another brexit delay as the eu agrees an extended brexit deadline of january slst, potentially putting off britain's withdrawal by three months but the eu says if the prime minister's brexit withdrawal deal is approved by mps — britain could still leave this year i'm live in westminster — where that brussels decision has bought the prime minister more time. but where his ‘do or die‘ pledge of leaving the eu on thursday — looks dead mps will vote on his election call later this afternoon — with all eyes on the opposition parties to see what they will do. and the other main stories this lunchtime. maurice robinson appears in court, charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in essex. instagram to ban drawings of self—harm and suicide — after 14—year—old molly russell took her own life

wildfires whipped up by fierce winds continue to sweep california — the authorities declare a statewide emergency more to come — if you thought england's performance couldn't get any better at the world cup — coach eddiejones says, yes, it will and coming up on bbc news, booed by his own fans and now criticised for his reaction, arsenal capital granit xhaka is asked to apologise for his behaviour during the draw with crystal palace. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the eu has extended the deadline for brexit — meaning the uk will not now leave this thursday, as promised repeatedly by the prime minister.

eu leaders have put forward a "flextension" — making the new deadline the end of january 2020 — but meaning that brexit could happen before then if parliament approves a deal. mps will vote later on boris johnson's plan for a general election on december 12 — with opposition parties proposing one on december 9th. let's go over now to simon mccoy, who's in westminster. thanks reeta — yes, so borisjohnson‘s ‘do or die', no ‘ifs or buts‘ pledge to leave the eu this thursday — looks dead.. with many here believing that the option of a no—deal brexit is now parked until at least that eu extension date of january the 31st. so now mps here have to make a decision on whether there should be an election before christmas. and labour? well all eyes will be on them this afternoon to see what they do. our political correspondent chris mason reports. walking towards us, right now, another delay to brexit. it will be

another delay to brexit. it will be a short and efficient meeting and i am happy that the decision has been taken. is this extension to long? will it drag on? the eu has given the uk until the end ofjanuary to work out what it once, despite the prime minister saying this sort of stuff for the last few months. i'd rather be dead in a ditch. come out of the eu on october the 31st, no ifs or buts. we are coming out of the eu on october the 31st, come what may. but here he is, his central promise broken. not my fault, he says, blame parliament, so he wants a new parliament, via an election in december. the last time there was a general election just before christmas was nearly a century ago! incidentally, the conservatives led by stanley baldwin won the most seats back then but guess what? it was a hung parliament. anyway, let's not put off today ‘s tories, it looks like they will lose a vote later, calling

foran they will lose a vote later, calling for an election. part the numbers there? well, it is without a doubt a challenging vote. you say it's a challenging vote. you say it's a challenging though, is that code for no chance? no, no, not at all, i think there's a good chance we can get this through but it's going to be challenging. so what is happening here? all of the parties will tell you they want a general election. but whisper it, they on their terms, so but whisper it, they on their terms, so conservatives want an election but they want a crack at getting their brexit deal sorted first. the labour party once an election but one day no—deal brexit ruled out first in the scottish national party and the liberal democrats, they want and the liberal democrats, they want an election but they want the government ‘s brexit deal shelved first. let me welcome the fact we have an extension to the 31st of january but i think there's a responsibility on all of us to make sure we use that time to get out of the brexit mess we are in. we want to stop brexit, actually the snp wa nt to stop brexit, actually the snp want to do that too but our primary goal of stopping brexit and the only

way we can do that is through a democratic mandate of the people. the critics of the lib dems and snp say they've given up on another referendum. i hope the lib dems and snp get back around the table with those of us who do one day people spoke, a million people didn't march round election, they marched for a new site. so how long untilwe round election, they marched for a new site. so how long until we see pictures like these again? can you come back to me on that? chris mason, bbc news. in a moment we'll speak to adam fleming in brussels, but first let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. just how likely is that there will be an election before christmas? simon, i think the prospect of a pre—christmas election have just gone up and up and up, why? because we are seeing emerging the most unlikely of alliances between boris johnson and the liberal democrats and the snp. borisjohnson fervently in favour of brexit, the liberal democrats and snp fervently opposed to brexit but they too, now want a

general election because they believe there is no chance of getting a second referendum in this parliament so they think have an election, change the arithmetic, maybe you get a pro—referendum parliament. boris johnson maybe you get a pro—referendum parliament. borisjohnson draws the opposite conclusion, he thinks have an election, you get a much more pro—brexit parliament, clearly they can't both be right. but, the prime minister tomorrow is expected to introduce a simple bill which would only need a majority to trigger a general election and crucially, it will be a lot like one already tabled by the liberal democrats, in other words, it will have a good chance of getting their backing. meanwhile, standing humming in the background as the labour party, with some aroundjeremy background as the labour party, with some around jeremy corbyn saying we can't stand on the sidelines, it looks defeatist, it looks like we are on the defensive, others are saying like this long, the more it drags on the weaker borisjohnson gets but you just sense the chess pieces on the brexit board are beginning to move around. and the

