you're watching bbc news at 9:00 with me annita mcveigh — the headlines. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn prepare to go head to head at the bbc in the final tv debate before next week's election. it comes as the prime minister comes under renewed pressure to agree to an interview with the bbc‘s andrew neil. we've always proceeded in good faith that the leaders would participate. in every election they have, all of them. until this one. a man is charged with the murder of a 12—year—old boy who was killed in a hit—and—run crash outside a school. police in india have shot dead four men suspecting of raping and killing a woman, after they reportedly tried to escape. three bushfires near sydney have merged into an inferno blanketing the country's biggest city in smoke.

we hear from the british woman who was brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. and in sport, var played its part in newcastle's 2—0 win at sheffield united prompting the manager to criticise the technology. good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head to head in a live bbc

election debate this evening. it will be the last time the tory and labour leaders share a stage before next thursday's general election. it comes as borisjohnson faces renewed pressure to agree to an interview with the bbc‘s andrew neil, in his series of programmes challenging party leaders. well, we begin with our political correspondent iain watson. good correspondent iain watson. morning to you. a lot i this good morning to you. a lot riding on this head—to—head tonight between the two leaders. that's right, the final head—to—head between the two people who could be prime minister a week from now. and i think it is going to be a crucial clash because although some people will have already voted by post, many people mightjust be already voted by post, many people might just be focusing already voted by post, many people mightjust be focusing on the selection and what they are going to in the final week, with six days to go until polling day. the challenge is really for both men, the conservative still ahead in the polls but for boris johnson conservative still ahead in the polls but for borisjohnson he has to make sure absolutely that he is not going to slip up tonight and give away his lead to his opponent. jeremy corbyn has got to make more ofan jeremy corbyn has got to make more of an impression if he's going to win over wavering voters and convince them, not just

win over wavering voters and convince them, notjust that he's got policies on investment and on the nhs, but that he himself is ready and fit to hold the keys to no 10. ready and fit to hold the keys to no io. huge challenges for them tonight. they will be questioned by the audience as well. but interestingly enough last night, certainly labour insiders feel they we re certainly labour insiders feel they were handed a weapon in the unlikely form of the bbc‘s inquisitor andrew neil, because in many of the marginal seats which labour either has to hold or to win but they are finding this phenomenon that some former labour voters are suggesting they will back boris rather than back the conservatives come in so far, labour is finding it very difficult to undermine the prime minister's personal standing. but if questions tonight in tonight's debate about his character can be raised, then labour think that could be played to their advantage, and therefore having andrew neil make his appealfor this therefore having andrew neil make his appeal for this interview with borisjohnson his appeal for this interview with boris johnson last night his appeal for this interview with borisjohnson last night on the bbc on the basis of trust, then that may, they think, cut through where

they themselves have failed. this was andrew neil's challenge to the prime minister. no broadcaster can compel a politician to be interviewed but leaders interviews have been a key part of the bbc's prime—time election coverage for decades. we do them on your behalf to scrutinise and hold to account those who would govern us. that is democracy. we've always proceeded in good faith that the leaders would participate. in every election, they have, all of them. until this one. it is not too late. we have an interview prepared. oven—ready, as mr johnson likes to say. now, andrew neil says the interview is oven ready. i don't yet know if borisjohnson is is oven ready. i don't yet know if boris johnson is going is oven ready. i don't yet know if borisjohnson is going to find it palatable. certainly what downing street are saying as he has done a series of interviews with the bbc andindeed series of interviews with the bbc and indeed with others, he is doing the big head—to—head clash tonight. that kind of response does not suggest to me that he is saying the name of the time and place, andrew,

i'm ready. 0k thank you very much, iain watson. our correspondentjon kay has been at the studio in maidstone where the televised debate will be held this evening. this is quite a small, intense space, only a small audience in the studio, about 100 people are going to be here asking questions. the two candidates, jeremy corbyn on the left and boris johnson candidates, jeremy corbyn on the left and borisjohnson on the right, may be no surprises there, they could almost touch one another here, not just face—to—face but almost total toe in the studio and it will be intense and you will see every flicker of emotion and a syllable of policy they will come out with tonight. this is the final confrontation between the two men who want to be our prime minister and the man with the job of moderating it is nick robinson, former bbc political editor. am i looking stressed? are you stressed? how do you feel? i never wake up overnight over thisjob how do you feel? i never wake up overnight over this job but i how do you feel? i never wake up overnight over thisjob but i have overnight over thisjob but i have over this because it is different from anything i've ever done before because i'm not interviewing these guys, i'm a bit more than a referee but a referee is part of what i've

got to do. i've got to make sure it isa got to do. i've got to make sure it is a clean, fairfight between got to do. i've got to make sure it is a clean, fair fight between the two of them, they both get an equal say, i've got to make sure that from the audience the questions genuinely get some sort of answer and then occasionally i might be able to slip ina occasionally i might be able to slip in a follow—up just to make sure that they have really addressed it. but it's like nothing i've done before, very exciting. describe the layout of the studio because you are between them keeping a close eye on them but you will encourage them to interact with one another as well as the audience. the idea of having them close, you can see there are almost turn towards each other, we do want to debate. these guys are coached within an inch of their lives, boris johnson coached within an inch of their lives, borisjohnson has an american political consultant who has come over and what they say is stared down the lens like this, talk to the folk at home on their own sofas. what i want to make sure we can try and do is as well as that, we say, engage with each other. part of my job will be saying, come on, mr johnson, answer the point mr corbyn has just laid, johnson, answer the point mr corbyn hasjust laid, or vice johnson, answer the point mr corbyn has just laid, or vice versa and try and get some sort of lively debate. 0ften and get some sort of lively debate. often at these events, it is playing

