hello, i'm martine croxall. we start this hour with the news that eight people have drowned while trying to cross the channel from france to england. their rubber boat was overloaded, with more than 50 people on board including eritreans, sudanese, syrians and iranians. six people including a baby with hypothermia have been taken to hospital. so far this year 45 people have died trying to make the journey across the channel. that's the highest number since 2021 and nearly four times last year's figure. just yesterday alone, around 800 migrants in m boats crossed the channel. the boat got into difficulties off the french town of ambleteuse and was driven onto rocks where it came apart. the rocky shore made the french rescue effort difficult. it comes as sir keir starmer will be in italy on monday for talks with counterpart giorgia meloni about her efforts to tackle the problem of illegal migration. leigh milner has the latest.

it's here on this beach, near the town of ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france. translation: the vessel - departed from the slack sector near the town of wimereux. it quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed on the rocks directly in front of where we are now. a total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the un's international organisation for migration. sir keir starmer is expected to meet the italian prime minister in rome tomorrow to discuss italy's offshore processing plan, where asylum seekers are sent to albania. speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign secretary david lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes

to tackle the issue. well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are routes which migrants use, so of course, because it has reduced the numbers, we are actually discussing with italy the schemes that they have developed notjust with albania but upstream schemes with syria and libya as well. his comments were met with criticism from the shadow home secretary. we've seen fatalities of illegal channel crossings going up, we have seen the numbers coming up, because the very first action of this labour government was to scrap an international partnership which was deterring migrants, we know this because those migrants told us so. this latest incident comes less than two weeks after 12 people including six children and a pregnant woman died when a boat

carrying dozens of migrants sank in what was the deadliest loss of life in the channel this year. as the investigation into what happened last night continues, so do the ongoing discussions as to what can be done to prevent further deaths. leigh milner, bbc news. enver solomon, ceo of the refugee council, gave us his reaction to this latest channel crossing attempt. it's devastating news, just days after the tragic loss of life of 12 people, another eight people have now perished in the channel. and these deaths are not inevitable. it's important to note that. so it's important to recognise that these are people from countries like afghanistan, fleeing the taliban, from syria, fleeing bombs and bullets, they are seeking safety in the uk, seeking to be given refugee protection, and we need to look at ways of allowing them to come to the uk without having to take

these dangerous journeys. tony smith is a former director—general of the uk border force and head of border control who's now a global border security consultant. he has this assessment of how the channel crossings have changed of late. well, it is indeed tragic that this has happened, but i think what we're seeing increasingly now is more and more of these vessels are capsizing much closer to the french beaches, and they are much more overcrowded, more people are cramming into them. they have always been unsafe, but it is getting worse, and as your report showed, record numbers are now drowning, so it is clear to me there are still a supply of migrants who are willing to put their lives at risk and pay smuggling gangs to get across, but it is ever more dangerous, i'm afraid. what needs to happen in terms of cooperation between the uk and france to stop these vital crossings?

well, the only way we are ever going to stop the boats altogether is to come to an agreement with france that any migrants picked up either in french or british territorial waters are returned immediately to france, which is a safe country, a signatory to the 1951 convention. if they fear persecution, they can claim asylum in france. we need to send a clear message to smugglers that this will not work and they will not get into the uk. whether the french government or eu authorities will agree to such an arrangement is another thing, but it is a fundamental principle of maritime law that people in distress at sea should be taken back to the nearest safe place, and that clearly is france. what is your view of the idea of this albanian scheme, whereby people would be sent to albania for processing, something akin to what italy is doing? i think the new government here has been a bit hasty in dismissing the previous plan with rwanda, because a lot of money, time and effort

was invested by the british government in doing something similar, although it was offshoring, outsourcing, meaning that people coming across the channel could be resettled in rwanda. that was dismissed out of hand, but it was a good model, and we set up a lot of facilities in rwanda to do that. i'm not sure the arrangements with albania are as well advanced, so i think they would have been wise to take a bit of a breath before immediately dismissing the rwanda plan. by all means, look at the albania plan, but it seems there is growing momentum across europe for this idea that asylum processes could be dealt with in another country, so i will be interested to see what happens with that. countries across central and eastern europe are facing extreme flooding as storm boris wreaks havoc across the continent. more torrential downpours are forecasted until at least the end of monday. at least five people

have died in romania, one person drowned in poland, while in austria, a firefighter died tackling the floods there. the rain has mainly hit the eastern part of romania. authorities are creating displacement camps and sending emergency aid to those forced to evacuate their homes. in the czech republic, 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. the czech authorities have pleaded with people to heed calls to evacuate their homes if called to do so. some parts of poland and the czech republic faced the worst flooding in almost three decades and a bridge collapsed in this historic polish town near the czech border. these are some of the latest pictures we've had from the czech army showing their rescue operation in some of the worst hit parts of the country. they have been winching people to safety in helicopters in the northen east of the czech republic around jesenik, the mountainous spa town of is totally cut off. houses have been swept into a raging river.