odd couple alliance could yet trigger a pre—christmas election. norman, thank you. let's go to adam fleming. this word, flexible extension, explain it. it is a clever bit of branding by donald tess, the president of the european council, because article 50 of the eu treaty which sets the ground rules for the brexit process set a maximum end date but if the deal had been approved on both sides earlier than that maximum end date the uk could always have left at an earlier date. what has happened is the eu has extended the article 50 deadline until the 31st of january at the latest, but it's just been made abundantly super clear to every mp at westminster that if you vote for the deal before that, the uk could leave before that. which gives us potential brexit dates of the 30th of november, the 31st of december, new year's eve, or at the 31st of

january. what the eu is trying to balance here is two competing things, applying just the right amount of pressure at westminster to get the deal through, to appeal to mps. but also, to have the minimum amount of impact on british domestic politics and i think they've found the right balance certainly in their own minds and there was a massive sigh of relief, you could almost hear it in the buildings around here when this decision was made this morning, very quickly, a meeting that lasted 30 minutes because the next time all the diplomats, the officials, civil servants and leaders have to think about brexit is either because the deal has gone through at westminster fairly quickly or because we are back at the end of the extension injanuary which means if the stalemate continues in the uk they do not have to worry about dealing with that until the new year. the start of the new year. but you do hear a few people muttering, hang on, what of the discussion has to be had again if the stalemate continues and needs to be another extension? adam, thank you. adam fleming in brussels. as

norman said the government once the election on the 12th of december. meanwhile the snp and lib dems are calling for an election on 9 december. what's the difference? our reality check correspondent, chris morris is here. the vote later today is about the 12th. it's about the government proposal, the election on december the 12 having already pushed the brexit withdrawal legislation through parliament, they hope by the 2nd of december. this is under the fixed term parliament act which means you need a two thirds majority in parliament to get it through. so that really needs the labour party on board so unless we see labour pirouetting unexpectedly in the next few hours, that gambit is going to fail. the advantage of the government as they can turn around and say, once again we get the opposition the chance to vote for the election they say they want and once again they have turned it down. in the meantime, the lib dems and the snp had got together and they suggest december the 9th, what is that about? earlier in the same

week. one of the reasons for this slight change in days perhaps his stu d e nts slight change in days perhaps his students in key marginal constituencies are more likely to still be in those constituencies where they vote just a few days earlier but the biggest difference with the lib dems plan is that this would not be under the fixed term parliament act, it would be under a new piece of legislation, a simple one line bill and that would only require a simple majority, 50% plus one in parliament so if you had a couple of opposition parties along with the government, a pretty good chance of succeeding. there are two dangers for the government, the first is because it's a new bill it could be amended, for example, to say 16—year—olds can vote or eu citizens who have been here and had permanent residents can vote and that would probably go against the government and a general election. of course the second danger is we hear perhaps the government itself if it fails today, will put forward a simple bill tomorrow for a simple majority. the danger there of course, big gamble for boris johnson, if he went to an election before passing the brexit

legislation and lost it, then brexit itself could be lost altogether. chris, thank you very much. that vote on the 12th proposal, but shortly after 5p pm this afternoon, coverage on the bbc news channel but back to the studio. simon, thank you. instagram says it will remove all images showing people how to hurt or kill themselves, including explicit drawings and cartoons. the move follows concerns raised by the death of molly russell, the 14—year—old who killed herself in 2017 after viewing graphic material online. some viewers may find angus crawford's report upsetting. ian russell in the heart of silicon valley. to get to some answers about what the tech giants are doing on harmful content. 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 are still there,

graphic and dark. i think i'm probably disappointed that there is so much material still just so easily found. 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'm 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, nooses, pills, razor blades. 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. safer social media by design. a message embraced by a new

generation of tech entrepreneurs. this app, squad, built by a mum for her 14—year—old daughter. it's like hard, honestly, for me to hear you talk about this because i feel like this is my industry and we are not doing enough for parents and families and kids to keep them safe on these platforms. and we should and there's really no excuse. so, some change in silicon valley but for now, for molly, ian russell's journey goes on. angus crawford, bbc news. you can see more on ian's visit to the usa on the bbc iplayer. and details of organisations offering support to any viewers affected by the issues are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call forfree to hear recorded information on 0800 066 066.

a lorry driver has appeared in court via video link, charged in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated container in essex. maurice robinson, who's 25 and from county armagh, faces 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. he has been remanded in custody to appear at the old bailey on november the 25th. richard lister reports. the prime minister in thurrock today signing a book of condolence for the 39 people who died in the back of a lorry bound for britain. he wrote that the whole nation was shocked by what had happened and by the cruelty suffered by innocent people hoping for a better life. after laying flowers in their memory, he and the home secretary were briefed by the emergency services as the investigation continues. and, 20 miles away in chelmsford, the first person to be charged in this case appeared in court via video link.