safe, isn't it? stick to the same messages, repeat the same thing to try and blend into the background. but tonight might be a bit different. it is so close to the election, both under enormous pressure, especially borisjohnson in the light of the andrew neil sit down debate question. you're going to have a tough job. thanks a lot! in truth, what they know about these debates, why they matter is they reach the parts of the electorate even breakfast and might show today sometimes doesn't reach. people who don't watch news a lot of the time, people who are not tuned into political shows. the young in particular, sometimes people who may be of this is the first programme they have watched about the general election and they have now they are going to give it to make up their mind. it is the equivalent of flicking through the papers and deciding which mobile phone you want to buy. these guys will go back to core messages. johnson will talk about getting brexit done and i've no doubtjeremy corbyn will talk about the health service. what we need to do is make sure there is a bit ofan need to do is make sure there is a bit of an argument, that you can

make sure you know what the holes in their arguments are, what the challenges are, so that you can make up challenges are, so that you can make up your mind. no format is perfect. an interview is going to give you a lot more detail about policy than you can never get on the stage. you doing interviews with members of the public will get a more empathetic and a more emotional connection than you can get in something grand like this. but there is nothing to match the theatre of debate. there is nothing to match the kind of slightly spine tingling hairs on the back of your neck feeling of these two guys for an hour on their own and they only have six days to go. when they came face—to—face with the itv debate three weeks ago, it seems like ages ago, it was quite testy at times, wasn't it? there wasn't a great deal of warmth between the two characters. it is fair to say they are not mates. some politicians i have covered over the years behind the scenes are having a beer or a whiskey and getting on. these two don't want to spend any time with each other. not only are they very different characters and not only have they got very different backgrounds, they have profoundly different visions of the way ahead

for the country, which is why it matters to escape from the sound bite and say which of these guys do i want? there will be people watching those who may choose to vote for other parties, but whoever you vote for may have some sort of impact on which of these guys ends up impact on which of these guys ends up in no 10. nick robinson, thank you very much indeed. i will let you get used to your podium. it looks very flash with the in—built lights and you have your timer so you can keep an eye on. you are going to like this, this is my sort ofjames bond... what does he drive? aston martin type thing. it gives me the timing someone who is talking for how long, cumulatively on each answer, so how long, cumulatively on each answer, so i can try and stick to the rules and make sure they are fair. nick robinson, thank you. the questions will be submitted by the audience when they arrive tonight, about 100 people selected independently because they represent not just the two independently because they represent notjust the two parties of the two leaders but other parties as well and floating voters as well from all over the uk. they will submit their questions and they will be reviewed by an independent editorial panel and the two candidates won't have a clue. they might prepare and

practice but they won't have a clue what they will be asked until it comes out of the audience's mouth, 8:30pm tonight, bbc one. jon kay and nick robinson setting the scene for that debate tonight. as we get ready for the last leadership debate tonight, let s look at their personal ratings. one of the features of labour s surge in the 2017 campaign was the corbyn factor ? a sharp rise in his personal approval ratings mirrored by a fall in theresa may s. all this fed into to a sharp narrowing in the gap between labour and the conservatives in the weeks running up to polling day. here with the data is the bbc‘s head of statistics, robert cuffe. so, how popular are mr corbyn and johnson? let's ta ke let's take a look at the data. they are both divisive, i think you can say that, so for mrjohnson, i think as many people, slightly more people disapprove of him than approve it and that's why his net approval rating is below zero. you want that to be up and that's not looking great but forjeremy corbyn it is even worse, it is lower down. with

any polling you don't want to get too obsessed about the exact numbers, the trends tell you the story and as you said in 2017 there was that big narrowing during the course of the campaign. this time around i think the changes tell you around i think the changes tell you a bit more because what has happened since the start of the campaign is almost nothing. interesting! people haven't really changed their views about either of the two leaders and is looking very similar to the start of the campaign. 0k. and what then... tell us about the parallels with the 2017 elections. this is very different of the 2017 story but in 2017 if we look at the pole tracking this time around to remind ourselves of how things are going now, we can see that over the last few months there has been a sharp rise for both the conservatives and labour, moving up in the polls, and it is almost a mirror image of the liberal democrats and the brexit party have been drifting downwards. it is the mirror image. a good day the conservatives, bad day for the brexit party. in 2017, if you

compare it back to 2017, you will see there are some similarities. 0ver see there are some similarities. over a slightly longer time frame but you see over the course of the campaign labour shifting up, just as they are now, and landing on about they are now, and landing on about the mid 30sjust they are now, and landing on about the mid 30s just as they are now. for the conservatives they are flat. the long—term changes are not very different for them but they are in the kind of mid—40s, so they are kind of around the same point now that they were in 2017. reflecting perhaps, of course, that we are essentially talking about the same subjects in the selection with the dominant one being brexit. absolutely, and i think if you pull the two things together, what is telling you is that in 2017 people we re telling you is that in 2017 people were making up their minds about the relative merits of the two leaders. but, and this is a significant but, the polling didn't get it exactly right in 2017, did it, robert? no, they got the conservative show pretty much bang on, got the lib dems are right and the snp right but underestimated the labour share and that's kinda very important as in the last three elections we have

