back now to the conservative party conference.p on the domestic energy market. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here. what are the implications of this? another significant change of direction on energy prices. in the election campaign that we had theresa may promised that 70 million customers on standard variable rates for gas and electricity would benefit from an energy price cap saving them up to £100 per yearfor each household. then she backtracked on that after the election, leaving thejob to the on that after the election, leaving the job to the energy regulator who came up with a more limited proposal for a came up with a more limited proposal fora cap came up with a more limited proposal for a cap which would benefit around 2 million of the least well off. so now we see something which looks like a return to the pre—election plan. she said energy companies were punishing loyal customers, talking about elderly people, those on lower incomes and now she will bring in a d raft incomes and now she will brin

party will undoubtedly emerge, even if only on the edges of conference. alex forsyth, bbc news, manchester. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at the conservativeerence in manchester. in the last hour sober leader of the scottish conservatives ruth davidson has urged her party to unite and fight. it is a slightly strange atmosphere, the conservatives were the winners in the general election but some walking around as if they had indeed lost. i'm joined by the conservative mp stephen howard. how would you rate the mood, there is a slight feeling that you've lost the election customer obviously against expectations everyone would have been hoping we would have done considerably better. as looking at any other elections, if you had 44% of the poll you would have a majority. so it was a disappointment but what i have been surprised about is the prime minister spoke this morning and damian green set out a domestic agenda, and i think the general election is over, we need to learn those lessons. the mood on picking up a slightly more positive thanl picking up a slightly more positive than i was hoping. and do you think that you know why it did not go

the last few days of the conservative party conference i would have been surprised at the was not there to manchester and vicki young is there in full voice. actually i have quite a croaky voice so my sympathy is subtly with the primers to. a lot of conference called around. the issue is whether it completely detracts from the speech she made a weathered the fact she was resilient and carried on, thatis she was resilient and carried on, that is what cabinet ministers are saying to us. one of them with me is jeremy hunt. it is a nightmare scenario. you the prime minister on there but the pressure and people are talking about making the speed of your life and your voice goes. it must have been awful. it was the ultimate tough gig. people watching at home have gone to work with coughs and colds, but to do it with every broadcaster in the treat zooming a every broadcaster in the treat zooming a camera every broadcaster in the treat zooming a camera in it you is hugely challenging but she battled on and what people would take away from that curiously is that sense of duty. she has notjust ha

british prime minister theresa may suffered a series of mishaps during her speech at the conservative party conference. the daily telegraph headline — luckiess may centre stage in tragic farce. one reviewer said "it was hard to watch—and it's going to be impossible to forget". the guardian financial pages has more detail on the eu ordering amazon to repay 250 million euros it says the online retailer received in illegal state aid from luxembourg. and the china daily reports on a company that is designing office services with no humans so no friendly cashier in the canteen or meeting room booker. with me is mark davies — ceo of strategy consultancy camberton. good morning. let's start with the spanish, catalan independence referendum. the kings intervention dasha he rarely makes televised addresses — he has been accused of coming down on the side of madrid. he has come down on the side of the institution. you would expect him to come down on that side. it is amazing that both side have played this so badly. they called this referendum on the six of september. it was called illegal. they pushed forward

earlier this month at the conservative party conference health secretaryjeremy conservative party conferencey hunt stood conservative party conference health secretaryjeremy hunt stood by the government ‘s decision to scrap training bursaries. we are backing the biggest expansion of nurse training in the history of the nhs. the thinking behind these plans is to enable universities to create extra training places and to provide stu d e nts extra training places and to provide students with more financial support in the form of a loan. we did ask the department of health for an interview. this is what they said. but the royal college of nursing says that government hasn't thought about students who don't want to ta ke about students who don't want to take out a loan to cover the cost of their degree. we are not attracting those people who don't want to take out a student loan. and nursing is a specific thing. it is a profession that you need to be committed to. it's not just about that you need to be committed to. it's notjust about having the right grade of a—level. it's notjust about having

conservative party is going. good evening. theresa may's principal speech to the conservative party conference was intended to revive the government's fortunes. it contained some major policy announcements, on energy and housing. but the event was overshadowed by a series of setbacks, including a security breach and the prime minister's persistent cough. on policy, mrs may set out plans for a cap on energy bills for millions of households, and a programme of house building to build a new generation of council houses. there was a standing ovation at the end after mrs may had struggled through the speech, which was interrupted at one point by a prankster. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flash photography. a wobble. a wave. and a long, lonely walk. her colleagues fixing those smiles for the camera. a clear of the throat... may coughs. ..before what was meant to be a comeback. sorry was not the hardest word at all, but it was the first important one. we did not get the victory we wanted because our national campaign fell short. it was too scripted, too presidential. and it allowed the labour party to

