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. it comes as sir keir starmer heads off to italy to meet his italian counterpart, giorgia meloni, tomorrow. the two leaders are expected to discuss illegal migration, and to see what lessons can be learned from italy's scheme of sending migrants to albania. 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, 800 migrants crossed the channel on 14 boats. 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. 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. including the eight latest victims, 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

was open to using similar 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 interested in discussing with italy the schemes that they have developed not just 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. 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 borderforce and head of border control, who 5 now a global border security consultant. he gave us 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? to stop these fatal 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 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. several people remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. 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. our correspondent rob cameron is following the story from prague. he says the situation in the czech capital has eased. 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 side of the country, 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 heed those calls to leave their homes, to evacuate, and instead the army and the police have had to come in with helicopters to winch 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. how well—prepared were the authorities, given what was forecast? i think the consensus 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 into 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 adn 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 authorities much more time to prepare and pinpoint and target exactly what they need to do when they need to do it. some parts of poland have faced the worst flooding in almost three decades. a bridge collapsed in this historic polish town near the czech border. in a dramatic appeal, the mayor urged residents to relocate to higher ground, saying, we re drowning . war—torn ukraine has offered help to poland

by sending 100 rescuers. polish prime minister donald tusk confirmed the flood related death in the country during an emergency briefing. translation: wrote the situation is still very dramatic in certain places. we have the first _ dramatic in certain places. - have the first confirmed the drowning here. once again, i appealthat drowning here. once again, i appeal that reacting in a more disciplined manner to the cause of the fire fights and there were despite the calls of the firefighters and the police. let's speak now to andreas papadopoulos, a czech tv correspondent in poland. he has visited klodzko, a town in south—western poland where the situation is really serious, with water levels reaching those comparable to the great flood of 1997. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. give us a sense of the picture across the country. thank you for having me. i'm at a petrol station, we are on a

hill and the water won't get here in the parking lot, where there are usually five or six cars. there are now several hundred cars because citizens are trying to save them. by the way, on the gas station there is a small shop, people are coming here all the time for potatoes, water, can't. it will be very soon sold out. there is a panic in the city because the river is going hi. that isjust for describing the surroundings. the city is behind three huge reservoirs, and even here the situation is very complicated, so you can imagine that in klodzko the city further down in the country, that is when i was moving today, the citizens of klodzko is totally flooded. we got there on foot for about

terms locally. the last road over there, terms locally. the last road overthere, one terms locally. the last road over there, one of the few bridges, the main impression was that the water progressed really i would say anchors preciously, but very quickly in those terms. water advanced by 1.5 metres. with so many people that did not seem to believe that did not seem to believe that the city would be flooded. the review is to be moved. others civilians asked him and shouted at them to be evacuated. it was very hectic. when i left, it was farfrom ideal on the contrary, a dam broke over the city and another big wave is headed to the city. we know that storm boris is forecast to last until at least the end of monday, so what else are people going to have to cope with, do you believe? i

guess the situation will last for maybe three more days, according to officials i spoke to. there is a huge probability that the water may be, the stream of the water. on monday, but the water will be stored there. they will have to serve there. they will have to serve the rest of the businesses, the rest of their houses, and it will be very tough for them. government proposed, by the way, some help, but still the main things to do will on local governments, and they are really in shock right now, so we will see how they will organise the help and everything, how the people will come back from school, from kindergarten, where they have

been evacuated to. so, yeah, on monday, there is no end of the situation. probably a lot of days, weeks, are ahead of poland. . ~ days, weeks, are ahead of poland. ., ~ i. ., days, weeks, are ahead of poland. ., ~ ., ., ~ poland. thank you for talking to us. and we have a live page running online with the latest on the catastrophic flooding that are sweeping through central europe. you will find that on the bbc news website and app. to the middle east now. 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 2,000 kilometres in less than 12 minutes. israel has said it is investigating how the missile

was not shot down before entering the airspace. our 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. let's turn our attention

to uk politics now. sir keir starmer has been accused of a breach of parliamentary rules relating to donations used to buy clothes for his wife from the 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. for the details, i spoke to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. according to the sunday times today, lord waheed alli, he covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for victoria starmer, the prime minister's wife. and that was for both before and after the general election. now, according to the rules, you're supposed to do this within 28 days. that didn't happen here initially. we've spoken to downing street. downing street said to us they thought they'd complied with all the rules on donations, but then they got updated advice, and it was at that point that they declared further items. why does this matter? it matters for a couple of reasons. first is the identity of the donor.

