lots of questions about jeremy corbyn's health and about jeremy corbyn's health and about his willingnessader, which i have always been a bit sceptical about, but clearly something is up, and we are going to learn more, because as lucy said, andrew fisher was a very, very important person in corbyn's operation. and for him to walk out does suggest something is really awry indo central relationships. and the thought that succession planning has started? well, that was one of the theories that has been put forward for what happened, or what was mooted last night. what didn't happen. what was maybe meant to happen. what was maybe meant to happen today, but didn't, labour trying to abolish the position of deputy leader. now, there is an argument to say that maybe they did not so much because they fear tom watson or they disapprove of him, but because they actually suspect jeremy corbyn might be on the way out, and if he is on the way out, is that because he is going to resign oi’ that because he is going to resign or because they are actually worried about his health or about his stamina? abo

supporting jeremy corbyn and the appropriate fashion.e's not supporting jeremy corbyn and the appropriate fashion. i don't think that's true. i think the deputy leader of the party, i worked for a deputy leader who had been around for a long time. of course you support the leader but you also have to be able to speak up for the membership because they elected you. you are not appointed by the leader of the labour party, you are elected by the members and that's what happened to tom. you are there to speak out without fear or favour for what a lot of the members are concerned about. and our membership have been concerned about two issues, one quite rightly is the problem with anti—semitism within the labour party and secondly most of our members, activists, voters, and bps in their hearts and in their heads are pro—european, so tom watson has not been disloyal to jeremy corbyn, he is speaking up for quite a lot of what the membership think and that's his job as deputy leader. just to pick up finally on that brexit point, you said it's all

jeremy corbyn earlier quashed the attempt by left—wing activists.ogether. we have had a bad start to our conference, i cannot do anything about that. there are divisions over labour's exit plans. saudi arabia says it will respond with "necessary measures" to last week's attacks on its oilfacilities, once again accusing iran. 75 years on, one of the last surviving veterans of the battle of arnhem takes to the skies to remember those who died. and defending champions the all blacks get their rugby world cup campaign off to a winning start. good evening. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has prevented an attempt by left—wing activists to oust tom watson as his deputy. mr watson likened the ploy to remove him to a "sectarian attack". the party leadership says mr watson's role will now be reviewed rather than abolished. but labour's divisions over brexit also surfaced on the first day of a conference which had been designed to demonstrate unity. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has been following the day's events in brighton. the day began in relativ

jeremy corbyn and that nec meeting thatis jeremy corbyn and that nec meeting that is taking place asdiscussion about what will happen to tom watson's job and therefore not rush the decision that could have been as this afternoon to get rid of it. i understand that that momentum, who are thejeremy corbyn's supporting group, who had been spearheading this plot to get rid of thomason are happy with what arejeremy corbyn is suggesting and so are withdrawing their motion, which would have got rid of tom watson's job, potentially later this afternoon. it looks, and it is not confirmed that that meeting is taking place and god knows, in politics anything can happen, but it looks, for the moment, like that plot to get rid of thomason might be. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts.

will listen to anyone, but jeremy corbyn, the numbers don't add up.the support of many of his own mps. he will certainly not command the support of conservative mps, and anna, the independents have said they would not support him. we are repeating ourselves, aren't we? this has been the problem all along in the house of commons over brexit. everyone can agree what they don't want but they can't agree what they do want, in this case who they want as prime minister. what we want is a government of national unity. what we wa nt government of national unity. what we want there is a national leader. someone who can rise above party allegiances. that is what we have to go with us, because simply saying thatjeremy corbyn is the leader of the official opposition is not going to be enough. what we need to do is find someone that parties will coalesce around, because we have been working together, we have been working cross—party and let us not forget that the snp has another agenda here. john mcdonnell and jeremy corbyn are on record as saying that labour woul

the idea that corbyn is coming to defuse it, is that a bit of spin?ure whether jeremy corbyn knew about it last night but it certainly appears that he is not fully behind it because had tojeremy corbyn wanted this attempt to get rid of mr to go ahead the simple truth is it would have. there's been an enormous amount of outspoken comments from various labour mps over the last 12 hours since this plot emerged. a lot of anger within the parliamentary labour party about whether mr watson should be removed or not. there is a chance that might have pressured mr corbyn into the decision he made this morning to kick this down the road to order a review into the leadership support and the deputy leadership support and the deputy leader position, but it does appear that mr corbyn did not want this to go ahead today because, as i say, had he wanted it too it would have. for now it has been postponed. this does not mean the row was going to go away and i suspect there will be many who don't like tom watson, who continue to argue that he is undermining the leader

