live from london, this is bbc news. armed soldiers are offered to the metropolitan police after a large number of officers step back from firearms duties. we have touchdown. i repeat, we have touchdown. a space capsule carrying the largest asteroid sample ever collected lands safely in utah. police in kosovo have ended a standoff with serb gunmen at a monastery which followed a deadly attack on ethnic albanian police. hello, you're watching bbc news. the ministry of defence has confirmed to the bbc that it will provide the support of armed soldiers to the metropolitan police, after a large number of firearms officers handed in their weapons. they turned in their firearms permits after an armed officer

was charged with the murder of 24—year—old chris kaba — who was shot and killed in south london last year. earlier, the home secretary, suella braverman, ordered a review of armed policing. joe inwood reports. chris kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed in streatham. he was driving a borrowed car. according to police, the vehicle had previously been linked to an incident involving a gun. chris kaba was hit by a single bullet fired by a police officer. there was widespread outrage at his death, especially amongst london's black community. last week, his family were in court to see a police officer — who is only being referred to as nx 121 — charged with murder. they welcomed the prosecution, but it's been met with concern by many of the officer's colleagues. there are more than 6,000 police officers in the uk who are authorised to carry a firearm and many of them work in london in some of the most sensitive parts of the capital.

now it's thought around 100 of them have said that they no longer want to carry a gun. 0ne former officer says he's not surprised. i was on armed response for 23 years, i was on vip protection, and i hugely enjoyed the professionalism, the teamwork of it, and i would miss that. would i put my weapon down today? yes, iwould hand it in. it's not worth it. announcing a review, the home secretary said police officers have to make split second decisions under extraordinary pressures. they mustn't fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties. officers risking their lives to keep us safe have my full backing. 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 rather than a welcome reset. joe inwood, bbc news.

0ur correspondentjoe inwood outlined the significance of the mods statement of support for the police. to clarify, we shouldn't be expecting to see soldiers on the street. this is not a question of the army stepping in to do what we would think of as everyday policing role — they're not going to be arresting people. this will be a contingency service, a contingency role. i spoke to the ministry of defense earlier, and what they were saying is that there are there are armed, as people would expect, there are armed teams that are ready to respond, for example, to a terrorist incident, a live shooter event, that sort of thing, and those sorts of roles. the kind of in extremis roles will be filled by the army if required. so i think we shouldn't get carried away in saying that the police are going to be replaced by the army. that's not the case. what we're seeing here is a contingency role for the army, but it is significant nevertheless. and it's interesting because we heard from suella braverman

and in her statement there's clearly a lot of support there for the police. yeah, i think this is really interesting. i mean, here in the uk, we've been seeing a real debate at the moment over the last few years, as we have around the world, around the role of policing and specifically the use of force as some would see it, excessive force, against certain communities here in london particularly the black the afro—caribbean community. and the debate really has been around whether the police are scrutinised enough. what i thought was interesting about the statement from suella braverman today, the home secretary in the uk, was the fact that she was clearly saying that she supported the police. she thought that actually there was a problem here, that the police weren't being able to do theirjob because they're overly scrutinised. so i think we're going to be seeing a real tension here between the side of society that thinks that the police maybe don't always act in the best interests of all communities and of all people and the other side which thinks that maybe law and order is more of a priority and would

like to give their full backing to the police. and i think the home secretary has quite clearly stated in launching this review where she views the argument to to lie, as it were. here, prime minister rishi sunak has been facing mounting criticism over his major change in direction on climate policies. rishi sunak said on wednesday england would delay the ban on new petrol and diesel cars by five years, moving the former greek finance minister yanis varoufakis accused the prime minister of undermining the uk's credibility on climate change. a very special contribution, combination of incompetence and cynicism to manage to unite the car industry and the greens against you. and rishi sunak has demonstrated that. why do you say it's cynical? well, because it's very clear that this was the result of the uxbridge byelection and what's happening in the netherlands,

