hello. french officials say at least eight people have died while trying to cross the channel from france to england. their boat had around 50 people on board and it started to sink not far off the french coast when it hit some rocks. reports say the incident occurred shortly after the overloaded vessel embarked on sunday. the eight victims bring the number of migrants who ve died in the channel this year to a5. a little earlier, the regional prefect gave this update. translation: around 1am, | near the coast of ambleteuse, where we are now, we were informed of a ship wreck involving a vessel carrying migrants. the toll is devastating as we mourn the loss of eight lives. the vessel departed from the slack sector, near the town of wimereux, with 59 people on board. it quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed

on the rocks directly in front of where we are now. i can confirm that eight people have been declared dead, and according to the health services, they were all reportedly adult men. the foreign secretary david lammy gave his reaction to the deaths on the laura kuenssberg show. it's awful. it is a further loss of life. what i can say is actually, before i left for ukraine, with tony blinken, i sat with the prime minister, the home secretary, the attorney—general and others at the national crime agency actually looking at the awful rubber dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. many of them, of course, not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs, in

co—operation upstream with other european partners. and i know that the prime minister will be in italy tomorrow with the italian prime minister discussing these issues and the work that they have done particularly with albania. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has more. the prefect, that's the senior government representative in the pas—de—calais region, he confirmed what we know, with a bit of detail, which is that this boat, carrying 59 people on it, set out from near wimereux, which is just to the north of boulogne, an area where there has been a lot of departures recently, very near where the 3rd september tragedy was. and what was different about this disaster is that it seems they got into trouble very, very quickly, and the boat ended up on rocks. so, this wasn't a boat going down in the middle of the ocean because it was overcrowded

and puncturing or whatever, and tipping over, it was a boat that very swiftly got turned back onto the coast and got torn up on the rocks. the security services, rescue services, where there very quickly, but they found it very hard to get access because it was dark, because it was rocky, and it was a very, very difficult operation to rescue the survivors. and at the end of the day, there were these eight dead. the prefect said they were all above 18 male. and he said their nationalities were eritrean, sudanese, afghani, iranian, iseem to recall, i think that is what they were. so, yes, there we are. and otherwise, as is classic now, the rest were being looked after and will no doubt disappear back to wherever they came from and try again soon. let's speak to steve valdez—symonds, amnesty international uk s refugee and migrant rights director.

hello to you. first of all, your reaction to what has happened today?- your reaction to what has happened today? well, it's aaain happened today? well, it's again utterly _ happened today? well, it's again utterly devastating . happened today? well, it's - again utterly devastating news. our hearts and minds are immediately with both the people who have endured and survived this tragedy, the trauma of it, and, of course, the loved ones of those who now are dead. we urgently need something radically different from governments on both sides of these waters, that offers people safety. of these waters, that offers peeple safety-— people safety. what is the answer. — people safety. what is the answer, then? _ people safety. what is the answer, then? this - people safety. what is the answer, then? this has i people safety. what is the i answer, then? this has been talked about for so long. we keep seeing these tragedies happening almost on a regular basis now. we heard so much in the election campaign about tackling the gangs that are organising this, what needs to be done, in your view? the answer has _ be done, in your view? the answer has been _ be done, in your view? the answer has been the - be done, in your view? the answer has been the same be done, in your view? tta: answer has been the same for many years. no solution to this

can be found if it does not offer the people who keep attempting these journeys, sometimes again and again and again, even having gone through again, even having gone through a trauma such as this, if their circumstances are not addressed. and that must include providing safe routes for some of these people to reach this country, and for this country therefore to share in the role of providing asylum and access to safe asylum procedures, along with france. the thing is, though, that they are leaving a safe country, they are leaving france, which is not a war—torn country, and they are willing to risk their lives to make it to england. how do you explain that motivation there?- how do you explain that motivation there? well, go and have a look _ motivation there? well, go and have a look at _ motivation there? well, go and have a look at the _ motivation there? well, go and have a look at the miserable i have a look at the miserable lives that people are enduring in northern france, in utterly appalling circumstances of

