this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8... borisjohnson warns the eu that french threats over post—brexit fishing licences are "completely unjustified". we're going to get on and do the things that matter to both of us, and make sure we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world. there's some turbulence in the relationship. france's emmanuel macron says the row over fishing raises questions about britain's reliability. the two leaders will discuss the dispute at the 620 in rome tomorrow. italy's prime minister opens the 620 summit with a plea for his fellow leaders to pull

together especially on providing covid vaccines to poorer countries. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who's accused him of sexual assault is out for "another payday" — as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case against him. fleeing the taliban — a group of people from the lgbtqi+ community in afghanistan arrive in the uk. one gay man tells the bbc that he finally "feels free". at least three people have been killed in sudan — as hundreds of thousands of people protest on the streets against the military coup. chaotic scenes as climate activist greta thunberg arrives in glasgow — hours before the start of the cop26 conference. and church bells have rung out across the uk, sounding a "warning" about the dangers of climate change.

good evening. after a long day of discussions, 620 leaders are being treated to a gala dinner in rome. 0n the first day of the two—day summit, they discussed climate change, ahead of the cop26 conference — and the coronaviris pandemic. the group has also approved a global agreement that will see the profits of large businesses taxed at least 15%. the summit is the biggest face—to—face meeting of world leaders since the pandemic began. but for the uk and france, the summit has been overshadowed by the fishing row. france has threatened to block british boats from its ports, if the row over fishing licensces

is not resolved by tuesday. the uk government says it could take legal proceedings against france. 0ur correspondent, mark lowen, gave us this update from the 620 summit in rome earlier. a very warm welcome to rome, where the first day of this two—day 620 summit is a drawing to a close — after important talks that have focused today largely on the pandemic and the global economic recovery, with the leaders of the world's largest economies pledging to vaccinate 70% of the world by the middle of next year, and agreeing on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% to try to stop companies from using offshore tax havens in their race for the bottom. the 620 leaders are now at a gala dinner at the diocletian baths, built at the turn of the fourth century.

angela merkel there, the german chancellor, coming to her last 620's summit — likely — as she will be replaced as chancellor in the coming weeks and months when a deal is done on that new government. and a sumptuous evening in the largest imperial baths of ancient rome await these 620 leaders. and this will be a preface to tomorrow's talks which will be focused on the climate. and on that issue, perhaps agreement will be rather tougher for these leaders to reach because a draft communique seen by some news agencies shows that even though the leaders will aim to have a cap of the global warmingat 1.5 degrees, they will largely avoid firm commitments. and the language, too, seems to have been watered down rather from what we had hoped and what leaders had hoped, talking about meaningful and effective

actions to try to achieve net zero carbon emissions — rather than immediate actions. so that gives you an immediate sense of the tough talks on the climate issue that are ahead. one of the issues that the 620 has brought to the fore is the chance to reembrace multilateralism, and for some of these 620 leaders to meetjoe biden, the us president, who is attending his first in—person 620 summit, and our north america editor has been following all the day's events. good to go, and with that thumbs—up, from the american president, the biggest gathering of world leaders since covid arrived could get under way. and everyone�*s relearning social etiquette. to mask or not to mask — unmask. to shake hands or not — shake. and with everyone back in the same room, the host, the italian prime minister, made a tentative call to order. i think we can start.

and after so long apart, he urged a renewed commitment to working together. multilateralism is the best answer to the problems we face today. in many ways, it's the only possible answer. from the pandemic to climate change, to fair and equitable taxation, going it alone is simply not an option. the great set piece of these occasions is a family photo, but then something unexpected happened. the men in white coats arrived. no, not to take them away, but to underline the role that first responders have played since the pandemic took hold and how to speed up vaccine distribution to the poorest nations. borisjohnson is here to shake hands, yes, but also to twist arms ahead of the climate change summit in glasgow next week.

there, thousands were out on the streets today ahead of cop26 getting under way. and there were similar protests here in rome as well. the draft communique that's been agreed talks about the urgent need to keep global warming to 1.5 celsius, but for all the words in this draft communique — and there are a lot of them — it's very short on detailed commitments or concrete measures to limit carbon emissions. borisjohnson is going to have his work cut out in glasgow next week. jon sopel, bbc news, rome. jon sopel, there, on the all—important climate goals, and the president of the cop26 6lasgow summit has said the 620 conference is make or break for 6lasgow because the 620 make up collectively 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, so getting agreement on them is absolutey essential.

