers and then these factors combined are both push and pull factors, leading people to take a risk and think, "well, maybe this will change my life for the better." and meanwhile, there are people ready and willing to capitalise on that vulnerability. england‘s rugby team produced one of their greatest ever performances to beat defending champions new zealand and reach the rugby world cup final injapan. the all blacks were clear favourites before the game, but england dominated, taking the lead in the second minute, and eventually

winning by 19 points to 7. they‘ll face either wales or south africa, who play tomorrow, in the final. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in yokohama. not since 2003, when the world cup was won, has english rugby enjoyed a moment as enjoyable, as significant, as the one we‘ve just witnessed here in the yokohama stadium. they came into this match very much as underdogs, they ended it as top dogs. you know, four years ago, england were humiliated on home soil in their own world cup when they crashed out at the group stage. in the wake of that failure, the rfu invested heavily, they brought in the australian coach eddiejones, and 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. this ends a run of six defeats against them.

the last time england beat the all blacks was in 2012. they will have to wait untiltomorrow, of course, 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‘ll go into that final as firm favourites. as you would expect, england fans leaving the match were delighted with the teams performance. we caught up with a few of them. 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‘ve 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. if we play like that again in the final, you don't want to count your chickens obviously.

but fingers crossed, it all goes well. if we can 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's as simple as that. the atmosphere was amazing. we had a whole load 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! yes, they don‘t get better than this. the team has been praised on social media for their heroic display. the prime minister borisjohnson said... former england player will carling said...

and jonny wilkinson, the player who scored the winning points in england last world cup triumph 16 years ago, he said... 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. no element of luck. in fact, had a couple of decisions gone their way, it could have been a bigger victory. they made a very, very good

new zealand side look hesitant and tentative. and did new zealand underperform? well, i don‘t think they were allowed to perform as they normally are. when they play with ball in hand usually, they‘re able to escape the best of defences. 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 barrett in the back row, giving england an advantage. i6 turnovers today, and that was the basis of the game. so, england into the final, how much of that credit goes to eddie jones? well, a huge amount of credit‘s got to go to eddiejones. he had the foresight to pick the ford—farrell axis. a lot of people, including me i have to say, 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 quite a slender lead. and at the end of the day, he‘s been proved absolutely right. but this is the point, if they don‘t win the final, all this is for nothing. and just in terms of their preparation, theirfitness, how much of that has played a part in getting them to the finalfor next week? i remember eddiejones saying to me when he first came here, "these players are not fit enough. the premiership is slow." i remember thinking, "are you sure about that?" he‘s absolutely right. the intensity at this level, and certainly in the final, is far and above anything that people play in domestically. he was absolutely right to have the sessions he has had even though people complained along the way. the headlines on bbc news: police charge maurice robinson with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a lorry in essex. he‘s also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people. england are into the final of the rugby world cup after beating defending champions new zealand

19—7 in yokohama. and the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has vowed to oppose the prime minister‘s brexit deal in the coming weeks. dup leader arlene foster told the party conference today her mps would use their votes in westminster to defeat the prime minister. it was a marked contrast to last year, which saw a star turn from mrjohnson. here‘s our ireland correspondent emma vardy, and a warning, there‘s some flash photography in her report. what a difference. this time last year, it was boris johnson walking onto this stage to rapturous applause. today, he was scolded

by the dup leader. rather than have boris with us today, we have had to send him to the naughty step in parliament twice in this last week. twice! the party has refused to back the government on crucial brexit votes, saying borisjohnson sacrificed commitments he made to the dup in order to get a deal. we will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us in the wrong direction. last year, borisjohnson was warmly welcomed when he said no government should put a border down the irish sea. but his revised brexit deal requires new checks at northern ireland‘s ports to keep frictionless trade over the irish land border. it‘s a concession that for the dup undermines northern ireland‘s place in the united kingdom, which arlene foster had promised to uphold. now more than ever, let us stand strong for the union. thank you very much.

arlene foster was keen to remind delegates the dup‘s votes in westminster have made a difference in recent days. and despite what members see as borisjohnson‘s betrayal of promises that he made here last year, they continue to hope the party can wield enough influence to get the prime minister to change course in the days ahead. just going to have to go back and think very hard about how he will get back our ten votes. it's as simple as that, there's arithmetic to be played. if he don't, i don't see any future for boris, i have to say. the price for an agreement with the eu has been losing the support of allies here. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. 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, borisjohnson,