and mail because we are still talking aboutjeremy corbyn and his plot to ta ke aboutjeremy corbyn andontinue with your point. one day, somebody in our political leadership, what did boris say yesterday was to mark in ireland, a failure of statecraft which everyone will share that lane. somebody is going to decide, we have got to try and bring this country together. people are saying it is amazing that the mother of parliaments could have behaviour like it had last night. i thought that people only acted like that in the turkish parliament and other places. but the truth is, mps are reflecting the splits in this country because, some of us might argue, no politician on any side has tried to bring this thing together. and you wonder when that is going to happen. do you think the story on the front page of the male might possibly get voters on side?” the front page of the male might possibly get voters on side? i think the labour party is in deep difficulty. and going back to your original point about, you know, could jeremy corbyn form a government ahead of an election? i think that is

corbyn stitch up blocks labour backing remain.what will be the theme of the conference. where they stand or do not stand on brexit and where will corbyn come out? you saw a potential leadership contender, emily thornberry, coming out and being explicit about where she feels the party should go and it should be purely about remain but about campaigning for remain. what people are stressing about is the fact that jeremy corbyn simply will not come off the fence on this one and they are called leaders for a reason, you wa nt are called leaders for a reason, you want them to lead you and give you a position and inspire you to follow them. sitting on the fence does not really help anybody. it is very difficult forjeremy corbyn because he does not want to offend labour voters who voted to leave. he is trying to be neutral between both sides. as lucy says, that is a very difficult position to hold. emily thornberry is one name speaking out openly with this people's vote rally and keir starmer. and one of the reasons i don't like tom wats

might stand down sooner —— mr corbyn might stand down sooner.e to get rid of tom watson he was not in position to orchestrate. butjeremy corbyn saying that the idea of him going anywhere soon i was wishful thinking and pledging to serve a full term if he wins the next election. mr corbyn at the moment is 70, that would make him 75 by the end of the next election. elsewhere, what did we learn? well, we like that mr corbyn said that he did not know about that motion tabled byjon lansman, head of momentum, trying to nobble tom watson. i'm not all sing, of momentum, trying to nobble tom watson. i'm not allsing, i not of momentum, trying to nobble tom watson. i'm not all sing, i not all knowing, i did not know about that, but there was a public debate about the deputy leader was michael. as andrew fisher his policy director who has announced that he has had enough and is off by the end of the year, officially, because of his family and the pressure of the job, but it is difficult to meld the two. there have been suggestions of acrimony and infighting

but i can't supportjeremy corbyn.cy of bolsover has only had two mps — both labour. for years, whether the party was up or down, it could rely on former miners and hatred of the conservatives who closed down the pits. it's nothing else but the tories and have they done owt in the last ten years around here? no. will they do it in the next five years around here? no. where's all your policemen around here? gone. but earlier this year, labour lost control of the local council, which hasn't happened in 40 years. two conservatives were elected. and, at the last general election, its next door neighbour mansfield voted in a conservative mp for the first time ever. it's a real shame that we are in the position we're in with the tories potentially looking at taking this seat. but we're not going to let it happen and we're going to fight it to our very last breath. we have been coming across people that have said they're not going to vote any more, because they don't feel listened to. ashley taylor is a young labour member he

campaigners are calling onjeremy corbyn to support the remain cause.t this protest in a moment. our political correspondent nick eardley is in brighton. before we talk about what the protesters want, can we just start off with summarising those developments that have taken place, they started yesterday, culminating this morning, in terms of what is happening with tom watson? yes, blink and you miss it, really. it was late last night that we found out there had been at this plot at labour's executive from momentum, the left—wing group, that's a paunch —— supportjeremy corbyn, to get rid of the deputy leader position altogether, in order to get tom watson out of the leadership team. there were not enough votes to force through last night, so it was supposed to be discussed again this morning. there was a massive outcry from labour mps, including some from the labour front bench saying that this was counter—productive, that the party should be focusing instead on unity and getting its policies across, head of a possible general election later this year. j

the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says a minority labour government is becoming more likely every dayopposition parties consider whether to call a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. the scottish nationalists have reiterated their support for an interim government to ensure, they say, that britain doesn't leave the eu without a deal at the end of next month. all this comes at the end of a tumultuous week for borisjohnson, who arrived earlier in manchester with his partner, carrie symonds. they're in the city from the start of the conservative party conference, where they were booed as they arrived. here's chris mason's report. is this a leadership bid, mrjohnson? the conservative conference a year ago, the smiles of the carefree backbench challenger, the mobmed darling of the party faithful. boris johnson will arrive at conference this year as prime minister, in office, but barely in control. defeated in court, but defiant. what a week it's been. the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful. parliament has not been prorogued. welcome back to our place of work. many