seen very narrow results. the last three elections we have seen very narrow results. the difference between a hung parliament and a narrow majority. that makes a big difference. but if you are looking for polling to tell you exact number of seats within one or two decimal places you will come a cropper. what polling is useful for is telling you about those bigger, broader trends about why people are doing what they're doing and so in 2017 it was that choice about mr corbyn versus mrs may. whereas in 2017 it is about people choosing between parties that reflect their view on brexit, lest under the leadership. robert, thank you very much for that. robert cuffe, our head of statistics. and at 11.30am we'll be speaking to liz saville roberts of plaid cymru in your questions answered. so we're really keen for you to get in touch with us with your questions on twitter — using #bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. a man has been charged with murder after a 12—year—old boy was killed in an alleged hit and run outside a school in essex. harley watson died after a car ploughed into a group of children

in loughton on monday. terence glover, who's 51, has been charged with murder, 10 charges of attempted murder and dangerous driving. police in india have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a vet in the southern city of hyderabad last week. police said the men had been taken to the scene of the alleged crime — and were shot after they tried to attack police. the murder of the 27 year old woman has triggered protests across india. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan joins us from delhi. what do we know about the circumstances in which these four suspects were shot? police have said they took the suspects, they were in custody of the court, but the police took them to the scene of the crime in the early hours of the morning around 3am in the morning, we are told, for what they said was a crime

reconstruction. now, police say that during that reconstruction, they say that the four accused tried to attack them and that's when the police killed the four men, reports say that they were shot dead. today, at that scene, people have been flocking to the area. we have seen pictures of people dancing, celebrating, scattering petals, letting off fireworks. lots of people in that area saying this was the right thing for the police to do. the bbc has spoken to members of the 27—year—old victim's family, including her sister and her father, who say that they believe that justice has been done. but on the flip side they have also been a number of politicians today who have condemned the actions of the police, saying that they basically tried to subvert the criminal justice saying that they basically tried to subvert the criminaljustice system and that these rapists should have gone through a court process, should have had a trial, and that this

isn't the way to solve the ongoing problem of sexual violence here in india. those comments from the victim's family and more widely, probably reflect a frustration with the justice system in what has been a number of very high profile cases involving sexual violence. yes. only yesterday i was reporting on another horrific case of sexual violence in india. north india this time in uttar pradesh, where young woman was on her way to court for a hearing on a rape case she had filed earlier this year when she was accosted by a group of men, they allegedly assaulted her, and then they set her alight. really horrific details there. she has been moved to a hospital in delhi where she is being treated for severe burns, and police say that two of them and they arrested in relation to that attack where the two men she accuses of raping her. 0fficers said they

believed this could have been a revenge attack. that case yesterday raised questions about how safe people can feel when they come forward and make claims of sexual assault against people. there is a huge discussion at the moment around this whole topic. the case of hyderabad, which is what we talked about first, sparked huge protests across india this week. some of them turning violent, and i attended some of those protests earlier this week. young women i spoke to said they don't think anything is changing here in india. to add some text, i covered the gang rape in delhi in 2012, a case that got huge international attention and prompted a change in the laws here in india. the government set up fast—track courts to try and speed up the judicial process. but really, conviction rates still remain incredibly low and there is deep frustration that not enough is being done. that, in many ways, might explain why we are seeing so many people celebrating what has happened

today, the actions of the police, but of course, huge concern from other quarters that that is not the way to handle things. rajini vaidyanathan, way to handle things. rajini vaidya nathan, thank you way to handle things. rajini vaidyanathan, thank you for the update. and an update now for you in relation to the general election. and of course the pressure of the prime minister boris johnson and of course the pressure of the prime minister borisjohnson is coming under to agree to an interview with the bbc‘s andrew neil, as other party leaders have done. our political editor laura kuenssberg is now reporting a senior conservative source responding to all of this, and the quote from that source is "the public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions. the format is tired and broken and needs to change if it is to start engaging and informing the public again." this source goes on to say, "the prime minister will focus on talking to voters about their priorities including investing in our nhs and helping with the cost of living." they go on to detail the

number of interviews done by boris johnson in this campaign, including, it talks about those head to heads with the leader of the opposition, one of which of course is due to night on the bbc. so that conservative, senior conservative source telling our political editor that the public are fed up with interviews. we will be looking at the reaction on social media to that challenge from andrew neil last night to boris johnson challenge from andrew neil last night to borisjohnson to join him foran night to borisjohnson to join him for an interview when we talk to our digital election reported joe tidy a little later this hour. the headlines on bbc news. it is 9:19am. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn prepare to go head to head at the bbc in the final tv debate before next week's election. a man has been charged with the murder of a 12—year—old boy who was killed in a hit—and—run crash outside a school in essex on monday. police in india have shot dead four men suspecting of raping and killing a woman, after they reportedly tried to escape.

and why a charity is warning people to think twice about buying a christmas jumper. and in sport — more headaches for arsenal's caretaker manager freddie ljunberg — his side lost 2—1 to brighton at the emirates last night. they're now on their worst winless run since 1977. sheffield united manager chris wilder said var was "sucking the life out of him" afterjonjo shelvey‘s controversial goal for newcastle. the sheffield united defenders appeared to stop playing — thinking shelvey was offside. but var ruled his goal should stand. and we're counting down to anthonyjoshua's world title re—match with andy ruinunior in saudi arabia. the all important weigh in takes place later. i'll be back with more on those stories after half—past.

