you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: six weeks to go and party leaders hit the campaign trail today ahead of the december general election. twitter bans all political adverts, saying they pose a risk to democracy, but facebook says it won't follow suit. the us military releases the first footage of the raid in which the leader of the so—called islamic state group was killed. wildfires continue to spread across southern california, as strong winds hamper rescue efforts. ! order! very rude of members. order! coming up, we'll take

a look atjohn bercow‘s most memorable moments as he stands down as house of commons speaker. and england name an unchanged side to face south africa in the rugby world cup final on saturday. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. campaigning has begun for the next general election to be held on december 12th. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will launch his party's campaign this morning. he'll say the election offers a once in a generation chance to transform the country and will promise to go after tax dodgers, dodgy landlords and big polluters. borisjohnson is due to make a series of campaign visits of his own, highlighting what he calls the people's priorities — education, the nhs and crime.

the prime minister suffered a blow on wednesday evening as one of his cabinet ministers, nicky morgan, became the latest tory mp to decide not to stand for re—election. today was of course the day the uk was due to leave the european union. nick eardley has more. get used to scenes like this. jeremy corbyn at a campaign rally last night. the first day of six weeks of campaigning to try and persuade you he is ready for power. today, he'll promise to tackle what he calls a corrupt system, pledging to go after tax dodgers, dodgy landlords and bad bosses. as the election battle really gets going, though, things could have been quite different. today is supposed to be the day we left the european union, a key pledge from borisjohnson which he was unable to keep. the prime minister will blame that delay

squarely on labour, accusing his rivals of dithering on brexit. hitting the campaign trail, he will promise to finally deliver if he wins the election then move on to domestic issues, things like schools, hospitals and crime. good morning, ms morgan! some well—known faces won't be fighting that battle, though. the culture secretary, nicky morgan, has become the latest high—profile tory to say she is not standing, blaming, among other things, the abuse received by mps. shejoins a long list of mps calling it a day, meaning whoever wins the election, there will be a lot of new faces in here by christmas. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. good morning. jeremy corbyn, i think, is left out of the blocks in terms of big political speeches today. —— first out of the blocks. he doesn't want their soul to be about brexit, that how receptive will vote rs about brexit, that how receptive will voters be to that method? very

difficult to know. maybe voters will be so fed up of the endless squabbling over brexit that they will be delighted to have something else to talk about. on the other hand they may think that brexit is the big beast in the room and this is what it has got to be about. jeremy corbyn‘s calculation is that on brexit his party has a difficult message to sell. on the domestic agenda they believe they have policies which will prove much more popular. today he will try and shift the focus, as you suggest, on to that domestic agenda, and his big rallying cry, if you like, will be that labour represent real change. he will point to a suite of policies are nationalising the key utilities, introducing a four day working week, significant extension of employee rights, as part of a once in a generation opportunity to transform society. he will also seek to present borisjohnson society. he will also seek to present boris johnson and society. he will also seek to present borisjohnson and what he calls the born to rule tories as

being on the side of the privileged elite, and he will identify some of the individuals he thinks represent that, like for example the duke of westminster, rupert murdoch, the businessman mike ashley. this morning the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, said these individuals are typical of the worst form of employer, exploitation, and labour was determined to tackle that. we are going to have a department of labour in the in—coming labour government and we will be trying to protect employees. too many people are being exploited with zero—hours contracts. and we want to put an end to that. that means having a set of policies on employment that protect workers. borisjohnson, we boris johnson, we know borisjohnson, we know his trump ca rd borisjohnson, we know his trump card is brexit, but it is also a key weakness. today is the day when he

pledged to do or die get us out of the eu and we are not out, so expect him to be pointing the finger of blame atjeremy corbyn and at parliament and remainers for thwarting him in his ambition to leave the eu. interestingly, he will shimmya leave the eu. interestingly, he will shimmy a little bit away from brexit today, visiting a hospital, school, police unit, to underline his commitment to boost public services. but he has a growing issue and merging with the apparent rush of former tory remainers, particularly female remainers, standing down as mps at this election. most notably of course the culture secretary, nicky morgan, citing abuse. we had a similar list of other people saying the same. we have had amber rudd, caroline spelman, claire perry, sarah newton. there has been a whole tranche of more middle ground tory

women saying basically they have had enough. another one who is going as a former deputy prime minister david lidington, and this morning he said he understood why these women are quitting. it's something that all mp5 from all political parties have had to put up with. this bitterness, this sourness that has crept into the way we handle political debate in this country, which i think is damaging. it puts good, younger people off coming into any of the political parties. and women in particular, irrespective of party, seem to be often particular targets. it really came through when i was leader of the house of commons, in the aftermath of the murder ofjo cox, and a number of women mps, labour, conservative, lib dem, snp, all started to open up about what they'd been getting. online trolling, stalkers, anonymous phone calls, text messages or online posts saying, "we know where your children live. don't step out of line." absolutely ghastly stuff. with the idea of a two party system