so these 620 leaders are still arriving for their dinner. we have got the president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, who is posing for her meeting with the italian president and the italian prime minister, and in fact the meetings have moved on from the diocletian baths, those ancient imperial baths, to the presidential palace. so these pictures are from the italian presidential palace. next to ms von der leyen, you will see italy's president and prime minister, mario draghi, who held those introductory talks, and we are waiting for the other leaders to arrive that special gala dinner. perhaps overshadowing the main theme somewhat of 620 talks are the bilateral disputes, and there are some tensions in the air between some western allies — not least between britain and france at the moment — over post—brexit fishing rights, with both countries threatening to withhold licences

from the other�*s fishing boats to be able to come into their waters. and that is a row that is simmering here and seems to be escalating between britain and france. the british prime minister and french president have not yet met in a formal setting for a bilateral meeting — it could well be a difficult talk when it comes to that head—to—head. but ahead of any sort of bilateral meeting between britain and france, our political editor laura kuenssberg sat down with borisjohnson. 0ld rivalries and fierce fights — rome's coliseum has hosted a few. but it's the uk and france this time both flexing their strength. france threatening to disrupt trade if their boats don't get more access to fish the channel. do you think that france is trying to punish the uk with this row overfishing permits? i think the things that unite france and the uk are far more important than things that divide us,

laura, and i must say, we are a bit worried that france may be about to become in breach or is already in breach of the trade and cooperation agreement that we struck. president macron is going around questioning your credibility, you've been summoning the french ambassador into the foreign office in london — what are you going to do about it? we're going to get on and do the things that matter to both of us and make sure that we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world. there's some turbulence in the relationship. if one of our partners decides to breach the trade and cooperation agreement that we struck, then obviously that's a matter that we will have to pursue. the prime minister may want to play nice with the french president and their other high—ranking friends, but if macron goes further, that power hug might not last.

borisjohnson�*s lieutenant, david frost, wrote online that french rhetoric was problematic and warned the uk could trigger legal action, a dispute settlement mechanism before too long. the fist bump isn't yet a dramatic punch—up over channel permits. borisjohnson has to use hisjoke, much bigger fish to fry, getting wealthy big countries, india, and especially china, to give up more cash and give up more carbon than they have promised so far. people are often very conceited about history and about our civilisation. we think that we can be on a remorseless forward march when, actually, we can be actively conniving in our own decline and fall. and what we need to do is to ensure that at the cop summit next week, the world leaders come together... are you disappointed with what china has come forward so far? look, they've made progress on overseas financing of coal — that's a good thing. what china, i think, needs to do is find ways of making a more ambitious nationally determined contribution.

but they're not going to do that — they have published what they have said they're going to do and it is not enough, is it? you must be disappointed. let's see where we can get to. in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten. what would you say this morning? i would say they are about the same. i'd say they are about the same. look at that. borisjohnson hopes he will make history, brokering an agreement to slow down the warming of the planet. it is the metaphor. either cop succeeds or the dark ages, that's what i'm saying. but he's trying to corral many dozens of countries. there is certainly no one emperor that can rule supreme. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome. 6orgeous shots of the coliseum there. the 620 leaders will travel on monday from rome to glasgow for that un climate conference, and ahead of that, the swedish environmental activist 6reta thornburg has arrived in glasgow, where she was mobbed by supporters and journalists, too. and there will be those tough talks in

the climate conference ahead to try to achieve that global warming cap, to try to achieve net zero carbon emissions, all discussions starting here in rome on the second day of the 620 and then continuing long into 6lasgow as well. we will bring you all the latest as the 620 continues here in rome but i will hand you back to london. let's go back to the growing row with france over post—brexit fishing rights. let's talk to don thompson, president of the jersey fishermen�*s association. i like to get a feel of how your members are feeling right now. goes back a coume — members are feeling right now. goes back a couple hundred years, so it's really _ back a couple hundred years, so it's really important to our culture. but the morale —