the corbyn and the leadership on one side and keir starmer on the other.sion, which is highlighting the division, which is quite interesting. the daily telegraph are trying to make it all about corbyn, and this article does that, suggesting that actually keir starmer, part of the leadership after all, and is the principal spokesman on brexit, is positioning himself to be a more credible leader of the labour party. there is no doubt there is an argument going on, a debate going on in the labour leadership about what the tactics should be, and different signals coming out. corbyn suggesting that when the bill gets royal assent, when the bill gets royal assent, when it becomes law, which could be on monday, that he would be prepared to say yes to an election, meaning an election could happen on boris johnson's timetable. keir starmer and said no, we want the bill to become law but also implemented, saying he wants to see boris johnson, humiliated, going to brussels and asking for that extension and having it only then. it doesn't make much difference. if ther

corbyn at the back a government of national unity withjeremy corbyn at the helm because they think it and i don't see how particularly the ones who defected from the labour party, who have said that corbyn is dangerous and unfit to lead cook, could possibly support a vote that would make him prime minister. and without the lib dems, they don't have a chance. the chance of labour and the they don't have a chance. the chance of labourand the snp they don't have a chance. the chance of labour and the snp risking a vote of labour and the snp risking a vote of no confidence if they are not 100% certain that they have a government of national unity ready to go are very slim because then there would be an election of boris johnson's terms. let's continue with the lib dems. how much choice have they really got over who they support? if they really want to get the vote of no confidence and be successful? they have very little choice. the lib dems will eventually realise that if this vote of no confidence goes forward, if they don't support jeremy corbyn parliament will dissolve, they will go i

withjeremy corbyn as prime minister temporarily, some are not.e prospect is there and the opposition are keen to pile pressure on to the prime minister, the immediate prospect of a vote of no confidence doesn't look particularly likely in the days ahead. so, the conservatives will be coming to try to ram home the message that it is the get brexit and who will then have a focused programme of domestic policy, some of which we have heard about already today. along the lines of animal welfare, reducing carbon emissions and securing funding for organisations which rely on money from the eu and her will be more to come of that in the days to come. the liberal democrat mp with us about an hour ago was saying that it matters who becomes prime minister and therefore the liberal democrats are not just and therefore the liberal democrats are notjust going to weave it through, as it were, even if the other oppositions want to bring down the current government and install, let's sayjeremy corbyn, as leader ofa let's sayjeremy corbyn, as leader of a minority

corbyn resigns.they have voted labour for 41 years does not wa nt voted labour for 41 years does not wantjeremy voted labour for 41 years does not want jeremy corbyn to voted labour for 41 years does not wantjeremy corbyn to be prime minister? it is sad if anybody does not want jeremy to be prime minister? it is sad if anybody does not wantjeremy to be prime minister andl not wantjeremy to be prime minister and i think we can show them through the actions of jeremy and i think we can show them through the actions ofjeremy during an election campaign, and your saw it la st election campaign, and your saw it last time, lots of things on the media, front pages of the papers saying nasty things, and when the election was called jeremy was talking about the policies that matter, coastal communities, mining communities, and that is what cut through and that is why we need to leap in the polls we did last time and if we get that this time we would see the georgian government chucked out and a good progressi

you cannot remain neutral, mr corbyn.lection if your leader is operating a stance of constructive ambiguity on the biggest issue facing the nation which is brexit and because he does not want to be open about his real feelings, he he does not want to be open about his realfeelings, he is not gaining public confidence. he does not want to alienate levers or remainers. by not deciding, he is alienating both. we have got some policy pronouncements from labour, talking about scrapping of state, getting rid of prescription fees in england as well, josie, with a view to an election being pretty imminent. the question of an scrapping offset is, what on earth would they replace it with? yes, there are ways in which ofsted can be improved, but the infrastructure, the structure of it asa infrastructure, the structure of it as a body setting standards, creating accountability and transparency, the role of that is definitely needed to regulate the education system. we were talking to a teaching union leaderjust now, saying, the troub

mr corbyn says mr watson's remarks are not official labour policy.know it. jeremy corbyn keeping open the question, "does labour back leave or remain?" and tom watson facing the other way. today, unlike his leader, he wanted another referendum before the election and a campaign to stay in. his way to win back lost supporters at election time. they just want us to take an unequivocal position, that whatever happens, we will fight to remain, and to sound like we mean it. and if we did, we could win. whereas, if we don't, i fear we won't. mr corbyn doesn't want to upset leave or remain voters, even if that upsets his deputy. it is tom's view. i don't accept it and i don't agree with it. our priority is to get a general election, in order to give the people a chance to elect a government that cares for them, not themselves. at the tuc in brighton, mr corbyn's gathered support among union leaders. his biggest supporter‘s counter strike at tom watson wasn't just political, it was personal. now and again, tom pops up from wherever he's been hiding and comes

