you're watching bbc news at 9 with me carrie gracie — the headlines: the eu's expected to agree to a three month brexit extension — with the option for the uk to leave earlier. mps will vote later on the prime minister's call for a general election on december 12th for a general election on december 12th. maurice robinson — a lorry driverfrom county armagh — will appear in court, charged with manslaughter, money laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. world leaders warn the fight against the islamic state group is not over, despite the death of its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi. and coming up at 0915, instagram introduces tougher controls after 13—year—old molly russell took her own life after viewing images of self harm online. and in sport — england fans scrabble

for rugby world cup final tickets but it's heartbreak for wales who miss out after losing after losing to south africa... good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9. eu ambassadors are meeting in brussels, to discuss the date for a brexit deadline extension. they're expected to back an extension until the 31st of january — with the option to leave earllier if a withdrawal deal is signed off. here, mps will vote later on boris johnson's call to have an election on the 12th of december. if approved, he says his brexit bill would resume its progress through parliament until it's

dissolved on the 6th of november. two—thirds of mps — 434 — would have to back the motion for it to pass. butjeremy corbyn has said labour is not prepared to support an election until the risk of a no—deal brexit is ruled out. the snp has said it will block the government's election attempt. along with the liberal democrats, the party is pushing for an election on the 9th of december — provided the eu does grant that brexit extension until 31 january. if the election vote in the commons is defeated today, the government would then "look at all options" including ideas similar to those proposed by other parties. let's get more from brussels, and our correspondent adam fleming is there... what do we know? there is a meeting of 27 ambassadors from the other eu member states happening right now. they are hearing from michel barnier, eu chief negotiator who

minutes ago left his office here at the european commission and gave an inconclusive comment about the decision that there is in front of them today. what we do know they are looking at is a piece of paper for the legal decision to extend the brexit process and it is now the infamous flextension. it would extend it under article 50 of the eu treaty until the 21st of january next year but it makes clear that if the uk can ratify and improve the deal before then, the uk could leave before then. we are looking at potential dates of the end of november, the 31st of december or the 31st of january. that's how you get your flextension. we assume the decision will be made this morning but it could be —— could have been made last friday and it wasn't because it was blocked by the french. we presume either the eu institutions think they can get the french to make a decision today or they decided the flextension is something they are willing to sign

up something they are willing to sign up to. one aspect of this is the expectation that they will be written into this extension, that there will be no further negotiation 01’ there will be no further negotiation or tinkering with the deal. there is the separate political document which will go alongside the legal text of the extension. a draft is floating around, with various conditions on the uk. one of those is that the withdrawal agreement would not be reopened during the extension period. that's fairly standard, that was one of the conditions attached to the last extension and we saw what happened there. the withdrawal agreement was partially renegotiated. one of the other conditions attached to the uk is the idea the uk has to put forward a suggestion for a new commissioner to work here in the european commission. there was due to bea european commission. there was due to be a new set of commissioners taking office. they were supposed to start on the 1st of november but that has been delayed to the 1st of december at the earliest and that you are saying if the uk remains a

member of the state they have to sign up to the obligations of a member state and one of those is providing a commissioner. the obligation has been written in such a soft way, as soft as possible. the obligation on the uk to propose a suggestion for a commissioner. i think the uk could probably get away with not saying anyone, and there would be no repercussions. the new commission could survive legally without a uk member without too much trouble. adam, i know you will be back when there is more. thank you. let's go to westminster now to get the latest from our assistant political editor norman smith. a lot of crunching going on on that side of the water. a huge amount of thinking going on here among all of the major parties? basically, there isa game the major parties? basically, there is a game on to see whether a general election can be triggered by the government. they have got their first go at it today. under a fixed—term parliaments act. the problem is you need a two thirds

commons majority. they will not succeed with that. the government have said that they are looking at other options. in particular the idea floated by the liberal democrats and the snp of introducing a simple bill setting aside the fixed—term parliaments act, and triggering an election with the simple majority. so far, so straightforward. the problem with thatis straightforward. the problem with that is any legislation can be open toa that is any legislation can be open to a whole host of amendments from people who want to insert little different bits and pieces into the bill, and the kind of amendment that may be tabled, there is one suggesting that in the election the franchise should be extended to 16 and 17—year—olds, perhaps give it to eu citizens. the concern within government there is that to carry out that kind of change could take another year before you actually hold an election. there are difficulties going down that road, but interestingly the education secretary gavin williamson this morning leaving the door open to

that option. taking any form of legislation through the house of commons and the house of lords, even if short, can be quite challenging. so it is a possibility? they should be voting foran possibility? they should be voting for an election tonight. the government will always look for every single option but the best way of delivering a vote in terms of the people being able to have their say is by voting for the motion tonight, and that is what the government is totally focused on. what helps boris johnson is we have the liberal democrats and the snp parking a people's, and instead saying we will campaignfora people's, and instead saying we will campaign for a general election because we do not believe we will get another referendum vote in this parliament. the parliamentary arithmetic is against it. they have pivoted to support a general election. although the mechanism for getting a general election is not yet clear, the numbers are beginning to move more in mrjohnson's favour. against that, there are those