where there is a backlash from nativist, rightist, anti—climate policy, segments of the population and a desperate prime minister is trying to appeal to that particular clientele, destroying all the credibility that governments, tory governments have tried to build up regarding commitments to to net zero. john caudwell is a businessman, tory party donor, and founder of phonesliu. thank you forjoining us. in terms of what was made on wednesday, what those comments were made by the prime minister, the change in direction, what is your reaction to that? to direction, what is your reaction to that? ., , ., ~ direction, what is your reaction to that? ., , ., ~ �* ., direction, what is your reaction to that? a, a, _ that? to be frank i'm devastated by it, that? to be frank i'm devastated by it. because — that? to be frank i'm devastated by it. because i _ that? to be frank i'm devastated by it, because i have _ that? to be frank i'm devastated by it, because i have been _ that? to be frank i'm devastated by it, because i have been lobbying . it, because i have been lobbying with the government for four years since the start of the pandemic

actually, on something i call pandemic recovery. 0ne actually, on something i call pandemic recovery. one of the centre pieces was to have an enterprise zone for environmental technologies. i have no doubt that the growth in environmental technologies, the export opportunities and intellectual property will be huge intellectual property will be huge in the next 20 years as we face increasing environmental challenges. so to make that an investment opportunity for people to come to britain and set up businesses, because of the attractive proposition we give to them will grow britain's gdp and be an enormous boost to our country. and going back on the pledge of 2030 is an immensely negative statement,

because everybody�*s geared up for 2030, everything is going full tilt to get britain ready for 2030, but also the rest of the world which will follow on behind. i wanted us to lead the world in all technologies, or as many technologies, or as many technologies as we could that are in the environmental space. this doesnt the environmental space. this doesn't mean _ the environmental space. this doesn't mean that _ the environmental space. this doesn't mean that britain can't do that, it isjust doesn't mean that britain can't do that, it is just kicking the can down the road, people say it is just five years. a lot of businesses say they haven't had enough time to prepare for this technology? i’m prepare for this technology? i'm afraid that _ prepare for this technology? i“n afraid that is not right, business is a race, it is a race whether you sell mobile phones, cars, whatever you are in, if you want to be the world leader, it is a race against the competition. by setting 2030 for the competition. by setting 2030 for the no further sales of combustion

engines, that was a positive boost to britain's future. of course there are challenges, but necessity is the mother of invention, we are seven years away still, there are seven years away still, there are seven years to go, and then it is only the stopping of selling new. there will be millions of combustion engines on the road for decades to come. but they will phase out as the electric technology gathers momentum, battery technology gathers momentum, battery technology gathers momentum and charging. but it is notjust about electric vehicles, it is about making the britain the enterprise centre of the world for the environment. by creating a tax—free enterprise zone and wooing businesses to help that happen. the prime minister's argument will be that will still happen and his approach is bag mattick and he is ——

pragmatic and he is thinking of the cost—of—living crisis and people are worried about their weekly shops and their energy bills and this perhaps will ease that kind of concern? and will ease that kind of concern? and where is the _ will ease that kind of concern? and where is the cost? _ will ease that kind of concern? fific where is the cost? tell me will ease that kind of concern? fific where is the cost? tell me where the cost is? there isn't any. we are preparing for the future. and the cost won't come in the future. the actual gdp of growth of britain will actually offset any cost there might be. sot where so where is the cost. i'm talking of the cost—of—living, inflation is high. i'm talking of the cost-of-living, inflation is high.— i'm talking of the cost-of-living, inflation is high. what has that got to do with 2030. _ inflation is high. what has that got to do with 2030. he _ inflation is high. what has that got to do with 2030. he is _ inflation is high. what has that got to do with 2030. he is talking - inflation is high. what has that got to do with 2030. he is talking of. to do with 2030. he is talking of immediate _ to do with 2030. he is talking of immediate help _ to do with 2030. he is talking of immediate help to _ to do with 2030. he is talking of immediate help to help - to do with 2030. he is talking of immediate help to help in - to do with 2030. he is talking of immediate help to help in terms to do with 2030. he is talking of. immediate help to help in terms of not having to replace a gas boiler. that is all phased in later anyway, they will never have to do that straightaway. this is for the future. when we have proper generation of electricity renewable electricity, not only do we save the

