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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are using small boats to cross the channel, in order to enter the uk. later today, the uk's immigration minister, robertjenrick, will visit dover to meet local residents , many of whom are angry about the rising numbers making their way across the channel. albanians, who've already travelled from their home country to mainland europe, account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who've crossed the channel to england so far this year. that's according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk.

for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn't interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence — the shuttered houses and empty cafes — leftovers of an exodus that's spiked this year. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped, the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now

are thinking ofjoining them. adverts on albanian social media promise easy passage for about £3,000, with middlemen on hand to arrange transport from brussels, paris or dunkirk. we contacted some of them, posing as an albanian client. within half an hour, we had two offers for crossings, different options for payment, and advice on claiming asylum in the uk. this system is one reason uk police say the networks are hard to break. whereas in drugs, firearms, you would see a hierarchical structure with a kingpin at the top, we don't see that with organised immigration crime. we see close associations, loose networks across that migration route. french officials say that albanians are acting as middlemen for the iraqi kurdish gangs that

still control most boat crossings from france. this woman's son crossed from dunkirk last month without the help of fixers, or even the money to pay the smugglers. a relative in england acted as guarantor, she said, and got her son across. his younger brother — just 14 years old — is already planning his own trip. each successful crossing, an invisible thread that tugs at the minds of albanians back home. lucy williamson, bbc news, dunkirk. that visit to dover of the uk's immigration minister, robertjenrick, follows the home secretary's tour of an overrun migrant facility on thursday. over the course of the week, suella braverman has been under increased criticism in her government role. let's remind ourselves how we got here: ms braverman faced

pressure regarding overcrowding at manston, a migrant processing centre in kent, amid accusations she had turned down plans that would have prevented congestion at the centre. she promised to tackle what she called the "scourge" of illegal immigration, but was condemned after claiming there was an "invasion" across england's southern coast. taking particular aim at albanians. the albanian prime minster said his citizens were being used as scapegoats and that uk border issues were down to "failed policies". earlier the uk's policing minister chris philp was asked about the overcrowding at manston migrant centre. we've made a very substantial effort in the last seven days to reduce the number of people in the manston camp. i believe about 1,000 people, or slightly over 1,000 people have come out of that camp in the course of the last week, so there has been a very substantial reduction in numbers. in addition to that, there has been a lot of work done to improve the facilities and also build additional accommodation on that site. so, in the last seven days, we've seen, i think, a very dramatic improvement

in the circumstances there. from dover, our correspondent simonjones dover has the latest. another day and another ministerial visit here in dover. yesterday, suella braverman came here and spoke to border officers down there in the port. she wouldn't speak to the media though. today the immigration minister, robertjenrick is coming and also councillors and concerned residents. in terms of the crossing it has been pretty windy overnight, but we are only around 50 people away from reaching the milestone of 40,000 people having made the journey by boat so far this year. suella braverman said that she wants to make the route and viable, she is the latest home secretary to say that. she says she wants innovative solutions to this problem but she hasn't given any details as to what she means by that. in the short term, the focus for the government is the migrant centre around 20 miles from here at manston.

there have been huge problems that have overcrowding, reports of disease spreading. the site was designed to hold around 1600 people for 2h hours. at the weekend there were 4000 people there. the government says since then the other people have been moved out to other hotel accommodation. that means the numbers are now down to around 2700 people this morning but that is still far over the capacity it should be on the site. the home office said that facilities are being improved there, improve medicalfacilities, improved catering facilities and more activities for the migrants on the site. but there is still pressure there. the local mp, sir roger gale after suella braverman�*s visit

to manston said, he thinks she now grasps the scale of the condition and that this site is unsuitable to hold people for any length of time. that may be challenged in the courts because the government is facing legal challenges, one of them is being brought by a group from detention action, a woman said she was there for 20 days. they are arguing that the site isn't suitable to hold people, it is illegal to hold people for any length of time there. women and children were forced to sleep alongside men that they weren't related to and that people inside had no access to decent legal advice. the government said it won't comment on any legal challenge but it has said that it is faced with this dilemma of trying to get people out of manston quickly but also the issue that they can't leave people destitute. there is a lot of anger from mps about what is happening, even conservative mps, the former conservative mp

damian green. he says the government is too focused on trying to send people to ruanda rather than focusing on what is happening day—to—day insights like manston. the weather has been pretty choppy head today so it is possible we won't see any more crossings but it is only a matter of time before we reach that 40,000 figure. simonjones in simon jones in dover. twitter says it will tell staff on friday whether they still have a job. the social media company says the cuts are intended to put it on a "healthy path". twitter was taken over last week by the billionaire businessman, elon musk. but there are concerns about what it might mean for regulating hate speech. our technology correspondent zoe kleinmanjoins me now. tell us more about this process of letting employees know whether they still have a job or not. i see that in the us lawsuit has already been filed over the manner in which the sacking happening. it is filed over the manner in which the sacking happening.— sacking happening. it is really uuite an sacking happening. it is really quite an emotional _ sacking happening. it is really quite an emotional time - sacking happening. it is really quite an emotional time thatl sacking happening. it is really i quite an emotional time that you staff today, there are about 8000

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indication as to where or when that might start meeting. he doesn't want to make any decisions about content until that is in place. as you say, he has talked about ideas like charging for a verification bad which would also give you access to your tweets being more broadly promoted. a lot of people are saying, that goes against the ethos of twitter itself. the whole point of twitter itself. the whole point of twitter itself. the whole point of twitter is that it was this town square where everyone had an equal voice. you had the same opportunities to speak as the world leaders, celebrities and you had the opportunity to tweet them directly to engage them in conversation. that is not going to work if some people are paying for the privilege and others are not. it is certainly a state of flux but it is not a fan that makes a profit, it has made a lot of money for a lot of time. it hasn't grown its user base for a long time. in order to succeed as a company something does have to change. let's speak now with gareth edwards,

technology commentator. these mass sackings, as are we saying that twitter hasn't made a profit, and these mass sackings to do the vast sum of money his pursuit of buying twitter. £39 billion to acquire twitter. i of buying twitter. £39 billion to acquire twitter.— acquire twitter. i think they are and to be _ acquire twitter. i think they are and to be fair— acquire twitter. i think they are and to be fair to _ acquire twitter. i think they are and to be fair to elon _ acquire twitter. i think they are and to be fair to elon musk - acquire twitter. i think they are and to be fair to elon musk he l acquire twitter. i think they are i and to be fair to elon musk he has been very honest about that. it is an investment from him and an embarrassment that has leverage a dent in the company which has extra pressure on it with some quite short term terms with some of the banks. that does add an additional pressure in terms of finding a path to viability. there are a lot of dangers inherent to taking this approach but ultimately it may damage the platform beyond the point from which it can recover. i damage the platform beyond the point from which it can recover.— from which it can recover. i really want to focus _ from which it can recover. i really want to focus with _ from which it can recover. i really want to focus with you _ from which it can recover. i really want to focus with you on - from which it can recover. i really want to focus with you on what i from which it can recover. i really. want to focus with you on what the experience will be like the people who already use twitter, what are your thoughts on that? what will the number of staff being sacked, what sort effect will have on the

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particularly in competitive job market. when you watch a process like this you're not going to feel motivated to work that company whether you're there or not. as a user, you get worried about changes that are coming down the line that might affect you. you that are coming down the line that might affect you-— might affect you. you get worried about changes — might affect you. you get worried about changes coming _ might affect you. you get worried about changes coming down - might affect you. you get worried about changes coming down the i might affect you. you get worried - about changes coming down the line, how worried you think twitter users are really worried about that if the product that they are looking at the remains broadly the same, we don't know what is going to happen, it is only been a week, if for all intents and purposes their engagement with twitter is pretty similar to what they have now, are they going to care? i they have now, are they going to care? ~ ., , they have now, are they going to care? ~' ., , ., care? i think ultimately of the roduct care? i think ultimately of the product stays _ care? i think ultimately of the product stays the _ care? i think ultimately of the product stays the same - care? i think ultimately of the | product stays the same people care? i think ultimately of the - product stays the same people don't care. we are seeing already and what elis moss is saying is that he has a very clear vision web twitter should be as a product. and that product already is clear that it diverges from some of the primary user base right now. the user base that advertisers are trying to advertise to, this is important that the

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way that the platform looks in moderation terms, they are not going to advertise on it.— to advertise on it. vinegar to get our to advertise on it. vinegar to get your thoughts — to advertise on it. vinegar to get your thoughts on _ to advertise on it. vinegar to get your thoughts on that _ to advertise on it. vinegar to get your thoughts on that today. i to advertise on it. vinegar to get| your thoughts on that today. tech commentator there. your thoughts on that today. tech commentatorthere. if your thoughts on that today. tech commentator there. if you want to get in touch about any of the stories you can get in touch on twitter. the british government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending. a spokesperson said "we are reviewing every major project". the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on november 17th. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review. former prime minister borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september with a call to go nuclear and go large. a high—speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try to raise more money

through capital gains tax — that's a tax on the profit made when you sell something that has increased in value. it's trying to make savings of at least £50 billion to fill the current hole in the treasury's finances. here's our business editor, simonjack. major energy infrastructure and transport projects, including a new nuclear plant in suffolk, and a new rail line in the north of england, are under review and could be delayed, watered down or even scrapped, as the government tries to cut spending, the bbc understands. the new business secretary, grant shapps, gave the clearest indication yet that recent commitments by former prime minister liz truss to a brand new line, eventually connecting northern towns and cities from hull to liverpool through bradford, were very likely to be scaled back. the line itself can deliver a 33 minute journey from manchester to leeds, quadruple nearly the capacity of that line, and do so without having to wait an extra 20 years beyond the delivery of what the upgrade can do. so we'll be able to provide

all of that upgrade. there wasn't really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the pennines. government officials also cast doubt on the future of sizewell c, a £25 billion project to build two new nuclear reactors at an existing site in suffolk, that promises to provide up to 7% of the uk's total electricity needs. "we are reviewing every major project, including sizewell c," said people familiar with the matter. new large scale nuclear plants has been a key part of the government's strategy to help reduce the uk's reliance on fossil fuels. borisjohnson, while pm, declared it was his intention to build eight new reactors in the next eight years. a shift away from that position would represent a major change in uk energy policy, that some will lament, and some will celebrate. simon jack, bbc news. let's get more from our political correspondent, iain watson.

what other ideas is the government talking about to try and raise money? talking about to try and raise mone ? ~ ., ., ., ., ., talking about to try and raise mone 7~ ., ., ., ., ., ., money? we are going to get a lot of speculation between _ money? we are going to get a lot of speculation between now _ money? we are going to get a lot of speculation between now and i money? we are going to get a lot of i speculation between now and november 17 whenjeremy hunt will make a statement. some of it will be well resourced and some of it less so. certainly, the government has said that those with the broader shoulders should have the heaviest burden. half of that will come from raising taxes and half of it from cutting spending. i think what we're seeing on the tax—raising side that they are trying to stick to this that those in the broader shoulders line, first of all by heavily hinting that the windfall tax will be extended both in scope and in duration. so they can take money from big energy companies making profits that seems to be more accepted than personal taxation. also in some of the newspapers there has been talk of raising capital gains tax, our understanding is that they are more likely to release

allowances around capital gains tax but certainly an additional source of finance that are of course applied to profits when you dispose of an asset. that could affect people better off and businesses won't like it. people who are better off bearing the brunt of the tax measures. what becomes more difficult is when you make spending cuts, reviewing the sum of the big infrastructure projects likely to scale back northern powerhouse rail to its previous form, which excludes a station via bradford. the reason they are looking for that is because they are looking for that is because they are looking for that is because they are effectively saving money on projects that don't exist that seems less painful than making cuts to things that do exist. that said though, you won't raise as much money from these projects because they take years and years to build. so you don't get necessarily huge immediate savings. i think what we're seeing at the moment, if like,

perhaps are less sharp approach to cuts and i think on november the 17th or before we are going to hear a lot more about where some of the other spending cuts are going to come from which may be politically more contentious.— more contentious. thank you very much. more contentious. thank you very much- our— more contentious. thank you very much. our political— more contentious. thank you veryj much. our political correspondent much. 0ur political correspondent now. i'm joined by dr paul dorfman from the university of sussex and chair of nuclear consulting group which analyses nuclear issues. thank you forjoining us today. what amount of money, how much money could be saved by the government if it decides not to go ahead with the sizewell c plant? that it decides not to go ahead with the sizewell c plant?— sizewell c plant? at the end of the da , more sizewell c plant? at the end of the day, more pounds _ sizewell c plant? at the end of the day, more pounds sterling - sizewell c plant? at the end of the day, more pounds sterling per- day, more pounds sterling per megawatt hour means less megawatt hour per pound sterling. this is a hugely cost investment for the

government. the the risk and the liability. unfortunately to that uk electricity consumers and taxpayers. the fact is that with the best will in the world, with the best will in the world sizewell c cannot be built before 2040. 2014. which means it is much too late for our energy —— 2040. it is not simply a question for economics, we all understand that the nuclear option is a hugely expensive one. with renewables coming in at one fifth or one quarter less than nuclear. it is also a question of time and it is time that we simply don't have. sizewell c was projected to deliver 7% of the uk's total energy needs

when it would come on stream, is it possible to deliver that 7% from renewables before then?- possible to deliver that 7% from renewables before then? there is a key distinction _ renewables before then? there is a key distinction between _ renewables before then? there is a key distinction between energy i renewables before then? there is a key distinction between energy and| key distinction between energy and electricity, at its height, and if there is a huge rear new build nuclear could only provide about 4% of total energy, were talking about electricity here. electricity is important. let's understand that renewables met all of the demand for 2022 worldwide. it is a complex issue here that we need to consider very carefully. the fact is that unfortunately with the best will in the world renewable simply can't do it, it's much too costly and it's much too late and given the fact that we are facing a very, very hard winter, one wonders how far the uk

policy, how far the uk people would be happy to put this vast sums and also these vast cost overruns,. let's face it, all of the reactors that are rooted at sizewell c of ghastly overcast, vastly over time. in finland, in france, in china when they had to shut down for one year. and edf are now trying to activate the contingency option contract with the contingency option contract with the uk government to avoid the inevitable overcast and over time penalties for hinckley north sea, the same kind of reactor that is rooted for size or see. so, the fact is this, 0k... the renewable energy is this, 0k... the renewable energy is here, there is no one to dispute that fact. what happens if the wind doesn't blow in the sun doesn't shine? and the leading corporate