voices, we heard from the former chancellor philip hammond, saying that best way to do this is for mr johnson to bring back his brexit deal, which passed the second region, give them enough time to consider it and we could have brexit done by the end of november. that was the view from from of the —— from one of the rebels, jim fitzpatrick. the government is using brexit as a bluff, that has been shot. it is quite clearly not going to falsely commons into an early general election. we need to get to a conclusion on brexit. the commons voted last tuesday to support the second reading of the bill. there is a majority, i believe, in the commons for a sensible brexit deal with the european union and the government have the responsibility for agriculture the country to support that agreement. labour say they are willing to scrutinise and agree a sensible brexit deal and

with that instance, we can then move onto a general election. i suspect we will have to wait for the outcome of todayvote, which will be at about 5:15pm, 5:30pm, then we could get some clarity about what boris johnson plans to do next. none of the options are easy. but the fact, asi the options are easy. but the fact, as i say, the liberal democrats and the snp have broken away from labour might give him some hope that he could assemble a majority still to trigger an election before christmas. norman, thank you. a lorry driver is due in court today, charged in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. maurice robinson is facing charges of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and money laundering. in vietnam, police are collecting dna from people who fear their relatives are among those who died. our news correspondent andy moore has sent us this update from grays

police station in essex. so, mr robinson has been held in custody since wednesday, when he was arrested. he is appearing before chelmsford magistrates this morning, he is 25 years old and from craigavon in northern ireland. he is accused of several counts of money—laundering, people trafficking and 39 counts of manslaughter. three other people have been bailed. now, a significant development today from the belgian authorities. you'll remember there has been an international manhunt since last wednesday for the lorry driver who took that container to zeebrugge port where he got on a ferry then came across to the uk. the belgian authorities believe they have traced that man. he was actually arrested in dublin on saturday, as he got off a ferry from france. he went to court on unrelated matters, and has been remanded in custody until wednesday. what we know about him,

he is 23 years old, he is from northern ireland and that court case i was telling you about, the court was told that he had been in france for three days. before he came back to the republic of ireland, he had disposed of his mobile phone. police here say that man is a person of interest in their enquiry, and they are staying in touch with the authorities in the republic of ireland. meanwhile, in vietnam, there are samples being taken of hair and blood from the families who think they have lost their loved ones, and they will be very important to the police here, obviously trying to identify those victims. a day after it was announced that the head of the islamic state group died in a us special forces raid, there are reports that another senior is leader has been killed. a syrian kurdish militia leader says the us targeted abu hassan al—muhajir — a spokesman for the jihadist

group and possible successor as its leader. allies of the united states have warned that the death of the is leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, does not mean the fight against the group is over. chris buckler reports from washington. us forces carried out this raid, with orders to capture or kill. the deliberate and carefully planned strike left the compound, where abu bakr al—baghdadi was hiding, as little more than rubble. as others surrendered or were shot, the islamic state leader tried to escape — running into a tunnel with three children, where cornered, he blew himself up. we believed we knew where he would be, and by thursday afternoon the president and i were informed that there was a high probability he would be

at the compound in idlib province. the president immediately directed our commanders to develop military options. watching in the white house situation room was president trump and, during a news conference, the us commander—in—chief was keen to take credit for the death of a man he called "sick and deprived". a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. he died like a dog. he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. baghdadi was last seen earlier this year in an islamic state propaganda video. the us and others hope the loss of his leadership will now make it less likely that is will be able to regroup. it once controlled a significant amount of territory in syria, but all that is gone.

translation: i am happy because i was imprisoned three times by is. i have problems with my back and nervous system, until now, because of all the torture. thank god, i am happy today, very happy. but many are warning that, while the is leader is dead, the ideology that inspired him and others to commit countless atrocities is still a threat to the middle east and the rest of the world. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the headlines on bbc news... in brussels, eu leaders meet to decide whether to give the uk a brexit extension. while here in westminster, mps will vote on whether to hold an election in december. maurice robinson — a lorry driverfrom county armagh — will appear in court, charged with manslaughter, money laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex.