theresa may insists the cabinet is united behind her as she begins the conservative party conference with policies designed to attract younger voters. the islamic state group claims responsibility for a knife attack in the french city of marseille which left a 17—year—old girl and a 20—year—old woman dead. also coming up, 11th hour talks for monarch. the airline is fighting for its future after worries about its finances. and we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages, including the telegraph, which says the catalan vote has plunged the eu into crisis. good evening and welcome to bbc news. polls have closed in the spanish region of catalonia after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence. the catalan authorities went ahead with an independence referendum declared illegal by the spanish courts only to see the central government in madrid send in riot police. they managed to close down some polling stations, with more than 800 people said to have needed medical assistance. tonight, as the votes are counted, the catalan government said the actions of the spanish governmen

theresa may has struggled to deliver her keynote speech to the annual conservative party conference after being interrupted by a prankster. she stopped and coughed repeatedly after a man handed her what appeared to be a p45. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. amazon and apple get slapped with hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes by the european commission. and our tech reporter gets his hands on google‘s latest smart phone and finds out if it has what it takes to compete with the iphone. good morning, asia, hello, world. welcome to asia business report. i'm rico hizon. the european union has launched a fresh crackdown over taxes paid by technology giants amazon and apple. amazon has been ordered to repay more than $290 million in back taxes after european regulators that it was given an unfair tax deal regulators that it was given an unfairtax deal in regulators that it was given an unfair tax deal in luxembourg. the european commission also plans to ta ke european commission also plans to take island to court over its failure to collect billions o

infighting in the conservative party or mrs may's future, because that is pretty much what all the broadsheets are concentrating on. just out of the back of that conservative party conferencestandards was an unmitigated disaster, and certainly the prime minister's speech was, so we knew that the minute she had that speech finished, the plotting was going to get out of hand, and you can see the evidence. lots to do most borrowers in a reshuffle, her reaction to this plotting, fantastic interview with the prime minister. —— plots to deem out boris in reshuffle. she says the truth is that my feelings can be hurt like anybody else, but i am pretty resilient. that is the theme, a p pa re ntly pretty resilient. that is the theme, apparently in the car on the way back from manchester she was weeping, her husband telling her that it was time to go, that he was worried about her. she seems to be denying that, turning the attention, saying, nobody is unstackable, i can sack boris, she is hinting at that, say i am the pm, i have to get the best people in the cabinet, which is being interpreted in that way. look, what we are witnessing here is the debris of the car crash conservative

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at the conservative party conference in manchester. of today and this morning particularly was about analysing that general election performance. of course the conservatives did win back lost a majority, they did not do as well as they had hoped. so the question is why they think things went so wrong for them. it is clear from theresa may that she feels there has been an issue with younger voters and by that she means those notjust in their teens and 20s and 30s but even their teens and 20s and 30s but even their 405. they their teens and 205 and 305 but even their 405. they have not done enough to offer hope to people particularly with things like tuition fees but also housing, a crucial issue. so an announcement of a big extension of the help to buy scheme today. but the help to buy scheme today. but the mood is frustration here, some anger apart the mood is frustration here, some angerapart —— but the mood is frustration here, some anger apart —— but with the volu nta ry anger apart —— but with the voluntary wing of the party, who w

with north korea — describing president kim jong—un as ‘little rocket man.‘ ahead of the conservative party conferenceem of university funding in england is to be reviewed. branwen jeffereys has more. just a mile from the tory conference, a student cafe. chewing over the changes, liam and grace. i can't imagine it being more expensive than £9,000. it is expensive enough as it is, really expensive. they don't take into account things like maintenance and stuff like that. liam says freezing fees doesn't go far enough. they should be encouraging more people to get into university and things like that. so scrapping them sounds like the best idea for me. but i'm not really sure what that's going to do for the country as a whole. but grace is pleased she won't start repaying until she earns more. it'lljust give me more time to earn that money until i actually have to pay back all the tuition fees. because £21,000 is not very much at all. so i think it's better that they're raising it. everything about student finance is up for review. the measures announced today were quite simple. but that's partly because