governmental consultancy say that renewables will be the new baseload supported by flexible capacity as early as 2013. so, it's time to —— 2030. it is time to seriously consider where we are with energy where we are with climate and where we are with the issue of... not putting nuclear pr but looking at the facts itself. we putting nuclear pr but looking at the facts itself.— the facts itself. we must leave it there. thank _ the facts itself. we must leave it there. thank you _ the facts itself. we must leave it there. thank you very _ the facts itself. we must leave it there. thank you very much. i china's xijinping has urged deeper economic co—operation with germany, during a visit by chancellor 0laf scholz to beijing. the trip, which is the first by a g7 leader since the coronavirus pandemic, has sparked controversy in germany and concern elsewhere in europe, after the chinese leader cemented his grip on power. he's also under pressure to raise human rights during his visit. here's how mr scholz outlined his agenda for his

meeting with president xi: translation: in that respect, | it is good that we will have a very intensive exchange on all issues we want to, and can discuss in regard to our bilateral relations the possibilities to further intensify economic cooperation, as well as, of course, the issues where we pursue different perspectives. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonell joins me now from beijing. hello. we have heard from the german perspective that they think it is important to keep the relationship with china going, to try to build on what has been a difficult period in relations between china and europe. from the chinese perspective, what are they saying about this visit? well, of course, china also welcome such a visit. they haven't been high—level visits from western

countries during the coronavirus pandemic and so they would say it is good to see them happening again. he was criticised for coming here so soon though after xi jinping sort of shored up his absolute power of the communist party congress. the interesting thing from 0laf scholz is that he said, look, i am leading a high—level delegation to beijing and that is designed to promote trade links withjust and that is designed to promote trade links with just because i'm doing that doesn't mean that i won't be raising thorny issues. and what the german chancellor has now said is that in his meeting with xi jinping, he said that beijing could should be leaning on moscow to use its influence to try and bring about an end to the invasion of ukraine. no indication that has changed his

mind because the chinese read out of the meeting, china is saying that president xi are said to 0laf scholz we welcome participation in future peace talks in ukraine. you we welcome participation in future peace talks in ukraine.— we welcome participation in future peace talks in ukraine. you can see the disconnect, _ peace talks in ukraine. you can see the disconnect, once _ peace talks in ukraine. you can see the disconnect, once i _ peace talks in ukraine. you can see the disconnect, once i think- peace talks in ukraine. you can see the disconnect, once i think you i the disconnect, once i think you have to lean on russia to stop the invasion, the other sizing one of those days we will have peace talks and you can be part of that. very different perspectives of what is going on here. nevertheless, 0laf scholz would say for so many years, three years, there have not been these high—level meetings with china's top leaders including president xi, it is important to have done the snow and pave the way for more interaction between these two economic powerhouses. hundreds of workers at heathrow airport will walk out in demands for better pay.

700 workers involved in ground handling, transport and cargo and are employed, will strike for three days starting from november the 18th. pt, days starting from november the 18th. �* ,. ., allow households in the uk to qualify for money off their electricity bills for money—off their electricity bills is being launched today, is being launched today, as part of national grid's efforts to avoid blackouts this winter. it's being trialled by energy suppliers who will pay customers to reduce their electricity use at peak times. although power outages are unlikely, it's part of national grid's contingency plan, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it's the time of day when many of us get home, put on the lights and all the appliances, as well. but millions of us could now earn money off our bills by using less electricity when demand is at its peak. julie in saffron walden is up for it. so what i've done is i've ditched the kettle and i've bought this water dispenser. and the reason i've done that is because i was finding that i was boiling the same piece of water time and time again. i hear you. she's already taken part in a small trial this year, and is signed up

for the national grid's new scheme. if you've got enough notice — which normally may be the day before — you can plan around it, you can just sort of say, we're going to have dinner at this time. and i think it's a really good thing for everybody to try and do if they are able to. i think it's something that i've found that i've actually enjoyed doing as part of our lives. and you've earned some money. earned a bit money out of it, yeah. so what's the deal with the national grid's demand flexibility scheme? there are 12 one—hour tests planned for this winter. they'll take place between 4pm and 7pm — peak time for energy use. national grid says a typical household could save £100 off their bills. but it all depends on how much energy you use, and your energy company. you need a smart meter to take part. most energy suppliers are in the process of signing up. to really reduce your electricity use, it's all about the big appliances — like the washing machine, the tumble

dryer and the dishwasher — using them late in the evening, or even overnight. but is the financial incentive going to be big enough to get households and businesses to take part? here at national grid, they have to balance supply and demand by the minute. they want to be able to save two gigawatts of electricity during peak hours if needed — the equivalent of powering a million homes. it's not just the financial incentive — that's really important, it's quite a lot of money for people at a time where everybody�*s really constrained and household budgets are really, really stretched — but also just being able to get behind and do our bit. so this is an insurance policy. yeah, absolutely. and we're running these things as trials to make sure that it works. we hope not to have to use them this winter in anger, but it's just really being ready for every contingency. it's something they've never tried on this scale before. they've got mothballed coal plants

on standby, as well — all to help this control room keep the lights on this winter in these challenging times. emma simpson, bbc news, reading. joining me now is fintan slye who is the chief execuitve of the national grid's electricity system operator thank you forjoining us on bbc news. firstly, i had to ask you, obviously, it is good to think about our energy use, how we can be more efficient, but is this really ultimately being driven by national grid concerns that there may well be blackouts? i grid concerns that there may well be blackouts? ~ , ., blackouts? i think it is important to say upfront — blackouts? i think it is important to say upfront that _ blackouts? i think it is important to say upfront that our— blackouts? i think it is important to say upfront that our central. to say upfront that our central scenario this winter is there will be sufficient supply and demand but we are hugely conscious of the energy issues facing europe in particular as a result of president

putin's illegal invasion of ukraine. it is really important we put in place the plans and the mitigation measures to ensure that if there is tightness or shortage of supply, that we have all of the tools and mitigation measures available to us. one? you still think there will not be blackouts, it is about being pragmatic, being sensible, best efforts to ensure that is the case. exactly. the other thing is we are facing a cost of living crisis, providing this opportunity were domestic customers can participate and get some money off their bill, and get some money off their bill, and engage with their supplier to move their consumption out of those peak periods. lets move their consumption out of those peak periods-— peak periods. lets get into the detail, peak periods. lets get into the detail. how — peak periods. lets get into the detail, how do _ peak periods. lets get into the detail, how do people - peak periods. lets get into the detail, how do people take i peak periods. lets get into the l detail, how do people take part? peak periods. lets get into the i detail, how do people take part? it has been run through the supplier, we provide a wholesale scheme, the energy suppliers will engage with their individual customers, many of them have already been out talking

to their customers and signing them up. today we got formal approval from 0fgem, the industry regulator, to initiate the scheme, it is really great. the suppliers will register with us to participate in the scheme, we expect most of them will participate. you have seen in the media many of them are out, already talking about the customers they expect to sign up. individual customers will sign up whether the player to participate in the scheme. 0ne player to participate in the scheme. one thing to note, customers will need a smart metre in order to participate in the scheme. that is all it takes, and signing with your supplier who should be reaching out to customers across the next short while. d0 to customers across the next short while. ,, ., ., , to customers across the next short while. ., ., , , , to customers across the next short while. ., ., i, , ., ., while. do you have any sense of how much people — while. do you have any sense of how much people will _ while. do you have any sense of how much people will save _ while. do you have any sense of how much people will save through i while. do you have any sense of how much people will save through this? | much people will save through this? we estimate you might say £100 over the winter, and that is by participating in the 12 demonstration trials events that we

plan and have committed to over the winter. that is an average. it depends on the amount of usage that you can move out of the peak period. we will give people advance warning, you will know one day ahead of time but if you could move your washing machine, cook your dinnera but if you could move your washing machine, cook your dinner a little bit later in the oven, put your dishwasher on a bit later, if you could do those over those 12 trial periods, you could earn £100 over the course of the winter. peak hours are that for — the course of the winter. peak hours are that for a — the course of the winter. peak hours are that for a reason, _ the course of the winter. peak hours are that for a reason, people - the course of the winter. peak hours are that for a reason, people come l are that for a reason, people come home from work, children back from school, dinner is being made, do you think people will be able to change their habits to make significant savings? that is what we are talking about, changing habits. some savings? that is what we are talking about, changing habits.— savings? that is what we are talking about, changing habits. some of them will be harder— about, changing habits. some of them will be harder to _ about, changing habits. some of them will be harder to change _ about, changing habits. some of them will be harder to change than - will be harder to change than others, i think. will be harder to change than others, ithink. moving will be harder to change than others, i think. moving dinner time when are coming home from school can

be tricky. taking a decision to put the washing machine or dishwasher on at 9pm instead of 6pm in the evening, that may be something that people can do. the other one as some people can do. the other one as some people have electric vehicles, charging them later would make a big difference in this because they consume a lot of electricity. this scheme rewards people where they can make choices. we understand that not everything is movable and you are right, there are peak periods for a reason. we want to try and encourage people to move without having a negative impact on their lifestyle or their home life or what they are doing. or their home life or what they are doinu. ., ., ., ., doing. the ceo of the national grid electricity system _ doing. the ceo of the national grid electricity system operator, - doing. the ceo of the national grid electricity system operator, thank| electricity system operator, thank you very much. south korea says it scrambled dozens of fighterjets after north korea flew 180 planes near their shared border for several hours. the two air forces did not come into contact.

the incident follows several days of heightened tension on the korean peninsula, with north korea carrying out multiple missile tests. now to the war in ukraine, and western officials say russian troops could be preparing to withdraw from part of the city of kherson which they have held since the start of the war. ukraine has been talking up an offensive to capture the city since the summer. but progress is slow and so far they've just retaken some surrounding farmland. kherson straddles the dnipro river. reports suggest russian commanders may be pulling troops back to the eastern side of the river — which is easier to defend. our international editor jeremy bowen, cameraman fred scott here in the uk, the government says there won't be a fresh election to northern ireland's assembly in december. the northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says he has listened to concerns about the impact and cost of an election and says he will make a statement to the uk parliament next week. the deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont passed last month

following the election in may. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, has the latest on the frustration felt there and whether the northern ireland secretary had any choice but to delay elections. people of course want a functioning assembly, there is huge frustration here about not having a government. the reality was, all parties agreed on, an election wasn't going to bring power—sharing back any sooner. if anything, it could make it even more difficult to restore a functioning government here. because what elections do in northern ireland, they can get very bitter, very divisive, it can polarise people even further and parties get even more dug into the trenches. i think chris heaton—harris's announcement today is a recognition that an election is going to cost a lot. it wasn't something people relished over the festive period. and we'd end up with the same problems on the other side of polling day. the reason that power—sharing isn't functioning is the dup's opposition

to the northern ireland protocol. in their eyes, that new irish sea border, getting goods over from gb and all the checks involved in that, that undermines northern ireland's place in the uk. that is the dup's position, it isn't changing. an election wasn't going to solve that. there was this great expectation that regardless of all these factors that i've outlined, that chris heaton—harris was really holding the party's feet to the fire. he was being unequivocal in the weeks leading up to the deadline of the power—sharing being restored saying that he would call the election at one minute past midnight. the midnight deadline came and went last week and suddenly he stalled for more time. it started to look like he was preparing the ground for a u—turn. an announcement this morning over our cornflakes saying there will be no pre—christmas election. it is a relief for the parties and to many voters. what next? legislatively, it seems

that he is dropping hints that he may have to pass emergency legislation to push the deadline back because by law at the moment he would be required to call an election by the 19th of january. reasearch for the bbc suggests there are stark inequalities in the standard of care patients get from their doctor in england. whilst people in less affluent areas on average develop chronic health conditions at a younger age and die earlier, they have fewer gps and a worse experience. an investigation was carried out by the bbc�*s newsnight programme. their chief correspondent, david grossman reports. blackpool is the poorest town in england. it has the lowest life expectancy in the country. and with that, multiple complex health needs. you might assume those challenges would mean more doctors and better care. but come to places like the revoe estate, and you'll hear the opposite. you're always encouraged — anything

that you suspect may be cancer. so i found a lump my lower back. it was painful. i phoned up my gp to get an appointment and they suggested it might be better to go to the walk—in centre because i'd get seen quicker. they offered me an appointment, but it was in three weeks' time. so they were great, but they did just pack me off with some painkillers. er... there was no access to a gp, there was no referral to anybody else. ijust sit there crying. i think, what's the point of trying to phone when no—one _ wants to help you? i rely on my volunteers... christina is a youth worker at the centre. she says local kids often come to her for medical advice. they come and tell us, like, "mum tried to make me a doctor's appointment for this, but we haven't been able to, so i don't know what it is, but it's worrying me. do you think it's this, this?" and they are quite worried about it, and that's kids... they ask you for a medical diagnosis? yeah. i've got kids that are from seven to 13 coming in and asking — going, "do you think i've got this? because i've got this rash on my arm, but mum can't get me into the doctors."

the uk's clearly gripped by a crisis in gp care right now, but research for newsnight suggests that that crisis is being felt even more acutely in areas like this that are already struggling with multiple deprivations. the figures suggest that places like blackpool have far fewer gps per head of population, and far lower levels of satisfaction with their care. according to our research, the experience of these blackpool residents is typical of gp care in poorer areas. not only are there fewer gps offering fewer appointments, but the care — as measured by the cqc, or care quality commission — on average is of a lower standard. exclusive research for newsnight suggests the quality of patients' experience also correlates with levels of deprivation — in other words, the poorer an area is, the lower patients rate their overall gp care. surgeries are harder to reach on the phone, and when they do get an appointment, patients in poor areas rate the experience lower than those in more affluent areas. newton drive health.