really creaking, and who knows where we'll be at the end of the 12th of december, in terms of the of parliament, what is happening with the liberal democrats, the snp and others who could play a very significant role after the 12th? the liberal democrats will be unveiling their core campaign slogan in about 25 minutes and a van will be going round westminster and then around jeremy corbyn‘s islington constituency and boris johnson's uxbridge constituency. i guess their core pitch is jo uxbridge constituency. i guess their core pitch isjo swinson. they want to present her as a putative prime minister, realistic candidate they believe to be the next person inside number10. i believe to be the next person inside number 10. i suspect they know that is really an awfully big ask, but the point about doing that is compare and contrast. here you have jo swinson, a young woman, keane remainer, versus two older blokes,

both leavers of one shade or another and it is that compare and contrast and it is that compare and contrast and maybe people will think we need something different and that might help liberal democrat numbers. the snp will be listening closely to hear all the language coming out of labour. they are not in favour of another scottish independence referendum but nevertheless they would be prepared to countenance one if that is what the scottish people wanted, but not in what they call the formative years of a labour government. perhaps in year three, four or five, government. perhaps in year three, four orfive, labour government. perhaps in year three, four or five, labour could give government. perhaps in year three, four orfive, labour could give the go—ahead to another scottish referendum. i suspect the snp will be listening very carefully to mystical bent today to see exactly what he says about another independence referendum. we will look out for that when he makes that speech later. thank you. if you want to know about why an election has been called and the issues people ca re been called and the issues people care about, see our very simple guide to the general election online

and on the bbc news app. the uk was due to leave the eu at 11pm tonight. but this week the prime minister had to accept delaying our departure from the eu again. businesses have been frustrated by the uncertainty, many stockpiling for the previous departure date in march, and again for today's planned exit. the confederation of british industry say retailers‘ stock levels have risen to their highest levels since their records began, with retailers fearing they would lose out in the build up to christmas.

it's a situation the government repeatedly promised wouldn't happen. we are coming out of the eu on october 31st. in all circumstances. do ordie? do or die. get ready for brexit on 31st of october. we will leave on 315t october. travelling to the eu is going to change. we are going to leave by october 315t. check your passport is valid for travel to europe. come out of the eu on october 31st, no ifs or buts. joining me now isjosh hardie, the deputy director of the confederation of british industry. can you quantify how much businesses have spent on stockpiling goods, particularly around this deadline which was repeatedly supposed to be more difficult than the march deadline. it is difficult to put a figure on this because it is not all in the public domain but there is no question that it is at record levels and there is no question that is a huge drain on cash which could be used for wages or innovation. and stockpiling is only one part of what the business community is worried about in terms of no—deal. we hope the general election is a chance to unblock it. there really is no sign of the certainty that businesses crave. not yet. no-deal is not off

the table. there is the 31st of january deadline. there is also the risk of it when we go into transition. we absolutely hope that the conversation during the campaign of the general election is about how we can form that close relationship and once the election is out of the way we want to get in and get that deal and talk about how we build a relationship which has frictionless trade and regulatory alignment. that is what organising is needed. as we look more closely at the general election do you think there is any sign of it breaking the gridlock? we need to see it and you are absolutely right. the best way to solve problems and challenges around brexit and around technological change, or to hit the net zero target, the best way to do that is actually for government and business to work together. the government set the rules of the game and businesses know how it really plays out on the ground and that has been lost slightly over the last few years and it is time to get back to that. the

government are blaming labour, aren't they? saying that this next delay has been caused by that.” don't think business is terribly interested in the blame game. they are interested in the blame game. they a re interested interested in the blame game. they are interested in planning for the future. it is up to the government and the whole of parliament to find and the whole of parliament to find a way through and we do hope that maybe with a new parliamentary make up maybe with a new parliamentary make up that can happen quickly. you talk about wanting economic evidence to be the guiding light for all of this and into any future relationship talks in terms of the relationship between the uk and the eu. however we don't have the government's own economic assessment on a boris johnson's deal, do we? is that something you would like to see emerging early in the election campaign? there are quite a few economic assessments out there and of course they are useful and they provide insight, that actually the most important thing is to talk to businesses and find out what is happening on the ground. the evidence that businesses have provided, that we need regulatory

alignment and frictionless trade, and that can help to avoid some of the severe forecasts. economic evidence can be tricky and open to interpretation. your own economic assessment of how much labour's nationalisation plans would cost caused a lot of controversy. how are people to look at the various pieces of economic evidence and know what to trust? the first thing is to work from the ground up rather than starting with your desired outcome and finding the evidence that fits that. one of the things we did, for example, last month, we went round the whole of the country and spoke to hundreds of businesses and asked what your actual plans are and what will you do in the event of no—deal ora will you do in the event of no—deal or a bare—bones fair trade agreement. —— free trade agreement. if we try to ignore what is happening on the ground, pretend it is not real, we damage our economy and prosperity. deputy director generalfor the cbi, and prosperity. deputy director general for the cbi, thank you for your time this morning.

