simon jack, bbc news.as no way he would ask the eu for another brexit extension. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels. the prime minister is saying if he is defeated in parliament on the no deal scenario that would weaken his hand in negotiations with the eu. how is that seen in brussels? that is the theory of the prime minister but i have spoken to no one in eu circles is not a politician or diplomat who really agrees with him. we heard the prime minister again and again assisting the uk negotiating power now lies in a credible no deal thread but actually that alone is not enough because eu leaders believe borisjohnson is serious about and no—deal brexit but that alone does not make them change the brexit withdrawal agreement. they're waiting for him and his team to come up with concrete alternative proposals in the eu insists that so far they have seen nothing at all. so we hear the prime minister saying he is stepping up brexit negotiations and his main eu envoy comes backwards and forwards to b

simon jack, want to be part of the problem or the solution? simonjack, bbc news.wnload our energy briefing, do go to bbc .co .uk/ energy. sarah thomas, a cancer survivorfrom colorado, has become the first person to swim across the english channel 4 times non—stop. she began the challenge in the early hours of sunday morning and finished after more than 5a hours. the swim was due to be about 80 miles, but because of strong tides, sarah ended up winning close to 130 miles. our correspondence robert hall reports. exhausted, but triumphant. the first rays of the sun lit the shoreline ahead, sarah thomas reached out towards the end of herjourney. there she comes! friends have willed her to succeed during moments when her to succeed during moments when her spirit and, where there on the ta bles to her spirit and, where there on the tables to greet her. well done, sarah! you've done it! i was sick... they just sarah! you've done it! i was sick... theyjust said, sarah! you've done it! i was sick... they just said, you sarah! you've done it! i was sick... theyjust said, yo

our business editor simon jack has more.a bosson has been trying to get her ceramics business ready for anything. give me a hand with this. we've got several containers in. she imports and exports to and from the eu, and much further afield. and i noticed these are from thailand, so they are not coming from europe, but what you are worried about what then? i'm worried about disruption at the port. she's got six months worth of stock, but wants brexit done with. even if that means no—deal. you know, everybody is edgy, everybody is nervous. and so, no, i would like a good deal, but if we can't get a good deal, then i'm sorry, i'm with boris. i would ratherjust get out and we will pick up life, and we will get on with it. amanda's haulage company shares her frustrations, but not her confidence. dave reed sends lorries to the eu every week. i don't think we are ready, at all. paperwork—wise, we don't know where we are going with it. permits, we've applied twice for permits, and we haven't got any. been in business 40 years, and

simon jack, bbc news.s he will ask for a general election if mps vote to stop a no—deal brexit. hurricane dorian batters the bahamas with thousands of homes destroyed. a man admits to the manslaughter of 3—year—old alfie lamb after crushing him behind his car seat last year. a man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a three and—a—half—year—old boy who was crushed behind a car seat in february last year. stephen waterson, who is 26, had denied any involvement in the death of alfie lamb at an earlier trial, in which the jury was unable to reach a verdict. richard lister was in court alfie lamb, described in court as the loveliest child you could ever meet, but his mother, adrian hoare, had taken him from one chaotic home to the next and alfie's father figure, stephen waterson, was an angry, controlling man with a history of violence. these are the last images of alfie, struggling to keep up with waterson and hoare on a shopping trip. they're with two more adults and another child, who all lived in wate

our business editor simon jack visited a food fair in london to test the mood of small businesses.deep trading relationship was on display today at this food fair in london. uk firms are being urged to prepare themselves for a no deal brexit is themselves for a no deal brexit is the most expensive government advertising campaign in history was launched this week. and all the newspapers today, new campaign, there's been £100 million on this, telling you to get ready for brexit. we not ready and the rest of europe is not ready, we are trying to exported to europe and none of the european distributors will touch us until prasad gone through or not there was a difficult time for us at there was a difficult time for us at the moment. we want some clarity. importing, we gotta think like how's it going to infect us pricewise, how's it going to —— affect us down the line, there is uncertainty. we are prepared, in terms of where we are prepared, in terms of where we are in the stage of our business, as i say, is a small start—up. are in the stage of our business, as i say, is a small start-

simon, many thanks again, simon jack, and months to come. editor at manchester airport tonight. after a lively debate at the labour conference in brighton, jeremy corbyn won the support of members to stay neutral on brexit while a future labour government tried to negotiate a new deal. there would then be a referendum within six months, giving people the choice between the new deal or remaining in the eu. the conference today voted against a motion, which would have committed labour to back remain right now, as our political editor, laura kuenssberg, explains. can i see all those in favour of composite 13? composite number 13 — lucky for the labour leader. thank you. and all those against. cheering and applause. this is how his supporters showed their strength this afternoon. arms in the air to defeat a move by pro—european party members to campaign now to stay in the european union. what had actuallyjust happened? sorry, i thought it was one way and jenny said something else, so... it is lost, yeah. that was lost. cheering and applause. the

simon jack, bbc news, stoke—on—trent. died. seen by many as france's famous leader, during his presidency strongly opposed the us led invasion of iraq and took france into the single currency, but his later years we re single currency, but his later years were blighted by corruption scandals. england have resoundingly beaten the united states by 45 points to 7 at the rugby world cup in japan, meaning after two matches england remain at the top of their group. andy swiss reports from kobe. for england's travelling army, the latest stop on their world cup adventure. kobe, where they were joined by their growing japanese fan club. england clearly winning the popularity contest but what about the sporting one? facing the usa was like facing 15 donald trumps, according to england's coach, eddiejones, but it was his team that were soon the men in charge. george ford scampering over, as on a sweltering night england seemed suitably fired up. billy vunipola adding a second... england out of sight by the break. after it, they crui