centre, emily speaking. newton drive health centre in blackpool is rated as good by the care quality commission. knocking. come in! susan green is a gp and partner. she says criticism of gps — particularly the idea that they are being lazy or uncaring — is hard to listen to. it is so devastating to be told that you're the problem. and you have to just say to yourself, "i know the reality of what i have done today. i know the reality that if i do crumble and i can't do this any more, that's another 80 appointments a week potentially lost." the pain of a struggling primary care sector isn't spread equally. places like blackpool have already suffered most. and what was really striking on our visit — no—one seemed to think that the stresses on the system were about to ease. david grossman, bbc news, blackpool. let's speak now to professor martin marshall, chair of the royal college of gps

and a practicing gp in east london good to have you with us. your reaction to the content of the report. reaction to the content of the re ort, , ., ., reaction to the content of the re ort, ,., ., ., , reaction to the content of the reort. ., , ., , report. good morning. it is really disturbin: report. good morning. it is really disturbing that _ report. good morning. it is really disturbing that those _ report. good morning. it is really disturbing that those in _ report. good morning. it is really disturbing that those in our i disturbing that those in our communities that have the greatest need for health services are the ones who have leased access to health services. it is a problem recognised for decades, the inverse care law, and the disturbing thing it is getting worse as a consequence of the economic challenges we are in at the moment. we are seeing people with significant mental health problems and physical problems who cannot get the health care that they need. the reason is because general practice is under so much pressure. it is not surprising the people in the less affluent areas are reporting the least satisfaction with the gp experience. that comes as no surprise, but what needs to be

done to turn this around and to ensure that no matter where you live in the country, whatever the degree of economic affluence or poverty that you are living and, that you get equal access to egp? you are riaht, get equal access to egp? you are riuht, it get equal access to egp? you are right, it is — get equal access to egp? you are right, it is no — get equal access to egp? you are right, it is no surprise, _ get equal access to egp? you are right, it is no surprise, it - get equal access to egp? you are right, it is no surprise, it is i get equal access to egp? you are right, it is no surprise, it is a i right, it is no surprise, it is a self—perpetuating problem. if general practice is under enormous pressure trying to deliver their health and care needs of people living in deprived communities, the pressure on the gps and the other health care sectors is growing and gps are more likely to burn out and leave the workforce and the problem gets worse. what we need is more gps, more nurses, more pharmacies, less bureaucracy so that we can spend time with the patients who really need our services, and those resources need to be focused on the areas that have the greatest need. if you look at the number of patients registered per gp on average, they look after about 2200

patients. in an area like wareham, a well—to—do area, there might only be 1700 patients per gp. 0n the other side of the country, there might be to hunt 2600 patients per gp. you cannot look after that many patients well. we need to make sure that the whole of the system is better resource. in particular those areas that have need the resources who need to get investment.— that have need the resources who need to get investment. where new gps are coming _ need to get investment. where new gps are coming into _ need to get investment. where new gps are coming into the _ need to get investment. where new gps are coming into the system, i gps are coming into the system, obviously, you have issues with gps retiring, working part—time and so forth, when new gps come into the system, are they gravitating towards the more affluent areas rather than deprived areas? is that a factor? it is a factor, but it is variable, where i worked in east london, it is a very popular area for young gps who are value driven and want to work and demanding inner—city areas,

it is a popular area for them. there are other parts of the country, in rural areas and coastal towns like blackpool, where it is very difficult to recruit. the main problem is the workforce in the harder to reach areas of the country tend to be older, more likely to retire, and as i say, it is a self—perpetuating problem. retire, and as i say, it is a self-perpetuating problem. thank you ve much self-perpetuating problem. thank you very much for— self-perpetuating problem. thank you very much for taking _ self-perpetuating problem. thank you very much for taking the _ self-perpetuating problem. thank you very much for taking the time - self-perpetuating problem. thank you very much for taking the time to i very much for taking the time to talk to me today. imran khan — the former prime minister of pakistan — is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg at a rally. the pakistan government has condemned the shooting, but a senior aide to mr khan has accused it of being behind the attack. 0ur correspondent samira hussain is at the hospital where imran khan is being treated. i'm just outside the hospital where the former prime minister imran khan was taken. you can see just over on one side that there are flowers,

people are leaving get well cards but at the same time you can see there is actually quite a bit of security which is understandable, remember the context in which this has happened mr imran khan was participating in a demonstration when he came under attack. his political party is saying that this was an assassination attempt, remember that mr khan has been holding these demonstrations since he was pushed out of office in april this year, trying to force the government to call for new and fresh elections. the government has repeatedly said that it will not bow to his pressures. many are expecting quite a lot of people to take to the streets, notjust here where i am but in cities across the country to protest what has happened and keep campaigning for mr khan's movement. samira hussain, bbc news. donald trump has dropped one of his strongest hints yet that he may run for the white house again.

he was speaking at a rally in sioux city, iowa , on the campaign trailfor the us mid term elections next week. the election was rigged and stolen and our country is being destroyed. iran twice, i won twice, and did much better the second time than i did the first. getting millions more votes in 2020 than i got in 2016. and, likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again. 0k? very, very, very probably. very, very probably. fifa has told players to focus on the football. qatar has been

criticised for its stance on same—sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers. peaceful protests have been planned by some players, the world cup organisers previously stated that everyone is welcome at the event. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the �*earthshot prize'. the aim is to find new and creative ideas that will help protect our planet for the future. five winners will each receive one—million—pounds to make their project a reality. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, has been to revisit two of last year's winners. prince william launched his earthshot prize with a glamorous ceremony in london's alexandra palace last year. in the next ten years, we are going to act. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. there was a galaxy of stars in attendance. david attenborough was one of the judges. we don't have eternity.

we need to do this now. the aim — to inspire a new generation of innovators. and you can see the results in the fronds of coral here in the bahamas. earthshot winner coral vita has developed systems for growing heat resistant corals to help restore the world's dying coral reefs. the goal would be to have coral vitas around the world, to go global with coral veta, because we've lost 50% of the world's reefs within the last decade. so this is a global issue, and reef restoration isn't something that's just exclusive to the bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted air in india. takachar won for the burner they created, which converts leftover straw and other agricultural waste into fuel and fertiliser. the earthot prize has really catapulted us from where we were and the resources

that we had, and has given us access to so many networks and resources that can really enable us to scale up work, essentially, and increase the pace of our work. earthshot says it aims to build a library of solutions over the decade. the idea is others will be able to draw on the expertise winning project establish, to help us all tackle the planet's environmental problems. justin rowlatt, bbc news. a french undertaker has decided to offer a more environmental approach to funerals... with this — what is thought to be the first cycle hearse in paris. its creator, isabelle plumeau, says she wanted to offer a quieter way of holding funerals. similar bike hearses are already in use in other european countries — this one is expected to come into use after it receives the required permits.

you are watching bbc news. hello. lovely crisp autumn day for many. a few changes this weekend, look at the atlantic, the cloud was if you days ago, briefly a hurricane in mid—atlantic. note stormy weather but as it comes closer towards us it will give us rain and milder air later this weekend. look at the clear sky at the moment, cleared away from the south—east quickly, in away from the south—east quickly, in a few isolated showers in the north and west, for the rest of the day is very pleasant autumn day, dry, long spells of sunshine, light wind, a breeze on the far north of scotland, temperatures in the sunshine ten to

14 celsius. chillier than you have been expecting this week but this is normal for this stage in been expecting this week but this is normalfor this stage in november. this evening, as the sky clears, temperatures drop, there could be a frost, the cloud increases to the west, temperatures pick up and outbreaks of rain. mild tomorrow across the west but the chance of frost in eastern scotland and eastern england first in the morning. a sunrise to start with, cloud spells and from the west, outbreaks of rain, heavy at times turning light and patchy as it goes east. the afternoon is cloudy, shetland and eastern england and the channel islands, further light rain and drizzle, sunshine in the north and drizzle, sunshine in the north and west, temperatures similar to today. clear skies as we head into the evening for bonfire night, cloud and patchy rain could linger in the south—east corner. it could develop a ripple on sunday bringing heavy

rain on saturated ground, watch out for potential flooding issues. rain on saturated ground, watch out for potentialflooding issues. low pressure for sunday, south—westerly wind, and a mixture of sunshine and showers. some eastern areas a better chance of sunshine compared with saturday but rain not far away. the best dry weather in the north—east of scotland. temperatures a little higher than today and saturday. they were left further next week, but be prepared, more windy and wet weather to come, windy conditions across the country on monday night and into tuesday. as you can see from the icons, plenty of showers around as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... plans to develop infrastructure are under review northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. people in the uk office have been

notified of their redundancies and already people here in los angeles have seen access to their work e—mail and slack cut—off. we are going to find the solution is to prepare our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are using small boats to cross the channel, in order to enter the uk.

albanians who've already travelled from their home country to mainland europe account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who've crossed the channel to england so far this year, according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn't interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence — the shuttered houses and empty cafes

— leftovers of an exodus that's spiked this year. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped, the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. adverts on albanian social media promise easy passage for about £3,000, with middlemen on hand to arrange transport from brussels, paris or dunkirk. we contacted some of them, posing as an albanian client. within half an hour, we had two offers for crossings, different options for payment, and advice on claiming asylum in the uk. this system is one reason uk police say the networks are hard to break. whereas in drugs, firearms, you would see a hierarchical structure with a kingpin at the top,

we don't see that with organised immigration crime. we see close associations, loose networks across that migration route. french officials say that albanians are acting as middlemen for the iraqi kurdish gangs that still control most boat crossings from france. this woman's son crossed from dunkirk last month without the help of fixers, or even the money to pay the smugglers. a relative in england acted as guarantor, she said, and got her son across. his younger brother — just 14 years old — is already planning his own trip. each successful crossing, an invisible thread that tugs at the minds of albanians back home. lucy williamson, bbc news, dunkirk. latertoday, immigration minister robertjenrick will visit dover to meet local

residents, many of whom are angry about the rising numbers making their way across the channel. it follows the home secretary's tour of an overrun migrant facility yesterday. over the course of the week, suella braverman has been under increased criticism in her government role. let's remind ourselves how we got here. ms braverman faced pressure regarding overcrowding at manston, a migrant processing centre in kent, amid accusations she had turned down plans that would have prevented congestion at the centre. she promised to tackle what she called the scourge of illegal immigration but was condemned after claiming there was an invasion across england's southern coast, taking particular aim at albanians. the albanian prime minster said his citizens were being used as scapegoats and that uk border issues were down to failed policies. earlier, the policing minister chris philp was asked about the overcrowding at manston migrant centre.

we've made a very substantial effort in the last seven days to reduce the number of people in the manston camp. i believe about 1,000 people, or slightly over 1,000 people have come out of that camp in the course of the last week, so there has been a very substantial reduction in numbers. in addition to that, there has been a lot of work done to improve the facilities and also build additional accommodation on that site. so, in the last seven days, we've seen, i think, a very dramatic improvement in the circumstances there. from dover, our correspondent simonjones dover has the latest. another day and another ministerial visit here in dover. yesterday, suella braverman came here and spoke to border officers down there in the port. she wouldn't speak to the media though. today the immigration minister, robertjenrick is coming and also councillors and concerned residents. in terms of the crossing it has been pretty windy overnight, but we are only around 50 people

away from reaching the milestone of 40,000 people having made the journey by boat so far this year. suella braverman said that she wants to make the route and viable, she is the latest home secretary to say that. she says she wants innovative solutions to this problem but she hasn't given any details as to what she means by that. in the short term, the focus for the government is the migrant centre around 20 miles from here at manston. there have been huge problems that have overcrowding, reports of disease spreading. the site was designed to hold around 1600 people for 24 hours. at the weekend there were 4000 people there. the government says since then the other people have been moved out to other hotel accommodation. that means the numbers are now down to around 2700 people this morning but that is still far over the capacity it should be on the site. the home office said that facilities are being improved there, improve medicalfacilities, improved

catering facilities and more activities for the migrants on the site. but there is still pressure there. the local mp, sir roger gale after suella braverman's visit to manston said, he thinks she now grasps the scale of the condition and that this site is unsuitable to hold people for any length of time. that may be challenged in the courts because the government is facing legal challenges, one of them is being brought by a group from detention action, a woman said she was there for 20 days. they are arguing that the site isn't suitable to hold people, it is illegal to hold people for any length of time there. women and children were forced to sleep alongside men that they weren't related to and that people inside had no access to decent legal advice. the government said it won't comment on any legal challenge but it has

said that it is faced with this dilemma of trying to get people out of manston quickly but also the issue that they can't leave people destitute. there is a lot of anger from mps about what is happening, even conservative mps, the former conservative mp damian green. it was the ashford mp. he says the government is too focused on trying to send people to rwanda rather than focusing on what is happening day—to—day insights like manston. the weather has been pretty choppy head today so it is possible we won't see any more crossings but it is only a matter of time before we reach that 40,000 figure. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending. a spokesperson said �*we are reviewing every major project'.

the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on the 17th of november the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review — former prime minister borisjohnson pledged 700 million pounds for the project in september, with a call to �*go nuclear and go large'. a high—speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try to raise more money through capital gains tax — that's a tax on the profit made when you sell something that has increased in value. it's trying to make savings of at least 50 billion pounds to fill the current �*hole' in the treasury�*s finances. here's our business editor, simonjack. major energy infrastructure and transport projects, including a new nuclear plant in suffolk, and a new rail line in the north of england, are under review and could be delayed, watered down or even scrapped, as the government tries to cut spending, the bbc understands. the new business secretary,

grant shapps, gave the clearest indication yet that recent commitments by former prime minister liz truss to a brand new line, eventually connecting northern towns and cities from hull to liverpool through bradford, were very likely to be scaled back. the line itself can deliver a 33 minute journey from manchester to leeds, quadruple nearly the capacity of that line, and do so without having to wait an extra 20 years beyond the delivery of what the upgrade can do. so we'll be able to provide all of that upgrade. there wasn't really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the pennines. government officials also cast doubt on the future of sizewell c, a £25 billion project to build two new nuclear reactors at an existing site in suffolk, that promises to provide up to 7% of the uk's total electricity needs. "we are reviewing every major project, including sizewell c," said people familiar with the matter. new large scale nuclear plants has been a key part of the government's

strategy to help reduce the uk's reliance on fossil fuels. borisjohnson, while pm, declared it was his intention to build eight new reactors in the next eight years. a shift away from that position would represent a major change in uk energy policy, that some will lament, and some will celebrate. simon jack, bbc news. i'm joined now by former conservative chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke. thank you very much forjoining us. how likely is it that we will see a range of tax rises, do you believe? it is pretty likely. if you look at the state of the public finances and the state of the public finances and the need to reassure the markets at a time when clearly the economy is going to be very slowly, if not in full recession, that will hit tax receipts, that damages the public

finances. the government will feel it has to do something and if you look at the options available to it, finding vast sums from spending cuts i think is unrealistic. and then you are left with tax increases. now, thatis are left with tax increases. now, that is very, very painful, the conservative party setting is like putting up taxes but essentially they are left with little option. what they don't have to work out is how they can best raise that additional tax revenue. in your view, additional tax revenue. in your view. what _ additional tax revenue. in your view, what would _ additional tax revenue. in your view, what would the - additional tax revenue. in your view, what would the best i additional tax revenue. in your. view, what would the best option additional tax revenue. in your- view, what would the best option is raising the right amount of money because not all taxes will raise the same? . , . same? that is true and the temptation _ same? that is true and the temptation might - same? that is true and the temptation might be i same? that is true and the temptation might be to i same? that is true and the i temptation might be to come up same? that is true and the _ temptation might be to come up with a very long list of taxes and hope that there is no one big tax that is terribly painful but i think that would be a mistake. ithink terribly painful but i think that would be a mistake. i think if you want to raise a serious sums of money, you have to look at the really big taxes, of which there are three, income tax, national insurance contributions and vat.