let's speak to our prague correspondent, rob cameron. just give us an idea of the damage that has been caused so far. well, here in prague, the capital, the situation is much calmer now, and i think we have seen the worst of what the rain and flooding has to offer here in this part of the country. if i step away, you can see how high the river is now, but it hasn't burst its banks, and it is not expected to do so. in the other half of the country, the other half of the country, the other half of the country, the other side of the country, in north moravia, silesia, up in north moravia, silesia, up injesenik, the spa town has been completely cut off with not even the fire brigade able to get to those people who didn't heat those calls to leave their homes, to evacuate, and instead the army and the police have had to come in helicopters to whinge them to

safety. another town, 80% of which is under water, and now as the waters begin to recede from those towns in north moravia and silesia, the extent of the damage is beginning to be clear. we have seen on social media some of the pictures from jesenik and other areas where houses have been destroyed and massive amounts of debris left in the streets, and many people, of course, now looking for somewhere to spend the night, looking for warmth, looking for food and water. haw looking for food and water. how well-prepared _ looking for food and water. how well-prepared were _ looking for food and water. how well—prepared were the authorities, given what was forecast? i authorities, given what was forecast?— authorities, given what was forecast? ~ , , , forecast? i think the consensus is extremely — forecast? i think the consensus is extremely well _ forecast? i think the consensus is extremely well prepared, - is extremely well prepared, this region was very badly hit in 1997 and then in 2002. in 1997, north moravia took the brunt of the flooding, 2002, it was the capital, but since then so much has improved, they have poured literally1 billion euros in two flood defences, notjust here in prague but

other parts of the country as well. the computer modelling that they used to predict the volume of rain that will fall under where the rain water will flow, what pattern the flooding will follow along these tributaries and into the major rivers, all of that has improved massively over the last few decades, and it has given the authority is much more time to prepare and pinpoint and target exactly what they need to do when they need to do it.— need to do it. rob cameron in prauue, need to do it. rob cameron in prague, thank— need to do it. rob cameron in prague, thank you _ need to do it. rob cameron in prague, thank you very - need to do it. rob cameron inj prague, thank you very much. and we have a live page running online with the very latest on the catastrophic flooding that are sweeping through central europe and have left at least seven dead and others missing. you will find that on the bbc news website and app. 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 2,000km in less than 12 minutes. israel has said it is investigating how the missile was not shot down before entering the airspace. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has 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 missile 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 2,000km in 11—and—a—half 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, well, 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.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. there are two games in the english premier league today, they are into the second half in the north london derby as tottenham take on arsenal at home, goalless at half—time. there were seven bookings in the first half, five for tottenham. plenty of chances at both ends, both keepers making good saves. the late kick—off is at molineux. wolves have just one point from their three games so far. a win for newcastle would see them move up to third at the very least. really pleased with the start we have made in what is such a difficult league. yeah, we know we still haven't hit top gear, we have done well in different passages of each game, but not consistently through the 90 minutes, that is what we are looking to do, and about going into a spell where we are playing

away from home, some difficult games, so we are preparing for that test. at this moment, we will play a lot of teams who are expected to finish high up the league, so not many people outside of here expect us to take many points out of the few games at the start of the season. but that is not our expectation — our expectation is to give everything to show that we have got good players, a good side. rangers are up to third in the scottish premiership. they won 1—0 at dundee united. tom lawrence scored the only goal inside the first ten minutes at tannadice. rangers are still five points behind celtic and aberdeen, who have both won five games out of five this season. mclaren�*s 0scar piastri has won a thrilling azerbaijan grand prix on the streets of baku. piastri took the lead from pole