twitter is to introduce a ban on all political advertising. its founder, jack dorsey, said the move was intended to combat the spread of unchecked misleading information. but facebook‘s founder, mark zuckerberg, has rejected calls to follow suit. he said it wasn't right for private companies to censor politicians or the news. alexandra mackenzie reports. with an election expected six weeks today, the politicians are already heading for social media to get their message across to as many of us as possible. but from the end of november, the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey, has said all political advertising will be banned. on twitter, he said that political message reach should be earned and not bought. "why?" he asked. the answer, he said, "it can be used to influence votes

and affect the lives of millions." some regard this move as a swipe at facebook, which recently ruled out a ban on political advertising. it's not going to impact twitter massively. as we've seen, the amount of money spent on adverts on twitter is tiny. but this is a symbolic gesture, because we're all now focusing on the influence and power of paid advertising on social media. facebook founder mark zuckerberg said he didn't think it was right for private companies to censor politicians or the news. mps, including the former home secretary, amber rudd, and labour's david lammy, have welcomed the ban, but donald trump's re—election campaign team say it is yet another attempt by the left to silence the president. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: it is 9:16am. with six weeks to go party leaders hit the campaign trail today ahead of the december general election. twitter bans all political adverts, saying they pose a risk to democracy but facebook says it won't follow suit

the us military releases the first footage of the raid in which the leader of the so—called islamic state group was killed. england keep the faith for the rugby world cup final. they name an unchanged side to face south africa on saturday as they try to win their first title in 16 years. there were some fabulous goals in the league cup last night. this overhead kick from liverpool's divock origi made it 5—5 against arsenal at anfield. liverpool went on to win 5—4 on penalties. and this stunning free kick from marcus rashford sent manchester united through to the quarterfinals. they were 2—1winners over chelsea. aston villa are also through. they beat wolves. i'll be back with more on those stories after 9:30am. at least 65 people have been killed in a fire on a train travelling from karachi to rawalpindi in pakistan. the blaze appears to have started when a cooking stove

exploded near the city of rahim yar khan. the blaze spread to three carriages. army helicopters are being used to evacuate the injured from the scene. our correspondent, secunder kermani, is in islamabad. how difficult was it for people to try to escape from the train? we have been hearing from eyewitnesses who have been talking about the sense of panic that there was when people realised a fire was breaking out. as you say this train was travelling between the cities of karachi and rawalpindi but at 6:30am at local time a fire broke out with fierce flames engulfing at least three carriages. as part of the rescue efforts an army helicopter was mobilised to take some of the injured to nearby hospitals while the authorities were going through the authorities were going through the rather grim task of trying to identify all those who lost their lives. in terms of what started the

fire, railway officials have been saying it began when a gas cylinder exploded. they say it was being used by some passengers to cook food. we have been hearing from so eyewitnesses who have said that is not the case. there was some kind of electrical fault on board the train. if prime minister, imran khan, had expressed his condolences and ordered an inquiry to take place. the pakistani railways do not have a particularly good safety record that this is one of the worst incidents certainly in the last decade. what will the scope of that inquiry be?” imagine it will be looking at what caused this fire. there are questions already being asked. if it was caused by a gas cylinder explosion, why where passengers are allowed to take gas cylinders on board a train? they are an item that are not normally allowed on board a train for obvious reasons because they could explode. there are other

questions too. whether train carriages overcrowded? questions too. whether train carriages overcrowded ? that questions too. whether train carriages overcrowded? that is often a problem on the railway system is here. we don't know if that was the case. we know a number of people travelling on the train were religious pilgrims. i imagine whether these carriages were overcrowded or not will be another focus in this investigation. thank you for that update from islamabad. it's emerged that dozens of prisons across england and wales are failing to operate emergency telephone lines to help prevent suicide and self—harm. figures compiled by three campaign groups show a third ofjails have either not installed a line or do not answer calls from relatives worried about the welfare of inmates. the ministry ofjustice says the situation is unacceptable and it's taken immediate action. i am joined in the studio by peter dawson who is director of the prisons reform trust. thank you for coming along. in the 12 months to march this year, looking at statistics, there have

been 58,000 incidents of self—harm in prisons, more than double the figure for a decade earlier, and these custody telephone lines supposed to help reduce the numbers of these incidents. how are they supposed to work? it is very basic. imagine that someone you love is in prison and you get a call from the prison, from that person, saying they are thinking about hurting themselves or they are in danger from somebody else and of course you wa nt to from somebody else and of course you want to get that information to the present straightaway and you want to know someone has received it and is acting on it and the easiest way to do that is to call. the prison service promised in every prison there will be a dedicated number you can call to do that and it is not working. we have done some straightforward research just trying to find out what that number was for every prison and in a fifth of presents we couldn't even find the number. in another fifth, presents we couldn't even find the number. in anotherfifth, we presents we couldn't even find the number. in another fifth, we called the number and it didn't work. but in the remaining prisons you generally got through to an answer phone. only in one in ten cases was