do you back mr corbyn's stance?united position which as we are all against a tory, no—deal brexit. we are in favour of an urgent general election and after an election we would want a labour government to have a second referendum and that referendum should have a credible remain option and it should have a credible leave option, unlike the tories who, under theresa may, have not negotiated anything credible. that was the united view of the trade unions and thatis united view of the trade unions and that is what i will be agreed at the party conference this week. you will know their difficulty with that as clarity and the problem is, on the doorstep, when people say to you and other labour members, are you and other labour members, are you for or against brexit, you can't provide a clear answer at the election. we have to be clear, the election is not just about brexit and i we have to be clear, the election is notjust about brexit and i have just addressed this conference and made it clear it is also about austerity

jeremy corbyn is trying to do the same thing - and failing.ho are the labour party activist, and what they want over brexit, compared with people who are not members of the party but might vote labour? to be fair to jeremy corbyn, he is in a difficult position. the labour party membership and mps are overwhelmingly of a remain disposition, whereas labour has scores of seats across the country where people voted to leave by up to 70% of people in those constituencies voting to leave, so even approaching the idea that you are not going to just respect the referendum result that was announced in 2016 is, in itself, difficult territory for labour. the brexit party are polling 12%, up to 15%, and that cuts across both parties, but it does particularly concentrate in leave areas, and as i say, not just northern constituencies, but a lot of labour constituencies are leave facing. however difficult you site is for him to respect the result, you can't respect the leader ofa result, you can't respect the leader of a national political party who is so of

jeremy corbyn has quashed an attempt to oust tom watson as the deputy leader of the labour party — ach has overshadowed the start of the party's conference in brighton. i'm particularly disappointed with the boss of momentum because i think he is not just the boss of momentum because i think he is notjust undermining me, he has undermined jeremy and the party, and frankly i think he has undermined the momentum delegates. iran reacts defiantly — in response to the us sending troops and missile defence systems to saudi arabia and the uae —— after last week's attack on saudi oilfacilities. the travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding, as it tries to avoid going into administration — leaving customers facing uncertainty. teenage climate activist greta thunberg arrives to cheering crowds at a youth summit on climate change in new york — ahead of the un general assembly next week. and in football, kevin de bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals — and secure victory — against watford. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has intervened in an attempt t

would you backjeremy corbyn as a ca reta ker would you backjeremy corbyn as a caretaker prime ministerjority for that. we have put forward two proposals, harriet harman, the mother of the house. we are not too sure if he attempts to form a government whether he would not support an alternative. we have also put forward the father of the house, ken clarke. they are the most senior members of the house of commons, so absolutely we have put that forward. it should be only natural that if the prime minister loses the confidence of the house, the leader of the opposition has a shot at having the confidence vote. and we can't stop that. you wouldn't support it. it depends. if he supports a caretaker prime minister who can command a majority, of course. but he doesn't have the numbers... we end up without prime ministerjohnson or the leader of the opposition, you are outlining a recipe... we think we are in a crisis now, this would be constitutional chaos! let's be clear why we are in this position we are in because brexit in the form that was promised to the british people by borisjohnson wa

but labour are underjeremy corbyn, will not play the tories's game.

jeremy corbyn they're talking a little bit earlier in essex. against the us president donald trump. earlier i spoke to scott lucas, professor of international politics and american studies at the university of birmingham. i asked him how much pressure this is putting on the president. a lot and a lot which is going to get bigger in the next few days. the reason i say that is first of all the significance of the facts of the case and that is what you have in the transcript of the phone cool with donald trump in the uk and president, more importantly it to try to dig up dirt on a political rival and to open an investigation into a political rival in the vice presidentjoe biden. that in itself isa presidentjoe biden. that in itself is a possible violation of electoral law but it looks like an abuse of power by the president and what we now have on top of that in the last 48 hours is that the white house tried to bury the news of this phone cool and to bury the news of other phone calls that he trump had with vladimir putin and others and that conv

you're right they are some way off a majority for a jeremy corbyn lead man.y borisjohnson for not obeying the party, they are not on board either. i think this is designed to put pressure on opposition parties to come up with a strategy, lock them in a room and say if it is notjeremy corbyn tell us say if it is notjeremy corbyn tell us who it is, we will thrash that out. labour have never quite conclusively said that they won't sign up to something that doesn't putjeremy corbyn in number ten for a few days before calling an general election. there is a big meeting of opposition leaders on monday and i think that will start to feel a bit like crunch time for this idea, to figure out whether or not they can come up with a plan they all agree on. so whetherjeremy corbyn can beasts seem to look slightly statesman—like by allowing a broader coalition to go through, that could bea coalition to go through, that could be a plan couldn't it? i want to touch on what else is coming up next week. starting tomorrow the tory party conference. it will be interesting if bori