squalor, profound uncertainty and often times violence. people are not safe. if they were safe, they would not be getting into these boats. the fact is that the french have, for many years, let's be honest, received many, many, many more people into their asylum system than has this country. and unless we share responsibility with france, just as all countries should be sharing responsibility with each other, then i'm afraid we will continue to see tragedies like this. ~ ., will continue to see tragedies like this. ~ . ., ., like this. we have heard of david lammy, _ like this. we have heard of david lammy, the - like this. we have heard of david lammy, the foreign| david lammy, the foreign secretary, talking today on the bbc about italy and what it is doing with albania and sir keir starmer is going to be in italy tomorrow talking to giorgia meloni about this, where this is a policy where albania is going to accept asylum seekers on italy's behalf, while their claims are processed. is that part of the solution, do you think? t part of the solution, do you think? , . ., , ., think? i very much doubt it, to be honest- _ think? i very much doubt it, to

be honest. what _ think? i very much doubt it, to be honest. what you _ think? i very much doubt it, to be honest. what you have - think? i very much doubt it, to be honest. what you have got| be honest. what you have got there is italy rescuing people at sea, transporting them to be detained in albania for a period of time, for their claims to be assessed, and then italy resuming responsibility. the fact is that all these measures designed at trying to deter people take no notice of the fact that people are already under the gravest of deterrents. look again at what has just happened. deterrents. look again at what hasjust happened. so, start accepting that we all need to share responsibility, that means that all of us, all countries, will have to receive refugees, provide safe access to asylum systems, and simply shipping people around from one country to another is not helping. country to another is not helping-— country to another is not helinu. . ~ ., ., helping. thank you for “oining us, helping. thank you for “oining steve * helping. thank you forjoining us, steve valdez-symonds, l helping. thank you forjoining - us, steve valdez-symonds, from us, steve valdez—symonds, from amnesty international. the polaris dawn spacecraft crew has safely splashed down in the gulf of mexico. standing by for spice down of

the spacex polaris dawn crew. the mission, which was entirely crewed by private astronauts, saw billionaire businessman jared isaacman become the first non—professional astronaut to walk in space. dr simeon barber, space scientist at the open university has been following events. this mission has set a whole new standard for private space flying. so, it has gone higher than spacex has ever taken astronauts before, it actually went up three times higher than the orbit of the international space station, so that it can dip into the radiation belts to understand the effect of that on the human body. it then came down a little bit in orbit, and then performed this most amazing spaceflight in which all four astronauts were actually exposed to the vacuum environment. two of them stayed inside the craft and toner

inside the craft and two took their turns in coming out, having a look at the earth, just the most amazing sight, we saw all this in live video. and they also tested the suits, so we saw them moving their arms and doing strange dances and movements with their arms, checking the mobility of their suits. and what really has made this possible is that the spacecraft we see there, that they are sitting in, the capsule, will be reused again, and actually, it's the exact capsule thatjared isaacman, the funder of this mission, the commander, that we saw in the shotjust now, it is the same craft he flew in exactly three years ago to the day, and it will be recommissioned now for a future flight. it is extraordinary, that, isn't it, because of what that capsule has gone through, the heat it has been exposed to, and all of those gases and everything that is on the outside of it, that it will still be viable. we should mention who is on board, jared isaacman is this billionaire,

he's the only one actually who has been in space before, isn't he? that's right. there was talk about this being a rookie crew, which is technically correct, but they've gone through an amazing amount of training to make them able to do this. so, there's an ex—air force test pilot, scott, and then sarah and anna are spacex employees who previously had been operating these space missions from the ground, and who better to then go into space and actually operate the mission from the craft itself, than people who previously have been responsible for operating from ground? so, we've seen a really groundbreaking mission, that has gone incredibly smoothly, and has been filmed for us all to watch, it's been like a five—day movie to watch, for me. israel's prime—minister, benjamin netanyahu, has warned

the houthis in yemen of a "heavy price" after a ballistic missile managed to enter israeli airspace. the missile, launched from yemen, fell in an open area. there were no casualties. a spokesman for the houthis in yemen said the operation involved what he called a new hypersonic missile, which travelled more than 2000 kilometres in less than 12 minutes. israel has said it is investigating how the missile was not shot down before entering the airspace. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who gave me the latest on this attack. this is an interesting attack. as you say, it didn't cause any damage, but it does not appear to have been intercepted by israel's extremely sophisticated and multilayered air defence system. in fact the israeli army in its statement said that there had been multiple efforts to shoot it down. it appears to have broken up, and the damage caused on the ground seems to have been caused by israel's own interceptor missiles.