really important to our culture. but the morale amongst my colleagues is extremely— the morale amongst my colleagues is extremely low at the moment and i've seen an— extremely low at the moment and i've seen an exodus in the industry that we have _ seen an exodus in the industry that we have not— seen an exodus in the industry that we have not seen ever before in history — we have not seen ever before in history so _ we have not seen ever before in history. so it's a desperate situation _ history. so it's a desperate situation. i history. so it's a desperate situation-— history. so it's a desperate situation. ~ ., , , history. so it's a desperate situation. ~ ., ., g , , situation. i know that jersey has issued 162 _ situation. i know that jersey has issued 162 licenses. _ situation. i know that jersey has issued 162 licenses. there - situation. i know that jersey has issued 162 licenses. there are i issued 162 licenses. there are different classifications. but in black and white, as far as you are reading it, has france breached the tca? or has britain breached the tca? or has britain breached the tca? are you reading it? the first thin to tca? are you reading it? the first thing to say _ tca? are you reading it? the first thing to say is _ tca? are you reading it? the first thing to say is that _ tca? are you reading it? the first thing to say is that the _ tca? are you reading it? the first thing to say is that the criteria - thing to say is that the criteria for these _ thing to say is that the criteria for these licences are issued under the trade _ for these licences are issued under the trade and economic operation agreement, the criteria for that is not agreement, the criteria for that is hot black— agreement, the criteria for that is not black and white. there's been a legal— not black and white. there's been a legal requirement for decades. that

is how— legal requirement for decades. that is how you _ legal requirement for decades. that is how you manage the fishery. using fishing _ is how you manage the fishery. using fishing data _ is how you manage the fishery. using fishing data so that there should be no misunderstanding, there should be no misunderstanding, there should be ho lack— no misunderstanding, there should be no lack of— no misunderstanding, there should be no lack of data. however, what we are seeing — no lack of data. however, what we are seeing is that there is a so-caiied _ are seeing is that there is a so—called projected licences... so it's important to be clear. it is not a — it's important to be clear. it is not a particularly large number that have iieeh— not a particularly large number that have been rejected here, offers uk waters. _ have been rejected here, offers uk waters, but the political rhetoric by a small— waters, but the political rhetoric by a small number of politicians is really— by a small number of politicians is really disproportionate. so, by a small number of politicians is really disproportionate.— by a small number of politicians is really disproportionate. so, what do ou think really disproportionate. so, what do you think is — really disproportionate. so, what do you think is going — really disproportionate. so, what do you think is going on _ really disproportionate. so, what do you think is going on here? - really disproportionate. so, what do you think is going on here? i - you think is going on here? i genuinely think that if it came down to officials _ genuinely think that if it came down to officials and fishermen, we are well accustomed to meeting with our counterparts across the water and managing — counterparts across the water and managing stocks. i think we would

have resolved it quite quickly. it reaiiy— have resolved it quite quickly. it really has — have resolved it quite quickly. it really has gone into the political arena _ really has gone into the political arena. fishing and politics has never— arena. fishing and politics has never been great bed partners. i would _ never been great bed partners. i would dearly love to see it move away _ would dearly love to see it move away from — would dearly love to see it move away from the political arena. most certainly. _ away from the political arena. most certainly, there is politicians are resorting — certainly, there is politicians are resorting to extreme tactics. 0n the ground, _ resorting to extreme tactics. 0n the ground, we — resorting to extreme tactics. 0n the ground, we don't want war, obviously _ ground, we don't want war, obviously. we have issues with ticences— obviously. we have issues with licences and foreign french fishing vessels _ licences and foreign french fishing vessels. fourtimes licences and foreign french fishing vessels. four times the size of our indigenous — vessels. four times the size of our indigenous fleet. and the sustainability of the stock, which is obviously very important for all our future — is obviously very important for all our future is very much at stake now _ our future is very much at stake now. ., ~' our future is very much at stake now. . ~ , ., our future is very much at stake now. ., ~ , ., ., our future is very much at stake now. ., ~ i. ., i. now. 0k, thank you for your time this evening- _ now. 0k, thank you for your time this evening. president _ now. 0k, thank you for your time this evening. president of- now. 0k, thank you for your time this evening. president of the - this evening. president of the jersey fisherman's association.