jeremy corbyn speaking there in the last hour or so.st demand for documents in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over ukraine—related material within a week. the us special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. donald trump is defiant and lashing out on his preferred medium, twitter. taking aim at the man who will play a key role in his impeachment hearings, the democratic chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. of him, the president said... the whistle—blower who revealed details of his telephone conversation with ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskiy, mr trump has branded a partisan operative. yet the whistle—blower‘s account of events has proved uncannily accurate, not only about the contents of the telephone call but attempts by the white house to cover them up. they have now confirmed that a transcript of the call was moved to a more secure server. as the democrats' impeachme

not at all. # 0h, jeremy corbyn, 0h, jeremy corby. 0h, jeremy corbyn.ance to mr corbyn. the leadership had cooked up an agreement with the big unions to stick to the line of not supporting leave or remain right 110w. the country needs to hear a united labour voice. back that, back him, his ally urged. i implore you, please, givejeremy the support he needs later so that prime minister corbyn can lead us to a bright new dawn. but the biggest union doesn't see it that way, wanting to pick remain now. it's time to do the right thing, support a second referendum and campaign for remain. applause. applause and cheers echoed on the platform again and again. labour is a remain party. remain, revolt, reform. i know young people will hold the vote against us unless unless we tell them that we will campaign to vote remain. i want to see jeremy corbyn in number ten and campaigning to remain is the way to do it and the only way to do it. solidarity! but hold on, you're watching a clamour over the control of this party, notjust the eu. we stand behind jeremy corbyn.

and it looks unlikely that jeremy corbyn will go through to two thirds.he fixed term parliament act which is to introduce a short piece of legislation which will set aside the fixed term problem and act and the need for two thirds majority and they can use to specify a date that would allow jeremy corbyn to be reassured that it was notjust jeremy corbyn to be reassured that it was not just at that. and they would only need a simple majority for that. in blackford there, for all the assurances that the opposition parties and the rebel territories are trying to get to stop no deal but the simple fact is you cannot bind the hands of the future. unless jeremy corbyn is very confident that he will win the next general election which with current numbers i do not think he should be, any thing that goes to parliament 110w any thing that goes to parliament now can be quickly counteracted by any government. just on the sequencing, we had two motions going down tomorrow, which takes precedent? they can have control of the order paper so after three p:m., it goes ov

and as it credible for mr corbyn to stand aside from the fray?left open this possibility and although the labour party may take up although the labour party may take up position maybe he won't? is that credible? so i cannot speak forjeremy and i don't know what he would do. the view that i take is that when this deal comes back, and that when this deal comes back, and that means we need a laboured government to get that and we need to appeal to those voters who voted to appeal to those voters who voted to leave as well as those who voted to leave as well as those who voted to remain, you negotiate a deal, you make a judgment on that deal. and i believe the labour party would have to ta ke believe the labour party would have to take a view in that case and if jeremy will then have to consider his position but i'm sure thatjohn mcdonnell made it clear that he would do, diane abbott, emily thornbury and i think what we have to do is say, let's not fall into the trap of the lib dems ignoring 5296 in the trap of the lib dems ignoring 52% in boris john

no great fan ofjeremy corbyn.pposition needs to act to get boris johnson, the most disreputable prime minister in my lifetime, out of office, stop a no deal and then as quickly as possible move to a general election. and i'm open—minded about who might emerge as an interim prime minister for literally a matter of days to secure the extension before we move to a general election. you can hear nicola sturgeon saying they are open—minded, but it is usually the opposition leader who would get first dibs at being the ca reta ker would get first dibs at being the caretaker prime minister if there we re caretaker prime minister if there were to be a vote of no confidence in the government. would such a vote even with labour mps and snp mps be successful? no, they need other mps from other parties to back them as well. the liberal democrats are not keen on a jeremy corbyn led government, even a time—limited one. we have been speaking tojo swinson. we have been speaking tojo swinson. we need to have a solution that will wo

jeremy corbyn is totally unfit to be prime minister of our country!interesting picking up on michael gove's words, that also in the course of this afternoon, dominic raab saying that history would never forgive any of those independent tories who effectively helped getjeremy corbyn into number ten voting to bring down boris johnson. do you get a sense that they are seriously right about this prospect? maybe not this week but at some point in the future? that there could be an attempt to force a no—confidence vote and it could actually succeed? the thing is, because of a system that we are in, it is much harderfor a prime minister to get a general election which is why we are stuck. because boris johnson in election which is why we are stuck. because borisjohnson in the old days as prime minister could have said right, i am calling a general election for the state, that is it, it is going to happen. it doesn't work like that any more. there are various mechanisms. 0ne work like that any more. there are various mechanisms. one of them is a vote of no—co