lord alli is a huge donor to the labour party. he's already bought accommodation, clothes, even glasses for... as in spectacles? as spectacles for sir keir starmer, worth tens of thousands of pounds. and they've already been allegations of cronyism after it emerged that lord alli was given a downing street security pass in august. hence, there was talk of passes for glasses scandal for some of the opposition mps. and secondly, eyebrows being raised over whether the prime minister isjust right to take donations on things like clothing and glasses, particularly given that he's talked about cleaning up politics. now the foreign secretary, david lammy, asked about this this morning — he said it wasn't an issue of transparency and that most prime ministers rely on donations so they can look their best when they represent the uk. the conservatives not impressed. they're calling for a full investigation. they're accusing the prime minister of hypocrisy and they're contrasting these donations with a decision

to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners. 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 president zelensky for long—range missiles is a long—standing request he's been making 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, their desire to keep provost, 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. closely watching on to a decision concerning long—range missiles will be russia and ukraine's neighbours. for these countries, any threat of escalation could have significant consequences. finland shares a more than 1,300 kilometre land border with russia. as of now, all border crossing points remain closed, indefinitely. in april 2023, finland became the 31st member of nato, an application prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine.

i asked elina valtonen, foreign minister of finland for her view of president putin's latest threats. we know that we have very strong defence and deterrence ourselves and have invested in out with friends and allies. we do not see any military threat targeting finland or any of the other neighbouring countries here. what concerns does finland have for its own security, given that you have that long land border with russia? we have always taken the potential threat of russia very seriously, and therefore even before wejoined nato, we invested very heavily on our own defence, we never let go of our conscription—based army, for instance, and we have, in absolute terms, one of the strongest armies in europe to this day, and now of course we are happy to share our capabilities with the entire alliance.

but what we have observed in the recent months, and this not only concerns finland, i guess, but every european country, there has been an increase in hybrid—threat activity or hybrid attacks from russia, acts of sabotage and cyber attacks, of course misinformation and disinformation, and clearly also instrumentalised migration that russia has been using against finland and other neighbouring countries. what has changed for finland in how you as a country regard russia and president putin since you joined nato? we have seen, unfortunately, that aggression russia has not diminished, and on the contrary we been disappointed to see that russia has submitted itself to being a sort ofjunior partner

to china as well. we do see that, with the increased trade activity between those two countries, russia has been able to continue waging war in ukraine. in the long term, i am pretty pessimistic about the russian outlook, especially the economic outlook, but in the short and medium term, they will be able to wage that war, which means that we, all the friends of ukraine and all the friends of the un charter and international law, we simply have to be aiding ukraine even heavier than we have been thus far. would that include, then, support for ukraine using western supplied long—range missiles, which president zelensky has been asking the united states and britain to permit for some time? just on friday, we published

a new military aid package to ukraine, and right from the outset we haven't set any constraints on the materiel we have been sending over for the ukrainians. obviously, we do rely on the fact that they have the full right to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity, and at the same time they are also able, based on international law, to also strike military targets. they have the full support of finland in that. 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. 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 southern 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. its 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 5 general election. and — high fashion is back in town with london fashion week under way for its 40th edition — we'll bejoined live in studio by a designer and model. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie. we're starting with football and the premier league where arsenal have moved up to second after winning the north london derby at tottenham. gabriel scored the only goal — with a close range header from a second half corner. a good start to what promises to be a tough week for arsenal, as they open their champions league campaign at atalanta on thursday before a trip to league leaders manchester city next sunday. they're two points behind city in the table. today as well we had a very