sitter charles leclerc at the halfway stage, and after a race—long battle, held off the ferrari to take his second race victory this season. behind him, there was more drama as red bull's sergio perez and ferrari's carlos sainz collided with two laps to go, handing mercedes�* george russell third, with the other mclaren of lando norris recovering to fourth after starting 15th, finishing ahead of championship leader max verstappen, the gap between the two down to 59 points with seven races left. great britain's hopes of reaching the davis cup finals are over. they had to win all three of their rubbers in the tie against canada in manchester, but they fell at the first hurdle. dan evans was unable to recoverfrom his poor start against denis shapovalov, he lost the first set 6—0, and though he pushed the second to a tie break, he lost in straight sets. the win means that canada qualify for the finals in malaga in november,

along with argentina from this group. jack draper is playing felix auger—aliassime right now. the start of the final t20 between england and australia has been delayed at old trafford. play looks very unliklely at the moment — it hasn't stopped raining in manchester. some other news coming out of the england camp is that white ball captainjos buttler will miss the five—match 0di series against australia as well. buttler has not played since the t20 world cup injune because of a calf injury. harry brook will captain the side in buttler�*s absence, while liam livingstone has also been called up to the one—day squad as a replacement. it's the final day of the solheim cup. the usa lead 10—6 going into the singles that is under way in virginia. but europe have made a strong start, leading in four of the matches. 1a and a half points is the target for the usa, as they look to lift the trophy

for the first time since 2017. as holders, europe need 1a to claim the title for a record fourth time in a row. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. sir keir starmer has been accused of a breach of parliamentary rules relating to donations used to buy clothes for his wife from labour donor lord alli. the prime minister has now registered the gifts to lady starmer, but he didn't do it within the time that mps are expected to make such declaration. with me is our political correspondent tony bonsignore. what more do we know about what has gone on here day, covered the cost of a personal shopper,

clothes and alterations for victoria . . clothes and alterations for victoria ,, ., ,., clothes and alterations for victoria ,, ., , ., victoria starmer, both before and after _ victoria starmer, both before and after the _ victoria starmer, both before and after the deduction. - and after the deduction. according to the rules, you are supposed to do this within 28 days, it didn't happen initially. street said to us they thought they had complied with all the rules on donations but then they got updated advice, and it was at that point that they declared further items.— point that they declared further items. ~ , ., , , further items. why does this matter? the _ further items. why does this matter? the first _ further items. why does this matter? the first reason - further items. why does this matter? the first reason is l further items. why does this l matter? the first reason is the identity of _ matter? the first reason is the identity of the _ matter? the first reason is the identity of the donor, - matter? the first reason is the identity of the donor, lord - identity of the donor, lord alli, a huge donor to the labour party, he has already bought accommodation, clothes, even glasses... figs bought accommodation, clothes, even glasses. . ._ even glasses... as in spectacles? - even glasses... as in spectacles? yes, - even glasses... as in | spectacles? yes, with even glasses... as in - spectacles? yes, with tends of thousands _ spectacles? yes, with tends of thousands of _ spectacles? yes, with tends of thousands of pounds, - spectacles? yes, with tends of thousands of pounds, and - spectacles? yes, with tends of thousands of pounds, and i - spectacles? yes, with tends of i thousands of pounds, and i have already been allegations of cronyism after it emerged that lord ali was given a downing street security pass in august, hence there was talk of passes for glasses from some of the opposition mps. and secondly eyebrows being raised over

whether the prime minister is right to take donations of things like clothing and glasses, particularly because he has talked about cleaning up politics. david lammy was asked about this this morning, he said that most prime ministers rely on donations so they can look their best when they represented the uk, the conservatives not impressed, calling for a full investigation, accusing the prime minister of hypocrisy, contrasting these donations with a decision to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners. passes for glasses, it writes itself! the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, is urging the labour government to "invest more in the nhs or accept continued decline". ahead of his speech to his party conference in brighton, sir ed called for a "budget for the nhs" and said his party would provide a strong opposition. we are worried in the nhs

debate _ we are worried in the nhs debate that they are talking about — debate that they are talking about reform before investment, so we _ about reform before investment, so we will— about reform before investment, so we will hold them to account, but we will be different from the conservatives, because being constructive means you have a different — constructive means you have a different town, you do not do the yah boo politics that people are sick of, and you also — people are sick of, and you also put _ people are sick of, and you also put your alternatives forward _ the foreign secretary, david lammy, says careful discussions are taking place about whether ukraine will be allowed to fire long—range western missiles into russia. ukraine has repeatedly urged britain and the united states to let it use weapons like the british storm shadow missile, to hit targets in russia. mr lammy told bbc news today more talks involving the united states will take place later this month. this request from zelensky for long—range missiles is a long—standing request, he's been making it for well over a year. what is important is that allies are able to come together with president zelensky and ukrainians to assess what is needed now,

