one of the most powerful forces in popular music quincy one of the most powerful forces in popular music quinchones has died at the age of 91. wendyjones was a successful musician and composer in his own right but as a music producer he dominated the late 20th century working with michaeljackson, frank sinatra and countless other stars. his publicist said he died peacefully on sunday night surrounded by his family who also released a statement saying... in his career of close to 3000 songs soul bossa nova is perhaps quintessential quincy. ladies and gentlemen, mr quinchones. this is where the movie gets its mojo, baby. groovy. from the start, he racked up the musical milestones.

a topjazz trumpeter while still in his teens, leading his own ensemble in his mid—twenties and going on to lead the band and arrange the songs for music's biggest star. quinchones had a genius for rhythm, structure and instrumentation. and he worked with frank sinatra for much of the next decade. he was producing hit after hit. it was inevitable that hollywood would come calling. he ended up writing the music for more than 50 film and tv productions. from the very american gospel inspired themes for sidney poitier�*s in the heat of the night. to the italianjob�*s triumphantly english anthem.

on the film the wiz, he found himself working alongside a 19 year old michaeljackson, another huge turning point. jackson asked jones to produce his next solo album. off the wall made jackson a star. their next record together became the biggest album ever. it won him countless awards. quinchones is a wonderful person. not only he's an incredible producer, he is a wonderful man. he is such a family person and i love him and we have made history together, and i'm thankful. it made him the obvious choice to produce some of music's biggest stars for the charity single we are the world. he produced the film the color purple,

which introduced the public to two then unknown performers — oprah winfrey and whoopi goldberg. and on the small screen, he was one of the producers behind the tv hit the fresh prince of bel air. but it was music where he excelled. as well as the grammys, being recognised by the emmys, the tonys and the oscars. quinchones, one of the greatest artists of the last three quarters of a century. we're joined now by jazz pianist we're joined now byjazz pianist and we'rejoined now byjazz pianist and radio 2 presenter jamie cullen. welcome to bbc news timekeeperjoining us. they said today of course but seven decades of extraordinary talent to look back on. however

are words like legend and titan when it comes to quincy are words like legend and titan when it comes to quinchones? this is one of the cases where it is entirelyjustified and anyone watching that that little piece it is amazing to think we are talking about one person. that amount of achievement and enthusiasm and creative explosion throughout his career, notjust in the early or middle part but right up early or middle part but right up until the end of his life, he was still creating and so imagine. i can only speak from mentoring young artists, my own _ so i he was still creating and so mentoring young artists, creating ideas and this was all creating ideas and this was all at the very bedrock of it, just at the very bedrock of it, just granted by this incredible granted by this incredible talent and expertise that he talent and expertise that he honed over many years. how did honed over many years. how did ou aet honed over many years. how did you get to _ honed over many years. how did you get to know _ honed over many years. how did ou aet honed over many years. how did you get to _ honed over many years. how did you get to know _ honed over many years. how did you get to know him? _ honed over many years. how did you get to know him? i - honed over many years. how did you get to know him? _ honed over many years. how did you get to know him? i - honed over many years. how did you get to know him? i got - honed over many years. how did you get to know him? i got - honed over many years. how did you get to know him? i got to i you get to know him? i got to know him _ you get to know him? i got to know him through _ you get to know him? i got to know him through being - you get to know him? i got to know him through being a - you get to know him? i got to i you get to know him? i got to i know him through being a lover know him through being a lover of music and noticing his name of music and noticing his name across so many things. i think across so many things. i think ifirst saw his ifirst saw his across so many things. i think i first saw his name on a across so many things. i think i first saw his name on a sinatra record but when you sinatra record but when you start hearing his name shared start hearing his name shared

