this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: britain's prime minister will try again to win support for an election, in spite of mps rejecting his plan on monday. wildfires in california move closer to los angeles. thousands of homes and businesses are evacuated. as russia and turkey wait to see if the kurds will comply with an agreement to pull out of syria today, we speak to a senior member of the kurdish pkk. three minutes to meet your match. speed dating islamic—style here in london. virgin galactic takes off with a listing on the new york stock exchange. we've been speaking to the founder, sir richard branson.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: for many, this time of year is common cold season. most of us will get between one and three each year, and new research says what you do in that first 2a hrs is key. we'd like to know what are your top tips for avoiding or minimising a cold? get in touch — just use the #bbcthebriefing. we start in westminster. the british prime minister is to try again to force an election,

having failed to do so for a third time on monday night. this time, borisjohnson will put forward a bill which will need the backing of a simple majority of mps, rather than two—thirds. his proposed brexit legislation has also been dropped for the time being, but many mps still have concerns. our political correspondent, jessica parker, looks the prime minister's chances. the ayes to the right, 299. the noes to the left, 70. it was not third time lucky for borisjohnson. he it was not third time lucky for boris johnson. he didn't it was not third time lucky for borisjohnson. he didn't get the numbers for a snap election, so he's trying again today. the government will give notice of presentation for a short bill shorten for an election on the 12th of december so we can finally get brexit done. crucially this new measure requires a lower threshold to pass, just over 50% of mps. but opposition parties,

like the lib dems and snp, aren't yet on board. there's still some haggling over what date to go for in early december. we put forward a very clear plan, which would have a general election on the earliest possible date, which would prevent the prime minister having any wiggle room at all to force his bad brexit deal through the commons for an election. the government says it won't try to bring its brexit deal back ahead of a snap poll, but trust is low in this place. a reince priebus christmas selection might be on the cards but it's not a done deal —— a pre—christmas election. jessica parker, bbc news. and you can keep up—to—date with the latest brexit developments on the bbc website. you'll also find analysis of whether parliament is moving towards an election. that's all at bbc.com/news. a new wave of intentional power cuts is rolling out in northern california, as firefighters battle more than a dozen wildfires across the state. the latest fire is affecting thousands of people in los angeles,

with many of them forced from their homes. sophie long reports from california. this is the latest blaze that quickly became a terrifying inferno, sweeping through hundreds of acres injusta sweeping through hundreds of acres injust a few sweeping through hundreds of acres in just a few hours. firefighters battling the getty fire in los angeles now have a short window of favourable conditions to try and contain it. daylight means they can spray retardants from the air to slow the burn and stop the fires reducing multi million homes to smouldering debris. hours ago, this was someone‘s home. it bears little resemblance now to what the people living here left behind. in the early hours of the morning the fire, propelled by strong winds, swept up the hill. people living on the other side of the canyon were lucky, but you can see just how narrow their escape was. some who've lived here

for more than 50 years have never seen it so bad. well, when i saw that sky completely red, just massive red sky, and lot of smoke, i was concerned. that's why i went to the fire line to see where the start of it was. murray stayed last night but now he's preparing to leave. the wind is going to pick up again, increasing the risk of fires and the rapid growth of those already burning. meanwhile, thousands of firefighters continue to try to contain the kincaid fire in sonoma county. it's been burning for a week and has swept through over 70,000 acres of californian wine country. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. later in the programme we'll be talking to the writer and director bella monticelli who lives in the brentwood area of los angeles. she lives a block away from the evacuation zone. let's brief you on some

of the other stories making the news. protesters in chile have clashed with security forces despite measures announced by president pinera to meet their demands. in the capital, santiago, a small number of demonstrators looted a shopping centre and started fires outside the metro system. the pentagon says two men were captured in the us special forces raid in syria on saturday that killed abu bakr al—baghdadi. the remains of the islamic state group have been disposed of, but us officials havent said how or where. the us house of representatives is to hold its first vote on the impeachment inquiry into president trump on thursday. the democrat—led proceedings are into claims that the president put pressure on foreign governments to investigate his political rivals. the boss of boeing is due to be questioned by a us senate committee in washington later today about its 737—max aircraft,

which crashed twice, killing a total of 364 people. denis muilenburg is likely to be asked about a flight control system which contributed to both accidents. the report into the grenfell fire has found the london fire brigade's planning was wholly inadequate and lives would have been saved if the building had been evacuated sooner. the london fire brigade said it was inappropriate to comment until the official publication of the report on wednesday. the deadline for the withdrawal of ypg and pkk forces from northern syria, in line with an agreement between turkey and russia, is due to expire later on tuesday. according to the deal the kurdish militia will pull back 30km south of the turkish border in northern syria. aleem maqbool has been to northern iraq to meet zagros hiwa from the pkk to get the group's reaction to the events of recent weeks.