it possible to get through to a human being who said i hear what you say and i will do something about it andi say and i will do something about it and i will come back to tell you what i have done. i don't know if it is possible to extrapolate from that to what extent this is aggravating the incidents of self—harm or leading to situations which could have been not being avoided. the ministry ofjustice has no clear plan to solve the crisis in prisons. they talk about the prison estate lacking decency and security, very strong words. the ministry of justice said it is taking immediate action on this telephone line issue. have you seen any evidence of that? well, we will be checking. as soon as we got these numbers we tell the ministry ofjustice as we got these numbers we tell the ministry of justice and as we got these numbers we tell the ministry ofjustice and they have taken action and we hope it is effective. it is easy to find out. every prison should be checking whether that line works. at a fundamental level, why do you think

that something as apparently straightforward as setting up a functioning, dedicated safer custody telephone line, why have there been so many issues with it? it is a symptom of the crisis affecting our presence, which has existed since at least 2012, when resources were taken away. not enough people? it is too many people in prison. it is not about not enough resources. we use prison to match and sentences have got much longer and that is why they are overcrowded. —— use present too much. if the government wants more people in prison with longer sentences, that is their right, but there is no evidence it will work, but they have to think about accommodating people safely. if you lock somebody up, it is a primary duty to look after them, that they serve it in decent conditions that might rehabilitate them. not enough

people in terms of prison staff, somebody who might be there to a nswer somebody who might be there to answer this phone line. it is simpler than that. it is not about somebody sitting by the phone all day. it is about being able to get another and when you get through to the prison a human being answers it. most calls will not be somebody is about to kill themselves, but if it is, you have got to speak to a person and not a machine. peter, thank you for your time today. peter dawson from the prison reform trust. the us military has released footage of its raid in northern syria, which it says was when the leader of the islamic state group was killed. the video, released by the pentagon, shows special forces approaching the compound where abu bakr al—baghdadi was hiding before he detonated a suicide vest. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. in the first images

released of the raid, you can see us special forces making their way into the building where abu bakr al—baghdadi was hiding. as they flew into the area, the american troops were shot at by militants. we're not showing the next portion of this video, but in it, they strike back, killing many of those on the ground. baghdadi was the leader of the islamic state group, and the united states had been searching for him for years. in a graphic description of his last moments, president trump claimed he was crying and whimpering. the pentagon could not confirm that, but they said he tried to escape through an underground tunnel. us soldiers gathered documents and electronic equipment at the compound before bombing it. it was completely levelled to ensure it didn't become something like a shrine. this was a dangerous mission, and baghdadi was not alone in the building. two people were taken into custody here and five others were killed, including four women.

the other people that were engaged on the objective were behaving in a threatening manner with suicide vests, approaching the raid force and that causes you to make some decisions, particularly when they don't respond to arabic—language commands to stop, warning shots, and the progression of escalation that our special operators are so very good at. us military leaders say is as an organisation has been badly damaged by the raid, but they are concerned about the possibility of retaliatory attacks. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. lloyds banking group's third quarter profits have been almost entirely wiped out by further ppi compensation payments. the bank has set aside another $1.8 billion, taking its total bill to settle the claims to over £22 billion. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here.

very large sum. yes, it takes the total to £22 billion, far the most of any banks. one billion in a three month period. payment protection insurance, ppi, is what a lot of banks mis—sold to people borrowing money to cover them if they found it difficult to make the repayments but insurance didn't really work and in some cases people didn't even know they had bought it. that is how the arose. the impact on lloyds now is because there was a deadline for people to get their claims in, the end of august. there was a final rush. do you remember all those tv adverts with arnold schwarzenegger and other publicity? they were difficult to avoid! it drove a much bigger rash of claims than even the banks had expected and the biggest of all to lloyds, who had been the biggest seller of ppi. that begs the question of whether that is it for

lloyds and other banking groups in terms of significant sums of money that they might have to set aside to deal with ppi. it is that they might have to set aside to dealwith ppi. it is probably that they might have to set aside to deal with ppi. it is probably the major part of it to one side now. people who have claimed, it could ta ke people who have claimed, it could take months and may be well into next year to get it sorted out, so it is not the end of the matter and it is not the end of the matter and it may be that more smaller sums have to be divided when they discover they have to pay out more than was expected. simon gompertz, thank you. in a moment we will have the weather forecast but first what has victoria derbyshire got coming up has victoria derbyshire got coming up on her programme at ten o'clock? that morning. it is halloween, the day the uk was meant to be leaving the eu. -- day the uk was meant to be leaving the eu. —— good morning. we are coming out of the eu on october 31, come what may. can you make a promise today to the british public that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay

to brexit? yes, i can. i would rather be dead in a ditch. we will talk to you voters about how brexit will affect the way you intend to vote in the general election. also on the programme today: in 30 days we will be able to get a prescription. that is so good. that is the moment last week that beth's daughter isabel found out that orkambi, a life changing cystic fibrosis drug will soon be available on the nhs in england. but it won't be available in wales. we speak to one family desperately hoping a deal can be done there as well. join us live at ten o'clock on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. now it is time for a look at the weather forecast with simon king.