and given the advances in kursk, clearly, ukraine has taken back half of the territory that russia took in the donbas region, again a major advance, we want to put ukraine in the strongest position going forward. i can't tell you operationally on air what we will or won't do, and i particularly won't do that at a time when russia is buying ballistic missiles from iran and escalating further. but please understand this is under careful discussion with the ukrainians, as we assess what they need as they head into that winter. a spacex capsule carrying the crew who undertook the first spacewalk by private astronauts has returned to earth. it splashed down off the coast of florida. the four people on board had travelled further into space than anyone for more than 50 years.

it's one of television's big nights later, with the emmy awards taking place in los angeles. shows including hits like baby reindeer and the crown are vying for recognition. before that, though, is was the traditional bafta red—carpet tea party and a chance to celebrate the nominations. 0ur los angeles correspondent emma vardy went along. take a five—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. slow horses starring gary 0ldman has nine nominations,

including for best drama. another game being played that will probably leave me worse. first i thought gary 0ldman's 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 whirlwind 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. nava mau's 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 mantelpiece. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. finally this half—hour, a zoo in thailand has imposed a five—minute limit on visits to see its most famous attraction, a baby pygmy hippo. this is moo deng,

she's become a sensation, both online and in the flesh, since she was born injune. but thousands of people now visit her every day, causing trafficjams on roads leading to the zoo. the zoo has installed cctv cameras around the enclosures and has threatened legal action against anyone who mistreats the baby hippo. hello. we've got quite a mixture of weather around, across southern areas of england the sunniest and warmest of the weather to come today. high cloud working in over the next few hours. a couple of stripes of rain across northern england and the midlands, another in scotland, a couple of weather fronts bringing wetter weather for some of you over the next few hours, and with that some low cloud in lancashire. as we go through the afternoon, this band of rain will sink southwards across wales, the midlands, probably reaching parts of east anglia as well. the far south will be dry with sunshine. brightening up in northern

ireland, heavier rain working across scotland for a time with sunny spells chasing that rain in from the west later today. temperatures: high teens to low 20s. now, overnight, very gradually, we will see that rain ease away, but in the colder air that follows, a risk of a few dense fog patches forming as we go on through the latter part of the night. it could turn quite murky, some low cloud, probably spits and spots of drizzle across the far south from our weak weather front, but high pressure building right the way across the uk from monday bringing a lengthy spell of dry and relatively warm weather in the week ahead. starting with that low cloud, drizzle first thing across eastern england, mist and fog clearing quickly across the northwest. most areas will have a fine day with long spells of sunshine. temperatures for many between 17—21 celsius, but a little bit cooler across the far north of scotland, where temperatures will be around 13—15. high pressure reorienting on tuesday, mild air pushing into scotland, so temperatures will start to rise a little bit.

highs of 21 celsius in the warmest spot in scotland, quite widely about 19—21 elsewhere in the uk as well. for wednesday, one or two mist and fog patches first thing, perhaps a slightly stronger breeze coming in off the north sea, keeping some coastal districts of east anglia a little bit fresher, but come inland, 2a celsius in london, up to 22 in parts of scotland and 20 in parts of northern ireland, warm in that september sunshine. more of that by the end of the week, but a risk of showers across england and wales from thursday onwards.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a rubber boat taking migrants across the channel from france to england has sunk off the french coast, killing eight people. 45 migrants have now died in the channel this year. exceptionally heavy rain is still lashing parts of central and eastern europe and has killed at least five people in romania and one each in austria and poland. 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.

it's the second day of the lib dems' autumn conference in brighton. it's the first big gathering for the party since it won 72 mp seats injuly�*s general election. high fashion is back in town with london fashion week under way for its 40th edition. let's get more on now the liberal democrats party conference — their first sincejuly�*s general election that saw them win 72 seats in parliament — their most ever mps. the leader of the party sir ed davey, who carried out a series of daring stunts during the election campaign — opened the conference, by riding a jet ski through brighton marina. he will give his speech on tuesday. now the third—largest party in the house of commons, the lib dems are positioning themselves as a "constructive opposition".