world leaders warn the fight against the islamic state group is not over, despite the death of its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi. england head coach eddiejones says that his side have more to give as they prepare to take on south africa in the world cup final on sunday. arsenal head coach unai emery criticises captain granit xhaka, who swore at fans as he was substituted in their 2—2 draw with crystal palace. and tiger does it again — he claims a record equaling 82nd pga tour win with victory at the zozo championship injapan. more on those stories just after half past nine. instagram has told the bbc it's extending a ban on graphic posts to include material about self harm and suicide — including pictures, drawings and cartoons. it's the company's latest response to public concern over the death of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life in 2017

after viewing such content. her dad, ian, travelled to california to press for urgent reforms, as angus crawford reports. ian russell is looking for answers about big tech, social media and suicide. this is notjust for molly, this is for every young wasted life. molly took her own life after viewing graphic material about self—harm and suicide. mainly on instagram. despite a crackdown on those posts, look hard enough and they're still there, graphic and dark. but today, revealed to bbc news, new tougher measures against a wider range of material. images of methods and materials used in self—harm,

that is a significant step forward. i am proud of that step forward. it will take time to implement fully throughout the product but it's also not going to be the last step that we take. so that's a new commitment, notjust to remove the graphic images of self—harm but the dark memes and pictures about suicide. success won't be measured in the words of the chief executive but whether in time, genuinely, instagram becomes a safer place for young people. children's er, accident and emergency. we're here on a monday morning... ian's with dr free hess. she's treating more and more young people who self harm. the numbers are rising rapidly, the ages are decreasing significantly. do you think this is connected with social media? absolutely, absolutely a connection with social media. she always wanted to help people so i'm pretty certain that she would be pushing for change

so that young people were safer when they were online and that if they need help, they can more easily find it. so some change in silicon valley but for now, for molly, ian russell's journey goes on. angus crawford, bbc news. our correspondent angus crawford has been following this story and joins me now. something that crops up in my mind when you watch this piece, how do they plan to do this? how will they remove these images and identify those images in the flood that is on instagram? this is about evolution, not revolution. essentially they will use a combination of human moderators, eyes on, and complex algorithms. instagram is backed by a series of complicated algorithms that were originally there to send you co nte nt

that were originally there to send you content you liked. that's great if you are interested in flowers and kittens, but if you have developed an interest in the darker side of what is on instagram, it can be very damaging. they are literally feeding some of these images into their algorithms so that the ai learns, and it learns better, what kinds of material needs to be taken down before it is posted, and before it is reported. to look out for the kinds of people looking for this material too, and in need of some help. that will be combined with better training for moderators, human moderators who set their 24—hour was a day, looking at that kind of material and making some of the complex judgment calls. it is a judgment call. one piece of material may be triggering or difficult for one person but helpfulfor another to share theirjourney back from a problem with self—harm. to share theirjourney back from a problem with self-harm. how extensively has this been followed

by other social media platforms? this is the key question. instagram say they are part of facebook and a lot of what goes on there feeds both ways. they say that in three months this year, they took down 800,000 such images, a doubling on the three months before. the rest of the industry is watching this really closely. it's interesting to note that other major platforms, places like pinterest have safety advisory groups. there is a mix of public outcry about what some people see as a lack of interest in trying to protect children, and a genuine, certainly in the european theatre, a fear of regulation from the big tech companies. they understand the british government is being asked to pass a duty of care act. they want to do the right thing but are also concerned about public reaction and losing people from their platforms, and the potential of regulation. losing people from their platforms, and the potential of regulationm will be fascinating to watch and i know you will come back with more

later. angus, thank you. if you are feeling emotionally distressed and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free, at any time, to hear recorded information 0800 066 066. the family of a british backpacker who disappeared after a beach party in cambodia have flown to the country to join searches for her. amelia bambridge, who's 21 and from worthing in sussex, was last seen in the resort of koh rong on wednesday, but did not return to her hostel. her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards has been found on a beach nearby. let's speak now to our south east asia correspondent nick beake, who's in yangon in myanmar now.

a lot is happening. bring us up—to—date. a lot is happening. bring us up-to-date. i guess the first thing to say is that this is obviously a very difficult time for the family of amelia bambridge. she has now been missing for five days. as you say, some of her possessions were found last thursday morning. but, there has been no sign of the 21—year—old. she came out to asia about a month ago. we are told that she had been working in a bank in the uk for the last two years to put money together to afford this trip, described as something she was really looking forward to. her family say she meticulously planned everything, and for her to disappear like this is completely out of character. in light of that and the fa ct character. in light of that and the fact she has not been seen for five days, there is huge concern. we are told herfamily days, there is huge concern. we are told her family are days, there is huge concern. we are told herfamily are on days, there is huge concern. we are told her family are on the way and they arrived on the island in cambodia. they are joining what is obviously a more intense search to try and find her. the family, what

have they said about what they intend to do, or how they intend to drive the search? well, we know that the local authorities on the island have been leading this for the last two days or so. police have been posting itches of officers with drones. there are some divers along the main beach area and are leading the main beach area and are leading the search —— make posting pictures. they are focusing on the area between the site where amelia was last spotted, a bar packed with a lot of backpackers in particular, and the hostel she never got back to. she was last seen at about 3:30am and her family to. she was last seen at about 3:30am and herfamily are to. she was last seen at about 3:30am and her family are desperate for more information. her brother has been updating people on facebook and social media, saying he is on the island joining the search. but really, five days into this, there isa high really, five days into this, there is a high degree of alarm for the family. the british foreign office