nothing too ghastly in the weather forecast today. or some of us it will be drier but there is some rain in wales and the west country. but looking to the atlantic we have this area of low pressure and by the system is moving in over the next few days and it will feel very different at the end of the week compared to the beginning. some rain in scotland and northern and eastern areas. you will hold on to the brightness. but in the south—west, some showery outbreaks of rain expected later on. maximum temperature is 11 to 13. for tonight we will see more significant bands of rain moving in from the atlantic, quite heavy rain spreading eastwards. still a little bit chilly in the north—east but not as cold and no frost around tonight. miles towards the south—west. on friday for many of us it will be a day of heavy showers with dry weather in between before more heavy rain moves in from the west. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines: with six weeks to go until the general election, party leaders will hit the campaign trail today. the social networking giant twitter announces a global ban on all political advertising, but facebook says it

won't follow suit. wildfire spread across southern california strong winds hampered rescue efforts. and coming up, why has new york voted to ban foie gras? time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. well, as campaigning for the december general election gets underway, lots of people are reading and sharing stories. this is what the papers have been focussing on. let's start with the telegraph. have been focussing on. it reports that the brexit party is considering pulling out of hundreds of seats in the election, in a move that could boost the conservatives. politics on the front page of the guardian too. it says jeremy corbyn is kicking off his campaign, with a promise to represent the people. the times warns of what it calls,

an "exodus" of moderate tories as the culture secretary nicky morgan joins a number of other mps leaving westminster. the daily mail carries a poll which, it says, suggests voters trust borisjohnson more than jeremy corbyn when it comes to the nhs. and the daily mirror again focuses on the nhs saying borisjohnson could open the nhs to profiteers in a future trade deal with the us. but as the traditional campaign trail gets going, lots of people have been using the hashtag #brexitday online to point out that the uk was meant to leave the european union today. prime minister borisjohnson had said that the uk will leave the eu on october 31st "do or die", "come what may" and "in all circumstances". well, here's some of the reaction. the right wing commentator and brexiteer, julia hartley—brewer tweeted "happy brexit day everyone" — adding "oh" to her tweet. snp mp pete wishart

says: happy brexit day — adding "die in a ditch‘ ‘no ifs no buts we will be out on the 31st‘ ‘do or die.‘ this was the very basis ofjohnson's tory leadership campaign given without any condition or caveat. he failed, says mr wishart. the brexiteer and reporter for guido fawkes, tom harwood, says he thinks "brexit could never be delivered in a hung parliament — #brexitday". and the journalist nick cohen writes "wa kes up. checks date: 31 october 2019. checks uk: still in eu. checks ditch: still empty. " let's have a look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. number one on the most red, hugh grant in what has been described as a handshake row with chancellor sajid javid. he has hit back after not shaking sajid javid

hand at a film premiere. in an interview, sajid javid said he put his hand out of the hollywood star and he refused to shake it, and that that was incredibly rude. but on twitter hugh grant has said he declined the handshake because he felt that sajid javid was dismissive to press abuse victims. that is number one on the most red. number two, some interesting photographs purporting to show the elusive artist banksy at work. and the numberfour, artist banksy at work. and the number four, the first mention artist banksy at work. and the numberfour, the first mention in the first red with jeremy numberfour, the first mention in the first red withjeremy corbyn in an election pitch against, in his words, a "corru pt an election pitch against, in his words, a "corrupt system". and the most watched, a clip about breast—feeding in the united states where there is no mandatory maternity leave for mothers, but they can get 12 weeks unpaid leave,

if their company involves —— employs more than 50 people. it makes life difficult for new mothers, and this story tells about the private suites which allow mothers to breast—feed as they try to juggle motherhood and work. just enough time to to turn to one of our most watched videos online. it's about specially adapted trucks in germany that are being tested on electric roads. this is number two on the most watched videos list. power is fed directly to the vehicles from overhead power cables. it's costly — but could cut carbon emissions. the bbc‘s people fixing the world programme took a closer look. this isn't an ordinary road. it is fitted with overhead cables to power hybrid trucks. the idea behind this is to combine the advantages of electric railways with the advantages of trucks. the system is

