this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 11pm: following the bbc interview, prince andrew is now under growing pressure to talk to us officials about his links with the late jeffrey epstein. three party leaders take their message to the cbi conference, each claiming to be the natural partners of business. hundreds of activists remain under siege at a hong kong university where there's been more violence today. police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas on demonstrators. down the street behind me here, about half a mile away is the hong kong polytechnic university, which is still under siege. around it, many, is still under siege. around it, any is still under siege. around it, many, many places donate, means like this of complete chaos dash many

places tonight. and at 11.30 we'll be returning to the papers with broadcaster john kampfner and kate andrews from the right—leaning think tank institute of economic affairs. stay with us for that. and at 11.30 we'll be returning to the papers with broadcaster kpmg has confirmed it is not renewing its sponsorship of prince andrew's mentorship scheme — pitch at palace. it's understood the leading accountancy firm took the decision in october, but it emerged as the duke of york is facing renewed calls to speak to the american authorities following his interview with bbc‘s newsnight, in which he was questioned about his friendship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, who died earlier this year. the prince has consistently denied allegations about his own conduct. our royal correspondent

nicholas witchell reports. in los angeles tonight, a lawyer for some of jeffrey epstein‘s alleged victims and a young woman who says she was raped by epstein at the age of 15. and, in no uncertain terms, prince andrew was urged to step forward and tell the fbi everything he knows about the behaviour and activities of his former friend, jeffrey epstein. he described in his interview this weekend thatjeffrey epstein‘s home was "like a railway station." well, a lot of the people in his homes that were coming in and out were minors, underage girls. it's not something that anyone should close their eyes to. these are somebody‘s children. these are kids. it would help the victims, ms allred said, if prince andrew would take the initiative and submit himself to being questioned. it's the honourable

and right thing to do. but will he? there's no absolute commitment so far that prince andrew will agree to be questioned by the us authorities. the palace line at the moment is that, if a request is received, it will be considered. two nights ago, prince andrew did his best to answer the central allegations with categoric denials of impropriety. do you remember meeting her at all? no. you can say categorically that you don't recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp, or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? i can absolutely, categorically tell you it never happened. but today, a further sign of the damage this is doing to the prince's reputation. one of his initiatives is called pitch at the palace — it's a scheme to help entrepreneurs.

tonight, the accountants kpmg announced they were withdrawing their sponsorship for the scheme. the decision was taken before the newsnight interview, but it's understood the ongoing controversy around prince andrew is one of the reasons for it. but, for all of the criticisms, andrew's officials say he's determined to carry on. there is no question of him stepping back in any way from his royal duties. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. party leaders have been making their case to business leaders at the annual gathering of the confederation of british industry. boris johnson announced the conservatives would postpone a planned cut in corporation tax next year and spend the money on priorities such as the nhs. jeremy corbyn insisted that labour was not anti—business and promised more investment than business had ever dreamt of. jo swinson told delegates that the lib dems were the "natural

party of business" because they wanted to cancel brexit. our business editor simon jack reports from the conference. it's a brave move to use a business conference to announce you're abandoning a planned £6 billion tax cut for business. i hope you won't mind if i also announced today that we are postponing further cuts in corporation tax. and before you storm the stage, this saves us £6 billion that we can put into the priorities of the british people. the fact it hardly raised an eyebrow means you know people's minds on something else. avoiding no—deal brexit means agreeing a full trade deal in 13 months, something many here doubt is possible without asking for more time. can you guarantee to this audience that the uk will never leave the eu without a deal? i think we are off to a flying start. i see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't get it done in the time available. applause. there was also a promise to cut business rates and lower taxes on hiring new employees.