say that they are in contact with the family and authorities, and cambodian police. there is an extensive search under way. nicky, thank you. more now on our main story. ambassadors from the remaining 27 eu member states are meeting this morning to agree to delay brexit until the end ofjanuary, putting an end to borisjohnson's hopes of leaving in three days' time. the eu proposal would allow the uk to get out earlier if the withdrawal agreement is ratified. by law, the prime minister has to accept the extension, although he promised a halloween brexit "do or die". monica frassoni is the european green party co—chair, and a former mep. shejoins me now, via webcam, from brussels. this agreement for a delay has been heavily leaked. can you give us a sense of the detail in it? well, simply, the opposition of the french

president seems to have been overcome. i think there is a very wide agreement that the extension is necessary to ensure the follow—up, if you want, of the situation without being hostage to this date that has been fixed. i think for a lot of people who think like us, like the greens, that the best brexit is no brexit, this is reopening, keeping the situation going. i think that for both parts, let's say, this extension is an obvious solution and it seems the opposition of the french government has been overcome. and we understand that there will be written into the agreement a line to the effect that the withdrawal cannot be reopened

again, the terms of that deal with borisjohnson again, the terms of that deal with boris johnson cannot be again, the terms of that deal with borisjohnson cannot be reopened again and the uk must begin to think about a commissioner and staying in for another three months. can you confirm those lines are in there? the european union is a legal entity. things are done according to rules. even if the uk, to our utmost surprise, actually not the uk, the conservative government, has been trying to jump on conservative government, has been trying tojump on rules conservative government, has been trying to jump on rules since the beginning of this process. there are some things to be done and if the uk is staying until the end of january 01’ even more, is staying until the end of january or even more, the situation has to be respected and there must be a commissioner and all the rest of it. and we also believe the question of the people's is definitely not out of the question. and i pause you for

a moment? we'vejust had confirmation a moment ago, as you we re confirmation a moment ago, as you were speaking, a tweet from donald tusk. that the eu 27 have agreed to accept the uk's request for a brexit flexte nsion accept the uk's request for a brexit flextension until the 31st of january 2020. the decision is expected to be formalised through a written procedure. so, back to you. no surprises there? no. really, not. there could be another solution, of course the uk has a major interest in avoiding a no deal but the eu as well. yes, indeed. do you feel, when you see that extension, what do you see as your next best guess the uk brexit departure date? i'm not that

interested in playing with dates. i'm much more interested, as a european, and finding a solution good for the eu and the uk. at the moment that solution is a people'svote. whether it is the election boris johnson people'svote. whether it is the election borisjohnson is expecting 01’ election borisjohnson is expecting or the eternal issue, there is no solution to brexit. there must be a serious conversation in the uk about this possibility and that is the only solution, understanding what to do with brexit. thank you very much for joining do with brexit. thank you very much forjoining us from brussels. in a moment, we will go to westminster but now we will hear from victoria what she has coming up in the programme. good morning. molly russell was just 1a when she took her own life. when herfamily look through her instagram account, they found material about depression,

self—harm and suicide. now, after a campaign by her dad, instagram have agreed to remove all posts about self—harm and suicide from the platform. he says molly would have wanted to help others in her situation. she was such a force for good. she always wanted to help people. so i'm pretty certain that she would be pushing for change, so that young people were safer when they were online. and if they need help, they could more easily find it. we will speak to ian russell live, and bring him together with teenagers. young teenagers, who have shared their experiences are seeing distressing material online. join us live on bbc two at ten o'clock. that looks very moving with the

father of molly russell there. let's ta ke father of molly russell there. let's take a quick look at the weather. it's very cold, tell us more? good morning. a widespread frost this morning, patches of mist and fog, thatis morning, patches of mist and fog, that is lifting now, and we have thick cloud producing rain today across the south—west of england. a bit more high cloud developing ahead of that. it will be bright, and showers across the north of scotland. temperature wise, even in the sunshine, 7—11d. as we move through the evening and overnight, under clear skies, temperatures follow quickly. showers with a north—easterly breeze and that cloud and rain coming in across southern and rain coming in across southern and south—western counties. cold tonight, a touch of frost, and any patches of mist and fog that form overnight will lift throughout tomorrow morning. tomorrow, spot the difference! a lot of dry weather, sunshine and showers, in the north—east of scotland, and rain coming in across the south—west of

england. tomorrow is temperatures similarto england. tomorrow is temperatures similar to today, 8—13d. welcome back. this is bbc news with carrie gracie. our headlines this morning. donald tusk has tweeted that the eu will accept britain's application for an extension until the 31st of january next year. here, mps will vote later on whether to back borisjohnson's decision to hold an early election in december. the prime minister needs the backing of two thirds of mps. a lorry driver is due to appear in court over the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated trailer in essex. maurice robinson, from county armagh is charged with manslaughter, money laundering and people trafficking.

