this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: nigel farage calls on borisjohnson to join forces for the election, but the prime minister says there will be no deal between them. any other party, i'm afraid, simply the risk of voting for the other party, simply risks putting jeremy corbyn into number ten. a man faces extradition from ireland as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. the england team prepares for tomorrow's big match. will they lift the rugby world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? we can'tjust we can't just expect to do the same as last week and the same to happen.

we've got to figure out ways to put ourselves in the best place possible to perform. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, journalist and broadcaster yasmin alibhai—brown and the political commentator and former conservative staffer jo—anne nadler. stay with us for that. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his withdrawal agreement with the european union and form an alliance with his party in the upcoming general election. speaking at his campaign launch, he said he would field a candidate in every seat in britain if the prime minister didn't drop his brexit plans, which he described as a sell—out. today, mrjohnson said

in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties would putjeremy corbyn into number ten. more on that shortly, but first, here is john pienaar. the biggest grin in politics, but what has he got to smile about? nigel farage‘s party is trailing in the polls, but still grabbing tory votes. so his ultimatum to borisjohnson today — drop your deal, leave the brexit party to fight labour in many leave—voting areas, or we will take on tories across the country. there are around about 150 seats in this country that are labour—held constituencies that the conservative party have never, ever won in their history. that i think is how a deal of this kind would work, a nonaggression pact of this kind would work, and i think it would be to our advantage, to their advantage

so an offer of friendship with a hint of menace. but what if all he does is split the brexit vote, help remainers win, and parties wanting another referendum 7 you say that you are now the only party fighting for a real brexit. but do you accept, if you are standing in every seat across the country, you are also risking brexit? if the conservative party stand on the basis of this new eu treaty, that is not brexit. in those circumstances, we'd be the only person standing saying we must leave the institutions of the european union. the brexit party wants a deal with the tories, maybe needs one to be able to win seats as well as votes. donald trump seems to think it is a good idea, for what that is worth, but borisjohnson hasn't been tempted. so what would happen if the brexit party stood in seats across the country? what would that do to the outcome? take places like labour dagenham and rainham in essex. it's a tory target, and voted leave. but labour could hold on here if brexiteers split. this issue splits families, like brothers jeff and john.

i would vote conservative now, again, because ijust want to get it done. i think it's going on too long. whatever way you are, ijust think it's got to get done so we can get on with other things, rather than just keep talking about brexit. so john, tell me what you're thinking. so i'm thinking brexit. i think they need my vote. but i'm concerned the vote to brexit could dilute the votes to conservative. now, hazel, how are you going to vote in this election? labour. why is that? well, because i've always done it, always. my mum and dad done it, so i've always done it. and i've never changed. i'm too old now to change — 85, you know, nearly 86. of course, labour is just not relying on old habits. they are promising a better deal and another referendum. to the country as a whole, what we're saying is, whether you're remain or leave, there's a route through for you by voting labour. for the other parties, it's either one side or the other. it's very divisive.

and one of the things we want to do is to try to reunify quite an angry country. the tories are telling voters their brexit will take the uk out, free to strike trade deals, set its own rules and standards. we will have a choice of parties, a choice of brexit or no brexit at all on polling day. as big an influence as any, perhaps, people just wanting to get it over with. john pienaar, bbc news, essex. the prime minister has rejected calls from nigel farage and donald trump to work with the brexit party. he said he wouldn't enter into electoral pacts, but that he was always grateful for advice, wherever it comes from. the prime minister also suggested the us president was wrong to believe that a trade deal between the us and the uk would be difficult under his brexit deal. he was speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. are there any circumstances under which you might work with nigel farage? well, first of all, it is a great brexit. it's a proper brexit.