times leads with a report on conservative party divisions over borisjohnson‘s ‘red line' for brexit. the metro's front page also features the conservative party conferenced the foreign secretary's suggestion during his speech that jeremy corbyn should be sent into space. the telegraph describes borisjohnson as the ‘roaring lion‘ that he urged his fellow party members to be during his speech to the conference. meanwhile the guardian chooses to focus on what the prime minister is expected to tell her mps tomorrow — saying she will call on them to care less aboutjob security and more about the needs of ordinary people. the i has an exclusive revealing that ministers are planning to reinstate maintenance grants for poorer university students — at a cost of £500 million. and the daily mail looks at the threat of a possible strike by royal mail staff over pensions, pay and working conditions. we will of course begin with the mass shooting in las vegas. the guardian is reporting it with a picture of mourners gathering at a candlelit vigil in the city. we will be talking about gun laws, says trump. interesting for him, of all presidents, to be saying this, give

anna: think you very much, joining us here at the conservative party conference.you very much indeed. anna was talking to nicky morgan. plenty of other things on this subject happening simultaneously. jean-claude juncker and barnier are making a number of comments, saying and repeating that it is too early for brexit talks to move to phase two. that is what he would have to say. the bill remains one of the key sticking points at this point in time. theresa may has been at the same time speaking to the bbc this morning. she has a packed schedule this morning obviously. she is confirming that boris johnson will be speaking hundred -- later today. he does not speak for the british government on the suspect -- subject of brexit. an inch the morning for british politics as ever. it is an adjusting time for the british economy. , i wantfixed interest to get a quote from one of my colleagues from the mliv blog earlier on. he is talking about the u.k.. minimal growth, negative real yields, highly leveraged economy, large deficit creates the perfect recipe for a currency c

chris mason, bbc news, at the conservative party conference. making a speech to the conservative party conference just after 3.30 this afternoon. we'll bring that to you live here on bbc news. the headlines: police investigating the mass shooting in las vegas fear the mass shooting in las vegas fear the killer stephen paddock had amassed a huge cache of 42 weapons and a huge haul of ammunition. theresa may's dismissed questions of boris johnson's recent theresa may's dismissed questions of borisjohnson‘s recent comments on brexit and says she doesn't want a cabinet of yes men. thousands of holiday—makers have flown back to the uk after monarch airlines collapsed. the boss says he's devastated. wales will be without gareth bale for the two qualifiers, he has a calf strain and chelsea striker more at toe could be out for more than a month with a hamstring injury -- more than a month with a hamstring injury —— morata. he'll miss spain's world cup qualifiers too. after losing five in a row, jo konta's pulled out of next week's tournament in hong kon

it comes as the conservative party gathers in manchester for its annual conference.ical correspondent chris mason reports. the security sweeps are complete. this hall will soon be packed. but you do not need to look hard outside the conference venue to be reminded of the topic that dominates politics. expect a clear attempt here by senior conservatives to change the subject. so, in the next financial year, starting in april, graduates in england will only begin repaying their tuition fee debts once they earn £25,000 a year. this is an increase from the current threshold of £21,000. conservatives say this is a saving of around £360 a year. for graduates on a salary of at least £25,000. parties are also promising an extra £10 billion for the help to purchase equity loan scheme, ensuring it continues until march 2021 to assist some with the up front cost of home ownership. the prime minister will hope that the next few days gives her a chance to speak about domestic priorities. the reality of the huge questions around brexit and her own future will make that difficult.

welcome to a going underground conservative party conference special where in manchester in england where millions of pounds worth of taxpayers' money has been spent on police protecting the conservative party arguably against the people a prime minister only because of a billion pounds spent on a formally paramilitary linked political party in northern ireland addressed a divided party and that's according to mainstream media coming up in the show even . disastrous speech copy and pasted from all the woods munching sheen in the west wing hasn't saved teresa mayes m.p.'s from now actively plotting against with mainstream media now addicting the imminent end of a premiership we speak to three leading tory m.p.'s about the policy dimension of this week's arguably catastrophic twenty seventeen conservative party all time called. piers consultant editor of the most visited english language newspaper website in the world the daily mail tells us how jeremy corbyn good sweep aside the tories to become britain's next prime minister says a freedom of information request reveals police have advised

well, if you have been waiting on tenterhooks for the conservative party conference, your wait is overevening from manchester, and what is one of the strangest conservative party conferences for quite a while. it's notjust the news from elsewhere that has changed the atmosphere. there is a gaping great hole in the soul of the party here — a drift in direction, a lack of confidence in itself. it almost has the feel of a party yearning for renewal as it enters a period of opposition. except it is in government. 0ne sign of that is the lack of buzz. have a look at this picture of the auditorium. this when chris grayling was addressing the hall. as you can see, it's not really very full at all. and the sidelines of the conference have less been humming with creative conversations about new ideas — more preoccupied with leadership gossip. but that's enough about boris johnson. apart from him, the two things that dominate are brexit, of course, and alsojeremy corbyn, who on anything other than brexit is giving the tories a run for their money. 0ur political editor, nick watt, has been monito

on the first day of the conservative party conference, the prime minister promises to review the wholele are worried about the level of debts that the students build up so we will look at it again. french soldiers have shot dead a man who stabbed to death two people outside the main railway station in marseille. the mayor of barcelona says over 460 people have been injured by riot police sent to catalonia to stop people voting in a disputed independence referendum. also in the next hour monarch airlines has been granted a 24—hour extension on its licence to sell package holidays. that means the government will refund customers and ensure they're not stranded if the low cost travel firm collapses.