i never thought i'd get such a plasma jeremy corbyn anti—tory party conference.inciple —— i never thought i'd get so principle —— i never thought i'd get so much applause forjeremy corbyn at the tory party conference. and his campaign for remain. and now carbon's surrender act offers more confusion and delay at the cost of a every week —— corbyn's surrender act. this is from the gentleman who has demanded an immediate general election, only now to run away from an election once it was offered to him asa an election once it was offered to him as a model of georgia prodigy, —— gorgy porgy. that night,... under his leadership it has become the second party in this nation's history after the bnp to be firm investigated for racism. i do not believe thatjeremy corbyn is a batman, but he is a weak man, too wea k to batman, but he is a weak man, too weak to lead his party certainly two—week to lead his country and behind him there may be struggling, lex keir starmer, poised as if brutus, stiletto in hand, awaiting the moment to strike. the striking of course been somethi

labour'sjeremy corbyn promises to scrap the controversial welfare policy, universal credit, should thearty get into power. pressure grows on donald trump as secretary of state, mike pompeo, is ordered to hand over documents on ukraine linked to the impeachment investigation. doctors hail the results of new clinical trials that have dramatically increased the chances of long—term survival for some people with advanced melanoma skin cancer. tear gas and water cannon are used by hong kong police to disperse protestors holding a rally to mark the fifth anniversary of the pro—democracy umbrella movement. now much more tense. we have water cannon spraying water with blue dye in it. there are people here smashing up government buildings. victorious japan as the rugby world cup hosts make history by beating ireland for the first time 19—12. full details in sportsday at 7.30pm. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says a minority labour government is becoming more likely every day, as opposition parties consider whether to call a vote of no confidence in the prim

i think whatjeremy corbyn is going to try to do is unveil a radical policy agenda.iting his party, it is also aimed at trying to bring in a new generation of voters as well. very ambitious climate change targets, calls for a shorter working week. but as we heard, the old divisions over brexit have reignited. it is interesting, if i may point this out about my report, is this. you have a jeremy corbyn ally on the left of the party, the local mp here, calling for labour to be more unambiguously remain. we have a usualjeremy corbyn i lay on the left of the party, the trade union boss len mccluskey, calling for exactly the opposite. then there is the tom watson affair, not even involved in attempts to oust his own deputy leader, calling into question his own authority. around these parts they say unity is strength, but quite frankly they are going to need a very strenuous course of political bodybuilding in the next few days and indeed in the run—up to the next general election. iain watson. he was right, it was interesting. ayesha hazarika is a former labour advisor an

jeremy corbyn says he is ready for power, but on brexit some of his own supporters aren't convinced of plan. are you going to listen to the members? the labour leader is promising to get a new deal, then put it to a referendum against the option of staying in the eu. but he still won't say which he prefers. we will put both views and say this is the best deal we could get, this is the remain and hopefully reform option, these are the choices before you. if you negotiate what you regard as a good brexit deal with brussels, do you then campaign for it or not? let's see what we get and we will put the final decision to the british people. for some here in brighton that is not enough. as the party's executive signed off on the plan, key members of mr corbyn‘s team were calling for a bolder policy. labour is a remain party. by backing remain i am sure we can deliver the labour government the people of this country so badly need. if you believe in internationalism and in socialism, why on earth would you back brexit? there are many who agree, who want mr corbyn to pick a side and back remain

and the options open forjeremy corbyn. these events. and the options open for jeremy corbyn. you know, jeremy corbyn has called for an election for two years. even on monday he said in all circumstances he backed election. by tuesday, it has to be pegged to this no deal legislation. by thursday, the legislation. by thursday, the legislation is going through tomorrow. actually, now we might not back it when that goes through. so every day we are getting a different position from jeremy corbyn on an election. he has a strong message, vote labour, just hold on. and there are tensions within labour, and these are kind of drawn out in this telegraph story about whether to go early or late, whether to grant boris johnson's wish and early or late, whether to grant borisjohnson‘s wish and have an election, becausejeremy corbyn and his ilk still think they can smash johnson, and the other side of the shadow cabinet, the starmers and the mcdonnell, saying let him go beyond 31 october, and then they are dead. and all the attention is on the snp, on whether they grant him his wish and go

jeremy corbyn, on the other hand, just a couple of days ago said this. the deal that is on the table in a new referendum is a no—deal against remain, we will argue for remain. but if there's another deal on offer, then the party's democratic processes will decide what to do. so what is it? is labourfully remain, or isn't it? there are differences between those two positions, as you have rightly identified, and i don't know precisely which position labour will adopt in relation to the manifesto. so labour is still — after more than three years, all of this torture, labour doesn't know what to do. you exaggerate and overstate the position. what they're saying is we will negotiate the best deal that we can, and then, in some way or another, the public will get an opportunity... for myself, personally, i would be much happier if what we did as a party is negotiate the best deal that we could, which i think would be a much softer deal and much closer to the european union, and then we didn't have a referendum at all. but you're asking about labour policy. i a