rishi sunak had set an increase in national insurance contribution that has been reversed, he could reverse that reversal, that is one option. he could put up vat, it is not regressive as some would think, i think to be honest if he really wanted to raise large sums of money in a way that was fair, that probably had less impact on distorting the economy, he should look at income tax rates, but that is very, very difficult politically. that is quite totemic, people tend to know what the income rate tax is so touching it is difficult but that is probably his best option. some commentators _ is probably his best option. some commentators have _ is probably his best option. some commentators have suggested i is probably his best option. some commentators have suggested that capital gains tax may be a focus but how useful would that be in raising money? how useful would that be in raising mone ? ~ ~ how useful would that be in raising mone ?~ ~ ., how useful would that be in raising mone? ., ., , money? well, i think capital gains tax could play _ money? well, i think capital gains tax could play a — money? well, i think capital gains tax could play a part _ money? well, i think capital gains tax could play a part but _ money? well, i think capital gains tax could play a part but you i money? well, i think capital gains tax could play a part but you are l tax could play a part but you are never going to raise vast sums of money from capital gains tax, and although there is talk about you can increase the rates of capital gains

tax, so when i was in the treasury we looked at doing that and we did increase the rates on one occasion but it is very hard to raise large sums of money from this because people can just choose not to realise their capital gains, particularly if they think those rates are going to fall in future. they might not do. but people can choose, really, whether they have a capital gain, so i am sceptical that there are vast sums of money that you can raise from cgt, some but nothing like enough to fill the hole thatis nothing like enough to fill the hole that is necessary. you nothing like enough to fill the hole that is necessary.— that is necessary. you mention income tax _ that is necessary. you mention income tax as _ that is necessary. you mention income tax as being _ that is necessary. you mention income tax as being the - that is necessary. you mention income tax as being the one i that is necessary. you mention l income tax as being the one that that is necessary. you mention i income tax as being the one that is perhaps giving most of the sort of scope, i suppose, perhaps giving most of the sort of scope, isuppose, but perhaps giving most of the sort of scope, i suppose, but how likely is it that we are going to see progressive changes to income tax as opposed to rigorous ones? i progressive changes to income tax as opposed to rigorous ones?— opposed to rigorous ones? i think if ou're opposed to rigorous ones? i think if you're looking _ opposed to rigorous ones? i think if you're looking at — opposed to rigorous ones? i think if you're looking at income _ opposed to rigorous ones? i think if you're looking at income tax, - opposed to rigorous ones? i think if you're looking at income tax, the i you're looking at income tax, the chances are that if they do go down that route, and i really am not sure that route, and i really am not sure that they are, that if you do go

down that route that probably would be progressive, i mean, income taxes are very progressive tax. some people are on 10% of income receipts coming from no point i% of income tax paying population. you could put up tax paying population. you could put up rates that could be very progressive and raise a lot of money but as i say it is the very, very visible tax and people will become very aware of it so politically it is immensely difficult but i think if you wanted to raise large sums of money in a way that was progressive, and i think you could do a lot worse than look at income tax rates. daoid than look at income tax rates. david corkhill a former _ than look at income tax rates. david corkhill a former chief _ than look at income tax rates. david corkhill a former chief conservative treasury secretary, thank you. hundreds of workers at london's heathrow airport will walk out in the run—up to the world cup finals this month over demands for better pay. the unite union says 700 workers, who are involved in ground—handling, airside transport and cargo will strike for three days starting from november the 18th.

the headlines on bbc news... plans to develop infrastructure are under review as the government prepares to save an estmitated £50m in cuts. twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas. there are plans to allow households to qualify for discounted electricity bills, as part of national grid's efforts to avoid blackouts this winter. the scheme, which requires a smart meter, is being trialled by energy suppliers who will pay customers to reduce their electricity use at peak times. although power outages are unlikely, it's part of national grid's contingency plan, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports.

it's the time of day when many of us get home, put on the lights and all the appliances, as well. but millions of us could now earn money off our bills by using less electricity when demand is at its peak. julie in saffron walden is up for it. so what i've done is i've ditched the kettle and i've bought this water dispenser. and the reason i've done that is because i was finding that i was boiling the same piece of water time and time again. i hear you. she's already taken part in a small trial this year, and is signed up for the national grid's new scheme. if you've got enough notice — which normally may be the day before — you can plan around it, you can just sort of say, we're going to have dinner at this time. and i think it's a really good thing for everybody to try and do if they are able to. i think it's something that i've found that i've actually enjoyed doing as part of our lives. and you've earned some money. earned a bit money out of it, yeah. so what's the deal with the national grid's demand flexibility scheme? there are 12 one—hour tests

planned for this winter. they'll take place between 4pm and 7pm — peak time for energy use. national grid says a typical household could save £100 off their bills. but it all depends on how much energy you use, and your energy company. you need a smart meter to take part. most energy suppliers are in the process of signing up. to really reduce your electricity use, it's all about the big appliances — like the washing machine, the tumble dryer and the dishwasher — using them late in the evening, or even overnight. but is the financial incentive going to be big enough to get households and businesses to take part? here at national grid, they have to balance supply and demand by the minute. they want to be able to save two gigawatts of electricity during peak hours if needed — the equivalent of powering a million homes.

it's not just the financial incentive — that's really important, it's quite a lot of money for people at a time where everybody�*s really constrained and household budgets are really, really stretched — but also just being able to get behind and do our bit. so this is an insurance policy. yeah, absolutely. and we're running these things as trials to make sure that it works. we hope not to have to use them this winter in anger, but it's just really being ready for every contingency. it's something they've never tried on this scale before. they've got mothballed coal plants on standby, as well — all to help this control room keep the lights on this winter in these challenging times. emma simpson, bbc news, reading. joining us now is rachel fletcher. she is the director of regulation and economics at octopus energy —— which is one of the suppliers that has already announced that will take part in the scheme. system going to work? how do you

notify your customers of how they can be involved? it is notify your customers of how they can be involved?— can be involved? it is really straightforward. _ can be involved? it is really straightforward. basically, l can be involved? it is really - straightforward. basically, when we get notified by the national grid the day ahead, we will contact all the day ahead, we will contact all the customers that had signed up to be part of what we are calling savings sessions. and i'm really pleased to say that we've got about 350,000 customers so far having said they want to be part of this and they want to be part of this and they want to be part of this and they want those notifications. so, we will tell the customer what time they need to cut their electricity use, and we'll tell them how much they are going to be rewarded for doing so. and then the rest is up the customer. it will be measuring their demand response through their smart metre, and they will get the reward. and there has been already mentioned on your piece earlier, we estimate that customers participation in this on average

once a week in the winter, they could be earning around £100, which is a sizeable amount of money but which is also really going to be of huge assistance to our electricity grid. huge assistance to our electricity rid. ~ , ~ huge assistance to our electricity rid. ~ , . ., grid. where is the incentive for customers _ grid. where is the incentive for customers to _ grid. where is the incentive for customers to take _ grid. where is the incentive for customers to take part - grid. where is the incentive for customers to take part in - grid. where is the incentive for customers to take part in this i customers to take part in this exercise they don't have a smart metre? ~ ., . , ., , ., ., metre? we do need customers to have a smart metre — metre? we do need customers to have a smart metre because _ metre? we do need customers to have a smart metre because that _ metre? we do need customers to have a smart metre because that is - metre? we do need customers to have a smart metre because that is the - a smart metre because that is the only way we can measure how people have used electricity during the window that the grid needs that response. and i would encourage anybody that doesn't have a smart metre, please, to contact your electricity supplier and ask for one, you are entitled to get one. everybody is entitled to get one. but, we, for example, we have got over half of our customers on a smart metre, and, you know, those that have already participated are giving us the equivalent power of a

small power station so this is really valuable consumer power that is going to be used this winter, which frankly we should be using all the time to keep our electricity grid in balance because it is an easy way of doing so and avoids carbon and it puts money into people my pockets. in a carbon and it puts money into people my pockets-— my pockets. in a way, it is nothing new because _ my pockets. in a way, it is nothing new because we _ my pockets. in a way, it is nothing new because we used _ my pockets. in a way, it is nothing new because we used to _ my pockets. in a way, it is nothing new because we used to have - my pockets. in a way, it is nothing new because we used to have the | new because we used to have the economy seven tariff years ago where you would deliberately put appliances on overnight when electricity, there was —— s demand for liquidity. we electricity, there was -- s demand for liquidity-— for liquidity. we have known since there was electricity _ for liquidity. we have known since there was electricity grid - for liquidity. we have known since there was electricity grid that - there was electricity grid that actually it can be really valuable to shave the peak, flatten the peak of electricity consumption. the problem is that we haven't really made enough use of this phenomenal resource that we've got sitting here, and especially as we have more and more renewable intermittent

renewable power on this system, the value of actually helping and encouraging customers to use power and use it to city when it is cheap and use it to city when it is cheap and green and to cutback on usage when perhaps we are relying on more expensive and more carbon generated fossil fuels, expensive and more carbon generated fossilfuels, that expensive and more carbon generated fossil fuels, that is the way we should be running the electricity grid in the future.— grid in the future. rachael, we appreciate _ grid in the future. rachael, we appreciate you _ grid in the future. rachael, we appreciate you talking - grid in the future. rachael, we appreciate you talking to - grid in the future. rachael, we appreciate you talking to us, l grid in the future. rachael, we - appreciate you talking to us, thank you rachael fletcher from appreciate you talking to us, thank you rachael fletcherfrom octopus energy. the northern ireland secretary has announced he will not call a fresh stormont assembly election in december. chris heaton harris says he has listened to concerns about the impact and cost of an election and says he will make a statement to parliament next week. the deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont passed last month following the election in may. let's talk to our ireland correspondent emma vardy. emma, when other likely to see an

election at stormont? inlet emma, when other likely to see an election at stormont?— election at stormont? not before christmas. _ election at stormont? not before christmas, there _ election at stormont? not before christmas, there had _ election at stormont? not before christmas, there had been - election at stormont? not before christmas, there had been that i election at stormont? not before - christmas, there had been that data, the 15th of december, widely talked about, lots of polling stations were put on notice that then the announcement came from the secretary of state over people put cornflakes early this morning that he wasn't to go for that pre—christmas election after all but we had all been starting to get the feeling that he was moving in this direction after having previously said he would for one at one minute past midnight and then seemed to stall for time. the bbc understands that what changed is there was intervention from the new prime minister rishi sunak so chris heaton—harris has been holding off, he has been leaving parties in some confusion but we have now that clarity this morning, they won't be a polling dayjust before christmas. that doesn't let me know when to be one at all because the legislation still stands that he has to call an election to be held by the 19th of january. that was to change, what he

would need to do is to pass an emergency legislation, and reading between the lines of a statement this morning, people are now thinking that might be the direction he's going in. he says he's going to make a statement to parliament next week on what the next steps will be. but in his statement, he said he had listened to peoples concerns, not only from the parties but also from businesses and people, and a key line in a statement was he said was to do he wants to prepare the best environment for the parties here at stormont to get back together to get back to power at almost the one thing they all agreed on was that an election was not desirable in any way and nobody really thought that an election was going to sort out any of the problems because the big block in place at the moment is the dup's deep opposition to the brexit arrangements, and an election wasn't going to change anything in that regard. going to change anything in that reaard. ., going to change anything in that reaard. . ., , going to change anything in that reaard. . . , ., ~ going to change anything in that rerard. ., ., , ., ~' g, , regard. emma vardy, thank you very

much. twitter says it will tell staff on friday whether they still have a job. the social media company says the cuts are intended to put it on a "healthy path". twitter was taken over last week by the billionaire businessman, elon musk. but there are concerns about what it might mean for regulating hate speech. will guyatt is a technology correspondent for lbc. welcome, nice to have you with us. is it lawful what is happening at twitter? ., ., , ., twitter? no, no, it is illegal in re twitter? no, no, it is illegal in pretty every — twitter? no, no, it is illegal in pretty every country _ twitter? no, no, it is illegal in pretty every country where - twitter? no, no, it is illegal in| pretty every country where this twitter? no, no, it is illegal in. pretty every country where this is happening, there is a lawsuit in place in california already because they have failed to warn the authorities, there is also another situation in the uk and staff seemingly have been laid off with no warnings at all. you can be the world's richest man, that doesn't mean you have to be the world for mac biggest rats. the behaviour here is appalling. tech companies have laid off people and escorting people

out of offices but doing this to say whether people get an e—mail to their personal e—mail address of their personal e—mail address of their work e—mail address to see they have a job is unacceptable. he did not have to do this in such an awfulfashion and that did not have to do this in such an awful fashion and that is the most important thing here. i hope authorities in the uk look at what happened here and the decisions they have taken to lay off happened here and the decisions they have ta ken to lay off staff happened here and the decisions they have taken to lay off staff in the uk and i hope authorities in other countries do as well. that is not to say that elon musk does not have serious decisions about to make about how to make a profit. twitter has made a profit once in its history. he has got 13 us billion dollars of debt to service as part of his initiative and anyone who has seen the interest rates rising on their mortgage rates can imagine how much money he will have to find. now we are seeing the real motives in

the bloodbath, he has to transform the bloodbath, he has to transform the company in order to make it work for him. ., ~ ., ., for him. you mun -- wonder who might want to take — for him. you mun -- wonder who might want to take the _ for him. you mun -- wonder who might want to take the risk _ for him. you mun -- wonder who might want to take the risk of _ for him. you mun -- wonder who might want to take the risk of working - for him. you mun -- wonder who might want to take the risk of working for - want to take the risk of working for twitter in the future if this is how people are treated. just twitter in the future if this is how people are treated.— twitter in the future if this is how people are treated. just imagine how ou are people are treated. just imagine how you are going — people are treated. just imagine how you are going to _ people are treated. just imagine how you are going to pick _ people are treated. just imagine how you are going to pick up _ people are treated. just imagine how you are going to pick up the - people are treated. just imagine how you are going to pick up the morale l you are going to pick up the morale of these people, some of these people have worked triply hard in the last week, including sleeping in offices because it has been documented on twitter, to try and get this blue tick verification idea and it came up with last weekend over haggling over price with stephen king the horror author, over twitter, has decided the blue tick verification system has to come in place on sunday so engineers have been working through the night to get it done. the behaviour here shows no class, i know business people have to make tough decisions, and understand thatjobs have to be lost, but when you have the welcome mat richest man, you can do it with a bit more class and style. i think people will be turned off elon musk,

he has long had a reality distortion around him, lots of people love tesla, it is an automated company that was struggling to reach its targets on making cars until very recently that was the biggest automotive country in the world, he has what other businesses and has made promises to other organisations, he is not a very nice man and i think that has been proven this morning. disposal behaviour. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. for many of you, the dry sunniest day of the week after the chili, frosty and in places foggy start but lots of sunshine to take you through the day but a few exceptions, one or two showers in the west, very isolated and more in the west, very isolated and more in the showers in the far north of scotland where there is a continuing breeze bells where wind is lighter than we've seen for the week but temperatures between ten and 1a celsius and might feel on the cool side but that is fairly normal for this stage in november and as we go

into the evening, it will be a dry and clear stop for many especially across eastern areas and there could be a touch of frost and across central areas of cloud, the wind picks up on the temperatures will rise as we start to see rain pushing, especially across ireland into west wales and south—west, first on saturday. outbreaks of rain will go across all parts of the country through the day and some western areas will be sunnier going into the afternoon but the cloud and rain will linger across shetland, oakley, and southern and eastern parts of england and the southern parts of england and the southern parts of england and the southern parts of england. see you soon. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the bbc hears evidence that drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france to recruit. plans to develop infrastructure are under review as the government prepares to save an estmitated £50m in cuts. keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see

customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas. twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. we are going to find the solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the �*earthshot prize' sport now, and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. let's start with some live cricket at the t20 world cup in australia, where we're closer to seeing whether england will go through to the knockout stages. they play sri lanka tomorrow, but underway today in group 1 is australia against afghanistan.