can i please welcomejeremy corbyn, the right honourable jeremy corbyn... this is a tough crowd for a party that promised to hike corporation tax from 19% to 26% and nationalise a long and growing list of private companies. it is sometimes claimed that i am anti—business. actually, this is nonsense. there was an announcement of 320,000 new green apprenticeships but also a vision of a business—friendly future. you're going to see more investment than you have ever dreamt of. you're going to have the best—educated workforce you could ever have hoped for. and you're going to get to the world—leading infrastructure, including... business is labour curious, with many curious about how this will be paid for. businesses would dearly like to be talking about something else, politicians, too. but there's no doubt that the brexit issue continues to cast the longest shadow over this gathering. the cbi says we simply can't afford to have another year like 2019. but within the world of business,

there's surprisingly little confidence that the upcoming election will provide the clarity that everyone is so desperate for. the lib dems arrived with a promise to abolish business rates and replace it with a tax on landlords, but it's their position to revoke brexit the leader was selling hard today. the liberal democrats are the natural party of business. with the conservatives in the pocket of nigel farage, and jeremy corbyn stuck in the 1970s, we are the only ones standing upforyou. the snp said scotland had not escaped the damage that brexit uncertainty was doing to the whole uk. we've already seen over £1 trillion in deferred investment in the uk economy and it's not doing scotland's economy new good, either. so i think the best option for scotland is to make its own choice and escape brexit by voting snp. back at the conference, there was a feeling of weary scepticism about the parties‘ promises. there's a lot of promises made today, isn't there?

i know it's quite close to christmas. they've all turned up like santa claus, offering the world. we've held off investment decisions because of the uncertainty. we want to see that, you know, taken away so we can actually move forward. the hope comes from hearing all three leaders today talking to, you know, 1,500 businesses about their vision for the economy and that's been missing from the election so far. but we have a lot of frustration as well, because we do not have a resolution to the massive issue of our times, brexit, and we have the possibility we could be here in a year's time, having exactly the same conversation. that is a prospect that business will be desperate to avoid. simon jack, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other election news. borisjohnson has challenged jeremy corbyn to answer questions on his brexit policy before a head—to—head debate between the two leaders on itv tomorrow. labour has so far offered no response to the letter.

meanwhile the lib dems and the snp have lost their legal battle to be included in the debate. the high court said the parties had the right to complain to the broadcasting regulator 0fcom about the programme after it had aired. almost a third of young people are incorrectly registered to vote, and one in four black and asian people are not registered to vote at all. that's according to the electoral commission, who are running a campaign to get everyone onto the electoral register ahead of the november 26th deadline. now, how to pay for care for older people and those with disabilties will be a major challenge for whoever wins the election. social care services across the united kingdom are under significant pressure. in england, the system is run by local authorities and it's widely acknowledged to be in urgent need of reform and more money. there are warnings that a failure to address the crisis at this election will push the care system to breaking point, as our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports.

0ver many months we've heard from family after family bearing the brunt of the council run care system in crisis. it is crucial, that as families we find them where that is spot on. we are going to go this way i'iow. . . spot on. we are going to go this way now... i'll ride. i don't spot on. we are going to go this way now... i'll ride. idon't want spot on. we are going to go this way now... i'll ride. i don't want to be here! confronted by confusing, underfunding and struggling to get the support they need. underfunding and struggling to get the support they needli underfunding and struggling to get the support they need. i am desperate. and i'm not the only one. for and desperate. and i'm not the only one. forand burn, desperate. and i'm not the only one. for and burn, that means fighting to keep open the homecare where her mother, also called and, lives. finding another place is difficult. they said this is your home, you just don't hinge people's homes away, do you? do you think people realise how much pressure the care sector is under? no, definitely not.

and it's only when you have to find somewhere for a loved one that is dire. so why is the care system in crisis? we are an ageing population, an increasing number of older people need help with things like washing, dressing and eating. the number of working age adults with disabilities is also rising. but in the last nine yea rs, is also rising. but in the last nine years, in real terms, the money councils have spent on social gather each adult has fallen, despite recent governments are pubs. it means recent governments are pubs. it m ea ns fewer recent governments are pubs. it means fewer people now get local authority support. and those providing care say across the country, the fees they get from councils simply don't cover the costs. mark adams runs ann was making a home in liverpool.m costs. mark adams runs ann was making a home in liverpool. it is a co nsta nt making a home in liverpool. it is a constant battle to balance. in the north—west, several of our homes are losing about £2 million a year. we are using surpluses that thankfully we make in other parts of the charity to keep those homes afloat,