our business editor simon jack is at manchester airport.hy the bosses were taking home such large sums of the money when the company had so much debt. yes, they should be full of 5000 holiday—makers leaving on 23 flights, but as you can see it is silent and it has fallen victim to that serial company can accommodate. when you are £1.7 billion, you cannot afford for much to go wrong. things easily go wrong, currency fluctuations, a british heatwave, concern about reciprocal health insurance, all have played their part. but the main problem is this was not a financially resilient company. the private sector decided there was not enough cash to mount a rescue deal and the government agreed. the boss has apologised, but he took £8 million over the last five years and there is an insolvency investigation as to what happened here. but that will be very little comfort to those people who have had their holidays ruined and the 9000 uk workers who face unemployment. delegates at labour's conference in brighton have just voted to back jeremy corbyn a

our business editor, simon jack, has been at manchester airport tonight, and has been telling us abouts cook. a lot of people came by here, they just got on a replacement flight, they talked about a horrendous nine—hour weight to the airport, we will see more about in the days and weeks to come. this corporate demise will trigger a very big post—mortem, lots of fingers pointing the blame, the current management by taking big bonuses while the company finances dwindled, from the previous management for burdening them with too much debt, for the banks, the last—minute request for extra funding and the government refusing to step in, and it will reignite some of those red—hot issues about how businesses are run, in whose interest they are run, don't forget as we were hearing there from spain, that thomas cook is an enormous player in this industry. it buys hundreds of millions of pounds worth of flights and hotel rooms, so the reverberations on the recriminations of this corporate demise will carry on for many weeks and months to come. after a lively debate at the labour conference in bri

simon jack, bbc news.ew in—depth energy briefing, you can go to bbc.co.uk/energy. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. it's back, week one of the champions league group phase. there's a familiar feeling of deja vu for the holders liverpool in italy. barkley leaves lampard feeling blue on his european return. stokes takes aim at the sun newspaper and receives the backing of the ecb. and wales send home their right—hand man, leaving gatland with plenty to ponder.

we talked about joe simon, jack kirby , the people who produced what would later be called the marvelomic line. had a number of names. timely, atlas, etc., etc. is and were trying to make a statement against the isolationism. saying let's just make our peace with hitler so he will leave us alone. we don't need to get involved in the war let's just leave him alone and he will leave us alone. and there were people who said when did hitler leave anybody alone? we need a hero that is going to express the need to fight hitler . there was a concern because hitler was is a dictator that could be killed at any time. by the time the comic book a hip the stands, the hitler might already be dead. they thought that my might not be the worst outcome. was put the comic out anyway, whether he's dead or alive by the time he hits the stands. if you look at the captain america movie again, there's a lot of comics with hitler being punched in the face. they came up with the fictional comic book universe why this image became so popular. in action comics he does a lift of a car and slammed against a clif

and we talked about in class that joe simon, jack kirby, the people who produced what would later bember of names, timely, atlas, et cetera, et cetera, said we're trying to make a statement against the isolationism. the isolationists said let's just make our separate american peace with hitler so he'll leave us alone. we don't need to get involved in the war. let's leave hitler alone, he will leave us alone. there are folks said when did hitler leave anybody alone if he had the chance to invade them. no, we need a hero that's going to express the need to fight hitler. there was a concern because hitler was a dictator that might get killed at any time, that by the time the comic book hit the stands that hitler might already be dead. and they thought well, that might not be the worst outcome. let's put the comic out anyway, whether he is alive or dead when it hits the stands. if you look at the captain america movie again, and there's a lot of comics sold of him punching hitler in the face, what the movies did is come up with a fictional in plot reason why this image became so popular.

simon hot in the outside that the house. in the center of power six on the spot with the get shack from the with jack chirac passed away. let's get analysis number the lifetime set and the legacy of the chechen apples with doing to such a professor of. french and francophone studies at the university of not to compulsive thank you very much for joining us. i'm can i start by asking you how important. do you think jacque chirac is in the history of modern day fronts. well i think that he pulls a really interesting transitional phase of the french presidency from nineteen ninety four to two thousand seven in which the- you saw the end of me to hold one then the kind of the normalization of the relationship between the president and parliament. so that's the end institutional so that was really important in other ways one of the things that hasn't been touched on so much this evening but certainly was focused on on some of the- root causes the eighties for example what he said in nineteen ninety four about the village chief when he accepted. this responsibility the french state for the roundup of france's jews during the s

simon jack, bbc news.cts and analysis about climate and energy, and to download our new in—depth energy briefing, you can go go to bbc.co.uk/energy. now on bbc news, our world. bell tolls. knocking. 00:07:08,276 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 singing. most m ost pla ces most places try until the weekend and warmup for the rest of the week. some rain for wednesday. scotland brightening up a little during the day. sunny skies in northern ireland some cloud filtering to northern england and the midlands. the highest temperatures at around 20 after a chilly start to the day. temperatures dip away again on wednesday night and into thursday morning, particularly where you stay clear. light rain in the far north of scotla nd clear. light rain in the far north of scotland and northern ireland is and some mist and fog patches developing more widely by thursday morning compared to wednesday morning. this is how thursday is shaping up, drier in northern scotland. a little brighter as well. most scotland. a little brighter