the hosts need victory to give themselves any chance of reaching semi—finals; but even that might not be enough if england win tomorrow. afghanistan are already out. australia are batting first — and slipped to 86—4 — which included david warner being bowled by naveen ul haq. afghanistan chasing a and they need 17 from the final three balls and our hundred and so that is coming to a thrilling closure. and elsewhere i can tell you that new zealand all but secured their progress to the semifinal with a 35 run win over ireland. and i'm keeping my eyes on it, it is 11 off two balls for afghanistan to pull off a shock. a human rights organisation says it's "nothing short of appalling" for fifa to request all the teams at the world cup to "focus on the football"." human rights watch say it was deeply offensive,

that fifa's letter pleaded with people to "not allow football to be dragged into every ideological or political battle that exists." the world cup has been surrounded by controversy; with qatar criticised for its stance on same—sex relationships, human rights record, treatment of migrant workers and questions over it's climate claims. in response, peaceful protests have been planned by some players. qatar's world cup organisers state, "everyone is welcome" despite that appeal from fifa, the liberal democrats foreign affairs spokesperson has called on england to make a "display of solidarity" with iranian women at their opening match of the world cup against iran. protests have swept across the country after the death of kurdish woman, mahsa amini, in police custody in september. layla moran mp has written to manager gareth southgate and captain harry kane telling them such a move would be, "hugely meaningful in raising awareness about the iranian government's condemnable actions." "any step which we can take to demonstrate our solidarity with the women of iran, and show them that they are supported, is also crucial."

she said, "i am very conscious of the opportunity presented by your opening world cup fixture against iran in a few weeks' time." some rugby union news now, as northampton fly—half dan biggar is set to join french side toulon with immediate effect. the wales international had already announced he would be leaving saints at the end of the season. however, speaking about the decision, biggar said he "never envisaged leaving saints midway through the season, but this opportunity came around very quickly," and he made with his family in mind. and saints chief exec said he leaves with the club's "very best wishes". there was another historic night for great britain at the world gymnastics championships in liverpool asjessica gadirova secured the nation's first women's all—around medal at the championships.

gadirova was part of the british squad who claimed team silver, a couple of days ago, and the dublin—born18—year—old, followed that with a brilliant effort last night to take bronze and said she was "over the moon". her team—mate alice kinsella finished fourth. i don't think my brain is quite catching what's going on. and i'mjust... just... i still don't know what to say! it's so hard! it's such a dream come true to even just be on the podium and... i'm just so proud of my team—mates, the whole british gymnastics team. and my friends and family, the support, my coaches — i just want to thank everyone for all their support, i wouldn't have been able to do without them. next to a night of heavy metal at the copper box in london, as england won their opening match of the wheelchair rugby league, world cup, against australia. in front of a world record crowd, for wheelchair rugby league, of over

three thousand, england, won 38—8. jack brown here, among the players scoring two tries. and look at this for a big hit on the captain tom halliwell — not for the faint hearted. but he picked himself up and carried on. and later said on social media, "safe to say i lost this battle". and on bbc two you can watch the match between france and wales which is under way. france are the defending champions and it looks as if they've just scored another try. you can follow all of the coverage on now in that between france and wales. and i can tell you before i hand back that australia have won by four runs against afghanistan, so now it will be all eyes on england tomorrow and they need to win against sri lanka to hope they can progress. sarah, thank you for the last update.

let's speak to and longfield, the former children's commissioner for england. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. it's a rather bleak existence for some young people, it would appear. it is and we have — young people, it would appear. it 3 and we have attempted not to sugar—coat that. we talk to young people and their families and their communities and there are a lot of young people, possibly as many as 200,000 who find themselves very marginalised from their community and often these are children living in disadvantaged areas and often children who are in poverty, much more likely to be black boys, often excluded from school, all of which combines to make them more vulnerable. of course, for those criminal adults seeking to find children to exploit, there no way to

find them and they will target them and groom them. it is something we have seen in disadvantaged areas, more urban areas for some time, but we are seeing new trends towards more middle—class areas and families andindeed more middle—class areas and families and indeed that children are becoming younger, so it is bleak but it is preventable as well. you ro ose it is preventable as well. you propose a — it is preventable as well. you propose a lot _ it is preventable as well. you propose a lot of _ it is preventable as well. you propose a lot of things - it is preventable as well. you propose a lot of things in a report on one of the ideas that leaves out is a sure start course for teenagers which used to be something for us families with young children to help them out when there were babies and toddlers. what sort of a network of intervention would this be? we intervention would this be? , deliberately looked at the model of sure start because we thought it was so effective and popular with parents and frankly it was a historic mistake to get rid of so many. but we have looked at what that will mean for teenagers and we

say it would operate in and around schools and bring together health and education and there would be trusted people, adults there, some professionals and families and young people would know them and build relationships with them and ask for advice and they would also be coordinating activities for young people, and another part of that is they should be an army, 10,000 youth practitioners who would have been there ten years ago but are not there ten years ago but are not there any more. people who can go on there any more. people who can go on the lookout the kids struggling and inspire them and guide them in many ways building that infrastructure around young people and the school and that kind of support is what families say they want because when they discover the horror of a burner phone, or cash, or knives in their children's bedrooms, they look around and phone social services on the police and there is no one there that can help them until it turns into crisis, and that is what needs

to change. into crisis, and that is what needs to chance. into crisis, and that is what needs to change-— to change. there is a great deal more in that — to change. there is a great deal more in that report _ to change. there is a great deal more in that report and - to change. there is a great deal more in that report and i - to change. there is a great deal more in that report and i hope i to change. there is a great deal. more in that report and i hope we talk about it again another time but for now, thank you very much. chris heaton—harris says he has listened to concerns about the impact and cost of an election and says he will make a statement to the irish parliament next week. the deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont passed last month following the election in may. we arejoined by we are joined by stephen ferrari, and thank you forjoining us this morning. what is your view on the decision not to hold fresh elections in december? i decision not to hold fresh elections in december?_ decision not to hold fresh elections in december?— in december? i think it's the right decision. there _ in december? i think it's the right decision. there wasn't _ in december? i think it's the right decision. there wasn't really - in december? i think it's the right decision. there wasn't really any. decision. there wasn't really any appetite in northern ireland for an election in the run—up to christmas and in the midst of the cost of living crisis. and we also know from history that having an election doesn't really achieve anything and

we will come back with the same issues afterwards but it could be worse and parties have stronger mandates there to stay out of the executive and to be more hardline, so it's often more polarisation and northern ireland, what we need to see now is a real strategy from the northern ireland office to ensure we can have institutions restored and restored on a sustainable basis and for us, that means some reform of the rules around power such as? at the rules around power such as? at the moment we have a veto where either of the two largest parties can prevent the formation of an executive, so between 2017 and 2020 we saw sinn fein withdraw and we had a vacuum for almost three years which led to the agreement in january 2020 and now the dup have pulled out in fabry of this year and this is their position on the protocol. and if you look back over the last 2a years at the good friday

agreement, these are institutions that have only been operational for 60% of the time so we need to have a different approach to power—sharing which allows those parties to surpass the majority of two thirds or 70% and former executive, but not allowjust or 70% and former executive, but not allow just one or 70% and former executive, but not allowjust one individual party to block the rest of us from going ahead. otherwise we end up with a prolonged vacuum in this cost of living crisis with reforms needed to the health service and no executive budget for northern ireland at present which means government departments are basically spending in a vacuum. departments are basically spending in a vacuum-— in a vacuum. what is the impact it is havin: in a vacuum. what is the impact it is having on _ in a vacuum. what is the impact it is having on people _ in a vacuum. what is the impact it is having on people in _ in a vacuum. what is the impact it is having on people in northern i is having on people in northern ireland, the fact that stormont is not functioning and hasn't been for some time? it’s not functioning and hasn't been for some time?— not functioning and hasn't been for some time? �*, . , ., some time? it's really bad. northern ireland is poorer _ some time? it's really bad. northern ireland is poorer than _ some time? it's really bad. northern ireland is poorer than the _ some time? it's really bad. northern ireland is poorer than the rest - some time? it's really bad. northern ireland is poorer than the rest of- ireland is poorer than the rest of the uk and we have more people relying on benefits than elsewhere in the uk, so the cost of living

crisis cuts even deeper here and many of the measures that have been introduced in great britain don't apply in northern ireland and we are still waiting for them to come through so there is a real urgency in having these decisions taken and seeing their delivery but it does me that the uk government will have to intervene and set a budget over the heads of the local parties, that is inevitable and we also need to see the business department rolling out the business department rolling out the £400 payments which have not yet arrived and also support for homes and around two thirds of households in northern ireland rely on this compared to 4% uk wide so there's major challenges say that have to be addressed. ., ~ major challenges say that have to be addressed. . ~ , ., . major challenges say that have to be addressed. . ~ i. . i. addressed. thank you so much your time. donald trump has dropped one of his strongest

hints yet that he may run for the white house again. he was speaking at a rally in sioux city, iowa on the campaign trailfor the us mid term elections. the election was rigged and stolen and our country is being destroyed. iran twice, i won twice, and did much better the second time than i did the first. getting millions more votes in 2020 than i got in 2016. and, likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again. 0k? very, very, very probably. very, very probably. south korea says it scrambled dozens of fighterjets after north korea flew 180 planes near their shared border for several hours. the two air forces did not come into contact. the incident follows several days of heightened tension on the korean peninsula, with north korea carrying out multiple missile tests. south korea and the united states are currently conducting a joint military air exercise, which was extended by a day

following pyongyang's missile launches. south korea has many modern american aircraft. some of north korea's planes are thought to date back to the 1950s. the headlines on bbc news. the bbc hears evidence that drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france to recruit. plans for a new nuclear plant in suffolk and a new high speed rail line in the north are under review as the government tries to cut spending northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas passengers will experience more rail disruptions from tomorrow, as workers take part in the latest day of strike action in a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. members of the rmt union and the tssa will walk out and passengers are being told to only travel by train if necessary. here's our transport

correspondent katy austin. a new wave of strikes is getting under way. it's becoming a bit ridiculous now, to be honest, i think. some of us do need to get to work and you're kind of forcing our hand. i support the strikes. i think they are striking for the right reasons, because i think a lot of the problems with the delays and cancellations is because of the underfunding that has gone on over the past few years. today, only a limited service is running on west midlands railway as members of the tssa union walk out. tomorrow there will be disruption around the country because of a strike by rail workers in the rmt union and some in the tssa. only about one fifth of britain's usually train services will run, and they will start later and finish earlier than normal. disruption will also spill over into sunday morning. talks between unions and rail employers continue. the rmt says there has not been enough progress.

we have not had an offer put to us by the train operating companies in any way, shape orform that we could even consider. this is despite eight days of strike action. and the offer that we have had from network rail is woefully inadequate and is completely linked to strings that are unacceptable to my union. and they've started imposing some of those. the rail delivery group, which speaks for train companies, has urged unions to recognise the financial challenge facing the railway. i'm not going to say it is easy at this moment in time, but i do think we are getting into areas where we can see commonality in terms of reform that we think might be acceptable to all parties. clearly, we have got to make an offer to the trade unions and we're working up to do that. network rail, which maintains and operates the infrastructure, says a fair and affordable offer remains on the table. the new rail minister says he hopes

a deal could be done to solve the disputes with compromise. it's incredibly regrettable that we have another round of strikes. but my message to the trade unions is that we want to work positively and constructively to get this issue sorted. we do not want to make it a political issue. we want to find a way through this. that means all parties working together. for now, passengers around the country are bracing themselves for more travel misery. katy austin, bbc news. today the arts council announced who will receive a share of its £420 million part and amongst the losers as the english national opera which has lost its 12.6 million core funding of the cuts are part of a wider overhaul of young artists in england with the emphasis on events outside of london. with us is david

sillitoe. quite a shift and deliberately so.— sillitoe. quite a shift and deliberatel so. .. sillitoe. quite a shift and deliberatel so. ., ., deliberately so. the government have told the arts — deliberately so. the government have told the arts council— deliberately so. the government have told the arts council to _ deliberately so. the government have told the arts council to move - deliberately so. the government have told the arts council to move the - told the arts council to move the money out of london and that is what they have done stop so let's start with the big losers. english opera, it takes about £6 million in box office revenue, £12 million from the outs council and you can see how big a part, £33 million of income and a third of it gone. they will get a grant that will help them transition, £70 million in the next three years and they are being encouraged to move, moving possibly to manchester. a big one there. the donmar, famous london thera, sam mendis, famous director, it's lost its entire grant. the national theatre, many of the big institutions, the royal opera house have had cuts, not dramatic cuts but cuts and then you have the winners. the winners are the little towns all around britain. there were 800 or

something grants before and now there aren't 990 and a lot of new organisations. i can't list them all but to go through it all, you name a small town that had nothing before, it's got something now. you are talking about barnsley, mostly, these new stratford north theatres, a lovely theatre in prescott which is getting a £400,000 grant, so there is a big shift of the arts council money but for the big institutions who had a really, really tough time in the last four years, especially with covid, this will be a big blow, and english national opera, massive reorganisation. it still owns the coliseum in london i can still render out and have an income but a lot of people very worried today. david, thank you very much. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the �*earthshot prize'. the aim is to find new and creative

ideas that will help protect our planet for the future. five winners will each receive £1 million to make their project a reality. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has been to revisit two of last year's winners. prince william launched his earthshot prize with a glamorous ceremony in london's alexandra palace last year. in the next ten years, we are going to act. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. there was a galaxy of stars in attendance. david attenborough was one of the judges. we don't have eternity. we need to do this now. the aim — to inspire a new generation of innovators. and you can see the results in the fronds of coral here in the bahamas. earthshot winner coral vita has developed systems for growing heat resistant corals to help restore the world's dying coral reefs.