that isn't a sustainable position. these stacks of enquiries, discussion papers and government reports represent more than 20 years of talking about how we should pay for adult social care in the long—term. none have led to significant change. this is an issue which has tripped politicians up at previous elections, yet an ageing population and increasing pressures mean they can't afford to ignore it. so what needs fixing? as well as the need for more money and a long—term plan for the sector, there is a serious shortage of staff. although scotla nd serious shortage of staff. although scotland and wales and more money on cab ahead in england, attracting and keeping nurses and care workers is a major issue everywhere. with families and the charity working together, a buyer has now been found together, a buyer has now been found to keep ann's our home open. even so, she has little time for the politicians who have so far failed to reform the ecosystem. they don't

know what it's like, so you don't expect them to help in anyway. because they don't realise what it is like. you've got to go through it yourself to know how it is. anne cartwright ending that report by alison holt. now, in hong kong, hundreds of activists remain under siege inside the polytechnic university where there's been more violence today, as police try to keep the campaigners trapped inside. outside the university, protesters have tried to break the police lines — some using petrol bombs, whilst police have responded with rubber bullets and teargas. it's the latest development in the protests that started injune, following plans to allow some criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china. critics feared it could undermine hong kong'sjudicial independence. well, those plans were withdrawn in september after intense pressure but demonstrations have continued as protesters now demand protection for democractic rights and an inquiry into the conduct of the police.

0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has more from hong kong. this has been going on sincejune. six months of protests, maybe you could say is this just another day of protests in hong kong? i think the answer is no. the last 48 hours have been pretty strong error, even by hong kong's standards. we saw the police trying to storm one of the city's major universities and failing to do so. then we saw very large protests in support of those under siege in the university. we've seen them pretty much paralysed the whole of kowloon and turn hong kong's major tourist centre into something resembling a battlefield. for a few minutes today, it looked like the siege of hong kong polytechnic university might end peacefully. the young protesters began streaming down the stairway, which on sunday was set aflame to block the police are storming the

campus. but seconds later, riot police began firing tear gas grenades, sending the young protesters scattering in confusion. some did not escape. the clear message from the police today — if you surrender, you will be arrested. hundreds of protesters i still hold up hundreds of protesters i still hold up inside the university, and some of them, preparing for a fight. this young man because my brother is one of them. he is 22 years old, he graduated last year. he was, go to the school after work. and we talk by what's up. we know he is safe now but he cannot come out because police forces around the school are trying to, he is trying to come out last night but not successful. this evening, a small group made another

breakfor evening, a small group made another break for it, abseiling evening, a small group made another breakfor it, abseiling down ropes from one of the university footbridges to a roadway below. they we re footbridges to a roadway below. they were taken away on awaiting motorcycles. as night fell in kowloon, thousands of other protesters began coming onto the streets in support of those still besieged inside the university. soon the streets of kowloon were once again ablaze. down the street behind me, about half a mile away is the hong kong polytechnic university, which is still under siege. around it, in many, many places donate as things like this of complete chaos, running street battles between protesters and riot police. this, where we are standing here, is next to many 5—star hotels. this is the heart of hong kong's tourist and shopping district. trapped in their rooms, tourists gazed down on the scenes below. late tonight, a handful of underage protesters were allowed to leave the university campus. but for everyone else, please here are now taking an

increasingly hardline. —— police. there are many voices here calling loudly for carrie lam, chief executive, to come out and show leadership, to defuse the anger and accept some of the protesters' demands. but tonight there is no sign of carrie lam, and her government appears to have decided on this course of using ever harsher police tactics to crush what appears like a full—scale revolt. events in hong kong are being closely watched in beijing. hong kong was handed over to china in 1997 after more than 150 years of british control and under the so—called one country, two systems arrangement. hong kong was given a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. hong kong's special status will come to an end in 2047. here's our correspondent john sudworth with more on china's reaction from beijing. a major military intervention for now still seems unlikely. it's

risky. tony would have a lots to lose, both politically and economically, and it's worth pointing out the authorities here know that while the violence in hong kong is intensifying, as we heard from rupert, it remains pretty much localised to stop a large parts of the city operate as normal, they are u naffected, the city operate as normal, they are unaffected, at least directly. bathing's best bet is to hope that the hong kong police can continue to contain things, but the longer it goes on, the more it challenges xi jingping's grand vision of a unified, prosperous, rising china. the chinese ambassador to london held another press conference today, accusing the uk of taking sides and quoting extensively from a speech by the chinese president. that language was very clear. this is right at the top of the leadership here in