it delivers exactly what we wanted, what i wanted, when i campaigned in 2016 to come out of the european union. it takes back control of our money, our borders, our laws. it enables us to do proper, all—singing, all—dancing free—trade deals. now, the difficulty about doing deals with any other party is that any other party i'm afraid simply risks — oi’ voting for any other party simply risks putting jeremy corbyn into number ten. there are no circumstances under which you would work with nigel farage? i want to be very, very clear that voting for any other party than this government, this conservative government, this one nation conservative government, is basically tantamount to putting jeremy corbyn in. your mutualfriend, the president of the united states, thinks you should work with nigel farage. is he wrong? well, look, i'm always, always grateful for advice from wherever it comes. and we have great relations, as you know,

with the us and many other countries. but i'm just telling you, laura, what i think about the way to do this. so he's wrong about that? president trump has also said that your brexit deal means that you can't really do a good deal with the americans. is he wrong about that as well? there's one thing he's right about, which is there's certainly no question of negotiating on the nhs. that is absolutely true, and he's right about that. but, on the technicalities of the deal, anybody who looks at it can see that the uk has full control, as one whole uk — england, scotland, wales and northern ireland — as one uk. he said, "you can't do it. you can't trade, we can't make a trade deal with the uk." so he's misunderstood it? well, i don't wish to comment on what he may or may not have read. what i'm telling you is what everybody can see from the terms of the deal we did. if we can get it over the line by — with this election in the middle

of january, then we'll have it done. why would anyone believe you on that, when you have broken your promise already, where we should have been out of the eu yesterday? now, you failed on that. i bitterly regret that we haven't come out, but on the other hand people said we wouldn't be able to get a new deal at all. yourfirst speech in downing street, you stood outside there and said "the buck stops here". and now this has gone wrong, you took your deal away from parliament, like taking your bat and ball and going home, and now you're blaming them. well, with great respect, laura, i don't think that parliament were... i think mps were never going to deliver that deal on that timetable, and they weren't going to... so why did you try, then? notjust by 31 october. it was clear, from what they did, they wouldn't have done it by christmas. they wouldn't have

done it by 31 january. their strategy was to keep rope—a—doping the government and then pushing the deadline on beyond 31 january. it would have been totally miserable. would you rule out expanding the use of the private sector in the health service? look, we are putting £34 billion into the nhs. that is taxpayers' money, and we are absolutely determined to continue to increase taxpayers' money. would you rule out expanding private sector involvement? what i will tell you — look, of course, you know, there are dentists and optometrists and so on who our providers to the nhs. of course that's how it works. but we believe, i believe, passionately in an nhs free at the point of use for everybody in this country, and if you ask me, is the nhs..? of course it isn't. do you worry this gamble of going to the country now might backfire for you, just as it did for theresa may? well, honestly, laura, we've just got no choice, we've just got no choice. and parliament is determined — this is a parliament that is basically full of mps who voted remain, and

the overwhelming bulk of the mps in parliament voted remain. you know, i love them, they're a lot of my friends, but that's the way they are. they voted remain, and they will continue to block brexit if they're given a chance. there was no option for us. prime minister, thank you very much. thank you. and we will be speaking with all the main party leaders over the course of the campaign here on bbc news. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, says she will make a formal request for another independence referendum before christmas, regardless of who becomes prime minister. the snp leader, campaigning today in edinburgh, said a vote for her party was a vote to escape brexit and a chance to put scotland's future into its own hands. meanwhile, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn have agreed to a head—to—head tv debate later this month. they will meet on 19 november on itv. both leaders welcomed the debate on twitter, but the liberal democrats have criticised the two—party format.

it is just under six weeks until the general election, and if you are unsure how to register to vote, you can find out how, by visiting our website at bbc.co.uk/news, or on the bbc news app. police investigating alleged breaches of election law by the official brexit campaign during the 2016 referendum have passed a file to prosecutors. vote leave was fined £61,000 injuly last year after the electoral commission ruled that it had exceeded its legal campaign spending limit of £7 million, by almost £500,000. the chancellor, sajid javid, has joined a chorus of condemnation of a spectator columnist

after he suggested planning elections for a time when muslims cannot vote. rod liddle wrote: "my own choice of election date would be a day when universities are closed and muslims are forbidden to do anything on pain of hell, or something'. the spectator‘s assistant editor isabel hardman said she profoundly disagrees with liddle‘s piece and was hugely upset by it. mrjavid, who is muslim, tweeted his response. he said: former texas congressman beto o'rourke has announced that he is ending his 2020 presidential campaign. o'rourke told supporters in an e—mail that he will also not run to become a senator next year either. he made the announcement in a series of tweets, stating:

after expressing his gratitude to the volunteers and donors to his campaign, he then asked supporters to... before then tweeting that his team...