specific context as well after the international league after a few blows and a little bit of bad news. how the team reacted straightaway, the spirit that we showed when we could not show any more quality on the ball. we did a lot of simple things wrong today. we did magnificently well. the way we competed, the way we found the right opportunities to get away with the win showed how we care about this team. i with the win showed how we care about this team.— about this team. i thought it was a tight _ about this team. i thought it was a tight game _ about this team. i thought it was a tight game all- about this team. i thought it was a tight game all the - about this team. i thought it was a tight game all the way along — was a tight game all the way along. forthe most was a tight game all the way along. for the most part we controlled it, we didn't get off to _ controlled it, we didn't get off to a _ controlled it, we didn't get off to a good start, but we didn't_ off to a good start, but we didn't capitalise on the opportunity or create more opportunities than we did. but it was— opportunities than we did. but it was a — opportunities than we did. but it was a pretty tight game. obviously find margins, yet, we were _ obviously find margins, yet, we were able — obviously find margins, yet, we were able to get over the top of them _ in the late kick off wolves are one goal to nil up against newcastle at home. if it stays like this it

will be wolves' first win of the season and will move them out of the bottom three. in the scottish premiership, rangers are up to third after a 1—nil victory at dundee united. tom lawrence scored the only goal inside the first 10 minutes. rangers are still five points behind celtic and aberdeen who have both won every game so far this season. mclaren�*s oscar piastri has won a thrilling formula one 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 driver to win his second grand prix of the 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 place, with the other mclaren of lando norris somehow moving up from 15th to come in fourth and crucially ahead it's of championship leader max verstappen, the gap between the two is now down to 59 points with seven races left. it's the final day of the solheim cup. the usa started the singles 10—6 ahead, needing just four and a half points

to take the trophy. and the defending champions europe are giving it a go and there was an impressive win for england's charley hull over the world number one nelly korda. but the latest from virginia is the usa are leading 11—7 and in the ongoing matches they are up in six, tied in four and down in two. great britain's hopes of reaching the davis cup finals are over. they had to win all three of their matches in the tie against canada but — they fell at the first hurdle in manchester. dan evans unable to recover from his poor start against denis shapovalov — he lost the first set 6—love and though he almost took the second to a tiebreak, he lost in straight sets. it means canada qualify for the finals in malaga in november, along with argentina from this group. the final t20 match in the series between england and australia has been abandoned without a ball being bowled at old trafford, which means the series is tied at one game all.

and there's some more bad news coming out of the england camp today — captainjos butler, who hasn't played sincejune because of a calf injury, will miss the five match one day series with australia as well. harry brook will skipper the side in his absence, while liam livingstone has also been called—up to the one—day squad as a replacement. and that's all the sport for now. 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. ahead of his speech on tuesday, he urged the labour government to invest more in the nhs or accept continued decline .

now the third—largest party in the house of commons, the lib dems are positioning themselves as a constructive opposition . let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is at the party conference in brighton. as you say, liberal democrat celebrating. 72 mps are the most ever. they didn't think they were going to quite get that many. so certainly delight here in making the most of that. also, as you are saying, sir ed db trying to find himself in opposition to the labour government and the conservatives who are the biggest sort of opponents of the election, if you like. —— ed davey. that's kind of what he was focusing on today when he was focusing on today when he was focusing on today when he was talking to my colleague, laura kunz break this morning. this is what he said. we will challenge the government where we disagree

with them. what we are going to do is _ with them. what we are going to do is what — with them. what we are going to do is what we said to the british_ do is what we said to the british people during the general election, it is important we keep the trust we built_ important we keep the trust we built up. — important we keep the trust we built up, we will talk about the nhs and care, sewage, the cost _ the nhs and care, sewage, the cost of— the nhs and care, sewage, the cost of living, and already the government has made two big mistakes _ government has made two big mistakes in those three areas, at least, — mistakes in those three areas, at least, and we are holding them — at least, and we are holding them to— at least, and we are holding them to account. they are withdrawing the winter fuel payment from millions who are struggling. they are making a mistake — struggling. they are making a mistake on the cost of living. we are — mistake on the cost of living. we are opposing them on that. we are opposing them on that. we are — we are opposing them on that. we are worried that in the nhs debates. — we are worried that in the nhs debates, they are talking about reform — debates, they are talking about reform before investment when we think— reform before investment when we think there needs to be reformed and investment, we will hold — reformed and investment, we will hold them to account. being _ will hold them to account. being constructive means you have — being constructive means you have a — being constructive means you have a different tone or that you dont— have a different tone or that you don't do the politics that people — you don't do the politics that people are sick of. you also put — people are sick of. you also put your— people are sick of. you also put your alternatives forward, so prime _ put your alternatives forward, so prime minister's questions 'ust so prime minister's questions just last — so prime minister's questions just last week when i was opposing the government's withdrawal of winter fuel