planet, but wind turbines are cheaper to run than importing electricity through burning fossil fuels. that is incrediy expensive. we can produce wind turbine electricity at 7 pence a kilo' watt. we have to have a government brave enough to take the challenge and make britain great again.- make britain great again. they're committed _ make britain great again. they're committed to _ make britain great again. they're committed to net _ make britain great again. they're committed to net zero _ make britain great again. they're committed to net zero by - make britain great again. they're committed to net zero by 2050. i make britain great again. they're i committed to net zero by 2050. do you think this will be a hurd toll that? ., ., ., , that? -- hurdle to that? nobody knows whether _ that? -- hurdle to that? nobody knows whether we _ that? -- hurdle to that? nobody knows whether we are _ that? -- hurdle to that? nobody knows whether we are past - that? -- hurdle to that? nobody knows whether we are past the i knows whether we are past the tipping point. when we talk about 2050, that is a goal that is set amongst various countries in the world. but is 2050 any good? did it

need to be 2030 or 2020? is it already too late. none of us know the answer to that. no scientists knows, nobody knows the answer to that. what we do know is the more we delay the more chance of going past the tipping point and if we go past the tipping point and if we go past the tipping point and if we go past the tipping point, then the world will be in a major crisis where there will be devastation to many people on the planet through water shortage, through loss of farmland, through flooding, we will be in a devastating mess if we get past that tipping point. we are already moving that way, maybe we are already past the tipping point. no one knows. we must do everything in our power to do as much as we possibly can. but bearin do as much as we possibly can. but bear in mind what i'm advocating does not mean a worse standard of

living of people. there isn't a significant cost, as long as the government are smart about the way we do it. wejust government are smart about the way we do it. we just need to bring environmental technology on shore and build britain's gdp.— a capsule containing asteroid samples which scientists hope could help explain how life on earth began has successfully landed in the united states. the nasa spacecraft dropped the canister — carrying just 250 grams of rock and dust from the surface of the asteroid — onto the us state of utah. as our science editor, rebecca morelle, reports. on their way to recover a capsule that's travelled billions of miles through space — the conclusion of a seven—year mission called osiris—rex. the first glimpse — a tiny dot high up in the atmosphere, as it descends towards the utah desert. then a view of its parachute slowing the craft. finally, it's down.

inside is the most precious sample — fragments of an asteroid called bennu that could reveal the secrets of our solar system. the scientists think there's about 250g of dust and rock, and every grain is precious. some of our instruments literally 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 infinite landscape to explore. we'll be working on these materials for decades and decades into the future. all of this effort is to solve the mystery of what asteroid bennu is made of. this is vital, because bennu tops the list of nasa's most hazardous space rocks, so studying its make—up could help us to stop it if we ever need to. but it could also reveal more about our origins — it's a perfectly preserved relic from the dawn of the solar system. this was the moment the sample was collected in a five—second smash and grab, before it was safely stowed in the capsule for its return to earth.

the rock and dust will be divided up between scientists around the world, including the team at london's natural history museum. we're all unbelievably excited to see what it's going to be made of. i mean, we've thought about it, we've talked about it, we've written papers about it, we've dreamt about what it's going to be. and finally, we're actually going to see it and find out what it really is, which, yeah, at the moment we have no idea. so it's going to be just so exciting to open the canister and find out what's in there. the main concern now is contamination. the team here in utah don't want what's on the ground — the dirt, the dust, the microbes — to get mixed up with the bits of bennu. it's vital that their invaluable sample is kept pristine. she's taking an initial thermal reading of that src as we speak... the race is now on to safely recover the capsule and bring it back to the military base. 0pening it will be a painstaking and slow process taking several weeks,

but scientists say the wait will be worth it. rebecca morelle, bbc news, utah. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie. hello from the bbc sport centre. europe's golfers have retained the solheim cup. spain's carlota ciganda holed the putt that helped europe tie ilt all with the united states. ciganda knocked in a two—footer on the 17th to beat nelly korda in a tense finish to their match. it means she won all four of her solheim matches this year, a feat not lost on her emotional captain suzann pettersen. the us needed ilti/z points to regain the trophy they last won in 2017... but it was europe's day. it is surreal that here in spain playing the solheim cup and we finish iii—14. happy to be part of this amazing team. the captain and vice captain did a greatjob and