chris, just tell us more about this. yes, beto o'rourke was seen as one of the big rising stars within the democratic party, mainly because of a run that he took at a senate seat in texas 12 months ago in the mid—term elections. now, he wasn't successful, but he did make an impact, and he was seen as somebody who could be a really promising figure for the democrats in the future. and in fact, he launched his presidential campaign with a cover photo shoot for vanity fair magazine. it gave you the sense that he was very much a man on the rise —— vanity fair. although he later admitted that that was a mistake and he has truthfully struggled in the democratic debate that we have seen over the last few months as they try to look and see whether or not he was the man for the job or whether it should be somebody else. and really, he has had moments when he has struck through in talking about particularly climate change and gun control. he was particularly passionate after the shooting in his

home city of el paso earlier this summer, but ultimately, as so often is the case in american politics, it comes down to money, and he simply can't fund the campaign going forward , can't fund the campaign going forward, so reluctantly he has had to drop out. he started fairly high in the polls. did you get the impression, though, because here in the uk, certainly, many people wouldn't have heard of him, did you get the impression that he didn't really sta nd get the impression that he didn't really stand out from the crowd? get the impression that he didn't really stand out from the crowd ?|j think really stand out from the crowd?” think it was really difficult because there are so many democratic contenders. he had name value initially because of that moment 12 months ago with that senate race, but ultimately he just hasn't managed to strikethrough. and it has been pretty difficult because there are so many. been pretty difficult because there are so many. we had more than 20 people standing to try to be the democratic contender, and ultimately despite the fact that in that vanity fair article he said that as far as he was concerned he was born to be in the presidential fight, he was concerned he was born to be in the presidentialfight, itjust hasn't proved to be the case. and there was a response from donald trump in which he tweeted immediately after beto o'rourke's

announcement that as far as was concerned, one for this? announcement that as far as was concerned, one forthis? i announcement that as far as was concerned, one for this? i don't think so. that was a stab from the president there. as for who is going to potentially win this fight, there isa to potentially win this fight, there is a new poll for that iowa caucus which is coming up in february. it is the first real test of these democratic candidates as they go state to state in this election process. and according to that, elizabeth warren is currently out on top, with bernie sanders coming in second, pete buttigieg doing surprisingly well and joe biden, the former vice president, in fourth place. but it is those four who are really standing out from the rest of the field at the moment, and it perhaps gives you an indication of who will be the real contenders once this process begins early next year. it is going to be exciting. the headlines on bbc news: nigel farage calls

on borisjohnson to join forces for the election, but the prime minister says there'll be no deal between them. a man faces extradition from ireland, as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. the england team prepares for tomorrow's big match. will they lift the rugby world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? the england rugby team are preparing for their world cup final in japan tomorrow morning. they'll take on south africa in the city of yokohama. the queen has sent this message to the team, which will be given to the team by the duke of sussex ahead of the match tomorrow. "your performances during the tournament have delighted supporters, and inspired many people throughout the country. i send my congratulations to the england team, management and support staff on reaching the 2019 rugby world cup final, together with my very best wishes for a memorable and successful match."

the prime minister has also paid this tribute. my message is, i don't think anyone can remember an england team playing as well as they did in the match against new zealand. there were passages in play against the all blacks where ijust could not believe my eyes. and that is what they need to find again and i'm sure they can and i'm totally rooting for them. come on, england, you can do it! that's my message. well, kick—off is less than 12 hours away now, and two exeter chief players, henry slade and luke cowan—dickie, have been named in the england squad to face south africa. three schools in cornwall teamed up with local musicians to release a song to celebrate their links to this historic day. andy birkett reports. # swing low, sweet chariot... the song synonymous with rugby