the un s climate change conference continues in madrid today. countries are gathering to discuss the issue and set targets. and by now we know the warnings. 2019 is on course to be in the top three warmest years on record. the uk government has declared a national climate emergency. millions of people across the world have ta ken to the streets to protest governments' handling of the situation. let's get more on this from julia pongratz, professor of sustainability and climate change at the ludwig maximilian university of munich. very good to have you with us. this gathering in madrid, what more can it add to the discussion that we haven't already heard? what more urgency can it add? the climate conference has clear tasks concerning the carbon market which has not been sorted out previously, also needs to prepare because next

year the paris agreement takes action so there is a lot to do that can be done on the individual level. it shows the politicians could be bold enough to move ahead because the public are supporting them. we have heard this week about the 2019 carbon budget and what needs to be donein carbon budget and what needs to be done in terms of reducing carbon emissions to reach that 1.5 degrees target, or at least to not exceed that 1.5 degrees target. tell us why that 1.5 degrees target. tell us why that target again is so important. the scientific community is sure that if we don't keep planet warming to below 2 degrees or even better 1.5 degrees, it would be difficult to avoid climate change with negative and more extreme events and so on. negative and more extreme events and so on. in order to stay within a 1.5 degrees warming we need to ramp down emissions from 2010—2030 by about 45% in c02 emissions from 2010—2030 by about 45% in co2 and need to be net zero by the middle of the century. so it

isa by the middle of the century. so it is a big effort still needed compared to what we have seen in the increased growth from last year to this. do you think that countries are making efforts to bring their carbon emissions down? do they need to go even further do you think than some other countries that aren't doing that yet in order to try to, you know, balance out the carbon emissions around the world? that is a tough question, isn't it, for governments as they look for various geopolitical considerations. should some do more where others are still not doing enough? we are seeing some progress in most regions of the world. so those that have already reduced their emissions are reducing them even more so will stop those that keep emissions that still grow have grown at a slower pace so it's going in the right direction but just not fast enough. and of course, considering all the considerations of how much industrial countries have emitted in the past, one should

say if you have the technical means, you know it is economically feasible, individual countries should of course move ahead. despite international considerations. thank you for your time, professorjulian flood —— professorjulia —— professor julia pongratz —— professorjulia pongratz of the maximilian university of munich an environmental charity is urging people to think twice before buying a new christmas jumper. research by hubbub suggests 12 million of them will be sold this festive season. the charity says they're "one of the worst examples of fast fashion" — and 95% of the jumpers have a significant amount of plastic in them. well, joining me in the studio now is sarah divall, project co—ordinator at hubbub. sara, you say there are one of the worst exa m ples sara, you say there are one of the worst examples of fast fashion, clearly because of the plastic content, but tell us a bit more about that. there is the plastic content, which is really worrying because plastic never really breaks down, itjust degrades into smaller

and smaller pieces which is where it sta rts and smaller pieces which is where it starts to cause problems for the environment. the scariest thing about this is that while there are 65 million jumpers already in wardrobes around the country, we are set to buy 12 million more this year, which is why is it such a bad example of fast fashion. yes, and you say that two fifths of jumpers, andi you say that two fifths of jumpers, and i think you survey the number of high street and online retailers, two fifths of these jumpers are worn only once. two fifths of 12 million isa only once. two fifths of 12 million is a lot ofjumpers, isn't it? yes, it is really shocking and this is an example of fast fashion on a wider scale, we are buying things really cheaply because we want something new but only wearing it once or a couple of times and then throwing them away, which is incredibly wasteful when it takes all of these resources to make these clothes. you don't want to stop people taking pa rt don't want to stop people taking part in what has become a christmas tradition, do you? but you do have suggestions about how they might behave more sustainably. yes, we don't want to be a christmas grinch, we wa nt don't want to be a christmas grinch, we want you to enjoy christmas and

get involved in things like christmas jumper day but there are days to do it to be more environmentally friendly. seeing what you already have in your cupboard, if there are 65 million of them in wardrobes you might already have one at home, see if you can swa p have one at home, see if you can swap them with friends so still have a new jumper but swap them with friends so still have a newjumper but not by anything new, or if you do need something, see if you can buy second hand so should be cheaper and more environmentally friendly. are the retailers doing anything to produce more environmentally friendly christmas jumpers to become more environmentally friendly christmasjumpers to become more sustainable themselves? across the board at the moment all the retailers are fairly on a level in the fact that they are producing a lot of these clothes and most of them are made out of plastic. there is more they can do by looking at the way they can sell something vintage, if they can move to more natural fibres but also encourage people to wear what they already have more than once. ok, so great to talk to you. sarah from hubbub. you heard it there, jumper is for life, not just for christmas! labour leaderjeremy corbyn is due to hold a press conference in central london this morning. 0ur political correspondent

leila nathoo is there. we are in the slightly unusual position of not knowing exactly what this news conference is about. yeah, it is five minutes until this news conference is supposed to start and you can conference is supposed to start and you can see conference is supposed to start and you can see people gathering behind me downstairs but we still don't know what the substance of this news conference is going to be. it was quite hastily organised and we organised do not understand it will bejeremy organised do not understand it will be jeremy corbyn and organised do not understand it will bejeremy corbyn and a shadow cabinet member speaking. you can see the stage arranged behind me. it has labour slogans so we don't know if it will be on a specific policy area or if it is going to be a general statement, last pitch from jeremy corbyn. we know that rebecca long—bailey the shadow business secretary is up in bolton this morning making her own policy announcement about support for small businesses. so that, we thought, was the main policy announcement from labour today but in these final days of the election campaign i think it seems that labour want to get as many seems that labour want to get as ma ny eve nts seems that labour want to get as many events in as possible to try and make their final pitch to voters. ok, leila nathoo, thank you