payments, we said there is a financial— payments, we said there is a financial deficit left with the tories _ financial deficit left with the tories. we agree with you on that— tories. we agree with you on that irut— tories. we agree with you on that but there are other ways to deat— that but there are other ways to deal with that problem and we put — to deal with that problem and we put them forward. it's been more about education and liberal democrats pushing they say there politics their ideas. they've been taking part of all of that, the national education union, general secretary also with us, can i ask you first what you have heard here today, liberal democrats here saying they have a new force in parliament, what are you hearing? do you think they will be able to shape the conversation? we they will be able to shape the conversation?— they will be able to shape the conversation? we really do hope that they are _ conversation? we really do hope that they are going _ conversation? we really do hope that they are going to _ conversation? we really do hope that they are going to be - conversation? we really do hope that they are going to be a - that they are going to be a positive _ that they are going to be a positive force in the talk of this — positive force in the talk of this we _ positive force in the talk of this. we are impressed with some — this. we are impressed with some of— this. we are impressed with some of their policies. we

might— some of their policies. we might have to affiliate the lib dems, — might have to affiliate the lib dems, because we are so pressed, _ dems, because we are so pressed, very keen on investments, keen on eradicating child poverty, scrapping the cap and taking that— scrapping the cap and taking that very seriously as well. all of — that very seriously as well. all of those things cost money. we have a government who says there is no money there may be a voice calling for that, without make any difference between what you see and what your teachers get? the between what you see and what your teachers get?— your teachers get? the current labour government _ your teachers get? the current labour government saying - your teachers get? the current labour government saying they are a tough economic choice to make and we appreciate that, but there is certainly the wealth and the society that there could be adequate investment, they made £620 billion in profit recently and that money does exist, it can be redistributed in a call equitable way.— be redistributed in a call equitable way. your teachers have just _ equitable way. your teachers have just had _ equitable way. your teachers have just had a _ equitable way. your teachers have just had a decent -

equitable way. your teachers have just had a decent pay i equitable way. your teachers i have just had a decent pay rise from the government. they've done all right. you've done ok. the money is limited, so maybe you should wait. there are other priorities. we you should wait. there are other priorities.— other priorities. we really welcome _ other priorities. we really welcome the _ other priorities. we really welcome the 5.596 - other priorities. we really welcome the 5.5% pay - other priorities. we really i welcome the 5.5% pay award other priorities. we really - welcome the 5.5% pay award in the £1.2 billion of investment from this labour government. we must recognise that teacher pay has been held back over the past decade, which means we are still in the midst of a deep recruitment and retention crisis that will only be solved through more investment. from what ou through more investment. from what you have — through more investment. from what you have been _ through more investment. from what you have been hearing - through more investment. from what you have been hearing here today and obviously your job covering parliament, covering mps in parliament, what can you say about what you hear about the sort of strategy that liberal democrats are thinking about, how they define themselves now. a, about, how they define themselves now. �* u. . themselves now. a record number of mps, 72 — themselves now. a record number of mps, 72 of— themselves now. a record number of mps, 72 of them _ themselves now. a record number of mps, 72 of them in _ of mp5, 72 of them in parliament right now they are looking to position themselves

as the opposition that could almost overtake the tories and in opposition to labour. that doesn't necessarily mean that they are going to go and really hard on labour early on because having spoken to quite a lot of new lib dem mps today and senior lib dem mps, they are talking about the fact that ideologically, their values are somewhat more aligned with the labour party at the moment, and as a whole, as a part of an entry party, they seem pretty pleased that labour are in the end the tories are out given their electoral strategy. what comes next, it kind of depends on who you ask. some of them think it's very much a case of honing in on those blue walls seats, toppling some of the senior conservatives who are left in the next election. some mps think they need to be targeting labour seats next and thinking about areas for greater manchester, sunderland, parts of london, when they've got a really strong local lib