world leaders warn the fight against the islamic state group is not over, despite the death of its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi. back to brexit now and in the last few minutes we have heard from european union president donald tusk that the eu will agree to a so—called flextension until january 31. as usual we need the advice of our political editor norman smith at westminster to understand what this means. norman, explain this flexte nsion means. norman, explain this flextension to us. what it means first of his borisjohnson's do or die pledge to leave by october 31 is no more, it is dead, it is over, it is finished, it is not going to happen. that is off the table. that's the first political consequence of the eu decision. what they have done is agree to the

extension which mrjohnson set out in that letter which he said was from parliament but which he was forced and obliged to write as prime minister seeking a delay to brexit untiljanuary 31. minister seeking a delay to brexit until january 31. the minister seeking a delay to brexit untiljanuary 31. the eu have incorporated into that what is called a flextension, in other words, different break points when the uk could leave on november 31, december 31 orjanuary 31 if we get a deal ahead of then. to be honest, i think there was always a calculation that that would be allowed anyway without the eu formally setting out those benchmark moments. but it does now mean that to many no deal will have been taken off the table, at least until january 31, which will increase the arguments in the commons that with no deal parked at least until january 31, parliament now has to make a decision on an election and

thatis make a decision on an election and that is what borisjohnson will be trying to argue today and over the immediate days ahead as he tries to secure this general election ahead of christmas. and as he tries to control the narrative, because coming back to the first point you made, he did say he was going to do ordie ina made, he did say he was going to do or die in a ditch and there were all these dire warnings from the hard brexiteers about what awful coast would ensue if we didn't get out of the eu by 31st of october and so on. how are they all going to back out of that? i suspect what you will hear from them is what you have already heard is borisjohnson did his best but was thwarted by parliament. the question is, how do voters read that? do they think this isa man voters read that? do they think this is a man who said he was going to do this and hasn't done it? in other words, whether he is punished, particularly i suspect, by the brexit party, who will say you can't trust boris johnson, brexit party, who will say you can't trust borisjohnson, just like theresa may who promised we would be out on much 31st, he promised we'd be out by october 31, and just like theresa may he hasn't got his deal

and he hasn't got us out. the other possibility is that voters are more sympathetic towards boris johnson because he has, as we know, tried all sorts of mechanisms to force parliament to make a decision ahead of 31st, and may be they will take a more charitable view that he has done his best but it is a risk. the risk of calling a general election if he manages to call one without brexit being resolved is he is punished for not resolving brexit. so in punished for not resolving brexit. soina punished for not resolving brexit. so in a way, yes, it buys more time but it also creates an element of uncertainty for boris johnson because he now campaigns for a general election in the knowledge that he has failed in his signature policy when he stood for the tory leadership. norman, much more from you later. for now, thanks so much. now from the political tribes to the sporting one. over to the sports centre to hear more from sally and the rest of the sport.

the quote from eddiejones is "there is more to come." that's what the england head coach has been saying as his side prepare for the first world cup final in 12 years. england we re world cup final in 12 years. england were utterly dominant against new zealand in the semifinals and will play south africa in the final on saturday after the springboks narrowly beat wales. we played a great team on saturday but we didn't feel we played as well as we can and the charge for us is to keep improving and there are small margins now, as you go through, the margins get smaller but the improvements you can make are still significant and we are looking to see how we can keep improving for this week's game and that is the exciting part for us. a huge week ahead for england, but as eddiejones says — they're not getting carried away. and it's that attitude that's really impressed matt dawson, who won the world cup with england in 2003. you go back to harping on, hopefully

not harping on for too much longer, but harping on about 2003, martin johnson would be on at us the whole time, no one celebrates until you've got your hand on the trophy and england have been like that all the way through this tournament. they have been very polite and well mannered to their supporters and encouraging but gone straight down to the dressing room, no friends and family on the pitch and their focus on the nextjob and the next game. i'm loving the way that england are playing. i love the whole atmosphere, the social, the fact it is injapan and japan have held a magnificent tournament, i think probably helps. but to think that england have now got a genuine chance of picking up that trophy, andi chance of picking up that trophy, and i suppose from a rugbys perspective, i would love to be able to go and have a beer with ben youngs and compare notes and see what it's like now compared to what it was like 16 years ago. the

individuals have been sensational. i know there were headlines from some of the back row at the weekend of marrow itoje but i've got to say 1-15 but marrow itoje but i've got to say 1—15 but have played in that white shirt, particularly over the last two weeks against australia and new zealand, have been magnificent. the question is going to be, can they maintain that form? can they perform at that level against a team in south africa who, let's face it, bored the pants off wales and managed to scrape over the line againstan managed to scrape over the line against an incredible effort from wales ? against an incredible effort from wales? so, very contrasting of play. but i truly believe that england have a game plan that can take on anything. they have the physicality, they have the mentality, and of course, they have the support. that's matt dawson. a thrilling weekend of rugby dominating this morning's back pages. "a date with destiny," is the headline in the times, who say this england side