chris mason, bbc news, at the conservative party conference. conservative party conference in the next 15 minutes or so. we'll bring you that live here on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: police investigating the mass shooting in las vegas say the killer — stephen paddock — had amassed a large cache of a2 weapons and a large haul of ammunition. theresa may dismisses questions over boris johnson's recent brexit comments, saying she doesn't want a cabinet of ‘yes men'. thousands more passengers are flown back to the uk after the collapse of monarch — the airline's boss says he's devastated. in sport, wales are without gareth bale for the crucial world cup qualifiers against georgia and the republic of ireland, he has a calf strain. and chelsea striker morata could be out for more than a month with a hamstring injury, he'll miss spain's forthcoming world cup qualifiers too. after losing five matches in a row, jo konta's pulled out of next month's tournament in hong kong. more on those stories in the next hour. the boss of monarch says he is ab

the prime minister's speech at the conservative party conference is still to come.ny copy coming through the bbc news this screen this at this screen this is» ~ —— — ‘ a ‘a bbc interview -- the coming after a bbc interview —— the bbc newsroom. it is from us alone from tom burridge. the catalan leader, in his first interview since the dramatic day on sunday, where an independence referendum was held and the spanish government says it didn't happen, and it was illegal, the catalan leader said his government would act at the end of this week or the beginning of next. that gets your attention. so does the second part of this copy from tom pett where we are told in his first interview since sunday the cata la n first interview since sunday the catalan leader said his government would act... that's the one i've shown you already. this is the one i wa nt to shown you already. this is the one i want to show you, the his region will declare independence from spain ina will declare independence from spain in a matter of days. we have the president of catalonia telling bbc new

back to our top story and the conservative party conference in manchester, were later this hour we arexpecting to hear the education secretaryjustine greening. are expecting to hear the education secretary justine greening. let's are expecting to hear the education secretaryjustine greening. let's go to our chief political correspondent, who lives in manchester. this is the first gathering of the conservative party since that general election. a lot of anger and disappointment still about what happened. 0f disappointment still about what happened. of course, they won but lost that majority in the house of commons, and many people analysing what went wrong and how to change things. we have had some policies today from the government on tuition fees, and particularly about trying to attract younger voters to the party. we have heard from theresa may this morning, who says she has learned from that general election and things she knows what people are sent. do you think she has got the right solution? i hope so, and think that some of these announcements are great. i like the idea of the

theresa may has announced a series of measures ahead of the conservative party conference she's hopingre's to be a freeze on tuition fees and students won't have to start paying back loans until they're earning over £25,000 a year. the prime minister says these are the first steps in a wider review of university funding. labour, which has promised to abolish tuition fees, has called the proposals "desperate." 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. the first day of conference. a big day for the prime minister. she has not had much to celebrate lately. theresa may knows she has got a lot to prove to her party and to voters. herfirst pitch is to prove to her party and to voters. her first pitch is to the younger generation with a promise to look again at the wayjewish and these work. when we said that policy what we expected for the range and diversity in the system. —— jewish and —— university fees. we have got to look at it again. in the meantime some changes had been announced already. university fees will be frozen at £9,250 instead of going up with inflation. the amount gr

let's return to the conservative party conference in manchester. n roar! so it will be upbeat and confident about brexit. his dad was similarly enthused about what he expected his son to say. have a listen to him. it will be tremendously helpful. who set it all going? boris. he has a view. why shouldn't he put that view forward. and he is putting forward government policy. so good for him. it isn't quite government policy. he has defied them twice. no, i see no difference, not a hair's breath of difference, not a hair's breath of difference, he just happens to put it over well. is he unsackable? who knows why anybody should want to sack the father of brexit at this crucial moment. what a crazy thing that would be. these father of brexit. of course he is. boris was thinking about brexit and britain's position in europe 30 years ago. the man has devoted his life time to it. so he is the man to lead us into brexit negotiations. as foreign secretary, what else could he do? that was boris johnson's father, joining me now is nicky morgan, a prominent i su