delighted to be in front of my home crowd and family and friends. something i won't forget. now to the rugby world cup where scotland saw off tonga with a bonus—point victory to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knock out stages. the scots scored four tries before half time. tonga came back into the game but missed tackles and ill—discipline let them down with two players shown yellow cards. scotland scored seven tries in total in nice — but they are in the most difficult pool with south africa and france above them in pool b with only the top two making the quarterfinals. in the day's other match, wales have kicked—off their toughest game so far — they're playing australia in lyon. they are winning 7—6 at the moment. australia put six points on since that graphic was made up. but it is going to be a tough game. if they lose they could be unable to reach the knockout stages. 0nto football and the premier league where the first north london derby

of the season finished 2—2. arsenal twice took the lead at the emirates, first through a christian romero own goal and then a bakayo saka penalty. but spurs captain son heung—min scored both equalisers. they drop to fourth, just above arsenal on goal difference. it's going to be a big part of who we are as a team, having the mentality to have no time to feel sorry for us, we have got to react and we showed that last week. three out of four away games where we we have had to come from behind. if we stick to our principles, be really aggressive. we can get back to any game. newcastle matched their record premier league win with an amazing 8—0 win at winless bottom side sheffield united. any fears of a european hangover following their champions league exertions on tuesday soon vanished as eddie howe's side cruised to victory with every goal scored by a different player.

elsewhere, brighton are up to third after beating bournemouth 3—i. chelsea were beaten at home by aston villa and liverpool won at home to west ham which moves them up to second. now to the football action around the rest of europe where the madrid derby is under way. atletico madrid 1—0 against real madrid, alvaro morata with an early goal. there was a seven goal thriller in the match between real sociedad and getafe. lt—3 the final score in san sebastian. rangers struggled to a narrow win over motherwell in the scottish premiership to make it three wins from three since the international break. while aberdeen took their first win of the season beating ross county at pittodrie. max verstappen is on the verge of a third formula one world title as he cruised to his 13th victory of the year at the japanese grand prix.

verstappen's victory helped red bull secure the constructor�*s title with six races to spare which is an f1 record. and the dutchman will be world champion if he wins in qatar in a fortnight. joining verstappen on the podium were the mclarens of lando norris and oscar piastri. and that's all the sport for now. returning now to the uk, and the defence secretary, grant shapps, says it would be "crazy" not to look again at the rising cost of the hs2 rail project. a decision on whether the government will scrap the birmingham to manchester section of the line is expected this week. noor nanji reports. it's a grand project, first dreamt up in 2009. the aim — to speed up journey times and create more capacity. but hs2 has faced delays, cuts and spiralling costs. the original plan would have connected london to birmingham, and then leeds and manchester. in 2021, the section from birmingham to leeds was cancelled.

now there is speculation the line might end in west london rather than going all the way to euston. and the birmingham to manchester bit is in doubt as well. the last official estimate on hs2 costs — excluding the cancelled eastern section — added up to about £71 billion, although this was in 2019 prices. £22.5 billion has already been spent on the london to birmingham leg, whilstjust over £2 billion has been spent on preparing for the other sections. this morning, the defence secretary, and former transport secretary, said no decision has been taken yet, but that it's important to respond to the budget. every government has to look at the overall budgets and then make serious decisions, which go beyond the sort of back—and—forth in a studio like this... 0k. ..to say, is this affordable, under current circumstances? i'm absolutely confident, for example, that when those statements were made, no—one knew we'd be in a war in europe right now. 0k.

all of the consequences, all of the costs and all of the inflation. and any government that doesn't go back and then look at it is crazy. labour's been accused of sending mixed messages on hs2. we are supportive of h52 being built, but we're responding to rumour and leak. and, look, victoria, this is a really important infrastructure project. what i say on your show matters because we, the labour party, hope to be in government next year. we're not going to make decisions about national infrastructure projects that involve tens of billions of pounds without all of the information being available. this weekend, business groups and political voices have been lobbying the government not to truncate hs2 further. with pressure mounting for decisions to be made. noor nanji, bbc news. a second ship with ukrainian wheat reached turkey, despite russia's withdrawal from the un—backed grain deal. the bulk carrier — laden with more than 17,000 tonnes of wheat — left the port city of chornomorsk