dem support for councils. we are going to see some conversations about that and how they look at the next election already although they are in celebratory mode at the moment. ~ , ., are in celebratory mode at the moment-— are in celebratory mode at the moment. ~ , ., ., ., ,, ., moment. when you look at it, i think all of— moment. when you look at it, i think all of the _ moment. when you look at it, i think all of the seats _ moment. when you look at it, i think all of the seats they - moment. when you look at it, i think all of the seats they won l think all of the seats they won came from the conservatives other than in scotland, they came from the snp, and i think they only had one target seat that was a labour seats, they really have been fighting conservatives and in future, they are looking to make gains from conservatives, that causes a bit of a problem for them facing labour government. i think for them it depends how you define a problem. they are looking to use that parliamentary power that they have. a lot of procedural stuff in terms of getting more questions in parliament, they have some shares of select committees, more members on select committees, so they are going to be thinking about thoseissues going to be thinking about those issues which they want to be really hot on, so for example, social care in the nhs. and challenge labour on

those aspects, according to some of the mps today but i've spoken to, not necessarily challenging them on the substance of what they want to do and pressing them to go further or maybe think about what they are doing more and speak to more stakeholders, for example. i know on the winter fuel allowance vote, the liberal dems were opposed to labour cutting some of the senior lib dems i've spoken to us that it's not necessarily the allowance being cut that they have a problem with but they have a problem with but the timing of how they did it and the fact that they didn't do an impact assessment and that kind of thing. they will be holding labour�*s feet to the fire but maybe not quite in the same way as they did with the conservatives in terms of wanting to get them out of government.— wanting to get them out of government. wanting to get them out of covernment. ., . ,, ., , ., government. coming back to you, we talked to _ government. coming back to you, we talked to you _ government. coming back to you, we talked to you about _ government. coming back to you, we talked to you about holding i we talked to you about holding feet to the fire. you say you like what you hear that you could affiliate with them, but where could you push them harder? what are my not saying that you would like to hear? i wasjoking about the

was joking about the affiliation, wasjoking about the affiliation, but i think it's an interesting point that you make — an interesting point that you make about holding labour's feet — make about holding labour's feet to — make about holding labour's feet to the fire. of course, the — feet to the fire. of course, the lib— feet to the fire. of course, the lib dems went into coalition with the tories in 2010 — coalition with the tories in 2010 and implemented austerity. it 2010 and implemented austerity. it would — 2010 and implemented austerity. it would be fantastic, actually if we — it would be fantastic, actually if we had _ it would be fantastic, actually if we had a liberal democrat party — if we had a liberal democrat party preventing a labour government from its austerity measures because, of course, the winter— measures because, of course, the winter fuel allowance cut was shameful in my opinion. we should _ was shameful in my opinion. we should not— was shameful in my opinion. we should not be balancing the books — should not be balancing the books by picking the pockets of pensioners. books by picking the pockets of pensioners— books by picking the pockets of ensioners. . ~' , ., , . pensioners. thank you very much for our pensioners. thank you very much for your time _ pensioners. thank you very much for your time and _ pensioners. thank you very much for your time and your _ pensioners. thank you very much for your time and your thoughts l for your time and your thoughts joining us. we will see how things develop. interestingly from that, we have been hearing liberal democrats saying they want to learn the lessons from before as an opposition on that may include some of the things you were just hearing about. back to you. in brighton with the liberal democrats thank you. 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. with me is fashion designer lucy tammam and her model eve nichelle—taylor. who is on our catwalk of news, as we call it. we will talk about the dress that eve is wearing in a moment, but lucy, sustainability is becoming more and more feature of fashion week. but what we really mean by that? week. but what we really mean b that? ,, , week. but what we really mean b that? ,, i, week. but what we really mean b that? ,, _., by that? sustainability is not a defined thing. _ by that? sustainability is not a defined thing. it's - by that? sustainability is not a defined thing. it's not - by that? sustainability is not a defined thing. it's not an i a defined thing. it's not an end goal. so we need to think of sustainability as an ever evolving set of ideas that we need to work towards and keep moving towards the next set of ideas. so we need to look at fair trade, ideas. so we need to look at fairtrade, making ideas. so we need to look at fair trade, making sure everyone is being feared —— paid fairly in the supply chain. because of the fashion