25—year—old maurice robinson from craigavon in northern ireland, is accused of 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to commit human trafficking and assist unlawful immigration, as well as money—laundering. his court appearance lasted just four minutes, he spoke to confirm his name to come, age and address and the fact that he is british but there was no application for bail and he was not required to enter a plea. thejudge ordered him to appear next at the old bailey in four weeks' time. the investigation is moving on severalfronts. on saturday essex police said a man arrested at dublin port on other charges was also a person of interest in this case. the belgian authorities believe he was one of the drivers. three other people have been arrested and released on bail in the uk. i want to pay tribute if i can to all of the emergency services, to all of the emergency services, to all of the agencies, to the local council and of course, to the

communities in essex and in thurrock who have been so supportive and we work and we continue to try and bring justice for these families to bring justice for these families to bring these people, put them in front of the courts, to answer for their crimes wherever they might be in the world. police are still examining the lorry where last week's grisly discovery was made. they are working with the vietnamese authorities to identify some of those who died here. but it's a slow process, and the extent of this human trafficking operation is still not clear. us intelligence agents say they've collected valuable information from the compound in syria where the islamic state leader abu bakr al—baghdadi died on saturday. this is thought to include plans for future attacks around the world. al—baghdadi blew himself up after being cornered by us special forces. there are also reports that another senior islamic state figure was also killed. chris buckler reports.

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 believe we knew where he would be, 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 depraved". 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 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. and chris buckler is in washington now. looking at the politics of this, it will not do donald trump any harm. this is a president facing impeachment inquiries and battered by claims that he doesn't have a grasp of foreign policy, particularly, after that decision to allow turkey to invade northern syria and giving up in some respects his american allies, the kurdish forces to allow them to be attacked by the turks. what is interesting about this is that the kurds help the americans to find abu bakr al—baghdadi. they were central and that. he can claim a victory. if you listen to that speech, it was full of language that was perhaps not presidential but certainly making the most of what had happened,

talking about him whimpering and cowering, and abu bakr al—baghdadi dying like a dog, like a coward, all language designed to attract and american voter. if you look at the state m e nts american voter. if you look at the statements coming from the state department there are warnings about is not being finished, that they still have to be completely aware. after giving a speech president trump went to a baseball game being held in washington. he might have expected a rapturous reception, particularly being shown on a big screen of military forces, but let's just see and hear what happened. booing. president trump has made a sport out of this, he has at his rallies encourage lots of crowds to chant things like "lock her up"

about hillary clinton. to some extent he got a taste of his own medicine in front of a much less supportive crowd at that baseball game that was taking place in washington, dc. at one stage there we re washington, dc. at one stage there were a chance of "lock him up". this president remains very divisive. our top story this lunchtime. another brexit delay until the end of january, but if the withdrawal deal is approved by mps, britain could still leave this year. and coming up, disappearing doctors — the cosmetic surgeons who leave the country — and their patients. coming up on bbc news, tiger woods says creating his latest slice of history was crazy, as he equals sam snead's record of 82 pga tour wins with victory at the zozo championship. california has declared

a state—wide emergency as wildfires sweep through the areas near san francisco and los angeles. 180,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in the north of the state. blackouts triggered by the fires have left a million people without electricity, and tens of thousands of homes are at risk. cbs news correspondent janet shamlian is in santa rosa in california. this has been going on for days and it sounds like it's going from bad to worse? it has been going on for days. it has been exhausting for the firefighters. some 3000 of them covering these fires. and trying to protect the homes and property of the people who live here. this is a winery. we are in the very famous winery. we are in the very famous wine country of northern california. this winery, completely destroyed by fire. although there are massive resources out here, firefighters are going from one location to the next.

180,000 people evacuated this area. that is unprecedented, here in northern california. but, with wind gusts of 90 mph, authorities knew well in advance that this was going to be an extremely dangerous, potentially deadly, and it seems like many people, or most people took those evacuation orders seriously. close to a million people in this area are currently without power. that is because the local utility here, pg&e protectively cut power because as we have seen in the past the paralyse go down and sparked fires which become massive and spread quickly throughout the area. it is a hardship on these million people who are without refrigeration or heat or air conditioning now, four days, now the para has been turned off several times over the past couple of days. we are not out of the woods yet. the wind is expected to die down today but then they will pick up once again tomorrow and on wednesday and one more thing i'd like to note,