but the problem jeremy corbyn has, if they don't have confidence in boris johnson, do theyjeremy corbynviously she would not want to be in a position where she backsjeremy corbyn to be prime minister, she would prefer someone else, she named ken clarke. she named harriet harman. anotherfigure she says would be more unifying, because she doesn't feeljeremy figure —— corbyn is unifying figure. so he could be in this position where the house doesn't have confidence either people and then we are stuck. so to sum up, not for the first time in this process we don't know where were going!” first time in this process we don't know where were going! i think that's fair to say. and the way downing street have operated in the last few weeks is that they have done the unexpected, so who knows what might happen on monday. and whether we then reach the point of a voice of no confidence coming one way or the other from the opposition 01’ way or the other from the opposition orfrom borisjohnson way or the other from the opposition or from boris johnson himself. way or the other from the opposition orfr

the question now is can mr corbyn settle down this conference or can mr corbyn settle down this conferencethis conference or are we in for a week of blood—letting and carnage? this morning done carding, the international development secretary, was doing his best to say, mr corbyn, can you settle things any better —— dan carden. corbyn, can you settle things any better -- dan carden. all these issues around accountability and democracy are feared to be debated by the nec and by others in the party. it was jeremy mack that stepped in in super quick time to say that we will have a review —— jeremy corbyn. to say that we will have a review allowed leadership positions and his role as a unifier this week. and we now need to start talking about policy issues. that is going to be a massive row, benny, over brexit at this conference, i suspect. it is going to dominate proceedings and there are suggestions that the party may try to sideline all these motions that had been tabled here by constituency parties demanding that mr corbyn campaigns for remain and, if that happens, there is going to be a h

as more migrants attempt to ci’oss corbyn.ugglers use threats about brexit to force them to make the journey. ina the journey. in a moment, it will be time for sports day. let's take a look at what is coming up on bbc news. at 7pm, beyond 100 they will be speaking to one of the solicitors representing mps at the scottish court today. at 8:30pm, we will be discussing labour‘s brexit divisions. at half past ten and half past 11, we will take a look at all the headlines into money's front pages, in our paper review. —— in 2—macro's front

labour's biggest union backers says mr corbyn's top team must fall into line.adow cabinets should argue for. if they find that they can't argue for it because they feel strongly, of course they have that right but they should step aside. but it's notjust brexit causing headaches. labour's head of policy is quipping claiming a lack of professionalism in the league are's team. andrew fisher seen here with mr corbyn this morning said he no longer had faith they would succeed. voters could be asking a few weeks' time who they wa nt to asking a few weeks' time who they want to run the country. jeremy corbyn once the keys to downing street, but he faces a struggle to keep his party on message. unity can be harder than it looks. nick ea rd ley, be harder than it looks. nick eardley, bbc news, the labour conference in brighton. the conference has also been discussing new policies being put forward by labour. it wants to scrap 0fsted — the education watchdog in england. instead, local authorities would be responsible for regular checks — with full—time inspectors only c

but if mr corbyn cannot a nswer suggesting.nterview eight times, are you pro leave pro remain, you can make a pragmatic case when standing above it, but is not sustainable during a general election campaign cosmic that really is my frustration because this country as grip of a social work. it because this country as grip of a socialwork. it has because this country as grip of a social work. it has been picked up on the one side by brexiteers who say that the only bill brexit is no deal. and on the other side, the goalpost is no deal. and on the other side, the goal post as consul are being shifted and that revoke is the only genuine remain position. wit is going to end? we were on the losing side because we lost the referendum back in 2016. that was better. we both felt that there was a sense of grievance over the last few years because we are excluded from the future of our country, told weber set up now, traitor saboteurs, etc. if there is another referendum, we will support remaining, but if we win that, many other voters wi

so is it kind of all down to whatjeremy corbyn its.all conservatives would vote for an election because they see is that her —— see it as a trap, carolyn lucas, the green mp saying the same thing, that she wants an election but once to stop a no—deal brexit first, and that's the same conversation in the labour party. and if you're jeremy conversation in the labour party. and if you'rejeremy corbyn, you have confidence in your own ability to wina have confidence in your own ability to win a general election but others would be very concerned about a general election, it were better than predicted for the last time but they still didn't win, they be worried that borisjohnson could come back with a bigger majority and then you'd get a no—deal brexit so thatis then you'd get a no—deal brexit so that is the argument they would be having a bad weather they would vote foran having a bad weather they would vote for an election or do they prioritise stopping a no deal? —— the argument they be having about whether they would vote for. and there