in ukraine on friday, bound for egypt. it comes as ukraine is testing a new sea route — avoiding international waters — and using those controlled by nato members bulgaria and romania. a first ship, with 3,000 tonnes of wheat, has safely arrived to istanbul last week. authorities in kosovo say they've taken control of a serbian 0rthodox monastery in the north, bringing to an end a stand—off with a group of heavily armed men. the gunmen are suspected of carrying out an attack overnight, in which a policeman died. kosovo's interior minister said the operation to end the stand—off involved �*several consecutive battles'. earlier, kosovan police said they had killed three of the gunmen and arrested another. i've been speaking to our balkans correspondent guy de launey. the reports that we're hearing now from north kosovo, from the monastery itself, is that the armed men have left the monastery and that inside the monastery now we have

kosovo police and also the eulex, which is the eu's special rule of law mission in kosovo. so those authorities are now inside the monastery, the armed group isn't there. kosovo's authorities say that they've arrested six people in connection with the attack and they say that three more people were killed, as well as the police officer who was killed in the early hours of sunday morning. so that's happening right now. also, what's happening right now, as you say, serbia's president, aleksandar vucic, speaking about today's events. and he's saying that it's one of the most difficult days for our country since 2004 and 2008. 2004 being when there was a great forced displacement of ethnic serbian people in kosovo. 2008, when kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from serbia. and he's saying that he was waiting to see what had happened before he made any comments.

and he says, "i don't want to justify the killing of an albanian policeman, nor is it possible to justify it. that is absolutely reprehensible. " and before we go — when you think of begium — you might usually think of waffles, chocolate and beer. well not any more it would seem. from now on — the country might be synonymous with stone skimming!. the first stone skimming championships have been held in belgium today. the rules? the stones must bounce at least twice, and competitors are allowed three attempts to see who can skim the stone the furthest. before we go, hundreds of people took the ultimate plunge this morning. stripping naked and braving the cold waters of the north sea to mark the autumn equinox. the north east skinny dip has become an annual

tradition in northumberland. all the proceeds go to a mental health charity. 0rgnanisers say the event's about �*taking a risk and embracing a moment of pure joy and freedom'. wet and windy weather on the way for some of us. the heaviest rain will be in western scotland where we could pick up 30 to 50 millimetres. it is down to an area of low pressure, a rapidly developing low to the south of the republic of ireland. this will bring some strong winds to the far north—west of scotland. there could be gusts up to 70mph for the hebrides and the highlands. the heavy rain bringing the risk of localised flooding. further south that rain crosses wales and england and by the time it reaches the east not much long it. a mild night with gusty winds.

temperatures around 12 to 15 degrees. tomorrow, a much brighter day with more sunshine. it is not dry, there will be some showers in scotland, northern ireland and the north of northern england and wales. southern areas should stay dry. temperatures continue to be above average for the time of year, 17 to 22. tuesday is not unsettled day. a couple of systems gang up on us in the uk, bringing rainfor couple of systems gang up on us in the uk, bringing rain for many. couple of systems gang up on us in the uk, bringing rainfor many. rain at times probably best sums up the weather. the in the afternoon rain widespread with some thunder. turning brighter in northern ireland, with the main rain clearing through. still the risk of showers here. temperatures not changing much. highs between 16 and 22. for the middle of the week we have a

deep area of low pressure. this will be bringing widespread heavy rain, but some very strong winds as well. inland gusts are expected to reach 60mph. stronger gusts likely around the irish sea coasts where we could see gusts up to 80mph. so damaging gusts of wind with this low pressure on wednesday. we are likely to see some disruption to the middle part of the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: armed soldiers have been offered to london's metropolitan police after a large number of officers stepped back from firearms duties. their decision is linked to the case of a police officer charged with a man's murder. we have touchdown. 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. police in kosovo have ended a standoff with serb gunmen at a monastery which followed a deadly attack on ethnic albanian police. questions surround the future of the uk's high speed hs2 rail line — speaking to the bbc, senior cabinet minister grant shapps says it would be �*crazy�* not to review the project — amid rising costs and inflation.