beijing's. watching and waiting, but growing increasingly impatient the. two teenagers have beenjailed for life for murdering 17 year old jodie chesney in a case of mistaken identity, while she was in a park with friends in east london. svenson 0ng—a—kwie — on the left — will serve at least 26 years. arron isaacs, who's 17, was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years. police have released footage of the moment the pair were arrested in march shortly after the attack. the american businesswoman whose links with borisjohnson have been questioned and led to inquiries by the independant 0ffice for police conduct has described her anger at the way she feels she's being treated by the prime minister. it's alleged jennifer arcuri received favourable treatment when mrjohnson was london mayor because of their friendship — a claim he denies. ms arcuri told the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme she'd been snubbed by a man she considered a friend. when i reached out to him, asking him about this media and what would happen with the story, i was completely sidelined.

why keep me away? why treat me like the enemy? the united states no longer considers israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank to be illegal. the move breaks with four decades of state department policy. the settlements are widely considered illegal under international law, though israel disputes this. us secretary of state mike pompeo said the status of the occupied west bank was for israelis and palestinians to negotiate. calling the establishment of settlements inconsistent with international law hasn't worked or advanced the cause of peace. the hard truth is there will never be a judicial resolution to this and arguments as a matter about who is right or wrong as a matter of international law will not bring peace. this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and palestinians. the united states remains deeply committed to helping facilitate peace, and i will do everything

i can to help this cause. the senior palestinian diplomat, saeb erekat, has expressed outrage at washington's move. the statement of mr pompeo, the secretary of the state of the united states has been absolutely rejected and must be condemned, because once the trump administration decides to undermine international law, once they become an administration that is pro— israeli occupation, pro— israeli war crimes, this constitutes a major threat to international peace and security. and our north america editorjon sopel has more on the implications this could have on the peace efforts in the middle east. the timing is bizarre, no new israeli government has been formed so israeli government has been formed so why has mike pompeo announced this now? who is this to help? donald trump's first overseas trip was to the middle east, and to israel hani visited the west bank, and he said this will be the

greatest deal that i could possibly pull off, tasked his son—in—law to be the person to do that, and we awaited this peace process, peace plan, to be unveiled but since donald trump has been president, we have had the announcement that the us embassy is moving from tel aviv tojerusalem, the us embassy is moving from tel aviv to jerusalem, the golan us embassy is moving from tel aviv tojerusalem, the golan heights being recognised as israeli territory, not syrian, and now we have this announcement which lies in the face of a lot of people would say international law. america's ambassador to israel says this will clarify the issue and make a peace deal more likely. i have to say that is very much a minority view. a lot of people see this as another nail in the coffin of a two state solution and think it would be even more difficult for the palestinians to come to the table now that the

americans have intervened, what seems to be, so decisively on the israeli side of. tata steel is set to cut 3,000 europeanjobs. the company says the majority ofjobs affected will be office—based and that there will be no plant closures. it's not yet known what the impact on tata plants in the uk will be. the business says urgent plans are being made to improve it's financial performance as part of a transformation programme. a former russian official who was a major donator to the conservative party says there should have already been a major report. he denies being an agent of the kremlin and has nothing to fear from the report released by the intelligence committee. the government has been criticised for blocking its release before the general election, as our security correspondent report. he was once a russian official, but he's now mixing with british establishment. since fleeing moscow, alexander temerko has given more than £1 million to the conservative party. he became a british citizen in 2011, when david cameron was prime minister. and he's been close

to both of his successors. but borisjohnson's refusal to release a report from the intelligence and security committee has led to him speaking out. it has been claimed that mr temerko is named in the report which investigates russian influence in british politics. putin did not consider me and the kremlin never considered me a friend. you are not a kremlin agent? no, absolutely not. it is ridiculous. some people say, "we are against putin", but never say publicly about that. i say that publicly. would you like to see this report released, then? for democracy, this report should be released. the report should be released because if there is real russian influence, people and the country should know about that. surely you should know? last week, the prime minister told the bbc report could not be published before the election because the normal process had to be followed.