in terms of michaeljackson and growing up in the area of the jackson and in terms of michaeljackson and growing up in the area of the fresh prince of bel—air fresh prince of bel—air researcher realise this is a researcher realise this is a genuinely unusual talent. i was genuinely unusual talent. i was very lucky to meet him quite a very lucky to meet him quite a few times in my career, at a few times in my career, at a jazz festival he used to go to jazz festival he used to go to every year, and just support every year, all the artists. not only would jazz festival he used to go to every 1 artists. he perform there but he would jazz festival he used to go to everyjartists. not jazz festival he used to go to every 1 artists. not only would all the artists. not only would he perform there but he would always sit side stage not only always sit side stage not only at the big gigs but the little at the big gigs but the little ones as well, checking out the artists and he was coming out the ones as well, checking out the artists and he was coming through, who the new talents were. i got a great opportunity to interview him for radio 2 in his house and chatted to him in los angeles about his career and amazing to be in the presence of that much charisma and passion, just completely undimmed by time or any cynicism. undimmed by time or any cynicism-— undimmed by time or any cynicism. undimmed by time or any nicism. ~ . ., , ~ ., cynicism. what was he like to send cynicism. what was he like to spend time — cynicism. what was he like to spend time with? _ cynicism. what was he like to spend time with? somebodyl cynicism. what was he like to - spend time with? somebody who is a virtuoso, a workaholic and just prolific in so many ways could be quite intimidating i imagine. i

could be quite intimidating i imauine. ., , could be quite intimidating i imauine. ., ., imagine. i can only speak from m own

incredible names with, the most incredible names we all know. you have to be good at handling people with a bit of ego, haven't you? that is true. that _ bit of ego, haven't you? that is true. that must _ bit of ego, haven't you? that is true. that must have - bit of ego, haven't you? that | is true. that must have been, given the types of people he was working with, but i think because he comes to the table, you have to have a bit of people management skills in that kind ofjob but i think if you consider he is really one of the last three lions through the history of american music, ray charles, louis armstrong, duke ellington mentoring young artists like jacob collier, not only do you have those kind of skills but i think to be such an expert at arranging, one of the more difficultjobs you can do in music. you have to understand composition, harmony, music at the very bedrock of what you do. i think it came to the table with a huge amount of expertise that

he had honed and crafted. in that sense you have nothing to prove apart from doing the best work. he prove apart from doing the best work. , ., work. he left us with an extraordinary _ work. he left us with an extraordinary legacy - work. he left us with an extraordinary legacy we | work. he left us with an - extraordinary legacy we will all enjoy forever. jamie, thank you for your reflections. the two main candidates for the presidential election, the democrat kamala harris and republican rival donald trump are on a final sprint across seven us spring states most likely to decide the outcome of gzip as my collection. with only a day to go to the election polls are still incredibly tight. a flurry of poles arrived over the weekend each with their own slightly different take on the figures. if you drive the overall trends rather than the individual points you will see vice president kamala harris isjust one point ahead in the national polls. but the candidates' shares of the national vote will determine the winner. let's turn to the battleground states, the seven that were very close last time around and could be decisive this time.

former president donald trump has an edge of between one and three points in georgia, arizona and north carolina. the other battleground states are even tighter and well within the margin of error. with more here is jarrett hill in washington.- here is jarrett hill in washington. both these candidates _ washington. both these candidates are - washington. both these candidates are hitting i washington. both these - candidates are hitting seven states in particular that they believed to likely dictate the outcome of this election.

2016 and 2020. and the polls are incredibly close. you wonder how useful they are at this stage. one of the things we know with the polling as it is usually used by the campaigns and their surrogates folks knocking on doors. people making sure their messaging is getting out. it ends up being how this is used. when it comes to the public and the media and trying to figure out where this will go it is not quite that useful but there is a use for these polls. it is interesting looking at that because still incredibly tight in all these states. there has also been a bit of a focus on one new poll in particular coming out of iowa by a highly respected pollster that shows vice president harris leading for former president trump in a state that is traditionally red. people weren't paying attention as a possible battle ground. is it a battleground now? some are saying maybe

not even though the polls show he does have the lead, but it could mean is there is a broader shift within the region in some of these similar midwestern states but we will have to wait and see what on election day and afterwards to see if the shift takes her over the edge. you can watch live coverage of the results on bbc news and bbc one iplayer in the uk. there will be a special programme from washington, dc with our team of experts and correspondence. in spain the family of a british couple missing after flash flooding at the valencia region have confirmed their debts. the daughter of a 17% —— 78—year—old and his who was 70 per told the bbc their bodies were found in the car on saturday. meanwhile spain's king philippe eight has said people need help after he and his wife agreed to with fury...