right now in southern california in the los angeles area, near the famed getty museum, they have a fire raging there, that is causing mass evacuations there as well. many thanks, janet, our cbs correspondent. a major accountancy firm covered up evidence of smuggling by an organised crime gang that was laundering british drug money. a special investigation has revealed ey failed to report suspicious activity at one of the world's largest gold refineries — and then altered a compliance report to hide the crime. ey denies any wrongdoing. andy verity has this exclusive report. in 2013, ey auditor amjad rihan was asked to check out one of the biggest gold refineries in the world, kaloti in dubai. he discovered they were handing out suspiciously large amount of cash for gold. in one year alone, $5.2 billion. but amjan's bosses didn't want to report it. if you identify a suspicious transaction, you should report

it to the authorities. and what we identified was way beyond suspicion. instead of reporting the crimes that i told them about, my bosses just covered them up. documents show ey even advised kaloti to cover up the crime. kaloti had bought gold bars that have been coated silver and smuggled to dubai. in this report, kaloti seems to admit it. but ey deletes the words "bars coated with silver", and instead inserts, "certain documentary irregularities". ey turned a crime into a "documentary irregularity". why is it so serious if you see suspicious activity and you don't report it? you are committing a criminal offence. so, under the proceeds of crime act, by failing to report that suspicion, you, as the individual in that regulated institution, could be prosecuted. now an investigation by bbc panorama and the french news agency premieres lignes, shows the smuggled gold belonged

to an organised crime gang. it laundered cash from drug deals through a company called renade international. let me show you. renade international has received about 146 million us dollars in cash. 146 million — that's the amount that's been handed over to the money launderers' company by kaloti in cash in one year? in one year, in cash. kaloti categorically denies it purchase gold coated silver and said it would never knowingly trade with criminals. ey has denied it had an obligation to report any suspicious activity to the uk police and says it reported its findings to the relevant regulator in dubai. andy verity, bbc news. and you can watch the full story on panorama tonight at 8:30pm on bbc one. surgeons have called on the government to close a loophole which they say leaves cosmetic surgery patients at risk.

patients of so called fly—in fly—out surgeons say they have had serious complications and have been unable to pursue doctors because they have left the country. lucy adams reports. catherine works as a hairdresser in thornton in fife. in 2010, she decided to get surgery to reshape her nose. what followed was four operations, none of which gave her the results she wanted. by the end of the process she had to visit a specialist in london to repair the damage. they said that my nose was like someone who'd been in a bad car crash, and that they had to rebuild it using part of my ribs. they also used some liquid from my scalp to rebuild the nose. this is the surgeon who performed the first four operations, italian antonio ottaviani. catherine booked him through this uk company, transform. catherine chose to get her operation done in the uk because she thought it would be much safer.

what she didn't know was that her surgeon was what's come to be known as fly in, fly out. transform told the bbc catherine's care was not what they would expect, and that they had funded her revision surgeries and expenses. mr ottaviani said he couldn't comment on individual cases and insisted he had been available to catherine when asked by transform. mr ottaviani still owes catherine compensation he agreed to pay. so i wanted to ask him why he hadn't done what he said he would. mr ottaviani? i wanted to know why, why you haven't paid catherine roan, mr ottaviani? why have you paid catherine roan? i just want to ask that. would you apologise to her now? no, sorry, i don't want to speak to you. she wants to know why you haven't apologised. i don't want to speak with you, sorry. or why whether your after—care was good enough, mr ottaviani. he's just walked away and just continuing doing other people's operations,

like he's done nothing wrong. lucy adams, bbc news. england's head coach eddiejones has promised there's "more to come" from his team as they prepare for their first world cup final in 12 years. fresh from one of their finest ever performances against new zealand in the semis england will play south africa in the final on saturday after the springboks narrowly beat wales. our sports editor dan roan reports. england's tokyo base for the last week has proved a happy hunting ground for eddiejones and his players. but as they switched hotels this morning to begin preparations for this weekend's world cup final, the head coach's message to his squad were simple. the players understand they haven't done anything yet. the most important week is coming up and we're excited to be here. i think it's great. you know, you give the country something to cheer about. and with brexit at the moment, they probably need something to cheer about. a peak tv audience of almost 10 million people

watched jones' side produce a towering performance to outplay reigning champions new zealand in the semifinal. thousands of fans now scrabbling for flights and tickets to watch england's bid to lift the world cup forjust the second time. i see them totally focused. i see them on the right step. it's going to be difficult to replicate that near— perfect performance against new zealand, but i've got to be honest, if england get to 80% of that level against south africa, that should be enough. having spent the last seven weeks here injapan, these players have now arrived at their final destination here in central tokyo. their task, to complete theirjourney at this world cup and claim the sport's ultimate price. south africa stand in england's way, having ground out victory over wales yesterday, dashing hopes of a first all—british final. wales must now play new zealand in a bronze medal match, the last for outgoing coach warren gatland. he is warning england may have peaked too early, receiving this pointed response. guys, can you just send my best wishes to warren,