and sung at any match. but this isn'tjust but this isn't just any england match, and this isn'tjust any group singing it. these school pupils are singing it. these school pupils are singing it. these school pupils are singing it to celebrate not one but two former pupils who are in the england world cup squad. it is just incredible knowing that that could be one of us and it is really inspirational. maybe some of us will play for england. that's the plan, is it? yeah! they had a dream like us and they have made that dream. # coming forward to carry me home... the great thing about cornwall as a community is everyone does get involved in these projects so it is fairly simple. cornwall is a rugby county and we are very proud of our cornish lads that have gone to the england team from humble backgrounds. so it's inspiring for the youth and all of cornwall is behind them. while some ofjack‘s family have

headed out to japan, luke's brother tom still has his job to do tonight for the cornish pirates. i would love to be there. it'd be amazing to watch him in the final. if he comes back from japan as a world cup winner, how would you go about that? i will be over the moon. i'm so proud of him. all i know is, he'll have to buy me a beer or two... of course, luke and jack aren't the only famous connection this club has with the world cup. former england player john kendall carpenter was part of the committee that organised the first one back in 1987. how appropriate would it be on saturday morning if two boys, one from penzance and one from new lynn, were to lift that famous trophy? # coming forward to carry me home... cheering. now for some of the day's other news. the chief coroner for england and wales is calling on the government to consider new laws banning the possession of extremist propaganda.

he's issued 18 recommendations following the inquests into the deaths of eight people in the london bridge attacks in 2017. five million masks have been handed out to students in delhi. pollution has prompted authorities to declare a public health emergency. the air quality has been measured at 20 times worse than the levels deemed acceptable by the world health organisation. essex police have said that all 39 victims found in the back of a lorry are vietnamese and they say they're now in touch with the vietnamese government. they're also begun proceedings to extradite a man from ireland, wanted over the deaths. eamonn harrison appeared in court in dublin this morning. it comes as two other men have been arrested in vietnam as part of the investigation. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. eamonn harrison, the 23—year—old from county down in northern ireland, who appeared in court in dublin today

on a european extradition warrant. detectives suspect he was the driver of this blue lorry cab which dropped off the refrigerated trailer in zeebrugge before the deadly trip across the channel. the trailer travelled from belgium unaccompanied on this cargo ship, the clementine, arriving in purfleet on the thames just east of london. essex police want to extradite eamonn harrison because by the time the trailer got to waterglade industrial estate, less than two miles away, 39 people were found dead inside it. police also want to talk to ronan hughes and his younger brother chris hughes — the trailer was rented in ronan‘s name. and the detective leading the investigation was in northern ireland today to make this direct appeal. ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in to the police service of northern ireland. we need you both to come forward

and assist this investigation. in vietnam, the national broadcaster showed pictures of police launching an investigation there as two people were taken into custody on suspicion of people smuggling. what started with the discovery of 39 people dead in a refrigerated trailer here on an essex industrial estate has turned into an international investigation with police looking into what seems to be a loosely linked to global network of criminal organisations smuggling people into the uk from halfway round the world. daniel sandford, bbc news, grays in essex. the man leading the inquiry into the nhs contaminated blood scandal has called on the government to improve financial suppport for victims and their families, saying some were living in "grinding hardship." sir brian langstaff‘s comments came after he heard the final day

of evidence into how thousands died after being given tainted blood products in the 1970s and ‘80s. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. he couldn't to do the things other children did. that was all taken away from him. we thought, i wonder if we've all got it? i wonder if the baby's got it? would itjust be one of us? would malcolm die and i'd be left? i was told i had about a year to live, i was told not to tell anybody. . . including, excuse me, including my family. they've told their stories, and some have left messages for those they've lost at this memorial, which stands at the inquiry. a memorial to the victims, those infected with deadly viruses because of their nhs treatment — haemophiliacs and some who received blood transfusions. steve had hepatitis c. he came to the opening of the inquiry a year ago but died

a few months later. his widow, sue, has given evidence. like others, she's angry at the level of financial support for victims and the bereaved. there are a group of people have been living and dying in poverty because of the state, actions of the state, who've been ignored for so long, who are now actually getting their voices heard, and the inquiry isn't taking away the financial misery. the chair of the inquiry repeated his call for more government financial assistance. an overall picture of relentless hardship for many. it's nowjust over a year ago since i wrote to the minister for the cabinet office, calling for decisive action to be taken to alleviate this. a government spokesperson said there was a commitment to guarantee equal support across the uk and campaigners would be consulted.