being tested on the site of an old ru nway being tested on the site of an old runway in germany and on a five kilometre stretch of motorway near frankfurt. trucks turn off their diesel engines while connected. frankfurt. trucks turn off their diesel engines while connectedm provides a solution now that can help make transport more environmentally friendly. these trucks are hybrid trucks which are equipped with a pantograph that allows a trucks to establish contact with the contact wire above then provides a track with energy for driving. the driver decides when to connect. and also when to disconnect. so what this allows is

that trucks can operate on the highway and as they are hybrid trucks, they can also freely move outside the infrastructure.“ trucks, they can also freely move outside the infrastructure. if there are no electric rails above, they canjust are no electric rails above, they can just carry on driving on the road using normal engines? exactly. at the beginning it might be fossil fuels but this system allows for all types of different hybrid fuel cells, gas, biofuel, all with better results. in the future, any electric trucks could recharge their batteries while on the move. trucks could recharge their batteries while on the movem renewable energy is provided to a mini substation and the truck is operating with electricity and they are coming into it. if the trials are coming into it. if the trials a re successful, are coming into it. if the trials are successful, more power cables could be installed, but it would cost a lot of money to cover large parts of the motorway network, and

would only be worth it if enough companies switched to using trucks like these. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning. england's world cup final edging ever closer, and we now know the side that will start against south africa in yokohama on saturday. they've kept the faith with the same starting xv that were so dominant in that brilliant semi—final win over new zealand. it means that george ford stays as fly—half, and captain owen farrell at centre. england have been out and about in tokyo overnight, and head coach eddiejones says their sole focus now, is themselves there is no higher expectation than within the team. we started out on the first day wanting to be the best

tea m the first day wanting to be the best team in the world. that is where we wa nted team in the world. that is where we wanted to go. the outside stock, three weeks ago, we were hopeless. i was going to get the sack. oh and couldn't keep a goal. so we don't tend to that noise. important as the media is we don't tend to listen to it. the only people that we are worried about is within the team. earlier i spoke to former england international ugo monye, who told me england would be looking to use the momentum from there grew over the all blacks in the semifinals to tackle the springboks on saturday. that is probably the most complete performance under eddie jones. that is probably the most complete performance under eddiejones. they know that all that it has done is given them a chance of world cup glory. it has been for years in the making a lot of pain and a lot of ha rd making a lot of pain and a lot of hard work for every team who has competed in the world cup, but this world cup, england have been so confident that they will take a huge amount of toppling the number one

tea m amount of toppling the number one team in the world, and they go into the final on saturday as clear favourites. england have some history with south africa in the world cup, it hasn't always gone their way, but they have taken a lot of inspiration from that 2007 springboks side. i certainly think so. it is the springboks side in 2007, eddiejones was part of the coaching staff stop they beat england 36—0 in the pool stages then they won the final, 15—6. so there isa they won the final, 15—6. so there is a huge amount of a thread from 2007 all the way through to 2019. you look at the style of play, the personnel, much inspiration has been taken from that. and it almost feels like it has come full circle. eddie jones was coaching the south africans then and now coaching this england side 12 years on. i keep going back to our confident this england team really are. regardless of what south africa will throughout england, ifeel of what south africa will throughout england, i feel they will be able to a nswer england, i feel they will be able to answer any question. whether it is

physicality or their blistering footwork, this england side are so well prepared. this week, you want to treat it like any other week and become more intimate than you have ever been, because you've got guys like me are supporters around the world talking about how england have got one hand on the trophy. you can't get carried away with that. the fact is, if the guys replicate everything they have replicated in the last seven weeks in terms of performance and preparation and recovery, i firmly believe that they are going to win. he was attending an event helping people from all backgrounds to get involved in by. backgrounds to get involved in rugby. take a look. this is a lesson in precision. he kicks the ball not just over the post as normal but right through the basketball hoop! quite remarkable. just showing off now, isn't it?! looking at the back pages, the express calls owen

farrell captain marvel, saying that he has the look of a world cup winner. the mirror focuses on a brilliant encounter at anfield last night saying that arsenal paid the penalty. let's take a look at some of those goals from the league cup action last night. what a night at anfield. liverpool were 11—2 down to arsenal when alex oxlade—chamberlain took aim from outside the box. arsenal then restored their two—goal lead whenjoe willock came up with a thunderbolt of his own. but liverpool weren't done, they got it back to 5—4 before divock origi's overhead kick in the fourth minute of injury time took the game to penalties, which liverpool won 5—4. there were two more stunners at stamford bridge. this is chelsea's michy batshuayi powering his way to an equaliser after manchester united had taken the lead through a penalty. it wasn't the best goal

of the night though, that was scored by marcus rashford. this brilliant free—kick enough to give united a 2—1win. elsewhere aston villa beat wolves. the draw for the quarter—finals has taken place this morning. the standout tie is manchester united's trip to league two side colchester. holders manchester city meanwhile go to oxford united who are in league one. all the fixtures are on the bbc sport website and app. in the scottish premiership, rangers kept pace with leaders celtic thanks to a 4—0 win at ross county. celtic also won against st mirren, which means that the old firm are now level on points, with celtic top on goal difference. disappointment for manchester city in the women's champions league. they've been knocked out of the competition by atletico madrid for a second season running. city lost 2—1 on the night, 3—2 on aggregate. that's all the sport for now.