to go and see members of the pkk, we had to be driven hours in a carson for us into the mountains of northern iraq, along roads where tu rkey‘s targeted northern iraq, along roads where turkey‘s targeted the kurdish group's leaders with drone strikes. we were taken to an empty house to wait before we were joined by zagros hiwa. , ali mac pulled from the bbc. i wanted to ask him about the recent turkish offensive against syrian kurds, we started by talking about the actions of the militant organisation he belongs to. the pkk has not done any harm to any power, not in europe... it carried out attacks against the turkish military, the turkish state, attacks which have killed civilians in turkey. we have been defending all people, we have been defending the rights of the kurds against the policies and

denial of the turkish state, and thatis denial of the turkish state, and that is a war of self—defence. you may have done that, but if you do carry out attacks in which civilians are killed, in which military are killed, within the turkish state, you can understand why your designated a terrorist organisation. the question is whether your methods have helped the kurdish cause or harmed the kurdish cause, and even over the last couple of weeks for kurds outside turkey, in syria. that war in north—east syria is a war of existence for the kurds. the kurds should struggle for their own right, they should take, let's say, whatever rights have been taken from them they should retake it... but is it their association with you, there association with the pkk, that has cost them their rights, their territory, and, over the last couple of weeks, their lives as well? they are not associated with us. turkey wants to associate the syrian

kurds with us in order to give legitimacy to its attack against the kurds. if you go to training camps with the ypg, you hear turkish voices. there are turkish kurds who fight alongside the ypg, we know there are close links between the pkk and ypg. all those support which we have been giving to the syrian kurds has been to defend themselves against the attacks of daesh. you have given support? we have been giving support to any campaign against daesh. we have not used... we have never used in north—east syria in order to wager attacks against the turkish state. turkey has, let's say, invaded their area and... even after the ceasefire? even after this agreement, the war, in your eyes, goes on and you think syrian kurds should still attack?

they should be able... they should defend their land against aggression and attacks of the turkish state until the turkish state is ousted out of syria. this is... you're talking about a continuation of the fighting, you're talking about the loss of more kurdish lives potentially? erdogan has not hidden his aim in order to continue this war. should we call on all people to become refugees and go, or should we call on our people to stay in their villages and defend themselves against, let's say, the aggressors, against, let's say, the aggressors, against the invaders? pkk leader zagros hiwa speaking to aleem maqbool. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: wimbledon champion simona halep and elina svitolina in action in the wta finals in shenzhen, and more, in our sport briefing. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying

in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation". after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet.

you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: britain's prime ministerfails to get mps to agree to hold a general election. he'll try again later today. that's with a different method. wildfires in california move closer to los angeles. thousands of homes and businesses are evacuated. precautionary power cuts are being considered. let's stay with that now. some young muslims in the uk are turning to speed dating to find love. they say they've tried other things including apps but like the idea of meeting people of their own faith in real life. anisa kadri from the bbc‘s asian networkjoined a speed dating event for muslims in london. three minutes to make an impression.

that's how long you get with each person before its time to rotate at this speed dating event for young muslims. yeah, there's definitely many different types of muslims so for me it would be good to ask questions like your boundaries in terms of having a relationship, it would be important to know their personal connection with god. if they pray or not. i'd say if they're practising or not practising, all information that's quite important to help decide what kind of person. the organisers say the event at a london cafe's alcohol free in line with the religion‘s beliefs. i think real life meets for us was the biggest draw. there are ways, apps now, so many different platforms to meet people for muslims and other faiths, but it was the real possibility of being able to meet people in real life and have authentic connection and have the choice and the options, which sometimes muslims might not have the access to.