that we are making and because of the fashion that's being used and discarded. there is a whole array of things we need to be thinking about in terms of sustainability and circularity.— of sustainability and circularity. of sustainability and circulari . ~ . . circularity. we will see this time in london _ circularity. we will see this time in london pre-loved i time in london pre—loved fabrics, recycled materials and thatis fabrics, recycled materials and that is where we can turn our attention to what eve is wearing. this dresses yours. tell us what it is called and what it is designed to signify. absolutely. one dress planet is a dress that i created meaning to create a whole collection in one dress. the stress doesn't ever get replicated like a normal fashion ever get replicated like a normalfashion design ever get replicated like a normal fashion design would. there's only ever going to be one, and we've asked our customers to contribute to it by the lawyer 's embroidery attached to it. so it's owned by the hundreds of people who contributed, each flower is chosen by each customer and attached to the dress. the dress is going to be used to start really important

conversations like eco—side, and it is going to go to all the climate week since top conferences and start those conversations and keep growing as the year goes on. the destruction _ as the year goes on. the destruction or _ as the year goes on. the destruction or damage . as the year goes on. the destruction or damage in the end of the environment. it looks spectacular. is it comfortable to wear, given that you are stitched into it? i feel amazing. well- you are stitched into it? i feel amazing. well you . you are stitched into it? i i feel amazing. well you look amazing- — feel amazing. well you look amazing. you've _ feel amazing. well you look amazing. you've outshone i feel amazing. well you look i amazing. you've outshone all feel amazing. well you look - amazing. you've outshone all of us, in a new studio, that's not difficult you called for stronger red —— legislation to protect the planet. stronger red -- legislation to protect the planet.— stronger red -- legislation to protect the planet. that's what the are protect the planet. that's what they are doing _ protect the planet. that's what they are doing as _ protect the planet. that's what they are doing as well. - protect the planet. that's what they are doing as well. the - they are doing as well. the idea is that they are going to hold big businesses, people in government accountable when they destroy the planet, and thatis they destroy the planet, and that is what we need. at the moment, there is no... they don't have any repercussions when they do things that

destroy the planet. that's why we've created this dress, call for that stronger legislation so that when the destruction happens, it becomes a criminal offence, basically. fundamentally, isn't the idea of sustainability and fashion weather incompatible, we need to buy less, and as designers to buy less, and as designers to me need to make money, so we need to buy enough. find to me need to make money, so we need to buy enough.— need to buy enough. and we need to create. that's _ need to buy enough. and we need to create. that's what _ need to buy enough. and we need to create. that's what i do, - to create. that's what i do, that's what i love. i need to keep making things because that's what i'm here for. that's my reason. and that is why i designed this concept of one dress, it's only creating one dress, it's only creating one thing but has the same opportunities for my customers the emotion of buying fashion. you're still buying a piece of fashion. you're still part of this piece this idea. it still gives work to my embroiderer 's

and my seamstresses, so it still creating but it's creating quality over quantity. so if there is one thing that as consumers we can do to lessen our impact while still buying things that we'd like to wear, what would it be? i’m wear, what would it be? i'm auoin wear, what would it be? i'm going to _ wear, what would it be? i'm going to quote _ wear, what would it be? in going to quote the brilliant vivian at westwood, buy less, buy better, consider what you are buying, really make sure you are buying what you really want, what works for you. love it and wear it for a long time. thank you both for coming in and bringing in this extraordinary dress. 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, as well as the traitors. our los angeles correspondent, emma vardy, has this report.

no way. trust me, that's random. 0h. thank you. take a five star rooftop in beverly hills, some famous faces, and you have the baftas tea party. but no—one's drinking much tea. it's the emmys weekend, and at the warm up, everyone's a winner. this is where all the stars get to rub shoulders and let their hair down a bit. all right, make this quick. i've got underlings to bully. i'm busy. the spy series slow horses, starring gary oldman, has nine nominations, including for best drama. 0h, now you get it. there's another game being played that will probably leave me worse off. first i thought, really, gary oldman's performance, really? and he'sjust mastered it. it's just perfect. it's an honour to be - selected for field work. shut up. the royal drama the crown marks its final series with 18 nominations. all over the world, in their thousands. i think one of us is going to have to die now. but it's the controversial netflix series, baby reindeer, that really got people talking.