the goal would be to have coral vitas around the world, to go global with coral veta, because we've lost 50% of the world's reefs within the last decade. so this is a global issue, and reef restoration isn't something that's just exclusive to the bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted air in india. takachar won for the burner they created, which converts leftover straw and other agricultural waste into fuel and fertiliser. the earthot prize has really catapulted us from where we were and the resources that we had, and has given us access to so many networks and resources that can really enable us to scale up work, essentially, and increase the pace of our work. earthshot says it aims to build a library of solutions over the decade. the idea is others will be able to draw on the expertise winning project establish, to help us all tackle the planet's environmental problems. justin rowlatt, bbc news.

a christmas stamp collection featuring queen elizabeth the second has been released by royal mail. it will be the last time the queen's silhouette will feature on a festive stamp. the set of six art deco—style stamps depict moments from the nativity. fifa has written to all 32 teams competing at the world cup — telling them to �*focus on the football'. the tournament, which starts in qatar on november 20, has been surrounded by controversy. qatar has been criticised for its stance on same—sex relationships, its human rights record, and its treatment of migrant workers. peaceful protests have been planned by some players. qatar's world cup organisers have previously stated that �*everyone is welcome' at the event. lovely, crisp autumn day for many of you but a few changes this weekend

and if you take a look of the atlantic, the swell of cloud was a few days ago and was briefly a hurricane in the mid—atlantic which will not bring stormy weather but as it trundles towards us will throw some rain bands and bring milder air later this weekend. for the time being, a clear slot at the moment on the overnight rain clearing away from the south—east quickly and a few isolated showers in the north and west but for the rest of the day, most of you, a very pleasant autumn day, staying dry, long spells of sunshine and lighter winds than we are used to add a bit of breeze in the far north of scotland but for most, temperatures in the sunshine between ten and 14 celsius which will be chillier than the been used to but it's really where we would be normally at this stage in november. this evening, as the sky is clear and temperatures drop we could see a frost form but then the cloud increases to the west and temperatures pick up and outbreaks of rain pushing, so a milder start tomorrow across the western areas but the chance of some frost and through eastern england first thing

in the morning. there will be a bit of a sunrise to start with but cloud spills in from the west and outbreaks of rain across western areas, heavy at times, turning lighter and patchy as it pushes east and the afternoon stays cloudy and shetland and parts of eastern england and the channel islands with further light rain and drizzle but further light rain and drizzle but further north—west you will see sunshine develop after a wet start and temperatures similar to today's values but clearer skies for many as we head into the evening and for bonfire night cloud and patchy rain could linger towards the south—east corner and that could develop a ripple as we going to sunday bring in more heavy rain across saturated ground and we have to watch for potential flooding issues ground and we have to watch for potentialflooding issues but the area of low pressure squeezes in a bit more meaning for sunday south—westerly winds across the country and for many a mixture of sunshine and showers, so some eastern areas with a better chance of sunshine compared to saturday but downpours will not be too far away and some of the driest weather might be in the north—east of scotland. temperatures lifting relative to what we have seen today and

saturday. but temperatures will lift further as we go into next week but be prepared as there is more windy and wet weather to come and windy conditions across the country are to from monday into tuesday and as you can see from the icons, plenty of showers as well.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the bbc hears evidence that drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france to recruit. we have a special report. plans for a new nuclear plant in suffolk and a new high speed rail line in the north are under review as the government tried to cut spending. northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. people in the uk office have been notified of their redundancies and already people here

in los angeles have seen access to their work e—mail and slack cut—off. the english national opera is to lose its arts council funding as part of moving cash for cultural institutions out of london. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are using small boats to cross the channel, in order to enter the uk. albanians, who've already travelled from their home country to mainland europe,

account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who've crossed the channel to england so far this year, according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn't interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence — the shuttered houses and empty cafes — leftovers of an exodus that's spiked this year.

as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped, the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. adverts on albanian social media promise easy passage for about £3,000, with middlemen on hand to arrange transport from brussels, paris or dunkirk. we contacted some of them, posing as an albanian client. within half an hour, we had two offers for crossings, different options for payment, and advice on claiming asylum in the uk. this system is one reason uk police say the networks are hard to break. whereas in drugs, firearms, you would see a hierarchical structure with a kingpin at the top, we don't see that with organised immigration crime.

we see close associations, loose networks across that migration route. french officials say that albanians are acting as middlemen for the iraqi kurdish gangs that still control most boat crossings from france. this woman's son crossed from dunkirk last month without the help of fixers, or even the money to pay the smugglers. a relative in england acted as guarantor, she said, and got her son across. his younger brother — just 14 years old — is already planning his own trip. each successful crossing, an invisible thread that tugs at the minds of albanians back home. lucy williamson, bbc news, dunkirk. later today, immigration minister robertjenrick will visit dover to meet local residents, many of whom are angry about the rising numbers making their way across the channel.

it follows the home secretary's tour of an overcrowded migrant facility yesterday. over the course of the week, suella braverman has been under increased criticism in her government role. let's remind ourselves how we got here. ms braverman faced pressure regarding overcrowding at manston, a migrant processing centre in kent, amid accusations she had turned down plans that would have prevented congestion at the centre. she promised to tackle what she called the scourge of illegal immigration, but was condemned after claiming there was an invasion across england's southern coast. taking particular aim at albanians. the albanian prime minster said his citizens were being used as scapegoats and that uk border issues were down to failed policies. earlier, the policing minister chris philp was asked about the overcrowding at manston migrant centre. there's been a very substantial effort in the last seven days to reduce the number of people in the manston camp. i believe about 1,000 people, or slightly over 1,000 people have

come out of that camp in the course of the last week, so there has been a very substantial reduction in numbers. in addition to that, there has been a lot of work done to improve the facilities and also build additional accommodation on that site. so, in the last seven days, we've seen, i think, a very dramatic improvement in the circumstances there. from dover, our correspondent simonjones dover has the latest. another day and another ministerial visit here in dover. yesterday, the home secretary suella braverman came here and spoke to border officers down there in the port. she wouldn't speak to the media though. today the immigration minister, robertjenrick, is coming to speak to the local mp natalie elphick and also councillors and concerned residents. in terms of the crossings, it has been pretty windy overnight, but we're only around 50 people away from reaching the milestone of 40,000 people having made the journey by boat so far this year.

suella braverman said that she wants to make the route unviable, she is the latest home secretary to say that. she says she wants innovative solutions to this problem but she hasn't given any details as to what she means by that. in the short term, the focus for the government is the migrant centre around 20 miles from here at manston. there have been huge problems there of overcrowding, reports of disease spreading. the site was designed to hold around 1,600 people for 24 hours. at the weekend there were 4,000 people there. the government says since then the other people have been moved out to other hotel accommodation. that means numbers are now down to around 2,700 people this morning but that is still far over the capacity that should be on the site. the home office said that facilities are being improved there, there's improved medicalfacilities, improved catering facilities and there will be more activities for the migrants on site.

but make no mistake, there is still a lot of pressure on the system there. the local mp in thanet, sir roger gale, after suella braverman's visit to manston said that he thought she now grasps the scale of the issue and understood that this site was completely unsuitable to hold people for any length of time. that may be challenged in the courts because the government is potentially facing a couple of legal challenges — one of them is being brought by a group called detention action and a woman who said she was there for 20 days. they are arguing that the site simply isn't suitable to hold people, it is illegal to hold people for any length of time there. they say women and children were forced to sleep alongside men who they weren't related to and they say that people inside had no access to decent legal advice. the government says it won't comment on any legal challenge but it has stressed it is faced with this dilemma of trying to get people out of manston quickly but also the issue that they can't leave people destitute.

there is a lot of anger, htough, from mps at what has happened, even from conservative mps, we've got the former immigration minister damian green who is the ashford mp. he says the government has been too focused on policies like trying to send asylum seekers to rwanda rather than focusing on what's happening day—to—day in sites like manston. the weather has been pretty choppy so far today so it is possible we won't see any more crossings but it is only a matter of time before we reach that 40,000 figure. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport there are plans to allow households to qualify for discounted electricity bills, as part of national grid's efforts to avoid blackouts this winter. the scheme, which requires a smart

meter, is being trialled by energy suppliers who will pay customers to reduce their electricity use at peak times. although power outages are unlikely, it's part of national grid's contingency plan, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it's the time of day when many of us get home, put on the lights and all the appliances, as well. but millions of us could now earn money off our bills by using less electricity when demand is at its peak. julie in saffron walden is up for it. so what i've done is i've ditched the kettle and i've bought this water dispenser. and the reason i've done that is because i was finding that if you've got enough notice — which normally may be the day before — you can plan around it, you can just sort of say, we're if they are able to. doing as part of our lives. and you've earned some money.

earned a bit money out of it, yeah. national grid says a typical household could save £100 off their bills. and your energy company. you need a smart meter to take part. to really reduce your electricity use, it's all about the big appliances — like the washing machine, the tumble dryer and the dishwasher — using them late in the evening, or even overnight. but is the financial incentive going to be big enough to get households and businesses to take part? here at national grid, they have to balance supply

and we're running these things as trials to make it's something they've never tried on this scale before. emma simpson, bbc news, reading. projects as it tries to rein in public spending. the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement

on the 17th november. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review. former prime minister borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september, with a call to go nuclear and go large. a high—speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try to raise more money through capital gains tax — that's a tax on the profit made when you sell something that has increased in value. it's trying to make savings of at least £50 billion to fill the current hole in the treasury's finances. here's our business editor, simonjack. major energy infrastructure and transport projects, including a new nuclear plant in suffolk, and a new rail line in the north of england, are under review and could be delayed, watered down or even scrapped, as the government tries to cut spending, the bbc understands. the new business secretary, grant shapps, gave the clearest indication yet that recent

commitments by former prime minister liz truss to a brand new line, eventually connecting northern towns and cities from hull to liverpool through bradford, were very likely to be scaled back. the line itself can deliver a 33 minute journey from manchester to leeds, quadruple nearly the capacity of that line, and do so without having to wait an extra 20 years beyond the delivery of what the upgrade can do. so we'll be able to provide all of that upgrade. there wasn't really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the pennines. government officials also cast doubt on the future of sizewell c, a £25 billion project to build two new nuclear reactors at an existing site in suffolk, that promises to provide up to 7% of the uk's total electricity needs. "we are reviewing every major project, including sizewell c," said people familiar with the matter. new large scale nuclear plants has been a key part of the government's strategy to help reduce the uk's reliance on fossil fuels.

borisjohnson, while pm, declared it was his intention to build eight new reactors in the next eight years. a shift away from that position would represent a major change in uk energy policy, that some will lament, and some will celebrate. simon jack, bbc news. let's get more from our political correspondent, iain watson. first of all, tax, how clear is it what the tax plans are? it is not entirely clear. _ what the tax plans are? it is not entirely clear. we _ what the tax plans are? it is not entirely clear. we have - what the tax plans are? it is not entirely clear. we have had - what the tax plans are? it is not entirely clear. we have had very heavy hints from downing street that they are going to extend the scope and duration of the windfall tax on energy companies and in addition to that, they are looking to gain more money from capital gains tax, that is essentially profits when you dispose of an asset. but people can

end up paying more tax, we don't expect the headline increase in capital gains tax but they are looking at a range of other options around reliefs and allowances, for example. it becomes more difficult when you look at the other side of this because 50% of the cost of plugging the black hole in britain's refinances will come from raising taxes 50%, from cutting spending. between and within vertical parties it is contentious. —— political parties. they are already talking about returning to a scaled back version of the northern house rail project. when it comes to other infrastructure projects such as sizewell c, the new power station that has yet to get under way, working with the french state company edf, what downing street has been saying in the past few minutes

is that that project will not be scrapped. so, whatever else they may decide to do, whatever reviews they are carrying out, the project itself will not be scrapped, we will find out in what form it will go ahead perhaps and subsequently but these are decisions that have to be taken on november 17 and i think is a general rule what the treasury has been saying is very clearly that nothing is off the table, they want to be very clear that that message, they will be further potentially more contentious political decision to take, political and economic decisions to take on the next couple of weeks. ., decisions to take on the next couple of weeks. . ., ~ , ., sport now, let's get a full roundup, from the bbc sport centre.

australia have beaten afghanistan by four runs in the t20 world cup but have failed to achieve the net run—rate swing required to further boost their chances of progressing, which now means that england simply have to beat sri lanka tomorrow to make the semi—finals at australia's expense. glenn maxwell was not out and top scored for australia with 54 as they made 168 for 8 in their innings. afganistan showed fight and took australia all the way to the final over, but fell four runs short and end the tournament without a win. a human rights organisation says it's "nothing short of appalling" for fifa to request all the teams at the world cup to "focus on the football". human rights watch say it was deeply offensive, that fifa's letter pleaded with people to "not allow football to be dragged into every ideological or political battle that exists." the world cup has been surrounded by controversy; with qatar criticised for its stance on same—sex relationships, human rights record, treatment of migrant workers and questions over it's climate claims. in response, peaceful protests have been planned by some players. qatar's world cup organisers state, "everyone is welcome".