for the people who come to this islamic speed dating event, they say it's the chance for them to meet someone on it's the chance for them to meet someone on their own terms. you never know, one introduction could lead to another and, yeah, just taking it as it is, you know? i would like someonesomeone that's muslim but it's not necessarily a dealbreaker if they're open to high and, i'm quite open to how they are. as for whether there's love in the air here, organisers tell us there we re air here, organisers tell us there were some matches. anisa kadri, bbc news, in london. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm mimi fawaz and this is your tuesday sport briefing. we start with tennis, wimbledon champion simona halep got her wta finals campaign off to their best possible start. in a battle of two previous grand slam champions, the romanian beat us open champion bianca andreescu,

fighting back from a set down against the young canadian to win 3—6, 7—6, 6—3 in shenzhen. in the other purple group match, elina svitolina beat karolina pliskova in straight sets. 7—6, 6—4, it finished in favour of the ukrainian, who won the tournament last year. roger federer has withdrawn from this week's paris masters in order to "pace himself", with next month's atp finals in london on the horizon. the 38—year—old is playing in his 22nd season on the atp tour and won a record—extending 10th swiss indoors title on sunday. a home favourite is through to the second round though. jo—wilfried tsonga, who won the title in 2008, took advantage of his wildcard entry. he came from a set down, and saved a match point in the second, to beat russia's andrey rublev and thrill the french support.

the houston astros stand on the verge of their second world series title in three seasons. they lead washington nationals 3—2 going into game six on tuesday. the teams are back in houston, but home advantage has meant nothing so far, with all the games being won by the visiting team. we just take the mentality like we did during the rainy season, we are going to put one foot in front of the next. response of the challenges that come our way and, you know, shower of the mistakes and celebrate the amazing plays and pictures. we had our backs against the wall all year long. never thought we were going to be here, but we are here playing at the m6 of the world series, so we're going to fight, we're going to finish this thing. there could be changes at the top of two big leagues later. inter go to brescia, knowing that a point would take them above juventus, at least for a day.

league cup action in england — manchester city play southampton. pep guardiola's side also play them in the premier league at the weekend. and though southampton conceded nine to leicester in their last game city know they'll be aiming to bounce back. i think the manager will be sad for a moment, one night, of course, but after that you have to move forward. and if the players are professionals, they are going to try to do their best. and another viral clip from german football. letting in a goal in the 95th minute is frustrating and it made hannover goalkeeper ron—robert zieler want to punch the air. unfortunately, he punched the goalscorer, daniel gordon, where it hurts. the karlsruher player went down and zieler, who seemed very sorry, was sent off. i'm glad he's 0k. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — mimi fawaz —

and the rest of the sport team, that's your tuesday sport briefing. thanks to mimifor thanks to mimi for that. we can now speak to film writer and director bella monticelli who lives in the brentwood neighbourhood of los angeles. clearly you are at home. you haven't had to evacuate? no, we are one block south of the mandatory exclusion zone. so we're just below sunset. the driving home, everything is deserted and cordoned off everything north of my street. so, what are you being told about what might happen next? because it's all about which direction the wind is blowing in the kind of thing and how

emergency services are progressing as well, isn't it? it's been quite wonderful in terms of you get all your notifications through the phone. so at 2am last night, twice we got these warnings with the la cou nty we got these warnings with the la county fire department. and on the website. then friends north of me started having to leave. it's not volu nta ry started having to leave. it's not voluntary evacuation, it's like, you must leave. some people are choosing not to leave, aren't they? we are hearing reports of people who have decided to bed down and try to manage it themselves. decided to bed down and try to manage it themselveslj decided to bed down and try to manage it themselves. i would listen to the authorities. if they fire and it can change very quickly. i don't think it would be the smartest being... keeping your staff instead of looking after human life. have you been impacted by the outages? they have had to do that to prevent

further fires from taking place? we lost power twice for one hour today. that was straight after the alarms went off at 2:30am early this morning. but it comes on fairly quickly. we got a notification from the neighbourhood watch that everything should be back online, anyone that doesn't have power in the neighbourhood should have it restored by 10:30, and it is 10:30 now. where are people going, how people coping with this? there are quite a few shelters that the red cross has up, but, like you say, it is an area of means. so people are checking straight into hotels are not going to the shelters, which means the shelters aren't for and

they are still taking on people that can't afford to go to a hotel —— the shelters aren't full. and what are people saying about these fires? they are occurring more frequently. i people blaming climate change because of what has been going on where you are? , i think in this insta nce where you are? , i think in this instance it is like everyone is watching out for themselves and they are worried about getting away from it. i think the conversation is going to become larger as time goes on. two years ago a very similar being kind of — —— kind of thing, kind of, it should. the fact it is happening in an affluent area, these are the people hosting the raises and the politicians when they are here in la. i hope it does make a difference and they see climate change is happening and it isn't this kind of mystical thing that is