have the chance to write their names in the history books. big picture of the wales captain alun wynjones on the back of the guardian following their agonising defeat to south africa. and the mirror's headline is "x—rated" as they focus on the arsenal captain granit xhaka's row with fans. and we can have a look at what happened at the emirates yesterday. booing xha ka was booed by his own fans as he was substituted against crystal palace. he then swore at the fans, and took his shirt off as stormed down the tunnel. arsenal had already thrown away a two—goal lead, and thought they'd won it late on. but a very controversial var decision ruled out a goal from sokratis. it finished 2—2. liverpool had a scare as harry kane scored afterjust 48 seconds to give spurs the lead at anfield. the premier league leaders equalised in the second half,

before a mo salah penalty gave them all three points. manchester united, meanwhile, won a premier league away game for the first time since february — despite missing two penalties. anthony martial amongst the scorers in a 3—1win over norwich. elsewhere newcastle and wolves drew 1—1. lewis hamilton will have to wait at least another week to claim his sixth world formula one title, thats despite winning the mexican grand prix. he came from third on the grid to win what was a very tense race. he will now clinch his sixth championship at the us grand prix next sunday as long as he does not lose more than 22 points to his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas. there was more history for tiger woods overnight, he's equalled the pga tour record of 82 tournament wins. he did it by winning

the zozo championship injapan — his first event since having his fifth knee operation nine weeks ago. he won his first pga title 23 years ago this month. what a trophy. don't forget sportsday. all the day's sports news on the bbc news channel at 6:30pm tonight. that's all the sport for now. back to you. let's get more from brussels on the whole brexit flexte nsion brussels on the whole brexit flextension announced in the last few minutes. our correspondent adam fleming is there with more. no surprise, we saw this in a tweet from the european council president donald tusk. yeah, this was decided ina donald tusk. yeah, this was decided in a meeting that lasted for about half an hour suggesting there wasn't a lot of arguing about this, which suggests the discussions had between the member states over the weekend including some phone calls with the prime minister boris johnson, including some phone calls with the prime minister borisjohnson, then eve ryo ne prime minister borisjohnson, then everyone was lined up and the french objections had been addressed. you will remember when we were here on friday when they had their first go

at this, the french were wondering, should we be doing this now, wait until the picture becomes clearer in the uk? the picture has become clear in the uk with the democrats and snp now will most effectively backing the government's call for an election fairly soon. and also the french's other objection would it be better incentive for the mps to vote for the deal at westminster if they we re for the deal at westminster if they were given a tight deadline against which to do it, may be the 15th of november? the french obviously decided that wasn't a goer either. as far as the eu is concerned brexit can be booted into the future, they do not have to think about it again until the end of january next year, u nless until the end of january next year, unless westminster does manage to get the deal passed in the next few weeks, in which case the uk could be leaving at the earliest on the 30th of november, or the 31st of december, or the 31st of january. and the other joyful december, or the 31st of january. and the otherjoyful thing that they might be feeling in relation to clearing their diaries on this, is that there is a written procedure so

the eu leaders don't have to get together for a summit to kind the eu leaders don't have to get togetherfor a summit to kind of sign this off, as i understand. yeah, over the weekend when it looked like the eu was really stuck between the 26 who said the let's just sign up to january 31 and france led by emmanuel macron are saying, are we sure? there was dark mutterings that they would have to be an emergency summit of the eu leaders to break that deadlock on the eu side and that that could come as late as wednesday, maybe even thursday, old brexit day itself. as we have learned many times in this process , we have learned many times in this process, if there is any doubt on the eu side and a bit of a roadblock, just raised the prospect of everyone having to schlep here on a day they didn't want to be here and that tends to unblock the deadlock and consensus is then found, so that's a bitterly worked. there is another document that will come along the legal text with the dates and that is the terms and conditions. the uk will be told that they cannot reopen the withdrawal

agreement, although they were told that last time and look what happened. but what is new is they will be told they will have to suggest a candidate to be part of the new european commission which will take up its office on the 1st of december now, although that condition has been written in such a soft way it is a real formality rather than a big stick being held up rather than a big stick being held up to the uk. adam, thanks so much. i guess that doesn't mean you get to joyfully clear your diary.|j i guess that doesn't mean you get to joyfully clear your diary. i think i might be coming back to help you cover the election. thank you! the long—awaited public inquiry report into what happened on the night of the grenfell tower fire will be released this week. it will look at how the fire — which killed 72 people — started, and how it spread as it did. graham satchell has been to meet sandra, who's fighting forjustice after losing her 12—year—old niece jessica. 71 people died on that night and a further one died later.