the couple were pelted with mud fight crowds angry at the response to disaster which has claimed the lives of at least 217 people. our correspondent bethany bell has more than what happened during the visit. this was a sign of the real anger that many other victims of this are feeling. it overflowed yesterday in a little town where the king and queen were visiting with the spain prime minister. they threw mud at him and heckled him. they shouted out murderer. one young man said it was well—known that this was an area that is prone to flash flooding and why were more measures not taken? the king said he understood and promised to help and called this disaster a monumental disaster and you can see behind me at the moment all of these

people, volunteers coming to help with the clean—up, you can imagine what difficult, dirty and depressing work it is but over the last few days we have seen thousands of people extra help, some of them helping family and friends, some of them who don't have any personal connection with the victims but felt they couldn't stay away. in response to this treatment what have the king and queen and the prime minister said about how the state will respond further? the prime minister has already ordered 10,000 more soldiers and police and emergency workers to this region. that he says is the largest peacetime deployment in spain's recent history. we have seen the army out and about, bulldozers clearing away all those cars

and debris all around the street but they have to move carefully particularly when it comes to cars because it is feared that some people could have been trapped in their cars when the flood waters hit. they are having to go painstakingly through the cars sometimes with teams of sniffer dogs and we also understand underground garages in particular one in a village which i visited a few days ago was very badly hit and there are fears that a number of people may have been trapped in those underground places. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

an additional £75 million is being announced by the government in order to tackle people smuggling across the channel. the money will be used for surveillance equipment and buses to investigators. nearly 32,000 people have crossed the channel in small boats so far

this year. the plans are being officially unveiled by keir starmer at the interpol general assembly in glasgow. it has been a pivotal day for one of europe is like poorest countries moldova. its pro—eu president has claimed a second term after a tense election run—off seen as a choice between europe and russia. official figures give maia sandu an undecidable lead with nearly all of the votes counted and the final result is expected to be declared in the coming hours. taking two thirds supporters who promised to be president all moldovans. translation: moldova, | you are victorious, today, dear moldovans, you have given a lesson in democracy worthy of being written in history books. today you have saved moldova. moldova has been under an unprecedented attack. dirty money, illegal vote buying, the interference

in electoral processes by hostile forces from outside the country and by criminal groups, lies sowing hatred and fear within our society. our people have united, and freedom and the citizens have won. peace and hope for a better life have prevailed. the victory of maia sandu comes two weeks after a knife edge referendum back to you membership is former soviet republic fight by ukraine and romania has oscillated between russia and the rest of europe. her rival who was backed by the pro—russian party of socialists had promised closer relationship with moscow but denies being a kremlin candidate. the election outcome will be welcome news in brussels. european commission president has already sent congratulations. on social media ursula von der leyen said...

the families of israeli hostages held by hamas have expressed anger after an israeli court disclosed that a leak of classified intelligence from the prime minister's serco may have compromised efforts to secure the release of their loved ones. they accused benjamin netanyahu's government of sabotaging negotiations and save a scandal is potentially one of the biggest deceptions in israel's history. mr mitton yahoo has denied wrongdoing by any of his staff. our correspondent injerusalem told us more about what the leaks were. , ., , ., were. these are documents that were. these are documents that were given _ were. these are documents that were given to — were. these are documents that were given to two _ were. these are documents that were given to two european - were given to two european newspapers, and they came out around september. they were seen as being very helpful to the narrative of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the context in which this all happened, on the 1st of september it was announced six of the hostages held by hamas in gaza had been killed and there was outrage and outcries

of despair in this country about notjust of despair in this country about not just the of despair in this country about notjust the death but the failure of the government to get a hostage deal. shortly after that the prime minister started to say there appears and intelligence hostages could be smuggled out of gaza and into egypt. on the 5th of september a report was published in thejewish chronicle newspaper which said secret intelligence documents was part of the plan, on the next day, two days later, in a build similar report, it builds a narrative around the idea that it wasn't going to possible to do a hostage deal and it was seen at the time that there was a very useful to the prime minister and he amplified it supports and what is a shortly after that an investigation began into how these documents had got out. that then led to the arrest of