but critics say it's because of what might be in it. russian money has flooded into the uk in recent years, especially here in the city. but has the arm of the kremlin also reached into political life? i am told the report may well allege that there have been attempts by russia to interfere in politics, although it is not always clear how successful they have been, for instance, in the use of social media in the brexit campaign. but the question the report may well raise is whether successive governments have done enough to deter moscow. 0ne critic of the kremlin, bill browder, who gave evidence to the committee, says money from moscow has influenced our politics and policy towards russia. the amount of money sloshing around london, for a very narrow group of people, but that narrow group of people has huge political influence, is the main explanation for the weak attitude of the british government in these russian situations.

with the focus having shifted from parliament and onto the campaign trail, there is little chance of this report being released before the election. but that won't stop speculation continuing about what's really in it. gordon corera, bbc news. it's a miniature book called the young men's magazine, written by charlotte bronte when she was 14—years—old for the for the toy soldiers she and her siblings played with. and now it's going back to where she wrote it, to the brontes' old home, now the parsonage museum in haworth in yorkshire after it was bought at auction in france for more than half a million pounds. from paris, lucy williamson reports. inside this tiny book charlotte bronte covered the world. stories of heroes and adventurers, feuds and love affairs in far—flung corners of the globe.

the manuscript called the young men's magazine was written for her brothers‘ toy soldiers. today it sold for three quarters of a million euros to the bronte parsonage museum in howarth. it already has the other four surviving little books. we are absolutely delighted. i could almost hear the whoops of delight all the way from howarth. it is the second time they have tried to buy this manuscript. the first time they tried and failed in 2011 when it was bought by the collection that is being dismembered here. to finally bring it home for them now is a great moment. packed into these 4000 tiny words are early clues about charlotte bronte's literary ideas. in one story she describes a man in a burning bed, a scene that is revisited in her most famous workjane eyre. after a journey of almost two centuries, the little book that allowed charlotte bronte to explore the world outside howarth is finally coming home.

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. sir paul mccartney will headline the 50th anniversary of the glastonbury festival next year. the former beatle will top the bill on the pyramid stage on saturday, the 27th ofjune, a week after his 78th birthday. mccartney last played the festival in 2004. one of the organisers said having sir paul back was a dream come true. all those lucky people who will get tickets... hello, monday turning onto those rarities this autumn, mostly dry, but as the weather watchers show from across the nation, mostly was sunny, big welcome news to those flood affected areas are. we saw

record—breaking autumn falls in the likes of nottingham, and since mid—september nottingham has only had five dry days up until monday. a few more dry days to come in the forecast because we are between two low pressure systems in the next few days, is that one leaves, high—pressure bills across eastern europe and this slows down the low pressure system which will bring in some rain later in the week. that low pressure system still after the of us, pretty cold starts to tuesday, temperatures widely below freezing. mist and fog across central part of the uk, england drifting northwards in areas of low cloud, so a good spot of sunshine on monday. mostly across scotland and england, another sunny one, more cloud towards the west. northern ireland we will see some rain, chiefly around temperatures of 10 degrees of. as we go through tuesday night into wednesday the blue colours, the frost on the charts becomes shrinking in size, so only a little bit of frost into wednesday morning stop main reason for that is the breezes picking up on that breeze will become more dominant throughout the rest of the week.

much of scotland and england dry again as will be part of wales. a shower across the north sea coast but like tuesday, more cloud out towards the west and particularly for northern ireland, some outbreaks of rain at times, could affect the western isles, publisher, cornwall, but temperatures are starting to rise a. that low pressure system creeping in more and more, developing more easterly wind as we go into thursday, part of scotland, northern and eastern england, best favoured by staying dry, but something to cloud and occasional rain pushing northward, meaning into snow on the higher ground temporarily, but milder theme, snow on the higher ground temporarily, but mildertheme, more across the south in double figures, but greater chance of occasional rain stop me nothing to concern us. the rain is very showery in nature and that continues as we turn into radio stop low pressure system to the western isles, more substantial, hopefully staying down to the west and the bay of biscay, some

occasional rain across western