very much. we will be back there when that happens and discover what jeremy corbyn is going to be talking about. it is almost 9:30am. let's check out the weather forecast with simon king. 0ne one thing many of us will notice this morning is how much milder it is compared to previous mornings temperatures in double figures throughout the morning. through today there will be a lot more cloud and there will be some rain at times. particularly so across southern some rain at times. particularly so across southern areas some rain at times. particularly so across southern areas this morning. that will clear away, there will be some showers following on behind that, those will become more widespread by the afternoon. they could be heavy and maybe even a bit thundery, few bright spells in between the showers. still fairly windy today but not quite as gusty as it was yesterday. maximum temperatures will not change much from what they are this morning, 9-11d. but from what they are this morning, 9—11d. but turning that bit chillier in the finalfor 9—11d. but turning that bit chillier in the final for scotland. through tonight, still one or two showers moving on, generally speaking temperatures will stay up around

five — seven celsius, may be three degrees in the far north of scotland. throughout the weekend, largely dry on saturday, rain moving and later in the day in the north—west. showers on sunday but the windows strengthening is the day goes on. —— the winds strengthening. hello, this is bbc news. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn prepare to go head—to—head at the bbc in the final tv debate before next week's election. it comes as the prime minister comes under renewed pressure to agree to an interview with the bbc‘s andrew neil. a man is charged with the murder of a 12—year—old boy who was killed in a hit—and—run crash outside a school. police in india have shot dead four men suspecting of raping and killing a woman, after they reportedly tried to escape. three bushfires near sydney have merged into an inferno blanketing

the country's biggest city in smoke. we hear from the british woman who was brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. in a moment, we will be speaking to our reporterjoe tidy, who's looking at how digital and social media platforms are being used during the campaign. but first, a post last night from the bbc‘s andrew neil after the last leaders' interview has proven to be one of the fastest growing and most shared videos of the campaign so far. let's take a look. and that concludes our fourth leaders' interview for the general election of 2019. there is, of course, still one to be done. borisjohnson, the prime minister. we have been asking him for weeks now to give us a date, a time, a venue. as of now, none has

been forthcoming. no broadcaster can compel a politician to be interviewed, but leaders' interviews have been a key part of the bbc‘s prime—time election coverage for decades. we do them on your behalf to scrutinise and hold to account those who would govern us. that is democracy. we have always proceeded in good faith that the leaders would participate. and, in every election, they have, all of them, until this one. it is not too late. we have an interview prepared. 0ven ready, as mr johnson likes to say. the theme running through our questions is trust and why so many times in his career, politics and journalism, critics and sometimes even those close to him have deemed him to be untrustworthy. it is, of course, relevant to what he is promising us all know. can he be trusted to deliver 50,000 more nurses when almost 20,000 in his numbers are already working for the nhs?

he promises a0 new hospitals, but only six are scheduled to be built by 2025. can he be believed when he claims another 3a will be built in the five years after that? can he be trusted to fund the nhs properly when he uses a cash figure of an extra £34 billion? after inflation, the additional money promised amounts to 20 billion. he vows that the nhs will not be on the table in any trade talks with america, but he vowed to the dup, his unionist allies in northern ireland, that there would never be a border down the irish sea. that is as important to the dup as the nhs is to the rest of us. it is a vow his brexit deal would seem to break. now he tells us he has always been an opponent of austerity. we would ask him for evidence of that. we would want to know why an opponent of austerity would bake so much of it into their future spending plans. we would ask why, as with the proposed increase in police numbers, so many of his promises only take

us back to the future, back to where we were before austerity began. social care is an issue of growing concern. 0n the steps of downing street injuly, he said he had prepared a plan for social care. we would ask him why that plan is not in his manifesto. questions of trust. questions we would like to put to mrjohnson so you can hear his replies. but we can't because he won't sit down with us. there is no law, no supreme court ruling that can force mrjohnson to participate in a bbc leaders' interview. the prime minister of our nation will at times have to stand up to president trump, president putin, president xi of china. so, it was surely not expecting too much that he spend half an hour standing up to me. good night. well, as promised, our reporter joe tidyjoins me now.

how big is the video and social media? i think it is the fastest growing video of the selection so far. if you think about the last few weeks, lots of videos, every day, dozens weeks, lots of videos, every day, d oze ns of weeks, lots of videos, every day, dozens of videos. weeks, lots of videos, every day, dozens of videos. only maybe ten, 15 have gone over a 4 million threshold. we estimate this is now on 6.5 million across facebook and twitter at least. 6.5 million. top trend overnight. not any more, it has to be said. the original post 40,000 re—tweets, 66,000 likes, a reach according to the software of 88 million, according to a statistic quy 88 million, according to a statistic guy upstairs, if you log on to social media this morning, in britain, a very good chance of seeing the video, and it is growing all the time. to give it a context, not as large as what i think is the largest video, yesterday, a video from politics jo,

largest video, yesterday, a video from politicho, shared by the twitter goddess the us representative, that is on 20 million, she got 60,000 re—tweets, but not far off and growing all the time. another video doing very well on twitter, very controversial, from a hustings last night in hastings, controversy around what one of the candidate said, we will not report more until we have the context, but i thought i would bring me that because it is growing fast. talk to me about new strategies some of the parties might be using too, is it fairto parties might be using too, is it fair to say, get around election spending rules? last night momentum e—mailed all the people who have donated to the group since the election began and they said this, and this seems to be something they have just discovered, maybe they are pretending they have just discovered it, but very interesting in terms of tactics. we have realised something huge, although our spending