a man and he was a spokesperson for the prime minister's office. three other people were arrested as well. what is alleged to have happened if somebody within the office of the prime minister was involved in allegedly leaking secret documents some of which were fabricated to international newspapers in order to build a case that was useful to the prime minister.— case that was useful to the prime minister. some other news. amnesty _ prime minister. some other| news. amnesty international prime minister. some other- news. amnesty international has caused on iran to release a female student detained on saturday for reportedly stripping in protest at the country's strict dress code. she was seen on social media walking around in underwear outside tehran university. many iranian women have discarded headscarves since nationwide protests. janice is a 3—person crew has returned to earth after more than six months on the space station. they completed china's longest

spacewalk totalling more than eight hours. beijing has poured billions of dollars into the space station in the last decade and effort to catch up with the us and europe. severe storms are reported tornadoes have swept across the us state of oklahoma causing injuries and widespread power outages. at least 11 people were taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and almost 95,000 customers are reportedly without power in the state. more severe weather is expected. at least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in eastern indonesia. reports say lava, ash and incandescent rocks spewed six kilometres from the crater on a tourist island. this video received by the bbc indonesian service shows burned and damaged houses. residents fled in terror from the eruption which happened in the middle of the night. let's speak to our reporter from the

bbc indonesia surface in jakarta. tell us more about what happened and why people were caught by surprise. it has been erupting on and off from december last year but the two big eruptions last night have been the biggest yet. now the government has declared an emergency response status for 58 days starting today until the end of december. 10 people have been declared dead so far and 10,000 others are now evacuating in the nearest villages. before that since the eruption has happened and a couple of months ago, hundreds of people have left their homes and sheltering in schools. the

videos received by bbc indonesia show last night the ashes, lava and wraps destroying homes and set alight to some others. right now the evacuation process is still ongoing but the government say they are still struggling to come to the village because it is covered by thick ash and rocks. ., ,., is covered by thick ash and rocks. ., ., , rocks. there are so many villages _ rocks. there are so many villages so _ rocks. there are so many villages so close - rocks. there are so many villages so close to - rocks. there are so many villages so close to an i rocks. there are so many i villages so close to an active volcano. why do they live there? it volcano. why do they live there? , , ., there? it is quite usual in indonesia _ there? it is quite usual in indonesia because i there? it is quite usual in i indonesia because indonesia there? it is quite usual in - indonesia because indonesia has more than 140 open volcanoes and communities live close around these volcanoes because they are mainly farmers and it has been working, they cultivate from fertile soil

that the volcanoes provide. it is also what has happened around this particular mountain because a lot of the villages there are caixinha farmers and since the eruption happens, it has badly affected their economy, the ashes have covered their props and destroying their props and destroying their crops. the economy has been destroyed for many of the people around here.— been destroyed for many of the people around here. thank you. just a reminder— people around here. thank you. just a reminder that _ people around here. thank you. just a reminder that there i people around here. thank you. just a reminder that there is i people around here. thank you. just a reminder that there is a l just a reminder that there is a live page up and running in a bbc website following every twist and turn of this last day of campaigning in the us presidential election, with donald trump and kamala harris putting their closing messages

to voters before america decides who the next president are going to be. both candidates today in a final split across those key seven battleground states. this is bbc news.

live from london. this is bbc news. keir starmer says he wants to reset the uk's approach to people smuggling gangs — promising to boost spending, and use counter—terrorism tactics. as we wait for the prime minister's announcement, we re—examine the extent of the people smuggling problem.

it's a very lucrative business. it's a very lucrative business. i am breaking the law in vietnam. we are counting down to an address by sir keir starmer. an attempt to tackle the people smuggling challenge across the channel. the money will be used ijy the channel. the money will be used by its surveillance equipment. nearly 32,000 people and last month our correspondence andrew harding spoke

to a member of the people smuggling