hundreds of church bells across the uk have rung out this evening, to call for urgent action on climate change, on the eve of cop26. over 20 cathedrals took part, including durham cathedral and st pauls in london. the environmentalist, edward gildea from essex, came up with the idea to use church bells to sound a warning to delegates in glasgow. and we'll find out how the g20 summit, the fishing row with france — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening, in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are benjamin butterworth, late editor and senior reporter for the i, and john stevens, deputy political editor at the daily mail. lawyers for prince andrew have accused a woman of trying to "achieve another payday" — at the duke's expense.

virginia guiffre says she was sexually abused by him as a teenager. prince andrew has always denied the claims, and has now asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. after months when he has appeared to want to ignore the civil lawsuit brought by virginia guiffre, prince andrew has now instructed his lawyers to fight to clear his name. the queen's second son has been accused by ms guiffre of sexual abuse when ms guiffre was 17—years—old and thus a minor under us state law. in papers filed in new york last night, the prince's lawyers have asked a court to dismiss the lawsuit or to require ms guiffre to provide a more definitive statement of her allegations. the court papers state, "prince andrew never sexually abused "or assaulted guiffre. "he unequivocally denies guiffre's

false allegations against him." it goes on, "guiffre has initiated this baseless lawsuit "against prince andrew to achieve another payday at his expense "and at the expense of those closest to him." a second argument advanced by andrew's lawyers is that ms guiffre is not entitled to bring a lawsuit against him. they claim she forfeited that right in 2009 when she sued this man, jeffrey epstein, the person who was said to have organised the sex trafficking. epstein took his own life in prison two years ago. epstein had been a friend of andrew, but the prince's lawyers say the 2009 court settlement included a clause which precludes ms guiffre from taking any further court action. it will now be for the new york court to decide whether or not the case against the prince should be dismissed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. five people have been arrested on suspicion on murder after a man was fatally stabbed. merseyside police said the man, who was in his 30s, died in hospital after being found injured

in beechwood avenue, in halewood, yesterday evening. the force said it was believed to have been a "targeted attack". the men, aged between 22 and 62, are in custody and the victim's family is being supported by specialist officers. one person has been rescued in a river search in south—west wales, after police reported people in distress in the water. quay street in haverfordwest, pembrokeshire, was cordoned off as police, firefighters, coastguard and ambulance crews were called out. officers have asked people to avoid the area. the welsh ambulance service confirmed that one patient has been taken to the town's nearby hospital for treatment. the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 41,278 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means, on average, there were more than 40,859 new cases reported per day in the last week.

there were almost 8,983 people in hospital with covid as of thursday. 166 deaths were reported — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average, in the past week, 157 related deaths were recorded every day. and over 7.5 million people have received their boosterjab, this includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. an afghan refugee says he feels like "a human being" for the first time in his life — after arriving in the uk, with 28 others from the lgbtqi+ community. the man — who the bbc is not naming for safety reasons — fled afghanistan, fearing for his life under the taliban, after the group took control of the country in august.

in an instant, the relative safety of afghanistan's lgbtqi+ community was wiped away — leaving many trying to escape. he's been speaking to our reporter, ali hamedani. for safety reasons, his words are spoken by an actor. translation: we travelled on a royal air force aircraft| and i cannot express my emotions. i feel blessed and i'm so excited. i am free. when we arrived in the uk, the people who greeted us were so friendly, they welcomed us warmly. i was surprised by that much kindness and asked myself why people on this side of the world are so friendly towards us. for the first time in my life, ifelt i was a human being. everything collapsed after the fall of kabul. the freedom of people, and especially the lgbti community had previously has been demolished. we were so scared. as you might know, this community

was a secret underground community but we knew each other and our network, and if one of us got arrested, they could have found the rest of us. kabul is not a big city and with the way the taliban are ruling the country, it was not that difficult to find high profile lbgti people. we also heard a couple of people were arrested and were so scared. like many other gay men in afghanistan, we lead a double life — i have a wife and kids. if i was arrested, you can imagine, it would be a nightmare for me, and especially in front of my family. i tried so hard to leave the country and tried so hard to hide the reason for my departure from my family and got in touch with a couple of international lbgti organisations, and thankfully they acted fast. britain is a new home for me. everything is new to me here — a new lifestyle, language and culture, i am nervous about my future and i'm trying to figure out where to start my new life, but i feel safe and free. this is amazing.

at least three protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces in sudan. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, in response to a call for a million—strong march to denounce the military coup. live rounds and tear gas canisters were fired. sudanese police denied shooting at protesters. anne soy reports. thousands of sudanese are on the streets in the capital and other cities. they chanted in praise of the revolution two years ago. protests like these helped bring down then president 0mar al—bashir after three decades in power. these protesters are back on the streets to protect that revolution, they say.