promoting labour is capped, there is no limit on how much we can spend targeting hard to reach young people and making sure they vote. please come young people, go out and vote in the marginal seats, they can spend as much as they like on instagram, facebook. it is true to a point. i have spoken to the electoral commission, there are spending caps on the amount nonparty campaigners can spend, they have to be very careful they do not that, 300,000. they have to be careful in their messaging. if they veer in to vote for labour, vote for this candidate, they could be in lots of trouble. very interesting. very interesting. anything happening on the advertising front? this is from the advertising front? this is from the lib dems again asking for money. i think that a countdown clock has possibly broken because the election has not ended. not quite there yet. i wanted to mention it because it is

not just i wanted to mention it because it is notjust momentum, lib dems asking for money as well which at this stage is not a great position to be in. iwas stage is not a great position to be in. i was speaking to someone who ran the tory campaign in 2015, as the election started, he will say, if you are still fun racing, you are in trouble. we are now at the end of the campaign and some parties are still trying to get money —— if you are still fund—raising. we have not seen any new are still fund—raising. we have not seen any new ads yesterday or today. bizarre. any major campaigns, we saw this from the green party, this p°pped this from the green party, this normed up this from the green party, this popped up yesterday on facebook and instagram, but none of the other parties... unless the facebook advert library is broken, something very strange going on and maybe we are expecting a blitz today, tomorrow. all really interesting as ever on the round—up of the digital election, thank you very much. let us election, thank you very much. let us have a quick look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. most read, number one, the

singer katherinejenkins app. most read, number one, the singer katherine jenkins has app. most read, number one, the singer katherinejenkins has been mugged in a street in london, when she went to the aid of another woman being mugged. there has been an arrest in that case. number two, the story from india we were telling you about a little while ago about police killing four suspects in the rape and murder of a young indian effect. that story is coming up. a woman revived after six—hour cardiac arrest. going down to the most watched, the story number one for a little while, beautiful pictures, two british pilots touched down on home soil afterflying two british pilots touched down on home soil after flying around the world in a restored spitfire. that was steve brooks and mattjones, the two pilots, it took them four months to circumnavigate the globe in the rather wonderful looking spitfire. that is it for today's morning briefing. another story doing well

on the news app... firefighters in australia say they're tackling about 100 fires across the state of new south wales, nearly half of them uncontained. they say several of the most serious have combined to create what they describe as a mega blaze north of sydney. the city has been blanketed by thick smoke all week. bushfires have killed at least six people and destroyed 700 homes across australia since 0ctober. shaimaa khalil has more. the smoke is not letting up. everyone will tell you the murky air is not normal. new. we understand that air quality has deteriorated to beyond hazardous, people have been told to stay indoors because of the poorair told to stay indoors because of the poor air quality. the smell gets you even inside. it seeps through the buildings. we understand there has been a hike in hospital admittance of people with respiratory problems, 2596 of people with respiratory problems, 25% increase in people coming in

with medical problems. that is because of the 100 bushfires rating across new south wales with the most severe coming close to sydney, one headline summed it up neatly, it says, sydney chokes as state burns. we understand some of the fires are atan we understand some of the fires are at an emergency level which means it is too late for some people to leave their homes. we heard from fire authorities who say north of sydney three big fires have merged into what they described as a mega blaze covering huge area of 300,000 hectares. we saw remarkable footage ofan area hectares. we saw remarkable footage of an area south of sydney where firefighters were fleeing and escaping, running to safety, when the fires were surging towards them, showing you how fast and unpredictable the fires are. the severity of the fires, the timing of the fires, early on in the fire season, it has sparked anger at the government. many people are criticising scott morrison's

government for not doing enough to tackle climate change. the government has so far refused to be drawn on that debate. but as fire officials have put it, we are going to see more of that coming in because the fires will continue to rage, so it is tough times ahead, as they have put it. there's been a 14% rise in the number of deaths from measles worldwide. last year, more than 140,000 people died from the disease — most were children. the world health organization described the figures as an outrage and a collective failure to protect the most vulnerable. a british woman, whose heart stopped beating for six hours, has been brought back to life, in what doctors have described as an exceptional case. audrey schoeman developed severe hypothermia while hiking in the spanish pyrenees. doctors say it is the longest cardiac arrest ever recorded in spain. andy moore reports. celebrating life with the rescue workers and medics who saved her. english teacher audrey schoeman

was out hiking with her husband in the catalan pyrenees when they got caught in bad weather. she fell unconscious as temperatures plummeted. this rescuer said she was completely immobile, unconscious, and rigid, with clear signs of hypothermia when they found her. her husband feared the worst. i thought she was dead because i was trying to feel for a pulse, trying to feel for... my fingers were also numb. so i wasn't sure if it was my fingers. but couldn't feel her breath, i couldn't feel her heartbeat. once in hospital, it was this machine that saved her. used here with a medical dummy, it took her own blood, infused it with oxygen, and then reintroduced it. her heart was eventually restarted with a defibrillator and she left hospital 12 days later with only minor problems in her hands. it feels really incredible that i survived it and just really lucky

to be here and be able to get on with my life. i'm just happy! audrey describes her survival as a miracle. she is the woman who died for six hours and yet lived to tell the tale. andy moore, bbc news. we are now going to central london to the news conference, the labour leader hasjust to the news conference, the labour leader has just started to speak. remarks i want to make. i would like to say a big thank you to unison for giving us the space this morning which is part of the old hospital next to us and the head office next door. thank you very much to them for their help. thank you all again for their help. thank you all again for being here. in this election, we have shown how borisjohnson is trying to hijack brexit to sell at our national health service and working people of this country. he is trying to hijack the hopeful change many people had in 2016 and