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 explained the challenges facing the prime minister. we did get a conclusion that there would be an extension but not how long that would be. there is disagreement with the french president who is very keen on a short extension than at some of the other eu states are. so instead of the end of the year orjanuary, he would rather see an extension of just a couple of weeks. and that matters because borisjohnson would like to see this election on december 12 and will put that to parliament we understand on monday. he can only call the election if two thirds of mps support him. opposition parties admit it clear

that they won‘t necessarily support this no matter what but if they did, it would be conditional on it happening before brexit. and so we did know what the brexit that is going to be before any vote is going to be approvals of the government though undermining their keenness on an election saying this is the only way to resolve brexit and earlier today causing —— quoting the business minister saying jeremy corbyn in particular needs to front up corbyn in particular needs to front up and accept borisjohnson‘s demand. 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 is saying that that is because we haven't taken no—deal off the table. 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. i don't think it has anything to do

with the status of no deal. reports this morning the eu could be looking for more divergence on workers‘ rights and environmental standards. this document was leaked to the financial times. the paper says it shows the government is looking at diverging further than it had initially said from the eu rules and regulations. once we leave? and once the tradition period is over so if you leave with a deal, talking at the end of that period once we leave properly if you would like for lack ofa properly if you would like for lack of a better way of putting it. and essentially according to the ft can of this document says the way the political declaration which is this thing sits that alongside the withdrawal agreement and talks about

how the two sides will proceed with negotiations during the tragedy period, it says there is room for interpretation according to the ft in the closeness with which britain needs to continue following the eu regulations. these claims are a red rag to the labour mps who supported boris johnson‘s rag to the labour mps who supported borisjohnson‘s deal last rag to the labour mps who supported boris johnson‘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 protections. the government today said it does not recognise this document and speaking earlier today and heard from a moment ago, said it would not make any sense to delete workers‘ rights because the government has put together this coalition including nearly 20 labour mps and anything to undermine that would of course be a mistake. that was our political correspondent tom barton. a third man been arrested

over the deaths of two teenagers at a house party in milton keynes last weekend. i7—year—olds ben gillham—rice and dom ansah died after being attacked at a birthday party in archford croft. two suspects have now appeared in court. both have been remanded in custody. the family of a british student who disappeared after a party on a cambodian island has flown out to join the search for her. 21—year—old amelia bambridge from worthing was last seen in the backpacker resort of koh rong on wednesday. her handbag has been found on a nearby beach. there have been reports of further violence in iraq despite an announcement by protest leaders that they will suspend demonstrations to give the government time to come up with solutions to their demands. funerals were held today after at least a0 people were killed in the demonstrations yesterday. they began three weeks ago in protest at corruption, lack ofjobs and economic hardship.

dr renad mansour, project director of the iraq initiative at chatham house, said the protestors‘ ultimate aim is to change the entire political system in iraq. for some time, there has been a sort of gap between the people and the rulers in iraq. it was for many seen that the next fault line, the iraq that we once thought was a fault line between sunnis and shias and kurds has actually shifted to a fault line between a majority of the population and the rulers. the rulers who have ruled since 2003 without any accountability and also without any ability to provide basic services. so, over the past few years, iraqis have really realised that the only voice they have is not in the ballot boxes or going to parliamentarians, but through protests. so they have gone to the streets to protest, famously last year in basra and this year in baghdad, but something has changed

and violence has entered into the equation. what we‘ve seen in baghdad is over 150 people earlier in the month being targeted and killed by the state security forces and their paramilitary allies. so the situation is tense, and the sort of post—2003 iraqi state is on the brink at the moment as most of these protesters, they don‘t call for the end of one leader, one prime minister, one party, even, they are talking about anti—system change, they want to change the whole entire post—2003 structure that they feel was imposed on them by both the americans and the foreign iraqi elites who came to iraq after 2003. you say something has changed and as we have seen, the situation has tipped over into violence, what has changed and why now? it seems that, you know, these protests have been going on for several years. year after year, they‘re realising that their government, their very own leaders are just

unable to deliver reform. so, their demands are becoming louder and louder, and the leadership in baghdad is more sort of, the contestations internally stronger than ever, and they are realising there is an existential threat here. the protesters are anti—system, so to kind of have an option, a response to that, some of them have chosen to use violence, violence to stop protests because theyjust don‘t know any other way or they can‘t think of any other way how they can sort of remedy that massive gap that has increased between most of iraq‘s citizens and those very wealthy elite who sit sort of in the green zones and really have nothing, don‘t have much to do with the normal iraqi. we understand protest leaders and demonstrators have now paused their demonstrations to give the government a chance to find solutions to meet their demands, in reality, what can the government do? it‘ll be difficult for the government.

first of all, it‘s hard to really talk about who represents these protests. it‘s not one movement, even many protest leaders don‘t command the entire movement, they are very sporadic, these protests. so it‘s hard to see how one could control them, they‘re leaderless. the government will try, and the prime minister a few nights ago came out and gave this reform package, very similar, talking about shuffling the cabinet, bringing about electoral law change, they‘ve heard it before, and i think it‘s increasingly falling on deaf ears and most iraqis just don‘t believe that the corrupt can fight corruption and effectively fight themselves out of office. torrential rain has caused flooding and landslides in japan, leaving at least ten people dead. chiba and fukushima prefectures have been badly affected, with a month‘s worth of rain falling in half a day in some areas.

the prime minister, shinzo abe, said the authorities were doing everything possible to help people in the affected areas. it comes just weeks after typhoon hagbis left almost 80 dead and caused widespread damage. millions of people in california face having their power cut as the emergency services continue to battle two rapidly—spreading wildfires in the state. 50,000 people have already been forced to leave their homes, and a state of emergency has been declared in two counties. 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 2am, 3am in the morning, it felt like it was a train ripping through my car. even pets had to seek sanctuary. there‘s 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. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.