the question is, how did a ballistic fired from yemen reach israel, so far into israel, the furthest any yemeni ballistic missile has reached, without being intercepted ? the yemenis, in a statement this morning, the houthi rebels say that they fired a new type of hypersonic missile. they say that it travelled more than 2000 kilometres inii.5 minutes. now, there have been claims in the past that the yemenis either had or were developing such missiles. and clearly, if such a thing has been proven today, then that is an additional challenge for the israeli military, as it figures out how to deal with this occasional threat. as for mr netanyahu, he has, as you say, threatened retaliation, and he has said, in his words, those who need a reminder in this matter are invited to visit the port of hudaydah.

that is a reference to israel's extremely dramatic air attack on the port of hudaydah back at the end ofjuly, which caused a huge fire in an oil storage depot and was designed to be a major signal by the israelis to the houthis not to launch any further attacks against israel. and just as you said, there have been previous attacks by the houthis on israel, and also we have seen the attacks in the red sea, and they say that they're doing this in support of the palestinians. i also see from that statement that you mentioned from the houthis, that they mention 7th october, and the anniversary, and have promised more attacks to come. just explain their motivations here? yeah, these attacks, as you say, did begin in response to the war in gaza, and the houthi have claimed all along that they are doing this in defence of the palestinians in gaza. now, first of all, the

americans, with the british, started to try and interfere these efforts, interfere with these efforts, by stationing military assets in the red sea. of course, the houthis were also attacking shipping in the red sea. those attacks continue unabated. they continue to target vessels travelling through the red sea. and since the early months of the war, they have also fired projectiles towards israel. most of those missiles have done very little damage, and very few of them have even really entered very far into israeli territory. of course, the israeli raid on hudaydah was in direct response to a houthi drone which travelled even further and managed to land right in the middle of tel aviv. so, this is a threat which is occasional but it is real. and i think the israelis

will be quite concerned about the latest developments today. venezuela has arrested three american citizens including a member of the military accusing them of involvement in alleged plots against president nicol s maduro's government. two spaniards and a czech national have also been detained. the foreign minister announced the seizure of 400 guns that were to be used in what he called "fascist attacks". he accused the us authorities of involvement, which the state department has denied. more bad weather is forecast for sunday across parts of central and eastern europe, after torrential rain caused severe flooding. at least four people have died in romania, one person is confirmed to have drowned in poland, while the authorities in austria are reporting that a fire fighter has died tackling the floods there. several remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. the rain, caused by cyclone boris, has mainly hit the eastern part of romania. authorities are creating displacement camps and sending

emergency aid to those forced to evacuate their homes. the torrential rain has also hit several other countries in the region, including the czech republic, where 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. authorities there say the worst rainfall and flood risk should be experienced in the coming 2a to 48 hours. let's get a picture of the situation in prague. here's nour correspondent there rob cameron. i'm here in the capital in prague and it looks and feels pretty bad. but actually the situation here in prague is perhaps not as critical as elsewhere in the country. certainly in parts of north—east moravia, in cities like 0strava, towns like 0pava, krnov, cesky tesin, there they are evacuating thousands of people, with one town high up in the mountains, jesenik, has been completely cut off, with the roads and the railway lines completely submerged by the flood waters. so, many thousands of people now are being evacuated from their homes. most people are doing

so willingly. unfortunately, some people have refused to leave their homes and so now we're seeing reports of army and police helicopters circulating those villages and towns along those rivers, trying to save people who refuse to leave their homes and now find themselves stranded in them. the meteorologists say that actually we have seen something like 80% of the precipitation that was due to fall over the country this weekend has now fallen, so perhaps the worst is now behind us here in the czech republic. but of course, four people still missing from these floods, they were swept into the river yesterday, late last night, and the authorities don't know whether they have survived. so, a dramatic picture here in prague, but much worse across the country. and from poland, our correspondent in warsaw adam easton sent us this update. donald tusk, the prime