use it for his own ends. for johnson, brexit is about something very different than what most people voted for. for him, it is about reversing the hard —fought voted for. for him, it is about reversing the hard—fought gains by working class people over generations so that corporations and billionaires can cream off more profits. it is about unleashing thatcherism on steroids in our country. johnson and his conservatives know there is no support for the damaging agenda that they want to inflict on this country. instead, they are trying to use it under the banner of brexit instead. but labour is exposing this deception. last week we revealed the secret plot to sell out our nhs as pa rt secret plot to sell out our nhs as part of a toxic trade deal with donald trump. it could mean the nhs paying up donald trump. it could mean the nhs paying up to 500 millions more per week for medicines from the united states and other places. as trade experts have since confirmed, the nhs is very much on the table in these talks. but the secret

documents not only shredded the prime minister's credibility on the nhs, they undermined his credibility on brexit also. get brexit done, the tory slogan at the heart of the election campaign says, it is a fraud on the british people. while labour will get brexit sorted in six months, because we will not be ripping up the main trading relationship, johnson's deal will be just the beginning of years of more painful negotiations and broken promises. today i can revealfurther ha rd promises. today i can revealfurther hard evidence thatjohnson is deliberately misleading the people about this. i have here the document. northern ireland protocol u nfettered document. northern ireland protocol unfettered access to the uk internal market. what we have here is a

confidential report byjohnson's own government marked official, sensitive. it exposes the full sense borisjohnson has sensitive. it exposes the full sense boris johnson has been sensitive. it exposes the full sense borisjohnson has been putting forward. —— is a falsehood. this is cold ha rd forward. —— is a falsehood. this is cold hard evidence that categorically shows the impact a damaging brexit deal would have on large parts of our country. 15 pages painta damning large parts of our country. 15 pages paint a damning picture ofjohnson's deal on the issue of northern ireland in particular. we caught the tories red—handed selling at our nhs in trump trade talks and now we catch boris johnson in trump trade talks and now we catch borisjohnson red—handed misrepresenting his own brexit deal. let us test his claims against his own government's findings. he has said, definitively, i quote, own government's findings. he has said, definitively, iquote, no checks between northern ireland and great britain under his deal. he told the people of northern ireland told the people of northern ireland to theirfaces, told the people of northern ireland to their faces, there will be no forms, no barriers, no checks of any

kind, you will have unfettered access. look at page five of this confidential report which will be in your hands on a moment, in private, the government say something very, very different. it says, there will be customs declarations and security checks between northern ireland and great britain. it is there in black and white. it says, there will be customs declarations, absolutely clearly, for trade going from northern ireland to great britain. the government cannot rule out regulatory checks, rules of origin checks, and animal and public health checks, and animal and public health checks also. for trade going the other way, from great britain to northern ireland, there will be all of the above, plus potentially damaging tariffs. this drives a coach and horses through the prime minister's claimed that there will be, in his words, no border in the irish sea. it is simply not true.

johnson's deal will be disastrous for businesses and jobs all across the uk. and the government's confidential report confirms this. let me remind you, johnson said his deal was, i quote, let me remind you, johnson said his dealwas, i quote, a let me remind you, johnson said his deal was, i quote, a great dealfor northern ireland. but look at page eight of this report, and you will get it in a minute, you will have to contain your excitement for one second, page eight of this report, for what the government really thinks is clearly there, his deal will inflict huge economic damage on northern ireland. it will, i quote, be highly disruptive to the northern irish economy. it says this deal will be the equivalent of imposing ta riffs will be the equivalent of imposing tariffs on 30% of all purchases made in northern ireland. what will that mean? the report spells it out. high—street goods are likely to increase in price which is likely to affect business profitability. if

thatis affect business profitability. if that is how johnson affect business profitability. if that is howjohnson defines a great dealfor northern that is howjohnson defines a great deal for northern ireland, that is howjohnson defines a great dealfor northern ireland, what that is howjohnson defines a great deal for northern ireland, what has he got in store for the rest of us? in fact, it is notjust about northern ireland. page nine of the confidential report reveals johnson's damaging deal may have, quote, again, a significant effect on the economies of scotland and wales. this is people's livelihoods we are talking about, this is why this government is hiding this information from the people of wales, scotland and northern ireland. there is more. page ten warns of a potential for fraud, saying northern ireland could become, quote, a back door into the gb market for the avoidance of import duties. but let us test another of the prime minister's claims. when i debated him in the first leaders' debate on itv, he said, i quote him again, we have a deal that keeps the whole of the uk

together, as we come out of the eu. compare and contrast page 12 of his government's secret report, and i quote, the withdrawal agreement has the potential to separate northern ireland in practice from whole swathes of the uk's internal market, meaning northern ireland will be symbolically separated from the rest of the uk. whenjohnson spoke at the dup conference last year, he told them no conservative government could ever countenance such a thing. he sells out his friends in the dup after promising he wouldn't. how can you trust his deal doesn't sell out ain? you trust his deal doesn't sell out again? this document is very ominous. there will be other secret reports like this one in every government department that reveal the disastrous impact of his policies on the safety of the food that you eat, on the rights you have

at work, on the pollution of the air we breathe, and on thejobs and industries people work in. these reports exist but the government is hiding them from you. because in this election the conservatives want you to vote blind. ask yourself, if a head this report and the ones i revealed last week, what else are they hiding? —— if they had this report. what else will they sell you out on? in every stage in this campaign, boris johnson has out on? in every stage in this campaign, borisjohnson has chosen to deepen divisions, his whole political strategy is to turn one side of the brexit debate against the other. i start from a very different place. i believe the prime minister must talk to and listen to the whole country. because we have to bring our divided country together. and if as a result people

