this is bbc news, the headlines. the ministry of defence tells the bbc it will provide the support of armed soldiers to london police after dozens of met officers handed in their weapons. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the party and there you heard it — the nasa probe which has spent the last seven years flying through space, carrying the largest asteroid sample ever collected, touches down.

the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the party is considering scrapping some of their house building targets because the current approach is leading to "the wrong houses being built in the wrong places." the lib dems had pledged to build 380,000 homes each year if they come into power, but it's expected that will be abolished tomorrow, at the party's annual conference in bournemouth. live now to our political correspondent helen catt. what are we expecting to be announced?— what are we expecting to be announced? , , ., ,, announced? this is about the issue of housin: announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. _ announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. it _ announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. it is _ announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. it is quite - announced? this is about the issue of housing targets. it is quite a - of housing targets. it is quite a contentious issue, particularly in the sort of areas that the liberal democrats would like to take from the conservatives at the next general election. they tend to be places that tend to be leafy, green, white people seem to be not in

favour of large scale development. the liberal democrats are proposing that they scrap this target that they have had to build 380,000 homes a year in favour of putting on a target of 150,000 social homes a year. the rationale behind that, sir ed davey has been announcing that the current top—down targets lead to the current top—down targets lead to the wrong kind of homes being built in the wrong places. perhaps ones that are larger than needed and he wants to move instead to a more community led approach. there is quite a debate about this happening at this conference. the lucky young liberals who are the —— the young liberals who are the —— the young liberals are going to try to formally block this. they think that scrapping the target would send out all the wrong signals to younger voters, who they say are really struggling to be able to even rent, let alone own a home. they say the target needs to be kept to send out

the signal that liberal democrats are on their side. and insiders think that this vote could be quite close. as a possibility that it isn't going to pass. earlier, i asked the deputy leader of the liberal democrats. i hope very much that we win the vote tomorrow because it's very, very clear after years and years and years that these conservative top down targets simply don't work. they don't solve the housing crisis that exists across this country, but they do destroy beautiful parts of our green spaces and our environment. the current top down targets put all the power in the hands of developers, developers that can choose where to build, what to build. they can negotiate their way out of bringing in the key infrastructure. what the liberal democrats would like to see is a community led system where local communities have the power to buy up pieces of land that big developers are sitting on. where we can build 150,000 social homes per year to solve the housing crisis. this is the kind of model that we really hope we can achieve.

but if members don't go for that tomorrow and they vote to keep this target, it will be party policy. how will you, as the leadership, make that work? well, that'll be for us to discuss after the debate tomorrow. what i'm really keen to do is to make sure that we win the argument on this. as the mp for st albans, i have campaigned on this issue for a very long time. i know the national planning framework back to front and it is clear that these top down targets simply do not work. we have got to have a community led system where we build the homes that we need, the social homes that we need, and that we give local communities the powers to get the right infrastructure and the right homes in the right places. that's what we're proposing. and i very much hope that that becomes part of policy tomorrow. so housing has been one topic of debate here at the liberal democrats conference but there is another one where there is a bit of simmering tension behind—the—scenes here and thatis tension behind—the—scenes here and that is on the party's position on rejoining the eu. sir ed davey and other figures rejoining the eu. sir ed davey and otherfigures in the party rejoining the eu. sir ed davey and other figures in the party have consistently been saying they want

the uk to be at the heart of europe but that rejoining the eu is of the table for now. they have got a four step plan to go closer to the eu. theirs is a very pro—eu party and there are some among the membership who are pretty unhappy at this stance. they would like the liberal democrats to be coming out as they have to be much bolder and braver and make it clear that they do want to rejoin the eu eventually. that sort of came to the surface a bit earlier when sir ed davey was taking questions and he was heckled by a couple of people in the audience. interest about the ideology of the conservatives. applause. a campaign to rejoin the eu? we are campaigning hard on europe, as you know, my friend.