party conference. we were talking to our home affairs correspondent about that and about questions inevitably for security at the tory party conference so the conservativesview the accreditation process and the security arrangements for the party conference. more on that as it comes into us. let's catch up with all of the gay‘s sport news. premier league clubs have been meeting today to discuss how to share money forfuture international broadcasting rights. we understand now and agreement has been arrived at, despite pressure from the leading teams. richard scudamore, the executive chairman, has proposed ending the 25 years of the equal sharing of that income. the so—called big six want their greater global appeal to be reflected in the division of money and they want more finances awarded for higher placed finishes in the table. leicester city's appeal to register adrien silva has been rejected by fifa. the foxes and the football association had asked fifa to ratify the midfielder‘s transfer after the paperwork for the £22 million deadline day move from sporting lisbon was submitted 1a seconds late. but it's been denied and silva, who helped portugal wi

manus: philip hammond addresses the conservative party conference in manchester. esa may speaks on wednesday. what is your propensity to move the pound? anna: forced johnson will be eager. the reserve bank of india policies and a news conference. on friday -- manus: the jobs report for the united states of america. anna: numbers we can use because of the hurricane activity in texas and florida. here is juliette starley. juliette: monarch airlines being placed under administration and all flights are being canceled following the suspension of the air operating certificate to -- certificate to the ministers will work with the aviation authority and government regarding the repatriation of approximately all the 110,000 customers who are currently overseas and due to travel back to britain in the next two weeks. materialsstruction nearing an agreement to -- american cement. announced acould deal as early as this week. at $750 is valued million. a representative declined to comment. john cryan may pray -- may face if he fails to show results in the next six months accor

conservative party set out to do? as chris said, this is the first time to may have to face the whole party ata to may have to face the whole party at a conferencee election which, friendly, did not go to plan. she knows that, so she will acknowledge that and acknowledge some of the reasons thatjeremy corbyn got a swell of support. this is why we see policies about housing and tuition fees addressed to younger voters. bubbling under the surface and, no doubt, sometimes spewing up through the surface will be brexit because that is a hugely divisive issue for the tory party. when you get them all in one place, no doubt some opinions will come through. 0n no doubt some opinions will come through. on top of all of that, we have the issue of theresa may's leadership would she have not managed to shake off. in public we get senior leaders saying she is the right woman for the job. in private, you may hear something different over the next few days. boris johnson yet again setting out this position over brexit. it will be interesting to see what some of the conservative party members make of it because some in the party believe that this is great, we h

borisjohnson will address the conservative party conference later.t speech. we are all focused, all of us, around the cabinet table, and we are all focused on getting the best possible dealfor are all focused on getting the best possible deal for the uk when we leave the european union. it is the biggest failure in uk aviation history. the civil aviation authority has chartered more than 30 aircrafts to bring home over 100,000 customers from overseas. the government called it the biggest repatriation exercise in peacetime. catalans are going on strike today to protest against the violence that marred the region‘s independence referendum on sunday. public transport will be shut down, schools will be closed, and hospitals will only treat emergency cases. catalonia‘s regional government says over 90% of voters opted for independence, but the poll was not recognised by the spanish government. the catalonian authorities say almost 900 people needed medical attention after clashes with police at the weekend. nhs patients are being asked to take part in wha

and at the conservative party conference.ern. it's clearly u na cce pta ble deal of concern. it's clearly unacceptable for women to be discriminated against in the workplace and it's disappointing to hear that some of the biggest companies in this country are failing women. and i mean i echo what has been said about small businesses. my experience and my background as an employer for 25 years running my own business and we bent over backwards to do the right thing for women and i am a trained hr directorand thing for women and i am a trained hr director and that's what i did before i came into parliament and i know that the most small businesses do the right thing for women. it is time for the larger companies, they ought to be settle a good example and leadling the way in this agenda because we recognise as a party that flexibility is notjust because we recognise as a party that flexibility is not just when because we recognise as a party that flexibility is notjust when it comes to pregnancy and childcare, it is also to do

denies borisjohnson's interventions on brexit are weakening her position as he tells the conservative party conferenceupdate on the market numbers. this is how london and frankfurt ended the day command in the us is how the dowjones and nasdaq are progressing. ——, and in the us. fracking is to be banned in scotland, the controversial practice of using high pressured water underground to extract shale gas was put to a public consultation. the result was overwhelming opposition to it. environmental groups say the decision will be welcomed around the world. scotland editor sarah smith reports. the huge petrol chemical plant at grangemouth has been hoping for years to process shale gas extracted from under the ground right on their doorstep. thank you presiding officer. today the scottish government announced it will extend the existing moratorium on fracking indefinitely. balancing the interests of the environment, our economy, public health and public opinion, the conclusion of the scottish government is that we will not support the development of unconventional oil and gas in scotland. fracking inspire