some rugby union news now, as northampton fly—half dan biggar is set to join french side toulon with immediate effect. the wales international had already announced he would be leaving saints at the end of the season. . . however speaking about the decision, biggar said he "never envisaged leaving saints midway through the season, but this opportunity came around very quickly," and he made with his family in mind. and saints chief exec said he leaves with the club's "very best wishes". owen farrell will captain england against argentina on sunday — he's been paired with manu tuilagi in midfield. farrell has completed the return to play concussion protocol after suffering an injury in saracens' win over exeter two weeks ago. alex coles will make his england debut. after england got their wheelchair rugby league world cup campaign off to a perfect start yesterday, with a 38—8 win over australia at the copper boxin london, it's the turn of wales today.

coverage on bbc two right now, they are facing the defending champions france, we are into the second half there, a difficult openerfor them, france are really strong. at 1:30pm, scotland will take on the usa. that is the sports for now. the northern ireland secretary has announced he will not call a fresh stormont assembly election in december. chris heaton—harris says he has listened to concerns about the impact and cost of an election and says he will make a statement to parliament next week. the deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont passed last month following the election in may. let's talk to our northern ireland correspondent emma vardy, who's at stormont. what has the reaction been to this decision, emma?—

decision, emma? well, there is a feelin: of decision, emma? well, there is a feeling of relief _ decision, emma? well, there is a feeling of relief from _ decision, emma? well, there is a feeling of relief from parties - decision, emma? well, there is a feeling of relief from parties and | feeling of relief from parties and probably a lot of voters, too, they won't have to be campaigning on the doorsteps in the run—up to christmas, it wasn't really a very festive feeling, was it, election posters on the lamp post and all the kind of divisive, polarising arguments that tend to come with a northern ireland election. but that doesn't completely answer the question as to what happened next because by law they are still required to have an election held by the 19th of january, that is because of course the dup and sinn fein, the parties here, haven't been able to get back into a power—sharing arrangement because of the dup's opposition to the brexit arrangements. their position hasn't shifted, they are to be opposed to the new irish sea border which they see as undermining northern ireland's place in the uk. an election wasn't going to change that, and getting a resolution to that, and getting a resolution to that depends on negotiations between the uk and the eu. so, for now, the parties here in northern ireland are

waiting to see what the secretary of state receiving harris does in parliament next week. there is some expectation that perhaps he might pass legislation to push that deadline for an election back even further and create more space for there to be something that comes with the negotiations on the protocol within the eu that he can then take back to the parties to see whether that might satisfy the dup's demands. but for now people can put the decorations up without having to worry about a christmas election and that will come as an early christmas present too many people here, i'm sure. ., ., present too many people here, i'm sure. . ., , ., sure. emma, what is the impact of their not being _ sure. emma, what is the impact of their not being a _ sure. emma, what is the impact of their not being a functioning - their not being a functioning assembly in northern ireland? it is having a noticeable impact on decisions, apparently. it having a noticeable impact on decisions, apparently. it does, of course, decisions, apparently. it does, of course. like _ decisions, apparently. it does, of course, like how— decisions, apparently. it does, of course, like how you _ decisions, apparently. it does, of course, like how you are - decisions, apparently. it does, of course, like how you are going i decisions, apparently. it does, of course, like how you are going toj course, like how you are going to spend money, how you can prioritise things, interventions you can make, all the sorts of things politicians are having to decide on a day—to—day basis to respond to challenges that

come up, think that the cost of living crisis, well, they can't be done, they are political decisions that have to be taken by a functioning executive so it has a huge impact for public services. we have heard lots of complacent health service, from doctors, saying the health service is in crisis in northern ireland, it has the longest wittiness in the uk without politicians in power, they can't set priorities and take decisions which might help these things. all sorts of problems and the longer it goes on, you see public services and the state of decay, as it has been described in the past because of course, northern ireland has been here before, there was a period of three years that a government last time, the executive was collapsed because of sinn fein walking out, and we saw what happened to public services than, so it create huge problems they by day, they get worse and particulars we are entering a difficult winterfor and particulars we are entering a difficult winter for people. emma vard , difficult winter for people. emma vardy. thank— difficult winter for people. emma

vardy, thank you. _ twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. everybody in the company got an e—mail saying that there was going to be a large reduction in headcount and that everybody would get an e—mail tomorrow and if you were part of the delayed group, it would be to your personal e—mail and if you were not, it would be to your work e—mail and about an hour after that, folks start to do getting their laptops remotely wiped. all of a sudden, i saw the screen flash grey, which is what happens when laptops get remotely wiped and it boots you to the screen that asks you for a security pain and says a message saying, further communication will come to your personal e—mail. you

don't wipe a laptop and remote call access if you are planning to keep someone on, it is not the done thing. someone on, it is not the done thin. ,., ., , someone on, it is not the done thin. ,, thing. twitter empoli flash speaking earlier. thing. twitter empoli flash speaking earlier- flash _ thing. twitter empoli flash speaking earlier. flash a _ thing. twitter empoli flash speaking earlier. flash a twitter— thing. twitter empoli flash speaking earlier. flash a twitter employee i earlier. flash a twitter employee talking earlier. she i'm joined now by lecturer and writer on tax issues and former she former chair of the institute of chartered accountants in england and wales tax faculty, rebecca benneyworth. will dividend tax is the tax paid by

owners of shares, that really falls into two populations, people who have invested in shares, not through their pensions because their pensions are tax—exempt but you own shares directly, they may get dividends they will pay tax on those dividends. but dividends they will pay tax on those dividends. �* ., . ., , dividends they will pay tax on those dividends. �* .. ., , ., dividends. but actually the other --oulation dividends. but actually the other population is _ dividends. but actually the other population is the _ dividends. but actually the other population is the one _ dividends. but actually the other population is the one we - dividends. but actually the other population is the one we are - dividends. but actually the other- population is the one we are hearing at a comment about this morning, the small business population, quite often owners of small companies take their profits out by way of dividend rather than paying themselves a salary, it isjust rather than paying themselves a salary, it is just a feature of how it is cheaper to do it. now, increasing dividends tax and the sorts of numbers i had seen bandied around this morning, increasing it from the current rate of 8.75 up to 10% doesn't sound like a huge increase but what you need to bear increase but what you need to bear in mind is why these people are so upset is that corporation tax is also going out and what that means is they pay corporation tax on their

profits and then they take a dividend out, so you are going to see their race, the combination of corporation tax going out and a rising dividend tax is going to make it quite a lot more expensive to run a small business through a limited company so i'm surprised we are hearing comments on that. on capital gains tax, as you said, displayed when you sell an asset that has gone up when you sell an asset that has gone up in value, there are certain things that are exempt like cars and mainly your home, that is the big one, so what could the chancellor do? well, at the moment, we've got a sort of weird mix of rates, people paid depending on whether that our basic tax rate payers a higher rate but they may pay anything between 10% up to 28%. and there has always been a sort of tax world view that when we had it as 20 and 40, that was simpler and it didn't encourage people to try and claim things for a capital gain when maybe they were

income, and this implication has actually recommended that we go back to the 20 and 40 in a report produced in november 2020, it was said it would being simpler and more neutral. that would hit owners of buy to let properties are selling, and it would also hit again small business people who are about to retire, they are selling up their business and they pay capital gains tax on that. there is also talk about changing reliefs, reducing reliefs and exemptions. difficult to think about whether government might go with that. the bake and most important relics of business disposers is called business asset disposal relief and that reduces their tax rate to 10% on up to £1 million. could the chancellor cut that? mr sunak did when he was chancellor, the limit used to be £10

million, and he cut it back quite aggressively, back to £1 million. i think we could hear a lot of screens from small business owners if a business asset disposal relief gets cut back still further. yes. business asset disposal relief gets cut back still further.— cut back still further. yes, the federation — cut back still further. yes, the federation of _ cut back still further. yes, the federation of small _ cut back still further. yes, the l federation of small businesses already saying they think some of these changes will discourage people going into business or staying in business. we really appreciate you talking to us, thank you very much. thank you very much. let's get the weather. that looks your visit —— pretty, where is that? it is which p in north yorkshire. we have a much quieter day today and we need one, the sun is out and it is right for most areas, did the cloud coming into the west. in right for most areas, did the cloud coming into the west.— right for most areas, did the cloud coming into the west. in the whole, it is d , coming into the west. in the whole, it is dry. plenty _ coming into the west. in the whole, it is dry. plenty of— coming into the west. in the whole, it is dry, plenty of sunshine - coming into the west. in the whole, it is dry, plenty of sunshine around | it is dry, plenty of sunshine around other is around 11 to 13 degrees, senator we had yesterday. useful for

quickly across eastern areas this evening and overnight, still the odd shower, heading up towards the northern isles of scotland and a change comes into western areas, cloud comes in, rain as well, that will keep the temperatures up and a good part of scotland down the eastern half of england may see temperatures down to two or three degrees, perhaps the risk of a touch of frost. rain in the west, shuffling slowly eastwards, sunshine follows the northern ireland and eventually into much of scotland, many parts of england and wales stay cloudy, bit damp, not much rain but there will be cloudy skies and temperatures again 12 to 14 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. the bbc hears evidence that drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france to recruit. we have a special report. plans for a new nuclear plant in suffolk and a new high speed rail line in the north are under review as the government tried to cut spending

northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times . twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. and the english national opera is to lose its arts council funding as part of a programme to move cash for cultural institutions out of london. the gap in gp care between the richest and poorest parts of england has widened, according to research for bbc newsnight. whilst people in less affluent areas on average develop chronic health

conditions at a younger age and die earlier, they have fewer gps and a worse experience. here's newsnight�*s chief correspondent, david grossman. blackpool is the poorest town in england. it has the lowest life expectancy in the country. and with that, multiple complex health needs. you might assume those challenges would mean more doctors and better care. but come to places like the revoe estate, and you'll hear the opposite. you're always encouraged — anything that you suspect may be cancer. so i found a lump my lower back. it was painful. i phoned up my gp to get an appointment and they suggested it might be better to go to the walk—in centre because i'd get seen quicker. they offered me an appointment, but it was in three weeks' time. so they were great, but they did just pack me off with some painkillers. er... there was no access to a gp, there was no referral to anybody else. ijust sit there crying. i think, what's the point of trying to phone when no—one _ wants to help you?

i rely on my volunteers... christina is a youth worker at the centre. she says local kids often come to her for medical advice. they come and tell us, like, "mum tried to make me a doctor's appointment for this, but we haven't been able to, so i don't know what it is, but it's worrying me. do you think it's this, this?" and they are quite worried about it, and that's kids... they ask you for a medical diagnosis? yeah. i've got kids that are from seven to 13 coming in and asking — going, "do you think i've got this? because i've got this rash on my arm, but mum can't get me into the doctors." the uk's clearly gripped by a crisis in gp care right now, but research for newsnight suggests that that crisis is being felt even more acutely in areas like this that are already struggling with multiple deprivations. the figures suggest that places like blackpool have far fewer gps per head of population, and far lower levels of satisfaction with their care.

not only are there fewer gps offering fewer appointments, but the care as measured by the sea qc, or care quality commission on average is of a lower standard. research suggests expense of patients correlates with less developed, as in the poorer the area is the lower they rate their care. surgeries are harder to reach on the phone, and when they get an appointment, patients in poor areas rate the experience lower than those in more affluent areas. newton drive health. centre, emily speaking. newton drive health centre in blackpool is rated as good by the care quality commission. knocking. come in! susan green is a gp and partner. she says criticism of gps — particularly the idea that they are being lazy or uncaring — is hard to listen to. it is so devastating to be told that you're the problem. and you have to just say to yourself, "i know the reality of what i have done today.

i know the reality that if i do crumble and i can't do this any more, that's another 80 appointments a week potentially lost." the pain of a struggling primary care sector isn't spread equally. places like blackpool have already suffered most. and what was really striking on our visit — no—one seemed to think that the stresses on the system were about to ease. david grossman, bbc news, blackpool. you can watch the full report on newsnight tonight at 10:30 on bbc two and iplayer. let's get more now on the news that the northern ireland secretary has announced he will not call a fresh stormont assembly election in december. chris heaton harris says he has listened to concerns about the impact and cost of an election and says he will make a statement to parliament next week. the deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont passed last month following the election in may. i'm joined now by dup member of the northern ireland assembly

for east belfast, david brooks. thank you forjoining us. what is your view of the decision that chris heaton—harris has taken? i your view of the decision that chris heaton-harris has taken?- heaton-harris has taken? i think it's probably _ heaton-harris has taken? i think it's probably wise. _ heaton-harris has taken? i think it's probably wise. an _ heaton-harris has taken? i think it's probably wise. an election i heaton-harris has taken? i think it's probably wise. an election in | it's probably wise. an election in the week running up to christmas might have served as a distraction from the real issues and i don't think many people in northern ireland politics, and i thought this election might bring a solution and we have who goes to the polls, but i think what we need in northern ireland is a focus on the real issues at hand and in particular seeing a resolution of issues caused by the northern ireland protocol. how do you solve that? it's proven to be intractable notjust for your

party's satisfaction, but to everyone else too, so how do you do that? , ., , ., .., everyone else too, so how do you do that? , ., , ., . ., ., everyone else too, so how do you do that? , ., ., _ that? this was a commitment made by the british government _ that? this was a commitment made by the british government both _ that? this was a commitment made by the british government both in - that? this was a commitment made by the british government both in the - the british government both in the run—up to brexit but also in terms of bringing the parties back into government and we need them to be sure that there is a resolution so we have the northern ireland protocol bill moving through parliament and this will enable the parliament and this will enable the parliament to take steps in that regard but whether it's through the legislation or negotiation with the eu, it's important we have a resolution that insures northern ireland is restored in terms of its place in the uk internal market and the we are aware of the constitutional position remaining unchanged. constitutional position remaining unchan . ed. ., constitutional position remaining unchanged-— constitutional position remaining unchanued. ., , unchanged. there are some parties in northern ireland _ unchanged. there are some parties in northern ireland that _ unchanged. there are some parties in northern ireland that says _ unchanged. there are some parties in northern ireland that says the - unchanged. there are some parties in northern ireland that says the dup i northern ireland that says the dup is holding the executive and the whole of northern ireland to ransom in the middle of a cost of living