but one of the reasons the leadership is saying that, they say brexit isn't coming up when they go out to speak to people on their doorsteps any more and what the focus of this conference is is about focusing on those issues that they think will help them gain seats in the next general election by addressing voter's concerns. a lot of that is about health. so we are having a lot of announcements linked to health. there have been more a mental health, the announcement on mental health, the announcement on mental health, the announcement on mental health mot is the people at certain points in their life, where they know that it is more likely that someone will have a mental health impact that they want people to be able to be checked out for those just like the physical mot that are offered to people over a0. we had announcement today on how the liberal democrats are likely to pay for some of the pledges, particularly in relation to putting a mental health professional every school in england. they were saying that they would pay for that by increasing the digital services tax

which is a tax that is paid by big social media companies and big search engines. they want to tablet from 2% to 6%. search engines. they want to tablet from 2% to 696-— from 296 to 6%. helen for us in bournemouth. _ from 296 to 6%. helen for us in bournemouth. and _ from 296 to 696. helen for us in bournemouth. and the - from 296 to 696. helen for us in bournemouth. and the liberal| bournemouth. and the liberal democrats conference officially gets under way tomorrow. security forces in kosovo say they've killed three of the gunmen who attacked officers overnight in the mainly serb north. a siege is continuing at a monastery where the attackers are holed up. it follows an ambush against police that killed one and injured at least one other. the eu's foreign policy chief has described that attack as "hideous" and called for the culprits to be brought to justice. serbia is yet to comment on the incident. reporter yasmin khatun dewan has more from the newsroom. the attack took place in the northern village of banjska. you can see it here, it's to the north of kosovo by the serbian border. according to official reports, it involves professionals using heavy weapons and two large unidentified vehicles. you can see this image from the scene of the attack,

where nato troops were part of a long—standing kosovo force standing by the scene of the incident with local police officers. tensions have run high in kosovo following recent elections and the clashes that followed. relations between the albanian—dominated government and the serb minority community have been strained for years. you can see images from those clashes there. nato, following those clashes, deployed an additional 700 troops to its almost a,000 already based in the country to deal with the unrest in northern town of where those clashes took place, with some of its peace keepers injured in those clashes. the land locked country in the balkans borders albania and serbia. and it was a former province of the the former yugoslavia. serbian forces waged a brutal attack on the mainly ethnic albanian—populated territory before it saw independence in 2008. kosovo is recognised as a state by 99 united nations countries,

including the us and the uk, but serbia, along with its key allies, chinese and russia, do not recognise its status, instead considering kosovo a part of its nation. of the 1.8 million people living in kosovo, 92 are muslim albanian, of the 1.8 million people living in kosovo, 92% are muslim albanian, with around 6% serbian. you can see the majority serb areas in purple here. ethnic tensions have been constant in kosovo, with eu—mediated talks to stabilise the situation currently stalled. live now to our balkans correspondent guy de launey. we are hearing from the reuters news agency that serbia's president will be holding a press conference in an hour's time. what is the latest that you are hearing on the scene? we are heafina you are hearing on the scene? we are hearing from — you are hearing on the scene? we are hearing from serbia _ you are hearing on the scene? we are hearing from serbia that _ you are hearing on the scene? we are hearing from serbia that they - you are hearing on the scene? we are hearing from serbia that they think i

hearing from serbia that they think that kosovo has been far too quick to accuse serbia of involvement in the shooting. the president of kosovo said it was a terrorist attack. the authorities in serbia have said he is far too quick off the mark with this. we really don't know the full facts of what has gone on here, we don't know who this armed group are and i don't have any identifying features so it is very difficult to say who is responsible, what the motivations are and why they had been engaging the kosovo police in this way which turn deadly. the kosovo police are saying that as well is one of their own colleagues being killed in a shooting incident, three of the armed group have also died and they had taken one person into custody. so with that one person in custody, then perhaps we will start to get some more answers about who's involved, what the motivations were and whether there was any official

involvement from serbia. took and whether there was any official involvement from serbia.- involvement from serbia. took us throu . h involvement from serbia. took us through the _ involvement from serbia. took us through the bigger _ involvement from serbia. took us through the bigger picture - involvement from serbia. took us through the bigger picture here. i involvement from serbia. took us i through the bigger picture here. for many, this will start to bring back memories of the balkans conflict of the late 80s and early 90s. is this an isolated incident or reflects similar intentions in the region? i think we may have... i think- similar intentions in the region? i think we may have... i think we l similar intentions in the region? i i think we may have... i think we may have lost our— think we may have... i think we may have lost our balkans _ think we may have... i think we may have lost our balkans corresponded. we will bring you more on the story when we have it. ethnic armenian refugees — from nagorno—karabakh — have started arriving in armenia. over 300 now have crossed the border. azeri forces retook the disputed territory last week in a military operation. this comes as azerbaijan said it would reintegrate karabakh armenians, while local media in the enclave predicted a mass exodus of them. nagorno—karabakh is a territory in the mountainous south caucasus of eastern europe and asia, between the black sea and the caspian sea. it's recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan, but large areas of it have been controlled by ethnic