it's the conservative party conference in manchester this week.nual gathering of party members, mps and journalists — when they debate policy and decide on the party's future direction. today the chancellor, philip hammond, has been trying to reassure business and industry about the impact of brexit. here is some of that. we are leaving the eu, not leaving europe. our economic future will remain closely linked with the eu for many good reasons. but our political future will be our own. are eu partners can go their way. we wish them well but we will not be joining them on a voyage to ever closer union. we must resolve the short—term challenge of the uncertainty around this process by accelerating the talks and delivering a time limited interim period of around two years for our businesses to adjust. our objective is to make britain safer, stronger and richer, and as the prime minister said in florence ten days ago, that objective is what will guide us in our negotiations. philip hammond talking about a transition period. have known for a while he i

theresa may struggles to make her key speech at the conservative party conference as it doesn't go to plan. mrs may's moment to stamp her authority on her party and make big policy announcements didn't go quite as planned. first of all she was offered a spoof pas from a prankster in the hall. and then she was plagued by an insistent cough. why... coughs. excuse me! we will never hesitate to act where businesses are not operating as they should. but she did manage to make her voice heard with the message to rally the party faithful. with us fulfil our duty to britain and let us renew the british dream. despite the setbacks, mrs may announced a series of policies — we'll be examining them in more detail. also tonight: footage from police body cameras in las vegas in the panic as the gunman fires on the crowds. and the twin brothers who've searched all their lives to find out what happened to their father in the second world war — and finally have the answer. and coming up on sportsday in bbc news, we will hear from harry kane who has been named england captain for tomorrow's world cup q

conservative party conference we have to get must so welcome to you both. let's start with you we heard it in the report accusations of brit bashing in the e.u. parliament what are delegates at the tory party conference saying about that. well tory party conference delegates really looking at themselves that's really the overarching motto of the tory party conference is my impression they are really looking at why for example have they lost the intellectual momentum they're not discussing only breck's it but they're really one question that looms large about the tory party conference is why is jeremy korb and so successful the country is deeply divided over brics it but also over for example issues like austerity and the labor party just one week ago had a successful conference and the tone is rather muted so breck's it is one issue that people are debating about but really they're looking at themselves and they are asking themselves how can they regain the momentum how can they start leading again at all staying with briggs it for a moment let's go to barb

chris mason, bbc news, at the conservative party conference.smith, is in manchester. borisjohnson has stolen the headlines over the last few days. how much more is he expected to rock the boat this afternoon? well, let's be honest, boris johnson the boat this afternoon? well, let's be honest, borisjohnson does not do dull. he doesn't do staid, soled, serious—minded speeches. let the lion roar is his speech. kapow. zing, high energy and high excitement, oodles of optimism about brexit. he'll beat about the head the doom—amongers and all those who believe it will end in tears. in a way, that is a rock the boat moment. it isa way, that is a rock the boat moment. it is a compare and contrast moment. people will read a cross to theresa may and the sort of response she gets. she has a much more serious and caution approach. she doesn't excite the conference in the way borisjohnson almost certainly excite the conference in the way boris johnson almost certainly will. they like his flamboyant style. there will be people who think i wonder who life woul

theresa may insists the cabinet is united behind her, as she begins the conservative party conferenceh policies designed to attract younger voters. 11th—hour talks for monarch as the airline fights for its future after worries about its finances. as the airline fights for its future can as the airline fights for its future you see, i lost ev home. can you see, i lost everything, my home. the desperate plight of those without water, power or food after hurricane maria hit puerto rico. and lewis hamilton extends his lead in formula i's world championship after coming second in malaysia. in formula i's world championship good evening. polls have closed in the spanish region of catalonia after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence. the catalan authorities went ahead with an independence referendum declared illegal by the spanish courts, only to see the central government in madrid send in riot police. they managed to close down some polling stations, with more than 800 people said to have needed medical assistance. tonight — as the votes are counted — the catalan governme