hong kong has slid into recession for the first time since the global financial crisis. the economy shrank by 3.2% year on year. it's thought the protests there may have helped push the city into the downturn. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani is in singapore. tell us more about the reasons for this slide in the economy, for the first time in a decade, going into recession. the administration there has signalled that we would see some pretty bad numbers today when these figures were released, ahead of them being released, ishould figures were released, ahead of them being released, i should say, figures were released, ahead of them being released, ishould say, but what we have seen is a much sharper downturn than many economists expected. that is a reflection of just how much hong kong's economy is dependent, and depends on china's. we've seen five months of political

protests. that has led in some cases to retailers shutting shops in those areas, hoteliers facing low occupancy areas, hoteliers facing low occu pa ncy rates areas, hoteliers facing low occupancy rates because people are just simply not coming to hong kong. remember the airport was shut down for a couple of days and many tourists, amongst them a significant portion from the mainland, are effectively shunning hong kong. all of that is putting pressure on hong kong at a time when it is also suffering from the us— china trade war. remember, the hong kong economy is extremely dependent on global trade. it has been hit hard because of the spat between the two superpowers. this is coming at a very delicate time for hong kong, as it tries to re—establish itself and its credibility in the eyes of the international community, as a global financial centre. what are the prospects for any recovery, or is the expectation that the economy might contract further still before

things might eventually turn around? frankly, it depends in many ways on how long these protests will continue. according to some economists i've spoken to, they said that, should the protests stop, should the reputation of hong kong come back as a place that doesn't effectively go into a protest scenario every weekend, you could see some of that pressure easing off, but given the fact that the stand—off between the government and this group of protesters continues, it is very hard to see or envisage a situation like that happening soon. increasingly, we have seen these images of violent clashes between the protesters and police. these are being spread on social media, in china, for instance, that is one of the big narratives that beijing has been pushing to its own people. that's led to a drop in visitor numbers. hong kong is dependent on chinese tourists. some estimates say we could see a plunge of almost 50%

in visitor arrivals in the month of october, compared to last year. so it doesn't look like it is going to end anytime soon. thank you very much for that update. in the us more than 18 million people are affected or at risk from a wildfire which is raging across california. the governor has declared a state—wide emergency as strong winds continue to fan the flames. thousands of firefighters are involved in the effort to deal with the crisis. from los angeles, sophie long reports. the fires that forecasters feared broke out in several locations around southern california. as wildfires raged across a ranch land, people fled from the flames and bewildered horses tried to make their own way to safety. 30 miles north of los angeles, more than 25,000 people were told to evacuate, as flames quickly engulfed whole

hillsides, and the valley filled with thick, dark smoke. the fire, fuelled by winds gusting at up to 70 mph surrounded the ronald reagan presidential library and threaten 7000 other buildings nearby. it is being called the easy fire. but putting it out is proving to be anything but. we are at the entrance of the ronald reagan presidential library. you can see how strongly the wind is blowing the blaze in directions all around. they are fighting the fires here, but it is the wind that is the greater enemy. while the spire travelled —— trebled in size to consume more than 1300 acres in two hours, others continued to burn in the celebrity studded hills of los angeles. there are pleas for the public to be vigilant as news fires sparked every hour, but optimism that the strongest sa nta a na but optimism that the strongest santa ana winds in more than a decade could start to abate.

house of commons speakerjohn bercow is standing down today after ten years in the job. his distinctive shout of "order" has turned him into a cult figure on social media — and mps across the house of commons paid tribute to him in his last prime minister's questions yesterday. let's take a look at some of his most memorable moments cani can ijust can i just say and whether can ijust say and whether i can or not, i'm going to! i keep order in the chamber... really, by saying... order! be a good boy! a sticker on your car making derogatory comments about brexit. this is a serious point about partiality. that sticker on the subject of brexit happens to

be affixed to or in the windscreen of my wife's car. yes. and i am sure the honourable gentleman wouldn't suggest for one moment that a wife is somehow the property or chattel of their husband! i would not wish toissue of their husband! i would not wish to issue a prohibition to speak in the royal gallery. as far as this place is concerned, ifeel very concerned —— very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism, and our support for equality before the law, and an independent judiciary, are hugely important in

the house of commons. it is a form of bullying, to show anger, to thump the table, to say that somebody has failed in front of others. let me make it clear. there must be zero tolerance of sexual harassment or bullying here at westminster or elsewhere. cheering applause sebastian payne is whitehall correspondent for the financial times —