armenians for decades. this week, after azerbaijan launched a military offensive in nagorno karabakh, a ceasefire was declared. the agreement was that karabakh's military forces would be completely disarmed and disbanded, but now there are concerns over the fate of ethnic armenians living in the area who say that aid has not been getting through to them. 0ur correspondent nataliya zotova is in the armenian border town of goris, and she sent this update. this town is the closest one to the border. the road from karabakh to armenia goes through here. that's where all the international observers and people from red cross are accumulating, but they don't have much luck getting into karabakh. this morning, several ambulances left for stepa na kert. they are expected to return with the wounded. meanwhile, today, first few people were led through the border to armenia. they have been put into a refugee

camp, but for now they are only letting through women and children and no letting any man. we came across 19 trucks of humanitarian aid here in greece. the drivers told us that they have waited two months on the border trying to get the humanitarian aid through to the karabakh people. now they are losing hope, so they return to the town. talking to us, the drivers accused the azerbaijani authorities and russian peacekeepers of deliberately starving the people of karabakh. the drivers didn't want to talk on camera, but they were eager to show us the contents of the trucks so that no one would accuse them of trying to smuggle weapons inside. there were noodles, sugar boxes of first aid medication. meanwhile, in yerevan, people are protesting, demanding the humanitarian corridor to be opened for everyone who wants to leave. that's what all people in armenia are waiting for. but it hasn't happened yet. at least 3a people were killed

saturday in a fire at a smuggled fuel depot in southern benin near the border with nigeria. the number of casualties was announced by interior minister alassane seidou who said the bodies were found charred at the scene in the town of semi podji and that 20 people were also injured, some seriously, and admitted to hospital. live now to dakar and our news reporter, nicolas negoce. good to see you. what are we hearing, what is the latest? the latest is that _ hearing, what is the latest? the latest is that we _ hearing, what is the latest? iie: latest is that we are hearing, what is the latest? tie: latest is that we are hearing many people are in shock and upset about what happened. it sparked a massive fire in the south of benin. it killed at least 35 people, including a child. the interior minister said the cause of the fire is feel. he said the blaze, the fact that the

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country. can you give us a sense of the emergency response. - country. can you give us a sense of the emergency response. how - country. can you give us a sense of - the emergency response. how equipped are the crews to deal with an accident that he met incident at this kind in benin? in accident that he met incident at this kind in benin?— accident that he met incident at this kind in benin? in 2018, their leualfield this kind in benin? in 2018, their legal field trade _ this kind in benin? in 2018, their legal field trade was _ this kind in benin? in 2018, their legal field trade was banned. - this kind in benin? in 2018, their legal field trade was banned. as | this kind in benin? in 2018, their i legal field trade was banned. as we have seen, with 35 people killed, it is not working so far.— is not working so far. thank you very much- _ haiti's prime minister, ariel henry has called for urgent un action to bring stability to his country. he says the security situation has led to a new humanitarian crisis — displacing thousands of people. mr henry said kidnappings for ransom, arson, massacres, sexual violence, and people trafficking are all on the rise — since violent gangs took control. he told the general assembly the security council must act

to authorise an international force, to help haiti's overstretched police and military subdue rampant armed gangs. the country's stability has deteriorated, as its largest economic driver, agriculture production, has slowed due to natural disasters like the devastating earthquake in 2010. this has led to illnesses, such as cholera, spreading on a mass scale. meanwhile, political corruption has made it nearly impossible for the prime minister to manage the chaos. the un says more than 2 thousand people have been killed in haiti since the start of this year. while the biden administration said they will not be sending troops to haiti, they will continue to offer financial and humanitarian support. us secretary of state, antony blinken, promised a further

further £65 million to help haiti's police, here is speaking about the the us is to support haiti. with our step, we designated more than 50 individuals. the ministry of defence has confirmed to bbc that it will provide the support of armed soldiers to london to bolster the metropolitan police after a large number of its firearms officers handed in their weapons. the officers turned in their gun permits after one of their colleagues was charged with murder of 2a—year—old he was shot and killed in london last year and he was later found to be unarmed. the home secretary ordered a review of policing. 0ur

correspondentjoe inward has this report. chris kama was unarmed when he was shot and killed. according to police, the vehicle had previously been linked to instant including a gun. he was hit by a single bullet, fired by police officer. was widespread outrage at his death. last week, his family were in court to see a police officer who is only being referred to as... charged with murder. they welcome the prosecutor but it has been met by concerned by many of the officer's colleagues. there are more than 6000 police officers in the uk who are authorised to carry a firearm and many of them work in london. it is thought around 100 of them have said they no longer want to carry a gun. 0ne they no longer want to carry a gun. one form officer says he is not surprised. i one form officer says he is not surprised-— one form officer says he is not surrised. .,, ., ., , , surprised. i was on armed response the 23 years _