"may freedom live", they sang. freedom from military rule — a strong statement against the monday coup. 0rganisers called it the million—strong march. defiance against military rulers who declared a state of emergency across the country. but these civilians responded by staging protests from even before the coup was confirmed, and against all odds. phone lines are down — even short text messages weren't going through. there has been no internet connectivity for days, but they still got people out to demonstrate for democracy. and they have the support of much of the west. the us government said they stand with the protesters. britain and the un urged the security forces to allow protests to proceed peacefully.

shops and businesses remained closed, and a nationwide strike by doctors, bankers and teachers is ongoing. two years ago, the protesters braved it all to get democracy. they say they will stay put until they return to the path to democracy, with a civilian government leading it. ann soy, bbc news. the son of bollywood superstar shah rukh khan has arrived home in mumbai, after spending more than three weeks injail, in an alleged drugs case. 23—year—old aryan khan left prison after being granted bail. earlier this month, police raided a cruise ship off mumbai, and allegedly found drugs onboard. the case has dominated media headlines in india — with some criticising the excessive coverage around his arrest, saying

he's been singled out because of his famous family. aryan khan denies the allegations against him. the prime minister says he's spoken to the queen this week and that she is "on very good form." yesterday, buckingham palace announced the 95—year—old monarch would not undertake official visits for a fortnight. speaking in rome, mrjohnson said the "important thing" was that she had to follow her doctor's advice. i spoke to her majesty, as i do every week, this week, and she's on very good form. she's just got to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest, and i think that's the important thing. i'm sure the whole country wishes her well. commuterjourneys are down by more—than—half compared to pre—pandemic levels, as many people continue to work from home. the railway delivery group warns that lower passenger numbers are damaging city centre businesses. at the other end of the scale, leisure trips are nearly back to 2019 levels. caroline davies has more.

this was what morning is used to look like but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure which is back up to 90% of for leisure which is back up to 90% of its pre—pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuter journeys are only 54% of what they were and in commuter journeys are only 54% of what they were and in london it is 41%. while that is good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming into city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion are spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry, we're building backup services but we want to go further, we want to introduce tap in and tap out, automatic price capped all over

the country for commuters. what you already have in london. because we think that will help get today's flexible commuters back on board. we want to work with the government to introduce that as quickly as possible. the government has spent billions keeping the trains running during the pandemic. it's also keen to get passengers back. the way we work has changed dramatically for many. how long could it take to persuade us back on board? caroline davies, bbc news. now it's not everyday you get hollywood royalty — but ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have attended their first home game as owners of wrexham football club. the pair spoke ahead of wrexham's national league match against torquay at the racecourse — which ended in a 1—1 draw. the hollywood stars took 100% ownership of the national league club in february.

and now it's weather time. good evening. it has been a saturday of sunny spells and isolated showers, but there is more rain to come for sunday. in fact, it's going to arrive tonight through the night, moving up from the south—west, a significant area of low pressure bringing a spell of heavy rain and gale force gusts of wind. ahead of it, particularly in the north—east of scotland and england, we'll have clearer skies and low single figures. but out to the west, a wet and windy sunday morning. at least the strength of the wind will push that rain through at quite a pace, so an improving picture by lunchtime, easing away to a trail of sharp showers. it may well linger in the far north of scotland, and temperatures will be a little subdued. maximum of 10 to 1a degrees. it looks likely that low pressure will continue to drift away, allowing for a northerly wind to drive in more showers and a cooler feel for the start of the new working week and a new month. so it does mean temperatures will be perhaps just below where they should be for the time of year, but there will be a little more sunshine.