accuse me of talking to both sides at once in the brexit debate, then so at once in the brexit debate, then so be it. i am proud to do that. why would i only want to talk to half the country? i don't want to live in half of a country. that is why i have set out honestly how a labour government will deal with brexit, so we can bring our country together and get on with delivering the real change people are crying out for. first, labour will quickly secure a sensible deal based on the terms we have already discussed with the eu. including a new customs union and a close single market relationship and guarantees of rights and protections. unlike borisjohnson's fraudulent brexit, a deal on our terms will respect the priceless peace process in northern ireland and protect manufacturing and people's jobs. and we will put that

deal to a public vote within six months. those who want to leave the eu without selling out our nhs or trashing our economy will be able to vote for that. those who want to remain in the eu will be able to vote for that. either way, remain in the eu will be able to vote forthat. eitherway, only remain in the eu will be able to vote for that. either way, only a labour government will take the decision out of the hands of politicians and trust the people with that final say. in that vote, my role will be to be the honest broker, not taking sides, committed to carrying out whatever the people decide. because once the decision has been made, we will need a prime minister able to speak to both sides, if we are to bring our country together. i think we have had just about enough of this division. we have had just about enough of the government only listening to half of the people. labour stands not just for the listening to half of the people. labour stands notjust for the 52% or the 48%, but for the 99%. people

can trust labour to honour our commitments. johnson pretends the nhs is not on the table in his frankly toxic talks with president trump. just as he pretends there will not be able do in the irish sea. but the truth is, not even his own government believes him. i leave you to draw your own conclusions as to whetherjohnson's statements are consistent with the new evidence i have revealed today. there is no wonder he is avoiding scrutiny in this election campaign. 0n brexit, on the nhs, public services and so much else, you simply cannot trust the conservatives. i believe, we believe, the labour party believes, it is time for real change. thank you. applause studio: jeremy corbyn, labour leader, presenting what he says is ha rd leader, presenting what he says is hard evidence that drives a coach and horses through a number of claims the prime minister has made

about the brexit process. we can go straight to our political correspondent at the venue. we did not know whatjeremy corbyn was going to be talking about until he stood up, what is your assessment of what he has had to say? another big reveal from jeremy corbyn. we obviously had the papers he produced earlier in the campaign claiming in his theatre show that the nhs was on the table in a future uk us trade deal —— in his view. now he says he has further evidence boris johnson is misleading the public on the impact of the brexit deal he negotiated with the eu, so he produced at the start of the press conference a 15 page document he said was labelled government, secret. we have not seen the document, we were not given advance copies, so we have not had a chance yet to scrutinise the detail, but he is claiming that in the document is an official document commissioned by

boris johnson's an official document commissioned by borisjohnson's government, an official document commissioned by boris johnson's government, showing what he said was the negative impact of the brexit deal borisjohnson has negotiated on northern ireland and beyond on the economy. he is saying borisjohnson is trying to mislead the public, saying it is evidence borisjohnson the public, saying it is evidence boris johnson wants the public, saying it is evidence borisjohnson wants voters to go into the election on brexit blind. thank you. much more on that through the day on bbc news. time to quickly tell you the london fire commissioner danny coton has announced she will be stepping down slightly earlier from her position at london five obeyed on the 31st of december. —— at the london fire brigade. now the full cost. we have had a really mild start to the day, much milder in the south compared to yesterday. yesterday morning, —3. this morning, 11. but the mild air comes with baggage. more cloud and rain this morning moving south and

east. a quite heavy this morning across east anglia, the south—east of england. this photo looked more like this are not the beautiful sunrise of yesterday. coming from the south—west. colder air in the north of scotland, moving south, turning colder as the day goes on in scotland. this is the forecast for the rest of the day, showers moving on from the north and west spreading to the south—east, some could be heavy and may be thundery. bright skies in between. still quite breezy especially in the south but not as windy as yesterday. temperatures will not change very much for england and wales, 10—14d. turning chillierfrom the north. tonight the shower is clear fairly quickly. looking at clear spells and more cloud moving into north—western areas. temperatures staying above freezing for many again. 4—6dc, may bea freezing for many again. 4—6dc, may be a bit chillier across scotland.

the weekend, a ridge of high pressure. for many of us, keeping things settled on saturday. a weather system coming into the north—west bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and scotland, more cloud in northern and western areas, but otherwise, dry, may some sunny spells and temperatures tomorrow at 9-11d. spells and temperatures tomorrow at 9—11d. saturday night into sunday, this bulk of rain moves across the uk, so night—time feature, really, and as it clears away, more showers coming in from the atlantic and they will be heavy again in northern and western parts, could be winter we have a higher ground of scotland, showers spreading to the south—east —— could be wintry. sunny spells on sunday. temperatures 8—12d. 0ne thing many will notice on sunday is the wind, going to get windier as the wind, going to get windier as the day goes on, particularly in the evening and overnight into monday, squeeze on isobars in the south—west, and eventually the north. we could see gales and maybe

even north. we could see gales and maybe eve n severe north. we could see gales and maybe even severe gales. later on sunday and through the night into monday morning. it could be an issue for south—west england, scotland, north—east england. stay tuned to the forecast. goodbye.

hello, it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling. a conservative candidate has been heckled after sharing an article saying employers should be able to pay people with learning difficulties below the minimum wage because some of them don t understand about money. my my god, did you hear that? sally—ann hart says her words have been taken out of context and she wants to help people with learning disabilities get into work "as it's about the happiness they get from working". bbc presenter andrew neil has issued a challenge to the prime minister to take part in a sit—down interview with him before next week's general election.