minister of poland, has been speaking after a crisis management meeting in the south—west of the country, just by the czech border, actually, where he confirmed the first fatality, a person has drowned here in poland, and he said 1,600 residents just in the town where he was talking from, have been evacuated, and he urged people to co—operate with the emergency services to evacuate their homes, if they are called to do so. he also said that they had lost mobile phone coverage, internet coverage, and they are having to rely on landlines for much of the communication in this area. and also, the military are being drafted in, military helicopters and transporters are being drafted in to help the people in these towns which are flooded. we've seen lots of images

on social media being posted, particularly of this town where he was talking from, and another town, where the river level has broken over the makeshift sandbag embankment and has now flooded the historic town centre. the mayor of that town has made a dramatic appeal, he has said, "we're drowning, everybody evacuate to higher ground." so, the situation as i say has deteriorated quite markedly here in poland. the sudanese military says one of its planes accidentally bombed the headquarters of an infantry division in the city of el fasher, killing five soldiers and wounding nine. the air force had been trying to stop the paramilitary rapid support forces from infiltrating the city on saturday. they have been trying to capture the city since may. let's speak to our correspondent will ross. what more can you tell us about this incident, will?—

this incident, will? well, it is military _ this incident, will? well, it is military sources - this incident, will? well, it is military sources who - this incident, will? well, it| is military sources who have confirmed what they are calling an accidental bombing. of course that is their side of the story and it is very difficult to get any kind of independent confirmation as to what happened. but it does seem that the force, which is supporting the sudanese army on the ground, while drs ev tries to capture this city, it seems that the air force dropped these bombs that then hit the infantry base. we do know that over the last three days there has been a kind of intensification of the attacks ljy intensification of the attacks by the rsf. the rsf has been trying to capture el fasher from the sudanese army, and for the civilians trapped in the city, life is really becoming unbearable. there are displacement camps near el fasher where, displacement camps near el fasherwhere, in displacement camps near el fasher where, in one case, famine has been declared. medical workers are warning that thousands of children's

lives are at risk, unless aid can get to the camps. 0ne lives are at risk, unless aid can get to the camps. one of the problems is, despite reassurances from the warring sides that they would not hinder the access of humanitarian aid, you men are back on agencies and say they are blocking aid and some of the convoys have not managed to the convoys have not managed to the food that need it. —— humanitarian agencies. so, it is a dire humanitarian situation. we are hearing about soldiers who have been killed, but for the civilians trapped inside the city, life has been unbearable since may, when the siege began, and it is getting worse every day. in the us, it's the emmy awards tonight, which take place in los angeles. shows including hits like baby reindeer and the crown are vying for recognition. before that, though, is the bafta red carpet tea party and a chance to celebrate the nominations. 0ur los angeles correspondent emma vardy went along and has this report.

take a 5—star rooftop in beverly hills, some famous faces, and you have the baftas tea party. but nobody is drinking much tea. it is the emmys weekend and at the warm—up, everybody is a winner. this is where all the stars get to rub shoulders and let their hair down a little bit. make this quick. i've got underlings to bully. so horses starring gary 0ldman has nine nominations, including for best drama. another games being played that will probably leave me worse. first i thought gary 0ldman performance, really? - and he'sjust mastered it.

it is perfect. it is an honour to be selected for fieldwork. the royal drama the crown makes its final series with 18 nominations. i think one of us is going to have to die now. but it is the controversial netflix series baby reindeer that really got people talking. they drama about stalking and sexual abuse became a massive hit. got really manly hands, haven't you? but the show, which claims to be a true story, is now the subject of a legal battle, after audiences tried to identify the characters they believed the show was based on. it has been a world wind and i'm still catching my feet, still trying to figure it all out. anything you wish had been done differently? i can't really answer that right now, because you can't change the past. there was an incredible press focus on the negative, but you can't ignore the positive impact baby reindeer has had. and the nomination for supporting actress makes her the first transgender