joined on stage therebyjeremy corbyn as they face therebyjeremy corbyn as they face the prospect latere had expected to see all the major trade unions backing jeremy corbyn's position on brexit, but one of the big three unions, unison, has broken ra nks big three unions, unison, has broken ranks and said that they will back a out and out through the main stance. giving an opportunity for those in the grass roots and want to see the potted up that position a chance of victory. whatjohn potted up that position a chance of victory. what john mcdonnell was trying to do was three things, i think. first of all, i think it was trying to say to people let's try and be civilised in this brexit debate. while he personally backs remain, he was saying to people, lets not have elections and things getting out of hand. he paid strong tribute to jeremy corbyn getting out of hand. he paid strong tribute tojeremy corbyn which got the first standing ovation at the beginning of his speech. the second thing is they show that labour have some policies which might appeal to a new generation of voters when a

apologies for that, those are pictures ofjeremy corbyn.t protesters who threw rocks and blocked a key road next to a huge pro—democracy rally. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell has sent us this update from the streets of hong kong. these are the same streets which were occupied five years ago in the umbrella movement. but the mood is so different. then, it was like a mass, peaceful sit in. now, it's much more tense. we have water cannon down the end of the road there, spraying water with blue dye in it. there are people here smashing up government buildings. the authorities, in the lead—up to the 70th anniversary of the communist party coming to power in china, are not prepared to tolerate the type or the levels of disturbance that they were prepared to put up with weeks ago. you can see here, these actors do not want to get arrested. —— these activists. the mere hint of the police coming through — and they've all taken off, you can see. . . how many people are now coming through here. i mean, just minutes ago, thousands of protesters we

jeremy corbyn and that nec meeting thatis jeremy corbyn and that nec meeting that is taking place as we speak is proposing a review of labour's deputy leader position. what will much are? we're not sure. and that is kind of the point of it. to have a discussion about what will happen to tom watson's job and therefore not rush the decision that could have been as this afternoon to get rid of it. i understand that that momentum, who are thejeremy corbyn‘s supporting group, who had been spearheading this plot to get rid of thomason are happy with what arejeremy corbyn is suggesting and so are arejeremy corbyn is suggesting and so are withdrawing their motion, which would have got rid of tom watson's job, potentially later this afternoon. it looks, and it is not confirmed that that meeting is taking place and god knows, in politics anything can happen, but it looks, for the moment, like that plot to get rid of thomason might be. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello. apart from the odd pocket of fog this morning, it's been a fine start and that dry, that sunn

that mps might find some way to cancel the referendum or that tomorrow, mps will vote withjeremy corbyner pointless delay. 0pposition and some tory mps want emergency votes to make it impossible for him to take us out of the european union without a deal. number ten is trying everything to stop them. if they do, they will plainly chop the legs out from under the uk position and make any further negotiation absolutely impossible. there are no circumstances in which i will ask brussels to delay. we are leaving on the 31st of october, no ifs or buts. let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over the next and without an election, without an election. i don't want an election. you don't want an election. he might have rushed back in without it coming from his lips, but if mps change the law this week, it is clear the lectern will be out to call an election within days. did the prime ministerjust announce a general election without announcing a general election? he is not ready to spell it out but it is as clear as day from senior sources, if rebel mps d

corbyn in the appropriate fashion.n in the appropriate fashionlj supporting jeremy corbyn in the appropriate fashion. i don't think thatis appropriate fashion. i don't think that is true. i think is the deputy leader of a party, i worked for harriet harman, who had been around for a long time, of course you support the leader, but you also have to be able to speak up for the membership, because they elected you. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford and the chief poliotical commentator at the independent, john rentoul. saudi arabia says it will respond with "necessary measures" to attacks on two of its oil facilities last weekend and has again accused of iran being behind them. iran denies involvement and earlier said it was ready to destroy any aggressor after the us announced it was sending troops to saudi arabia. our security correspond

corbyn, for yet another pointless delay.hink they will, i hope that they won't. but if they do, they will plainly chop the legs out from under the uk position, and make any further negotiation absolutely impossible. and so, i say to show our friends in brussels, that we are united in our purpose, mps should vote with the government against corbyn‘s pointless delay. i wa nt eve n against corbyn‘s pointless delay. i want even to know there are no circumstances in which i will ask brussels to delay. we are leaving on sist brussels to delay. we are leaving on 31st october, no ifs or but, we will not accept any attempt to go back on oui’ not accept any attempt to go back on our promises or scrub that referendum. armed and fortified with that conviction, i believe we will get a deal, at that crucial summit in october, a deal that parliament will certainly be able to scrutinise. and in the meantime, let's let our negotiators let get on with their work, without that sword of da m ocles with their work, without that sword of damocles