hejoins me now. good morning to you. whatever you think ofjohn bercow, you couldn't help but notice him. he certainly elevated the role of speaker to wider public attention. is that because of his personality or because of his personality or because of his personality or because of the times we are in?l bit of both. ten years ago whenjohn bercow became speaker of parliament and british politics was in a pretty bad state. we were in the throes of the mps are' expenses crisis and there was not that much respect around for the house of commons and the previous speaker michael martin wasn't up to the task of cleansing the authority and bringing back that respect to the commons. there was lots of criticism ofjohn bercow, but one thing he has managed to do through sheerforce but one thing he has managed to do through sheer force of personality is to make the house of commons the cockpit of a nation again. in that senseit cockpit of a nation again. in that sense it is a good thing. his personality, you mentioned there, it is something some people love. he will become a favourite on the

american lecture circuit and with events around the uk, no doubt for his impersonations of mps and this is his distinctive way of speaking which is inspired by his love of jane austen novels. but to some around the commons he is a rather obsequious figure who goes on too much, makes it far too much about him, so we next will be a very different figure to john bercow him, so we next will be a very different figure tojohn bercow and bring a different personality and i imagine, a slightly lesser personality. those who have got angry with him say that he has bedevilled efforts to get brexit done. those are who are his fans say that he has empowered backbenchers. what is your take on how he has managed to strike a balance?” what is your take on how he has managed to strike a balance? i think he's done both things. going back to that point in 2009 when he became speaker, during the financial crisis gordon brown only made us make state m e nts gordon brown only made us make statements to the comments. press

conferences and statements to tv cameras were how things were done. whatjohn bercow cameras were how things were done. what john bercow has cameras were how things were done. whatjohn bercow has done through the use of urgent questions as to demand that government ministers come to the dispatch box and answer questions about topics of the day. and that is a very good thing. he has empowered the backbench business committee to allow a much greater opportunities for backbenchers to introduce and debate legislation. that is all a good thing. but the two controversial things on his legacy, first of all how he tore up a comments rule book to a summer sea invoked the course of remainers, and lots of decisions he made about standing order 2a, emergency debates, allowing mps to take control of the ballot paper, and scores of conservative mps think he was no longer impartial. he has disrupted the role of speaker, and thatis disrupted the role of speaker, and that is going to have a long legacy, and the contest that is playing out now to a place —— replace mrjohn bercow is about who can bring back

that impartiality, perhaps. thank you for your thoughts, sebastien payne from the ft. new york has voted to ban foie gras. the dish is considered a delicacy — but there have long been concerns over animal welfare associated with making it. this report, from rich preston. made from the liver of ducks or geese, it is highly prized and not cheap. but attitudes towards foie gras have been simmering for some time. animal rights campaigners say the process of producing foie gras is cruel and painful. the animals are force—fed grain to make their livers as large as possible. new york city officials have agreed, overwhelmingly supporting a ban on certain force—fed poultry products. in a city home to hundreds

of restaurants, that decision isn't popular with everyone, and some argue the ban threatens the city's entire food scene. translation: all animal breeding is inhumane to begin with. why focus on a small subset? it is an important page of history, with all these things that's going to be torn from menus in new york. it's a bit of a shame — it's a huge shame, actually. a similar ban in chicago in 2006 was reversed, but a ban in california which came into effect in 2012 remains in place. new york's ban is due to come in in 2022. victoria derbyshire will be here next talking, amongst other things, about the general election coming up in december. i'll be back at 11am. hope you can join

in december. i'll be back at 11am. hope you canjoin me in december. i'll be back at 11am. hope you can join me then. in december. i'll be back at 11am. hope you canjoin me then. simon king is now here with the weather. we will see something unsettled over the next few days. nothing too ghastly for the time being. plenty of dry weather out there at the moment. we have this with a front to the south—west of england giving further outbreaks of rain and further outbreaks of rain and further to the south—west, this area of low pressure will move in, making things more unsettled through tomorrow adding into the weekend. for today, sunny spells continuing across scotland, into northern and eastern areas of england. further west, remaining cloudy, misty and murky. some showers around northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. temperatures between nine and 13 celsius. this evening you will see some showers in the west but overnight the night, some more persistent rain starting to move north and east. still quite mild in the south and west. chilly across scotla nd the south and west. chilly across scotland and northern england, but nowhere near as cold as it has been recently. we lose the frosts as we go through the next few days.

throughout friday, a wet start, with heavy rain gradually working its way north and east, eventually clearing. some dry spells before further heavy rain moves in across northern ireland, wales and the south—west. but my. flashback —— by buyer.

hello. it's thursday. it's 10 o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. good morning. it's halloween, and it was supposed to be brexit day. we will leave the european union on october 31st. we are coming out of the eu on october 31st come what may. we are going to fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on october 31st, no ifs or buts. instead, borisjohnson is visiting a school and a hospital while labour leaderjeremy corbyn in an hour's time will make his pitch to be the next prime minister. and these voters are here to tell these would—be mps how they feel about the fact brexit has been delayed again, and whether it's going to affect the way they vote in