crisis, the argument being that there may be the £400 energy grant that the rest of the uk are getting, if there was a functioning assembly and it's not happening because of your party. mccreery my party is founded on the mandate receives from the people and i don't think anyone is unclear as to our stance and they've known since debris last year and wheneverjeffrey donaldson was removed as first minister we were serious. �* ., ., ., ., serious. and we would not turn to a new executive _ serious. and we would not turn to a new executive until _ serious. and we would not turn to a new executive until it _ serious. and we would not turn to a new executive until it was _ serious. and we would not turn to a new executive until it was resolved | new executive until it was resolved and the british government made these points on several occasions and we would be expected to honour that. and in terms of the cost of living crisis, we understand that and jeffrey donaldson has been in westminster with the business

secretary and they would be treated equitably and we are already behind in that regard in terms of what is happening in england, scotland and wales and we are pressing for the business secretary that northern ireland needs to see that as a single payment for christmas as promised. we single payment for christmas as romised. ~ , ., ~ ., . promised. we spoke to the alliance -a promised. we spoke to the alliance party earlier — promised. we spoke to the alliance party earlier and — promised. we spoke to the alliance party earlier and they _ promised. we spoke to the alliance party earlier and they said - promised. we spoke to the alliance party earlier and they said they i party earlier and they said they thought the rules should change so a party like the dup cannot veto storm aren't actually forming. what would be your party response to that? we are u- be your party response to that? , are up for a discussion around the reform of institutions but it seems some parties, perhaps the alliance party included, i understand their frustrations, they want to reform in such a way that it would exclude unionists and remove the safeguards we put in place putting in the good friday agreement, so we are happy to have a discussion around what the

options are moving forward and we are happy and we understand there is are happy and we understand there is a need for some kind of reform but those reforms needs to have, as all of these things do, the agreement of unions and nationalists and everything has been based on that since the good friday agreement and there's been a strong understanding nothing can move forward without this squaring with both communities. david brooks, thank you for your time today. hundreds of workers at heathrow airport will walk out in the run—up to the world cup finals this month over demands for better pay. the �*unite' union says 700 workers, who are involved in ground—handling, airside transport and cargo will strike for three days starting from november the 18th. passengers will experience more rail disruptions from tomorrow, as workers take part in the latest day of strike action in a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. members of the rmt union and the tssa will walk out

and passengers are being told to only travel by train if necessary. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. a new wave of strikes is getting under way. it's becoming a ridiculous now, to be honest, i think. some of us do need to get to work and you're kind of forcing our hand. i support the strikes. i think they are striking for the right reasons, because i think a lot of the problems with the delays and cancellations is because of the underfunding that has gone on over the past few years. today, only a limited service is running on west midlands railway as members of the tssa union walk out. tomorrow there will be disruption around the country because of a strike by rail workers in the rmt union and some in the tssa. only about one fifth of britain's usually train services will run, and they will start later and finish earlier than normal. disruption will also spill over into sunday morning. talks between unions and rail employers continue. the rmt says there has not been enough progress. we have not had an offer put to us

by the train operating companies in any way, shape orform that we could even consider. this is despite eight days of strike action. and the offer that we have had from network rail is woefully inadequate and is completely linked to strings that are unacceptable to my union. and they've started imposing some of those. the rail delivery group, which speaks for train companies, has urged unions to recognise the financial challenge facing the railway. i'm not going to say it is easy at this moment in time, but i do think we are getting into areas where we can see commonality in terms of reform that we think might be acceptable to all parties. clearly, we have got to make an offer to the trade unions and we're working up to do that. network rail, which maintains and operates the infrastructure, says a fair and affordable offer remains on the table. the new rail minister says he hopes a deal could be done to solve

the disputes with compromise. it's incredibly regrettable that we have another round of strikes. but my message to the trade unions is that we want to work positively and constructively to get this issue sorted. we do not want to make it a political issue. we want to find a way through this. that means all parties working together. for now, passengers around the country are bracing themselves for more travel misery. katy austin, bbc news. south korea says it scrambled dozens of fighterjets after north korea flew 180 planes near their shared border for several hours. the two air forces did not come into contact. the incident follows several days of heightened tension on the korean peninsula, with north korea carrying out multiple missile tests. south korea and the united states are currently conducting a joint military air exercise, which was extended by a day following pyongyang's missile launches. south korea has many modern american aircraft, some of north korea's planes are thought to

date back to the 1950s. the headlines on bbc news. plans for a new nuclear plant in suffolk and a new high speed rail line in the north are under review as the government tries to cut spending. northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas. twitter begins cutting jobs around the world following the firm's takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked. new recipients will include libraries him barnsley on the blackpool illuminations. the mayor of london says the cuts could not have come at a worse time. the government told the government to

move the money out of london and thatis move the money out of london and that is what they have done. starting with the big losers, english national opera comic takes about £6 million in box office revenue and £12 million from the arts council and you can see how big arts council and you can see how big a part, 33 million of income but a third are gone and they will get a grant that will help them transition, £17 million in the next three years and they are being encouraged to move, move possibly to manchester. a big one there. the donmar, well—known london theatre, sam mendez, famous director, lost the entire grant. the national theatre, many of the big institutions, the royal opera house, they had cuts, not dramatic cuts, but cuts. and then you have the winners. and they are the little towns all around britain. there were 800 grants or something beforehand and now there is 990 had a lot of new organisations. i can't list them all butjust going through it all,

you can name a small town that had nothing before and it's got something now. you are talking about sefton, barnsley, knowsley, the new stratford north theatre, a lovely theatre in prescott which is getting a £400,000 grant, so there's a big shift of the arts council money but for the big institutions who had a really, really tough time in the last three years, especially with covid, this will be a big blow. china's xijinping has urged deeper economic co—operation with germany, during a visit by chancellor olaf scholz to beijing. the trip, which is the first by a g7 leader since the coronavirus pandemic, has sparked controversy in germany and concern elsewhere in europe, after the chinese leader

cemented his grip on power. he's also under pressure to raise human rights during his visit. here's how mr scholz outlined his agenda for his meeting with president xi: in that respect, it is good we will have an intensive exchange on all issues and we want to and we can discuss, in regard to our bilateral relations, the possibilities to further intensify economic cooperation as well, of course, the issues where we pursue different perspectives. a commission on young lives report is warning that young people in england are being let down by social care, education and mental health systems, putting them in danger of grooming, exploitation and violence. earlier, we spoke to anne longfield, chair of the commission on young lives, and former children's commissioner for england. she said there should be an army of youth practitioners who can look out for children who are struggling. we've talked to young people and their families and their communities, theirfamilies and their communities, and there are a lot of young people, possibly as many as 200,000, it is estimated, who find themselves very marginalised from

themselves very marginalised from the community and often these are children living in very disadvantaged areas, and often children who are in poverty, much more likely to be black boys. and often excluded from school. all of which combines to make them more vulnerable for those criminal adults and they know where to exploit these children and they will target and ruin them. and it's something we've seenin ruin them. and it's something we've seen in disadvantaged areas for some time but we seek new trends towards more middle—class areas and families and that children are becoming younger, so it is bleak, but preventable as well. younger, so it is bleak, but reventable as well. .. �* . preventable as well. you've proposed a few things — preventable as well. you've proposed a few things in _ preventable as well. you've proposed a few things in this _ preventable as well. you've proposed a few things in this report _ preventable as well. you've proposed a few things in this report and - preventable as well. you've proposed a few things in this report and one i a few things in this report and one of the things that leaps out is the idea of a sure start plus four teenager, the programme that used to exist to support families with young

children to help them out when they were babies and toddlers. what sort of network of intervention would this be? we of network of intervention would this be? ~ , ., , ., this be? we deliberately looked at the model of— this be? we deliberately looked at the model of sure _ this be? we deliberately looked at the model of sure start _ this be? we deliberately looked at the model of sure start and - this be? we deliberately looked at the model of sure start and it i this be? we deliberately looked at the model of sure start and it was | the model of sure start and it was so popular with parents and it was a historic mistake to get rid of so many and we've looked at what it means for teenagers and it would operate in and around schools and bring together health and education and there would be trusted people there, adults there, some professionals, families and young people would know them and build relationships with them and could ask for advice and they would also be coordinating activities for young people and another part of that is that we say there should be an army, 10,000 youth practitioners who would have been there ten years ago but they are not any more. they can go on the look out the kids struggling and inspire and guide them. in many

ways, building the infrastructure around young people and the school. and that is the kind of support that family say they want, because when they discover the horror of a burner phone, or cash, or knives in their children's bedrooms, they look around and foam social services or the police and there is no one to help them and it turns to crisis, and that is what needs to change. donald trump has dropped one of his strongest hints yet that he may run for the white house again. with five days to go until the midterm elections, he held an rally in iowa on thursday night. the crowd applauded as he spoke about what he may do in 2024. the election was rigged and stolen and our country is being destroyed. iran twice, i won twice, and did much better the second time than i did the first. getting millions more votes in 2020 than i got in 2016. and, likewise, getting more votes than any sitting

president in the history of our country by far. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again. 0k? very, very, very probably. very, very probably. king charles is to host a reception at buckingham palace this afternoon as part of preparations for the cop—27 climate conference in egypt. it was announced last month that the monarch would not be travelling to the summit, following discussions with the then prime minister, liz truss. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, reports. this time last year, glasgow hosted cop26, with the then prince of wales taking a leading role. key decision makers from nearly 200 countries spent two weeks trying to agree practical targets and measures to help alleviate the climate crisis. shortly afterwards, the royal couple visited egypt, and cop27 was very much on the agenda.

the united kingdom will be with egypt as your friend and partner in this epic struggle to protect and restore our environment. the king has championed the fight against climate change for decades, and many had assumed he would want to travel to sharm el—sheikh in person. according to palace sources, advice was sought from the government, then led by liz truss, and the decision taken that king charles should not go. that decision stands despite the change in prime minister, although a downing street spokeswoman indicated yesterday that had mr sunak been in post earlier, his majesty may have gone, after all. his majesty, of course, is a great supporter of this issue, has been for very many decades, almost a lifetime. and he's seen as a leader on this around the world. he was there in paris, he was there in glasgow. and this is a matter between the palace and the government. but whatever happens, his majesty will be there with us in spirit in egypt.

so rather than travelling to sharm el—sheikh, a palace spokesperson said, the king's focus is on the pre—cop reception, where senior business leaders, experts and ngos can discuss the important work of the summit, and explore the ways in which public private partnership can help tackle climate change. among those due to attend the buckingham palace reception today, will be the us special presidential envoy for climate, secretaryjohn kerry. on the agenda, the terra carta, the initiative founded by the king when he was prince of wales, and which aims to encourage the private sector to commit to sustainability. also making an appearance at the palace reception, the prime minister, rishi sunak. earlier this week, he reversed his decision not to attend cop27, and along with world leaders, including the presidents of the us and france, will now travel to egypt. sarah campbell, bbc news. prince william has announced the finalists

for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. the aim is to find new and creative ideas that will help protect our planet for the future. five winners will each receive £1 million to make their project a reality. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been to revisit two of last year's winners. prince william launched his earthshot prize with a glamorous ceremony in london's alexandra palace last year. in the next ten years, we are going to act. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. there was a galaxy of stars in attendance. david attenborough was one of the judges. we don't have eternity. we need to do this now. the aim — to inspire a new generation of innovators. and you can see the results in the fronds of coral here in the bahamas. earthshot winner coral vita has developed systems for growing heat resistant corals to help restore the world's

dying coral reefs. the goal would be to have coral vitas around the world, to go global with coral veta, because we've lost 50% of the world's reefs within the last decade. so this is a global issue, and reef restoration isn't something that's just exclusive to the bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted air in india. takachar won for the burner they created, which converts leftover straw and other agricultural waste into fuel and fertiliser. the earthshot prize has really catapulted us from where we were and the resources that we had, and has given us access to so many networks and resources that can really enable us to scale up work, essentially, and increase the pace of our work. earthshot says it aims to build a library of solutions over the decade. the idea is others will be able

to draw on the expertise winning project establish, to help us all tackle the planet's environmental problems. justin rowlatt, bbc news. a christmas stamp collection featuring queen elizabeth the second has been released by royal mail. it will be the last time the queen's silhouette will feature on a festive stamp. the set of six art deco—style stamps depict moments from the nativity. jane is with you for the news at one, but now the weather with darren. ~ ., , ., one, but now the weather with darren. ~ ., . , one, but now the weather with darren. . . . , , ., darren. was a chilly start, with temperatures _ darren. was a chilly start, with temperatures as _ darren. was a chilly start, with temperatures as low _ darren. was a chilly start, with temperatures as low as -3 i darren. was a chilly start, with temperatures as low as -3 and | darren. was a chilly start, with i temperatures as low as -3 and four temperatures as low as —3 and four eastern parts of the uk the cloudy stream again and and it's not reaching us yes, but pushing ahead with all the cloud beginning to arrive in western parts of the uk and after the cold start particularly in the east, this is where we had the best of the

sunshine with the west to north—west breezes, but it's across the eastern areas that the temperatures will fall away and these are the numbers we have as it gets dark this evening and the temperatures will fall in the east. you see showers coming into the irish sea coastal areas, and one or two heading towards shetland overnight and then the cloud continues to spill in and brings some rain and that's mainly coming to the western side of the uk, so ahead of it with the wind is lighter we will see it across scotland and it goes down widely for the eastern side of the uk and here we see the cloud pushing in quickly and rain to start the day and western areas and it will tend to become lighter and more patchy as it pushes through the day, allowing sunshine to coming to scotland and through northern ireland, and many parts of england and wales will stay cloudy and the temperature is perhaps peaking at 13 or 14. but as we head into bonfire night and one

or two showers in the north—west but it will turn dry and they and we do have showers coming in at around low pressure areas and the weather front bringing east during the day will hang around into the night and may be for a while across south—eastern areas into sunday and rain to clear away from here and quickly we will see further rain pushing east across england and wales and a mixture of sunshine and a scattering of showers for scotland and northern ireland and the winds tending to pick up and those temperatures around 12 to 14 degrees and a quick look into the early part of next week and it looks like it's getting milder on tuesday with highs of 15 or 16 degrees.

the albanian gangs recruiting migrants to get them to work in the illegal uk drugs trade. the bbc is told that immigration officials on both sides of the channel are worried about the growing role of albanian middlemen promising easy passage. translation: they offered me lots of things - to pay _ for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn't interested. they asked me four or five times. we'll have more on that bbc investigation from albania. also this lunchtime... discounts on energy bills for households that use less during peak times — a new trialfrom national grid to avoid blackouts. the government confirms there won't be a stormont assembly election in december — pushing the northern ireland vote into next year.