surprised. i was on armed response the 23 years i _ surprised. i was on armed response the 23 years. i hugely _ surprised. i was on armed response the 23 years. i hugely enjoyed - surprised. i was on armed response the 23 years. i hugely enjoyed the l the 23 years. i hugely enjoyed the professionalism, the teamwork of it and i would miss that. would i put my weapon down today? yes. i would hand it in. it's not worth it. announcing a review, the home secretary said... it has now been confirmed that the army will be helping to fill the gaps, although only as a contingency. at a time when there are calls for increasing scrutiny on the police, especially when it comes to dealing with minority communities, there will be many who see this as an attempt to reduce accountability. joe inward, bbc news. the first buses brought back into public control in nearly a0 years have begun running services in

parts of greater manchester there'd be network fleet of electric buses started operating in bolton and parts of salford. the mayor of greater manchester says he hopes it will lead to cheaper fares and better services. the new bus services in greater manchester are called the bee network. people here in bolton say they want them to be reliable and to be reasonably priced. reliable and to be reasonably riced. ., , ., reliable and to be reasonably riced. .,, ., ., �* , priced. people who don't drive still need to get — priced. people who don't drive still need to get places _ priced. people who don't drive still need to get places in _ priced. people who don't drive still need to get places in time. - priced. people who don't drive still need to get places in time. so - priced. people who don't drive still need to get places in time. so aye| need to get places in time. so aye you can get a day savour the £5. they have improved. i you can get a day savour the £5. they have improved.— they have improved. i love the colour of— they have improved. i love the colour of the _ they have improved. i love the colour of the buses. _ they have improved. i love the colour of the buses. buses - they have improved. i love the colour of the buses. buses and greater manchester _ colour of the buses. buses and greater manchester are - colour of the buses. buses and greater manchester are the - colour of the buses. buses and | greater manchester are the first outside the capital come under local control in nearly a0 years. roots, fares and timetables that all beset locally and people in favour other

changes say it means that people here will have more over the services. those against it say it means that people who don't use public transport will be subsidising it for those who do. fundamentally, we will see — it for those who do. fundamentally, we will see a _ it for those who do. fundamentally, we will see a financial _ it for those who do. fundamentally, we will see a financial benefit - it for those who do. fundamentally, we will see a financial benefit in - we will see a financial benefit in the long run because if we invest in our local transport, that means that there are more people in the local network again and that can help cheaper fares, network again and that can help cheaperfares, and a more expansive network. it cheaper fares, and a more expansive network. ., , , ., network. it hoped improving the services means _ network. it hoped improving the services means more _ network. it hoped improving the services means more people - network. it hoped improving the| services means more people will network. it hoped improving the - services means more people will use public transport. in many regions in the country will be watching closely to see if they should get on board two. in the last couple of hours, a capsule containing asteroid samples which scientists hope could help explain how life on earth began has successfully landed

in the western united states. the nasa spacecraft dropped the canister — carrying just 250 grams of rock and dust from the surface of the asteroid, bennu — onto the us state of utah. as our science editor, rebecca morelle, reports bennu has been described as the most dangerous rock in the solar system. a first glimpse of the capsule that has travelled billions of miles through space. now heading for the utah desert. finally, it's down. further mission team, jubilation at the end of a seven year mission. the scientists don't yet know how much asteroid material is inside but every grain is precious.- asteroid material is inside but every grain is precious. some of our instruments — every grain is precious. some of our instruments look _ every grain is precious. some of our instruments look at _ every grain is precious. some of our instruments look at the _ every grain is precious. some of our instruments look at the atoms - every grain is precious. some of our instruments look at the atoms that l instruments look at the atoms that make up the crystals inside these rocks and when you're working at that scale, a single stone is an internet landscape to explore. we will be working on these materials for decades and decades into the