conservative party's top leadership. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the case of chancellor philip hammond says brexit talks must be accelerated to alleviate uncertainty. he was speaking to the conservative party conferencester. that is where we find anna edwards and what else did he say? anna: angie, good to see you. the conservative party conference is in full swing and we heard from philip hammond. he did talk about the need to speed things up. i caught up with a couple of cabinet ministers who told me about the need to listen to business and to do things quickly. he had some untruths about the challenges but he also talked about the labour party. he spent a lot of time talking about their rival labour party. mentions.least 12 he talks about them as mentions. he talks about them as the jurassic park of policies. [no audio] chancellor in the labour party said this showed howsaid this s [no audio] the case for free markets in a way they thought stop having to do back in the 1980's. that seems to be one of the key messages. >> anna, what is the latest on the fate of boris johnson? secretaryforeign getting a lot of the behind-the-scenes chatter. one of the questions directed at the prime minister around t

the conservative party conference kicks off in manchester later today. t its sights on appealing to younger voters. let's discuss this with conservative party chairman sir patrick mcloughlin who joins us this morning. good morning. welcome to be brea kfast sofa. good morning. welcome to be breakfast sofa. tuition fees, how much of a difference it is going to make to most students out there? much of a difference it is going to make to most students out there ?|j think it will make a difference because it is going to raise the threshold to which you start paying back tuition fee from 21,000 to 20 5000. i think that is an important move. i think it will ensure people but they will not have to start paying back their loan until they are owning a good salary. significant part of it, when you look at the offer compared to what labour are suggesting they will do, you will come out of university saddled with debt, labour i think they're going to scrap tuition fees altogether. if you were a student, he would you choose? a labour party that introduced tuition fees,

at the conservative conference, borisjohnson declares that theresa may will make a success of brexit. and coming up on newsnight, the conservative party conference has become something of a tussle between brexit optimists who can only see the upside and the party pooper is to stress the difficulties. we will be speaking to the number one optimist. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described stephen paddock, who murdered 59 people in las vegas, as ‘sick and demented'. las vegas police in their latest update say they've found no evidence that the gunman had any contacts with foreign or domestic extremist groups, and no hidden history of lawbreaking or hate speech. for the latest on the investigation and the aftermath, here's john sopel. sirens. radio: we got shots fired. sounded like an automatic firearm. sunday night in las vegas, and the first reports of something going terribly wrong. the stress in the voices of the police, evident. they have located where the firing is coming from, and the impact he's having. stephen paddock is now dead and police are searching the hotel room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay

the conservative party and police are now reviewing security arrangements after it emerged that he had been accredited to attend the conference speech, the prime minister apologised for her party's performance in this year's general election, saying the campaign had been "too scripted, too presidential." she promised to build a new generation of council houses by investing £2 billion in affordable housing as well as imposing a price cap on the domestic energy market. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. some thought she might not make it to this point. this proved to be a tricky speech. the prime minister's address wasn't a victory cry, but a recognition of the challenge the conservatives face and the choices she made and for the election result, an apology. we did not get the victory we wanted because our national campaign fell short. it was too scripted. too presidential. and it allowed the labour party to paint us as it allowed the labour party to paint us as the voice of continuity when the public wanted to hear a message of change. i hold my hands up for that. i take responsibility. of change. i hold my hand

conservatives were viewed by many people, cutting benefits won't help. the daily mail says they are the squabbling party, not a time to be squabbling party, not a time to be squabbling as the tory party conferencell arguing about the foreign secretary. it's coming in the daily mail, which is normally quite supportive of the conservative party, so it's acknowledging there's a split and there is a split and there's something going on that some of the other newspapers have put a brave front on. the express had may is winning on brexit. i don't know where that one came from. we do see here, jacob rees—mogg being quoted here, jacob rees—mogg being quoted here and supporting borisjohnson quite openly so there's the question ofa quite openly so there's the question of a split in the tory party and obviously divided parties don't normally win elections. not if you believe theresa may, when she was on the tv this morning. saying we were united and that we would lead the party into the next election, which might be true on the next election could be in a couple of months, who knows! i think the tory party... it is conference season and if you compare it to the labour party next week, where it felt like t

how do you think she did given last week's speech at the conservative party conference, which was a bitn many fronts, how did she seem yesterday from your point of view —— disaster. a bit of a train crash at the party conference of it should only be up but this doesn't seem up very far, this is quite a bleak outlook. perhaps she's doing the right thing by positioning and posturing because we have to get through these initial negotiations on the divorce bill before we can talk about the trade bill, and of course that's the future. uk trade with europe is really significant. many are arguing that by doing this yesterday in parliament she's putting more and more pressure on brussels to say, we're ready for anything, we will not basically negotiate because we're desperate. we're not desperate at all, we've got every base covered. is that the response she's going to get in brussels? is that what they will read between the lines in brussels? she's received a huge amount of criticism, if she wasn't being firm then the critics would have even more to chuck at her. something else the people in b