woman in her category. i didn't think it would embrace it as they have added means the world was ready for the conversation. the fallout from baby reindeer could have repercussions for the tv industry in the future in terms of how it deals with drama that involves characters in real life. but right now, they are here to enjoy their success. then it will be down to the serious business of seeing who will walk away with a new piece of metal for their mantel piece. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. pa rt part of a danish coin collection has sold for more than $16 million after being hidden away for more than a century. nearly 300 rare coins were auctioned in copenhagen on saturday. nearly 20,000 items are still to be sold over the next few years. a danish butter tycoon bought the collection in 1922 from an aristocratic family. and a zoo in thailand has imposed a five minute limit

on visits to see its most famous attraction, a baby pygmy hippo. quite a sensation both online and in the flesh since she was born injune. thanks for watching, stay without here on bbc news. hello there. we've got some fine, settled autumn weather for much of the week ahead. high pressure is going to bring us a really calm spell of weather over the next week or so, but for the rest of today we have got a bit of a mix out there. spells of sunshine for many but rain for some. and if you do have the rain, it's quite slow moving. we've had very heavy rain, of course, in central and eastern europe. this on the satellite image is storm boris, which is continuing to bring downpours there. closer to home across the uk, we've got a line of cloud that's just been shifting its way south overnight and through this morning, and by this afternoon it's going to be quite slow moving across parts of northern

england, north wales as well. should clear away from cumbria, northumberland as well, some sunshine extending across northern ireland. showers pushing their way gradually east across parts of scotland, could be the odd rumble of thunder. 1a to 20 degrees our top temperature, with the skies remaining clear in the south right into the evening hours. 0vernight tonight, that area of cloud and rain sinks further south. most of the rain peters out. could be the odd spot of drizzle close to some southern counties of england. a milder night in the south with temperatures remaining in double figures, but with clearer skies for central and northern england, scotland and northern ireland could be a touch of grass frost in a few rural spots. so here's the high pressure that's going to be anchored across the uk on monday and for much of the week ahead. so that's bringing us a really dry, settled theme on monday. some early morning mist and fog patches possible — they could linger into the middle of the morning for the likes of the vale of york, the welsh marches, for instance, as well. but they'll clear away and then long spells of sunshine developing light winds as well, and it's going to feel a little bit warmer. so top temperatures 20—21 degrees in the south. still a touch cooler for parts of north—east england

and scotland as well. we're looking at the mid— to high teens there. a very similar day on tuesday, some mist and some fog patches to start things off. again, a bit of a breeze around parts of south—east england, north—west scotland as well with a bit more cloud but generally almost wall—to—wall sunshine for many of us. and it's going to be a little bit warmer by this stage across parts of scotland and northern ireland. so more widely we've got those temperatures up to about 20 or 21 degrees. high pressure through the middle part of the week just eases a little bit towards the east, but we're still drawing in the wind from a mild direction so those easterly winds are with us. that means we've got a lot more drym settled weather to come really for much of the week ahead. here's the outlook then — temperatures in the mid—20s in the south, high teens or low 20s further north,

this is bbc news, the headlines: eight more people have drowned while trying to cross the channel from france to england. the migrants' rubber boat sank not far from the french coast, north of boulogne—sur—mer. rescue services said they'd been alerted at around one in the morning that the vessel, with about fifty people on board, had started to sink. the polaris dawn space mission has come to a successful end, after its spacex dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of florida. on thursday, members of its civilian crew successfully completed the first—ever commercial spacewalk. israel's prime—minister warns

the houthis in yemen of a �*heavy price', after a ballistic missile managed to enter israeli airspace. the missile launched from yemen and fell in an open area. the houthis said their attack was only the beginning and showed israel was completely exposed. london fashion week is celebrating a0 years in the industry showcasing the latest looks on the catwalk, with more than 250 designers. it is now firmly on the fashionistas calender as part of the big four fashion weeks alongside new york, milan and paris. we are joined by the iconic british designer dame zandra rhodes — she has dressed royalty and pop culture 5 most famous, from princess diana to freddie mercury.