since april, in this hearing room and at other centres around the uk, nearly 200 witnesses have given their often powerful and moving personal stories to the inquiry. the hearings will resume early next year. doctors who administered the treatments will give evidence. so too, the leading civil servants and politicians who were in power at the time. those still living say, that on behalf of relatives who've died, what matters above all is getting to the truth. the technology company apple launches its new streaming service, apple tv+ in the uk today. competition is fierce, with the disney company launching its own streaming service next year. in the past 15 years, the firm sport marble studios, the star wars franchise at rupert murdoch's 21st century fox. in his only uk interview, the chief executive, bob iger, has been speaking to our media editor about

the trends reshaping the entertainment industry. earlier this year, the avengers endgame from marvel entertainment became the biggest—grossing movie in history. 0k. who here hasn't been to space? marvel is part of a bigger media giant, the walt disney company, known as disney. over the past 15 years, it's been on an acquisition spree under the leadership of bob iger. mr iger, who considered a run for the us presidency, bought pixar animation off stevejobs, lucasfilm off star wars creator george lucas, and last year, in one of the biggest deals in media history, 21st century fox from rupert murdoch. why do you think rupert murdoch wanted to sell? well, i think the primary reason is that he looked at what was going on in the world of media and all the disruption, and he didn't believe that the hand that they had was a strong as it

needed to be. it's that simple. and he didn't have a solution. but what are the underlying trends reshaping the media industry which makes those sort of mega acquisitions necessary? well, i think if you look at today's media landscape, whether you are in the uk or the united states or many other places in the world, first of all it starts with content. content is king. quality stands really tall in a sea of choice. and then secondly, get content that is so valuable, so important, so loved by consumers that they will access it or buy it almost any way they possibly can. it was rival netflix that pioneered streaming, which allows you to watch what you want, when you want. in the time i've been on the throne, what have i actually achieved? # for the times, they are a changing... apple tv+ launched in london today, with hollywood stars jennifer aniston and reese witherspoon promoting its biggest production. this winter, several technology giants are launching their own streaming services. disney's own service, disney+, launches here next spring. i think netflix is a volume play

with a lot of quality, and they created the market in the direct to consumer space with video. and we come in with a different play, much more branded, less volume, and there is plenty of room for us to occupy space as well. it may to some extent be at their expense, but not necessarily. there may be room for people to have more than one subscription. 0n current evidence, that seems a safe bet. amol rajan, bbc news. now it's time for the weather with tomasz. hello. well, it is time to get a check on the weather for the next ten days or so. and it's hardly surprising if i tell you that the weather's looking very unsettled over the next week or so. we will see spells of wind and rain, certainly very windy on saturday across southern parts of the uk. a

powerful jet stream developing across southern parts of the uk. a powerfuljet stream developing out there across the atlantic, spawning areas of low pressure but at the same time, these areas of low pressure are milder weather in our direction. and that is actually what is happening right now. it is a mild night out there, and it will become whereas across to the north we have got to be cold air which is ready to tuckin got to be cold air which is ready to tuck in behind these vortices, behind these areas of low pressure and had our way sometime next week. so it will chop and change. in the short—term, it is the warning from the met office that is the story, the met office that is the story, the winds that are expected across southern parts of the uk starting in the early hours of saturday morning in the south—west of the uk, as this low pressure approaches, and then those high winds will spread to other parts of the country across the south during the morning and into the afternoon. so this is what it looks like early in the morning. we start to see the onset of the gales along the coast of cornwall, devon, and southern parts of wales. a spell of heavy rain as well. this is the centre of the low pressure. not low pressure will be tracking

across the southern part