happening very far away, it's at our doorstep. and i people thinking in the long where they might live because of this situation really occurring and the fire is taking longer to put out and becoming more widespread? it is so much hotter and drier in california. i can't speak to the general populace, what i think it is changing a light. it's unusually hot at the moment, this whole week it's been kind of in the 70s and 80s, look, the un estimates by2030, 70s and 80s, look, the un estimates by 2030, kind of, we're going to have billions of climate change refugees. i think it is happening all over the world. bello, we're going to leave it there. thank you for talking to us. bella monticelli

in los angeles. as of yet she has not had to move out. let's hope you don't have too. thank you, bella. the star of greece and xanadu, 0livia the star of greece and xanadu, olivia newton—john, is raising money for her cancer as gareth barlow reports —— grease. it's one of the most iconic outfits of the silver screen worn most iconic outfits of the silver screen worn by 0livia most iconic outfits of the silver screen worn by olivia newton—john when she paid sandy in the film grease. this is the outfit they were at the end of the movie whenjohn andi at the end of the movie whenjohn and i saying you are the one that i wa nt and i saying you are the one that i want together. the pants have a broken zip and they had to be stitched —— i had to be stitched into them. soon it will be on sale, along with 500 other items that belonged to the grammy award—winning singing an actress. it took months to go through the storage

containers, but it was a fun adventure. i took a lot of time. 0livia adventure. i took a lot of time. olivia newton—john is battling breast cancer for the third time, and a proportion of the oxen's proceeds will be donated to her cancer wellness and research centre in australia. we had music therapy, art therapy, yoga, a recording studio where patients can write music in the hospital, it's a really wonderful part of the centre. ahead of saturday's sale is to decide which item people want. so, if you areafan which item people want. so, if you are a fan of those movies you could get a bit about memorabilia. we have heard from so many of you with your views on how to fight the common cold. all sorts of potions and poisons. 0livia says the virus breeds in your nose, so you should

use vics or a bowl of steaming water. tea tree oil, honey and lemon, it is all there. i'll see you soon. hello there. another chance to see some of that beautiful autumn weather with plenty of sunshine, but there is going to be widespread frost across the country. we are still under the influence of high pressure. it is starting to drift its way eastwards, and so as the wind swing around to a north—easterly or easterly direction we could run the risk of a few more showers here. and with weather fronts down to the south—west, more cloud and shall be read here. that is preventing temperatures following too fire on tuesday morning, elsewhere, it is a chilly start with widespread frost likely again. but there would be lovely, sparkling

spells of sunshine again for much of the day. one or two showers into scotla nd the day. one or two showers into scotland and perhaps running in of the north sea, maybe one or two of the north sea, maybe one or two of the thames estuary later in the day. the cloud and the surrey rain across the channel isles, isles of scilly and into cornwall. —— isles of scilly. as we move out of tuesday we continue to see discarded range edging a little further inland. more cloud for south wales, the midlands and towards the capital. further north we keep the clear skies and a frost is likely again through scotla nd frost is likely again through scotland and northern england with low single figures. but because of the cloud, temperatures further south are around 7— 10 celsius. so we are starting to see some changes develop on wednesday as the high pressure d rifts develop on wednesday as the high pressure drifts up into the new continent. but for the bulk of the country, it should still stay dry and settled as you can see. most of the rain downs towards the south, a little cloud again through wales and over to london. further north of that we keep that sunshine, but

again it is still going to feel pretty chilly, 9— 12 degrees. now, as we move out of wednesday into thursday, that is when we are more likely to see the change. the frontal systems that submission from the west, the high moves up into the new continent, and that is going to allow for a different feel to our weather. that frontal system is going to dragon some milder air of the new continent, so putting the blue tones back over to scandinavia and across the low countries —— going to drag in. unfortunately it is going to be milder and wetter. temperatures returning to the mid—teens. take care.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. turning off the taps. as bp gets ready to release its latest set of results, we look at the future of big oil and renewable energy. and tick toc, tick toc. time is counting down for the short—form video app to go public with hong kong likely to get the nod. and on the markets: the only way is up except for hong kong, which is arcing the trend globally. we've got encouraging earnings news. talks between the us and china looking positive for a trade deal, and also expectations

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