there had been a huge amount of discussion in the weeks leading up to the conservative party conference about the prime minister's authority and leadership. it was clearly stated through the morning that this would be a very important speech in terms of what she would deliver and put across in her programme. therefore, the delivery of the speech and the performance was as important as the policies themselves. through the course of the day, in the afternoon, on the 1pm news and the 6pm and 10pm there was plenty of analysis of the policy coverage as well. to suggest the performance overshadowed the coverage of the policy wouldn't be quite fair. that's what viewers felt, they felt the headlines, the focus was on the detail of what went wrong. and anyone who's ever spoken in public will sympathise with the bad luck, especially the coughing. you're right, clearly the setbacks in the speech were a major part of the coverage, but there was also plenty of analysis on policy detail as well. looking at the news at one, there was a package on the housing component of the speech. there was a separa

s conservative party conference she's facing extreme pressure as the european union plays hardball overbright to get the view from europe and the u.k. . plus the struggles to protect europe's population money makers in romania want compensation over an insecticide that wiped out their whole lives now the e.u. is considering tougher laws to help the threatened insect. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the show fresh details are emerging of the horrific shooting in las vegas that killed fifty nine people and injured more than five hundred investigators say the shooter prepared extensively for the attack even setting up cameras outside his room in the mandalay bay hotel to warn of approaching police the massacre has renewed the debate around gun control in the u.s. as president donald trump prepares to visit las vegas these eateries have begun returning to the economy class vegas strip but the city is still recovering from the horror of sunday night.

british prime minister theresa may suffered a series of mishaps during her speech at the conservative party conferenceh—and it‘s going to be impossible to forget". the guardian financial pages has more detail on the eu ordering amazon to repay 250 million euros it says the online retailer received in illegal state aid from luxembourg. and the china daily reports on a company that is designing office services with no humans so no friendly cashier in the canteen or meeting room booker. with me is mark davies — ceo of strategy consultancy camberton. good morning. let‘s start

i'm here in manchester at the conservative party conference, where borisjohnson has been trying not tohappens. so, where did those borisjohnson red lines come from on brexit in recent days? search me, guv. good evening. sad to say it, but nobody‘s surprised when someone with guns ta kes innocent lives in america. but even by the standards of a nation that buried its children after sandy hook or clubbers after 0rlando, what happened in las vegas marked a new nadir. there's the numbers, for one thing. when you add those hospitalised with wounds to those who died, nearly 600 people were casualties. then there's the killer's arsenal — crazy even by the standards of these tragedies.

theresa may insists the cabinet is united behind her as she begins the conservative party conferencettract younger voters. the islamic state group claims responsibility for a knife attack in the french city of marseille which left a 17—year—old girl and a 20—year—old woman dead. also coming up, 11th hour talks for monarch. the airline is fighting for its future after worries

that announcement at the conservative party conference, i have it on authority, there was no warningn of what was coming, and what the times calls the announcement of the £2 billion promised to freeze tuition fees. it is running into operation the opposition, surprise surprise, and it isa opposition, surprise surprise, and it is a cabinet minister, no less, who was quoted. party conferences require announcements to be made, and sometimes they leave you saddled with policy commitments that are not always entirely thought through. i rememberother always entirely thought through. i remember other people in days gone by google accused of making policy up by google accused of making policy up on the back of cigarette packets, in taxis in liverpool. do you agree with the article when it says that party —— people accused of making policy up. they have got to find a solution. i was thinking today, ahead of that tory party conference, we we re ahead of that tory party conference, we were being told that the co nfe re nce we were being told that the conference organisers were asking for for yo

may announces plans to freeze university tuition fees in england on the first day of the conservative party conference's part of a series of measures designed to appeal to younger voters. french soldiers have shot dead a man who stabbed two women to death outside the main railway station in marseille. the city's mayor said the suspect appeared to go by several identities. the low—cost travel company monarch has been granted a 24—hour extension to its licence to sell package holidays. it means customers who book with the company until midnight will be protected in the event of a collapse. the creation of winnie the pooh is the focus of a new british film. we will get mark kermode‘s thoughts on goodbye christopher robin and the rest of the cinema releases in the film review. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello there and welcome to sportsday. i'm damienjohnson. ahead on the programme... victory for verstappen at the malaysian grand prix, but lewis hamilton still leads the drivers‘ standings. another cracker from coutinho, the drivers‘ standings. another crackerfrom coutinho, but liverpool are held at newca

on the first day of the conservative party conference, the prime minister says her cabinet is uniteds the unsackable? let's be very clear about what we have