we need answers. i often get asked, "don't you think it's time to start focusing on something else — on your own life?" no. i can't. because if there is one more loss of life out of similar circumstances, how can we move on? sandra lost her niece, jessica urbano, in the fire at grenfell tower. jessica wasjust 12. she was a beautiful, bubbly — full of life, a joy to everyone around. she was very funny. and we miss her. a lot. on the night of the fire, jessica was on her own. her mum was at work, cleaning and office overnight. jessica rang the fire service and was told to stay put. at no time was she asked to leave.

um... they were told that the firemen were coming up to save them. and no—one did. no—one did. jessica was on the phone for 55 minutes. it was the longest call of the night. the line was still open when she died. to my mind, hers was a managed death. the public inquiry heard that the fire at grenfell tower was out of control after 27 minutes, but the stay—put policy, telling residents to remain in their flats, was left in place for almost two hours. the fact that no—one took charge in starting an evacuation early on, the fact that they didn't know how to evacuate people, really, from the type of building, baffles me. had they evacuated early on, we would have had a lot

less lives lost. the remit of the inquiry‘s first report is narrow. it will look at the events of the night, how the fire started and spread, and the fire service is likely to be criticised. but the bigger questions about building regulations, the role of the local authority and construction companies, blame, and justice won't be addressed until next year. and still, today, there are hundreds of tower blocks across the country covered in combustible cladding. this stuff is on halls of residence, it's on hospitals, and it's on all sorts of public buildings. you know, it isn'tjust our battle, it's everybody‘s battle. i need to see people blamed. i need to see people go behind bars for this. how else can we get any peace?

sandra ruiz. california has declared a state—wide emergency as wildfires sweep through the area. the governor's office has described the situation as "unprecedented". in the north of the state, authorities have ordered nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes. rhodri davies reports. the race is on in northern california to keep wildfires hemmed in and to get residents out. about 180,000 of them have already evacuated and more may follow. although i have heard some people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, i think those concerns are not valid at this point. as we see from this report we just received, our evacuation of healdsburg and windsor yesterday was well warranted, there is significant danger to anybody who's still in the healdsburg—windsor area. authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city,

where about 175,000 people live. there, cars have packed roads as people fled to safety. but officials were cautioning that the scramble doesn't affect the firefight itself. this is a major incident and we're still bringing in additional resources not just locally but regionally and we need these roadways clear to move these. the kincade and the tick fire near los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes and hot, dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying them. forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. and amid the bright places, the state's biggest power firm, pacific gas and electric, has started blackouts. it's worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. the start of the kincade fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the state's history will see electricity to around two million people cut,

leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. rhodri davies, bbc news. argentina's left—wing candidate alberto fernandez has won the country's presidential election. the current centre—right president, mauricio macri, has conceded defeat. referring to mr fernandez as president—elect, macri told his supporters the two spoke about beginning an "orderly political transition." the result shifts one of latin america's biggest economies firmly back towards the left. alberto fernandez had more than 47% of the vote ahead of macri's a0%. 45% was needed to avoid a run—off and win the election outright. this is being seen as a vote against austerity, as katy watson reports from buenos aires.

argentina's new president, the man who has promised a new political direction for this struggling nation. translation: we are going to rebuild the egalitarian support of argentina we have all dreams of, thatis argentina we have all dreams of, that is our commitment, and hopefully whoever our opponents are infour hopefully whoever our opponents are in four years hopefully whoever our opponents are infouryears time, hopefully whoever our opponents are in four years time, may they be aware of what they have left us and help us rebuild the country from the ashes they have left behind. and for his supporters who came out to watch his supporters who came out to watch his win, that couldn't come soon enough. translation: immense happiness, i can't believe this moment has come. we have returned, we are putting an end to the torture. it has been awful. it is pure happiness, the people have spoken. as argentinians went to the polls on sunday, it was clear the economy was the biggest issue at sta ke. economy was the biggest issue at stake. unemployment is rising, inflation is at 50%. one in three people lived in poverty. these past three years have been tough. and many blame mr macri, he promised to fix argentina's cycles of crisis, he

wa nted fix argentina's cycles of crisis, he wanted a second term, but in the eyes of many here he failed. in one of boineau cyrus's poorest neighbourhoods people queued up to vote on sunday. julio cesar runs a butcher opposite the voting centre. he's a fernandes supporter through and through. translation: we work but we sell 40% of what we used to sell before. people can't even get to the end of the month. taxes have gone about the price of produce too. they used to be a big line here at the weekend and now nothing. alberto fernandez is a centre—left politician who was until recently relatively unknown. more famous is his vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner, a former leader and a controversial one. a modern day if peron tucson, corrupt politician to others. the voters worry with christine as vice president there will be a return populist policies that many fear are to blame for the economic crisis in the first place. judging by the

celebrations on the streets there is plenty of hope that the next four yea rs plenty of hope that the next four years will be different to what has gone before. this was a vote against austerity, vote against economic crisis alberto fernandez is a tough politician, unable to convince his critics to move the country forward. —— who needs to convince his critics to move the country forward. a rescue operation to save a toddler stuck in a narrow well in india has gone into its third day. heavy machinery is being used to dig a second hole, parallel to the one the child fell into, in the state of tamil nadu. oxygen is being pumped to the two—year old boy but layers of mud mean the rescuers can't assess the child's condition. there are now fresh calls to fine those who leave abandoned wells open.