the 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's been a whirlwind and i'm still kind of catching my feet. i'm still trying to, like, 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. the uk press, there's an incredible focus on the kind of negative, but you can't ignore the positive impact that baby reindeer has had. 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're here to enjoy their success. enjoy, ladies. enjoy. then it'll 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. a space x capsule carrying the crew who undertook the first spacewalk by non—professional astronauts has returned to earth — splashing down off the coast of florida. the four people on board had travelled further into space than anyone for more than 50 years. you can hear the card you're getting excited.— getting excited. hurtling towards the _ getting excited. hurtling towards the person - getting excited. hurtling i towards the person seems getting excited. hurtling - towards the person seemsjust towards the person seems just after the capsule reenters the atmosphere. arriving in the early hours of the morning, this thermal camera shows a small parachute opened to start to slow down and then stabilise the capsule. then the main shoots open, slowing the restaurants down to 50 mph, they will drift onto splashdown off the coast of florida. space x has done this many times before. but there was nothing routine about the mission. it’s

routine about the mission. it's one routine about the mission. it's gone higher— routine about the mission. it�*s gone higher than space x has overtaken astronauts before so that it can dip into the impact of that on the human body. it then came down a little bit in orbit and formed the most amazing space plane in all four astronauts were exposed to a vacuumed environment. this billionaire _ vacuumed environment. this billionaire became _ vacuumed environment. this billionaire became the first private sector asked her not to have carried out the spacewalk on thursday, followed by his crew member, sarah gillis. the crew member, sarah gillis. the crew went higher than any others since the apollo astronauts of the 19605 and 705. mr isaac minton has paid for two thirds of omission, in which he is likely to push the boundaries of human space flight even further.

part of a danish coin collection described as one of the most valuable ever amassed has sold for more than 5ixteen million dollars after being hidden away for more than a century. nearly three hundred rare coins from the bruun collection were auctioned in copenhagen on saturday. nearly 20,000 items are still to be sold over the next few years. lars emil bruun, a danish buttertycoon, bought the collection in 1922 from the aristocratic bille—brahe family. bringing you a bit of breaking news now, we've been reporting new5 now, we've been reporting all day on how these catastrophic floods have 5wept catastrophic floods have swept through central europe and at the moment, we understand that the moment, we understand that the death toll i5 the moment, we understand that the death toll is seven because people have died in poland and

austria and romania, and there are others missing in the czech republic. poland is now going to declare a state of disaster because of these flood5. we were reporting earlier that the polish prime minister had been poli5h prime minister had been meeting his ministers. they have now decided that they are going to declare a state of national di5aster —— natural disaster as they try to tackle the effects of the ongoing floods across the country. after consulting with relevant minister5, he wrote on social media, "i've instructed the preparation and a council of ministers regulation to introduce a state of natural disaster." what this means according to our correspondent who is in warsaw come a natural disaster gives the government di5aster gives the government greater control to counter and resolve the effects of the disaster which may involve with di5aster which may involve with freedom5 di5aster which may involve with freedoms and rights. we know

that storm bori5 which has brought the5e that storm bori5 which has brought these conditions to central europe is likely to bring more bad weather to the continent until the end of monday at least. and many people are being told they must heed the warnings and evacuate the homes of the authorities say they should. more on the bbc news website. this is bbc news. hello. we've got quite a mixture of weather around, across southern areas of england the 5unnie5t 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 front5 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 5un5hine. brightening up in northern ireland, heavier rain working

across scotland for a time with sunny spell5 chasing that rain in from the west later today. temperatures: high teens to low 205. now, overnight, very gradually, we will see that rain ea5e away, but in the colder air that follows, a risk of a few den5e 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. mo5t areas will have a fine day with long spell5 of sunshine. temperatures for many between 17—21 cel5ius, 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 5un5hine. more of that by the end of the week, but a risk of showers across england and wales from thursday onwards.

live from london, this is bbc news. a boat carrying migrants from france to britain has sunk, killing at least eight people. devastating floods continue to sweep through central europe, leaving seven dead and others missing. israel's prime minister warns of retaliation against yemen's houthi5 after they fired a missile that travelled deep into israeli territory. no—one was injured. los angeles is gearing up for tv 5 big night, as the 2024 emmy awards take place later today, with shows like baby reindeer and the bear among the frontrunners.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. 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, syrian5 and iranians. it comes as sir keir starmer heads off to italy to meet his italian counterpart, giorgia meloni, tomorrow. the two leaders are expected to discuss illegal migration, and to see what lessons can be learned from italy's scheme of sending migrants to albania. 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. the boat got into difficulties off the french town

of ambleteuse and was driven onto rocks where it came apart.