future. bill for decades and decades into the future. �* ., , , ., , for decades and decades into the future. �* ., , , ., future. all of this effort is to solve the — future. all of this effort is to solve the mystery _ future. all of this effort is to solve the mystery of - future. all of this effort is to solve the mystery of what i future. all of this effort is to - solve the mystery of what asteroid set is made of. this is vital because benu tops the list of nasa's maze has the space rock so studying its make—up could help us to stop it if we ever need to. but it could also reveal more about the origins. this was the moment the samples collected in a five second smash and grab. before it was safely stowed in the capsule for its return to earth. the rock and just will be divided up between scientists around the world, including the team at london's natural history museum. irate including the team at london's natural history museum. we are all excited to see _ natural history museum. we are all excited to see what _ natural history museum. we are all excited to see what it _ natural history museum. we are all excited to see what it is _ natural history museum. we are all excited to see what it is going - natural history museum. we are all excited to see what it is going to . excited to see what it is going to made. we thought about it, we've talked about it, we've written papers about it, we've dreamt about it and finally, we are going to sit and find out what it really is, which, at the moment we have no idea so it is going to be so exciting to

open the canister and find out what's in there. the open the canister and find out what's in there.— open the canister and find out what's in there. the main concern now is contamination. _ what's in there. the main concern now is contamination. the - what's in there. the main concern now is contamination. the team l what's in there. the main concern i now is contamination. the team here in utah, don't want the ground to get mixed up with bits of bennu. it is vital that there are invaluable sample is kept pristine. the race is now on to safely recover the capsule. 0pening it up will be a painstaking and slow process taking several weeks but scientists say the weight will be worth it. from the super cold of outer space the super cult of the north sea and hundreds of people took the ultimate plungers morning, stripping naked and braving the waters of the north sea to mark the waters of the north sea to mark the autumn equinox. the proceeds are going to a mental health charity. 0rganisers say the event is about taking a risk and enjoying the moments of purejoy

taking a risk and enjoying the moments of pure joy and freedom. hello there. wet and very windy weather on the way overnight for some of us. now, as far as the rainfall goes, the heaviest falls of rain will be across western scotland, where we're likely to pick up around 30 to 50 millimetres, double that over the high ground. so there could be some localised flooding building in across parts of scotland. it's all down to an area of low pressure. a rapidly developing low, that's just the south of the republic of ireland. and this will also bring some very strong winds to the far north—west of scotland as well, where overnight we could be looking at gusts of 60 to 70 odd miles an hourfor the hebrides and the highlands. the heavy rain bringing a risk of some localised flooding as well. further southwards, that band of rain crosses wales and england. by the time it reaches eastern areas, not really a great deal left on it. it's going to be a mild night, gusty south—westerly winds, ensuring that.

temperatures around 12 to 15 degrees. now tomorrow, a much brighter day overall with a lot more in the way of sunshine to go around. it's not entirely dry, though, there will be some showers. particularly for scotland, a few for northern ireland and the north of both northern england and north wales as well. the midlands, east anglia, southern counties of england should stay dry with their sunshine and these temperatures continue to be above average for the time of year — 17 to 22 for many of us. now entering into tuesday, it's another unsettled day. a couple of weather systems kind of combined to gang up on us here in the uk bringing, i think, outbreaks of rain for many of us. so rain at times probably best sums up the weather, the wettest weather in the morning across western areas. but by the time we get through the afternoon, rain will become pretty widespread with potentially some of it turning thundery. probably turning a bit brighter in northern ireland with the main rain band clearing through, but there'll still be a risk of some showers here. temperatures not changing too much — highs for many between 16 and 22 degrees. now for the middle part of the week, we're looking at a deep

area of low pressure. this is going to be bringing widespread heavy outbreaks of rain, but some very strong winds as well. inland gusts are expected to reach around 50 to 60 miles an hour, but stronger gusts likely around some of our irish sea coast where we could see gusts of between 65 and even 80 miles an hour. so potentially damaging disruptive gusts of wind with us. with this area of low pressure on wednesday, we're quite likely to see some disruption then towards the middle part of the week. that's today's weather. bye for now.

live from london. this is bbc news. armed soldiers have been offered to the metropolitan police after a large number of officers stepped back from firearm duties. touchdown, i re eat, back from firearm duties. touchdown, i repeat. src — back from firearm duties. touchdown, i repeat. src has _ back from firearm duties. touchdown, i repeat, src has touched _ back from firearm duties. touchdown, i repeat, src has touched down. - i repeat, src has touched down. there _ i repeat, src has touched down. there you — i repeat, src has touched down. there you heard it, the nasa probe which has spent the last seven years flying through space carrying the large asteroid sample ever collected touches down. uncertainty surrounds the future of the uk high—speed hs2 rail line a minister saying you would be crazy not to review the plan with rising costs. 30 gunmen surrounded in a monastery