the american president donald trump was booed at the grand finale of the us baseball season, the world series. footage of the incident swept through twitter, showing the moment that fans inside the stadium changed from cheering. cheering ..to booing. booing after the salute was over, people in some sections of the crowd pointed angrily at the suite trump was sitting in and chanted "lock him up." reaction online has been a mixture of praise for the crowd but also in defence of the president — with the #lockhimup being tweeted over 100. ,000 times. a long lost painting by the early italian

renaissance master cimabue has sold for more than $26 million at auction. that's more than four times the pre—auction estimate. the painting was discovered earlier this year in the kitchen of an elderly french woman, where it had been hanging for years. kathryn armstrong has more. this has just become the most expensive medieval painting ever sold. it had been hanging for years, not ina sold. it had been hanging for years, not in a grand gallery, but in an elderly woman's kitchen north of paris. she had paid little attention to it thinking it wasn't worth much. the painting was my true identity was only revealed earlier this year during a valuation of her possessions. translation: during a valuation of her possessions. translatiosz during a valuation of her possessions. translation: it was the sale of all possibilities. cimabue isa sale of all possibilities. cimabue is a great painter and it is a unique work of art. there are no others like it. anybody who wanted a cimabue painting today was ready for anything. obviously, we knew that our estimate had some potential.

already at10— our estimate had some potential. already at 10— 12 million euros we we re already at 10— 12 million euros we were immensely happy but to finish at more than 2a million euros is more than we could have dreamt of. cimabue, who taught the italian master giotto, was a pioneering primitive artist and one of the first to give his works perspective. the auction house that sold his painting didn't reveal the identity of the successful bidder but said a foreign museum had been among those who put in an offer. kathryn armstrong, bbc news. just before i 90, armstrong, bbc news. just before i go, rescue effort has begun for a man stuck at the top of a 290 foot high chimney in carlisle. the man was reportedly first seen at the top of dixons chimney early this morning. apparently his hanging upside down and we are hoping for good news and will bring you more as we get it. right now for the weather with simon. a lovely start to the day for many of us, it has been chilly, quite rusty, minus four degrees in places in northern ireland this morning but look at the blue skies, and that's the scene for most of us.

we have some cloud towards the south—west linked in with this little weather system bringing some outbreaks of rain but even into tuesday high pressure is dominating things and that will keep things settle for the next couple of days. dry and sunny but again cold and at night there will be some frost. as we go through the rest of today, still some patchy rain down towards the south—west of england, some blue skies for many of us, a few more showers to come in the far north—east, maximum temperature is getting up to about 9—11, 12 celsius, chilly during the course of the afternoon. as we go through tonight we continue with cloud into the far south keeping temperatures up the far south keeping temperatures up above freezing. elsewhere, though, those temperatures will be below freezing, so again, a frost expected across northern areas in particular down 2—2 in the centre of edinburgh. a bit of a cold frosty start of the day again, butjust like this morning, plenty of sunshine, a bit of patrick mist and fog lifting and clearing away. still one or two showers in the

north—east. they could be the odd shower down the eastern side of england, the majority of the cloud and rain will be in the south—west, cornwall, perhaps even devon getting a bit of rain on tuesday afternoon, temperatures similar to today. for the rest of the week, low pressure will start to move in from the west and that will bring in a bit more cloud and this weather system so some rain. high pressure will hold on across eastern areas. so here at least it will be dry and there will be some sunshine but notice the cloud and rain spreading into south—west england, wales and northern ireland. dry elsewhere on wednesday, and temperatures getting up wednesday, and temperatures getting up to about 9—11, or 12 degrees. through thursday and friday we have this weather system that was in the west that will push its way eastwards as we go into the early hours of thursday but low pressure out there towards the west will drive the weather for the end of the week. but it will also bring in milder conditions. you can see the blues have been replaced by these warmer, milder oranges and yellows.

so, while it will be milder, we will lose the frost by the end of the week, there will be more cloud and with that in some rain at times. if you like the dry and sunny weather, enjoy it over the next couple of days. bye—bye.

hello. it's monday. it's ten o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. within the last hour, the eu has said britain can have a brexit extension until january 31st. it means that borisjohnson's do or die pledge is over. it is no more, a deceased pledge after the eu gave us another three months inside the european union to sort ourselves out. time for borisjohnson to try and campaignfora out. time for borisjohnson to try and campaign for a general election but if he is successful, will voters punish him for failing but if he is successful, will voters punish him forfailing to but if he is successful, will voters punish him for failing to deliver on do ordie, or punish him for failing to deliver on do or die, or will they blame parliament for blocking him? let us know, send us an e—mail. the reaction to that breaking news.